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From. the Cltarlesto\i Mercury.
There are men whom Nature seemeth
to have formed and fitted for great occa
sions. To them, as the predestined safe
guards of Society, she hath lavish!v im
parted wisdom to conceive and valor to
execute. It is of individuals such and so
endowed that communities should take
counsel in the hour of peril, for it is
from these—prudent, vet brave—we can
alone hope any real relief, in the dark
day of difficulty*. A: •mg the gentlemen
of this stamp—-pre-eminent for intellect
that discerns,—experience that dele,its,
and the spirit that defies, approaching
danger, stands (he author of the follow
ing extract. Yes! if we were called up
on to designate him best calculated to
advise and auxiliatc in the present crisis,
we should at once name our honorable
and honored fellow citizen John L. Wil
son. In his single character we find the
rare union of courage, calmness anil con
sideration ; a gentle but gallant heart, n
cool, but determined head. Mr. Wil
son’s love of the South, and devotion to
the best and dearest interests of Caroli
na are illustrated by his whole life and
his lofty career, political and profession ■
al, for more than a quarter of a century
last past, may be brightly traced in the
history of onr Legislation and jurispru
dence. AH his conduct, in the language
of Cowper,
" Speaks a divine ambition, and a zeal
The boldest patriot might be proud to feel.”
Influenced by the foregoing views, we
request the insertion atm recommend the
perusal of the following portion of the
Governor’s Message, the sentiments ol
which were curried out in the resolutions
introduced by Dr. John Ramsey of the
Senate.
Jl Friend to Plato and to Truth,
Extract/ecm Governor fldsm's Mrs
sage. —“ There should be a spirit of con
cert and of action among the .Slave hold
ing States, and a determined resistance
to any violation of their local institutions.
The crisis seems to have at rived when
we are called upon to protect ourselves.
The President of the United States and
his law adviser, so far from resisting the
efforts of a foreign ministry, appear to he
disposed by an argument drawn from the
overwhelming powers of the General
Government, to make us the passive in
struments of a policy, at war, not unit
with our interests, but destructive also of
our national existence. The evils of sla
very have been visited upon us, by the
cupidity of those who are now the cham
pions of universal emancipation. A firm
determination to resist, at the threshold,
every invasion of our domestic tranquilli
ty, and to preserve our sovereignty and
independence as a State, is earnestly re
commended ; and if an appeal to the” first
principles of the right of self government
be disregarded, and reasons be success
fully combated by sophistry and error,
there would be more glory in forming a
rampart with our bodies on the confines
of our territory, than to be the victims ol
a successful rebellion, or the slaves of a
great consolidated government.
Respectfully, your fellow citizen,
John l. wilson.
Executive Department, December Ist,
1824.”
From the N. J’. Conimerci’/l Advertiser,
OHIO AND MICHIGAN.
We have received a hand bill, from
the office of the Toledo Gazette, dated
the 20th inst., giving the particulars ol
what is described ns an outrageous attack
upon the citizens of that place, by a par
ty acting under the authority of the acting
governor of Michigan. Affairs are rapidl y
advancing to a crisis, if this account be
true. The following is the statement
contained in the hand bill:—
We have barely type and materials
'enough saved from the outrages we are
about to relate, to lay the facts before the
people.
On Saturday last, a large hod v of arm
ed men, headed by the sheriff of Monroe
county, Michigan Territory, was rais
ed by order of the acting governor (Ma
son) of the Territory, and proceeded
to this place, for the ostensible purpose
of serving some civil processes upon a
number of our citizens. They arrived
on Saturday, about 5 o’clock in the af
ternoon, in number about two hundred
and fifty, regularly armed and equipped
with muskets and bayonets, and after ar
resting and making prisoners, some sevei
or eight individuals, among whom art
Benjamin F. Stickncy and George Me
Kay, Esquires, they proceeded to tli
printing otlice of the Toledo Gazette, am
forthwith commenced an attack upon Hi
press; as there was no person in the of
lice at the time, and the door was locked
they effected an entrance by splitlin;
down the door, and then commenced do
in nils lung the press and materials. Mncl
damage was done, and the standing mat
ter was pretty much all broken down
and the type thrown into confusion ; i
will take some weeks so far to repair tin
damage as to issue another paper.
fliey met'Witli no resistance from tin
citizens of Toledo, as they were to
strong, and too well armed to make an
interference on their part, unarmed am
unprotected as they were, of any avail
Besides, a very large number oflhe citi
r.eng, who, from the independence wit
which they had always exprcssedtheir i
pinions, had become, obnoxious to th
Michigan authorities, and against whor
processes had been issued by the Michi
gan courts, had withdrawn from the towi
to avoid the disastrous effects of a collis
ion between the armed posse and tlv
people, which they had reason to appre
nend would ensue, should an attempt bi
made to use any violence toward them
After committing various outrages upor
several unoffending citizens, uisultinj
the women, and arresting such of tin
men in town as were at all obnoxious u
them, the mob, or posse, withdrew t<
Monroe with their prisoners, where the
were, upon the order of the acting gii
vernor, immediately thrown into prism
The whole proceedings were directei
and urged on by the acting governor t
the territory, who had gone to Monro
for that express purpose. In these pro
ceedings he was backed up by the lead
ing men of Monroe and Detroit, aided b
the council and advice of his worthy lien
tenants, Noovell, Wing, and Brown
who arc always ready to urge on to deed
of rashness the hotheaded and pueril
baby who preside* over the destinies o
the territory.
the Orders given to this armed mob
or posse, were according to the state- fi
meats of its leaders, to proceed to To'.e- p
do, and take as prisoners all who were in n
any manner implicated in opposing the g
jurisdiction of the territory, and in case v
any resistance was made, to immediately t
bu rn and destroy the town, and lire upon li
the first man who should attempt to op- a
pose ihem ; and judging from what wo c
saw of the materials that composed lhi«
band of desperadoes, we should think
there was every disposition to obey this
order. ,
The alleged causes of the outrage are t
set forth at length. They appear to have [
grown out ofadispute between one Smith, ,
a justice of the peace for Toledo, up- ,
pointed by the governor of Michigan, and ,
a resident of the place named Odill. |
Judgment had been rendered by the for- (
mer against the latter in a slander suit ?
brought by orie Clark, and execution is- ,
sued against Odill’s property; the citi - j
zens of Toledo, thinking that unfair ,
means had been resorted to, interfered to ,
prevent the levy of the execution and re- ,
quired Clark to leave the place, lie did
so—wont to Monroe—applied for and
obtained warrants against Hie citizens of
Toledo who had been active in the affair,
one of whom was Mr. Stickney, who
wounded the deputy sheriff of Monroe, as
stated in this paper on Tuesday—and the
subsequent outrage appears to have been
the result of that affair.
—*"Mi
From the jV. Y. Evening Star.
Washing-ton, July 27’, 1835,
We have had a curious rumor afloat.
A short time since, your city postmaster
was placed under lock and key with
Kendal I, by order of the President, and
a peremptory demand made for the let
ters of the “ roaring lion” to Mr. Mon
roe, which are well known to be in pos
session of Mr. Gouverneur. But the
blood of all the Howards could not have
move manfully resisted the demand than
did your postmaster. Major Booby has
been ordered on to yourcityby Kendall,
to try bis hand, in his own way, with
Gouverneur.
It is understood that about twelve of
the clerks in the post-office will be re
formed on the Ist prox.
Van Ruren has advised Mr. Forsyth to
see the New York delegation personally,
in order to recommend him, in opposition
to the General’s pet Taney, for the Chief
Justiceship. All agree that Livingston
should be the man of the party for the
office.
Major Eaton lias returned from exile,
he Inis also gone east, while his lady has
proceeded to the Rip Raps to see the
General. Eaton will resign the gover
norship of Florida, about the close of the
next session, and after the adjournment,
Wilkins, of Pennsylvania, is to be re
called from Russia, and as a lasting token
of the Hero’s regard, Major Eaton is to
pocket the outfit and salary to the Court
of Bt.‘ Petersburg. The arrangements
are completed here with respect to the
perfection of the glorious reform, to be
consummated under the Regency Dynas
ty. Tims. L. Smith, Register, is to go
by the board; —Jones of Hie City Post
Office; Peter Hagner, Third Auditor;
Mr. Thornton, the Second Comptroller,
whose office is in such confusion, and
where the public business is not only
suspended for months, hut actually de
■ ranged and confused by the blunders and
carlessncss of a stupid proxy, will, us a
matter of course, walk Spanish, together
with sleepy Moulder, the CbiefClerk.
Mr. Anderson, (he Fifth Auditor, must
be reformed, it is said, solely upon the
ground of having Mr. Watmough of Phi
: latlelphia, as a son-in-law.
Kendall will not, and cannot be con
firmed by the Senate. He may deny
his early, predelictions for the Bunk, but
he shall not shrink from the infamy at
tached to a certain base transaction, in
which ho took a conspicuous part, and
which will in due season be placed before
the Senate and American people.
Blair is still at the Rip Raps, keeping
watch, with his gaunt figure and scraggy
limits, on all the movements of the Gen
eral. His orders are to allow no one to
see him, on any pretence whatever, with
out his being present. Poor old man; at
times 1 feel pity for him, on seeing him
the dupe of such creatures as those who
surround him and rule the country in his
i name.
Brown, of Ohio, is to supersede Hay
ward as Commissioner of the Land Of
i lice. Hayward would have walked the
‘ plank some time ago, but he lias in his
■ possession certain documents which were
e sent by Kendall to Ohio relative to the
I Bank, of which he kept copies, and threat
e ens publication. There will be a grand
- expose on several points in (he Senate
, next session, & it will be very difficult to
S carry any of the pets through that body.
Dr. Sutherland was on here some time
i ago, and managed to get out ol the old
- Chief tiie toast in favor of Wolf, which so
. seriously vexed the friends ofMuhlen
t burg. The Kitchen are all in favor of
’ Wolf, and Kendall has notified Col. Page,
Postmaster of Philadelphia, and Mr. Bar
e kcr, the Collector, that before the Ides of
a October they must renounce Muhlcn
v burg, or take the consequences. In the
1 meanwhile, we understand here that Mr.
• Van Boren is advised to see Gov. Wolf
- at the Springs and assure him that he will
li press Muhlenburg to withdraw in his fa
vor, and heal the breach in the party,
e Wolf, however, is not in a humor to al
ii low the Dutch Fox to whisk his tail in
- his face. The truth is that the tight in
a Pennsylvania is to decide whether Su
therland. Burden, Dallas, King and Co.
s shall be the Regency, or Horne, Page,
- Read, Barker and Co.; it is, as usual, a
: struggle for tlie “ spoils,” and Ritner,
. bet ween the combatants, is likely to car
i ry off the bone.
; ’ The South is getting uneasy, and 1
’ think with cause, at the tncreas ng power
• and ferocious disposition of the fanatics
> and immediate abolition men. Nothing
>■ short of a convention of the southern
- states, next winter, will settle that vexed
'• question. It is not singular, that Gen.
1 Harrison, at this late day, should become
'I a prominent candidate for the Presiden
ts cy f I know but little about him, ex
- ceptmg that he is the only man that all
- the candidates can unite upon against
v lan Buren. The people are taking him
- up, and the presses arc compelled to fol
, low. It shows that military services are
s popular and attractive, and unless the
? kitchen can run their spit through the
f ribs of his reputation, he will be a formi
dable candidate indeed. His first ap
i.l pointment in political life he obtained
from Thus. Jefferson. You know, 1 sup I r
pose, ihat by common consent, the Balti- t
more Convention is given up as a bald and t
gross imposture. A mighty struggle t
will be made in Congress, next winter, 1
to saut (he country, and some men will be '
handled with great severity. The people j
and the “ spoils party” arc coming to 1
close quarters. ’ ” '
From the Savannah Republican. i
The undersigned has read in the South
ern Banner, and in the Georgian, an ar
ticle bearingthe signature of “The fami
ly of the late Gov. Jackson.” He i* a
ware that the public sense of propriety
will tiot admit his entering, extensively,
upon the field of contention with his
kinsmen, three of whom are his elder bro
thers, and the other, the ever watchful
and affectionate guardian, and instructor
of his youth. It is manifest, that “the
family of the late Gov. Jackson,” in their
defence of his brother from unmerited
accusation, and in (heir attempt to rescue
the memory of his Father from what they
arc pleased (o denominate “ the calum
ny of Nullification,” have held in but lit
tle consideration the feelings of one,
who bad a right, to receive more respect
ful treatment. Nevertheless, a decent
regard- for public opinion, which he is un
willing to outrage, and his own delicacy,
demand that he confine himself within
narrow limits.
Amid the political difficulties with
which the undersigned lias been encom
passed, for three years past, from which
he has not yet shrunk, and from which he
assures bis political friends in Georgia,
he never will shrink, whatever moral or
physical power may be used to crush him,
it lias been his proud consolation, and
never-failing support, to believe, that lie
has been sustained by the example and
precepts of bis Father, and he will nut
surrender (hat belief until much stronger
evidence of error shall be presented than
is ottered in the Memorial by the Legis
lature of Georgia. to Congress, in the year
1800, and in the representation made by
hi« kutsmen. That his Father was never
guilty of oppugnancy to the Constitution
of his Country, he cheerfully admits.
That he never opposed the laws of bis
country, is as readily admitted. But
that he held the States bound by uncon
stitutional Acts of Congress, and believ
• ed that the Stales had, severally, no right
to interpose their authority for the pur
pose of protecting their People from Ty
ranny, and that, if they should interpose,
their citizens, nevertheless, would be lia
ble to bt gibbeted by the common hang
man as traitors and felons, the undersign
ed must respectfully deny. If there was
one passion stronger than all others in his
father's breast,that passion was an uncon
. querable detestation of Tyranny, come
i from what quarter it might, and whatever
, shape it might assume. If there Was one
t object of affection, more dear to him than
i all others, it was the State of Georgia, for
i whose honor and sovereignty, he was ever
. prepared to s • ;d his blood, and for which,
, I verily believe, he Would have sacrificed
i bis wife and bis children. That my
I Father, hud he lived in the year 1832,
-, after sixteen years of petition, protesting,
remonstrating, and begging, after every
; 1 Southern State had pronounced the Pro
y tective Policy unconstitutional, a viola
. tion of her rights, and a plundering of the
;| South for (lie benefit of the North, would
n have been willing to fold his arms, and
i< thenceforth submit to the Act of 1832,
which a large majority of (he Georgia
t Delegation voted against, and which the
. Politicians of the North claimed as per
, petuuting that Policy, lam not sufficient
ly credulous to believe. That my father
. would have sanctioned (lie principles of
r the Proclamation and Force Bill, a Bill,
t which authorized the President of the U.
. Slates to use the Army and Navy for the
, purpose of compelling-submission, by one
I of the Stales ot this Union, to an Act
. which the entire South admitted was a
violation of the Constitution, he may
credit who will—l respectfully dissent.
j 11 pretend not to be an “ exponent” of
. Ids principles. Perhaps lam correctly
, excluded by “ the family of the late Go
. vernor Jackson,” when they claim to be
t the “ only true exponents” of them. Al
, though I believe, from all that I have
„ read of his opinions, that 1 justly rely
8 upon them for my support in the course
I pursue, yet I claim not for the State
. Rights’ Party of Georgia the charge of his
*. Principles. I unqualifiedly withhold my
e assent to the proposition, that the repu
s (atiou and character of my Father are in
e the custody of “ (he Union Party of
e Georgia.” I fondly trust, and shall al
f. ways hope, (hat the whole People of Geor
,l gia will claim the care of the fair fame of
e a departed Citizen, who served the State
o with a fidelity which no obstacles could
subdue. There, and there alone, am I
content that “ Hie Casket” shall abide.
,1 Sincerely believing that those who may
0 judge of his principles by (ho Memorial
. of 1800, and by (be representation now
,f made by the “ Family of the late Gover
• nor Jackson,” will not arise from a peru
sal of either, or both, with a just appre
,f elation of those principles, the ttnder
i- signed solicits from the people of Geor
c gia a calm and dispassionate examination,
r, for themselves, ol the documentary evi
ls deuce presented to them during the last
II year’s canvass, and recently, in the Sa
. vannah Republican, with such additional
•. testimony as may be a Horded by the
1- friends of the State Rights Party of
ii Georgia. Let the same dispastiouate
n examination be. made of all writings
. of my Father’s which the Union Par
). ty may present. 1 can have no desire
» t stronger—none half so strong —than
a that the fame of my parent be unsullied.
• and his character be correctly compre
.. bended.
The undersigned has read with aston
-1 ishment and regret, that, in the opinion
r of “ the family of the late Governor
;s Jackson,” the State Rights people of
g Georgia are enemies of the Union, and
n henceforth to be considered as their ene
(l mies. Such appears, inferential ly, to be
i. their meaning. I respectfully ask, is jus
e tice done by them, by this denunciation,
. to that venerable man of seventy years,
. whom I take the liberty io designate as
1 my father’s nearest and dearest friend,
t (out of the circle of his own family,l
i whose intercourse with him, personal
. epistolary, was, during a period of twen
% ty years, never, for one moment inter
e rupted. and which continued till the last
j hour of mv parent’s file. Yes—the ve
. nerable Mitcnell—also appointed an ex
. ecutor of my father’s Will—was indeed
i his nearestand dearest friend, and merits
a.u&- U/Sitja. an noarioj&,n*
lot contumely at the hands of the chil*
Iren of James Jackson! Is justice done
0 the honorable and patriotic Troup, the
nilitary aid and aicicnt friend, of that
Father, whose letters to him of love and
«eneration, written before the illustrious
patriot had attained the years of man
lood, and since, now lie before me, and [
.vho was the eloquent and efficient vindi-1
;ator of his fame against the aspersions
as his enemies, auer his death, upon the ;
Hoors of Congress? Is justice done to;
the intelligent and accomplished Wilde,
to whose kindness the descendants of'
James.lacksonare indebted for the lasttri-1
bate of respect paid lately to his memory? j
Is justice done to the many thousand hon
orable citizens ot the Old Troup Party,
who profess the State Rights’ faith, and
whom the family of the late Governor
Jackson did certainly once, and for many
years, regard as the true Representatives
of their Father’s political tenets? Is jus
tice done to their Nephew and Brother?
That “ the family of the late Gov. Jack
son” were correct in stepping forward to
defend my brother, will not, 1 presume,
he denied by any man. That they have
the right to vindicate, if they can, the
memory of James Jackson from the “con
tamination” of State Rights’ principles—
which they believe to be so deadly and
flagitious—will be admitted by all. But
did these legitimate objects justify their
own crimination of the whole Stale Rights’
Party of Georgia as enemies of their coun
try? Was that party culpable for be
lieving that the principles of the late Gen
eral Jackson wete consonant with their
own—and, if they so believed, did they
not possess a right to produce their evi
dence?
Whether the humble individual, who
now pens these lines, is destined to pass
the remainder of his life, under the frowns
of his fellow citizens of Georgia, or not,
will be unfolded in the course of time.
Whether he be an enemy of his country
or not, the same course may develop.
This assurance I request the (Veemen of
Georgia to permit me to present. If my
country, during the period a kind Provi
dence may permit me yet to live, shall be
involved in a war with any Foreign Pow
er, whatever I may think of the measures
of the Administration for the time being,
be my country right or wrong, I shall be
found under the Star Spangled Banner
of that country, as early, and as devoted
ly, engaged in the common defence, as
will be any other citizen of Georgia.—
The foe that shall dare to pollute the soil
of America, will find me a ready oppo
nent. But I also give this assurance, that
if it shall happen, which may God in his
mercy avert, that the State of Georgia,
the land of my nativity, and my affec
tions, shall be driven, by the acts of the
General Government, which i recognise
as her servant, not her master, to that
unhappy condition in which, for her pro
tection, she shall call upon her sons, to
rally around her standard, her call shall
be obeyed by me with a prompt and a
faithful heart. My feeble strength shall
be exhausted in her cause, and my life, if
necessary, be offered a sacrifice upon
her altars.
JOSEPH W. JACKSON.
Savannah, August, 1835.
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TEXAS.
To the Editors of the Macon Messenger;
Gentlemen-—I did not intend, until
within a few days, saying any thing in
the public papers, in relation to my trip
to Texas; but seeing so many exaggerat
ed accounts, and misrepresentations of
the country in many particulars, 1 am in
duced to give to the citizens of Georgia,
my honest and candid opinion of the
country, which is in accordance with that
of several other gentlemen who accom
panied me.
Go the morning of the twenty sixth of
May last, we crossed the Sabine river,
which is the line between the State of
Louisiana and Texas; we travelled al
most a due west course to an ancient town
in Texas, called Nacogdoches. This
road is considerably used by the citizens
01 Texas in hauling supplies from Natch
itoches, situated on the Red River, in the
State of Louisiana. The first ten or
filtcen miles travelled over, after getting
into the land of promise, (for such I then
considered it) was poor and uninviting.
But we soon came to what is called in
that country, the red land on the Ayish
buyong. The name is certainly very ap
propriate, for it is nearly as red as the
red paint itself. This body of land varies
from five to ten miles in width and, from
twenty to thirty in extent. The large
growth upon this land is Black Jack of
uncommon large size, big bud hickory,
with a few post oaks, all short and scat
tering. The undergrowth is elm, red
bud, walnut and shumac; but in many
places none at all. This land I consider
rich, and it is so considered by the in
habitants—it sells from eight to fifteen
dollars per acre; the water is through
this body of land much better than in
any other section of the country which
we saw, being but slightly touched with
lime. Here let roe remark, that the
water in the whole of the country through
which we travelled, is more or less im
pregnated either with rotten lime, cop
peras or salt; and in many places quite
scarce, at (lie time we were there. We
were advised to use and furnished with
a peculiar shaped gourd which grows in
that country, to carry water with us;
and indeed, we found them a very great
convenience, for a great many of the wa
ter courses had dried up, or the water
had sunk so that we would have suffered
but for this provision. 1 wilt remark fur
ther in relation to the land lying between
Nacogdoches and the Sabine line, that I
consider it the choice spot of the whole
country, taking all the advantages and
disadvantages into the account; it is true,
there is a good deal better land in many
parts of the country, but other objections
overbalance the superior quality of the
lands. On the morning of the 28th May
we arrived at Nacogdoches. This town
was built by the Spaniards, many years
since; there is now standing in this place,
a Roman Catholic Church, said to have
been built ninety years ago; at this place
some of the public offices are kept, for the
purpose of disposing of lands to such as
wish to take them up, under the title from
the Government There are also great
numbers of speculators generally station
ed here, ready to catch the unsuspecting
visiter, and unless you are very cautious,
ere you are aware of it, you are led to
believe and engage in some splendid
scheme of speculation, but which, alas!
ends with the getting rid of your money,
and yon are left in possession of a quit
clear title (which is the best you can get)
of some irresponsible stranger, or some
unauthorized agent of some foreign com
pany, or still worse, if possible, you hold
a quit clear title to some two or three
lengths of land, which perhaps, has been
sold to some half dozen others before
vou. We here determined to procure, if
possible, copies of the law and constitu
tion. both of the general government and
the State, composed of the two provinces
Texas and Choahuila; After some con
siderable exertion, we succeeded in ob
taining them, and after a careful examin
ation of all, assisted by three legal gen
tlemen, I came to the conclusion, that
there was no such thing as a safe litle in
the country ; and as for the nonsensical
thing called laws, (to use an expression
of ohe of the legal gentlemen that assisted
mein examining them) they afforded no
protection to property, life, or liberty. I
will insert for the information ot my fel
low citizens, the Oth and 13th articles
which are found in the constitution of
Coahuila and Texas, and yet unaltered,
which I presume will be sufficient ol
themselves to cool the fiery heat of many
a good citizen of Georgia.
The ninth article is in the following
words: “'Lhe Roman Catholic Aposto
lie Religion is the religion of the State —
the State prohibits by wise and just laws,
and rejects the exercise of any other.”
The thirteenth article of the same consti
tution, is in these words : “From and
after the promulgation of this constitu
tion in the principal town in each district,
nobody can be born a slave; and the in
troduction of slaves under any pretext, af
ter six months from said publication, is
prohibited.” There are man r other arti
cles in both the constitution of the Gener
al and State Governments which are e
qually objectionable, but which are not
necessary to be introduced into this com
munication. I will here remark, how
ever, that each and every person must,
before he can be entitled to the privileges
of a citizen of the country, take an oath
to support the laws and constitution of
the State and General Government. We
remained in the town of Nacogdoches
until the 30th of Maj, when our compa
ny determined to divide, which, by this
time, had increased to fifteen in number,
the most of whom were from Georgia, the
others citizens of the State of Alabama.
Having seen, during our stay here,sever •
al gentlemen of standing and character,
from Georgia, and who had examined
that country between that point and
Galveston bay, including the lands upon
the Colorado, Brazos and Trinity rivers,
with (hose of other less streams, and
(hey giving a very unfavorable account
of the country, as it regards the water,
the general badness as well as scarcity of
it, the scarcity of timber, also of the in
habitants for the most part, and indeed of
almost every thing in relation to that sec
tion of the country, except that they ad
mitted that there was on the lafge water
courses and in some of the prairies some
very superior lands. This information,
in addition to my disgust created upon
the examination into principles of the
government, determined me to return
home without vesting one single dollar in
the. lands of the country, for which pur
pose I went there; believing like other
people, that if half which was said in
(lie public prints in relation to the country
were true, that it must be one of the
choicest places on the globe, cither to
live in, or to use money byway of spec
ulation. But, alas! how apt we are to
be led astray by visionary men and in
terested publications. And here let me
say to the citizens of Georgia, who are
almost deranged with anxiety to be there
with their families—stop, let me beseech
you, and though the trip will cost you
some two or three hundred dollars, go
and look before you do, or act, where in
ray judgment, many of you would re
pent when too late, and which I consider
would be but little more than murdering
your wives and children. There are
obligations which men owe their families,
and which, if wilfully neglected, will
rjse up in judgment against them in a
future day, when ’tis too late to repent
or to change. If I were to see a man
moving to that country, and did mft warn
him to stop, I should feel that I was at
least guilty of a sin of omission in not
telling him that he was about to do an
act which I conscientiously believe would
forever blast the prospects of his family
in this life, and perhaps in that which is
to come. As before remarked, our com
pany had grown to the number of fifteen,
and we determined todivide, three other
gentlemen and myself determining to
travel in the direction of a place called
Pecan Point, on Red Riuer, lying in a
north west direction from Nacogdoches,
a distance of two hundred miles or more.
Accordingly, we set out upon our journey
on the morning of the SOili of May, after
preparing ourselves with such provisions
as we could obtain for the occasion.—
Our way led us through a wilderness or
uninhabited country, except two or three
small Indian villages through wnich we
passed, and on the night of the 7th of
June, we crossed the Red River, about
thirty miles below Pecan Point. Here
we lost sight of and bid farewell to
Texas. From Nacogdoches to this place,
one small Indian trail led us through a
country which may be said to be undu
lating, the land varying but seldom, be
ing generally thin, until we get within fifty
or sixty miles ot the Red river—here we
struck the prairies, some of which are
very rich, aud abound in game. Many
ol them contain from one to two thosand
acres or more; some few of them are
covered only with the gama grass, which
grows very luxuriantly. The water
through the whole of the route is very
bad, except at the Shawnee village,
where we drank as good water as we
found in the country. The whole of
this route, and indeed, the whole of the
country :s very badly timbered and very
scarce except on the water courses. I
will here tell of all the good things of
the country, as well as of its productions.
In this country, especially the unsettled
parts, may be found in great abundance,
turkey, deer, beaver, buffalo, wild
horses, and in some parts wild cattle:
to support all this game there is perhaps,
the finest range in the world. 1 l ave
never seen such fine cattle in all my life;
their cows grow almost to the size of our
largest steers, aud give immense quanti
ty of milk. The land and climate are
peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of
cotton, and produces from one tlioasand
to twenty-five hundred pounds of cotton
per acre, according to the quality and
seasons, 'f lie climate is entirely unsuit
ed for the cultivation of corn as a certain
crop. The citizens told us that their
crops of corn were often entirely cut off
in places by the worm, and that it was
subject to their depredations from the
time it came up until it matured : indeed,
we saw small fields very much injured
by them, and one field in particular, of
twenty-fire acres, was so much injured
by them, that its owner told me he con
sidered it entirely ruined ; but when it
does mature it is daite little and chaffy,
and yields but little meal in comparison
to our corn raised here. There is one
great objection to the country which I
cannot forbear to mention, which is, that
there is not a mill scat said to be found
in the country, owing to the flatness and
great width of the swamps to all the
streams. Much has been said about the
navigable streams in that country, and
not having examined them personally, I
cannot say but little about them ; but it
is admitted by all that the Colorado is
the largest and best stream lor navigation,
and I was told both by travellers and by
a gentleman who lived in the country,
that there was only four feet water at the
bar or mouth of the river; and every
one admits that the coast bordering on
Texas is the most dangerous of almost
any other known, I did not expect to
have said so much in relation to the
country, but if what I have said should
be the means of preventing onfc single
family from going to the country, I shall
consider the labor amply rewarded, and
that I have at least saved some poor help
less woman and children of many a bri
ny tear.
BF.NJ. H. RUTHERFORD.
—••**©©©♦«•<
•Affray. —From a correspondent at
Warrenton we learn the following parti
culars of a serious rencounter that occur
red in that place on the 271 h ultimo:
While Mr. Charles P. Green, Edi
tor of the Baydton Expositor, was in the
store of Messrs. Plummer and Maxwell,
buying a suit of clothes, John Bragg,
Esq. who has taken umbrage at some re
marks in Mr. Green’s paper, attacked
him with a bludgeon. Bragg was accom
panied by his brother Mr. Thomas Bragg
and others. He struck Green several
very severe blows, which brought him to
the floor. When he arose, he fired a pis
tol, the ball of winch entered the body of
Mr. Robert Somervell, who attempted
to part them. Bragg renewed his as
sault, when Green drew his dirk, and
with it cut John Bragg through the
throat, and his life is considered doubt
ful. He also stabbed Thomas Bragg in
the arm, and cut him through the lip se
verely. Green is very badly cut about
the head, and one of his arms a little frac
tured. He is yet unaware that he woun
ded Somervell. —Raleigh North Caroli
na Star, 6th inst.
—wH® ©©«••—
Health of Aiken. —While other towns in
onr State are suffering trom sickness, we are
gratified at being able to say that this town
is very healthy. Exclusive of those who have
sought this place to restore their health, we do
not know of a single case of sickness. We have
learned that there is a report in circulation that
there are a number of cases of fever at present
in Aiken., Such is not the case. The few vale
tudinarians who came here to improve their
health, are mostly restored, and returned home;
and as for fever, there has been nothing of the
kind known here, and we doubt much if there
ever will be, only with those who may visit this
place to renovate their health.— Telegraph;
The Crops in this District —Generally speak
ing, were never in a better condition. We have
lately had an opportunity of conversing with
several gentlemen from different sections of the
District, and they all concur in the belief that the
corn and cotton crops were never better than
they are at present. On the Runs, the planters
have not had as favorable i ains as the other por
tions, but they will make very good crops.— lbid.
The writs for the election to supply the vacan
cy occasioned by the death of the Hon. Warren
K. Davis, have been issued; and tire election
will take place on the first Monday and Tuesday
in September next. The candidates arc Waddy
Thompson, jr. of the State Rights party, and B. F.
Perry, of the Union patty.— lbid.
A leather medal should be presented to the
editor of the Georgia Courier, for the singular
sagacity which he has lately evinced, in detecting
the alliance between the Stale Rights party of the
South, and the fanatical abolitionists. The editor
says he is not the only one who thinks so—he
should have added that he was not the only fool
who thought so, but the only one who was mean
enough to perpetrate such a slander. But as
slander is his vocation, “tis no sin for him to labor
in it.”— lbid.
The schr. Columbus, at New-Orleans, from
Aransas, reports that two hundred troops landed
at Aransas, on the 14th ult. intended for Texas,
and many other detachments, marching through
the interior; also, that there is a schr. at Aransas,
named the Correa alias Henrietta, under the
command of the notorious Thomson, who threat
ened to seize the Columbus, and carry into Vera
Cruz every American vessel that site might; fall
in with, as lawful prizes; and it was reported that
she had on board two American seamen, who had
been pressed and forcibly detained from the ves
sel lately seized at Galveston Bay.— Charleston
Courier.
Lwciitu-rc, (Va.) Aug. 3.— Look Out !
An Englishman, by the name of Robinson, sup
posed to be a circulator of incendiary Abolition
papers, left Richmond on Friday last, and was
traced ns far as Rainc’s Tavern, where he was
lost sight of. He is described as about 5 feet 8
inches high, well made,. genteel in appearance,
florid complexion, light hair, rather talkative. He
is said to have arrived in Richmond, last Thurs
day, in the steamboat Kentucky. Look out for
him!— Virginian.
,'strike at the Navy Yard. —Yesterday after
noon about 150 of the mechanics employed in
the Navy Yard marched in a body to the Secre
tary of the Navy, to pray for a redress of griev
ances. We understand that the workmen em
ployed in the Yard complained of an order issued
by the Commodore yesterday morning, which
they consider as arbitrary and an undeserved re
flection upon their integrity. We cannot learn
the particulars, but we understand that great ex
citement prevails among the mechanics in the
Yard.— . Mirror.
Summary punishment and new illustration of
repentance. —One of our correspondents residing
in Overton, Tennessee, has furnished us with the
following facta: “Two brothers, professing chr is
tianity, had, some days since, a difference about
shooting, and being strong, able bodied men, en
gaged hr a terrible and bloedy fight in consequence.
After the fight, they agreed to permit their mother
to give them each a complete cowhiding -which
she did with severity, to the satisfaction of both
the parties.”— Cincinnati Whig. #
The Ohio Boundary. —The Western (Ohio)
Hemisphere says —“ We are happy to be able to
state that all apprehensions of forcible collision,
arising out of the controversy in relation to the
northern boundary of this State, are removed.
The communciation between the Governor and
th« General Government, since the adjournment
of the Legislature, has led to results entirely sat
isfactory to the former, and which embrace all
that the honor or interest of the State can be >
deemed to require. The several objects content-1
plated in the compromise bill will be accomplish
ed fit due season. I
•fMiUetlgcviUe Street Lottery.
THE Official List of the fourth day’s draw
ing of this Splendid scheme, is received.
The fortunate ticket which drew the prize of
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, is No. 14,524.
The following capitals were also drawn:—
No - 9.536, 1000 Dollars.
“ 16,222, 1000 “
19,982, 900 “ *
“ 7,887, 800
“ 3,287, too
19,528, 300 “
“ 11,428, ioo “
“ 18,853, ioo »
And a large number of others. Adventurers are
invited to call and invest early, as but one day’s
drawing is to take place, when the splendid capi
tal prize of 20,000 dollars, with others of 1000.
800, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, am* 109,
will be draWn ; and in addition, the first and last
drawn Nos. will each be entitled to 5000 dollars,
making the handsome amount of any of
which may be had for 10 dollars, 0 V a share in'
proportion.
WRIGHT & COSNARD, Managers,
ffjr- Apply at the old cstablshed prizeand prin
ting office, 261 Broad-street, opposite the Masonic
Hall, Augusta, or tb G. T. Scott, Agent, Globe
Hotel.
July 15 83
WOW LANDING,
100 BBLS. Howard-street Flour
100 bbls. Philadelphia do
50 bb/d. Canal do (fresh ground)
Apply at BEARD & PITTS,
Auct’n & Comm’n Merchants, Augusta.
August 5 89
mss OE ITION.
THE Firm of Willey & Morraii is this
day dissolved, by mutual consent. All those
having unsettled accounts with said firm, will call
on C. Willey, who is duly authorized to settle
the same. CALVIN WILLEY,
JOHN B. MORRAH.
July 23d, 1835.
THE Subscriber would respectfully filiform
his friends and customers, that he-will con
tinue to carry on the
(.litI,YET IS I'SINESS,
At the Old Stand, Sign of the Big Bed
stead, nearly opposite Messrs Stovall
fy Simmons’s Warehouse,
And has on hand, a general assortment of CA
BINET FURNITURE, of the best workman
ship and latest fashions, together with an exten
sive assortment of BEDSTEADS, CHAIRS, &c.
&c., —all of which he will sell as low as can be
purchased in this city.
The article of Bedsteads, it is well known
to many, that I sell below the New Yofk prices,
and will continue to sell as low as any man in the
United States.
CALVIN WILLEY.
July 29 87 ...
A Situation is Wanted
BY a young man with undoubted character,
either as Book Keeper, in or out of doors
Clerk, Collecting, or business of any discription
whatever, cither in Stores or Ware Houses. Good
References can be given; if required. Those
wishing to employ as above, will please address
a letter through the Post Office to W. G. O. sta
ting the place for an interview.
August 8 ts 91
JldminiHtrator’s Sale.'
On the first Tuesday in November next,
WILL be sold at the Court House door,
in the town of Waynesborougb, Burke
county, agreeably to an order of the Honorable
the Justices of fhc Inferior Court of said county,
when setting for ordinary purposes, the following'
Negroes, to wit: Lucy, and her three children,
Peter, Margaret, and Patsey; Adam, a man;
Fanny, Silvia, and her four children, Warren,
Lib, Mary, and Moriah, belonging to the estate of
Arthur Bell, dec., for the benefit of the heirs of
said dec.
JOHN WARD, Adra’r. ■
Aug. 5 1835 4t 89
oldministrator’s Notice.
FOUR months after date, application will bo
made to the Honorable, the Inferior Court
of Richmond county, when setting for ordinary
purposes, for leave to sell a lot of land, in the city
of Augusta, bounded on the North by Ellis street,
on the South by Green street, and on the East by
Lincoln street, containing about a quarter of an
acre, with the improvements thereon, belonging
to the estate of Diana S. Lubbock, deceased, and
also for the sale of two Negroes Jacob and De
lia, belonging to the same estate, for the benefit
of the heirs of the deceased.
WM. J. HOBBY, Adra’r.
July 8 4tm 81
Administrator’s Notice.
FOUR months after date application will be
made to the Honorable Inferior Court of
Jefferson county, while sitting for Ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the real estate of Richard
Peel, deceased, late of said county.
SAMUEL BIGHAM, 7 . , ,
JAMES STONE, 5 Adm rs ‘
April 4 4tm 54
tiiuai'diaii’s Notice.
FOUR months after date, application will be
rnadeto the Honorable Inferior Court of
Burke county, when sitting for Ordinary purpo
ses, for leave to sell two hundred and fifty acres
Land, adjoining lands of Turner, Lewis, and oth
ers, belonging to the minor heirs of E. Thomas,
deceased.
MATISON ROBERTS,
Guardian of the heirs.
January 10 4tm 30
GEO it GUI, Burke County:
WHEREAS, Michael Wiooiss applies
for Letters Drsmissory on the estates of
Michael Wiooiss, senior, and W. W. Wig
gins, deceased.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within
the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
if any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office, in Wayncs
borough, this 23d February, 1835.
J. G. BADULY, Clerk.
Feh2B t6m 44
•Idtn i nistrntor’s Notice.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior court of Burke county, when sitting for
Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell all the real and
personal estate belonging to James Gordon, late
of said county, deceased.
ALEXANDER GORDON, Adm’r.
may 25, 1835 4tm 30
Georgia, Jefferson County:
WHEREAS, Ashley Phillips, Administra
tor on the estate of Robert Garvin, de
ceased, applies for Letters dismissorv from said es
tate.
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to be and appear at my office, within
the time prescribed by law, to file their objections,
if any they have, to shew cause why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at offite, in Louisville,
this 19th March, 1895.
D, E. BOTHWELL, Clerk.
March 21 6tm 50
■Administrator’* Notice.
FOUR months after date, application will be
made to the Honorable the Justices of the
Inferior court of Columbia county, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell the real
.and personal estate of John W. Ramsey deceased,
for the benefit of the heirs, and creditors.
ISAAC RAMSEY, Adm’r.-
July 21 4tm 86