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WESTERN GEORGIAN-
’ June 26* 1838.
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., ot La Payette, do.
Turman Walthall, Esq., of Cedar Town,
Paulding County, 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, ofChatham.
Gen.B. GRAVES, of Newtcn.
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 IL NELSON, of Cherokee.
CONOKESS.
In the Senate of the United States, on the
sth inst., Mr. White, from the Committee on
Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the mes
sage of the President, the communication of the
Secretary of War, and the documents in favor
of two years longer delay in removing the Che
rokee Indians; of further appropriations for in
demnities, and of leaving the arrangement of
their removal, as far as practicable, to the
Cherokees themselves, made a report, chiefly
adverse in its tenor to the propositions submit,
ted by the Secretary of War. The report was
read, and after arguing the great difficulty ol
submitting the question of the proposed two
years delay to the respective Legislatures con
cerncd, recommend that the removal should be
effected as soon as it aould be safely and con
veniently done, in the opinion of the Execu
tive; that a sufficient sum of money for this,
rnd for the purpose of indemnity, should be
placed at the disposal of the Exeeutivc; and
that the removal should be managed by Gov.
ernment authorities, so as to protect both them
and the people of the placcsthrough which they
might pass. The report on Mr. White’s mo
tion fwaslaid on the table, and ordered to be
th
printed.
In the House on the 4lh, the Bill making a
further appropriation of one million iorty-sev
•en thousand and sixty-seven dollars, for the
purpose of aiding in the subsistence of the Che
rokees for one year after their removal west,
was passed by a vote of 189 to 15. Ihe In
dians to receive no benefit from this appropri
ation unless they complete their emigration
within such time as the President shall deem
■reasonable, and without coercion on the part
of the Government. Also, the further sum of
one hundred thousand dollars has been appro
priated for supplying blankets and other arti
cles of clothing for tho Cherokees who are un
able to supply themselves, and which may bo
necessary for their comfortable removal, nnd
for medicines and medical assistance, anti tor
such other purposes as the President shall deem
proper to facilitate their removal.
The following which was proposed as an a-I
mendment to the same bill was rejected—yeas •
90, —nays 112:
“Provided, that, if the President shall asccr-I
tain that all discontent and further opposition
on the part of any portion of tho Chero.Vee
Indians to the treaty of eighteen hundred and
thirty-five, can be allnved or avoided, by al
lowing an additional compensation for tho .
lands ceded to the United States by said trea
ty; and the Government may thereby be sav
ed the expense of keeping on foot the large'
military force in the Cherokee country now ,
contemplated, he is hereby authorised to ap
ply two millions of the sum appropriated by
this act, to the object.”
A resolution has been offered in the Senate, !
Mr. Morris, to adjourn cn the second Von- ’
day in July, until the second Monday in Nov- j
ember next. Ordered to be printed.
The Governor of Tennessee, in answer to
the Secretary of War, says the Nashville
Whig, assures that gentleman, that the
liberal sentiments and sympathies heretofore i
cherished by the people of Tennessee towards
the Cherokees, is a sure guarantee that they i
will extend to them every indulgence not in
compatible with the interests of the citizens, i
The Legislature having already provided for,
the extinction of the Cherokee title to the
country, the Governor thinks it too late to 1
change her course of policy on this subject,■
and the only power left to the Executive, is to
see that the laws be faithfully executed; but, j
at the same time gives the Secretary to un-'
derstand that every indulgence will be extend
ded, consistent with his duty and the interests
involved. The Whig says, “The unoccupied
lands in the Cherokee country, will not be sub
ject to general entry, even at the maximum
price (87.50) before the first day of February
next, and a large portion of the territory will,
doubtless remain vacant until the price of en
try is reduced to one dollar, which will be on
the Ist February, 1840, nearly two years from
this time. By the Ocoa land-law, the Entry
Takers land office will be opened at Cleveland,
in the county of Bradly on the first November
next. Occupants will then have until the Ist
February 1839, to enter their quarter sections
at $7.50 per acre, after which the lands are
subject to general entry at the same price, un
til the first April, two months. The price will
then be reduced to five dollars, until the Ist
August, occupants having the first right of en
try for two months. Then 2 dollars will be
the price to settlers until the Ist October, and
to general entry until the Ist December.
From the Ist December 1839 to the Ist Febru
ary 1840, occupants can make their entries
at one dollar. From one dollar the sale de
scends every four months to 50, 25 and 12 1-2
cents, and then to one cent, the minimum
price.”
With regret we see it stated in the last Mil
ledgeville papers, that Judge Warnir declines
the acceptance cf his nomination by the Con
volition, owing, it jq S’liil tn privoM nngngo
ments and other causes, assigned in his letter
which will be published.
A correspondent of the Federaral Union
under date of the 4th inst. says, “a consider,
able body of Indians have left Florida, and
have taken up their residence in tho swamp
of Ware. They are supposed to number
about one hundred warriors. We have had
two battles with them on the 27th and 28th
May. Our citizens about the Florida line
gave them battle, but without success. The
Whites had two wounded, and the Indians
still remain in the swamps. Our citizens are
leaving their homes daily, not knowing at
what moment they may be butchered by the
savages. When we lay down at night, we
don’t know’ that we shall sec day. It is my
opinion it will be almost impossible to drive
I hern from these deep and impenetrable
swamps. Wo arc aiming to give them a trial
in a few days.”
INDEPENDENT TREASURY BILL.
The following is an extract from a letter ad
dressed to the Editor of the Charleston Mercu- '
ry, from a correspondent at Columbia S. C.— |
“I saw a letter from Washington to day,
which states that the Sub-Treasuiy BiH will
pass in Congress—that the members are now
getting satisfied that the real question is nar
rowed down to bank or not, and that the cause
is gaining ground among those who hitherto
I have hesitated. I hope it is so, and think it
i probable. This is truly the only quesiion on
: which it turns.”
I Letters of similar import have been received j
;in this city, direct from Washington City, in'
which it is stated that the utility of the measure
; is becoming more and more apparent, and that 1
1 there is a decided majority in Congress in fa-
• vor of it.—A few’ more quirks and turns of the
Bjnk party, a few more flaps and flounders,
and th?y w iH have to knock under. The pol
icy of a divorce of Bank and State must suc
ceed of all opposition! It is themcas-
1 tire which the people generally in every part
lof the Union will support. It is the ground
• upon which a glorious victory will be achieved
j over the Banking monopoly of the country.—
I It will lie a triumph of virtue and principle un-
paralelled since the days ol the Revolution.—
: Wc said a short time since that the spirit of
(Opposition to the connexion of Bank an I State
i only slept— that it would wak ' wit.i rem w d
j energy, and be irresistible in i‘s career. Tho
; prophecy isTulfilling—let the E. • party
: wake up—the time has arrive ’ i every
man will do his duty—the principle will bo
checked but not injured—and the country will
be safe’— -Augusta Peoples' Press.
COMJIIJWIC ATIONS.
Extract of a letter written by a member of one
of the two Volunteer Companies stationed at
Rome, to his friend.
You have, doubtless before this, learned that
I our company, constituting a portion of the Ist
Regiment of the Georgia Militia, now in ac
> tive service, is stationed at this place. I am
• apprised that you never have visited what is
called “t/ie Cherokee Country," and knowing
your fondness for minute description, and par
, ticular detail, when seeking intelligence in re
-1 lation to any subject, I shall endeavor to grati
' fy your penchant in that regard, while I re
deem the pledge 1 made the last time I saw you.
With all of mine and your partialities for
: our section of the State, allow me to say, that,
I considered in every point of light, this is the
i garden spot of Georgia. Its lands are fertile
beyond any conception that I had formed, not
withstanding the many flattering accounts that
I had heard of them. Its gushing springs run
murmuring from a thousand hills, and are the
very pure fount of health itself.—And its riv
ers, clear as chrystal, and abounding in the
greatest variety offish, are the most beautiful
streams in the world. Here nature has evid
ently been prodigal of her favors, and has scat
tered her blessings with an unspairing and
wasteful hand.
It is true, that this country, from its proxim
ity to the mountains, may not be adapted to;
the growth of the great staple commodity of
the Southern States, yet it is most eminently
capable of producing, in the richest exuber
ance, all those that are essential to the comfor
table, and even luxurious subsistence of man.
And I predict, that many years will not have
. elapsed, ere this, the recent haunt and hunting
ground of the Indian, will be the most densely
' populated portion of the State, and the seat of
a refined, enlightened and wealthy society.
It requires no great genius of discernment to
see, that all the elements of the most attractive
social state exist here, and are in a progress
of rapid developcment and combination. The
rich cotton grower of the low country, living
in his “splendid poverty,” and breathing its
deadly pestilential vapors, will retreat to this
. mountain region to breathe its pure air and
drink life and health from its pure, gushing,
heliconian fountains. The features of its nat
i ural scenery, are grand, beautiful and pictur
esque. Here is the southern terminus of the
great Alleghany range, that heaves up and
stretches its rocky barrier across almost the
i entire Union! and disperses itself into number
less spurs and abrupt hills, among which the
Etowah and Oostanaula, wind the their sinu
ous and romantic courses.
Rome is situated upon tho delta of these
1 streams. At this place these two beautiful riv
ers, washing the northern nnd southern out
skirts of the town, after pursuing their narrow
tout deep-channels, through varying landscapes
and wildest scenes, meet and wed, and mingle
their waters. Here they are baptized with a
new name, and the almost classic Coosa,
“lays him down,
“To kiss those easy curving banks of bloom.”
and flowing off unmurmuring, it hastens to pay
its rich tribute to the ocean. The point of
1 their union is a place of striking beauty and
picturesque effect. Here the Etowah breaks
through a defile of hills, whose summits are of
great elevation above its bed. Near the apex
of the more easterly of these two little mounts
is situated the Court House, one of the finest
buildings of that description in the State. The
summit of this hill, (of course the Roman Cap
italine) opens a wide and almost unlimited
prospect. To tho North-west, the delighted
eye runs along the blue wavy outline of “Tay
lors Ridge.” While looking and admiring, we
wish for the eagle’s pinion, which finds a home
there, to perch upon some elevated peak, and
withone wide sweep of vision take in the
world at a glance. The eye still pursues its
varying wave-like contour, till it hides itself
behind a more proximate hill, around whose
base the Oostanaula bends its way, just before
it reaches this point. It is decidedly one of
the finest views I ever saw. Standing upon
this high point of observation, both rivers may
| be seen rolling their tides at your feet, while
the town outspread lies beneath you. Look
' ing abroad in every direction the eye can turn,
it is met with an array of beautiful sylvan sce
nery—a panorama of hills piled upon hills.
From this point, the course of the Coosa may
be traced for miles,lo where it cuts its way
through the principal ridge, and looses itself
behind its abrupt elevations. Soon another
State will claim it as its own! We turn from
it with a sentimental regret, and inly say,
“bright stream farewell!!”—Thy tide now
j deep, smooth nnd unbroken, too soon, like hu
‘ man life, shall be torn by bars and shoals and
I islets which shall fret thy tide and chafe thee
into disquietude!
I visited on yesterday a mountain or high
■ bluff on the western side of the river opposite’
Rome, called “Golgotha." Here are found i
great numbers of human skeletons. Numbers j
of them have recently been exhumed, or rath-j
er taken out from clifts and shelves of the|
rocks, where they were concealed, bf-neath
piles of small stones. This mountain when ap
proached from the direction of the river: is dif
ficult to ascend. It is a fit fastness for the
highwayman and the murderer! The seat of
the Cherokee chief, John Ross, was formerly
near here; and tame tel's, that be caused white
men, passing the feny, to be murdered and
plundered, and their bodies deposited in this
mountain.
Rome, if she realise the fond visions it is
now en’ertaining—if it assume the commcrcia
character that its friends confidently anticipate,
by bringing to its aid the facilities of steam
boat navigation, at no distant day it will be a
place of no inconsiderable interest and impor
tance.
Hopes are evidently very sanguine, and im
provements are rapidly going forward. Its
buildings are on a large scale. It cannot be
said to possess many points of similarity to its
great prototype. —Its number of hills is just
double that of “the seven hilled city.” This,
unlike the “imperial city— the city of the Cae
sars and the Scipios— cannot boast of its “sto
ried urns," its “everlasting monuments" and
“splendid mausoleums" or spires that “high
Olympus kiss"; but it holds a population whose
enterprise no obstacles can embarrass, and
whose intelligence and present improvements,
is a pledge of the future character of the place.
Young and rising town, I bid thee God speed’
May thy fruition be equal to the bright pros
pect that gilds the vista of thy future! and the
consummation of thy project be commensurate
with the merit of thy citizens!
June 12,1838.
Fafayelte, Ga.,June 13, 1838.
Mr. Editor: The derangement and irreg
ularity of the mails, has long since been a sub
ject of concern with me, and of much anxiety
with the people generally, especially with the
newly settled part of Georgia; and I have la
bored assiduously to find out the causes of the
extreme tardiness and irregularity of the mails:
but unsuccessful, further than conjecture, to
this time. The shortest time which has given
us our Milledgeville mails, is 8 days, when re
ally we should get them in half that time. —
■ This must be owing to an improper connexion
of the different routes on the way to Milledge
ville, and can only be remedied by the Gener
al Post Office Department. Again, we get
our letters and papers from the same offices
and section of country, by different routes, and
as circuitous as it is possible for them to trav
el; and really, we frequently see packages floa-
■ ting successively around the different routes,
back and Toward, until their envelopes are
worn off, —and then, if a newspaper, it is en.
tirely lost to its owner. This defect and in
convenience is caused by different circumstan
ces—sometimes Editors write the direction up
on their envelopes so uninteligibly that they
could not read them themselves, were they to
see them, and again, give directions which
does not exist. For instance, I have seen the
Philadelphia Saturday Courier, directed to
“Walkers, Cow County, Georgia,” when in
deed there is no such county in the United
States. Some Post Masters, acquainted with
the Cherokeo language, and knowing that
, “Cow" means Walker in Cherokee; those pa.
pers have frequently come to Lafayette, Wai
, kcr county, Georgia.
And again, inexperienced and (sometimes)
earless Post Masters send their packages by
the wrong mails, and not unfrequently suffer
packages for their own offices to pass by. Now
sir, what is our remedy? Let us make an ef
fort and to this end I propose a Convention of
( Post Masters and Editors of Newspapers, of so
much of the State of Georgia as can convent
ently attend, at Cassville, Ga. on the 4th of Ju
ly next, to take this subject under considera
tion. Post Masters, espcially in the upcountry,
west of and in the counties on the Chattahoo
chee, are respectfully solicited to this subject,
and to give their views upon the propriety and
utility of such a convention. Should the 4th
! of July be too short a notice, let it be deferred
‘ one or two months. Fearing your patience may
be exhausted I desist for the present. Lei the
Editors of Newspapes take up this subject, and
with their acknowledged power, endeavor to
furnish the necessary relief.
Respectfully,
R. M. AYCOCK, P. M.
From the Albany Argus, May 30.
Daring Outrage. An express from Water
town reached this city yesterday afternoon,
bringing despatches to Gov. Marcy, from the
District Attorney, Marshal, &c. at that place,
by which we regret to learn that a most ex-
• traordinary outrage was committed within tho
American waters, early on Thursday morning.
The British steamboat Sir Robert Peel, lying
• to about seven miles from French creek on the
river St. Lawrence, was forcibly seized by a
body of armed men, supposed to be Canadian
refugees, seton fire, and entirely consumed.
Wetrust that, by the prompt action of the
civil authorities, aided by the military, all far
ther aggression or apprehended retaliation
may be prevented; and that the perpetrators of
the outrage may be discovered and brought to
meriled punishment.
Gov. Marcy, conceiving the circumstances
such as to require the immediate interposition I
of the state authorities, left the town soon after -
the arrival of the express, in the evening cars
j for Utica and thence, by relays of horses, to
Waterton.
Correspondence of tho N Y. Com. Ar!».
Oswego, May 30.
We learn from the passengers by the steam
boat G. Britain, from Kingston, that the Sir
Robert’Peel was burnt this morning at Well’s
Island, a few miles below French Creek in the
| St. Lawrence, where she stopped to take in
, wood. She was boarded at about 2 o’clock in
I the morning by a body ofarmed men, various
ly estimated at from 30 to 50, who immediate
ly clear’d the cabins and set fire to the boat.
The mate Mr. Johnson, was sleeping in his
berth at the time and barely escaped after be
ing seriously burnt, by jumping into the river.
The passengers were taken to Kingston by
the steamboat Oneida, of this place, who re
port that much of the baggage was lost, and
about 860,000, in specie. This daring piracy
excites a just indignation among all classes',
and calls for the vigilant and energetic action
of the public authorities to detect and punish
tho perpetrators.
I DEPARTMENT OF WAR, J
June 7, 1838. $
Gentlemen: I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your communication of
the sth inst. covering a letter from the Gov
ernor of Georgia, and asking a reply to the
inquiries it contains. Although they have
been substantially answered in the reply of
i the Department to his Excellency’s letter of
I the 28th ultimo, the tenor of these interroga
fories manifests such an extraordinary misap
i prehension of the intentions of the Govern.
I ment, that it becomes necessary, again, to ex.
i plain th«m. , . _ ~ ~c
His Excellency desires to be informed it
it is the President’s “intention to .continue the
nresen’ delav in removing the Cherokees by
ihe troops under General Scott for the purpose
of effectin 7 * bat ob j ect bv contract Wltb the , a ’
cents of RoJS and bis < ' l,enil3 > or an y ot icr
purpose'? The Department does not under,
stand what is ,-meant by the present delay.
When Genera! Sc ott left car-
ried with him instru’Ctpns to w’thout
delay in the removal of the Cherokees, and
his despatches, since received, show that he
took the proper measure's to obey fits mstruc
tiens with his characterise? promptness and
energy. When the concih.atory proposals of
the Executive to the Cherokee, delegation were
submitted to Congress, the Gent ld .'' raS
instructed to continue the prosec.’ 11
measures he had adoptsd for the icmota
the Indians, and whether it was to bt,' con ac
ted by the troops under h’ 3 commam r y
the Cherokees themselves, whether it Was a
be compulsory or voluntary, JO permit nd un
necessary delay in its executions
His Excellency desires «tilll further to
know, “whether it is his [the President s] in
tention to maintain the Indians by force upon,
the soil of Georgia, in opposition to the will
1 of the State and the rights of its inhabftants,.
to whom the lands have been granted?”
In reply to the proposition of the Cherokee
delegation for an extension of time, they were
told in express terms, that where the rights
and interests of sovereign States were concer
cerned, tho President could not enter into any
engagement with the Cherokees, and that no
delay could be granted without tho assent of
the States interested in the execution of tho
treaty. In asking that assent the Slates are
merely requested not to press their claims in
■ a manner to occasion unnecessary discomfort
• and inconvenience to the Indians; and Gene
ral Scott is nt tho same time instructed to com.
I municatc bis operations in that part of the
territory where the lands hnve been disposed
’ of, meaning Georgia, and to conduct them in
• such a manner ns to place the proprietors in
• possession of their estates with as little delay
as possible. The department is, therefore,.
) utterlv at a loss to understand how tho Pres
ident’s views should have been so misappre
r bended as to give riso to these questions, and
' now begs leave, through you, explicitly to
- deny that such nre or ever have been the
f intentions of the Government.
> Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
J. R. POINSETT.
• Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, A. Cuthbert, Jabez
Jackson, C. E. Haynes, S. Giantland,
Hopkins Holsey, and Wm. C. Dawson, M.
C. Washington. (
M’HIGGERY AND HUMBUGGERY. (
It cannot yet have been forgotten what a
hue and cry was raised by the “Whigs" a-
I gainst the celebrated Baltimore Convention
gotten up to nominate Mr. Van Buren—de
nouncing it as a “humbug,” “ridiculous farce,”
“party manoeuvre,” “gross imposition,” “libel
upon the good sense of the people,” &c. &c.—
all of which we neither did then or do now dis
pute; but should like them to explain to us the
j difference between that Convention, and the
one now proposed by themselves, to nominate
Mr. Clay, since that object is evidently ns
clearly understood and positively decided on
nt this time, as was the nomination of Mr. Vatu
Buren, by the projectors of the former.
“Strange that auch difference there should be,
“Twixt twcedle dum and tweedle dee!"— lb,
A Domestic Tragedy.—A tragedy of a
painful nnd appalling character, was recently
perpetrated in the western part of Alabama.
The particulars ns recorded in the Lakeville
Express, are somewhat to the following effect:
A young lady of great personal
the daughter of a farmer in that neighborhood,
had formed an acquaintance with a youth of
wild dissolute habits, and her parents in con
i sequence forbade him their house, and exer
ted themselves to sever the connexion, by *
j providing “Miss Julia Maria” with a steady
1 middle-aged husband. The squire having
I performed the ceremony, “the happy couple”
set off for their home on the great prairie,
and for six months the lady appeared perfect
ly reconciled to her lot, and exerted herself
to love honor and obey her liege lord. One
morning as the farmer was returning home
with his rifle and dogs, he met his former ri
val, who accounted for his sudden appearance
by saying he had just returned from New Or
leans, where he had made a rare speculation
in Texian lauds, and that it was his intention
to emigrate to his new property, so soon as
he had completed some family arrangements.
The unsuspicious husband invited his friend
to pass a day or two with him, saying that
although he should be obliged to go to Lake
ville the next day, the other could amuse him
self until his return by shooting the prairie
hens, or fencing-in a patch of corn, whichev
er he pleased. The other consented, and re
turned to the house with the hospitable far
mer. The next day the young man renewed
his intimacy with his former sweet-heart, and
finally succeeded in exacting a promise that
she would the next morning runaway with
him. The husband, in the mean time, ha,d