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[From the Columbus Enqinri r J
BRUNSWICK AM) FLORIDA RAIL
ROAD.
Coi.i Mins, July 20tli, 1838. >
Col. Seaborn Jones:
Dear Sir—We send you a copy <»1 ibe
Columbus Enquirer, containing an ab
stract of your late speech, at the Internal
Improvement meeting, which we have ven
tured to sketch from memory nearly two
weeks after its delivery. Your absence
has prevented us front presenting our
notes for your revision and correction.
The sketch must, from the nature of the
case, contain sonic errors, and many o
niissions. Will you be so good as to
correct these, and add any additional re
flections which may have occurred to you
since the delivery of the speech/ Tin*
importance of the information, and the
startling nature of your developments,
will, we hope, be a .sufficient excuse for
laying your remarks on that occasion be
fore the public, without previously hav
ing submitted them for your inspection.
Yours, very respectfully,
Eniroits or 1111: Ivnqi ihi.i:.
Ei.non.vno, Ist August,
Messrs. Editors of the Enquirer:
Gentlemen —Your note of the 36th of
Julv, with the Enquirer of the same date,
was handed me whilst at camp meeting,
and had to wait till my return home for a
reply, furnishing the correction of some
statistical errors into which it was quite
natural you should fall when writing from
memory. The facts and probable c li
mates arising from them, are of more
importance to the people than any argu
ments 1 might have used. 1 shall, there-,
lore, cotffine myself principally to •them:
and by way of making the matter more
plain, annex statistical tables.
Upon enquiry of the ware bouse own
ers, I found the number of bales of cot
ton made in the year 1836, which passed
through Columbus in the season id l>:)6
—'37, was 3!),01)6 and a lew hundred:
and of the cotton made in i --37, and
passed through iri the season of I*-:}'
’3B up to the time of the meeting, was
43,800 ami a few hundred, shewing an
increase of 13,0(10 [piles, nearly om half,
upon the previous year. from enquiry
of the merchants who bought, I found
the expenses of shipping cotton from Co
lumbus to New York, around the Capes
of Florida, was equal to "J 1-3 cents a
pound. Estimating the hales at 100 ibs.
the expense of a bale was $lO, ami esti
mating tlie price at lOcts. (a fair average)
the bale would cost $lO, making the i >.-
jrensc of transportation om-fourth the
cost of the cotton. The number of bah s
and expense of transportation, are not
conjectural—they arc furnished from ac
tual facte. Tko weight of vbc Voile .mil
the price of cotton are estimated, ami it
is well known 1 that our bales (being near
ly all square) will average at least 100 Ibs.
and that 10 cts. a pound for cotton is a
fair estimate.
'Flic estimated expense of transportation
by the Railroad, is as follows:
From Columbus to the Railroad, 81
per bale; on the Railroad to Brunswick,
1: from Brunswick to New York, 81:
insurance, Ito 1 1-3 per cent., say I 1-1
per cent., 30 cents per bale, making to
gether $3 33 per bale for transportation
and insurance. To these, >1 30 cts. per
bale, to cover incidental expenses at home,
on the way, and at New York, will cer
tainly be sullicieni: but, tint we may /.r
--rctfl rather than fall short of the actual
expenses which may be incurred, 1 will
add another dollar per bale, ami no one
can fear our estimate is too small.
On a former occasion, and for another
purpose, f made enquiry of Col. Floyd,
Collector of the ports of Apalachicola
and St. Josephs, what relation the num
ber of barrels of merchandise imported
bore to tlie number of- bales shipped
from those ports, and lie assured me there
were siv times as many barrels of mer
chandize introduced as there were bales
of cotton exported. 1 mention the name
ot this gentleman from his high standing,
from his well known accuracy and from
the mentis of knowledge in Ins posses
sion. None who beard me and knew
him can doubt the correctness of his
statements. " 1 stated at the meeting (and
tnv statement was confirmed hv .Mr.
Young, a commission merchant, who sat
by me, and whose statement and opinion
no one will doubt,) that the expense of
each barrel of merchandize was equal to
the expense es a bale of cotton. The
results of the foregoing facts relative to
the transportation of tlie produce and
merchandize of the past season, will stand
thus, throwing off the hundreds:
Increase of cotton, 13,000 hales.
merchandize, 78,000 bids.
Expenses of shipping around the Capes
of Florida—
Ain’t of cotton I*37—'3S, 1-2,000 hales
at $lO per bale. $420,000
Ain’t mcr’ze 1837-3^,'J.V!, ! .itKl ■
bis at .*lO hi. 2,520,000
Expenses by the Railroad—
-4-2,000 bales.
To Chattahoochee $1 pr bale $42,000
To Brunswick 1 “ 12,000
To New York I “ 12,000
Insurance, at 1 1-4 per cent. 21,000
incidental expenses, say 250, 105,500
252,000
252,000 bbls. tncr’zo, at $G 1.512,000
1,704,00(1
Difference in expense of shipping
around the Cape of Florida and trans
portingoii the Railroad
13,000 at fl per bale, 168,000
333,000 at $4 per barrel, 1,008,000
* 1, ID*,OOO
As I have before said, part of this cal
! dilation is founded on facts of which
■there can be no mistake. With regard
to the Railroad expenses I could only
! make an estimate; but I cannot fear that
, any man who has any acquaintance with
the subject can believe I have made those
expenses too low. To these expenses ol
transportation and sale, purchase ot cot
ton and merchandize (which tire all in
elmled) the difference in the time of trans
porting cotton, and consequentlv the in
crease of expenses by way ol discount on
the bills of exchange, or interest on the
money invested between the time ol pur
chase and sale may he added.
'l'he purcln-cr is now satisfied if his
cotton reach New York in 3 months or
<)() davs from the time of its purchase in
Columbus: he is therefore compelled to
discount his bills for D!) days at 3 1-3 to
:{ per cent, discount. By the Railroad,
it cannot exceed six <la\s from the time
of purchase, or four days from the time of
leaving Columbus till it reach Brunswick,
and |(> or 13 days from Brunswick to
New \ ork, making Hi to 18 davs in all.
Here we have tiii:i:i: wicks vuvixst
i ll i:i:i: mom ns—this being the ease, the
cotton buyer mav discount his lulls either
for 311 davs at 1-3 per cent, or (id days 1
1-3 per cent, di-eount.
Not only so —when his cotton is sent
around the Cape of Florida, it will ar
rive in New York barely in time, and
must be forced into market, or lie mfisl
pay 3 1-3 percent, commission for ad
vancing the money to meet Ins bills fall
ing due.
If he send the rollon on the rail road,
it will arrive in New 'l ork in 3 weeks at
farthe.»t. It can then w ait a week for a
market to meet his.lulls of 33 davs sight,
and live weeks to meet his bills of sixty.
Nor is tins all—-it is well known to all
merchants having business with the Bank'
1 1 1 ut they will readily discount bills at 3)
ami (l.t days, wln.ii they cannot and will
not dis 'ount lulls at Ft! day.' at all. The
vlill’erence in the ru t of the cotton by
these t'vo modes of purchase will be hil
ly equal to halt", if not the whole differ
ence Hi Jram-portation.
There is one important fact connected
with all this. The loss or difference in
purchase and transportation is sustained
by the Fi. vM i.it ami ('oNsi.vtr.it, ami not
the Merchant. The only loss sustained
by the merchant, is the necessary loss ot'
customers who will seek other markets
trom which cotton can be sent, and to,
w hich merchandize can be brought cheap
er, and where a better price can be given
for cotton. iiniV v\i<- ._;.ro<!' soil! town.
This incidental loss of the .5/ r. hunt , then,
cannot be less than that of the I'liintir,
for his in Inn/ profits must he greater on
the sale of 831)0,000 worth of goods, than
o:i >'30,000 worth.
These calculations are made upon the
current year, which shows an increase of
ciitluli ot 13,000 hales (mu:!:/ on,-half)
more than the preceding. Will not the
increase continue in the same extent !
Will it not rather increase in the same
proportio.i ! Who can doubt, that knows,
almost the whole of tins cotton has been
supplied by Georgia, and not scarcely a
single bale by Alabama. And the: new and
most valuable cotton lands are now being
opened both ill Georgia and Alabama,
which will continue fur ears to increase
the product of our great staple. This
must be the natural increase, arising from
no artificial c mscs. If, then, to these
great and natural advantages, we max
be allowed to add the immense increase
arising from the increased facilities fur
nished I>\ Railroads, the most sceptical
and unwilling must allow the reasonable
anticipation of 106,000 bales hx the time
the Railroad mav lie completed. *
I am aware it may be objected that our
great difficulty lies in t!v‘ navigation of
the river from Columbus to the month of
the Chattahoochee, and the continued
evidences we have received from the I .eg.
islatnre of the jealousy with which our
city is viewed by other sections of the
State. I will not now repeat those kimt
h/ h we have received. They
are too fresh and too wa ll recollected. It
is strangi', too, that Georgia should not
sustaiuTher true interest in fostering and
protecting the rising energies and pros
perity ol this place. South Carolina, w ith
true State wisdom, feels she cannot do too
•much for Cheravv and Hamburg. Alaba
ma w ill grant whatever is a-keii for (iiranl.
The success of those places draws the trade
from (leorgia on both sides: and were
it not for the richness, extent, and fertilli
tv ol her soil, and the untiring industry
and enterprise of her sons, Georgia must
have pitted away tinder those continual
drains. But like a young giant slit' is ris
ing in her strength—Yes, in her lli '/ovi
Complete the Railroad front
Brunswick to the Chattahoochee, and from
Columbus to the terminus of the West
ern Rail Road, and von will identify the
interest of Columbus not only with Bruns
wick (the Atlantic sea port) hut with the
whole south-west—west, and north-west of
the State. Then will she have strength—
and the Iwsf of all strength—the strength
ot numbers, which will command respect
in our Legislative halls. Then will her
right* he respected, and her interest lie
regarded:—tlieu will the necessary appro
_ ’ Thl !| sl number r.f till' St Josephs Times
s. i!' r tie amount <>! ( otton e\ported from that
city ami Apalachicola the past t o be
**ol.ooo h lies • •
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
(•nations for opening our river ho made,
and those vv ho now w ithhold even common
pisticc, will be lavish of their favors upon
her.
The probable profits to stockholders will
not in my opinion, be less than the profits
to the planter ami merchant, from the
j Brunswick Railroad. According to the
1 estimate made by Col. King a few day - ago,
100,000 persons may be expected to travel
this road to and from the city ol New
York. Since this statement was made,
Mr. Saltmarsh, who i- one of the proprie
tors of the Mail and Telegraph lines of
stages, and has been for several years, has
stated to several gentlemen, that this esti
mate is not too high, ami he would as soon
have stated it higher as lower. We know
lie lias the best opportunities of judging,
and that he would not willingly make a
wrong statement. Td me, the estimate
• made by Col. King was not so astonishing
as to many others. Some lor 3years ago
.Mr. Gregory, of Pensacola, (a gentleman
of good sense ami untiring industry,) told
me he In.d while at the north, taken pains
to inform himself (by consulting the books
of the hotels) of the number of persons
who visited the principal northern cities
that year, and unless my recollection de
ceives me, he stated the number to have
been 700,000 from the North-west, Vv est,
and South-west.t We cannot but believe
that one-fourth of tlie.se would pass over
the Railroad from Chattahoochee to Bruns
wick, even if the time and expense wi re
equal to the other routes from the West
to the North. When we take the diller
cnce in time ami expense, the number
must be greatly increased. Taking New
Orleans as the starting point—from that
place to Pittsburg, by Steam boat, will
take 13 davs, am) thence to New ’i ork 3
or 3 days more, making together 18 to 30
days in all. From N. <Means by steam
boat to St. Josephs, 34 hours—thence to
Brunswick 34 hours —thence to N. \ ork
by steam packets 3 or I days, making in
ail six davs— om: riiiitK a in: timi: ! ! !
The expense may be reasonably estimated !
at one third, and if line be money, as Dr. J
Franklin lias lung since wisely iulortued :
us, the saving in both will add inealcul i-j
lily to the advantages of this, over every i
other route.
The distance from Brunswick to the I
Cliattaliooel.ee, by the Railroad route, is
tun hundred am! ten miles, ami the etis- j
tomary charge is live cents a mile for each |
passenger. The cost ol road, cars, Wc. j
N estimated at 8 1,31)0,030. It will surely
be admitted, the current yearly expenses ;
will be paid by the freight on produce
: ami merchandize. We will set them off.
i one against the other, and estimate the !
.profits only for p tssengers, deducting the
interests at S per cent, on the cost o! the
'Halt road, amt liow stands the account
of nett profits ? 1 DO,OOO pas'engers 310
miles.
at 5 cts. per mile, 1500,000
Interest on 1.5 ).),<•:!!) at r ; per ct. 120,000
Nett profits, s‘>3o,ooo
If this amount of protits appear too large
and startling, let us then take only 5'1,t)00
passengers, and the amount will he—
-50,000 passengers, *.>25,(!i)0
Interest of $ 1,500,000 off, 120,000
Nett profits, * ti:5,000
Should this si 1 11 appear too large, we
will take2s,ooo passengers only,
702,500
interest off, 120,000
Nett profits, J*l 12,500
Nearly ten per cent, added to the S jtcr
ct. for prolits upon the investment, which
Will certainly he sufficient to satisfy any
reasonable mail. My estimates may be
wrong, but l have certainly succeeded, in
sutislv mg one man they are correct. /
Your statement about the land may be
misunderstood, or i would close. Col.
King oA/rt/i'it/ those 700 acres free from
anv pledge, and they belong to him.
Since lie obtained the grant he lias vol
untarily, generously, and with that patri
otism which belongs to him, openly de
clared and given a written pledge that he
would convey it to the Railroad cmnpa
nv. I did not intend to give my opinion
of its present value, as 1 tun unacquainted
with the value of good planting land in
that section. But it is my opinion, if the
canal be completed, it will tint be wortli
less titan *IOO,OOO, and if the Railroad
be finished. 1 should think one million a
low estimate and should not he surprised
if it produce at public sale mere than
enough to reimburse tlie cost of tin- Rail
road. To any one acquainted with Col
King it would he needless to say that an
ardent devotion to the interest and inter
nal improvement ot his adopted Suite,
(Georgia) shows forth in all his actions.
Ills, therefore, only doing him ordinary
: justice to hear this public testimony to
;It is feelings, Ii is liberality, and his patri
-1 ot ism.
1 have extended these remarks longer
titan 1 intended, and have only to plead
in excuse the importance of the subject,
and the deep interest 1 feel in its success.
Yours resjiectfullv,
SKA 808 N J< INKS.
A writer in the New Orleans i!ul ! it. this
il.iy ri ii iv. il. lii id..rt'> that -»<••*.< ] ■ ais.
annual I v . 1* .1 lea sum Sb‘ •■>t in i a.* • ••t't'o- tivi 1
triun that ntv aluin- t > i’ittshiug Wintpro
pnrtn-il <if tins t ravel will be iliv irtiii. vv r irnve
t ■ the intelligent to determine. ! bn* I’.x
i;i in 1 t;
’ It is said that a few- drops of any n.n • r:d
acid applied to a w ound occasioned by the bite
of a rabid animal will prevent hvdrn|>ho!e 1.
COMMERCIAL CONVENTION. ;
We give below that portion of the Address j
omitted in our last, in relation to the indirect j
losses already sustained by the South from its
neglect of foreign trade:
Nor would it be out of place here to.
mention, the indirect, consequential losses,
which we have sustained, by our neglect (
of foreign trade? Without overstepping
the bounds of reasonable conjecture, we
could enlarge the number of these to a
wearisome extent; but time will not permit i
us to recount them. Let us taken single
example, deduced from history speaking
directly to our purpose, in 18:53, the;
long endured national debt was extinguish
ed, after having absorbed from the treas
ury about lour hundred and twenty two
millions ol dollars. The larger portion of
this sum was paid to citizens of the Unit
ed States; of whom, those residing north
of tiie Potomac, were to those residing
south of it, in tint ratio of 163 to 11; and;
those in Massachusetts, New York and
Pennsylvania,to tlio.se in all the other states [
as 130 to 176.—Whence, but from their
commerce, did the Northern States ac
quire t lie means of loaning so largely to the
Government? W hence, but from the same ’
source, did three states Require the power;
to loan thirteen times as much as all the j
Southern States put together ? And with
the power to lend, was it no advantage to
them to have been enabled to lend, upon
the best security in the world?
So much for our own voluntary self im
poverishment. A word or two upon those j
contributions which we have made to the'
fortunes of our Northern brethren, and
which may he denominated, compulsory. I
The actual disbursements of the General
Government, have been one billion ol’dol- 1
iars, exclusive of the surplus revenue. 1
The greater part of this immense sum was'
disbursed among the several State's. A
rateable distribution of this fund between
the Northern and North-western, and
i Southern and South-western States, as
| they now stand, would have been nearly
\ as follows: •
According to w hole population, as 7 to 3
“ “ white “ “ 7to :i j
“ “ representation “ sto 3 }
“ “ area '• 4to 3
1 low have they actually hern? Up to
I >3O, there had been expended in the
several States and Territories two hun
dred and eighteen millions of public mon
ey, in fortifications, light houses, public
debt., pensions, and internal improvements,
of which sum, one hundred and ninety-five
millions were disbursed in the Northern
and North-western States: and twenty
three millions in the Southern and South
western. Tiie national debt constitutes In
far the largest item in this account, and it
was but equitable that this should he paid
to the leiiilor.! ui tti<7 jirujxM lions ot" xht-ir
loans. But in the matter of internal im
provements, the Southern division should
hxxe received a ninth more than the
Northern. The disbursements under this
head were—north ol the Potomac, in
round numbers, four millions seven hun
idred thousand; south of the Potomac, two
hundred and sixty-seven thousand: or near
ly |s to !,* Pensions 17 to 3: Light.
: houses (consider our coast) 3 to i: Forti
fications equal—but never unequal nl’ter
! wards, and never to be equal again. The
expenditures outlie Cumberland road a
■ lone, were about nine times the amount
I expended for internal improvements in all
i the Southern and South-western Stales
j together: ami without that, the proportion
North and South, was as 8 to I.
| But this gives us a very-inadequate idea
jot the extent of the disbursements in the
j several States. It touches not the first
! cost, and the animal expenses of the nation
j al establishments, most of which arc at the
North; nor the pay of the officers, princi
pal and subordinate iu the several depart
ments ol the government, most of whom
I arc citizens of the North: nor the ten
thousand other items of expense, which
I go to make up the grand total of 8! .000,-
,000,600. Whoever will take the trouble
to follow tiles? expenditures through all
i their details fora year or two, will come
to tiie conclusion, that of the whole sums
! disbursed among the States, little short of
eight tenths have gone north of the Poto
mac, or to citizens domiciled north of tiie
; Potomac. About sex eti hundred thousand
I dollars of the one billion disbursed, were
raised from the customs —that is to say,
from duties on foreign importations, two
thirds of which were received in exchange
for Southern productions. The South
ern States tiicn have virtually put into the
treasury, four hundred and sixty-six mil
lions ol the seven hundred, and drawn out
one hundred and forty. The Northern
States have jnit in two hundred and thir
ty-three millions, and drawn out live hun
dred ami sixty—fractions rejected. The
effect of these disbursements is like a
shower of gold upon a people. They are
far bitter. They clear rivers, improve
harbors, and open roads and canals which
give permanent facilities to commerce.
They plant natiomd estaUisSnnf nts.-gat}*,
er villages aro;;»<! thvin, and totimi other
public works, through vvhic 1 1 there is a
constant stream of treasure flowing from i
the Gov eminent to the people in their
vicinity. Suppose the Genera! Govern
inctifshould make Brunswick a naval de
pot: would it he a twilve month before
that |>lace would heroine a busy, thriving
city? And would it be longer before its
A Jo!'- I. l* a 'ovi* > 111 tin- |»rt*.-s. till- ;tll
-of I In- ).,>t (01 gr.-. - (hr il
iinpr'M 111. Ills IJ,-I J J,,- v fir.- a-. f,,|.
J (>u s
' .: 1 ami .V.rtfi v. «-.-t«-rn Hiatt s. 1.11.7
•'" Hii ■ > ita v. 1 m Sf.it, g-.j 11110
v :r.- ti t
influence would be felt through the whole
State?
While the Southern States were con
tributing so liberally to the support of the
Government, they suffered still heavier
losses than any that we have mentioned,
in the regular, progressive and almost ru
inous depreciation of their great staple.
For about fifteen years, except during the
frenzied excitement of 1833, it kept unre
mittingly oil the decline; in so much,
that for six vears preceding 1833, it did
not average quite ten cents per pound, at
the places of shipment. It has ever since,
in spite of the disasters'of this and the
last year, and of the increased produc
tions, averaged about thirteen cents a
hundred miles in the interior of every
cotton growing State. That the Restric
tive System, as it has been aptly termed,
was the cause of its decline, no one, it is
presumed, will now dispute. But who
can compute the losses which we sustain
ed from that system! The difference be
tween the prices of the article in question,
before and since 1833, is but a very poor
measure of our losses upon it ante
rior to that period; because from that
date to the present, it has been materially
affected by the tariff; and it will continue
to be, even under the duties made perma
nent, by the compromise act. But by
that measure, our losses amount to not
less than fifty millions, in the short space
of six years.
Tiie Restrictive System was not more
oppressive to us than propitious to our
Northern brethren. It was the touch of
.Midas to their property, and the ahluition
of Midas to their streams. —Through all
its operations, it enriched them—in all its
consequences it profiled them. With its
other effects, it gave them the command
of Southern trade; and thus increased our
dependence upon them, and multiplied
our debts to them. Let us not be under
stood as mentioning these things, in the
■ spirit of complaint or disaffection; but in
confirmation of the positions which we as
sumed at the opening of our remarks.
Indeed the Southern people, now reap
no small benefit, from the measure, which
has beeiv so favorable to their Northern
friends. It lias enlarged the demand for
their principal staple, and opened to them
a home market, where they can be sup
plied with many articles in daily use tit
the South, upon better terms, than they
are offered in any other market.
But, fellow citizens, how trivial would
j all our other losses have seemed, had we
! onlv secured to ourselves the importer’s
protits!—We have supposed the foreign
importations, to have equalled in value
hut four times the amount of the duties
levied upon them. We know them
;tn have been worth a hundred millions,
and hut a hundred millions more—a fact
worthy of a passing notice; for as the du
-1 ties were very low tip to the year 1816,
it proves that since that time, the
Government must have absofbed little
; short of half the value of all the goods
brought into the country. Ten per cent,
upon the portion ot those goods purchased
with Southern produce, would have plac
ed at the command of our people all that
I could minister to taste or sense. But it
is gone witli the other millions that we
have lost by our supineness; and it is only
because a gracious Providence has bless
ied its with resources, that never fell to
the lot of nation before, that we have not
1 long since had onr energies awakened,
by the perils of utter destitution. But so
' essential have onr staples become to the
i w hole world, that we never want a mark
|et for them; and so abundant the crops,
I that we can /»v on their lowest prices,
and grow rich in an instant, when they
1 command the highest.
Fn’.i: inTtir. Burnt District. A circutn
i stance was related to us yesterday, which,
were it not vouched for by respectable nu
tlioi itv, we should be inclined to doubt. In
making arrangements for the re-building
of a house in Society.street, which was
burnt down at the late fire, the workmen
: discovered that a parcel of coal remain
ing in the cellar was on fire, and a piece
off.it pine imbedded in the same was also
in a state of ignition, having w ithout doubt
been in that state since the morning of
the 3>tli April last, a period of three and
a half months, being protected from the
j air !>v the rubbish which had fallen on it.
In our paper of last evening, we men
tioned ors the authority of a conteinpora
ry, that the Great Western Steam Sliij)
Company had taken steps to increase its
capital from 2.70,01(0/. to 1,000,000/., and
had contracted for the immediate build-,
ing of three large and splendid steamships,
to he christened the President, Great Brit
ain, and I nited States. On inquiry we!
are convinced that the “British A Amer
ican Steam Navigation Company of Lon-?
don, 11111 st he the company alluded to.
I'hey have not taken steps to increase:
their capita!, hecav.:-.- iv was originally
started with 1,000,000/. This is the
Company which owns the British Queen,
and which has contracted for the Presi
dent, (ire.it Britain, and I nited States.
[N. Y. American.
Ii tn.Ro.ti> t ito.M Washington Citv to
Ni w York. —We learn that the connect
ing line between the Trenton and Phila-j
dolphin railroad and the New Jersey rail- j
road, which now terminates at New Bruns-'
wick, will he completed before the close j
oi the year, thus effecting tut unbroken
chain of railroad communication from j
New \ ork to 7) nshingtoii City.
INDIANS IN CAMDEN.
In our last, we mentioned a bloody encoun
ter in Camden County, between the Indians
and a party of regulars. We are now able,
by the kindness of a correspondent, to whom
we would return our especial thanks, to pre
sent a more full and detailed account of it.
The Indians are still at their bloody work in
Ware county. On the 16th inst. as aU. S.
wagon train was returning (empty) from Ket
tle Creek to Trader’s Hill, an attack was made
by the Indians, in which one U. S. Dragoon
was killed, and two wounded. All the mules
attached to one of the wagons, were either
killed or wounded in the harness.
This occurred within a few miles of the
Camden line and within 13 miles of Centrc
ville. The Indians occupied a corn field ad
joining the house of a family who had fled
some time before, and taking advantage of the
fence, formed an ambuscade. The,road pass
ed close by the fence, and it was from this po
sition that the mischief was done. The two
wounded Dragoons rode a long distance after
being shot. One of them is dangerously
wounded being shot through the body—the
other is shot through the thigh. The first rode
eight miles after receiving his wound—the
other 16 miles, upon a wounded horse. Maj.
Dearborn, U. S. A. upon receiving intelligence
of the above, made all haste towards the place,
with such men as he could hastily pick up on
the way—but only arrived to see the traces of
the savages and to inter the dead. The wound
ed soldiers say that this attack was made by
30 or 60 Indians. The Okefinoke is but a
mile from the place where the attack was made,
and afforded an immediate retreat to the In
dians, whilst our men had to ride from 13 to
16 miles to arrive there. This murder has
caused a fresh panic to the frontier settlers and
they are moving into Centreville and its envi
rons with much haste. It is distressing to see
large families who are entirely dependent up
on their crops for subsistence, leaving their all
to the mercy of any one who choses to plunder
them.
P. 8. Since writing the above, I have learn
ed by express from Centreville, that on the
18th inst. the Indians were seen and fired up
on, within three miles of Centreville, by one
or two of our hunters.
Every safety will soon be rendered to the
| County as 1 have just learned, and will hereaf
ter communicate.
Mr. Calikun’s Consistency. We
j find many Sub-Treasury men boasting of
| the perfect consistency of tlicir idol, Mr.
j Calhoun, and occasionally meet with his
j own assertions to that effect. We would
call tlicir attention to a lew reminiscences
! that are too indelibly recorded to be con
troverted. We are not disposed to en
large on the subject, but will refer them
to the annexed brief notice, from the
Lynchburg Virginian. If it should leave
some with a doubt that Mr. Calhoun's
j present acts are not entirely in accordance
i with those of times past, it is no fault of
fours; and if they should come to the con
clusion that his present course is not the
result of honest ronviitiousf would accord
' with the ideas of very many of those who
now oppose him, and whose principles, as
| State Rights men, were never doubted.
[Macon Messenger.
It is Mr. Calhoun’s boast, that lie Ins
j always belonged to the great State Rights
party, (even, we suppose, when he was
the chief of the clan which declared it to
be t lie ‘climax of absurdity to say that the
States had am/ rights at all,’) which partv
Ins, ‘ever been opposed, on constitutional
grounds, to the incorporation of a Nation- •
al Bank. And yet, in his speech on the
Removal of the Deposits, delivered oit
the 13th of January, 1834, this same Mr.
| Calhoun remarked, I might say witli,
truth that the Hank owes as much to me as
j tiny ether individual in the country; and I
| might even add, had it not been for my
vforts, IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
'C H A RTEIiED!’ And on the 6th of May
following, in remarking upon Gen. Jack
sou s opinion ot the unconstitutionality of
the Bank, this same Mr. Calhoun indig
nantly repelled what he was pleased to
term an ‘impeachment of the conduct of
M ashmgton and Madison, the former of
whom signed the charter of the first bank,.
! and the latter of the present, and of all
the members ot both Houses of Congress
who voted for the acts incorporating
them.’ And yet, Mr. Calhoun now affirms
that lie has always belonged to the party
which has opposed the incorporation of a
Bank, on constitutional ground—that it is
unconstitutional—nay, that it is monarch
ical in its nature and tendency! The
honorable Senator, when looking at these
contradictory sentiments—(at least they
seem to us to he contradictory, though he
tells us that he has ‘changed no opinion,
abandoned no principle’)—may well doubt
his personal identity, and after an illus
tnniK ev...: v ' , cil ;^ l . il t)C na tural!y tempted
to exclaim, ‘Am I Giles, or am I not?’
[Lynch. Virginian.
New Mail Arrangement. —lt is stated
in a Western paper that anew mail line
lias been established between New Or
leans and Louisville, by which the mail is
to he carried in Steamboats, regularly
three times a week, between those cities.
There are to be eight boats in the line,
and each boat to have a postmaster on
hoard, whose duty it is made to attend to
the receipt and delivery of the mail at the
different points on the return. The con
tractors for thus carrying the mail, are to
receive for this service, .SIBO,OOO a year.