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From the Southern Idlerary Journal,
REMEMBER ME.
When meets thine eye this hunihle lay
In solitude's most pensive hour, I
Wilt thtfu permit one thought to stray
Unto the bard who dared to pour
His unadorning song to thee I
Ohwill thou then remember me 1
When with the young, the fair, the gay,
Thou glidcatdown the glittering hall,
I will not dare 'mid this display.
Ask thee my mcin’ry to recall;
No—all tlic boon I seek from thee,
This scene when past, remember me. '
When lulled upon the lap of case,
And other friends about thee throng,
If thought of me could mar thy peace
Or cflU a shade thy joys among,
I wish it not—my prayer shall l»c
Should sorrow como—remember mo.
Remember one, whose soul of gloom
Bright moments seldom como to bless,
Who rarely sees a flowret bloom
Upon his life’s lone wilderness,
But who will deem it joy to be
Held in remembrance kind by thee. L.
COTTAGE COURTSHIP.
nr .MISS LiNDON.
Now, out upon this smiling,
No smile shall meet his sight;
And a word of gay reviling
Is all he’ll hear to-night.
For he’ll hold my smiles 100 lightly,
If he always secs mo smile ;
He'll think they shine more brightly
When I have frowned awhile.
’Tis not kindness that keeps u lover,
Ho must feel the chain he wears ;
All the sweet enchantment’s over,
, When ho has no anxious cares.
The heart would seem 100 common,
If ho thought that heart his own ;
Ah ! the empire of a woman
Is still in the unknown.
Let change without a reason
Make him never feel secure ;
For it is an April season
That a lover must endure.
They arc all of them so faithless,
Their torment is your gain ;
Would you keep your own heart scalhlesa,
Bo the one to give the pain.
KNOXVILLE CONVENTION.
Augusta, August 2, 1836.
To the Editor of the Savannah Georgian.
Atr—layout- paper of tho 23d ult. you
J*
f \ Ruiiro-' a,, h'«oMcd by Jacob M.
lliLiL™rr,'* J Cistj. and by Ititn communicated
to the Georgia delegation at Knowill®.
At the close of the Knox vim) Conven
tion, Judge Wayne and myself, joined
Mr. Scuddcr and Mr. Winn, with Mr.
Thomson the Engineer of the Georgia
Hail Road Company, who were proceed
ing to make a roconnoisanco of tho route
designated by Mr. Scuddcr, from Knox
ville in Tonncscc, to Athens in Georgia.
Mr. Thomson’s report of that roconuoi
sauce is published in the Constitutionalist
of this date. My object is to call tho at
tention of the citizens of Savannah to Mr.
Thompson’s Report, which I (rust will bo
republished in both the Georgian and Re
publican. Every sentence of that Report
deserves tho careful consideration of every
man in Georgia. The (iict is there dis
tinctly stated, that the Elite Ridge, (that
is, the Alleghany ranges of mountains,
which, lying between South Carolina and
Tennessee, till up the w hole of that part of
Nortli Carolina lying between those two
States,) entirely ceases in Geo'rgia, and
is separated by a low Jlat country from
the lookout mountain which is a continu
ation of the Cumberland range —and that
through this flat country, Georgia posses,
ses an easy nnd natural communication
with tho West I quote from tho Report:
■ —“ln this respect, Georgia stands in tho
relative position to tho South, that New
York does to the North. In each State
the mountains can bo flanked, offering
natural facilities for a communication with
the West, possessed by none of their sis
ter States. Now York has taken advan
tage ofher natural position. It will be
criminal in Georgia not to follow her praise
worthy example.”
It will be proper to remark that Mr.
Thomson s roconnoisanco was made with
the view of meeting the Georgia Railroad
at Athens, by tho most direct route that
would turn the mountains.
From my observation of the direction
of the ridges, and from subsequent conver
sations with gentlemen acquainted with
the country, 1 am inclined to the opinion,
that looking Jo the general interest of the
State, the road coming from Tennessee,
by, or near to Spring Place, in Murray
county, should incline to tho right as far
usNewEehota, (New Town) and from
thence through Cass county, crossing tho
Etowah near Sally Hughes,’ and through
Cobb county to a point on the Clmttahoo
chec, near the corners of DeKalb and
Campbell counties, corresponding nearly
with tho route in this section of country
„ pointed out by Gen. Newnan. This route,
I think, would avoid all the obstacles be
tween the Coosawutlee and Etowah.
1- tom tho Chattahoochee,*or its vicinity, a
branch ol the road would connect with
the Central Railroad, thus diffusing the
commerce of tho West over a s;i ea7 oart
of the State. °
From the Chattahoochee to tho Ten
nessee, the road should bo built by the
State and so located, as best to promote
the general welfare. The distance will
not exceed one hundred and ten miles, and
the cost of the road with a double tract
not over 2,000,000 dollars, a sum which
this State can appropriate to the object
without one cent of additional taxation, and
which when completed, would produce a
handsome revenue to the State. Should
this plan he carried into effect, the trade
ot the west, dividing between Augusta
and Macon, would again concentrate at
Savannah. i
1 trust this subject will not be allowed t
to sleep, but that a full delegation from our i
county will be sent to the Convention to I
be held in Macon (hu first Monday in No- '
vember—that an enlightened and libcml 1
spirit will be infused into the people, and t
through them into tho Legislature. t
I repeat, it will be criminal in Georgia t
to neglect tho great natural advantages 1
which are presented for her improvement. (
1 am, your obd’t serv’t. i
S. B. PARKMAN.
From the Southern Recorder t 9th in*t.
Our readers will not have forgotten the
principles laid down as fundamental, in the
abolition report of our opponents, during
the last session of tho Legislature, and to
the consideration of which we recently
solicited their attention. It will bo re
membered that in this rcpqrt. speaking of
this subject, all our safety is believed to
consist in our Constitutional safeguard.
That if this sacred instrument is disre
garded, or its validity 'impaired, ruin and
every calamity may bo looked for as tho
consequence.
Upon that part of this subject which re
lates to the right of Congress to abolish
slavery in the district of Columbia, the re
port says, that body has no constitutional
authority to act upon it, but that any inter
ference with these rights, by Congress,
will be in violation of the charter of Amer
ican liberty.
Now the point to which we would ear
nestly direct the attention of tho reader,
so faras our political opponents arc parti
cularly concerned witli if, is (he fact, that
while in this, their report, they set forth
with the idea, with all the solemnity and
impressiveness which properly belongs to
it, that all our safely, as connected with
the subject of abolition in the States, Ter
ritories, or the District, is only to ho found
in the gurantco afforded by the Constitu
tion of the United States; yet, strange to
toll, they are now advocating for the Presi
dency, an individual who rfc/i/c.v this con
stitutional guarantee, so far as regards the
District and tho Territories.
What shall we say to a course like (his?
Shall we merely say, behold how different
on tiiis important matter, is flic precept
and the practice of the friends of Mr. Van
Burenin Georgia?—Wo may, indeed,
well say this; hut wo must not slop here.
Their own report is before us, and furnish
es us with all that need he ifaid oti it.—
“ We found our right upon the guarantee
afforded by the Constitution of (he United
States, says the report, and if dm provis
ions of that charter (Mr. Van Buren de
nies that there are any such provisions,)
are to be sacrificed to the spirit of fanati
cism, or (ho impulse of a false philanthro
py, calamity and ruin must overwhelm the
country.” True; true to the letter. If
an ini ruction of the constitutional guaran
tees must bo attended with such calamity,
is it not madness to sustain for tho Chief
Magistracy, a man who denies that the
Constitution furnishes (hose very guaran
tees, on which our safety depends.
If there existed no other objection to
Mr. Van Huron, this single one, wo should
suppose, would ho conclusive with tho
people of tho South. It has ever been
held liy tho Southern people as essentially
connected with their peace and safely. It
Ilumtmfwrrtd-pftttmvA, tiMFif&HwfiWlii
Congress between the master and slave,
that there is no security for the slavehold
er hut in the bayonet. If Congress can
constitutionally emancipate slaves in (he
District ofColuinbiu, and in (ho Territo
ries, without the consent of their owners,
tho Southern people have no hold upon
the Constitution for any security upon the
subject at all. It will not do to talk of ex
pediency or inexpediency. When the vi
tal interest of one section, is opposed by
the prejudices, tho supposed interests, and
perhaps, on tho part of some, the principles
of the people of another and, a larger sec
tion of the same country, to talk of com
mitiiiig our security, safety ami iutcrets, to
the tender mercies, (lie courtesy, or the
noighborlinoss of tiro conflicting party, is
niter madness. We found ojtr rights up
on the guarantees of tlioKJonstition of the
United Slates: il they arc not secured by
that, wo have no security (or them. If
the Constitution affords no guarantee, our
rights depend upon (he caprice of those
who cannot and do not appreciate them,
and may be violated whenever they please.
With such security tho Southern people
will neves, ho satisfied. With such securi
ty alone, they never would have become
members of the Union. Yct.such is the
security which Mr. Vim Huron, in relation
to tho District, tenders to the slavohold
iug States. The security is insufficient,
and will nol, we predict, he accepted by
the Southern people.
From the U. S. Telegraph.
3 his country should he by right the most
glorious in the world. Her institutions
arc those ol liberty, and though a base
band ol plunderers may rob securely, in
ibis night ol governmental secrecy, the
day will dawn and expose them to the
eyes ol their countrymen, blasted in repu
tation mid detected in guilt. That Gen.
Jackson, who, in former days, was so lau
ded for his singleness of purpose, can sub
mit his country to the hands of irresponsi
ble agents—can permit his ministers, ra
ther the ministers oftho people, to be ab
sent at this peculiar crisis—is a matter
which wo never would have believed, even
it had been proclaimed by the lips ofproph
ecy. One ot tho most effective engines of
destruction against Mr. Adams, was the
charge of neglect of the public business.
It was made in every press opposed to his
administration. It was rung at the hust
ings by the orators, and scribbled forth by
the same Editors who are now dumb when
they see the Cabinet has left its council
chamber at Washington, and may be
caught up in segments by any tavern keep
er this side of Maine. When, during
Mr. Adams’administration, did the neces
sity of strict attention so eminently arise
as at this moment. Wo have before sta
ted, in several articles, that this was a time
big with tho most portentous events—wars,
on all sides, stand around our borders and
shake their weapons in our faces—death
rides upon the malaria in Florida, and is
thinning our ranks of (he youthful and (he
bravo—parents are in tears at the death
of their gallant offspring, killed by tho neg
lect of government in not having foreseen
the present state of things. The noble
volunteer is pining and falling, while his 1
wife sits idly by her spindle, looking with 1
an anxious eye for his return. Govern- i
ment takes no note of these matters. Bit- <
(erness and desolation may wither the t
(lowers around every Southern threshold, c
and no overture will be made to Oseola «
and his tribe—no overture which will re- j
lieve flic inhabitants ofFlonda, and tho I
volunteers from other States, from (he I
death-warrant of their enlistment. A to- i
tal disregard is evidenced by our rulers of u|
the whole transaction; when a little reflec- ni
tion would tench them that it would he hi
better to come to terras, by some stroke C
of policy, than continue this disgraceful ai
and ruinous war. For what’it costs go- d
vernnicnt to maintain our troops in sum- tl
mer quarters, for one month, the whole .N
body of the Indians might be brought to yi
terms by negotiation and scut from the n
peninsula. The experiment is worth mak- 5
ing ; but who is here to attempt it? ,dmns ii
KendulU Yc«, the people of this gTori- s
ons and proud land are ruled, in all their j
relations of peace and war, by this mis- y
crcant ingratc. England, and France, c
and Mexico , will have to treat with this ?
degenerate son of New England. '1 lie (
President lias deserted his post. He who ■,
knows more about Indian matters than |
any one else—who could belter direct \
Gaines in his delicate excursion to Na- ,
cogdoches; an excursion which may in- |
volvc us in a war with the Mexicans and i
the numberless hordes of Indians. The j
other members of the Cabinet are absent
too, drawing, probably, their travelling
expenses, while they are flirting with the
girls at Saratoga or Long Branch. The
country surrounded by tho most dangerous
combustibles, wars lowering upon us from
every quarter of the horizon, and no one
hero but-Arnos Kendall, Chief, and Levi
Woodbury, Vice, to carry on tho bulletins
of peace, or prepare us for tho emergency
of w nr.
From the St. Jlugmtine Herald, fit A imt.
FLORIDA WAR.
St. Marks, July 20, 1836,
Sir. —Agreeable to your private order
when I saw you last, that I should col
lect my company and proceed to any
point where 1 might hear Indians were
assembling, or suspect that any might be
tuuml.on the information of James Lof
ton, who stated he had seen an Indian on
the Ocklockncc Hay, I collected my com
pany and proceeded to that place. On
my arrival there, I found one who was
, either a spy or guard for some party, in
. that quarter. Sevcnof my men proceed
■ ed from St. Marks in a boat, who, arri
ved there several hours previous to my
> self, and my brother, N. W. Walker
i (one of the boatmen) landed on discover
ing the Indian 200 yards distant, and
took with him the interpreter, (neither*
1 being armed) together tliey approached
within 50 yards of a house in which (he
Indian was. He walked out of the house
1 and retreated in the bushes. The Inter-
I prcler called on him in his own language,
• by order, and stated that we were traders
i and friends, he answered, returned and
met us. VVe then proceeded to the
i House where we found hisbees-wax cook
ing utensils, &c. In conversation he sta
ted that he was a Tampa Hay Indian,
that there were Indians on the Ocklock
nee and St. James’ Island amounting to
22 warriors armed, besides women and
chi Id run, that he was not aware whether
they wished to be friends, or would fight,
that he had seen them, but they had not
i convince him of our friendship, he par
-1 t( ;°k equally with us of our fare, and no
disposition was felt by any member of the
i Company to do him an injury. The bal
ance of the company began to assemble
and he showed no uneasiness until the
arrival of Loltin who had seen him pre
viously. He had promised to point out
the camps to us, hut on the assembling of
(lie Company, denied knowing any thing
farther than havingseen smokes. Through
the interpreter he was charged with hav
ing lied. He was ordered logo and show
the camps. He gathered all the articles
he had with him and carried them to his
boat, preparatory as we supposed to lus
starting with us, he was informed we were
not ready. He then jumped into the
boat unexpectedly to us and pushed oil - ,
as one of my men caught at the boat he
seized a polo with an iron spear attached
to the end of it, and undoubtedly would
have pierced him with it, had lie succeed- ;
cd in catching the boat. The Interpre- 1
ter, by order, informed him that unless
lie stopped he would be shot. He paid
no regard to the call, and at the distance
of 50 yards he was fired on, and killed.
Finding from the bad shooting, flashing,
snapping, bursting of caps, &c. that we
were unprepared to meet an enemy, I 1
despatched an Express to the Quarter
Master at St. Marks for guns, ammuni
tion, cartridge boxes, &c. who was de
tainod several hours before they could be
obtained. 13 old Muskets, 4of which
could not be cocked, or when .cocked,
could not be snapped, and 13 cartridge
boxes without straps, were presented to 1
the men, and no better could be had tin- 1
til the citizens remonstrated against it in !
such terms ns forced them to be sent. 1
then proceeded to St. James’ Island, a- 1
bout two miles from the beach, landed my '
men, marched 6 miles up the river, saw !
many tracks, (ouk water, proceeded 2 1
miles up the river, landed on the north !
side, marched out 3 miles up the banks !
of a large creek, returned to the boat 1
without success, camped, and was on our *
way up the river Monday morning by sun- '
rise, landed at every blulf, ami examined ‘
lor signs as far upas Smith’s claim, about
35 miles from (lie mouth of the river, ’
found no fresh sign, but large clusters of
last summers and fall camps, at all the
high lands we found the woods had been
burned since spring, some later and some
earlier, we returned within 4 miles of the I
first camp, on the head of tiie Ocklock
nce Hay,,eat our last meal for supper, and *
next day took our breakfast at home; 1 |
believe and have no doubt that there are 1
Indians in the neighborhood of St. James’ >
Island, but could not slay longer fur '
want ot provisions, and to render in my £
report ot the dratted men for the protec- >
tion of St. Marks. I
Yours very respectfully, i
_ ' H. 11. WALKER, '
Capt. Com. C’pany G. 7th Regl. F. M. I
Cokers Pl antation-, July 29, 1836. i
To His Excellency, R. K. Call, <
Governor of Florida, i
Sir: This morning wo left early from a
San Pedro, on our way to Camp Carter. *
When about one mile from this place we c
discovered a fire ahead of us, we prepar- i )
ed ourselves and divided in two parts 26 a
men and officers, myself at the head of f
one division and Sergeant Meigs the o- c
ther, we separated and proceeded about a »
quarter .of a mile when the trail was dis- •'
covered near the houses then on fire, and €
joined Sergeant Meigs: and pursued the <1
(rail of (he Indians about 300 yards be- fi
low the, house when we dismounted, and m
every man took his tree. We were fired d
ipon by about 15 or 20 whose fire our
nen promptly returned ; we saw a little
my coming towards us, as a sun of Mr. v
Joker who had been taken by the Indians j,
is prisoner and had been left on our sud- \
lenly supprising them—they left every a
thing they had taken from the houses of 2 n
Mr. Cokers, Mr. Vagle, &c. As far as p
we can learn they Icilled only two young v
men one son of Mr. Coker and one ol a
Mr. Vagle, whose dead bodies we have J
in camp with us. We attacked them a v
second time in a large hammock near this t
place on foot, and got within 30 or 40 (
yards of them,and fired directly ;we have (
discovered as yet nosigns ofhaving killed f
any excepting one whose dress the prin- ,
cipal part of which, together with his rille ,
and moccasins he dropped as I fired. 1 ,
have sent the rifle to Tallahassee by Mr. (
Simmons, the mail-rider. 1 would have |
continued to pursue them, but having no ,
provisions, 1 deemed it prudent to return
to this place where I hail left the horses, i
and fell in with an express, the bearer of
this to your excellency, from Micanopy.
We found a mare and colt belonging to
Major Cooper,—we pursued them about
six miles. Respectfully Sir, your obe
dient servant,
JOSEPH 15. JOHNSON,
Ist. Lieut. Commanding.
P. S. We numbered 22 in all, after
having been reinforced by seven men
from Willis’ company ; there were as the
boy states about 30 Indians.
Suwannee Old Town, Four Darney, ?
July 12th, 1886.$
To His Excellency, Richard K. Call,
Governor of Florida.
Sin—l have the honour to report to
you, the progress of the enemy, at this
post, .since the 16th- of May. About
twelve or one o’clock of that day (16,)
one of my men, who was returning from
Fort Dabney’s to Fort Miller (the latter
of which I then had command in person)
was ambuscaded and massacred, within
nearly two or three rifle shots of Fort
Dabney:—From that time until the horse
company came, under the command of
Maj. Cuthbcrt, their signs could at any
time be seen. After the arrival of which,
they secreted themselves so as not to be
easily found, A few days after (hey (the
horse company) left, the sign was seen
more frequent and plain, until the 16th
June. On that ■evening, on the return of
one of Mr. Miller’s negroes, from Fort
Dabney, he was fired on by one of the
enemy. The ball passed through the coat
only.
Eafly on the morning of the 17th June,
I sent to Captain Willis to send me some
ol his men, to pursue the enemy, inform
ing him of what had happened. He im
mediately sent eight of his men ; I then
took seven of mymen, went out and took
their trail with fifteen men in line, 1 pur
sued them a distance of near one and a
hall miles, and just at the point of pene
trating the hammock, was fired on by a
party ol some 30 or 40 Indians at least.
1 ordered my men to take trees on ray
vh-'ht. which was done with promptness. l —
atsoWucrcn. not a g>„. J,. u fi ‘. o d until
In- ndians emerged from the hammock.
1 , P' )s| Jion we fay and received two
lounds from tl.cn,—when they made a
chaise (o come
let them approach within 25 yards, when
wc could begin to sec them.—We then
opened a heavy fire on them ; we fought in
nearly the same position for near ten min
utes, when I found wc were about to be
surrounded. I then made an effort to draw
their fire, which I did in part, and order
ed a retreat across a small prairie, intend
ing to bring them into open ground, but
before wc reached the timber, they had
got into the timber tin our right and were
approaching it on our left. 1 then found
it necessary to pursue (lie retreat, and
did so, by retreating one halt ol my com
pany alternately for a distance of one
mile, under a cross lire, nearly all the
time from the enemy, when 1 reached
an open high hill, bound on the north and
eakt by an open prairie, were we had
the advantage, and could not be surroun
ded, without their coming into the prai
rie:—we fought in this position for near
ten minutes, when the enemy began to
tly in confusion, and left the field”—we
remained on the field, until they had all
disappeared and wc then took up out
march for quarters.
The engagement lasted for near one
hour with fury, on both sides. Out of
my small number, one was wounded ear
ly *n the action, and lived only 20 hours. .
There is much praise due the few men
who were in the fight, for their calm and
cool deliberation.—Their brave and no
ble acts may be equaled, but not surpas- .
sed by any. j
The number of Indians wore supposed, ,
by (he men, to be not less than 40. Their ■
killed and wounded is not known, but .
supposed not to be less than from eight |
to twelve.—l saw four fall early in The i
action, and have since seen the signs of 1
several others. The day after the fight, (
they set fire to the houses of Messrs, Wat- I
son and Jennings.—Nothing further oc- <
curred in the line of the enemy till our i
departure from this place.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
WILLIAM T. TOWNSEND,
C. M. and H. M. s
From the U. S. Telegraph. I
REFORM ANI) RETRENCIIMENT. i
A Startling Fact. —General Jack- <
son was elected in 1828, and came into i
power to carry out the principles of re- I
trenchment and reform. His friends i
contended that the expenditures under i
Mr. Adams’ administration were prolli- <
gate and extravagant; and all corner- \
sant with politics at thattime, will recol- \
lect the extent of the clamor which was :
raised on this subject. General Jackson I
was to reform the abuses complained of. I
How tar lias tldsp'edgc been redeemed ? \
File aggregate annual expenditures, un- s
dec Mr. Adams, were less than thirteen i
millions —and, during the first two years i
ol Gen. Jackson’s administration,' this I
amount was actually reduced. But on n
(lie re-organization of Gen. Jackson’s i
cabinet, towards the close of the second r
year,—when Ingham, Branch, Berrien, c
and Calhoun were excluded to make room f
for Van Buren, Kendall and Co.—the n
expenditures increased to upwards of I;
sixteen millions, and (uve continued to k
increase—ever since— ranging from p
eighteen to twenty-two millions, —until
ihe present year ; and now the appropria- ti
lions amount to upwards of forty-seven w
millions ! ! and even this enormous sum li
did not satisfy (he demands of the party ! fi
DEATH OF FANNING AND HIS MEN. ri
Mr. Joseph H. Spohn, one of the sur
vivors of Fanning’s command, has arrived «
in New York in the ship Mexican from >-
Vera Cruz. He owed his escape to being 0
able to speak the Spanish language, which v
made his services necessary as an inter- [■
prefer to the savage Mexicans. Spohn 11
was one of the Red Rover volunteers, ?
and went to Goliad with Col. Gnjnt, Col.
Johnson and Major Morris, uniting there *■
with Fanning’S party, with the Georgia <>
battalion and Alabama Greys, He lias L
furnished the New York Evening Star. 1
with many interesting particulars, given s
editorially in that paper, which begin ‘
with (lie battle and unlortunate surren- •
derat Colleto, and come down to bis es
cape from Vera Cruz. We make the
following interesting extract, detailing 1
the circumstances of the number of his '
unfortunate friends:
“On Palm Sunday, being 27th March, 1
the prisoners were formed into line, and :
Mr. Spohn who was then sleeping in the
church, (the hospital) being about G
o’clock in the Morning, was called out
and told to form into line, being last he
fell at the end. They were then march
ed out of the fort and ranged before the
gate, when an officer stepped up and ask
ed Spohn what he was doing tlierc, and
ordered him to go back to the hospital
where lie was wanted, and when on his
way was stopped by another officer, who
told him to order the assistants to have
the wounded of the Texians brought into
the yard; such as could nut walk were
to be carried out. Being astonished at
these preparations, he asked why, when
the officer said, “ Carts were coming to
convey them to Copano, the nearest sea
port—The orders of the officers were
obeyed, and the wounded brought into
the yard, and they were all full of the
hope that they were to be shipped to the
United States, which had been promised,
but their hopes were cruelly blasted when
they beard a sudden continued roar of
musketry on (he outside of the fort, and
observed the soldier’s wives leap upon
the walls and look towards the spot from
which the report came from. The wound •
ed were then conscious of what was pass
ing, and one of them asked Spohn if he
did not think that their time was come;
and when they became convinced from
the movements about the tort that they
were to be shot, greater part of them sat
down calmly on their blankets, resolute
ly awaiting their miserable fate; some
turned pale, but not one displayed the
least fear or quivering. Spohn who was
employed in helping them out, was ac
costed by a wounded Mexican soldier,
on whom he attended, and told to go
and ask the commandant for his life, as
he might save him, as they were all to be
shot. About this time Colonel Fanning,
who had a room in the church for Ids use,
came out of the church for a particular
purpose, when a Mexican captain of the
battalion called Tres Villas, with 6 sol
diers, came up to Spohn, and told him to
call Colonel Fanning, at the same time
pointing to a certain part of the yard,
where lie wished him to be taken; Spohn
asked him if he was going to shoot him,
’ and lie coolly replied, “Yes,” —When
Spohn approached Fanning the Col. ask
t ,—mat nring, arm wnen ne toiti
him (he Facts he made no observation, but
appeared resolute and firm, and told him
lie was also to be shot, which made visi
ble impression on Colonel Fanning, who
firmly walked to the place pointed out by
the Mexican captain, placing bis arm up
on (he shoulder of Spohn for support, be
ing wounded in-the right (high, from
which he was very lame. All this while
(lie soldiers were taking the wounded,
two at a time, near the gate ami settiim
(hem down on (he ground and bandaging
their eyes, would shoot them oft', with the
same indifference as (hey would a wild
animal. There were tiirec soldiers to
each two, so that it alter the discharge of
two muskets, death should not have been
dealt forth, the third soldier placed (lie
muzzle of the musket near their head or
breast and so ended them.
“When Col. Fanning reached the spot
required, the N. W. corner of the fort,
Spohn was ordered to interpret the fol
lowing sentence:—“That for having come
with an armed band to commit depreda
tions and revolutionize Texas; the Mexi
can government were about to chastise
him.” As soon as the sentence was inter
preted to Fanning, he asked if he could
not see the commandant. The officer
said he could not, and asked why he
wished it. Col. Fanning then pul led
forth a valuable gold watch, he said be
longed to his wile, and he wished to pre
sent it to (he commandant. The Cap
tain then said he could not see the com
mandant, but if he would give him the
watch lie would thank him—and he re
peated in broken English, 'dank you—
me tank you.? Cok Fanning told him
he might have the watch if he would have
him buried after be was shot, which the
captain said should be dune—“con tod as
las fornialidades necessarias”—at the
same time smiling and bowing. Col. Fan
ning (ben handed him the watch, and
pulled out of his right pocket a small bead
purse containing doubloons, the clasp of
which was bent, be gave this to the offi
ebr, at the same time saying that it had
saved his life, as the ball that wounded
him had lost part of its forex by striking
the clasp, which it bent; ana carried with
into the wound, a part of a silk handker
chief which lie had in his pocket, and
which on drawing out drew forth with it
the ball. Out of the left pocket of his
overcoat, (being cold weather he had on
one id India Rubber) a piece of canvass
containing a double handful of dollars,
which he also gave to the officer. Spohn
was then ordered to bandage bis eyes,
and Col. Fanning handed him his pocket :
handkerchief, lie proceeded to fold it,
but being agitated he done it clumsily, ;
when the officer snatched it from his hand 1
and folded it himself, and told Col. Fan- !
ningto sit down on a chair, which was 1
near, and stepping behind him bandaged ’
Ids eyes, saving to Col. Fanning in Eli- 1
glisb, “good, good”—meaning if Ids eyes (
were properly bound—to which Fanning 1
replied, “yes, yes.” The captain then 1
came ip front and ordered his men to un- *
fix their bayonets and approach Col. Fan- 1
'ling, he hearing them nearing him, told •
Spohn to tell them not to place their mus- 1
ket so near as to scorch his face with the c
powder.” a
The officer standing behind them, as- *
ter seeing their muskets were brought 1
within two meet of bis body, drew forth a
Ids handkerchief as a signal, when-they s
fired, and poor Fanning fell dead on Id's •'
i '
right side on the chair, and from thence
rolled into a dry ditch about three leet re
Jeep, close by the wall. They then lead to
Sphmi near the gate, from which another sr
officer took him and placed him in the tli
room of Col. Portia, with a sentinel over d*
him. He asked the officer if he was go- H
ing to shoot him, he replied “ no hijo,” tl
grinning maliciously at the same time.— >
In the room he found a Frenchman of the e
Copano Company, who told him the rest |j
of his corps had early in the morning
been placed in a garden outside the tort 1
under guard. After he had been (here a n
short time, a soldier, with his gun, came J
to the door, telling him he was wanting
at the gate. When he came to the gate
he found Commandant Portia surrounded
by his officers, who, on seeing him before, t
begged Portia to save him, but he said he ,
could not, as his orders were positive, (
but (hey persisting, he rather impatiently i
said, “ Well, take him away.” At the 1
same time he saw them lead young Rip- ■,
ley, who was second sergeant of the Mo- (
bile Greys, who was so badly wounded i
in the left arm, to the place of execution. ,
Spohn was then taken to the house of an |
officer, where he was left, where every
moment he could hear the muskets roar,
the death knell of his companions. Spohn ,
had been in the house but a little time
when a young Mexican soldier, with a
bloody sword, entered the room and ask
ed him what he was doing there, and
would have run him through had not the
servants told him he was placed there by
the officers. Dr. Field came in with a
serjeant—the Dr, told Sphon that all
were shot, and they had roughly dragged
Captain Brooks, ot West Point, who laid
with his thigh broken, from a house out
.side the fort and despatched him brutal
ly in the street. In an hour more Sphon
re-entered the fort, where he found the
Mexican sukliers placing the bodies ot the
dead on a large wagon and carrying them
off. Two or three days after Sphon was
taken by a Captain Corono to the place
outside the fort where his countrymen
had been murdered and piled one on top
the other, and partially burnt or roasted
presenting a most frightful, horrible and
disgusting spectacle, by which he found
that they had been divided into four par
ties before they were shot, as there were
four piles, surrounded by torn pieces of
bloody clothing, shoes, caps, pocket books
and papers. Among the rest was the
bloody cap of Fanning, which leads us
to expect he was burnt or roasted with the
others.
“ Five men were saved from (ho gen
eral massacre, to attend upon the Mexi
can sick ; Skerlock, Smith, Bills, Vose
and Peter Griffin ; the latter, who hap
pened to be in the hospital at the lime,
was saved by a wounded Mexican sol
dier. who hid him beneath his blankets,
Griffin having always attended him and
dressed his wounds. Bills died after
wards, from a sickness of 24 hours.”
Sphon was retained a prisoner with
the Copano detachment, under Major
Miller, Captain Israel, and Mr, Burton,
who had been sent with their companies
to Goliad. They told him that like their
own, in the end, his case was desperate;
& that to escape, any means he might em
ploy were justifiable. Urrea treated him
.... .. . ..... nuuMl to
Matamoras, where, by his permission, he
entered the Mexican sea service, in the
Correo, under Thompson, for toe pur
pose of getting away, and effected his es- ■
cape at Vera Cruz. He speaks with the
warmest gratitude of the kindness and
humanity "of Captain Kimdall of the
Mexican.
■■■Ml} Q
From the JV. V, Evening Star, 6 th inst .
LATER FROM E UROPE.
By the packet ship St. James, Capt.
Seton, which left Portsmouth July Ist,
\vc have intelligence two days later from
Europe.
The papers arc much occupied with the
recent attempt to assassinate tiie King of
the French. When the pistol was fired
at him, his Majesty was on the front seat,
with his buck to the horses, while the
ipiecn and his sister were on the back seat.
Allibeau, the assassin, who is described |
as a tall young man, was standing in the i
footpath of the Archway, under the Lou- .
vre, through which the carriage was to
pass, on its way to the quay, upon the (
Seine. Allibeau, at the moment, was
talking with a young Algerine, dressed in
the costume of his country. The French 1
correspondent of the Courier & Enquirer
says: <
“The carriage had just entered the 1
archway, and the King was in the act of <
bowing to the National Guard in acknowl
edgement of their salute, when the arch
resounded with the report ofa musket, and
at the same instant the young man in j
question was seized by the most active of ,
the bystanders. The walking, stick he .
carried was found to contain a gun barrel j
with a stock so small as not to excite atten
tion, in which there was inserted a spring 1
communicating with a percussion cap, ‘
which served to discharge the contents of *
tho barrels. The assassin was so near as 1
to have the point of his weapon within the a
open window of the carriage, with the bar- 1
rel loaning on the door, when the discharge r
took place. The ball was afterwards
found in the gilded cornice of the roof, so
that the King owed his escape to the
profound inclination he made at the oppo- fl
site window, thus justifying in some sort
His Majesty's answer to the congratula- .
tions which were yesterday made to him J.
on his escape, that once more he owed his 1
safety to the National Guards of Paris. c
The escape was so narrow that the wad- 1
ding was lodged in the King’s whiskers, ®
and tho carriage itself was of course filled I
with smoke.” t
Louis Allibeau is the namcoftlio assns- g
sin, and is the son of an innkeeper at Per- j
nigan, who, through poor, had given his
son a good education. His nge is 26, j
his countenance expressive, hair black
and dressed out in long curls, and what may
be important for our exclusives to know his
whiskers meet under the chin according
to I lie fashion of tho day. The exaltation S
of mind which led to (ho act, is said to I*
have been occasioned by a wound he re- sj
ceived in the head while in a regiment' of
the line, and afterwards by a life of de- ct
bauchery and dissipation. Notwitlistand- v
ing his affected coolness, his pulse during .
his examination in the Conciergerie, was In
observed to range from 112 to 120. As s *
an evidence of Ins shrewdness, it is said
that on being interrogated by Aaron Atha- or
lin whether he had any accomplices, his c
answer was, “yes, the chief of the con- to
spiracy is my head and my two arms are Si
its members. M
A number of young men have been ar
ested on the presumption that they might
ie accomplices, and most of the gun
iraiths’shops have been ransacked. On
he- morning of Sunday, June 26th, the
lay after the attempt at assassination, the
King, Q,ueen, and Royal family went to
:he parish church, near his residence at
Neiiilly, and heard a Te Deum perform
ed for the preservation of his Majesty’s
life.
The King’s Council, the Peers and tho
Police are all actively at work in tracing
out the connections of the criminal at
Paris, Lyons, Nismes, &c., if any exist.
LATER FROM FRANCE.
Our files by tho Poland certain later in
telligence from Europe, having left Havre
July Ist. The Paris papers to JlmeßOth,
certain some further intelligence respect
ing Allibeau. He is stated to have said,
“ my name belongs to the first letter in the
alphabet, but (lie king has to dread all the
other letters.” He is reported to have
made an attempt to assassinate himself by
dashing his head against the walls of the
prison, on account, he said, of ennui of ex
istence.
The provincial journals are loud ia the
expression of their execrations at the at
tempt to destroy the King.
A meeting of the British and American
residents had been held at No. 55 Rue
Ncuve St. Augustin, Sir, Sidney Smith ill
the chair, at which resolutions were pass
ed, that an address be presented to the
King contratuluting him on his providen
tial escape. Among the persons nrcsent ■
were Gen. Armstrong, Sir Robert Steele,
tho American Consul, Lord Canterbury,
&c. The meeting was crowded.
!i.utMaaiu—imrwasw——
AUOIJSTA;: ~
SATURDAY. AUGUST 13, 1830.
44 8e just , and fear not,"
CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup, -
EDWARD J. BLACK, of Striven.
W. T, COLQUITT, of Muscogee.
\\ IL LI AM C. DAWSON, of Greene,
R. W. HABERSHAM, of Habersham.
JOHN 11. HOWARD, of Baldwin.
JOSEPH W, JACKSON, of Chatham.
THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn.
EUGLNILS A, NESBIT, of Morgan.
state rights meeting.
The Members of the Slate Rights As
sociation of Burke comity, are re
quested to assemble at the Court
House, ill XVayucsboroiigh, on the Ist
Tuesday in September next.
Burke County, August 10, 1836.
TO CORRESrON DENTS.
A letter from Madison Springs, and a n umber
of other articles, arc omitted till our next, for want
of room.
to city subscribers.
Our Carrier for all that part of the city above
Mclntosh street is sick, and we are compelled to
employ one who is not so well acquainted with
the route. Those of our Subscribers who do not
receive their papers will confer a favor by inform
ing us of the omission.
THE CHEROKEES.
Tho Columbus Herald of the 9th instant, says
—“ We were misinformed in relation to the hos
tile movements of the Cherokecs, alluded to in
our paper of last week. Tito country, we arc
now informed, remains quiet.”
RUMOR.
The Southern Re colder of the 9th insistent,
says:—“ There are rumors of a conflict between
the Tennessee troops and the Indians, in which
it is said tho latter suffered severely, hut these ru
niors are too vague to be depended on.”—The
same report reached this city several days since,
having been brought by a passenger in the Stage
from Mobile. Wo have heard nothing which
tends to confirm tho report, and no confldenca
whatever is placed in it.
THE WASHINGTON MIRROR,
A very handsome and neatly printed literary
paper, which has heretofore been neutral in poli
tics, and lias been conducted in a talented and
spirited manner, at the scat of Government, by
Ruros Dawes, Esq., will hereafter (as stated in
the last number received) be devoted to tho elec
tion ofGen. William H. Harrison, of Ohio,
to the Presidential chair of the United States. It
will be issued twice a week, at the price of five
dollars per annum. We will, as requested, pub
lish the propectus of the Mirror, as early as wo
can find room for it.
THE CREEK WAR.
Wo have received no intelligence of interest
from the Creek nation, for some time past; and the
Columbus papers say very little about the war.—
The Herald of tho 9lh instant, states that nothing
had been heard of Gen. Sanford or his expedi- *
tion—he is supposed to be persuing tho trail, and
“ something decisive is expected from his move
ment.” A report was prevalent in Columbus, on
the Bth, that Col. Alford’s detachment had had
a slight brush with the Indians, in somo of tho
lower counties, but tho source from whence the.
report originated could not be learned.
SAV'A NNAn VOLDNTEEItS.
A Volunteer Corps, under the name and title
of “ The Floyd Infantry ,” lias been or
ganized in Savannah, for the purpose of tender
ing its services to the President of the U. States,
for twelve months, under the provisions of a re
cent act of Congress. The officers elected, arc
Benjamin B. Slurgos, Captain; Samuel Elbert
Muse, Ist Lieutenant ;Wm. Davis Berrien, 2nd
Lieutenant; James Madison Folsom, 3rd Lieu
tenant ; Ist Sergeant, John Stockey ; 2nd do Ed
gar McDonald ; 3rd do Michael M. Mattox; 4th
do Edmund Law ; Ist Corporal, James L. Rich
ardson ; 2nd do John C. Austin ; 3rd do John
L. Grayson ; 4lh do Richard Cooper.
PREMIUMS FOR COTTON.
“ Prizes for the best loads of Cotton should be
given by the Merchants generally. They should
bo ashamed to leave such an act to the public
spirit of two of their body, and take no interest
.n its effects. Messrs. Rees & Beall, deserve
lommendation for the movement they have made.
Wo remember very well some 8 years ago, what
nlerest a Cotton Exhibition then excited. Why
ihould it not have the same effect now I It pro
luccd some beautiful specimens, not of Cotton,
inly, but of the neatest packages. Tho whole
Jily was all agog on the subject. Tho competi
ors with their loads were marshalled in Broad
ttrect, opposite the Banks, and a Committee of
dcrchants examined tho samples and declared