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Ti9ottrn«I. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1825. wrasisferut'SLy witness ilul Edwinttwu* ia- d 'l»'r J inwilnrv. Wgjitt* lestifir* that ha has known tliia Mr Edwards for lilNHit lira >wr», and ran •‘drlv aay filial ha does not befteve him eniitlul 10 credit. H hn'it the Drip#--Gen. Gaines published tli* follow tng certificate In this p »pcr on the 19il» July laat. certificate. W« rertifv that we *rro«pom^l th press from Governor Tronp to (taneral Mein- to«li conveying the request that i*e would allow the survey of the land acquired hv the Trea ty It the VndiainH Sfircf". to he immediately commenced. General McIntosh replied ih-.i» he rnnld not jffantthe request, hut wnnldcnll the < ’Inef* together, and lay it before them ; Which was never done. (Signed) WILt.UM F.mVNRDS, JOSEPH M*RSH\LL. At Ponfiis 1 , 7'pien county, July 'J, 1825. This certificate he thought snfli Merit to prove «|hat ll** Chiefs of the friendly ln.li .au never •are rh'-ir content to the aurtey of the ceded land. He pnblfohed it , it hn* gone forth to tiic w .rid; the enemies of Georgia hnve tci. ed on i: :** ;» pretext for the moat intemperate vi tuperation of the Miihorilie* ef ihe State, nr.il Ui. opjHjnentt of Dover nor Tfnuji'* re-election in the Hti'e have aeixfd on it aitli equal avi- d iy to prove that he railed the Legislature to- gt<her without having the content o! the friendly Indiana to make the survey f and that jn stating to (lie Lcglsl uure dial he had that r.» Hent,l»e stated what was not true The <‘d » i if chaVncter" of this cernftr.ne, which, Gen. Ciinca says r unsit;* only in itt truth, will fully appear from the following evidence A But the worst feature in this bunioess is yet to I# told. It appears that about th. last al July, Gen. Gaines was informed l.y Mayor Jo el nr - * 1 °— .. Alley, <1 r*#peciabte cidy.cn o this State, that this mac Marshall had certified to whnt was not true. nnd that Edwards. one o < Vti» lowest of mankind, anil having leli Gesrr gia to avoid paying his just del**, was nut ".milled to ciedit. #Yet’near n month has elapsed ainre hw received this informal ano he permits the impression hie letter their certificate made on the public min romoin there Even in tin- paper wo puhhdi another letter from him to the Governor ii which not one word is said about this rertifi rale, which lie must now know to be utterli worthless. Compare this conduct with III it o Gov. l ent; in .1 similar rase In one of Ills let t <■% t » Major Andrews, by not adverting to a j> otii ular date, he did injustice to Col. Crow ed. M ij Andrews directed his attention to It—Reparation was instantly made Now mark the contrast. Ora. Gaines iainstrumen tal in producing an impression on the public ui nd, injurious in the idihest degree to G«»v- er«i n Troup. He is informed that the e\i fouce on which he relies is unworthy of - * J.t — Yet he takes no atop to repair the wrong he it ta Juur. SO MM \ li Y OF EVIDENCE. LEWIS WYNN trtihes he has heard Marshall \\y lluii be h .1 giian his consent to m k* the snrwy, h d that he tliouyhl it best tli ii the survey should he made this y**nr, so that the (ndi i.t* might -ell their possessions for th rematedt r of the time allowed them to 90 ci'iv the hn I — Does not know of his own knowledge that a Coehcil was to be held, h- *\u* i tutor-red by Marshall. U')I.IN SMITH, M Monroe Co. testifies hr w »h at Oeu *Ii.osli't ebout the 9th or 10' of \,»ri’ • —mere was a meeting of a tiei > nuiohrr of the Chiefs—it e'.d n C" . .eil—he learned from Mclm mothers (hit' they h.id atrrued for the Governor to hnve the laud «nr« eyed as soon as he pleased—saw Marshall «nont the Gtli April, when Marshall said that a council was to beheld at McIntosh s to determine whether the IihUhii* would gi\«* Hr r consent to the survey—that hr could not f » back, lint had iinltmrissd Mclntudi to sign or him,lor ho was willing to have il.e survey made «t ih it Council there u^ie present fro ip Georgia, Mnj Hairy, of Monroe rountx, Gen. Ware, of Cuvette county. William Bow- On of AAilleikievitl e, Sandois Walker of Mon- tiiello. Mark ind VVm. lluiUpeth of Ue Kalh, *VI ij <r \ lughn ami mime others from Fayottc and De Ku.b counties, their u-uuos not tecol. lor'ed. Gen. Gniiue.—The letter of this ollirer to Gov. Troup, nfttdlh July, is attracting a large chart oft*public attention. We ropy the f d- lowing notice uf it from the Columbia (St) T door op*. On thn gonnral subject of our differences frith the General Government, wo are grati- led to find that the jieopln of other states ate beginning to entert on propnrppinioit*. There isaftnvtilcnt change in the tnh** ol the lead ing newspapers The Hartlnisl Convention presaes, every lory newspaf»er, nml every ail- voeate of A on nt«, continue in outrage decency and decor urn 3w«rt tempered soul,‘—they are only fu'.filliug tbe r destiny. It would lie uiireaMinable to expect from a blackguard, any thing but billi ,,i .;'gate. (From dir Columbia Trlr. r j# ] We notv fori it onrilut) tu remaik on O* 1 t»aine H ’ letter, whirl, we publish in tliisdsi paper. \Vr « ome t»» this task with relurianr iiecnuse in Gen. Gaines' prudence we had u houitiled eonfidence. W e thongl*t it the most Judicious selection in the power ol the Fiesi lent to ni.skr ; but we me houndto ackuosv- lodge that we have hern disappointed. Plu vious to Ilia wiithig bis Inte letter to Governor Troup the gtoimddm occupied w.n* elcyntetl aud tli^nifi. d, fully ctpisil to his former i.•pota tion. The fi iendsol liaroi. nye\peet. d e\ery thing from Ins e*|»erirnre and predence ; Ins »uiso was til.tilt and direct ; he had noihiiig do but raimly to pursue the instructions of sg v’tinnen*, conciliating ns far possible »t ot.ly ibu hosiiliiies among the. Indians, but e u .happy diflercnce between Georgia and tbeginei.il government, llad lie confined 4 If to the defence of himself anti his mill- trig family, from any charges in which Gov Troup had attempt* d to iuiplicait cither, we would have hero content. Wc are willing to Apjarriale thn high and manly feelings of the soldier; but this r**quiieil neither rernmiua- lion nor iuvldious comparisons He hup. ts him o If w lieu lie descends to w rile uf disUeiont iu*elrents, in italics < or levels his anger ai the unfortunate parti*:* tli.it nnha|H)il> have divid ed Georgia too long. He sum ly could not havf reflected ihit hisletini ran bear no other Coiisirustitui (..an an attack oil one of those parties, while he e\ ideally tries to conciliate the Other iu his talk of "the adamantine pil Inrv,'* Jic. pluiut an I tern iio-ltaii' • muy i»o e- : reused, 'l be Bibji 11 lied ; t •!!» J* not to bo handled “ with glov. s ■ »." V\»* Imvn fist some tiine anxiously, but distinctly preceived certain busy and ir.flatwib.ry [»*>- litiriaris,indiisiri.uis by senrebink* amenta the ashes of the the Missouri ({notion, to dis cover some little spark which thn bn.u.lt ol .list ord and faction luigld fan into u fame into a conjinuration. Shall the incendiary with the fell purpose of mischiej in his hearty and with the. torch m his hand, he ad dressed in measured phrase, and ho’>day terms T Potbid it prudence; forbid it common tense! Mr H’irtnn l hit ct/ntrirtqhj devittd letter — ThefuWowing view of this mau. r is r pie.* from the Washington (Geo.) News, a paper, alike distinguished for the iilnlitv with which it is conducted, and the limners ol its adhe- retire to ntineiple It will be seen that we nr not singular in the viexv w« lake ol that matin . [Frv*a//if IVashiftgton ,V<ur* ] MB WIRT —W* publish in tins day’s pn- p« r se\«ral letters uddn>scd to M Ii* has a h.*li h- The Hhtve Question —The hue and cry is up ngaimt bm. Troup agnin, since the publieN- lion id' Mr. Wirt’s nmbidrxtrmil letter. It »* now* ilisciivcrcd that there was no cause lor tin' interference of Gov. Troop in the matter it all ; and tint what was said by hinf was on ly intended to eM ile the iirrjtnhco ol the South against ilto North. Wonderful disco veries these, to be sure. It is unfortunate that white the opponents ofChiv. Troup in this state,profess to icelquit at ihdir ease on tlti* question, as if there never hnd been a single movement by the powers thiil he, towards the ngitntinuof the slave qu lion, people out of the statu are able to t that there is (huger ; nml they ure permitted to speak of it in temis as strong as those Gov T. naa used. Tt r prodigals in Gi.rgiacry out there is no (langur, in the very fire of Ru fua King m resolution proposing to apply the proieedsof thepubln laudato the emancipa tion ol our slaves Th* 'National Jouiual, Mi. A Jams’ mouth piece may ssy > <• |t time t* look scruuislv nt this matter and to jome to some definitive resolution as to tli •onUnannce, or total abolition of slavery a moug os’'—and that among the things whirl *1. fot the immediate attention oj our legm knots, “ihe first and most serious i« tltneni t inatioa ol the hi .cka and their I (cation some wrior* beyond the limits of the G States ;’’— ■ Us 11 ..lli.r.l On, GF.ORGR BTIN SOS-tost dies he 0«*n. Mclnto**V,4 ill April l i t, when a c to de i council »A»hr 1*1 b> the iien Mv Chief tfol A^uliration of the Governor tosntvey die land—thn counc if did then and there give its conse it to the survey being mode. Saw Mar sh ill about the first week ill Ant 'd, and .liked Marshall if he would nM attend the poitncil. Marshal replied he w islieil to go heme and li.nl authorised (i.**.- Melufoth to sign his name civii't* his t*5in» nt to the Mtrvey Gen. Ware A| Favotto ri.iintv, Major Uaiev ol Mouioc eom.tv. Rmplere Walker ..f Moo lie olio, U in. Jlowc.t of Mill.*.It*evillc, Bolin Smith, of'M«ui- t. »e coutuv, a Mr Vaughan, and »unie lulicrs, llieir n mice aot recoHaclcd, were ut that Coniuil. % 'aj*»r HUGH w. F.C.TOR, of Monroe dainty, testifies thftdi** S »w Nlvtshall in the n il *u when ttie runner at lived w ith tlir to ws of the murder of M.’lnto b—had run- versatina wi^lr him, ia th»* ronise of which hr askad Marshall »l be w’S not it the Coon- cil ft General M. lnios'n's concerning the aurvsy. Marshall said he w as diere a short tnaa previous—that McIntosh insisted on Ins staying to the qluiocil—that hn *li.i not wish to lie ah**-*it from home o long—that lie hail au thorised Mrlntouh to sign, and ad in the unr fidly for hie*, ns he had no obkrrtion on his purl Marshall expressed an iMtliri? willing ness to die survey anil assigned iu» a reason that the Ind.ans would have as opportunity of Helling some of their promise, which they sitlw-rwise might not disj ose ol so m/\ant«ge- ouslv JOKL HA1.F.Y, of the Indian Spring, tes tify s th u lie wm* at a Council in A»»rtl last, at or n**ar the rendcnca of Ganeial Mclnt ’sli »n 111*- Creek Nation. The council whs held (a* he believes) to ascertain il the Cl i.-G w *uh' give their consent fot the (•uieitinr losurvev t ie land The i ouii. il w as in s»*si<m w hen lie left ther*, previous to which lie had hern in foi lued b > Gen. McIntosh and others of the f ml Chief* I hit they were willing that the Mirvrv should be made imniedoilely or very soon ihcrealtei. W.ioevs further lestifies that on his way to the r**u toil he met MaiKh.il!, Jesse I’rosser, „,iil a Mr. F.dwards—that Mat shall i.i'ormeil lilts he Iia*l been to pilot Mr. Prompt to ihe res.deuce uf Gen. McIntosh—that he asked Marshall if he would not attend the council— tlini M ar-hall replied it was out ol hi« |M»wer ta do a *, hi* Ini at ue as would not admit ol it; but that lie had authorised Gen. McIntosh t** s j 2 „ an iuvtriimrnt for him giv lug his rotisrn* to th* survey, for he was perfectly willing ii s!.oidd hddone. This was a few days before ,hr cottncH, and about the 7t!i or 3tli of April i ,v|. Witness does not rocjllcct-»ll tho riti u, n» of Georgia v. ho were at that Conn- a tuit recollects Bolin Sriitli ol Mouioc roiiw'v, General Ware of Fayette county, and Ywo person* named Hudspeth, fortueily of Jaeoer cwunty. wItne»* further testifies that he has had ,cmr . an».r.«l!..; w.ihC.-n C.inrt upon lh<- 11 c \ of a certificatesa ned by Joseph Mar sh ill and William Edwards. Some tune about l ie last of ths |v.iii month ? Grjeral Gaines tilted in the presence of^vitueKS, that lie did PO i hriieve there had lieen a council held for the purpose of giving consent to the survey :— I*, ,t u w vs suAcjently proven bv the certificate r»f Joseph Marshall and a Mr. Edwaids, a \e- IV resoectable man that theie had been no ,’ach c.mucil Witness thru slated to Gen. G. that there was such a council—that he, wit r»#ss. «»• oresent at it. IN it ness then inform %v l Gen J ol ihe statements made to him, vritnCHS,by Marshall herein befoic details d Wc ness i lien informed Gen.G that be would pot make vise of the name of Edwards n- n r.»Hi»eciah'.e nan *•—that he believed KJwards wasoneof the % fry lowest class ol mankind £ G then asked witness whnt he knew of Edv ards Witness itifonif.Uieu.G.ihpt h* knew that Edwards had It-lt Geijuiv and bad (.one into the Indian Nation to avoid psyii g .iis ) »t »lvhu. The G. ncral then e, qoirtd o trU’ic^t^ whom F.dv ards was indebted. |* the IIartlord Convention papers may threaten that ail our sjavesshall be turned loose union ns men in New York, supporters of M Adams tuny advertise tlini thev will give a •. bailee on cotton raised by free labor,—nil this may be said and done, and yet the p gals would have u* sit still with lolJed arms nail not move a finger to avert the coining storm. They would have their Governor, i lie even allude .o the subject At all, speck ol it in soft and silken plirtne. And when Northern Unatic*, who have keen wantonly stirring the matter, alarmed at the spit it of (he South a** lluii)lived by Gov.Ttoup, drnw burl* and vow aic.fpiolest that they meant noil thssa same prodigslt would have us bel their vows nml protestations—They wuiild con vince us if they eoultl that lliexc ih no (lunge —So. at the very inonient when t'’»**;ir w crossing tli* 1 Rubicon, Ins minions in Ron wsro setivsl) stigMed ... rsuadlftg thh ps pin of die lT.pt iml City dial theie wits lit danger. If the prodigals, really believe there danger in all these tilings, we sinceiely pity them Other*, who have not an interest direct and immediate in tins mutter—peo| living out ol the state-ran curdy see dang* and that of no oidinnry magnitude. Tli appreciate the Maud Gov 'i . has taken on ll subject, nml they rail do jnaiim to his nioliv and his conduct. Thin should be as, urce moriificHiion to us. 1 lie N.rionnl' Intelligencer speaking of tli late recognition of the Independence of St. Domingo bv France, says : “ I hero is, iu out opinion, more real mis chief m lie trended in die Suuth, from the el- 'orlsof some of our own misguided fanatics, Atyfm nre niiletl by reimin newspapers of the No tli, dinii from the ratification of the inde- it-quests die gentlemen to say, whether the had heard him express certain propositions ii regard to slavery. A- our opponent*, nil (an* sotUti have already teixed die sc( *tsi r >n,) mak use of llutse letters to injure Ihe election of Gov. Tronp, bv giving another meaning to and changing, the grounds taken lix Gov ’I eon in llit* charge alleged by him agaiust.Mr. Wirt we hnve tlnnq'ht it best to place at once befotf our readers w Imtever relates to the buhj*i.f tcroinpained with a few iem.itks Iii this letter Mr \V»i1, uuorea precisely th* word* of Mr. Betrien, w hich the Governoi repeats in his mr*snge to die legislature. Bui he requires the gentlemen whom he addres ses to to say, whether he advanced die prop* sitiou,fhat ‘ slaverv as it now exists iii ll* several states, could or ought be alhilislied ' In. whi* h pi* position w»k not directly impu ted to Vlr Wirt by Gov. Troup nor ik to h» found in die statement of the converoatiu Id with Mr Berrien and in the letter of M _ nea If Mr. Wirt had simply confined him sell tirthe first prupowlior, as he should h;n me, and the letters of Jndges Matsltull, 4k id exculpated him from the accnsuiiou supporting that proposition, we would certain ly have emmeraUul him from the guilt of tli* charge ukMr. B.Tmcm Bill he a*l(1s to th.* Titk Hisiifon tinolhur, which, if he bad atlvnii it, oiiqhi to linve led to his instant (llstiiissn from the office he row holds, her ai ni*f, he received no instructijms fiu rulivo of the Failed Stales coiiceniing th cnee then before the Supreme court By ait ding the second |iro|iosiiioii, he expected a la »rab!r answer from the gentlemen lie addi I, Ih’ciiiiv as lie had not maintained die j usition, they could not do otherwise than l iay, fiat :f»ev had not heard him maintain it — Mr. Wirt acted ciinuingly ; lie enttappi Indies Marshall, fcte. in a snare, of whit: they were not MW*are These g* ndemen ha*i not to give answers to one single point only they had to answer to two point* disi laid down it is true, but so connected togcdie that they could not be separated without gi\ ing but a puitiul answer. Judges .Mai-Jodi fco. wrote the letter under thennprcsHton ll Mr. Wirt had hi*rii accused of supporting h ‘ fore die supreme court thn oortnni-s contain/ cd in the two propositions. It they had to de ride tipnu the first pro|H «itii*i . x. lusivelJ, which is the true one. and the only one lie b- charged with maintaining, tSieu* answers would have lieeu diflcrcm ; and Hcrordinn to rs, thev pt.sitivelv afftrui thin Mi W irt (.id not maintain the second proposition, and withrig.trd to the second pioj .nimiij, thal speke against die slave trade Wo do not s this* quivocation of Mr. Wirt, it deserves censure. This controversy concerns Messrs Bern and Jones \nd ns they and Mr. W irt ni. members ol the same leai ned profession, and men of distinguished talents, they can haiulli the matter umeli belter than we, ol an un learned profession, could do We will here- foie let them manage their own bii-umas till' | i. *se Governor Troup cannot be n paitv i** the controversy : lie only i the legislature what lia’d been con to niui by Messrs B**rtien ntuJ Jom •d ti \ationnl Journal—How is tins ? lias Mr Agg, the F.ibtor of the far farm, d Washing- gton Republican, got hack to Washington ? lias Mr Admits forgot what is due to hiscoun- Iry so far as in take, thnt loul mouthed sl.tn deter, into his i mplnvnteui r What is the meaning ol the following paragiapli, if be no. that Ag; li.is been taken into Ml . Adams's bo som * Commodore Porter— It is worthy of a p:»s sing rentalk, and l can int avoid making it. ilia the pieces most virulent in th* ir a'tacKso Commodore D.»vi*l Porter, were those opp* s* « to the country tin ring the lute war, to winch may he added some some few wh »*e inter** lies with the administration, the JS'jlivnu Jcurnal is u pjprr set up l.y Mr. Wdumv, con duettunder his very eye, and edited hy an I'.ngli.diiiutn, the none who conducted Mr. Cat houii's paper. We shall have a few h n presseslelt to sustain the cause of dcmoc Cy and the rights of the states and people, ;i those few will be ef1i( ieut. pc tide nee ol Hav [From the Charleston Mercury, .lug. 8 ] But while we dothi* justicet<>Mr. Wirt, it appears to us to be a mutter of very little import wbetlier ho uttered lb* sontiniotit imputed to bim or nut. Fortunately for tbe Southern States, the stability of their stitutioiig, duos nut depend Upon tin* opin ion of any individual however elevated in office. Ah long us tile Southern Stales are vigilant, and true to themselves, the opin ion of any oUiccr of government can do no bat tu. The charge brought a£aitml Mr. Wirt was by no mean# one upim which the Gov ernor of Georgia laid nmcR stress Wheth er true or otherwise, it w as of little conse quence. The greet ground upon which Governor Troup complained, was Mr. Knvr.’s resolution in tbe United St Ales' Sen- ntc. And certainly no one will deny that there wan ample matter in tiiat proceeding to t* !:• i in die fear, if not to justify the vehetn- once,which it caused hiui to express. In deed upon this subject South-Coralitm can not hut feel in unison with Georgia. It is not Jong since our own Legislature was fa vored with nvety exquisite opinion of Mr Wirt, given off linhd and contained in lit tie mote than tw*enty linos, upon the con stitutionality of one of our tniui important acts : and also with a resolution front Ohio which wah justly regarded as an indefensible interference iu our domestic concerns. It was inconsequence ,»f the feeling produced by those documents that sundry resolutions, of a similar character with those of Geor gia, were adopted by our Senate. And as our House ot Rcpresentfttivos fullv agreed in the principles of those resolutions, and onlv differed w itli the donate us to the phra seology iu which some of them were couch ed, so do all the people of the South con cur in the justice and necessity of the posi tion which tlio Executiveof Georgia has ta ken, however they may blame the violence of his zeal, or condemn the intemperance with which bo has given uttcranue to his feelings. [From the Knoicille {Tenn ) Recorder, of July 7] OtoRolX —The Legislature has adjourn ed, and put uu end to a short, but most in teresting session. Many causes for deep ainLpowcrful excitement existed ; ami their crrlfghtcrrcd. but eotnewhxt too ardent exe cutive, tout h-d tbe chords of feel mg with too rude a bai •' V. «■ mu. h regret the tone of his tnessag*. h «t w hile we concede that the language of the message uterus the re probation of * - »•: v ( aim and moderate man; yet, wc are far ftom belicteing that jto just ground for complaint, on the subject adver ted to in that paper, exist*. And when ju*t giouod of complaint cx.st on the part of the state govern incut tow anU that of the Ltiiou, although we approve <.f modetation comity and decorum jet we arc Cir front be ing fuUdiou# us to the terms in v\ hich Con. cad before our read it.it nb.'inin .b c trans- c them S. ii in mind ludeprndenr YtftOO Fraud—We « ers an arcomit ol' this action lu perusing r that at the declara Georgia owned nu.uly all thetctriiory whirl now composes the slates of Alabama and Mi sissippi, ami that subseqiirnllv her title to was i( cognised by Congtesion several f»cc. (ions. Tliisextcn«iv>f irnc of country cot taitin by estimate eighty six millions of acres At two dollars per acte, it anion u» in value t. one hunJrtd and seoruty-two millions of dollars Nil tliii intincnsc treasure was mice i it*litfull iu J|ioHMiHiion of Georgia. How it was ln f let the people ol die state leant from the fol lowing detail. YAZOO FRAUD. [From the Recorder.] “ Of the many attempts which odventu rers liuvc inadv to enrich thcmsulves at tli public expense, by practising on the cupid ty of statesmen, tnme were rn*>re fiagitiotiH than tlio Yanoo Fraud. Tito South 8 bubble ottd Mississippi Scheme hnd tli o; »*in perhaps less in knavery than folly atiu the mischief they produced w sient. They ruined it is true n few distill gui-Jmd wml some thousands ofubscuro pci sons, but were unimportant in their const 1 quences to tlio nation where they ro*o anti burst. Tbe Hlt.xk soon passcif affected neither the strength nor the inti* grity of the empire, and lull behind it lilt!* else besides its lesson and the wreck tutu s and reputations which it had destroy cd. But the Yazoo Fraud was n pernianeu curse upon the State which it dismembered whnne power it crippled, and over wlv character, polity and happiness, it lung hnd the moil malignant itiiluctr We would willingly spare ourselves tin details of this odious transaction Rut it on tin: crimes of the past that history niui shed her steadiest light: they are destine to boc.nue the beacons of the future. Several ptojecta forth** sale of large trad of country, within the limits of Gcorgii were at different periods presented to tli* Legislature. However contrary to gjod policy, they w< re listened to. Rut itisprr liable the mnj.nity of that body, never ha saga* it) enough to foresee the rapidity w it Ii which population and wealth would iu cruase,giving in tln ir progress value to what was then a vvilde Be that us it muy, however, we find them n 17?®,* entering into a contract with thre* companies for the *ale of lifiscn or tweut millions of acres of land, indudu^ tract bordering on the Mississippi riv But a dispute arose about the par mi nt of tlio purchase money, and the condition up on which the grants were to 1j*uc, wu» uut complied with. During the session of 17B4-5, tbe General Assembly passed an act conveying t associations called tlio Georgia, be (joorg Mississippi, the Upper Mis.sH»i*piu and Ten ncssec aninpanics, about thirty-live m of acres of land, Iving between tin* river M issi.-sinpi, Tennessee, Goosa, Al:ii* aud Monde. Thu bill was warmly contested in hot houMuqand bud also to encounter opp wDpt,| JC7 f n tlio Governor, it ultimately passed ’veei.r bv a majority of rn i tfu tlo’w of Representative* and two in the Henute.* Tbe sale cf so lai„S a tfiritory was re ived bv tbe people with an almost unani mous burtd of indignation, f**r it was soon known that nedrtf ail tbe members who vo ted fiu 'the law, had U*en ettliwr directly or directly corrupted bv tbe puy« Ii users. On the r leturn to tbeir homos, they were tnet by tliiMr eoiiHtitucnts with the must marked dissathfaction, i nd Income Irtstnnrcs war- ly o«capod live popular iiulignutimi, to vvliieb it is said one ot them actually fell a victim.t Tbe'diacbutcntcd, who were in ti the mass of the people, soon found u determined leader in Juftics JackadfR, nfl* i wards Gov ernor of the State and Senator iu Congress. He was eld ted’tb tlio Legisla ture at its next session, and became a mem bur of tbe committee who invnstigated tbe conduc t of their predecessors, and reported the evidence which proves their corruption. { Tbe art wai rescinded. All traces of its passage expunged fiouitho records of (lie Htatc, and the grants solotnnly nnnulle.d — Lest the authority of the ordinary legisla tive body should ho thought inad* (luato to these impoitant purposes, the will of tin people was solemnly and dcfbcrately ex prcmied by tbeir convention "f 17W. That notiy re-asx* tied in a constitutional article the invalidity of the grunts, and tho fraudu lent means which hnd been used to procure hern Tbe stockholders of the different on>i nnies were allowed to witlidrsw the proportion of the purchase money which they bad advanced, upon making oath that they hud m*t transferred their interest. A privilege of which tho least sertipitfoite of those who bad actually sold, arc said to l.a avnilo. themselves. The statesmen who adopted these mea sures could not be insensible to tbe difficul tics of their situation. Mnclt of the stock hnd past out of the bauds of tho origins holders, into those of foreigners and citi zcQaoftiic Eastern States, with whom cuni tul was much more abundant thun with th* people of Georgia. TIicho persons, really of preten.ledly ignorant of the arts practised to obtain the grants, claimed to be consider cd tot innocent purchasers- They inside, on the constitutional authority of the Lc gishiture to sell, and contended that if th corruption alleged was not altogutlior a mat ter betwsun the people of Georgia and llieir public ugcutM,still at all events, tbeir own claims, fairly and boncHtly acquired, must oot be confounded with others, who were parties to the fraud. It wuh much easier to prove the infamy o the Eegivl.itute, than to shew their want of constitutional authority to aell. Perhaps in deed the rucision of the law could srnrcel he iimintiiiituil on the principles of ihe rornt tutioti, and may much more safely In* justifi ed as an act of seif-preservation. An injured people made desperate by thn abuses of au thority, must and will pluck down their do mestic traitors, and violate, laws and cotisti tutions which have become merely a aboller tor injustice. It is indeed a fearful expert nicnt • an unhappy extremity. Rut we hold liberty and life on no better Tins. They must b»? defended by violent' ben they cannot otherwise be preserved 'Lite first ami most obvious ev il of this re elution, for «>» it mi») be called, was tbe degradation of the judicial, which tbe new (dilution reduced in an abject dopcti lent o on the legislative power. This tnca sure could be excused only on “ the devil plea of necessity.” To liuvo trusted tlio into courts with independence while such question might be agitated before them would have been an act of political suicide Rut tin* supreme tribunal of the Union w beyond tin* rcat Ii of state legislation, and from it there lay no appeal except to the sword. Under such circumstances it was natural enough to look round for some powerf rot* ction. Tlio United States* bad beret »rc faintly asserted a d' ul.tlul claim to fjj 1 territory in question,and in theirhandsalou could the demands of the fraudulent purciia sers be favorably settled or sucrosstully silted. A cession to the United Btotcs tin fore was resolved on,|| tho terms oriwbic were settled by the convent n of IB02.H— Georgia acquired by thia treaty tile sum one million two hundn * iud fifty thousand dollars, and lost the and jurisdiction o 1 ’ the present Sta* i '•! Wtspqqii and Alaba tntu At an cat’} m d nficr this cession commissi.mets w ie appointed by the Uni ted States'* ti receive a statement of ihe ’i i o cl urns, and to collect tbe r* 1 * *• . rtoption on which (ieorg i n« rusivted them. They considered 'he proof of fraud ornplcte, and the contract void on the most bvious principles of rensun and justice. Tin* purchasers notwithstanding hcacig- cd Congress year after year, with memori als and petitions. The conduct of Geor gia was arraigned with great bitterness. by some members of that b*>dy ; but iffiercelv attacked, she was ably defended, for she rt i koned among her champions the celebra ted and eccentric John Randolph.tt Congress repeatedly declined making onv provision for these claims. The claimants however did not limit their efforts to peti tions and memorials. They sought as might naturally bo expected from the theory of our government, the decision of the federal judiciary upon thn validity of tlujir title, and the Supreme court decided in their f vor.H Tlio cause of course was respented in its most fiivorahln ugpect, and the rights of mii innocent piircluisuriiiiilornlnw, which however iniquitouslv obtained, violated no ustitutional provision, wore pressed with all their force. The judges perhaps could not have decided otherwise, and the decis ion only proves that there are many abuses which no system of jurisprudence can cor rect. But ilns adjudication, while it affirm ed the naked right of the claimants, did not much advance their remedy. They had yet to prosecute the settlers individually, ami obtain possession by m tedious nnd ox- peQpive course of litigation. Large sales ol the land had already been made under the. authority of the federal government. It became expedient therefore, to quiet the f* ur* *»f tin* nihuhitiintt by putting an end to tins controversy. Aft.r' various abortivi cllortM an act of Congress passed, offer in terms of compromise to all the Yazoo claim ants who would relinquish their claim to ib * Am mg the names ot the Senators wh voted in the nog »tive, and « ho afterward* took in activ - p ill oi ino poll i«*s of th** State perceive those of Irwin, Mil e-lge £: Mil* ♦ Robe k 1 lonn.is, of Hanco* k, it is mqipos- ed was on account ol ins vote. . t l -nrmil of ll. • H R of (ice Jan. 1706 ^ 1 lie m c i.iioo lias ci ixed, but the uiiscbn f continues. hawse: G***.rgia—Mat hurt 4k. Craw fotj'i Ditcsi, pa#. 534. " l *w sl T S New edition, vol. I. p. 483. ^ ** .Eia»t*i Madison, Albert GuMatin cw Lev tt Grati lul for this devotion lo her interest* i ie l.i ?'sl *iure of Georgia gave the name ol % (indc'i'h 11 a r.aRity u j * >*• the moiioii of Jo *» l*'i Brian, K*q.v\itli ubom he bad long bee. ioi'.inao* Muirtly after Mr. Bryan s de.uli, die imut.* of the count) wax changed lo J.ik pr*i, .«ml the rc.oon given tor d pnving %'i K.ia lol,)b of tin* honor, was Iii* uh< dged *♦•• *;• i-iou Irom i * public an politics. I’ll* preamble ol the act which alter* thr nam », lecites n falsehood. It «t *tc» tl *t n *v a* g.ven to commemorate bit jrrvieoa t.. tin r« public tn parry The tact i* as above «i»trd We have accidentally met with ihe follow .in. i uiign oil rt)>iiaifnt of an an.rnvmou* win* ‘moil mi* pitiful a fir. *oi, ottered lo » man w h » geniu* whatever ni ght l*e his fault*, refli^vie. * ©f G nr fu—Watki»i Mates. The *umof .*?4,7CO,tMlO in .-lock s Appropriated, nnd a board of cominiF- sioner.i appointed ’o receive tin* proper ctn- eyances. Under tills bill of nc.iee, f.»r l»i«li tho country is in a great degree in lebted to the unwearied exertions of tbe on.John Taylor, n donator from South arnlina. all or nearly nil thn claims have i»«cq suriAfidi red, and the Yazno coutrovur- ■y at b ligib terininafed. Having thus brii (ly rcca^iitulatnd the lea ding events of this huge iniquity, wc may On pardoned for indulging in a few reflec tion* Tbe alienation of a fertile country equal extent to many European kingdoms, could inly be justified by the most irresistible nc- ty. If war had shorn it away, after a sanguinary struggle, the sword might win again, what the sword had Tost ; and an ex orted treaty, while it ratified the conquest, would have left behind it no other reproach ‘ an that of weakness. To havo yielded such a territory, bad it been necessary, for th«* preservation of her own independence, might have been politic in Georgia have sacrificed it t*. the harmony of the confederacy, would Irnvo been magnani mous if not wise. Tile citizen who love* his country as be ought, will perhaps find few other motives strong enough to excusi flic relinquishment of so noble a patrimo ny Whether its corsioa under any other cir euinstancca, however, ought to bu stigma tized as an act of imbecility or not, its sale by a corrupt Lcgislujuie to companies of land jobbers was certainly onn of unmitiga ted baseness. But it is past. Georgia like the improvident Esau, has parted with her inheritance; and those who defrauded her of her birth-right complained of her bad faith when she endeavored to reclaim it. By its lorn, slu-hasslirunk into a secondary pow^ er, driven to accept a* favors what she should command as rights, and losing with the fear nnd envy of others, something of their re spect She has furnished in her civil history a parallel for the military treachery of Arnold, and taught foreigners that more than one A met n an could sell bis country and bis ho nrfr. She baa t eased to confide in the vir tue of her public men, nnd now almost tempts them to be faithless by her leasing jealousy. The glory of lier fields has been von by arms not her own; yet it did uot bock Iter pride. Even tins scorn * if those who insulted her with their protection fail ed to ronse their anger. Slit has lauded llnr»e who degraded her; courted those who contemned; and allowed herself to be served without gratitude, and spurned with nut resentment. She beholds a lax political morality adopted by her people ; and bears again with astonishment, hut without ablmr renew, that success consecrates any mean* however base. Under the pernicious iritin •nee of such maxims, she witiiersos the daily flecIlltA (it flltn# i ...... I ! .1 f decline of that chivalrous spirit which, if it could not have kept her without fear and without reproach, vvonldat least have hid den ^her faults by her virtues as the baldness of Cttsar was covered by bis laurols. I o thif depth has she been sunk by the grovelling avarice ofthc Yazoo Legislature, and from nonce site nuu be raised only by the most heroic efforts of some mustei spirits among her sons. And there are many such : but not here must be tbeir eulogy * " ****** It is a miaerable consolation under these calamities to know that most of those who practised the fraud derived no benefit froi their wickedness ; and it should abate a lit tic ef the Pliarasuical presumption of some fair purchase rs to learn, that they acquired what was never paid for. Such however i the truth. Many thousand acres were sol by tho Georgians to Eastern adventurers, who gave tbeir notes in payment, failed before they wore due and assigned their interest in thu land to mote favored credi tors. Our surprise might be excited, if there wore fewer instances of human frailty upon record, by discovering how many men o fair characters, who bad done the state scr vice in the*field or in the Semite, were in Htrumental in procuring the agents of tbeir country to betray its Interests. That thev did s«», no candid tn.m who reads the testimony can doubt. Even the advocates fur the purchasers in thoir pam pblets do wot attempt to disprove the fa thev content themselves vv it h calling tlio ev ’*■ 1 ■* ' >T. :rte. The teMimony however 1 • jL.oDgsr upon which Lord Sunder nd,Mi Secretary Craggs, and Mr AisU bie were implicated in Law’s project." Upon the authority of this evidence, col lected by the Legislature of Georgia, and afterwards published by order of Congress, wo may assert, that all ’the member* who v ted in the affirmative but one, bad evident ly been cotrupted. Uf tlio whole transac tion, there can now be. hut one opinion — AH treachery is hueful, no matter un whom practisnd, and lie who stoops to offer, and lie who is biice enough lo accept a bribe, i equally deserving of contempt. Such, least for a long time, seems to have been th common sentiment of Georgia: for all win woie concerned in the fraud, and nearly all who were interested in tlio purchase, forfeit ed tbe confidence of their fellow-citizens.— Home who were considered too young, too poor or too ignorant, to have had anv ac tive agency in the project, wore afterward: elected to insignificant offices; but fe reached to any great distinction. It furnishes however, another melancholy instance of the infirmity of ktinuin virtue, or the iustibility of fortune, that one ofthc purchasers was afterwards Governor < Georgia—while a Senator who had resiste all temptations to vote in favor of tlio hill was subsequently dismissed from anotlic olfie# fapon charges of corruption.' • Memoir* of George l>t, page 193, aud the Parliamentary proceeding* of that)ear. pOf a 1 of the Western lands, together with 1 the petitions and remonstrances of the peo- plefvere referred, report five other affidavits the corruptions practiced to obtain tin* -ctj and submit tlio propriety *»l entering the proofs already laid before t..e House, and those which may ba laid before them. the Journal* **f the House, in order perpetuate such testimony, and tor that purpose recommend the following rcsolu- Rcsolved. That all such proofs relating to the fraud and corruptions practised to ob tain the act for tlio disposal of the Western territory of this Stale, he entered by the clerk on tho Journals of the House, in or der that the testimony so given may be perpetuated, as well for the satisfaction of the Legislature and to show the grounds or which they proceeded, ns to hand down to future Legislatures tho bare means by which ! rfolita of the people were attempted to battered. Agreeably to the foregoing report and re solve, ihenliidavita taken before the commit tee and exhibited to the House, being read are as follows. Georgia, Rnrke county, 1GM Jan. 1700. Bussell Jones, Senator from the county of Franklin, being duly sworn, maketb oath,that some time in the last summer, Thomas Kahurn Esq. a Representative from the said county, in the last Legislature, was at hi* botisu, when James Cad and several others wcie also present, nnd talking to gether on the subject of the *.alo of the Western territory of this Stats, tlio said Cail told Kahurn that he did not blame him for selling the land, bitt for selling his vote much lower than what other members did, that he, Ruburn, had sold his vote for GOO dollar*, and that others had got a thousand. Ruhuin replied,Nbnt it showed that ho was easily satisfied, and was not greedv. (Signed) RUSSELL JONES Stcorn in presence of the Committee of the House of Representatives before me. THOMAS LEWIS, J. I*. State of Georgia, Burke county Before Thomas Lewis, Esquire, one of the Justices of the Peace for the comity aforesaid, personally appeared Clement La nier, Esquire, one of tho Representatives of tire Legislature of this State, who being sworn on the holy evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that during the last session of the Legislature at Augusta, in the winter of the year 1794, ho being a member of the House of Representatives, and sitting on the same scat with Honry Gindrut, another of the members of that house, before tlio Speaker took the chair, the said Gindrat recommended to him to be in favor of selling tbe Western lands, for be tbe said Gindrut understood it worth our no tire, for Mr. Thomas Wylly, a Senatoi from Eftiingham county, had told said Gindrat that ho the said Wylly could hnve eight ort« n likely negroe* for his part, and thn depouent furthersaith that, on the sums day in the afternoon, the s*?d Thomas Wylly came into thn lobby of lha House, and beckonod to tbe deponent, who followed bun out when a conversation commenced about the Yazoo act; that at this time a Mr. Dmiison came bv and asked what we ware upon . the said Wvily answered the land business —the said Drutson then came up nnd Wyl ly withdrew ; the said Denison then tald the deponent that he did not pretend to ad vise any member to he in favor of selling the land, hut those who were in favor of were handsomely provided for, and that if the deponent thought proper to be in favor of selling, that he should hove part, and that the Maid Denison said he w as a purchaser of such uf the members parts ns had a mind to sell, blit understood thal some of the members pretended to ask eight or ten negroes for a share, or theii share, he said lie could not givu to much but the deponent might depend he would purchase ; the deponent further 6uith that previous to any of the before recited cir cumstances, Mr. William Longstroel, one wai within hi* \ri\e, \ impious liakit, lo i per*-.n of In* ii* ii ivimess. d ., deed. uf her f *the ♦; Franc* if 11* corpse of Biyan cob lien i in strode ovrr o wiM -n» me dead pa ri i tu d.* * (Moil) littlUIRMt. 1 uverr'.n the hot. negroes, :>U barrel, of rice, d,d „ ten..:., sum uf money, which ihe deponent duet not rnculloel , .['** *hi» Contract wa, m ., do beturo the irst bill was negatived by iho Governor, but lliat a reservation liein- m .de in tin. .round bill, in fitvot of tl ln ,Ttiz,.„e and the Slate, would deduct considerably from die quantity of land in each .bate liu tbe Silid R. I*. Sanders objected to giving ■„ much ; tlio said McIntosh, however, ur ed the completing of the contract; thoiaidtt 1*. Sanders limber told thu deponent that the contract was broken off by reason of that deduction. The deponent further ■aitli, that ho was present in company with Lachlan McIntosh. Esquire,and otli. ers, when some one of the company, | w thinks Mr. McIntosh himself, said that he thasaid McIntosh, held sixaharwintheGcnrl gia Mississippi company,which ha offered* ‘(hrec huiidrod dollars premium each, and on the same day the deponent understood, that lio did sell tnera for a premium of tw.o |juu. dred and fifty dollars each,do one of tUo grantees of that company (Signed) PETEK L VANALLEK. Sworn to as aforesaid. James Mcrrirntthcr, Esquire, being firs*. vorn, before Thomas Lewis, Esquire, ins iresunce of the committee of tlio liousaofT Representatives, was asked the following, questions: 1st. Were you not, or me you not novry. treasurer to one of the companies which purchased the territory, clnim».*(l under tho act of the last Legislature for disposing' of the same, passed on the 7th Jan A ‘ 1795, entitled “ An act tuppietnr^y, 2d. Who were astooiatet in that oooR>.> ny ? 3d. Do, or do you not know where thb list J of tho associateu is kept ? % J 4th Aro you, or arc you not acquainted with tho means by which the suid uwf was obtained ? 5th. Do you, or do you not know that some one or more of tlio members of tho Legislature were holder* of shares, directly or indirectly in the purchase? 3 0th. Did, or did not some one or more of tho members of the Legislature, pay unto you us treasurer, monies in pay ment of tin purchase, and who and which of them ? 7tb. Who was tho treasurer previous t* yourself? 8th. Has tbe Georgia company paid up the whole of the purchase money* ? 9th. At what tune was it paid ? 10th. Who arc tho treasurers of the otlicv companies ? v% Answers of James Mcrriwcthcr to the tions of the Committet. l*t. Quest Answer I was trrasurei &> tbe Georgia Mississippi company, and re ceived JC70 per annum for that duty, and re> signed on coming to this place. 2d. I do not know who they were; the accounts were opened not in the names ot person*, blit by the nuopber of certificates , when I received money I receipted by the number of the certificate. 3d. I do not. 4th. lam not. lam intoreslfrri’as spur, •baser in that company. f 5th. I do not. Gth. 1 never received any money from any member of the Legislature, as 1 recol lect, but I am pretty certain I did not. 7th. Mr Aniasa Juckson. 8th. They have. 9th. About the last of August he thinks. 1 certify that the foregoing were tho an swer* of James Mtrriwether to tho ques tions of the committee, set down in the halt* .•licet hereunto annexed, the said Jame* Mcrriwctlier being first sworn before uiu in presence of the committee. (Signed) THOMAS LEWIS, j. p. Questions asked Phillip Clayton, Esq. Qim*t. 1st. W’cro you intiiiRttely acquain ted with Roberts Thomas, Esq. deceased, one of the Senate of tlio State of Georgia, of the members of the snid Legislature, fre- during the last session of the Legislature tit EVIDENCE Respecting the Yazoo Claims (so colled) published Inj the Legislature of Georgia Copied from the 1st volume of the Imics of the U. States, from page 512 to 527 GEORGIA—By his honor, David Eman- ui l, President of the Senate, and Com mand! r in Chief of the army and mYuryaf this Stale, and of tfu 'MUilia thereof. To oil whom these presents, shall come, Greeting. KNOW YE, That George R Clayton, Esquire, who certifies the annexed extract from the Journals of ihe House of Repre sentatives ot this 8tate, is duly authoris ed to act for limes Holt, Esquire, Clerk thereof. Therefore, all due faith, credit aud authority are, and ought to be bad and gi ven to bis attestation and certificate as su< h. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto ret my band, and caused the great seal of this Stale lo be put aud affixed, at the State House, in Loui&ville^tiiis twenty-fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord, eigh teen hundred and one, and in the twenty- s:xth year of the Independence of the Uni ted States of America. DAVID EMANUEL. Bv the President and Commander in Chief HOR. MARBURY. &c y. of Slate. GEORGIA IIOUbE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Monday,25/A January, 1790. Mr James Jackson, from the committee to whom the eouBiitutionnhtv and validity of the act fi.r the disposal < Y tho Western land*, together with the p*.*; lions und.re- rnonstran. c* of the people were referred, brought m a report, which being delivered, ill nt ihe derk'* table, was read and agreed to by the ilou.-e. and l* us follows : The committee to whom the constitu tionality and validity of tfie act C*r tho J:t- juentlv called on the deponent aud asked him why he was not in favor of selling the Western lands, who answered he did not think it right to sell to companies of specu lators ; tho doponent at tins time wishing to make further discovery of the conduct of the members on that sale, and therefore affected to be incliuod to come into the measure, and by that means kept up a con- v creation about it occasionally; that on the day tlio bill received its first readimr, before the House was convened, the sflu Long* street spoke to the deponent, to get hi< ap probation to the sale ; the deponent asked him to show him what security the mem bers had ef the purchasers, when the said Longstrcct presented » certificate entitling the bearer to two shares of twenty thousand acres each, signed by Nathaniel Pendleton, chairman ; he the deponent then told th said Longstrcct, that, that wa# uot what he had forincily told him was a membur’s share, for that the said Longstrcct bad be fore said a member's share was s«venty-fivo thousand acres, that thu said Longntreet then told the deponent if he would wait a few minute* or an hour, he would bring him another certificate from Gunri'n company for the samn number of acre* ; that tho de ponent in order to disengage himself from the conversation, then said the security was nwt sufficient to entitle him to tho land.— That the said Longslrect then told the de ponent, if he was not satisfied with tho cor- tifkate, he would give him ono thousand dollars for it or for them, the deponent then presented the certificate to the said Long- street, and Went into the house, which was the lastintervlcw he had on the subject. The deponent further saith that the shares offered him aa aforesaid, were expressly designed to induce him, tho deponent, to vote for the bill for disposing of tho Western terri tory. (Signed) CLEM. LANIER. Sworn to a* aforesaid. Peter L. Van Alien, being duly sworn, saith, that on or about tho 12th or 13th of January, 1795, lie was in company with Mr. Gindrat, who the deponent understood was a member uf tbe Legislature then lately ad journed, that in consequence of the advice of R P Sail.for*, Esquire, another member of the sama Legislature, vvlm advised the deponent to purchase some of the Western laode which the said Legislature hud sold and in the purchase of which, the depo nent understood the said R P Handers. Eaquire, wa* interested, and from the infor mat too of the said R. P. .Sanders, Esquire, that they would purchase belvveeii* t lhemtwo •hares in Gunn s company, and to the beat of the deponent a recollection, two shares in Glascock’s company, for one thousand dollars; that the suid Gindrat told the de ponent, iu a conversation on that subject, that lie should have his, said Gindrut'*, sbaics for that sum, provided the money wus paid by a certain time ; that in consequence the deponent wept to exchange some Go vernor* warrants for money, and when he returned Gindrat refused to let him have them, having us the depouent understood and believed, met with a better market.— The deponent further saith, that he believes, and then understood that a certain quantity wa* ullolted to each member in the majority, who were nut to pay any money therefor in advance, and were particularly indulged, until the whole of the purchase money w payable ut the treasury, in consequence their vote and support of the Jaw for selling the laud The deponent further saith, that Roger P. Sander*. Esquire, told the deponent that he had made u contract with Lachlan M. Intosh, Esq. who was as the deponent un derstood, a member of tlio same General Assembly, for all ihnshuics the said Mcln- Wish held in the different companies, for w hich he had contracted to give Ivun eight Augusta, and did he live in your house du ring that acasion. 2. Had you or had you not conversation with him on the subject of the sale of ihe> Western territory oi’ this State, whilst that subject wa* in agitation, or before or after that time ? 3d. Did he or did he not tell you c.r give you to understand, that ha held u share or •hares in some one or more of the companies who purchased the land*, and did he or did ho not make known to you that such *lmre or shares Were given to him by the compa ny or companies, Without being liable to pay any inoiicv therefor, and that his cer- tifmtite differed from those given to persons: out i»f the Legislature in that respect ? 4th. A re you or are you not Acquainted with some one or uiuro of the grantees of the suid companies, and have you or huvo you not licaxil some ono or more of them say that the s:ud Roberts Tlioums did rc ieivo a gratuitous certificate for u share or shares in the purchase, mid that Im would not bu content w ith one in thu usuak form ? Otli. Have von or have you not heard the said Roberts Thom** say, that lie received any sum or sums of money from any of thu onipnnics, or any individual of those com panies, either in consideration of Ilia share shares, or otherwise, for being in favor of tho sale of the land, or have you or have you not hoard any member of cither of t!w> 9u*l companies declare, that tho said Ro berts Thomas did receive any sum or suui* ol money for, or on account of such sliaros or otherwise, from any of the member* of the said companies, for that considera-**! tion Uh. From every circumstance which haa coiuo to your knowledge, do you or do you not know or brlievo that tlio said Roberts Thomas or any of the member*‘of the la-t Legislature, wore absolutely interested ill the purchase of the Western lands; or did receive money or other thing to induce tlieux or him to Vote for the sale thereof. 7th. Did you or did you not understand from the question you put to Roberts Thom as, when ho brought you the monev, aud the manner in which lie answered it,'that he had received the money for hi* vote in the Legislature, or being in favor of the sale iff the land. 'ff 8th. Do you or du you not know the asso ciates of the respective companies. ? (luest. 1.—Answer. I was intimately acquainted with. Mr. Thomas; lie did live- in my lioute during that session. 2d. He had before, at, and after the pass ing the act. 3d. After the passing the act lie brought a considerable sum of inouey to my house,, and asked me to take ogle of it; 1" belie vo it was two thousand dollars—on winch I asked him how he got it, or if he got it for Ins proportion of the land, or words to t but effect; he said, it is nothing to you, take care of it and smiled. 4th I am acuuainted with the grantees of the companies,! never heard it from any of them. 5th. I did not, hut had my opinion. Gth. I do not know, but suppose they were, from general suppositions. 7th I did suppose, from a knowledge of Mr. Thomas's circumstances that lie could not have got that sum of money unless it had been in that way, either directly or in directly. 8th I do not. Mr. Longstieel executed a renunciation of dower of lunds belonging to the Georgia company, in favor of Mr Maher. (Signed) PHI. CLAYTON Sworn to us aforesaid. James Terrell, Esquire, being duly sworn -until, Thomas Rabum, Esquire, one ofthc members of the Inal Legislature, said in presence of Ujh deponent, some hippJJ ri mc