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REPORT OF MR. IU.ACK, Os Striven, from the Committee to tchcm uva referred th, communication of the Governor, and its accom/mnyinz do cuments, in relation to the depredations caused by the Creek Indians, in the counties of Lee, Baker, and Stewart, and the adjacent counties. < The Committee to whom was referred that part of the Governor’s Message, re- i lative to the depredations, committed by the Creek Indians, upon the persons and i property of the citizens, of the frontier counties, of Stewart, Randolph, Early, Lee, Sumpter, Irwin, and- the counties adjacent thereto, in the Southwestern section of the Srote of Georgia, with the documents accompanying the same, have had the subject referred to, under their earnest and deliberate consideration, and respectfully submit the following report. The chief and legitimate end of this government is the protection, and ad vancement, not only of the mass of our people, but also of the individuals com posing that mass. Men are supposed, voluntarily to resign a portion of their natural liberties, when they enter into the social and political compact, for the purpose of securing to themselves, their wives, their children, and their property, that support, protection, and defence, which single handed, and in a state of na ture, it would be impossible to obtain. The moment government ceases, from whatever cause, to afford that protection which every citizen has a right to require, it fails to accomplish the purpose of its institution—it is no longer a benefit, or a blessing, but degenerates into a bur then and a curse, it leaves the citizen with all the disadvantages ol a state of nature, and he receives nothing in return for the resignation ofhis natural rights. Your committee have been induced to these reflections, from the deplorable condition of the inhabitants of our South western frontier, who for a long lime past, have been subject in their prisons and property, to (be predatory incursions ol a band of fierce and hostile savages, known to belong to the Hitchetee and (J■ diet tribes of Creek Indians. Our men have been murdered, and wounded, their houses, horses, cattle, and hogs, have been pillaged and destroyed, their families left desolate and bereaved, and widowed and defenceless women have seen (heir homes reduced to ashes, by the torch of incendiary savages, whose rapacity ol plunder left (heir victims nothing" but misery and ruin! These acts of murder and rapine have been, and yet are, per petrated by armed and hostile Indians, amounting to three or four hundred war riors, who for twelve months past have been, and as your committee are ad vised and believe, are at this moment encamp ed within our borders, in open violation and defiance of the Sovereign State of Georgia! Your committee beg leave to refer, to the papers and documents, which the late Executive has produced os evidence ol the state ol affairs on our South-western frontier. As early in the present year as the 19th January, Benjamin Holland, at_ the request of the citizens, writes to His Excellency Gov. Lumpkin, from near Cuthbert, in Randolph county, and informs him that just then a battle bud taken place between 15 Creek Indians, and 21 white men of Lee, and Randolph —the Indians had stolen two horses, and in the conflict bad two of their warriors bill—*- -r-trrrtrTT, JTinn SmT-n ly, was wounded in the shoulder, and Mr. Smith of Lee, was severely wounded by a ball entering the corner of his month and going out near his ear. The Indians had plundered the house of a widow lady near (he line of Lee and Randolph,— that great uneasiness is felt for the citi zens, who are very much alarmed, and were in daily expectation of an attack from (he Indians. The writer says his informant was in the battle, and con cludes by asking of the Executive, any suggestions as to the plan they shall pur sue. The next paper, is a letter from Stew art county, dated 28th January. 1833 and is in these words, “Your Excellen cy is hereby notified of the present un happy situation, in which a great number of the citizens of Stowart, Randolph, Lee and Sumpter counties, are by means of the exposed situation of the thinly settled parts, to the depredations of the Indians. There have several skirmishes taken place within a few days, in which (he In dians have had the advantage, bv reason of their numbers. A number of the whites have been killed, and others woun ded, while our property of various kinds has been taken oil. This is therefore to petition your Excellency to order out the militia to our assistance, or adopt some speedy measures for our relief; Signed by William 11. Dismukes, George L. Smith, Thomas Pate, Samuel Williams, and various persons, citizens of Stewart country. On die 28(h January, 1335, A. Prim, a justice of the Inferior Court, for thecoun ty of Stewart, wriies under express, from Lannahassec. “To His Excellency the Gov.—Sir—l have to state that the In dians are in our neighborhood, killing the citizens, and stealing the negroes and horses, breaking open and robbing hou ses, killing stock of different kinds, and creating a great alarm in the settlem.-u'. We understand there i< a large numb -r, of Indians on this side of the river. Toe report is. that they are determined to die before they leave. Wo prav vour aid and assistance in the case. Tlio beirei can mure fully explain the matter than I can. or have room.” Within three days after the date of the above, the Governor himself, writes to the Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War, “ since writing to you on the 26th inst. on the subject of the depredations com mitted by a strolling party of Creek In dians, on the citizens.of Georgia. I have continued to receive additional evidence of the magnitude of the evils complained of. and of the hostile disposition of thc<e savages.” Under .the same date, His Excellency corresponds with one Daniel McDou gald, then in military command, and after strangely enough denouncing the primi tive vocation ol “hunting,” as a "villain ous practice,” says, I have received vari ous communications, from a number of highly respectable citizens of Lee, Stew ® r L Randolph, and other adjoining coun ties, informing me of a renewal of these depredations, accompanied by an inso lence which calls for (he mast energetic measures which can be devised, to clias tiae the offender;, and put an end, if pos sible, to these unsuff rabieoutrages. Se ivral engagement* have already taken place, between this savage band, and our sulfeiing population, in which i deeply regret to learn, that several valuable citi zens of Georgia have been slain.” Your committee arc advised, from the documents before them, that the Execu tive, on the 23d February, 1833, commis sioned Col. Horace R. Ward, to go into that section of the State, for the purpose of acquiring accurate information ol the situation of the people, and the extent of these Indian depredations. Col. Ward, in discharge of the trust reposed in him. proceeded without delay, to the scene of these outrages, and, from time to time, informs the Governor, that a white man was killed, about 10 miles from Lump kin, sometime about March Sd, 1335 and that the citizens were under much excitement and alarm—that the citizens with whom he had conversed, had given it as their opinion, that Military force was absolutely necessary, to drive these Indians from the country, and to restrain them from crossing the Chattahoochee ri ver, and that the arm of the law, without the aid of the military, would be wholly insufficient to restrain these Savages— that the people were greatly alarmed— many families were returning to the old settlements, and others declared (hey would follow their example, if the In dians were suffered to come over, and re main among them—that the people in , that section of the State were generally i poor, and dependent upon their nidividu • al and personal exertions for support, ■ and that therefore they could nut, with i out manifest injustice to themselves and their families, perform the camp or mili tary duty necessary to protect the coun try. In his second official dispatch from i Lumpkin, S'ewart county. March 4(h, 1833, Col. Ward speaks of a bailie that had been then (ought between 1 he Indians and the whites, in which several of the Indian warriors had been wounded, and some killed. That he had a conversation with young Hubert Bridges, who was in the action, that Bridges frankly confessed to him, he hud taken deliberate aim at an Indian not exceeding 40 yards, with a good ride, from beliinu a liglitwood slump with a good rest, and that the Indian fell at the crack of the gun. Mr. Bush, who was wounded, also says, his ball must have taken effect. Alter the battle was oyer, and the Indians gone, the whites visited the place of action, and found a quantity of blood—the action took place late in the evening, the Indians camped about three miles from the battleground, ami next day the whites found their camp, and the blood was in abundance on the ground. In this battle, the Indians, after they had killed Powcl, formerly a repre sentative on this Hour, Irom Ap’pling coun ty, and the whites had lied, being in pos session of the field, carried otf his rifle, which can easily be identified, by his name. The Agent, in his 3d communi cation Irom Cuthbert, Randolph county, March 14, 1835, to the Executive, says, “I have obtained sufficient information to authorise me to recommend to your Excellency, to place a Military force here, in order to prevent the Indians from committing further depredations— the Indians are here in Lee, Baker, and and the lower part of this county, and will remain until forced off by the strong arm i of power—the law cannot be enforced • HlMLlhom, lul 'l no citizen would be safe in I leaves expand, so that the Indians may I hide themselves, they will be over here iin large numbers—add the Agent con i eludes by saying, he has given (lie citi zotis every assurance, that his Bxcellen ■ cy will protect them in their persons and , property. From the regular official Report of I the Agent from Lee county, March I till, 1 1835, and from other authentic sources, ; your Committee ascertain, that since the Ist February last, three men, Powel and Johnson, aitd one other old man, have been killed, and Bush, Smith, G. Med ley, and Capt. John Smcaly, have been i wounded, by these Indians. The Agent at this date was still enquiring how much property had been destroyed, he had been but partially informed—as far as i he had learned Benjamin Johnson of i Baker had lost, from first to last, 200 i head ol cattle, besides a large number of i hogs—Robert Edwards had Tost 2 horses, i one of which he accidentally recovered, i They took from Anthony Brownwell, a ] very poor man, his mare and colt, ids wife’s and bis own wearing apparel, all their bed-clothes, of every description, and entirely broke them up. A poor' i woman, Mary Lindsey, in Baker, was deprived of all she was worth, they took • her two beds, emptied the feathers in a 1 pond near the house, and carried away . the ticks, and all her clothing, save what she had on, and even her cups and sau cers were taken from her. Mrs. Marv Hooks, and another very poor woman,' lost nil their clothing. Dennis Cholston ut Baker, lust a great many cattle and i hugs, and Furgerson, the Agent for the Mail Contractor, had lost four stage i harses,>Awo o| which had been reclaimed. ; Your Committee are informed, bv the gentlemen win represent that part of th h ate, that the above is In an imperfect es-mule ol the I iss ol lives an 1 pro per y, an I falls tar short of die actual stun' of the case. | These hos'ile Indians. Col. Ward in forms the Governor, are still at the above ! d ite in that part of the country, and are there likidy to remain in camp, utiles- : expelled by military force; and in replv , to a call fur his opinion, he says, they I (the Indians) are to be found throughout i the country in companies of from four to t forty; and he believes, and the people agree with him, that nothing short of t prompt military aid can protect the in- s habitants, or drive these marauders from our soil. And the Agent labors diligent- i ly and earnestly to impress this belief 1 upon “the Government." . After the Agent returns to Mllledge- i vide, on the 33th March, 18J3, he again . addresses the Executive, and reiterates i and insists upon’the facts and opinions he i had previously furnished to that depart- i ment, and gives an additional list of pro- i perty destroyed. In addition to the i above, other citizens of that section of i Georgia, and the people of Columbus i made frequent applications to the Gov- t ernor, informing him of the extremity and jieril ol their situation, and in the i most moving terms apnealed to the State < lor aid and protection ; all „f which will i conclusively appear by reference to the s accompanying documents. v Your Committee beg leave to refer this House to the following statements, made to the Chairman by the honorable Senator Irom Baker county. —“On Sun day, 26th May, 1833, Mr." Cholston set out from his house, in Baker, cow hunt ing—within two or three miles from his place of residence, lie fell in with a com pany of armed Indians, seven or eight in number. They surrounded, took him prisoner, and tied him to a tree ; some one of the gang would take deliberate aim at him with a rifle, and when he was in the act of firing, others of the Indians would interfere, and prevent it. They kept him in this cruel and torturing situ ation for two hours, when they released him. He immediately set abdut colic-t --ing his neighbors, ahd the next day, with ten or twelve of his friends came up with the Indians. Some of the Whites, un derstanding their language, addressed them in a friendly way—they returned curses to this friendly salutation, and instantly fired upon the whites. They fought, and the result was, Daniel Rich, Jacob Johnson, and Benjamin Johnson, Jr. fell, badly wounded, at the first fire— Bcnj. Johnson, Sr. had his horse killed under him, and five other horses were wounded. On the same day, before the light, a party of these Indians went to John Proctor’s house, within a mile of my own residence, and plundered him ol all his meat, meal, rough rice, and every thing he had, in the shape of pro visions.” S. R. Bonner, Esq. who represents on this floor the county of Muscogee, and who having had leave of absence from this House, has just returned from a visit to that section of the State, says, that last week (the day not recollected) a gang of Indians went iivlhe night time t« the house of a man by the name of Brown, in Stewart county, whom they muni red in cold blood, and outraged his family. Your committee forbear! They could till a volume with well authenticated tacts, but it would be consuming, the lime of the country to no purpose, for il this honorable House is nut now satisfied of the horrors and perils that have sur rounded the people of our South-western frontier, from the commencement of the year to this day, it would not be convinc ed, “though one should rise from the dead.” The members from that part of the country declare to the Chairman, and the Committee repeat It to the House, that all that section of the country, has been, and is now, in a state of actual invasion—our men are murdered and wounded—our women and children left widows and orphans, and destitute upon the world, and their property to a large amount plundered and destroyed. There are many representatives now on this floor wlio are in a state of excruciating anxiety (or the safety of their wives ami children, and who know not whether they have haply escaped the knife and the torch, or whether the same fate which consigned their friends and neighbors to a premature grave, may not have mur dered (hem also, with the victims of In di iii revenge. This honorable House will enquire, with one voice, earnestly and seriously ; lias not the strong arm of the Executive of Georgia been stretched forth, prompt ly and efficiently, to aid and protect her people. You I' £ OUIUUIUua ■tmingmntoii, answer, no. The late Go vci nor was perfectly aware «t' tlio |jre soncc of an armed and hostile foe, with in our borders, who were slaying our valuable citizens, and destroying their property; he received letter after letter, and express after express, advising and assuring him of the lact, and he himself, in his correspondence with the General Government, and with the people, asserts and maintains that these things are so. As tar back as 26th January, 1835, Mr. Lumpkin called upon the Secretary at War, “ to devise some, means to put a stop to these evils,” and “relieve the authorities of Georgia from the painful necessity of resorting to measures of se verity, in the punishment of tliose sa vage outlaws.” Oilier communications of a similar character, were sent from our Executive to the Federal Govern ment, to all of which, General Jackson directed his Secretary to return a neg.t live answer. That personage professed to be greatly alive to the situation of our people, but declined to interfere with the Indians. He said (and very properly) Georgia has extended her law's over these people, and I have nothing more to do with them. However, the U. S. Troops in Georgia, will be ordered to Columbus, and it you stand in need of their assis tance, you are welcome to them. The Governor then wheels about, and al though he had in a previous letter, said to Mr. McDougald, “ 1 farther suggest ed (to the General Government) the pro per use ol the U. S. Troups, stationed at ‘‘art Mitchell, as the most efficient means to effect tlio desired object;” vet he now says under the date of 19th Feb miry, 1833, “ the President of the U. S ates agrees with him in believing that oc (dig President) has no power over the Indians living within the States, which live extended their jurisdiction over oo o!” How long, your committee maid enquire, had Mr" Lumpkin be lieved that the United States had no power over these Indians? His own letter to I) McDougald, shows that he pul just then suggested to the United Saties the propriety of using the Feder al Troops, in order to relieve Georgia from the painful necessity of ridding trie country of these outlaws." He mustcer thinly have believed that Gen. Jackson had the power, or he never would have suggested the use of the United States soldiers. These facts will shew to this House, that the authorities of Georgia, even in the commencement of this affair, betrayed cither ignorance, or a disre gard, of the righto! the Stale to protect her own people. But even after Gen. Jackson had set Mr. Lumpkin right, and lo.u him as plainly as words can convey meaning, that Georgia must protect her citizens, and that lor this purpose the U nited States Troops were at the service of the Stale—after all this, these Indian outlaws arc permitted still to slay our men, and ravage the country. lie de clined the assistance of the Federal Troops, and in his letter of 19th Februa ry, 1833, to the same McDougald, he Mtys, “ 1 have no use for these soldiers m Georgia,” and requires that individual so to inform the officer in command, to wards whom, however, and his men, he Air<l T A QUJHOfif XOLXX, expresses his determination to be very respectful oniTpolite. This House doubtless expects, and be lieves that the Governor, alter he had de clined this proffered assistance, took prompt and efficient measures to drive these armed and hostile Indians out cf our territory. That part of the State, as your honorable body has seen, and must believe, was in a slate of actual in vasion, “or in such imminent danger as would not admit of delay”—tiie enemy had pushed the war into our country — blood in abundance had been shed, and the inhabitants were retreating before the foe. Under this state of facts, your com mittee have no hesitation in believing, that the Executive of Georgia had the power, and was bound to call oat the militia for the defence of the country. Bat instead of adopting these prompt, energetic, and necessary measures, nis whole, course down to the period of re tiring from office, was marked by an im becility, and indecision, as ruinous mils consequences, tp.our terrified and suffer ing people, as it was unworthy and dis creditable, if not criminal, to himself. In order to relieve your committee from the charge of gratuitous assertions, which contain matter of grave and serious al legation; we beg leave to quote to this i louse the very language of the Gover nor himself to the same Daniel McDou galtl—On the 27th February, 1835, he says to that person, “you have doubt less discovered from my communications to you on the subject of the depredations of the Creek Indians, that I have been at a loss to determine on a definite course of measures to meet the existing slate of things. This, sir, has arisen from the fact, that the information received at this department, has been so vague and con tradictory, as to leave me in doubt as to the measures proper to meet the exigen cy. Moreover, I have been, and still am embarrassed by reason of the anomalous situation in which these Indians are pla ced. It is difficult to determine to what government (hey are accountable. The President disclaims jurisdiction of the Federal Government owr them —the Slates are restricted to their own limits! and the Indians seem to consider them selves outcasts and vagabonds.” As tonishing state of things. Gen. Jackson would have nothing to do with them—the States could not go beyond their limits, and the Indians set themselves up for vagabonds!!! From all which the Go vernor admirably concludes their situa tion is anomalous, and he is utterly una ble to determine to what government they are accountable! Even the edito rials of the Georgia Journal frustrate and unhinge him; and so greatly is he both ered with the anomalous situation of these Indians, that he calls upon his Gen eral, in the extremity of his perplexities, and assures him he will take it as “a public favor, if he would keep him ad vised fully and freely of his views in re gard to the best measures to meet such emergencies as may occur.” And as if he intended to add insult to the injuries he had already suffered to be inflicted upon a part of his constituents, he says in the same letter, and in connection with the same subject, “ while I am dis posed carefully to protect the persons and property of our exposed citizens, 1 dislike the idea of an unnecessary pa rade over small mailers' I'’! 1 '’ ! Vain-. in bringing this re port to a conclusion. tin: Executive department has referred the House to accompanying documents as cont. ining all the information in the power of that department, in relation to those Indian outrages and depredations, and your committee have searched in vain to find in their contents, any “va>nie or contradictory reports,” or any thing to justify the insinuation that "'these c vile,** are “small matters.” On the contrary, your committee report to this House, that the counties of Stewart, Randolph, Sumter, Lee, Baker, Irwin, Muscogee, and the counties adjacent thereto, have been for a long time past, and are yet, in a stale of alarm and in vasion—that our valuable citizens have been slain, others have been dangerous ly wounded,Their property to a large a moum has.been plundered and des roy cd ; and all this has been effected bv a band of armed and hostile Indians, who since January last, and at this time, un der arms, and encamped upon our ter ritory, in open violation and defiance of the constituted authorities of the State of Georgia. Since your Committee have brought their deliberation to a close, an express and communication lias arrived at the Executive Office, informing the Gover nor that, within the last week, another battle had been fought between these Creek Indians and the whites, in Stewart county, which resulted in the death of two more of the citizens of this State; others of whom were badly wounded. Your Committee, therefore, in con sideration of the pressing danger which threatens a large portion of our people, recommend for their protection, the pas sage of the following Resolutions: LResolutions requiring the Governor to order out the militia, and to defend the country at any and every hazard ; m I that the expense incurred be paid out iftlie public Treasury; and, also, the passage of a bill to prohibit Creek Indi ans from coming into the State ’j Q G**- From the Cinrinnalti Gazelle. ’ ABOLITION. Some forty miles from Cincinnati, to the cast, are two ‘settlements of free ne groes—probably near a thousand—men, women and children* nf the true ebony color; with a very little mixture of the mahogany, or lighter shades. The ne groes own the land occupied by them; but without the power to sell. Each fa mily has a small farm. They are eman cipated s'aves, and these lands were pur chased expressly for them, and parcelled nut among them, about fifteen years ago. Their lands are not of the best quality of Ohio lands; but, by good management, could be made very good—they are par ocularly well adapted to grass, cither meadow or pasture. Having been formerly slaves and com- 1 pelted to work, one would suppose thev ! ought to have industrious habits. They j have had every inducement to industry , and good conduct held out to them. The i experiment was to test the merits of the i negro race under the most favorable cir- 1 tu instances for success. Has this experiment succeeded ? No, J t has not. In all Ohio, can any white ! settlement be found equally wretched equally unproductive ? Farms given to them fifteen vears ago instead of being well improved, and the timber preserved for fanning, have been sadly managed—small, awkward clear ings, and those not in grass, but exhaus ted and worn out in corn crops—the tim ber greatly destroyed—wretched log houses, with mud floors ; with chimnies of mud and wood—with little timber for further farming. They are so excessively lazy and stu pid, that the people of Georgetown, (near 'by.their ‘camps,’) and the neighboring farmers will not employ them as work hands to any extent. They do not raise produce enougli on their lands to teed their families, much less do they have a surplus for sale abroad. They pass most of tneir time in their little smoky cabins; too listless even to fiddle and datice. One may ride through the ‘negro camps,’ as they are called, passing a dozen strag gling cabins with smoke issuing out of the ends, in the middle of clearings with out-seeing- a soul, either at work or play. The fear of starvation makes them work the least possible quantity, while they are much 100 lazy to play. Why do not the zealous abolitionists go there and see the experiment in all its beauty. The slave changed into a free, but wretched savage ! Why not make something of these thousand negroes ? The negro settlements are a dead weight upon Brown county, as to any productive benefit from the negro lands, or from negro labor, and that space of country might as well, to this day, have remained in possession of the Indians. If southern wealth can be applied to buy and colonize among us such worth less population, what farmer in Ohio is safe? Has he any guarantee that a black colony will not be established in his neighborhood ? Let any one who wishes to learn the operations of emancipated negroes, visit the Brown county camps. As they sink in laziness, poverty and filth, they in crease in numbers—their only produce is children.—They want nothing but cowries to make them equal to the negroes of the Niger. In (he following letter, from the Re gister and Library of Medical and Chi rurgical Science, we have an account of a case of suicide by an Adder j To tub Editor: —Sir—An adder was captured by me, and confined very loose ly in the folds of a thin handkerchief, so that I might observe its efforts to escape, The handkerchief was laid with the ad der on a grassplot, and after several ener getic but ineffectual attempts to free itself from bondage, the animal deliberately in flicted a bite on its own body and instant ly died. Such an act of suicide has been asserted of the scorpion, but I have never heard of the like circumstances in an ad der, excepting on this occasion. The cir cumstances cannot be attributed to “ in stinct,” a principle which might assist it in its efforts to escape, but could never prompt so unnatural an act as that which produced “death.” Let this fact, witnes sed hy two or three as w-ell as myself, be added to the number of extraordinary e vents which foil the philosopher in his ef forts to deny the existence of intellect, unquestionably bestowed in various mo difications on the lower animals of the I am .T!r, yours truly, W. H. THOMAS. Bristol, Sept. 16, 1835. twenty-fourth congress. FI HIT SESSION. Senate, Wednesday. ])ec, 16. Messrs. OALHOUX and PRESTON, Sena tors from South Carolina, appeared to-duv in their places. ( S ection of Standing Committees, Tne Senate, agreeably to a Resolution to that effect, proceeded to ballot for their Standing Com mittees, . My* Clay was elected by twenty-three votes, as Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Rela tions. Air. Webster was elected hy twenty-five votes as Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Mr. Davis, Chairman of the Committee on Commerce. Mr. Knight, Chairman of the Committee on Manufactures. Air. Brown, Chairman of the Committee un Agriculture. Air. Benton, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. Air. Robinson, Chairman of the Committee on the Militia. Mr. Southard, Chairman of the Committee on Nava! Affairs. Air. Ewing, Chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands. Air. Black, Chairman of the Committee on Private Land Claims. Air. White, Chairman of the Committee or, Indian Affiirs. Air. Naudain, Chairman of the Committee on Claims. Air. Clayton, Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary. Air. Grundy, Chairman of the Committee on the Post-Office, and Po t Roads. Air. Hendricks, Chairman of the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Tomlinson, Chairman of the Committee on Pensions. Mr. Tyler, Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. Air. Aloore, Chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Air. Al’Kean. Chairman of the Committee on the Comtugem Fund. Air. Shepley, Chairman of the Committee on Engrossed Bills. Tile Senate then proceeded to ballot for the re tnaining Alcmborsof tbe Committees, which were filled up. in part, as follows: 'the Committee of Foreign Relations —Messrs. King, of Geo., Tallmadgc. Mangum, and Porter. Os Finance —Messrs. Cuthbert, Wright, Man gum, and Tyler. Os Commerce —ATessrs. Goldsborough, Tom linson, M’Kcan, and Linn. On Manufactures —Alcssrs. Buggies, Alorris. Prentiss, and Hendricks. The choice, in every instance, was made at the first ballot. On motion of Mr. Clay, the farther election was postponed till to-morrow, and the Senate ad journed. Correspondence of the Journal of Commerce, Washington, Dec. 11, 1835. I sec that every one, at the North, is carried a way with the Aicssago. People are fond of ex citement, and easily disposed to resentment upon the bare suggestion of injury. To see a whole people infiamed at the recital of wrongs, under which they have so quietly rested and thrived for thirty odd years, is a striking illustration of the predominance of the war spirit in human nature. It is now easy to foresee that the people, excited by the narrative of real and supposed injuries, will be ready to back the President, next week or next month, in the declaration of war, or in the adoption of measures of hostility, which will be tantamount to war, and provocative of it. A\ hen the Alessage was penned, it was known that Air, Barton’s demand would not be complied with, by the French Government. It was known that Mr. Barton would speedily return, and the • , “ special Message” which will announce the e~ vent, when it occurs, will shew that the military preparation recommended by the President, is not | unnecessary, nor prematurely pressed. ■ AFTfirsT.-t: ERID.VV, DECEMBER 25,1833. i'" = ~ COPARTNERSHIP. My brother, Wm. F. Pemberton, having be come associated with me in the general interest and management of the Auousta Chronicle, it will, from this date, and No., which is the first of the new volume, be published by A. H. & W. F. Pemberton, to whom all letters, on the future business of the establishment, should be addressed. Ihe former business of the Augusta Chronicle being wholly separate from the present, it is not only desirable, but necessary, to collect the debts, and close the books, of the last ten years, as early as practicable. All persona indebted, to this date, are, therefore, earnestly requested to make immedi ate payment. A. H. PEMBERTON. Auousta, Sept. 30, 1836. TO READERS. The proceedings of the House of Representa tives of Monday, (which will be found under its proper head) is all (hat we have received of the proceedings of our Legislature since our last pub lication. We have not received positive informa tion of its adjournment, but there is very little doubt of its having done soon Tuesday evening. HEALTH OP CHARLESTON. Tile Charleston Board of Health report the deaths of seven persons in that dity, during the week endi.lg 20th inst.—one while and sis blacks. INDIANA LEGISLATURE. The Legislature of Indiana was organized on the SOlh ult. by the election of the Hon. Wm. \\. Wick, Speaker, and Messrs. Moore and O’- Neai.e, Clerks, On balloting for Governor, the Hon, Jas. B. Rat, late Governor, was almost u nanimously elected. RACES. i We hear daily of new arrivals of the Turf com petitors. Last evening, on the Rail Road, a fine filly, Milliwatt, by Crusader, arrived, belonging to Dr. Buao of Charleston. On the first day, Mon , day, a Match Race will come off between Mr. Harrison’s Col. Crockett, and a young horse of Col. Crowell’s, by Bertrand, named Billy Aus tin—Stakes §2ooo—mile heats. This will be a race of great interest. —Courier of Wednesday. S. CAROLINA LEGISLATURE. Both branches of the South Carolina Legisla ture adjourned on Saturday the 19th instant, at 9 o’clock at night—having passed 26 public acts.— We arc indebted to a friend for the very able and interesting “ Report of the Joint Committee of Federal Relations, on so much of the Governor’s Message as relates to the institution of Domestic Slavery,” &c. and regret that it is out of our povv er to publish it today, but shall endeavor to do so in our next. The Report was submitted by Gen. Hamilton, chairman of the committee, and was unanimously adopted by both houses. PROM PRANCE. The New York Courier and Enquirer of the , loth instant, gives the following information, re ceived in that city by the Ship Utica, which arri val was noticed in our last: “ By this arrival a letter has been received from the head of one of our most respectable commer cial houses now in Paris to his house bore, dated from that capital on the 30lh October.—lt stales positively that a formal demand had been made on the French government, by Mr. Barton, for the payment of the indemnity, which had been posi tively refused, on the giound that Mr. Livings ton s explanations was tint considered sufficient.— Mr. Barton, in consequence, agreeably to instruc tions given him by tots government, was about to demand his passports and leave France.—This is but a confirmation of the contents of a letter we published from London on the last arrival from England. It is corroborated too by the general opinion of the passengers arrived in the Utica." ANOTHER STEAM BOAT DISASTER. A letter received in tills city yesterday, from Savannah, dated 21st inst. says—“ The steam boat Cherokee, left this city on Saturday last with 693 bales cotton for Charleston. Yesterday afternoon the Mate came up in town witli the very unpleasant intelligence that she had got a grouml at high water, on Saturday night, at 9 o’clock, and as the tide fell, she heeled over so . much that she nearly filled with water; in conse- i qucnce of which, tile Captain was obliged to throw overboard three or four hundred bales of cotton, 1 in order to save the balance and the boat, and 1 from what I can learn, there will be very little ( saved.” The machinery of the Cherokee is said to be very much injured by the cotton falling against ' some parts of it, and it was doubtful whether she , would be able to proceed on her voyage to Char- I leston. Assistance had been sent from Savannah I to her.— Constitutionalist of Wednesday. The Savannah Georgian of the 23d instant, says:—“ Woarc gratified to learn that the Chcra- , hee, which boat was stated yesterday, as having i “ struck on an oyster bed and filled with water,” ’ has been pumped dry and is now afloat. The J cotton on deck was thrown overboard to enable the ( hands to right her. A steam bolt has boon sent ' to her assistance. She struck on an oyster bod about two miles this side of Wall’s Cut.” 1 i GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. House, Dec. 21.—The committee of confer- , ence, to whom was referred the amendments of 1 the Senate, to the bill for the improvement of the J Flint and other rivers, as rejected by the House, and adhered to by the Senate, recommended that the House agree to the rejected amendments for ( the improvement of the Concsauga, Oostcnalla, < Canouchec, and Great Ogoochcc rivers, and ad- 1 here toils rejection of those for the improvement { of the Chattahoochee, above West Point, Great t Salilla, Oconee, and Great Ohoopco rivers j all j which was disagreed to, on a motion to disagree . —yeas 79, nays 27. t Mr. Calhoun offered a resolution for the eur- a vey of the Chattahoochee river, from Columbus 0 to its junction with the Flint, and from West 1 Point to Habersham county, with a view to its future improvement; which was rejected yeas tl 34, nays 64. h Bills Passed, from the Senate— to amend the P oath administered at Elecuons—to incorporate pi the Iron Steam Boat Company— to change the cl time of holding the Superior Courts of Rahun, C Habersham, Franklin, Baldwin, and Joncs-fo’ tax all shows in Merriwether, Gwinnett, and * .. .11. , *■ Union—to add a part of Jones county to Bibb to confirm, in the city of Augusta, the title to the South and East Common of said city— to in corporate the Columbus Insurance company to incorporate the Western Rail Road Company, f or she construction of a Rail Road from Forsyth to West Point—to change the time of holding the Superior Courts of Carroll, Cobb, and Paulding, and attach the two latter to the Cherokee Circuit —to authorize the creation of one o r more Caval ry Corps in each county, and purchase Holsters, Pistols, and Swords therefor—to incorporate the Georgia Insurance and Trust Company of Au gusta, after so amending it as to strike out that part which made the stockholders liable for its conduct for twelve months after a transfer of stock, and make them liable for such conduct only before the transfer, or while they are con nected with it—to incorporate the Savings Bank of Macon —to regulate the distribution of the Academic Fund, so far as relates to Lincoln and Bulloch—to remove obstructions to the passage of fish up Flint river—to add a part of Laurens county to Montgomery—to incorporate the Ma con Steam Boat Company—to authorize the Georgia Rail Road Company to construct branch es of its Road to Warrcnton and Sparta— to amend the act of ISOS, for the better selection and drawing of Grand and Pettit Jurors, so far as relates to the Cherokee Circuit—to incorpo rate the Groat Western Rail Road Company, for the construction of Rail Roads from Macon to Brunswick, and to the Alabama or Tennessee line—to authorize Gabriel Jones, Clerk of the Court of Ordinary of Columbia county, to de posit monies received by him, as such, in Bank, and exempt him from the payment of interest therefor—to amend the several laws now in force in relation to slaves and free persons of color (the one reported by the Anti-Abolition commit tee, and heretofore published in the Chronicle,) — to legalize the proceedings of the Scnatus Acade micus in November, 1835—t0 amend the act in corporating the city of Augusta, and the several acts amendatory thereof, so as to establish another Ward, No. 4.. from Campbell street to the Wes ern extremity, authorize the Council to tax all property whatever in said city, repeal the clause which limits the eligibility of the Mayor, &c. — ; to provide for the payment of Magistrates and Constables fees, in cases not provided for—to punish slaves or free persons of color for harbor ing slaves or criminals—to relieve purchasers of fractions in the sth district of Early tiolinty, by allowing them till the 4th July, ’36, to pay the instalments due—to require the Surveyor Gene ral to record all surveys of Head rights, before is suing the grants—to authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of Jefferson county to open and keep in repair, the neighborhood roads of that county—and to incorporate the Gwinnett Manual Labor Institute. Bills Rejected, from the Senate—to change the time of bolding the Superior and Inferior Courts of the Cherokee Circuit—and td amend the Estray laws, so as to authorize tkc sale of Goats, Sheep, and Hogs, in three months after tolling. Correspondence of the Constitutionalist. Wasiiisotow, Dec. 16, 1835. Memorials graying for the abolition of Slavery in the District of Columbia, have just been pre sented and laid on the table, by a vote of from 180 a 190 to about 35—a subsequent motion to have them printed was disposed of in tho samo manner, by a majority nearly as large. Tho friends of Van Burcn were with us almost to a man, ob the ayes and nays will show. It was tho wings who were for sustaining the prayer of the memorialists. Nothing yet certain as to our dis pute with France—we had a rumor to-day from New York, that our Charge d’ Affaires had left the French Court, but it is not credited.” Wc learn that a change is about to take place in the route by which the great eastern mail is, at present, conveyed between Mobile and Augusta. For nearly a year past, it has been carried, alter nately, via Montgomery and Pensacola. Arrange* ments, we understand, are now making to trans port it daily, via Montgomery, and to discontinue the I lot.da line altogether. This is, perhaps, a belter arrangement than the former one, provided the mail lino performs the trip in as short a time as any opposition line of Stages, which may bo placed upon the Florida route, may perform it. We have also been informed, that the Contrac tors on the Florida line contemplated increasing their stock of horses and stages, and intend to continue the line, for the especial purpose of con veying passengers between Mobile and Augusta, performing the trip in one day less time than tho mail is at present conveyed —Mobile Commer cial Transcript. SOJIMAK Y. Novel Circumstance. —A train of of cars near Warrington, on the Liverpool & Manchester Rail Road, were lately set in motion by the high wind, and went five miles at a faster rate even than with steam.— Balt. Gaz. Married.— ln Philadelphia, last week, Mr. Ac bustus A. Addams to Miss M AIIr Duff, both listinguished members of the corps dramatique. We are sorry to add that Mr, A, is now confined lo his room by a serious indisposition.— v V. L Sunday Morning JVc-ws, 18 th inst. From Texas. —A gentleman arrived at New Orleans from Texas, states that before he left on the 25th, not surrendered—but the gar rison was reduced to the necessity of eating their mules, Tho soldiers and inhabitants were leaving the place to avoid starvation, and about 200 Mexican soldiers chiefly deserters were then in the Texas company. The Washington Sun of the lSth inst. says : *Wc now have it in our power to assert, upon ;ood and sufficient authority, that Henry Clat, will not under any circumstances, be a candidate tor the Presidency, at tho ensuing election for that rlfice, and it is his most earnest desire that this letermination, should bo known by every man in .he nation.” The late Hon, T. U. P. Charlton.—-Every ■expect was yesterday rendered to the memory of the late Judoe Charlton. His remains were attended to the grave by a largo concourse of hie Fellow Citizens—by the Judiciary—the members if the Bar—the Corporation of the City—the Hibernian Society, and the Chatham Artillery, of which ancient'Corps he was an Honorary Meal ier.—Savannah Georgian, 22 d inst. We are informed that great disturbance pre rails in the South Western counties, in relation :o the Creek Indians. The Creeks are in tho ■ommon practice of coming.into the settlements, n bands of a dozen or twenty men, armed, and dc ircdating on private property with tho utmost awlessness, taking what they please, and com nitling immediate violence on any who may, in ho slightest manner, oppose their proceedings. Jn last Thursday, Wm. H. Ferguson and Green 1 insley, were found shot, on a place belonging to lie former, and to which he was about to remove ; md two others who had been in their company, ire likewise supposed lo be murdered, as they can lot be found or heard of.— Milledgcville Recor ler. We see it stated, in the New York Commercial iat at Syracuse, in the interior of the State, snow ad fallen every day, for fifteen successive days rcvieus to the 11th instant. Between Syracuse* nd Albany the snow on the road lies in a com ressed bed to the depth of twelve to fifteen in les, rendering the sledding very fine.— Balt, ■om, Adv. y 17 th inst. Judge Hutchinson, of Vermont, has recovered 1,900 of the editor of the Woodstock Courier, r a libel on his character.