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Fntm i he Southern Literary JourncA.
Hcfflijsistfnri's<i( ik Tour to the S»n;li
West,
number two.
We ’.verc set dawn at ‘‘the Globe,’’ a;
very respectable house in Augusta, where}
every attention is paid to the comfort of)
travellers. Why it is culled “the Globe,'
wo were not informed, but suppose, by
way of invitation to the whole world,!
i. e. to all strangers, to walk in and par- j
take of the good >cheer that is offered. |
Perhaps it is so denominated from the
magnitude of the building, it being spaci
ous enough to accommodate a large num
ber of person*, and constituting, when
can.’l asted vfirtr lire dwellings of private
citizens, a sort of microcosm. Again, it
rosy receiVc its name from the custom that ;
prevail*in it of having it* tabic daily apt end I
wit! all the luxuries and delicacies that can
be procured from the four quarters of the
globe.
We were ushered into the gentlemen’s
parlour, a commodious room on the re
oohd floor, looking into the street An
excellent tire was blazing upon the hearth,
towards which we drew chairs mid warm-.
odour chilled limbs —a place being prompt- j
Jy made fr U 3 by ths social circle who!
were sitting around it, & who were ongu i
cod, at (ho time, in an animated debate.
In the centre of the room stood a table j
upon which were piled many newspaper*' 1
nd magazines, containing recent intclii
gcnco from the different parts of the earth
•—an additional reason for calling the
!; i’.so “th* Globe." Wo'confess wo had
particular predilection for any, one ho
tel in Augusta more than another. The
“ Kngle and I’hcsnix” had a poetical title
nud a deserved reputation. “ Washington
HaU ’ —a more rotirad house—-wo know
to be excellent -indeed it? hostess was an
old and cstocmed acquaintance. “ Tho
Planters” was not u whit behind either of
them in any reaped, But there was smno
thing peculiarly attractive to us in the name
of “ the Globe.” Wo had gone abroad
with the new of seeing tho world and stu
dying human, nature, and where could vve
seo tho one, and study "the other, more
advantageously than in “tho Globe?”
We were anxious to put to tho test Dr.
Johnson's theory of independence, and
where could wo feel more at home—where
more at dm' ease, loss fettered by circum
stances, more on an equality with the rest
of our race, than in “the Globe r ’ “The
Gh-1: .. the < 'io.W—ll Miilahl ’ r.uiif
loi; a great establishment—open at alt
hours to the public—supported by public
patronage —where the inhabitants oftown
and country como m and go out ul pica
euro, and the world within may hour of
every thing that is going forward io (lie
world without, in n. apart space of time.
The company about the lire, as wo re
marked, were engaged in an animated
conversation. They seemod tjaito in ear
nest. The subject which occupied them
nt tho moment wo entered, was the Moo.
George M’Duffie, and tho particular part
of hi* character’under discussion was, his
skill in an agriculturalist. We very well
knew Mr. Al’Duffn/a fame an a lawyer,
orator and statesman, hut of Ids character
a n planter wc wore profoundly ignorant,
but not, therefore, uninterested listeners as
to this trait of his Excellency.
“.Mr. iM’Dufhe,” said a shut young
gentleman, with light hair, blue cyan and
and fair complexion, “ is a neighbor of
mine. Bine • ho has given up his seat in
Congress, he has devoted himself, more
than heretofore, to his planting interest.
Ho is indeed nil attention to it. lie has
made many improvements upon ins place.
No planter bettor the inan
ngenent of his slave*that he docs.. The
Governor, 1 admit,is rather fond ol’ex.peri
raonts. but ho will, i think, in lime, make
a first rate planter. HU crop, lust year,
VuS n noblixonc,”
“■Glad to hear it, Gom-gc,” replied a
clout gentleman in a blue frock emf, sit
*i»S in a arm chair opp -n,-. “The Go
vernor, I doubt not, is capable of heroin
ing a good planter. All he wants is expe
rience. Mon of (alonta, like JM'Dufihy,
may make any thing ofthemsolvra. A fa
vorite' author of min c obsi rves, ‘ it is idle
to cay (hat one man has more imagination,
another more Judgment. A man may go
to the Hast a* well ar. to the VVo'-d,il'he will
bat turn his iicnd tliat way.’ k'how me a
man (h k u can make a good speech, and
'-way the minds of an intelligent audience,
by un ingenious and powerful argument,
addressed either to their reason or llieii
passions, and 1 will show yon one, who,
A ho will but turn his attention to lb - mat
. ter, shall govern his slaves and till Jus
lands successfully.''’ '
I do’nt know that : (ranger," said an
hmtost countryman, sitting cross-legged in
tho corner, who, though dressed in coarse
clothes, thought, in a free country, that he
bad a right (o entertain ins own opinions
and express them freely, even among gon- 1
demon. “ 1 do’nt know that. Men have
a purticktar liking (o puvlicklur thinks, I
reckon. iNatur makes a ddK-reiioe. I've
two hoy,-, now. ■ The oldest of ’em is called
Lci.Jamiii, utoivjiis dad—lns mother would
n,n\ it so. I’ha youngest is named do
sepn, alter las grand dad. I told tho old
woman tins was agin tho Bcrintur, for the
Jiiblo Jays ns how Benjamin was Ilia
youngest son. You know. Me- , j
ask pardon, but what aiought be your name,
air ? ' (Here the .stout gentleman replied, 1
tint his name was Jones.) “Happy of 1
vir acquaintance, Mr. Jorn'-t. Vou know, ‘
so- ” he continued, " than though Joseph 1
wan the youngest of seven brethren, yet ;
Benjamin being (he child of Jacob’s oWj
!, S°, «»>l born after him, must have been j ’
yoiiag,,,- than lie was.”
.j* ‘bis Mr. Jones readily assented, (
‘ W ell, sir, that's ihe reason I told the old
woman that it was agin <ho Scriplnr to c
call our second boy Joseph. But I was J
going to teil you. Pienjy will bo twelve, '
corny the Sth. day of January next. Ire- ' 1
member (hs day being the silibratinn of f
mrut Jackson’s victory at Ncw-Orloaus, h
when he font undbe.it tho British. Josey j s l
is about (wo years younger, though I i!is-! f l
rcniainbar his birth-day— bm il’/dbwn in |?’
»ta« big Bible. Now Josey is the smar- ls
test chap of the two by Jong odds, tho’ 01
they go to the same school—have the same t,:
m ister nud (he same benefit ofiddicatiou n
Josey takes to his a s ':
| " True, friend, ad anon are not equally
gifted with intellectual endowments, but
; soma winds arc more slowly unloldo-J than
others. Yua ought not to despair ofyour
! oldest boy. Some of the brightest ge.nius
• cs that the World'has known, were almost
dunces in thair youth* and the most I'or
j ward boys do not always make tiie greu-
J test men. N dure, ns you justly remark.,
, makes a ’difference in different individual,
i but if much is due to dame Nature in lay
ing the foundation of a man’s eVninencc, as
much or more in ceitainly attributable to
the influence of u good education,”
“ That was u capital speech, George,”
he continued, “ that M’Duffie nddr<--i-.cd
to the Legislature when he was made Go-
I vernor—one, I tiiinkofhis happiest efforts,
i The \ ur.kecs, however, found fault wTb
it. They pronounced it mere declama
tion. I should likuto have them answer
Its arguments. They arc, in my opinion,
quite irresistible.’*
“ 1 am not certain,” replied the other,
“ that M’Duffie, though ho doubtless de
served the reputation which he acquire.],
of being the most powerful speaker m the
j (loose ot Ht’prc-eiitatrV'fea, n yet perfectly
j unexceptionable hi Ilia oratory. He in too
j fond of introducing common place quota
l lions into his fine ; epeechm Shakopnero,
and the bcuafics of fciliukspeure, mu |l>r
, ever in his mot-.ih. Now Hhukopeare, l»-r.
' had luu day, mid though full of It-aruo'.l
.
, great me;.-wrc, lost their effect by frequent
j repetition. The expression*, ‘ disguise it
us you may,’arid ‘tie principles of evor
, lasting justice/ which 1110 perpetually to
, be found in his i pccclii-s—from their fro
, cjitenf rccuncuci:, d •ireu itylc in i.th 'i
, respects aloKiat unexceptionable, and al
, Ways rnmutkable (hr its simplicity, direct
ne»? and nia-.culiin; vigor. Oar congros
• 1 tonal on Ims nr« too thud of coimnou
_ places. I could name other;* who are
, quite as liablo'to entmi-m, in lids respect,
I an Ins I‘iXcellericy. It is un ordinary if,nil
ton in *nr great men, who are invited to
[, I public dinners, to d< ' line by sayii g, llvit
. j ‘ oircumstttucrn entirely beyond their con
-5 trof prevent tli.dr acceptance. If this it -
1 resistible lido of tut,: were not perpetually
I running ugniout (hem, wo might poa- ibly
. believe them. But as every one 1: n ~
j better, the revenue is ridiculous. Your
, little minds may be, and ut e controlled by
clteuinslunccs, often very (rival ones, but
, it is flip glory of u inuu of superior sense
I to _ make events of every kind subsorvionl
, t” his own will. Therein a wriim- who
, bus acquired great eelebiity at the North.
(though Ins recent tirade ugairn.t Southern
I inMituliuna him done him no credit) and
, thousand and one imitatcirc. iu
mew langlund—l mean (’banning, who
commence* every pnrnpraph by proles, •■im. l
1 t( < 'G forth a “ a grout truth,’ and who it
al way a Kuril to bring into the rear ofc-v-aq
j nrgtftneot tho, liackinod nxpre*-«i-. nr, ‘tlnv.i.j 1
last not least. ’ This savoius uulijciontly ol
f pretension. Ami what makes (he mallei
, "’“fnc is, that the ‘great tnith*’ of Dr.
I (.dumping, are often very common max
ims, for which the world in by no means
indebted to him for the discovery, and
were they ever so ‘ great’ ‘they could nc
quire no additional miporl.uiiee iu dm nvr„
o( an intelhgoiit reader, by sri pompus an
r introduction. A manpliould not boast ton
j much ofthe value of hi* own win-a-, mon
|. especially when he cnmmiis (he ! hinder
j of pudimj tor'll nr e, ami, ojanion ■ " Idea
, have been the com prqpoily of tin;
wise mid well Informed m m ry age. Tim
. groat evil, It-nmcr, rcsaitcig’lroin sucli
’ egotism K dial all die small fry, follow in.e
’ 'iu tho wake of thoir leader, arc cou-.t.-.nily
J putting forth their ‘great truth ■claim
_l ing from tho publi.-, ildt is willing to he
, | '.'uped by asininijitioua so shallow and ri
diculous, (ho merit ol conconlrnticg nil
die ‘great writers of the nation iu the
( bnnniiig setniul. There is. on the other
hand, one advantage whi-eh tho render ob
tain* from this practice. If the produc
tion put. forth is a non vinous, wo imvo only
to look for the ‘ear-mark,’ in order to) ro
nmmeo nt once as to (ho author. If I tulip
up a nuurazino nud find tho expresnioa,
' though last not least,’ porputuiilly recur
ring, I set down (ho article at once "as
< dmmiiwg's lmndjw.u k. It is trim id* apes,
b,V lagging iu (lie satno expression at every
turn ot a sentence, may red -.e a momenta
ry doubt, but tins is in amiifv dissipated,
" ben in looking lor the eloquence and vi
gor ofthe nniMor, wq find' both of tltem
Utterly wanting, fu such eases the an
nouncement of- grant truths' and the "mu
tuary conclusion, * though las; not leu-t,’
to which (ho authni arrives, eaniK't re
deem and aggrandize the (mne drivelling
stylo of (he imitator. 80 when I rend a
speech in which thopji.rago, ‘disguise it ns
you nmv,' constantly occurs, I do not ask
who was its ,'iiilkor. 1 know, c rlrris -
ito-'.", nt once, that it is M'Dnffie's ; for, iu
other rospools, disguido it nu fie may, 1
can prououuco promptly upon thogcmiinc
ness of fa' proiiiie.tion, from the not r.oir,
‘ear mark. lee spee.di to which v.ui
refer was it epl- udid elf ut, and the -m-Rii- j
inent pertVctly irrcriuiible. No rant, im 1
i idicule, no sarcasm, could shake positions |
so eloquently enfavod, am! so firmly os - j
trihlishcij in the u-*-y nature of things, an I |
too experience of mankind. But when J
t|d ,; great s'atesuian, solemnly declaring i
iltat Im would w i ill to transmit toe instim :
(ion ol slavery feu.-ppuirod to tttlcr limes |
ano dm rem >!a posterity, solemnly culicil :
God to witness to his sim'era v, (he sptou- j
dor of tlm pa: ;-itre was aonicwiiat dimmed, i
and. lae force of tins as«ov«ratioa i:«»ns»i
derably impaired by *a unnocessarv ao op
pea! to 1 • Deity. I admit, of court:;;, in
exletm, (h« truth of hia principle*, but
std! concede to Id* Northern critics, that
In; ims, in (Ins instance, viulatetf the rules
ol good taste.”
1 ho piACtimi,” replied (hegciitlcmaii.
wiiom his friend called George, (and of
whose cognomen woaro ignorant, rta the
auriosjfyof the countryman did notYrompt ,
!nm to elicit it—“ the practi-v of inter- .
tpersing good composition with numerou 1 ,
piot.iti ns from Greek ami Latin authors, ,
n* weH as from the moderns, is character- t
slic oi tho literature of tho age. lam not
tertam that it ia not.a fault. lam not J
tire that our literature would not assume. '
higher and a bolder tone, and gain ~
on i a thing iu originality, if writers would ,
ive thoir own thoughts in (heir own lan- ,
and abandon the petty practice of ~
notation, for the mere purpose of etnbpl- !.
MM|pt, altogether.”
i"'. M - .1 •
■f
Hfe
: 4 N-;
, , E s-r t
*
is more fr.be. These tool* of rl clone — 1;
quolations, are now m every man's hands, it
adapted to every nabject and to every >pe- d
• ciff* of composition. The tuo <.-f t..-;n I
requires neither tact, ntir research, nor i t
sciiol'.rsini), nor is it the least evid-mea of! t
either. The industry of a tM'Dur.n.l has';
made common stock of these vaet stores <
ol ancient uml modern lore, and ff;. burn- j
blest tyro may now march off n idi the t
shred ol a laurql on hi. brow, who em.’i »t 1
compose a scnloacc in Gftci; or I ad * i
find who never read an author i , either .
language. Literature is thus div ,- tad of
-of its most aristocratic feature*, tor to .
be truly noble it must make its escape ul- t
together from vulgar otituct. ' 1
1 “ I agree with you, George, iu regard- 1
■ ing the*a ornaments of i.tylc as v. holly I
■ nuarctriciqu*., and us affording no satisfac- 1
> tor/ BVidclflfeS of scholarship. ’J’hcy would i
eeCoi rather to indicate poverty of tliouglil .
, —ll destitution of that power win -h giv'-r.
• birth to ft filylc hold a id original, utid 1
I a disposition to supply the dedciencic
' and prop up tho_\vc;:knesaeof wlmui an
f author is conscious, hy a resort io foreign
a kelps. But, do you not perceive if we
throw out nt our books tbeso parti-colored
■ shruk .uid rr-rnr: .nt • of auricot lit: •>!
'bet t(.», ndvocut.-5 of chw a.v.! (c..rqiu;r
'nl! 1 -■ on-.- of tho argiirjH’.hfa, by v.ltich f
i they nuiiitain (hat thJ study <,f ti-j dead
kuiiuiiigcs is Mi'C-ts.y.ry ?”
II *' I do. But if'there hno stronger in
• duccmrmt Io eur.-ly the lea mod liirigu-ig-sw
ti. ut w'mt result;) froiTi tins coa- idi ration,
" I think wo might very readily consent to
give thorn up uk'.gcllir-r.”
T “I come id . J .m>-, “to the
same conclusion.”
L " kk't v the colmlryrniin interposed. He
'* bud been for Mmiotimo wriggling in hii:
11 'eat, apparently quito uneasy iu it. There
c uccihed to he n contest going on between
b hi ■ dexter find ids ainister leg, vt hid) was
” nmu'iii'r. I’a «ould, in u■m t > I'.,
" eeiVouM irrilutimi, elevate Ins k-lt leg till
! be had got it lathe proper height, am.! '
r lire git down suddenly until it rc.-ted upon
• his right knee 5 hut lie. if tins p< ;it ton ol
V his nether parts did not quite suit him, he
y would al! at once, lift tlm fell; member, and
bringing hi - fool >0 tin- fj j .i- !, ,■ , ;r ,
r tlejaide force, would rapidly ran a the. dex
) ter limb, and swing hi < shrunk shank over
ll hi* sinister one, giving hi* body v. itii every
l! a'gzagelnmge ofiiiaamlnilatory mmhcis,
" sort of jerk, as ifhe were mifiering under
0 Borne acute rßcumatic ..aim Nor wore
'• his fintvrs idle. They were every now
|»nd then Ihru-.-it eagerly into his hair,
frtidifTling “ouo nlighl iioi:;.in- ■ ■-. iu (he
1 region of the pi riertanum. They would
" I' l * 11 ’ 10l i!,e pe;:er, 'frith which
" be would industriously punch tho coals
ls and the fe-e. uti. a. Anon ho would
■- leave Ins cent ami fumid.i among the 11 ,-ws
upon tho (ablo, as if .v ureliing
’ ha the price curreut, tie would then i<;
r smiKi his p.i-dioii, nud with open nmutli
• and even, gar.e, like one in tho attitude of
tl.11; ni vt. fixed atleufinp, ,-it tee speakers
® ovitloutly chorisi ing trio hope that
(licit comet i.-itson would : u | brought,
I ’'* ‘ ! • very n; ~ oj, thaMe,-
■ took no genuine interest iu 1 • did m-ion
" '-bat w:i:s going forward in i ■e, ei to (j.„
'* eliUtMes. (-1., jitirl g,,t to ti.ivj. Into ill (he
'■ evening, and had not sold Ids crop. The
very inoui‘Ui( (,'iorefi.ro that them w, ;;I a,
’* pause iri-nio <:'.'nvorK-!?i,ijj ( wh-.-u h i thought 1
'' that he might dwem!- f ,ll a~u .. .
the very moment, mIU i, 1U..1 ' | r . j , I;
1 rculurked, that ho (1 id eome “to the same
' "'clns-ion,” diitd.ii!; 11 1 ; ti., .
»!"J ivas at an end, (he ruling j a-ri.m 1
« hi< h could bo no longer rc.-tl’lim-d, in- ‘‘
■ lantlv rev d-.-.l itoolf, and h- 0 inquired 1
in tin earnest tone,
‘ Mr. a ones! what: a cotton woith iiow -
ia this place, tar f” 1
He was destined, however, to be .I-,; 1
appointed in the expccloil im.-wer (0 fh;*.' -
' 1 query, for a Hi'rviuit at lies inlerestiu" t
•1 an 'turn, announcing that -oif - ■ was ,-.. I
dy, tie're was 11 sudden move ,s e,t of d„. r
: guests toward* the supper 10am, nhicli 1
> interrupted the conversation, and m- wo ;l
• did not eh an co to get n neat m-ar to our '
' companion* of tho parlor, diu ieg ihut'iu i
• tereaiiug meal, we emmot affirm thui |h i
curiosity of the honest man wa--, iu tins <’
’ particular, grntifiod, i
Tho next morning wo took a •strnll t
through the (own, ii is situate.! on ii„ i
1 bc.iulifu! Bavmmah Kiver, wl.i -h fm -ds!!- !
es a grand high-w ay to the oi.-ouu f., the I
. ‘'tapb' commodity id the country, -whi.-h !
is here brought to market, Tina site is j
low mid lev:-}, somewhat marc olcvai-; ! 1
. however, (hull the flourishing (own c,j 1
1 llambm-g, opposite (o iuin the other nidi 1
} <-‘f the river, it would he unhealthy, were 1
■ if not for tits pains which its eotm-prs/mc '
citizens have taken to diiiin it. The '
1 strents intersect ouch other lit right angles, !
ami arc 0110 hundred uml sixty 1.-.’i j,’, t
"'iuth. A dostniciivu fire, a few year.-* J
cnc*. nearly reduced this beautiful place I
tOjislics, It has, however, hoeu ro-lmilt '
ina mlhcr elegant and costly stylo. Suit- ■'
istautial nud haud-'iuo brick builflings ‘
j have been every where creeled, Ih.-ff ;- ;
I'li'rify of plan and lioauty of rtructmc have 1
i oe.ui i omailted, and the whole l.*wu ox
hdiil.s pleasing cvidiumo of tlm opulence '
!‘ i tho mhajitai.-.s, and .>( ta. m
ia. elute.'im 1 . ! iiero arc fl u- s.-Va-, jj,
I Aineric-.i that can boast of am' J, strci t, v
than Main street in Augusta, running f..i •'
} the length of nearly two mil.-s, liina i *
parallel to flu; rivet, directly tiu-nugli rhe I'
heart ot ibctau-ii. “.’no shops, theb.uiks, **
tho book stores ami the fh-liinrubfe hot. Is "
•ire oituatod up.uuhis stre.-t, and most of - 1
the business is done upon it. At one f ‘
o’clock, it is (lie* fitshionablo promenade
of the ladies, and nt ibis season of (he 5
year, (; t. cember) it presents at all hour.-: •
ol l.ii; day, u see, 10, plainly enough indi t
culive of tho agricultural pursuits of tlto a
8011th, viz. a long—long lino of cotton g
wagon* extending up and down tho street, r
drawn by tdams consisting, of three or p
four -.f inuh. . or .lior.'C*, im-.k-r the u
management of tho Imnest ye,, mm of y.
the country, wliimsiT dialect, vvliuth r in >d
inidros -.ui;; their beasts or dm pasrers bv. v
resembles very mui h that of a rustic broil W
Yankee. The market house, o-, cupyiug lb
a cfctitral jwritiou towards (ho lower ex- ht
tremity of this street, is anew, eommodi- pi
ou* and substantial building. Tiro other cr
public buildings arc situated upon the more T
retired streets. We wore, parlifiiibilv is
phased with the Medical Colleg.j, which wl
was ■politely sitowu ns by one of the pip- (h
icssur::.-recently orw-iod alter (he Doric lei
order, containing c, museum, library an i Ih
tacfiiro rooms admirably unargod’, and pn
.T.iwncd with a handsome, .cupola. The tin
fesign of the entire building, uniting R dr.
diasfe'simplicity to a beautiful proportion
M
- ay** l *** '»-•■- ■»•
*nd symmetry of pans. ai.il producing a
Sine general effect. is hiirhly creditable to
its architect. The iv-tcls are, several of
•hem, very handset- ■• The Masonic
Hull is a Structure every way worthy of
t'no enterprising and plnlanthrojSc associa
tion who have erected so enduring a mu- |
modal of their 253! in t::e promotion of j
every social virtue. Tbo City Hail, with \
its spacioui) mid pi ;t..re«q J urea both in j
the tront attd rear, i* a noble edifice—the
pride of the Augustan l :- 'l'ito Courts are
held here, as well ■ 3 public maetihga
of the citizens.. Th Ciitircb'cs, which
wei •- riot consumed i.; li.e general confla
gration of the city, a;-,: a monument of
tlm inferior taste of f. ■ times, and arc
lorn deserving of co;.-;;.».-’j<I.i'joii. To tigs
rr'mn. ;r, bow;;--.-/ r, 1-■• Iv. ! i.'hurr-h
lin 113 a pleasing nxc-uti-. n, it is in every
reflect a neat am! cL 1! edifice. The
dwellings of private < '!> vis.—tile abodes
of refined itmmmrs • ;. h.-gaiit hospitall
fy, built agreeably to tin directions, ami
under the eye of their proprietors, me
• ilfc-ri evidences of the rood tuefe of the
e.
The population of A viasM, in ffm win-
pm*,ably übout ton ipm and,' but is,
like that rd mo; t of ; ,other# elites,
us a mixed cimr-v.ler including emigrants
not only front the • j.-rit Stales of our
jV-a country, but f m t. -•< hja lands, the
i-ni.jects of differentivenmWiits and the
professors of various religious. The liar
and Llotl'.'i vs ti-is cji.w In hlv ruspec
tfcirlti, and I.• >:t; t of ouv u ;-i: > jm-d
ornamoMts—ir.cn who add the graces of
i. u nl tire to in 1 rnc.v ■. pro!- -■iioin-i ability.
-V 1 ■ -School inus been abashed here
b/ Gould, the son of the celebrated
LiUmhold pridessor, win, .1 acquired
considerable popularity. The .Medina!
faculty is numerous; eiTihracing a goo-fly
projicfrlion of men of tnlvtUs, chill and in
foraiation. Thc-fo gentlemen have Jbuiid
od a Medico! (\■ 1 1 ,-go, wim-lf is. 111 siicl
' flic |>;i' rim0 • "ifthe -. i’lm Kpis
'
l''i 1 'in*, (.Vitllolien and Idnil.o lure;, have
<’li!!i- hen, whirls nro j,!a.-,-J imtier the
loioun (,f pious mid h aimVl pn -ims. A
lii!;'n and riitiier unsightly strut taro, called
an A ademy, tlujugii fhc appellation of a
I 1(1 would bo ineru cfiarncferislic of
its diiaenstoiiH, ti an evidence of.the early
inter ;t wliitdi v,.is felt b/ ibis'people in
t.iia.i miso of education, ;m,l which has
;d Ail till . . V,n0. 0.1 ir ,
tiieiil cd other seminaries t<>r the instruc
tion of (he red , r gouoration. The res
pect of the cdi/.ciis for good Morals mid
■ iea ly naiil'a ha . been al-u sie , ulnrly ox
®! :: : d hy (ho y.cal v.ith which they
Ini vc udi: (mi in tan eau-o of Temperance.
1 lie completion of' rovera! flail Roads
'hot are now in contemplation, or in .pro
mi will imp -.it -u now itci-ivr-l and give
an imuem I imp tancc to tAio; place.
H e spent a day or two, very pleasantly
in this (lirivn.;; town, reviling old (Vioinj
•sliips, and uxieii: mg the eir. le of our ac
quaintance oniony in inhabitants. A
friend carried in on Saturday evening to
hear ;i.lecture on f tVre< 0 o—rather0 —rather a drv
subject, ahtl trill', on tliis occasion in
ii‘, very movne; naimcr. The lecturer
v. ao a venerable old geutleman, hit Ida
d) Id in. ttr.infra', and ire va.co aud dc
j /ivory had. fie . ■: weiy c t ifinted to
(h,s manuscript, and fbna:! it a hboriou-;
( kto read even (hat. ;■ 1 ... uuder-
Som, b v bis mtdo vice. Wo rl-ally sm
• A • ' !, >t ita.i ! a lie was sadly tmoa
'U* um jdacc, ii be did not, Jiouajver,
V ■'■•••«.. ido in; e i union of hearer?, ho
to )K o;„; step towards! it, bv .adtlrcssiiv'
bn m. it t o t i ;! r ■.. .;, 1 111.-■ Uj) |;r;ti>| o.
Uo a_ Varicry of .oo.ircd diugraew, repre
■enfing dilih/md sllo.la of (he earth,'ami
dre skelctoiis e-i cev.ain aninrrds, du : r on;
°l its bowels, which .cxi.dc.! in the ihno
i the anfeddiiviar ■, but which arc not
Known to th i;;;!n d; go. ,\!l
t I.we lie cxliuu:. I In us ,u support of ills
hypothesis, winch v.ns, (but the Mosaic
account of lie: creation is fully suppoftbd
hy the ui■■..:ovo'... the Huron (Juvicr,
and otleu'ov:,h .. *' uib.vpieied the
word Hui/, oocming die account given
ill 'di of ill . r.-;t,on of (ho earth
in hix tl.n/s, to nr: ui an and not a
revolution of live r •: nr hours, making
in Id f, the picricd occupied in the crea
tion fi/yf i—an m! -i prutmifni which he
insisted the 11 bhru w lauguago yvAulti iitsti
iy --hut which we w", AH renim-k i« a rather
f'l-ced construction, when wo consider
dull (ho I,:. 1...v : -,| • : !,y (he. rucred
' 1 '-'""t h neeb; i . . d si.Uj.dv of ill.
be hardly silpp >sa :.i anj.iy a period equal
|!> -u wg.’ or .-■■ anry. VVo were very
much pleased wi'h tho piety of (jiis good
old genllcnnin, (hough v.’c confess lut
secmpd to he engaged m a rather hercu
lean task, in hiii attempt to manage this
ddbpiii! ruhicct ci the creation-—a Pub
pi.' ■ reach of hi-;
i-r-.i des, an J which, wuli resources so
scanty, he should have heen content to
■eivc l.'fr in (ho hand,! -u tlm Haron Cuvier
hiiM- '-h; who lias ir.-.-t a! it masterly
■ ’e''i. .1 lie general;,- i-oeei'.ed opinion,
until has been,’that the rt-li ■= of
■1 ns..am fhu.'el below (be surfaeo of the
oum were ta-posit.i .1 there, during that
dr at convul-MU of'physical nature of
w {*!'*;* ,' v< l, (he and
w nicli j? caHi-;I tnc flood or deluge, jin!
recent discoveries would seem to sho-.V,
di a ’ho pusiu uo» Ur*so annual remains,
found in (ho inherent strata of which the
* ;i /_>’ -''.-I, c.drrespands to the
"id • an i iVgulm- gradation in respect to
• "hii U tin y n r e laid i u have been
creaied,
Vie heard an excellent discourse, on.
•■sabbath m.,u,ing. from the Rev. Mr.
—» fe .liih" word..,‘-Th ■ J,nkn.v.va
*< in, con bene 1 ,-n ,St. Paul’s celebra-'. ,1'
address to the t.lormlhhm converts. Thi.-;
genli-uniu makes no pretnuhons to orato
-I v. - ,ll * Ids enmiei-atou is ilistinci. Ids style
Hire, concii c and vigorous,” and his doe
t'lu" ciniric lly practical. Thoaglt a
-““.an. and a very modest omT, he
Uready riitilcs high among our Aaiwrienn '
«n"'!-ias a , im essayist, and a divine,
it o j-egrrit.-.l ihut imving taken a scar in 1
hea u’du;-:; Huge, wo vrora unablo to. '
iem him prc-,,c,1i one of n series of exie.'ii
■oran-.-ous dwcourre-s, which he has lately I
mmuenced, .-nnl- in which ho Kiiceec.l-1 a
1 his talent <■;' cstempomnbous preaching t
' valuable on -, particularly at the South! i:
diern it is c-oasaKred, to a catfaiu eximit. *
10 test ot a fiiati s|,»*rihr\l calling Wo
aim that seinral of the tiiombera of the
!en>!i ja arc accustomed to *'
rouet), and ( enforce the doctrines of
ic gospel in cxleinpnrtu-y discourses ad- n
'eased to the good sense of the people, x
IVe were iudebied to the politeness of Id
the excellent Dr. C . of Augusta,*
for nurneiofts letters of, introduction to his
friends at the Vest, which were very ser
viceable to us in our tour, of the progress
of which wo shall hereafter furnish addi
tional sketches.
mSS
From the Stan,lard vs Vuicn.
Cous i’vattfif.. 15th June, 1830.
i To Us EsceUency WILLIAM SCHLEY,
(ii.teniar and C„ :r:':n<ief-in-ChieJ, c fc.
Desk Sin —\Ve herewith transmit to
vo'ar E.'iccuencvv-the interview held this
•Jay, with tire Cherokee people at this
place, by-the undersigned, who were se
■ iected and chosen as a liciegtitirm by the
people of Murray county, fur the pur
-1 pose therein cmvatued.
We have the honor to be, your most
obedient find humble ;-?r-van's,
M. T. C. LUMPKIN, “1 «
.1 \ME3 DUNCUOO,
J. LAYAI ANER, Sg,
I HAK. DAVI.s, *'
jamea ed.mondsonj 4
C■oosAv.’ATi-j'B, 15th June, IB3G.
. i yvuervas, on the 11th day us June,
1636, a dcu gation of five persons were
’ selected, to-wk: M. T. C. Lumpkin,
i Janies' Donoliuo, Jacob Laymans, flarri
. son |Jayis, and James Edmondson, oil
. ! the purr, and in 1 f of the citizen:-; of
. Murray cminty, to hold a talk with the
■ Cherokee Indiana at this place, in rela
, tion !u the unpleasant that have
; been.te l, afloat upon this country', with
f regard to anticipated hostilities on their
! mll!
Aod -.A hcreaSj on the said 13th day pf
| Jure, a number of the Cherokee people
j did convene at this place, and after some
! dWiberatioh on tlu-.v part, appointed a.
commiUu; of twelve of their leading
men, (0 hold an iut< rview witli t’ftsuid
. .delt-i He- : atid the -. id delegation thep
. procceded to propound the following
) questions, to-wit:
That lint citiv.eas of. this county had
. become a 1 aimed to witness so many
. Creek Indians winting in nmong the
:■ Chcrbkee people, without any knowledge
>1 their inte.titibns ; and another ground
; '• »ivit we hud In-comc s-ispicious of
i diem ui consequence of the ratification
f <d Ike late Treaty, knowing that a
b'ni.'on i.-t ihcm re entirely opposed
i the floatv. “And again—knowing
• that the Crock and Seminole Indians
. were then in an open statu of war with
, the white people for the same causes—
dud wo anticipated .1 difficulty.Avith the
I Cherokecs—and believing as we did, that
. our suspicions wore well founded, pro
■ ceeded to inform them, (hat General Or
, dhad issued Irom Brigadier General
s Hemphill, to proceed without delay, to
• ai'ccst Irom them, all tlu-ir lire ai-ms, uin
, mum lion, &c.; in answer to which, we
herewith transmit the following answer. 1
T Cocs.'.wa i-m:, 13th June, 1830.
To the honorable Cvmtditlee of 3lur
ru]/ S'oimljtt —We the Committee ap
pointed iu behalf of the citizens of Coo
•-.i'vattce, htbit Trap and Ostenoh-e
- ow>.-, afta .g-vniM- the various, ques
lions pronnundod by the Committee in
behalt id * - l of Murray coun
ty, a deliberate and full consideration,
hog leave mast respectfully to .make the
following report:, to'-wit:
I hat. it is vv!f ii feelings ui deep regret
mi am- part, to see or h. arevf ajiy excite
ment un (he {..iri o!" the citizens of .Mur
ray county, in nab. i |>u:i.m of nnv hostile
movenr ntrt on the j 1 of the Che.-o'.;, os,
more pariicuiar-y if such cxv.ilemeut has
*’ '• !l - .i'2;i:ic,i !)..- ...iiv throat or act of
die Cherokee -people. So far as your
committee have been informed with re
gard to the. sentiments of the Cherokee
people, they have iu-eu such as to war
rant your comumiee in advancing an
bpiniun, that in hnsdle movement what
so -ver is route .n.-iuied on the part of the
Cherokecs.
lour Cvurauteu iiiiiuenced by mo
tives of irank!);■;>’, must confess, that
there are. kvlnvgs ot cool mss existing be
tween the two parlies of the nation,
known as the Treaty parly, and the on
position party, but hope that these diffi
culties may be settled in a manner satis
factory to bath parties, and that peace
and good loelings «iil be restored; and
your Committee further pledge them
, selves, to use their iiillaeoce to brine- a
bout a result so desirable.
As regards the Creeks, your Commit
tee has been assured hy their leading
im-u, licit t'o-irobject: is peace; that some
, ol them are connected with the Chero
bets, and that they wish to remain in
peace, and remove to i,he west with them.
A oar ( onim'tttee solicit the citizens of
Murray vounty, on their part, to see. that
die Chcrokeoa lie dealt with according to
the laws of the .State in all eases, when
. any controversy may arise between them
;, id in finuntil ilia i'-i > espin-s gi
ven them to remove, under the late
Tre :ty
H is with feelings of gratitude, your
Committe see that. ;.>c citizens of Mur
ray v,"ioty tnanifest . 1 f >cli g» . :
fiicmlsliip towards the Cimrokees under
the pi a-,out Mate of excitement through
out ihe country.
J. M. I.INCII,
GEORGE SANDERS,
JOHN SANDERS,
JAKE TOIiGA,
Jn behalf of the Committee.
leaf, Jcm;v 15. Dr.-.i,.
yhF.tton. —Mr. Van Burra baa 11 long string
■l‘ to wild to the iburllr of July cclcbia
oma, all int.m.ted to catch Southern votes
f» c.'trh vv.-xnl.ujcks.” Ho;v i? it that the
Soum, generally high inindod oil theso suhjeals,
■ 'a niivftli: soe!i gvoso og.-a (.'L-i-tionecring for
'■le-higli otllee ot President ? Lot dre fuilowiiio
' imnuflant evtnu-t from Mr. Van Burra* lei tor,
v.-.uch apeuUs volumes on abolition, bo read euii
ac.oic.iil to every toast hs.irmy aoiul totl.a South:
~ ” 1 , • :• ’ vehti nr:o before
nt.!. feet my»e;J taU in pronouncing that i.’on
■ - does n-jt possets t.‘s: Ja.sver of
ui- n}:,'; i>j the District ctl
(■■tutiK&za 30) —[iliiuxis Van UoutN.l—
-•V. r. Event nut Sin-.
too »stt*r U-r-i General llcwitroN of Sotith
.-aroliaa, relit:.-., to his interic-rciif-o iu the can
cer." of Tews, is conclusive, ui to his views arid
opmioiwen thv ‘’"hjccu \V« have lost no oppor
tuuuy, since the letter wait'copied from Uuds.ai's
- ,! ' s “lis, among other papers, to express
our conviction that lire rumor was teVrlly mr
|uunileu, and that Oetf, Hamilton would bo the
owl mni to shall;! the laurels gained bv a e-all ant
sol-tter, ia a straggle-against tvrannv and une.iual
power,— !bid. ' 1
T. IViitis, We have yecu it stated ;
in one ot tho city prints tjiae tills gciiUcniaji cou
templatcs the pubiicaiioa of a new periodical ia i
thißcily, on t:s return from Bastnn. This is a '<
mistjke— Waits in .Interested only in the
Ac-.v 1 Or« Mirror, and will write for Uo .th>r '
•*«••■*«« vorL—A-*. r. rwninff Star. ’
AUOUSTAr
BATODAV. JGI.V 2, 18S6* ■
~ ■' . -■- "... — 1 I
" £e just, and fear no:,' 1
"J .
ORJDEft or CELBE RATION,
DJ the Sixjirtu Aaaivcrsiiry o£ t!ie
In Jepcndeuaoe ol :Eio'UtaiSctJ Stndou.
Tho Committee appointed to make arrange
ments for the celebration of our National Anni
ternary, havo Co!. Michaee F. 3jis
cuir, Martha! of the Day.
A procession will beJertnod at half raat 10
o cloak, A. M. in front of tho Gsron States
Hotel, and proceed t; the Presbyterian Church,
under the command of the Marshal of the Day,
where, after Divine Service, the. Declaration of
Independence will be read iiy A. E, I,o:;ostbbet,
Evq. and an Address, suitable to tiro occasion,
will be delivered by the Kev. Mr. Smith,
Tire Older of Procession will boa: follows;
1 Volunteer Corps, *
2 General Ohirers and Staff, .
3 Officers of the JOth Regiment,
4 Officers of the Army,
5 Orator and Reader,'
G Reverend Clergy,
7 Msgisfratessof the City and County,
8 Medical Faculty and Students,
9 Citizens.
C 'T The Pew.-; on the right and left of the
Centre Aide, near tho Pulpit, will be reserved
for the Military.
The authorities of (he city and coun'y, Kev’d,
' Clergy, Medical I'.'.culiy and Students, and the
citizens generally, are respectfully invited to join
r the procession in tho above order.
; Tile Artillery will fire the usual salutes on the
. River Bank, directly north of the City Hall,
i. A turns w .I.’liLr.sti, .1 oils \V. Davies,
■ Enrr.r. ii. AVAtiHi.tr, Luwit. fj,vinein,
j OAliy r . I'AHis j, G, SiM.viops,
' F- Mi; hiujias, Jo aa G. Dcxla^
• Jtiurr W. Sroy, Jims M. Dts,
i M. P. Stotat.i., Wm, F. Pnr-ianaros,
Committee . of -iri'angemeiUs,
TO CORRESPOS DBSTS.
“A SiiuscnraEu” is received, and shall re
f 7 :
from the Noiom.
\V c arc iiuicbtCil to our atU'iiiivo correnpon-
I t!< ’ lUs of the Charleston Mercury, for a liic of th .
, latest Not them papprs, brought by tho ‘-Steam
" Tucket Columbus, from Now Ytirlt, which arriv
, ed in Charleston on Wednesday last.
VtlOM *,( Vv •' t,
1 Extract U1 a letter to the Post master of this ci
■ ty, dated
" CoLur.nuio, June 37, IS3C.
l It is genet city behoved that the war is at an
:> nud, so far as lighting is concerned. Jim Henry’s
■ party have nearly aii been taken ; !*■ has escaped
' himself they are all confined a't Fort Mitchell.-
Tho Smiths were all at'work on my arrival, ma
. kin S hand-culls for the prisoners. ft in believed
that they will bo sent immediately to the west,
, exeep It ho el.ieih, five or six in number mill be
. puni-diod with death. The;.- have not yd ifotof
. mined what com.so to pursue with them. The ar
l my are illicit this time in mntiofi. N,/thing hut
bridges, atthia lime, ptevents tho tni.il from run
. ning through.” \
r US'MRTiON' ASH AKSVVKH,
VI,o Mb s', n ohb3 [!hu
- o s‘* al! ] the 21st Ultimo, pronoun,is tho fol
. h>e,Taj..ni;c,ti:;ii; "We ask if the recognition,
, ! ’- v !rJV '> " r th “ principlo of distributing money to
the Stjt.-i, r.d „■ Iby ■~j . rj J Government, be
uu . a t'.t .U innovation oa cur political iji.stitu
• tioris V
fn iVpty to' V.dib-h question, the National In
hdligcncer, of the 93d, publishes an extract from
President Jackaos's niosuago at tho opening of
Congress, in 1829, which is as follows .•—“lt
> a PP ea « tp me that Ihe most safe, Just. H -i<! fbdciid
disposition which could bo mado of the Surplus
. Revenue, would ho its apportionment among the
’ several Stales, according to the ratio of renresen
- tation. ’
IV'I.AI'S CD T{IK HOf-tlfcU C*t.’ Kt’.tfS,
Dy the passengers in the stage from Tallahas
■ sac, we Irani that on Sunday morning last, be-
I tween 12 and 1 o’clock, an attack was made upon
several families, resident about eight miles from
Byron, linker county, Goo, That the Indians
had actually murdered thirteen whites, «!i wo
, men and children, except an old man by the
1 ‘Wine oWJones, who was al,„ murdered with his
. family. A young woman who was Hint through
- the breast, pretended to ho dead, by which moans
! she escaped. She slates tho number of Indians
■ to be about 300, including women and children,
| whom they had with them, as also many pack
i lwrs - 0: ’- They were not more than three miles
l h ; ’ m ni,,f R ‘«*. or the main stage road, and tho
1 r ‘ f;: ' 3 of tho InJians were distinctly heard on the
. 'vest bank of the Flint. The country fa dial
neighborhood is in great conrternation-peopb
i: ‘ ’ 1,1 ’ direction fur security. The small
■ town of Newton fa almost entirely deserted, and
at ' ' : ’ p , where the stage arrived at twelve
o’clock at night, the people were under arms.
The rumors of the country report two other par
tics, as being on I heir way to Florida, by more
westerly routes. It was with difficulty ,| lc dri .
vera were persuaded to come through, a „j our1 „.
formant thinks it more than pro!,able vve will
have no moil by that route for some weeks.-
St'fliiHdl oj lies level (l a .
MROICAL « aruGltur. JOCU.VAt,.
Wo llave before us No. S, for July, of the
Santhvn Midhal and Surgical Journal, pub
hshed in th e city, by Mcsi.rs. Gvifcw & Thosip
suh, and edited by Drs. Mut«j Awxosr and
Joseph A. Eve. Wo hate not had leisure to ,
peruse its contents, but they are such as we 1
doubt not will excite the attention of all who foe)
an interest m the hii-fa-.portanland useful science ,
if which they treat. In ita mechanical appear- <
mice it is much superior to tho 'first No.—Tim. I
flowing is its table of eoalonls :
■Part i.— Original Communications. i
Abticeb I—Observation* on Ergm. By M. t
Ax-most, M. D. Professor.of Obstetrics, &c. fa i
.ho .Radical Coiltyo of Georgia. „
Aci icEii U.— nemarks on Emrii'icitco rt.-
JosErt! A. Evr .M. D. Professor of Thoraoeutics '•
VAC. in tho Medical College of Goor-is ' ’ ,j
, Observations a
for Apn., ISS6, koi tin Burke county, Geo Etc ii
tow; from the Jdurunl of a .Geological and Asti- a
cu, i“? ! ! ]i’ r ‘M'essor J. M. Got n*a. Ii
PoVl'.« rile 'Clf n
SMfaai ° f 6urseiy ia U,e hl
Ahm «V- Purulent Ophthalmia of Infant,
p; £ ’ , M - P- of Anatomy.'
• I 1:1 % ■'■•c.hcal CMloga of Georgia. ■ .
TranWni Vl ~ Si^or t ****>'* Discovery. lit
J ratismuted m a letter from (he Hon. V H A
' now a Rome, dated at Florance. ‘ Ut
J i ::i t s*. —Reviews and Extracts.
Cruveilhicr’s Pathological Anatomy. Second
edition of Aiibcrt’s large treatise on Cutaneous
Msea-ie*. Bourycry’s Anatomy.
Kennedy on Tartar Emetic in Obstetric Prac
tice, (continued.)
. Obstructed and inflamed Mamins
Puerperal Mania.
JZTVT th .° P fooce!, dings of the Medical
1335.) Ule Brilish Amociation. (August.
Iniorna! Use-of Chloride of S Hum in Fever.
Motion and soundr of ih 3 heart.
Action of the heart and pulse.
Bruit de Souifict.
Pnrr 3, .JMtrt’.y Periscope.
Pathological Anatomy of'Phthisis. .
Medicinal Leeches.
Cancer of fie lip—resection of the lower jaW.
Removal of Sequestra wjfiiout an operation.
Treatment of Cotlca Piclonum, (Lead Colic.’!
Correctives of Opium.
Dignified Consistency.
Antidote fur til’d Poison of the Kygetan (Mor
isots) Pills.
Butler’s apeiient effervescing Magnesia.
Preservation of Anatomical Preparations.
Influence of different professions on Pulmona
ry Consumption.
New anil successful remedy for the Cionp.
Recovery from Asphyxia in a new horn infant,
Acute pain, in the Vagina after delivery.
Early impregnation in the Cow.
Neuralgic pains in the stomach.
THE WAt,
hxtract of a letter received in this, city, dated
Beak Cheek, Henry County, Geo. J
June 34th, 1836. 3
“ have Just heard from the Indian war,
A Volunteer, from this county, came home last
evening, stating that a fight between our men and
the Indians took place, I think, last Monday, and
150 Indians were killed, 25 nr 30 Jaken prison
ers, and only two of our men were wounded.”
RETURN OT T!!13 ISV't.VWtCtil, VOt«
VXTKKRS.
At trie request ot a number of persons who
attended tho public Dinner, at, I’oca J.lir.a
Buaxeii, on the Stii n’t., given in honor of tho
feturn of the JB,vtmeU , Cadets from Florida,’
we publi,.;i the following linos, which were sung
un that' occasion:
On February, the fourth Jay,
i ho Barnwell Cadets marched
To Charleston, thence to Florida,
To fight old Orecla.
They took a packet, v.-cfl rigged off,
To cross tho hriujr,bi!lows.
And landed all at Augustine,
Then hiiuc.h’d to PicolatS,
Welcome, welcome, Volunteers,
Twice welcome to this party,
And Cod be praised and glorify’d.
For bringing you back hearty,
v’vo honor you for hohoiing ua
Tqion the field us battle.;
'Ti'cn welcome, welcome, Volu&(cer«,
Thrice welcome-to tlih party. •
To rescue mothers and their babes
From Indian depredation,
Whose, cries and groans had reach’d tiieir cars.
In Barnwell, Carolina ;
And on their way from Augustine,
To join ut Picolata,
They hud a battle with a bund
Belonging to On:, la.
Welcome, welcome, Volunteers, Itc,
Pram Picolata they did march
Through briers, mud, and water,
Midi brave young A.-.m.-r at their head,
Their Captain and commander.'
’J hey went to conquer or to die.
In the Ec mmole nation ;
I hey war’d with them on the St. Johns,*
And then at Fort Volusia.’
Welcome, welcome, Voluntoern, dec.
Honor to the Volunteers,
And honor to their memory :
Thrice honor unto all who foil
In lighting Oacola.
Thrice honor to bravo Major D.uie,
And all Ilia gallant soldiers,
Who were murdered near Fort King,
I'pun tho Witlilucoochce.
W' Iconic,'welcome, Volunteers, &c,
Come, brave boys, drink, drink about,
And let tho bow! pass freely,
And if again failed on to tight
The murderers of beautv
Or if again called on to go
-Against the Taidnoic.w
Voa’l war with Philip and Jumper,
As you have .with Oseola. •
A'.Ticome,’welcome, Volunteers, &c.
•Since called Pori Parnmll.
News from the Seat o; War.
Extract «/ a letter from Gov. Schley, to the
dhd.tor of the Standard of ilr.iou dated,
Cord Macs, 38th June. 1838.
I have been so constantly engaged in business
ever since I arrived in this place,'"that I hive had
no time to write to my fiiends ; and even now I .
steal a moment from other business, to address
you. The delay ol the army, at ihi.i place, has
given dissatisfaction to tho pcyple at u distance
from tho scene, because they could not properly
understand and appreciate the cause. How was
it possible for mi army to be marched imo tho
enemy’s country without anna, ammunition or
provisions, with any hope of beating that enemy I
And it the troops had gone at any time' before
they did, that would have been their ..condition.
The dplav, fa fan arrival of the arms arid other
mimilfons of war, was unavoidable, and gave
Gen Scott and myself as much pain, I am sure,
as any. other individuals in the State. But they ■
at length arrived, an.l the army immediately took
the field. Those movements were, no doubt com
municated to the enemy, and some three or four
hundred hostile warriors have surrendered to
the friendly Indians under Gen. Jessup, and are
now confined at Fort Mitchell,—Besides these
warriors, (here are also at the fort some six or
eight hundred women and children of the hostile
parly. Among (ho prisoners are Neah Malhla,
Fellow Hadjcic, Dave Ua'rdridgo an 1 many other
chiefs. Jim llopiy and bin party, consistin'’ of
ah nit two hundred warriors, are all that now° re
main "> he subdued : and this will be soon done.
Geni i. Scott, and Sanford with the Georgia
troops are operating tiS w, whilst Gun. Jessup fa
doing tho sonic with the Alabama troops, and
hneudly Indians above; and fa a few davtfwill, I
nave no doubt, put a close to tho war. In conse
quence of tiie force placed on.ihe lino of the Chat
lahoochie below Oolumhus, the Indians could not
ccuf pe through Georgia to Florida; many a: tempt,
were made without success, and when they as
certmned that in this object they could not suc
ceed, and that a large and overwhelming force,
well armed, had taken tho field against them, they
determined to surrender at discretion, except, as I
stated, Jim Henry and his party, who a e so deep
in guilt, that they can have no hope of pardon
and may therefore have determined to sell their
lives as dear as possible. I am very anxious to
bp at homo, but believing that it is my duty to
■ejaain hero as long as I can reader any service,, I
.ava determined to do so.
Hern Quarters, Ga. p
Columbus, 27th June, 1836. 5
Tho Commander in-Cbief has seen in the pub
ic Gazettes, a letter written by Gen. Ifwin of
Alabama, to Gen. WilfooE of Georgia, in which
if ray:;, ■ information of the most positive chei ■