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■Xo miss P. 'l.ll. of Boston, Mass. |
Tlio' tedious and eventful years
Have fled, with leaden wings away,
Ofjoy. and grief, of sndles and teats,
I’ve cherish’d still the halcyon day,
When first wc met in childhood’s hour,
Unconscious of deception’s wiles.
Anti trode with joy our native hnW’r,
Mingling hopes with amorous smiles—
Love ns chaste as mountain snow,
I lopes as briglit ns morning’s glow;
Smiles ns pure us infant's dreams,
Shading o’er thy cheek their hcnnwi ;
Hold Is’litre fohd f nicy's gaze,
Visions of still happier days.
. Yes, Frances, then each sanguine breast.
Responsive beat in Unison ;
■ Thy speaking eye and blush confi’ss’d,
A wish to make oar fortunes one.—
The rosy hours embalm'd with sighs,
Sped on, befitre our hopes delay’d,
To grace the day and deck the skies—
Hut envious flood the dawn array’d.
Every joy was snatch'd aw ay,
Hope and beauty with’ring lay j
Rlighted was the lovely llow'r,
That I’d watch'd fir many an hour;
Hut still, I mark’d its fading bloom,
Amid chill fortune’s darkling gloom.
DM Mary, tho' our youthful love,
Was cross’d by Wayward fortune’s frown;
A fitith like onr's is seal’d above,
And Heaven is pledg’d our hopes to crown.
For, oh! through each vicissitude,
That fine has led me on 'til now,
Thy vision bright, with bliss, I’ve view’d,
And foster'd still my early vow.
As turns tile needle to the polo,
So turns to thee my ravish’d soul
.’Vo ties cun chain a heart like mine,
Save such as early love entwine •,
And tho’ another hold the chain,
My heart aud love with thee remain.
Farewell my love, if never more,
I clasp thee in these arms again,
In hie, I’ll meet thee on that shore,
Where non • our meeting can reslrain.
Iftlds, to us, our fate deny.
Accept these lines a pledge from me.
An earnest that my latest sigh,
Shull tremble or, these lips for thee.
May happlnces thy days attend,
And joy its brightest garland blend,
To twine around thy temples fair,
'■Commingling with thy ebon hair.
May rosy health thy cheek illume,
And friendship's team adorn thy tomb.
C.F.S.
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LATEST FROM ENGLAND.
Capt. Alton, of flie Mary lluwlatu), at
Ncw-\ork from Cork, has brought pa
pot's of that city to the2lst Oct. incliusivo,
containing Condon dates of the 18th.
A private letter from Condon, received
at Cork, says—"A report is current in the
city, and seems to have some foundation,
that some houses in Birmingham have
entered into a contract fur the supply of
three hundred thousand muskets to the
French Government. Il is supposed tii
so that the quantity ultimately required
Will be much greater. The filer is sai.i
to be a very pressing one, and that a de
livery is lirgeri Ut the rate of 00,000
monthly if possible. Tins I'ireumstance
is not at present viewed uilh any alarm
in the money market, as the motive as
signed lor the order, and the despatch of
it, is the miserable state of inefficiency ns
To equipment, in which the whole of the
regular army of Franee was left b\
Charles X. and his Ministers.’’
Extract of a letter from an intelligent A
inericati gentleman, dated
Paris, 10th Oct., IS3O.
You may possibly hear exaggerated
Accounts of disturbances here, but be not
nlarmcil, for there is no danger. What
are a few hundred, or evert "thousand
muuvnis sujels, against 100,600 tinned and
equipped National Guards till vmini mans
lor the present state of things! War
may happen in process of time, ami !
still think it must within 15 months; hut
i do assert and maintain, that there will
riot he any internal commotion of sulli
eieot consequence to endanger ns. IVti
dent as 1 am, 1 think our money anti
goods sale, both now, and until i advise
yon to the contrary.
THE CHRISTIAN ERA.
The venerable Bede, the English His
torian, who published his Ecclesiastical
His..try. in the year 731. is tile most an
cient_ author whom we find using tin
modern date Anno Domini. It was adopt
etl in Prance under King Pepin, and Lully
•established in the reign of Charlemagne.
The custom of beginning the year on the
first of January, commenced in Fiance
ill 1301,
StTUDIOITtS LIFE.
It is a great mistake to imagine that
the pursuit of learning is injurious to
health. We see that studious men live
ns long as persons of any other profes
sion. History will confirm the truth of
this observation. In fact, the regular-,
calm and uniform life of a student con
duces to health, and removes many in
conveniences and dangers, which might
otherwise assault it, provided that the
superfluous heat of the constitution be
assuaged by moderate exorcises, and the
habit of'flu body be not overcharged with
n quantity of a limcnt incompatible -with
a sedentary life.
There is a game among the pel its jctu
til the I'rench, which chiefly consists in
replying with the address to the inqui
ry—"lf you were in a boat with such
and such persons, during a storm, what
would you do !” This question was one
day put to Talleyrand in the course of a
g,t’.« ”t forfeits, relatively to two ladies
between whom ho wiis seated,—his
Ir.eiid Madame do tStael, A: the beaut if r
Madame de Urandt, afterwards his wife.
. lleyrnnd " as greatly puzzled to avoid
g’lv mg’ ofieiice to Nee leers touchy diuigh -
ter; but immediately turning towards
her, replied ‘T would certainly save Ma
dame de Grandt; for you, Madame, have
so much wit ami address, that you are
beyond tho reach of difficulties, and can
Rssist yourself. ’
<’ '«*Wn>
Brandy.— A letter from a highly respectable*
meicaiitile house dated Cognac, Aub. 10, says
41 brandy will he source this year, tile crop be
ing the worst ive have had for 00 years past.
From 185 fumes, the price has got up to 180
nominal. Even at 200, feW Boilers would be
found.
GEORGIA LECSISLATUttE.
I\ SENATE.
Tuesday, A’ou 23.
The bill to reduce ami fix the salaries
and feesoftbe public olliccrs ofthis Sitate,
was rejected.
The Semite spent some time, in com
mittee ol’lhe whole, on the bill to
late the appointment of commissioners of
pilotage for the port of Savannah, the
licensing of pilots for said port, Ate.
A bill was passed for the relief of
George Milieu, from the operation ol the
duelling law—yeas 35, nays 28.
A bill was passed authorising the rais
ing of iii<sooU by lottery, to bo appropria
ted to the repair of the streets of Mil
ledgeville, Xc.
A bill was passed to make mill and
void all contracts entered into between
parties plaintiff and defendant, and attor
ney or attorneys ut law, where the attor
ney or attorneys shall fail or neglect to at
tend in person to the suit which he or
they contracted to do, until the rendition
of a judgment.
Wednesday, Xu vernier 24.
The Senate reconsidered the vote of
yesterday on the passage of the bill ren
dering null and void, all contracts enter
ed into bet w een parties plaintiff and de
fendant. &Ci
Mr. King gave notice that ho will move
forthe appointment of a joint committee
to prepare and report a hill to make uni
form the several laws of this State regu
lating general elections held at the seve
ral district election grounds in this State.
The senate spent sometime on the bill
for the relief ol purchasers of fractions
reserves, and town lots, purchased in 1828
and IS29,and on the bill to provide for
taking the census of this State.
STATE BANK.
The Senate agreed to the following re
port on the Bank of the State of Geor
gia :
The situation of said bank presents a
flattering and prosperous condition, and
warrants your committee in saying, she
is sound, and deserves, and merits the
full mid entire confidence of the Stale.
Voar committee deem it unnecessary, in
this report, lo set forth, her actual condi
tion in figures, but will content them
selves with saying, that her specie on
hand, is equal to any inn that can at any
time be made on her, in the ordinary
course of banking and commercial trans
actions. They therefore recommend the
adoption of the following resolution :
Resulted, That the Bank of the State
of Georgia presents a sound and whole
some condition, nnd that its past man
agement deserves fully the confidence of
the people.
Thursday, Xov. 25.
CENTRAL BANK.
Mr. Branham, from the Committee on
Banks, made reports on the Central
Bank and the Bank us Augusta, which
w ere read and agreed on as follow s:
The joint committee on hanks, to whom
was referred the annual report of the
Central Bank, respectfully, report, that
they have made a minute and u lull ex
amination into the alfairs of that ins’liin
tion. in tin’ discharge of that duty much
lime has been necessarily consumed, to
enable your committee to slate that they
Icnur I'rum actual it'scrv t.iiun, w hat is the
condition of the Ce itral Bank. All the
e\ idenees of debt to the Dank, of what
ever kind, bate been carefully examined,
and wi re found lo correspond with the
statements contained in the animal re
port, and exhibited by document A. The
bills of other banks owned by the Cen
tral Bank, were counted, and found to
be correctly stated in the report refer
red to your committee.—The bills of the
Central Bank on hand were counted al
so, and the amount accords with the
statement in the , annual report. The
specie was also ascertained to corres
pond with the amount reported. Voar
committee, in the prosecution of the duly
assigned to them, and that the Directors
of the Central Bank have restrained their
issues within the limits estnbiishsd by
their charter, that they have distributed
their discounts to the several counties ol
the Blate, agreeably lo law, nnd that the
discounts to the various persons have
not exceeded the sum permitted to be
loaned to an individual.
The clearness, precision and accuracy
every where manifested in the manage
ment of the Bank, give strong assuran
ces, which are well fortified by the char
acter of the directors nnd officers of the
Institution, that it will he as il has been
so administered as to allbrd to the .State
' ssenlialsciw ice in the collection of debts
due to her, and a fair profit upon her in
vestments, at Ihesaine time that there w ill
be extended to her citizens all the benefits
that can result from a fair distribution by
loan of the capital of the Bank, anil
the diiTusion and circulation of a sound
and substantial currency. *
Vo nr committee feel that the fullest
assurance of the sound and wholesome
condition of the Central Bank, is afforded
by Hie fact, that, w hilst the notes in cir
culation amount to only one hundred and
forty six thousand seven hundred and
forty two dollars, there are of specie and
s, ceies funds, two hundred and soventy
eight thousand four hundred and four
dollars X ten cents, f>r their redemption.
la conclusion your committee feel il
but common place justice lo remark, that
the intelligence, ability, and industry,
with which the affairs of tho Central Bank
-have been conducted, give lo those who
direct them, strong claims upon the ap
probation and confidence of the legisla
ture of Georgia,
AUGUSTA BANK.
The joint committee on Banks, to whom
was referred the annual statement ol
the Bank of Augusta, beg leave to
ItEPOItT:
That on a careful examination of the
exhibits, they find such evidence of the
ability with which (he nifairs of that
Bank have been conducted, nnd of its
sound and stable condition, as fully to
sustain the, high credit ofthe institution.
The committee find on examination of
the statement, that the issues ofthe bank
have been kept within the bounds of mo
deration, amounting ton sum less than
double the amount ofthe specie actually
in the vaults of the Bank,—that out of
the sum of #800,575 38, of paper discount
ed, nnd due and miming lo maturity, that
only slo,ooois considered bad, anil #|a -
000 doubtful. These facts speak highly
in favor of the persons exercising the di
recliou of the institution, mid entitle them
CM’ onlrift citttt
to the approbation of the legislature and
the community. The surplus fund, over
.nd above the regular dividends, amount
ed to the sum of $104,948 94, which is
held for the purpose of reimbursing the |
stockholders in the event of loss, by bad ,
debts oT other accident This plan of (
holding a large surplus fund to meet such
exigencies, where the regular dividends, ,
equal to legal interest, are paid, is highly ,
to be commended. ,
Your committee therefore respectfully ,
submit the following resolution : ,
Resolved, That the ability and fidelity
with which the affairs of the Hank of Au- .
gnsta have been conducted, merit the up- '
probation of the Legislature, and entitle
the Hank to the fullest confidence of the
public.
The resolution calling on the directors
ofthe Central Hank for a full statement
of the loans made on notes. &c. the name
of every maker, «!tc. was rejected.
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
Faugh W. (Sullivan. to be Purveyor
and Inspector of (ho llevenue for tin
Port of West Point, in the State of Vir
ginia, vice Eugene Sullivan, deceased.
William C». Hammond, to be Surveyor
for the District, and Inspector of the lie
venue for the Port of Newport, in the
Btate of Hhodc-lsland, vice John fcjlo
■ cum. deceased.
William A. Whitehead, to be Collcc
■ tor of the Customs for the District, and
Inspector df the Revenue for the Port of
Key West, in the Territory of Florida,
j vice Algernon 18. Thruston,removed.
k Huntsville, Nov. (5.
■* ANOTHER VIOLATION OF LAW.
r A rencounter occurred ut u Grocery
in this town on Monday lust, between
.fumes Marlin of this place, and a man by
. the name of It'il/iom Rurfon, who resides
. we believe in the county in which the
latter received the contents of a pistol,
I Horton is esteemed to be dangerously
~ wounded—but may survive the injury.
L . Martin is n son ofthe old man, who was
.. so unfeelingly beaten by persons un
u known a short time since, of which an
, account was published in this puper; and
. this occurrence is said to have been in
consequence of a dispute, as to the merits
y and demerits of Capt. Slick’s bund oflaw
y less miscreants.
Martin was arrested on Tuesday, and
c on the afternoon of that clay brought be
fore his Honor Judge Perky for exaiuin
b ation.* After a patient investigation of
. the circumstances ho was placed in cus
. tody of the Sheriff until further orders—
,f‘ he was subsequently admitted to bail iu
the sum of live thousand dollars.—Mvo
cate.
COUNTER FEITING.
* A man by the name of Weaver, was
1 apprehended mid committed to jail in this
1 place on Monday last, charged with be
ing engaged in the business of counter*
1 tiding. lie will probably be tried during
i; the present term of the Circuit Court of
1 (his county.— lb.
Mobile, Nov. IC.
i Health of the Cihj. —After a summer ami
> autumn of unexampled health, it has
i finally become our painful duty, to an
■ nounce the occurrence, in (Ids c ity, of a
J malignant ease ofFever. W e make the
annunciation without comment. Our
) friends arc us competent as we are, to
! decide upon the comse dictated by pru
■ dace.
! It should be borne in mind, however,
- that we had a pretty hard frost one night
* last week, and whether under the cir
cumstances, there is cause for alarm, we
pretend not to determine.— Register.
L ‘ We are truly gratified in publishing
L ‘ the report of the Hoard of Health this
morning No death Ims occurred front
r malignant fever, excepting the one which
*' occasioned the Report of the loth hist.
K and the eases then alluded to us present
'■ ing malignant symptoms, we ure happy
to say, are convalescent.— lb.
1 Wo have no change to notice in the
L ‘ price of cott6n, sold, since our lust report,
L ‘ kit the article has been rather dull fi r a
day or two past 10 to 1 U cents were
our last quotations, but these rates could
i not now bgrcudily obtained.— lb.
I*-'
CIIIOKGETOAVN, (S. f’.) \oV. 21.
7 Vie Steam-lioat JO I I.VS'J’O.V E Y
[ * This new and elegant Hout, whose arri
1 val on Monday last is mentioned in our
‘ marine list, was lately lauiuhed at New
s York, and is intended for the Charleston
and Augusta trade. Bhe pat into tin-,
place to obtain fuel, and during the short
* time she remnined here was visited by a
I number of ladies and gentlemen, who
were much pleased with the general ar
rangements, and particularly with her
cabin, as Inch is fitted up in superior style.
' Bhe is certainly a remarkably line boat of
l ! her class.— lntelligencer.
«fes •44 «• !
Haltimoue, Nov. 20.
Launch. —The Norfolk papers state.
* (hat the United Stales Corvette John
1 Adams was launched on Tuesday from
> the Nnvy Yard at Cosport. She glided
1 into her destined element in the r most
* graceful and majestic style. la repairing
J this vessel, says (he Herald, hut little has
1 been left by which toidentify theoriginal:
* and she is now represented as affording
4 an elegant specimen of naval orehitec
tare.—Patriot.
—OS© —
The following letter from Mr. Jefier
son to his namesake, Tomas Jefferson
Smith, is to he found in his works, and is
~ worthy i.fits great author:—
.f , ‘ T l ,ie ' vi, l> ,0 y°ti, be as onefiom
the dead. Ihe writer xx ill be in tin
grave before you con weig hits counsel
Your nffeetionntc & excellent lather Ins
i- recjuestetl that 1 would address you
e something which migfht possibly have a
t favourable influence on the course of life
s you have to run; and I too as a namesake
■> led an interest in that course IVw
words will be necessary, with good dis
-1 positions on your part;—Adore God—
i reverence and cherish your parents—
- love your neighbor as yourself, and your
i country more tbnn yourself—be true—
v murmur not at the ways of Providence •
f so shall the life, into which you have e„-
- tered, be the portal to one of eternal nml
I ineffable bliss. And iflo the dead it is
- permitted to rare for the things of this
•' world, every action of your life will he
- under my regard. Farewell,
» Monticcllo, Feb. 12,182-5."
Extract of a letter to the Editors of the Rich
mond Enquirer, dated
Washington, NoV.2olh.
“Nothing has ever surpassed the base
ness with which Mr. Randolph has been
treated. There has been nothing in his
conduct which the President disap
proves. He has written to the latter
frequently since his return to England;
and in his usual elegant and accomplish
ed stylo. His leaving 18t. Petersburg!!
at the time he did, was absolutely neces
sary to save his life.
“The President will not abandon such
a faithful friend in obedience to the cla
mor of his base & unprincipled enemies.
From Hie Pctcrs-burg (Va ) Old Dominion.
THE POST OFFICE.
The rentier cannot have forgotten the
abuse which the coalition heaped upon
Maj.'Harry, the indefatigable post mas
ter general, when, in f lie discharge of his
duty, anil with a view to the reorganiza
tion ofthe department, and its more har
monious and successful operations, he
(bund it absolutely necessary to make
certain removals and appointments.—
Every coalition press in the union hurled
its anathemas at his devoted head ; and
if we could have believed an hundredth
part of what we heard in relation to that
officer, 1 confusion worse confounded’
reigned in his department, and the most
frightful consequences were anticipated
from its mal administration. Have these
fears and anticipations been realized ?
We answer, most accordingly, no. Com
plicated as are the duties which Maj.
Hurry has to perform, he has succeeded
in giving a character to his department
which his viliiiers tacitly admit but which
they have not the manliness openly to
acknowledge. Throughout the whole
United States the utmost order and re
gularity prevail—the reyilings ofthe dis
contented have been hushed—the reve
nue of the department has been increas
ed—its expenses greatly diminished, and
the public mail is expedited to every
quarter of the union with unprecedent
ed rapidity.
We have already noticed the improve
merit affected by Maj. Harry, in the trans
mission of the mail from Washington
to Orleans, by which much time and a
considerable sum of money have been
saved. Other and great advantages will
attend this reform, or, if it will please the
coalition better, this improvement in the
operations of the post ollice department
as will appear by the annexed remarks
of Jl Merchant, which we have copieil
from theN. V. Standard.
‘Facts worth Knowing. —ln 1858, the
mail was from 21 to 2<> days in its pas
sage between the city of New-York and
New Orleans, and very irregular, even at
this tardy gnit
‘ln 1820. the same mail is now 17 days
in its passage between the same places
but arrives with great regularity.
•In 1831, by recent arrangements made
by the post master general, which are
to take effect on the first day of January
next, 1 am informed, the mail will pass
between these places in fourteen days—
an expedition that, two years ago, would
have struck every merchant with aston
ishment.
‘ One consequence resulting from fids
improvement, will be, 1 think, to nearly
double the receipt of postage at the im
port ports of Mobile and New Orleans,
and greatly increase them in (his city, as
we shall all, by degrees, abandon the old
mode of sending letters by vessels, mid
depend upon Hie mail as most safe and
expeditions.—Another benefit will he felt
by the merchants there, as well as here,
the saving of some ten days of dis
count on each hill of exchange. As
the amount done in this way is immense
this saving must amount to a sum equal
to the whole expense of the transporta
tion ofthe mail on that line. Having
been long engaged in the New Orleans
trade, I feel the benefit of (his improve
meat to be great, and cheerfully render
praise to the man.vvlio has accomplished
it; and it is said he has clone this with
out any additional charge on the revenue
of the department.’
—S3® —
A HIGH COMPLEMENT.
“The Chambers are now engaged re
vising the criminal laws of this country,
anil I believe have selected Livingston's
criminal code as a basis. The Ministci
of Foreign Affairs, who is a member of
the Chamber of Deputies, and one other
member have requested me to procure
them copies of that work in French,
which I havepent for.
The foregoing extract from a late des
patch to the Department of Sflate, from
Mr. Wright, our Consul ut Rio de Janei
ro, must l»o highly gratifying to the na
tional pride of our country. It must be
peculiarly llatlcring to the young sister
of our confederacy, who has thus, in the
very opening of her career, kindled a
light to guide the footsteps of distant na
tions in their pursuit of happiness. This
tribute from the Empire of Hrazil to the
Slate of Louisiana, recalls to mind a pas
sage from the pen of the jurist of w hose
enlightened philanthropy she has had the
wisdom to avail herself. lull’s heautjful
report on the plan of a penal code, Mr. Living
ston, on the subject ofthe habeas corpus,
expresses himselflhus:
“la examining the different enactments
of (his justly celebrated statute, every
friend of freedom must he grateful to i
authors for the extensive, and it is de
voully to he hoped, the lasting hem fit
they have conferred upon mankind.—
Ten millions of freemen have already
consecrated it among their fundament li
rights, and the rising republics of the
new world will not fail to adopt so pre
cious au institution, when they review
and finally establish their constitulioiiiil
compacts.
This is the greatest glory a wise nal ion
can desire, to see its principles recogniz
ed; its institutions adopted; its laws copi
ed; not only by men speaking the same
language, and bred in a similarity of
manners, but translated into diflerent
languages, adapting themselves to dillfcr
ent habits, incorporated in diflerent codes;
and in all, acknowledged ns the first ol
blessings. And the trial of a cause by an
independent jury, on the banks of the
La Plata or the Oroonook; or the writ of
habeas corpus adopted by a representa
tive assembly in Mexico and Peru, ought
to afford more satisfaction to au English
man, who loves the honor of his country,
than the most splendid triumph of her
arms.”— -U, S. Telegraph..
MftllTAi
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1* 1830,
- • -i.ls—
just , and fear not.”
Errata. — In the Cth line of the Sonnet, which
appeared in our last No., for “Shined” read
“Shrined.”
The River has again taken a rise, and was
sufficiently high, last evening, for Steam Boat
navigation. It was however rising slowly, and
there is no probability of its remaining naviga
ble long, unless wc have more rain.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Saturday Evening, )
November ~7, lt)30. J
I avail myself of a few leisure moments, to
give you a sketch of the business prevailing hero.
The Indian question is the all-absorbing subject
of the time ; and since it was taken up, scarcely
anything else has been talked of or thought of,
in the House or out of it. It has been discussed
in the House, almost without interruption, for
several days past, and the consideration of it
was postponed there, this afternoon, a short
time before adjournment, till Monday next,
when it will again be taken up, and will no doubt
be under debate, in some shape or other, for the
whole of the week. The particular question
now, and for several days past, before the House,
is the adoption of Mr. Havne’s substitute to the
bill reported by Judge Schley, from the com
mittee on the state of the Republic. This con
templates, as you are aware, the taking immedi
ate possession of the Indian lands, and forcibly
driving the Indians therefrom. How snch a bill
can be the subject of a moments consideration
in a Christian land, is to me a subject of the deep
est astonishment—and yet many intelligent
men believe and fear that it may be successful!
For my own part, I will not believe it possible—
and, indeed, should scarcely credit the evidence
of my own senses if such were the fact. God
forbid such a fatal consequence, and I will con
fidently rely on his over-ruling goodness and
protection, to avert it—to save the Indians—nay,
tenfold more, to save our own State from the
serious evils which must inevitably follow it.
I must not trust my feelings farther on this point
—they are perhaps too deeply and unnecessari
ly wounded. We will at least hope so. One
thing is certain, that no effort is or will bo spared
to prevent the adoption of the measure; and I
am proud to sec among its opponents many,
, very many, of the first and ablest men of the
Assembly, of both parties. Indeed, it is by no
means a party matter; none of the old land marks
of party arc to be discovered in any of its consi
derations; and one would almost suppose, from
, the pertinacity with which members of each
party indiscriminately oppose one another, that
i those land marks were entirely rooted up and
1 thrown away.
Numerous as arc the advocates of this mea
sure, the array of talent against it is very power
ful, and the arguments exerted by its opponents
are sound and incontrovertible. To say nothing
ofhnmanity, the wont of necessity or expedien
cy, tlio ingratitude of opposing the President and
the administration, which have long been and
still arc making every possible effort in our be
half; the folly of now necessarily arraying them
against us, contrary to their will, and of indi
rectly giving their and our enemy, Mr. Clay,
still further and greater power against them;
and tho imminent danger of a direct and violent
controversy with tho General Government—nil
of which arc directly opposed to this measure—
the faith and honor of the State stands openly
and irrevocably pledged against it! But fur
this pledge, given by our Representatives, Mr.
Wilde and others, on the floor of Congress, last
session, against the exercise of any force against
the Indians—any effort to drive them forcibly
from their lands—the bill to encourage their
emigration to the west of the Mississippi would
not and could not have been passed. This,
then, I must believe, though it were the only ar
gument against it, will be all-sufficient to save us
from the measure, when it comes to its last test;
for surely few, I would fain say none will vio
late this sacred pledge of the State. However,
the subject is a serious one,- and demands the
opposing efforts of every citizen of the State,
who is sensible of the dangerous consequences
of tho success of this measure. As I have al
ready observed, many intelligent men, who
look upon it as one of the most important and
dangerous questions that has ever agitated the
Slate, arc deeply fearful of the result; and there
fore, every citizen, however small his influence,
should instantly exert that influence, by writing
to the Representatives of his county and urging
them to forbear. There is certainly no danger
in forbearance—no possible injury, hut infinite
good, may very shortly result from it.
I think the great danger lies in this—that a
large portion of the people, not fully aware of
the exact nature ol the Indian question in all its
various important and i-ntricalc consideralioiis,
have decisively instructed their representatives
to make every possible effort to effect the sur
vey and occupancy ofthe land, and ultimate set
tlement of this long troublesome and perplexing
question, as speedily as possible; and that tho
Representatives so instructed, who might other
wise, possibly have pursued a different course,
do not feel themselves at liberty to vote against
a measure which they consider in accordance
with the expressed will of their constituents.
The people, then, should arouse themselves,
and examine the subject carefully, and if any of
them find that they have given such instructions
on too hasty and erroneous opinions, they should
instantly hasten to correct the error before it be
too lute.
flic members of the House, from Richmond,
Judge Schley and Mr. Jenkins, have acquitted
themselves on this subject most ably, and to the
highest admiration of their fiiends and coadju
tors. Os the former it is almost supererogatory
to speak. His ability, prudence, moderation
and excellent judgment, have long been xvell
known to his constituents and to the State ; and
it is therefore needless to say, that they have
acquired for him, in the Legislature, the utmost
respect and confidence, and given far more than
ordinary weight to his opinions and arguments.
And of the latter, I can say with pleasure and,
perhaps, as one of his constituents, not tho less
pleasure, impartiality, and justice, because 1 did
not vote for him—that he has more than realized
tho high anticipations of those who did He I
supported the interests of his county, i nallj™
lions of a general or local nature in which th
are involved, with an ability, faithfulness, disc’Z
lion, industry and unassuming modesty, ,
i ,lavc gained him many admirers and w
[ friends, even among those who differ from r°‘
in state politics—and llw’ I 100 differ from hi"*
m that respect, as a citizen of his county"?
i could not but be proud to hear its represented,
t so often an ‘l so highly spoken of. His Bpe
I on the Indian question, and against thence
. Georgia to take possession of the land, and th'
expediency of doing so now, even if s |„, L , j
such right, has often been mentioned to
since my arrival here, which was since its
livery, and uniformly as one of the best, if
) //lt > host, that has yet been delivered on Ui o sub.
ject.
t ° u Thursday, tho 25th, Judge McDonald of.
r sered, as a substitute fur air. Haynes’ h<ll *'
, memorial to the President, and a bill f ou , ld ’J
1 on the memorial,—suggested, it is said, by in
r formation received from Washington City, th t
t Indians will probably remove on’condl
t tion that they shall be permitted to retain some
, extensive reserves—but bo withdrew them to
t day, reserving to himself the privilege ofl lr : n ,/
■ ing them forward at a future time, should ho
, desire to do so. The following is the momoria'-
i T. h ExcrUen -ith -P nit i./ •!,,, •
s Tho Memorial of the Senate and House „f
. Representatives of the State of Georgia in G™
eral Assembly met.
\our memorialists doom it their indispensihio
duty, as the representatives of tho people m
' Georgia, to call the attention of the chief nn,-;.
I Jr ate ofthe United States, to a subject intimate'
ly connected with tier interests. At the time of
the recognition of the independence of the thir.
• teen United States, the territory of Georgia ex
t tended from the Savannah to the Mississippi ri’v
i er, embracing almost the whole of the ferti'o
lands now making the States of Alabama and
• Mississippi. She ceded to tho United Stales all
. the right, title and claim which she had to V| iu
I jui isdiction and soil in these lands upon the terms
specified in the articles of agreement and cea.
sion, entered into between this State and the
I general government, in the year ISO 2. One of
, I,e principal inducements which led Georgia to
j l ‘ lc cession ot so fine and extensive a country
was, that tho government should extinguish the
. Indian title of occupancy to the lands lying with.
I in her diminished boundary as soon as it could he
. peaceably done on reasonable terms. This the
government ofthe United States engaged to do
! and has long since been paid the consideration
1 by Georgia. Georgia lias performed her part of
[ the contract, and she has long looked to the
plighted faith of the people of llio United States
’ for the discharge ofthe obligation which it ini’.
5 posed on them. But your memorialists con'cm
) plate with feelings of deep regret tho efforts
s which arc making to excite the passions ami tho
prejudices of the Cherokee Indians against the
citizens of Georgia; and those feelings an*
i heightened by the consideration, that those if.
i forts are making by a portion ofthe very people
t who a™ hound by all the obligations of honor
and honesty to fulfil this contract. The obvious
1 tendency of this course is to fix the Indians fur
ever on our soil, and thus to place it out of tl«
. power of the government to perform its en«ago.
inent. It is upon tho honor of the nation s that
Georgia depends Ibr the execution of the com
s pact, and to this she must now appeal. The
5 Chorokoes have been driven bad; Upon the ter
. rilory of Georgia Ly tho extinguishment of their
title to lands in other States. Tho Government
lias made treaties with them subsequently to the
I articles of cession and agreement before referred
. to, and which are inconsistent with those artn
, cles, insomuch as they provide for tho pernio
nent settlement ofthe Indians within the boun
dary of this Stale. Your memorialists respect
, fully contend, that because of its anterior dale,
. the compact with Georgia is of paramount ohli
gallon to any opposing Indian treaty; therefore,
when they conic in conflict, the weaker must
1 yield to the stronger. But it is believed that tho
. time has arrived w hen the Government can com
ply with its compact with Georgia, without a
' violation of its faith with the Cherokccs. The
r common Indian who is still disposed to pmsuo
. the chace, will find in the wilds beyond the Mis
t sissippi, an entertainment more congenial w ith
t l»i« inclinations, than can be afforded on bis na
live lands, while he who is desirous to lay aside
' the garb of the huntsman for the implements of
r the agriculturist, will find in the salutary regu
j bilious of a civhzed people, laws for his govern
ment and protection, better suited to his inipro
> ved condition, than cun be provided by the rude
■ code of a barbarous people. The Cherokee oe
-3 cupants of the territory of Georgia are now pro
. pared, as your memorialists believe, to make
' their election, whether they will emigrate to the
West, or whether they will remain upon the soil
, ns citizens of Georgia. If an opportunity were
. now offered them, tho decision ofthe tribe would
soon bn made, and the question of our terri
’ lorial rights, which has been so long a sub
-3 ject of embarrassing controversy, would be
- peaceably, and permanently settled. The la
, dian can iind a home in Uie bosom of our West
. ern forests, out of the reach of any Stale regula
tion, where he may roam w itbout restraint, and
! yield to no laws but those of his own tudo en<
. actmont.
lie it therefore Resolved, That his Excellency
’ the President of the U. States, he rcspocfully rc
> quested to open a office on the territory of Gcur
; gin, in the occupancy of the Cherokee Indians,
r for the registry of the names of such Indians A.
j Cherokee residents, as are disposed to make re
serves in foe simple under the authority of Geor
gia, ami also, the names of such as me desirous
i to sell their improvements and emigrate,
f licit farther resolved, That his Excellency tho
( President lie requested to appoint suitable a
-1 gents, and that one may be a citizen of this Stale,
i to make in conjunction an assessment of the
3 value of each lot of land reserved under tho au
. tliorily aforesaid, and the improvements of such
Indians and residents, of the Cherokee people
as are desirous to emigrate.
! lie itfarther resolved, That his Excellency tho
> President be further requested to pay over to the
. Governor of Georgia, for the rise of thoCitizcns
thereof, the assessed value of all reserves made
1 as aforesaid.
I And that the people nf this Slate may not he
. embarrassed by difficulties growing out ofdiffei
cut surveys and conflicting land marks, he it
farther resolved,' tin it his Excellency the Prcsi
’ dent bn also requested to notify to ihu Govern
s ment of tills >Slatc, when he shall have made
i preparatory arrangements for the location ol
I reserves by the Indians, and Indian residents,
that ar survey may he made, for the purpose
1 aforesaid, under the authority of Georgia.
I have not seen the bill, but understand dial it
' provides for the survey ofthe land, immediately
after notice from the President, of the loca
tion of the reserves, und the consent of those In
dians who will not occupy them, to remove —
that the reserves, in common with tho other part
of the territory, shall he laid off into lots and
1 draxvn for by lottery, in liko manner; but that
each lot in the reserves shall be marked R. and
the value of it, when drawn, shall be paid to the
drawer in money, instead of the lot—tbe wbok)
amount of such payments to be paid by tbe Gen
eral Government to Georgia, and by Georgia to
tbe drawers of such lots, individually—the In
dians to hold the reserves as long as they or their
children may choose, but restricted from selling