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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