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BEACON TELEGRAPH.
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STATE OF Till: UNION.
REPORT OF THE POST MASTER GENERAL,
ACCOM PAN Visa Til K PltKslllENT's MKSnAf.K.
Pott Office Department, Hoc. l.ith, 1827.
Sir—Tho receipts of this Department for
the year ending the 1st July last, amounted to
§1,473,551.00
During the same period the
expenditures were 1,373,239.00
$100,312.00
Leaving one hundred thousand three him-
, dred and twelve dollars surplus of receipts. *
' The receipts of the lust year exceed those
of the four preceding years, the sums stated, viz:
1826, $85,134.18
1825, 221,439.63
1824, 304,352.09
1823, 859,205.88
If to the above sums there ho added the a-
rnount of the i eduction of expenditure, upon es
tablished routes, without lessening the public
accommodation, and due allowance he made
. for increased services, at a rate of compensa
tion below what has usually been paid, the con
dition of the Department will be found to have
improved, within fourycars ending 1st July last,
more than a million ofdollars; arid the last year,
in comparison will) the year preceding 1st Ju
ly, 1823, near half a million.
Within the last year au augmented transpor
tation of the mail lias been authorised, of four
hundred and fifteen thousand two hundred and
fourteen miles, annually, in stages, and on
horseback or in sulkeys, live hundred thousand
and thirty-two miles.
Under the contracts recently made, great ad
ditional facilities have been given, by accelera
ting the mail on leading routes, increasing the
number of trips, and establishing lines which
connect important districts of country. There
arc few towns or villages in the Union w hich
arc not accommodated with mail-stages.
The post offices have been increased to sev
en thousand.
In the last four years there has been added
to the mail operations of the country, iu reven
ue, transportation of the mail, and post offices,
more than one third. The-means of the.De
partment are now ample to meet the reasona
ble wants of the country, and a vigilant ad
ministration of its affairs, for a few years to
come, will place at the disposition of the Gov
ernment, an annual surplus of more than half
a million of dollars. This sum will he augment
ed as facilities of mail intercourse are multipli-
t .5ed, and can be most advantageously applied, if
deemed within the constitutional powers of
Congress, in the establishment and repairs of
mail roads.
By the last annual statement, there was
3hown to be in depositc, and duo from post
masters, including judgments obtained on old
accounts, the sum of $270,321.87
' To this sum may bo added
the surplus of last year 100,312.00
$370,633.87
Tho repairs lately authorised to be made on
the muil roads from Columbus to Doaks, in the
Stain of Mississippi, and from Fort Mitchell to
Line Creek, in Alabama, nro nearly completed,
ancTunder contracts which require tho work to
be done in the best manner, and at a price that
cannot fail to incut the public approbation.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
JOHN McLEAN.
To the President of the United States.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
IN SEX A TE.
Thursday, December 27.
.'The Resolution submitted on Monday by
Mr. Silsbec, in relation to the protection of A-
merican Commerce in tho Mediterranean from
tho Greek piracies, was considered and agreed
to. The Bill for the relief of tho Columbian
College in tho District of Columbia, was re
ported without amendment. Tho Bill making
_ “a partial appropriation for tho support of tho
Government during the year 1828,” which bill
provides for tho payment of tho Members of
Congress and for tho contingent expenses of
Congress, was read a third time and passed.—
Tiio Senate also spent a short time in Execu
tive business. The Senuto adjourned to meet
again on Monday. ‘
Monday, December 81.
Mr. Pnris presented a petition fron sundry
citizens of Maine, residing at liuulton, near the
confines of New Brunswick, setting forth abu
ses and’ insults received from their British
neighbors—the improper removal of tho A-
tncrican timber, &c.—dragging tho American
citizons before British tribunals for trival of
fences.—They state that these molestations
will be apt (o occasion the shedding of blood,
and pray Congress to tako that section of the
Union under its immediate care' and protec-
tion. ^ ■
On motion of Mr. Paris, this petition was
laid on the table, and in order that the Senate
might be possessed of tho fullest iuformation
on the subject, ho introduced a resolution re
questing (lie President of the United States to
communicate any information iu his possesion
relativo to any alleged aggressiou on the rights
of tho citizons by persons claiming authority
under the government of tho Province of N.
Brunswick. * •
Mr. Chandler, (of Me.) introduced a reso
lution, inquiring into the expediency of mak
ing a military road from tho mouth of the Mat-
tawankeag, where it empties into tho Penob
scot river, to Mars Hil), in tho Stato of Maine.
Mr. Brown of Ky. introduced a rcsulutiou
which was agreed to, directing that the Mes
sage of tho President of the United States,
and the report of tho Secretary of the Navy,
the act of March 2d, 1819, be referred to the
. Committee on Naval Affairs. .
Mr. Marks, of Pa. introduced a resolution,
inquiring into tho expediency of increasing the
salary of tho Judgo of tho Western district of
Pennsylvania. ■*’ <
’ After tho consideration of Executive bust-
. dcs, the Senate adjourned over to Thursday
next.'
no USE OF REPRESENTA TIVES.
r Thursday, December 27.
A number of petitions were presented. Tho
resolution, offered by Mr. Miner on Monday,
culling for a list of Laud warrants issued from
tile War Department, was laid on the table, af
ter a few observations, in which the objection
to it was said to bo the temptation which would
he held out to speculators by the publication of
tho facts asked for. Mr. Martindale offered a
resolution, which was adopted, referring it to
the Committee on Public Buildings to inquire
if there exists no officer who has charge of the
public causeways which are now going to des
truction in consequence of the mud which is
.suffeied to lie upon them. A resolution was
adopted, on motion of Mr. Woodcock, to in
quire whether the rule on which the Secretary
of War suspends the pensious of pensioners
suffering imprisonment for crime, be sanction
ed by law. The resolution was offered with the
sanction of the Secretary. Several private
bills were passed, and other bills, received from
the Senate, were read and referred to various
committees. The House adjourned to meet a-
gain on Monday.
Wednesday January 2.
After the presentation of petitions, several
bills word reported by the Committees, which
were read a first and second time, engrossed and
ordered to be read a third lime to-morrow.—
Among them was a bill fur making an appropri
ation to the Navy Hospital Fund. On the
adoption of a resolution relative to the surveys
of Janies River, and the Great Kenhawa, which
had been offered by Mr. Mercer at a former
day, and laid on tho tablo till it was brought up
according to the rule of the House; u short
debate sprung up, in which Mr. Floyd, of Vir
ginia, Mr. Mercer and Mr. Bartlett, look a part.
Mr. Floyd offered an amendment to the reso
lution, which was negatived, and the original
resolution then passed. The House adjourned
at a'littlepast two o'clock.
"miscf.llaneous.
From the Constitutional (Pa.) Whig.
Slavery in Virginia.—In the county of
Goochland, a negro man during the last sum
mer, runaway from his owner, and made good
his escape to Pennsylvania. He remained
there some four months, when having made a
fair experiment, and finding liberty among
strangers, attended by the necessity of equal la
bor, and the responsibility of independence,
not the golden life he had dreamed, lie sponta
neously returned to Virginia and to slavery.—
He is one out of a hundred for shrewdness, and
this last act in our opinion, is not the least proof
of it; for to thoso educated as slaves, and mark
ed by nature if not for that cad, yet with colors
that establish an eternal barrier between them
and the whites, liberty among the latter—a lib
erty attended with ail the inconveniences and
responsibility of free agency, without any of its
benefits—is but a shadow, aud not to be put in
competition with the substantial comforts of the
Virginia slave, and the exemption from pros
pective care which is concomitant of all slave
ry. This case though but an insulated one, is
we believe a fair illustration of the mild and be
nevolent character of Virginian slavery in gen
eral—and though we profess and really feel
tho most ardent solicitude that the. day may
conte when tho soil of Virginia shall no longer
be dug by slaves, and her character no longer
be obnoxious to the reproach of holding human
beings in bondage, yet the solicitude is created
by our love and respect for our native State,
and not by the expectation of ameliorating the
condition of her slaves. Some little observa
tion, and much inquiry have long ago satisfied
us, that the slaves of Virginia enjoy more solid
comfott, are exposed to fewer hardships, than
the laboring class of any portion of the Christ--
ian world. To exchange their condition for
freedom to bo onjoyed either in tho United
States, in Africa, or the West Indies, would be
subtracting materially, from thesuui total of hu
man happiness. It is tho condition of their
masters, weighed down and impoverished by
the nature of negro slavery, and of Virginia
blighted and held back in tho glorious race of
improvement aud power, by the same cause,
that impels us to pray for its final extinction and
enlist our sympathies in behalf of colonization
schemes. Thoso who act in tho same cause
from the contrary motive—from sympathy for
the slave himself—would do well to survey
more closely, the masses of European wretch
edness, befoio they permit the emotions of a
gratuitous philanthropy to disturb tlieir happi
ness.
THE JEFFERSON MANUSCRIPTS.
From the Virginia Advocate.
Wo aro authorized to state, that tho pro
spectus for tho publication of the MSS of the
late Thomas Jefferson, will be offered for sub
scription next month, and that it is contem
plated to deliver the work to subscribers early
next Summer- These papers were, for tho
most part, noted for publication, and arranged
chronologically, by the author, during his late,
and then designated to tho person: to whom
they wore*' afterwards consigned at his death.
They are miscellaneous in their character,
consisting of a memoir of himself, terminating
in the year 1789, when he became Secretary
of State to Gen. Washington, and a voluminous
correspondence from 1779i to his death. All
his letters will not, of course, be published. It
is designed, however, only to omit those which
relate to private affairs of himself or others, or
the ordinary details of business, and to offer to
the public all, which in any manner, indicate Ins
views, feelings and principles, in regard to the
subjects and general interest, whether moral or
political. Wo believe that, in theso papers,
tho Moralist, (lie Philosopher, and the Politi
cian, will find much to amuse, instruct, and in
terest hint.
We rejoice at tho prospect of an early pub
lication of this work, because, amongst other
reasons of the varied constructions at this timo
given to the opinions of Mr. Jefferson, tending
to induce tho belief that ho was not always
consistent. The great political reformer will
now speak for himself, in his own decisive and
energetic language, promulgating his own bold
and incontrovertible doctrine. We do not ex
pect that tho proposed publication will bo like
agreeable to all. Ho who attempts to reform
or enlighten mankind, must ever be opposed
by ignorance, bigotry, and interested zeal; and
while, in other countries tho Altar aud the
Throne form i ho rallying points of opposition
to every innovation upon existing abuses,—in
this, the same motive oporate scarcely less ef
fectually without the aid of power or priest
craft. But, by the friends of human liberty, it
will be duly appreciated atid must emphatically
become the text book of republicanism.
It is supposed that the work will comprise
three octavo volumes, ofabout 500 pages each;
and it will be accompanied by a portrait of the
author, a facsimile of ilie Declaration of inde
pendence, as 'originally prepared, of the subse
quent alierations made by the different mem
bers of the Committee,
Ferry,—and he further and very properly sug
gests, that if a statue of Washington is to ho
erecicd upon the monument dedicated to hint by
the people of Baltimure, should not the material
be of the produce of the stute. The Academy
of Fine Arts of Philadelphia, have pronounced
this marble superior to that of the statue of the
king of Rome. The specimen may bo seen on
our desk, where we find if very convenient as
a paper presser. Am. Farmer.
without the interruption of feelings of j n j ury
sentnient. ^
andre. I
One obstacle only now remains, to the re.ir
of full confidence, on the part of Georgia' i„ ? 4! .‘ 0, |
tice and magnanimity el the General Gomi* ^1
on the removal of which, every cause of Ha/ "''' 1
heartburning will have ceased. We -h -j . OU V , Ml
tingnishment of the Cherokee tide to « p ortint( “'h
soil. Bat we forbear at present from dweln,," "
subject: from the disposition lately manifested ^r I
eminent seems tn hare taken a proper vi
Vera Cruz.—The following is an extract matte r, and we hope will pursue it to.r ''
the Editors of the New Y ork | .- ssue UV01
From the Darien Oaieelte 2d imt.
A Gcntlemnn from the country has placed
in our possession the model of it sugar Refiner,
of his own invention; the construction is sim
ple and ingenius; wo are not acquainted with
the process ho adopt to produce the results,
but we are informed that with tho aid of a Re
finer constructed upon the same principle, he
will drain mid refine sugar for the market at
shortest notice.—There are in the cells of the
refiner two beautiful samples of sugar one of
u pale straw colour, the other white approach
ing in quality, the Havanna lump sugar,—both
samples are well granulated and dry. From
what little knowledge we have of the process
of sugar making, wo think this new mode of
preparing it bids fair to become of vast import
ance to tlie cultivators of the sugar cane.
A description of the plan for the State Capi
tol of Alabama.
The general form of the building is that of
a Roman Cioss, extending from East to West,
through tho centre 106 feet, aud from North to
South in like manner 132 feet exclusive of the
porticoes. Tho principal entrance from tho
East leads to a vestibule (34 by 26 feet) to a
Rotunda (36 feet diameter) communicating on
tho South with the apartments of the Governor
and Secretory of State, 26 by 12 feet, a com
mittee room and record room, each 12 by 17
feet, and a passage 12 feet wide—height of these
rooms thivteen feet. On the west of the
Rotunda will be the Supreme Court room, 40
feet by 31, and 16 feet high. The north wing
will contain apartments for the Treasurer and
Comptroller, with a record and committee room,
which with a passage will bo similar in dimen
sions in all respects, with the rooms &c. in the
south wing. From the vestibule, you ascend to
tho principal floor, which contains an anticham
ber, 36 feet diameter, surmounted by a dome
and cupola—a Hall for Represe ntatives 45 by
37 feet, and 29 feet high—a circular gallery
aud arched coiling, supported by eight Ionic
columns—a Hall for tho Senate 57 by 43 feet,
and twenty nine feet high, with agallery, forming
a circle, supported by columns; and a hall of
conference, 30by 17 feet, mid two clerks rooms,
23 by 20 feet, and 14 feet high. From this
fl -or, there are four stair cases, leading to the
tliiid nr attic story, which contains passages to
the galleries—a library 30 by 17 feet and 14 feet
high, and two clerks rooms, each 23 by 20 feet,
and 14 feet high. ,
from u letter to
Gazetto.
The affairs of our Government can, by no
means insure us with confidence; their .finan
cial circumstances are pretty bad, and no mo
ney having been received for Government by
the Conducta, which arrived a lew days sinco,
their dividends are left unpaid; and still they
are looking for another loan in England, where
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Extract of a Letter from the Hon. Wil, on r„ ' I
Representative in Congress, to the Editor o/ii,M
Telegraphy dated J ‘ ' Vw «j
“ Washington, 27th Dec
“ Tomorrow is the day set apart by the CommiiL
, A PT*.lrn~ /~C l.t-U t “Ulliej
are i«UKiiig .or auanwr .on..... on | ndian Affairs, (of which I am a member
our bonds have fallen enormously. Th^r are , cide in prop0fitton introduced in the £
trying to drive the Spamads out of this 1 erri-1 , ... . . ‘ . . • • * ne ilons « k> 0
lider, by so doing, ‘ ,n( l uire ,n *° expediency of provldii
ves, nnd I should l by lavv, for the r «"^val of .11 the Indians w ;. hi ,„
’ boundaries of any of the states of the
trying to drive the Spaniads
tory, hut they do not consider,
that they will run themselves
not be surprised if tho country will meet with
the same fate as our neighbours the Colombi
ans.
Another letter of the 4th instant, remarks
The question for the expulsion of the Euro
pean Spaniards continues to he still agitated,, . ,
and the state of this country does not promise I t0 an ,ncrease °f duty on imported Woollen rood,
a settled order of tilings. j F, ; om “ has, y 8 lance of ,hi> production, (for it
A petition has been sent up from this city to j * a jd on my table this afternoon,) I think it is..
the Congress, styled the voice of the people, j considerable nbility, and takes a very just
though rising from the plans of the predomin- of the subject. However, you will before long ha,
any of the states of the Union, to'Z]
eligible situation welt of the River Mississippi, ppT|
the result will be, I will not now venture to ton' 1
ture; but I am not without hopes of success. J 1
“ 1 herewith enclose you an interesting MentoiU
from the inhabitants of Boston and its vicinity *<)i tl
Boston, December 28.
N. E. Boundary.—Mr. Davies, the Agent
of Maine, has visited Fredericton, N. B. and
been received with the utmost hospitality. He
was present at the St. Andrew’s celebration,
and at numerous dinner parties; lint the author
ities declined to receive him officially, because
the affair was one for National Agents to set
tle. It was thought his impressions respect
ing the Houlton affair had undergone some
change—but he was also to visit that place.
Mr. Bnrrell, an Agent from the U. S. has
proceeded to Ficdcriclon, and undoubtedly
lias been officially received.—Palladium.
Mr. Shaw arrived here on Sunday, Horn
Washington City, via Pittsburg. We under
stand, he has chargo of a large quantity of far
ming utensils, carpenters'and blacksmiths’ tools,
&c (intended for the uso of tho Creek Indians
who may emigrate to the lands assigned them
west of this Territory), which he accompanied
as far as tho mouth of Whito river, from whence
they will he immediately forwarded, in a keel-
boat, to their place of destination. When he
passed Memphis, a few days ago, no informa
tion of Col. Brearley, or the party whom ho
is conducting, had reached thore, though he was
daily looked for. Ark. Oaz. 27th Nov.
Loss of the Steam-boat America.—Wo learn,
by a gentleman from the mouth of White river,
that the steam-boat America, Capt. Scott, be
longing to Scott &. Rule, of St. Louis, (and
one of the finest boats on the western waters)
was totally lost on the 15th inst. in consequence
of running on a snug in the Mississippi, at Plumb
P oint, about 75 miles above Memphis. She
was laden with about 250 tons of lead, about
$75,000 worth of furs and about $6,000 or $7,-
000 in specie. Tho furs, (with the exception
of one pack), togetbor with tho specie, wassavodj
and at the last accounts, the principal part ofher
machinery had been taken out and landed, and
hopes wero entertained that a large portion of
tho lead would be secured. After striking on
the snag, she swung off, and drifted to a sand
bar, wliero she sunk in a few minutes, in 10 feet
water. On-the third day after the accident,
she broko into three pieces, which left no hopes
of saving her. She was not insured.—i6.
Hartford, Con. Dec. 17.
Silk. In Norton and Russell’s State Regis
ter it is stated that “in tho town of Mansfield,
in Tolland county, is annually raised upwards
of 3000 pounds of Silk, which in its raw state
is estimated to bo worth, at a fair valuation,
from 12 to $13,000, and when manufactured
into skeins and prepared for market, is worth
from 18 to $20,000. The labor is chiefly per
formed by females and young persons.
Maryland Marble.—From a friend, we have
received what, he says, is an inferior specimen
of superior marble from Bloch ar's orBlockar’s
J uarry, in Washington county,twelve milesfrom
'redericktowa and five milos from Harper’s
ate party (Yorkinos) in which the immediate
expulsion is demanded. The Spaniards are
in a state of great alarm, and making every ex
ertion to get tlieir property out of the country.
Very large quantities of specie have been ship
ped on Spanish account. The British Packet
sailing in a few days, will carry home very
near a million of dollars. Under present cir
cumstances commerce is entirely supfimled,
nnd wo look forwnrd to very bad times.
Tho convoy which left the city of Mexico
on tho Gth, arrived at Vera Cruz on the 24th
Nov. with $1,700,000. A Br. frigate took on
boiird $300,000; about tho same amount was
to ho shipped .by the British packet- for Eng
land; and a large amount by the French packet
ship for Bordeaux, which would also carry out
60 or 70 Spanish passengers.
The Duke of Saxe Weimar's “Travels” in
the United States, were to appear in Gernnny
in October last, in two volumes, with plates
and embellishments, including views of Phila
delphia and New York. The work wasio be
edited by Henry Luden, who is ono of the
best historical writers of Germany. The Ger
mans are publishing the whole scries of Coop
er’s novels, in their own language and in the
original.—Nat. Gazette.
The first uumber of tho Southern Agricultu
ralist, for January, 1828 edited by J. D. Le-
garf., Esq. and pulished by Mr. A. E. Miller,
has made its appearance. From this specimen,
we anticipate the work will prove of much bene
fit to the Agriculturalists of the Smith.
The development of the plans of tho thinking
and judicious Planters in a clear and interesting
stylo, cannot but be profitable to tho agriculture
of the Southern States—that such essays will
have an extensive circulation, and produce
general and substantial benefits, we cannot
doubt; as we are informed the subscription is
already, in number, very respectable, and such
as to insure the success of tho undertaking.
Charleston Courier.
MACON
MONDAY MORNING, January 14, 1827.
CREEK AFFAIRS.
A full Council of the Creek Nation of Indians as
sembled at their Council Ground on Monday the 31st
ult. and continued for several days. At this Council
the Treaty made by'Col. McKenny with the Chiefs
for the purchase of their remaining strip of land in tho
boundaries of Georgia, was laid before them by the
Agent, and received their full assent. The Gov
ernment is to pay them $47,491—being $5000 more
than mentioned by Col. McKenny in his letter to the
secretary of War. Of this sum, the Indians have a-
greed to appropriate $5000 for the support of the Ken
tucky school! $4000 to be divided between the Tuck,
aubatchee and Broken Arrow schools; $2000 in erec
ting horse mills', and $1000 in the purchase of spin,
ning wheels and cards. So it would seem an eye has
been had to the advadtaget resulting from education
and the promotion of domestic industry.
Ridge and Vann, the Cherokee intermeddlers, hav
ing been proscribed from the Council, no difficulty
occurred in procuring the ratification of the Treaty.
The Little Prince.,made a long talk, In which he ex
pressed the fullest confidence in the benevolent inten
tions of the Government, and ih the integrity and kind
feelings of tho Agent. He expressed h good deal of
before you my views upon the Tariff and Intertill |m
provi ment subjects; and I shall be gratified i( »
views should coincide with my friends and eoastitai
ents in Georgia. You shall also hear from me a
other subjects: and the indulgence which I u{j,j
that I may be weighod in a fair balance-andiflfi
serve it, let “ Tekel" be written on me."
AFFAIR OF HONOR.
We understand two legal gentlemen, membersol
the Middle hnr, both prominent in their profeKiot
have gone on beyond the jurisdiction of this suiMi
get rid of a personal misunderstanding, conceive J J
we learn in the political orgasm of (lie last camp:
We wish them a happy deliverance.
“ EIGHTH OF JANUARY."
The anniversary of the memorable Battle of Xn
Orleans was noticed in this place by the well discipliJ
cd and handsomely equipped corps of Macon fain
leers, who paraded on the occasion, and fired nation
salutes.
RARITIES.
A worthy citizen of this place, noted for his puhtif
spirit, treated his friends on the Eii'hth,tonheim
of Fresh Shad, caught that morning in the OcmnlfM
with the equally rare accompaniaments of ccloy, ■
paragus, &c. which the mild winter had allowedfj
Come to perfection in his garden—the first luxuries j
iheir kinds we had seen this season
ELECTIONS.
Town Commissioners. The following genllcmej
were elected on Monday lost. Commissioners of ta
Town of Macon for the ensuing year! John T. I
mar, Robert Birdsong, John Corbett, John S. Childtrj
and 51. J. Slade.
County Officers. Tltcsame day, being the first Mol
day in January, elections took place in the sever
counties throughout the state, for County officecs.-j
The following persons were elected in
Bibb County. Spencer Riley, sheriff; N.lV.VWlj
clerk superior court; Martin Simmons, clerk inftiil
court; Dnvid Burks, tax collector; GeorgeVipfjl
ceiver of tax returns; Van Sivenrengen. coroner-^
Note—Wells heat his opponent, N. C. Muurot,'
clerk, 46 votes.
COURTS.
The times of holding the Superior and InfojJ
Courts in tho counties of Wilkinson, Jasper and
win, have been altered as follows: , _
Superior Court. In Wilkinson, on tbcddMow J
in April and October; in Jasper, on the 3d 3 "MJ
April und October; and in Baldwin, on the dd»W«i
in June and January. . j
Inferior Court. In-Wilkinson on the 2d J nWI
July and January; in Jasper on the 3d Moo «y « |
ly and January; and In Baldwin on the 2d * ou |
April and October. *
NEW POST OFFICES. .
The following New Post Offices have been ts 1
liahed in Georgia, since the 1st of Decem, * r:
Gaines’ 8tore, Elbertt Spencer's Store, Hewp"1
ly Grove, Monroe; New Echota, Cherokee Ml
Pleasant Hill, Henry. /
NEW STAGE ROUTE. K • J
Mr. Varner, Mail Contractor on the direct w •
tween Macon and Savannah, intends ruum"? ^
Stagcson said route, in the courseof ono r
—by which arrangement, travelling espew
this aud Savannah will be considerably re u
if INDIAN SPRING-
a The act “ to dispose of the Mslutow.
regret, that his nation bad been so long imposed upon t ha county of Butts,” provides, that , c “ n ’ • |i
by those mischief makers, Ridge and Vann, and had | shall lay off the Indian Spring reserve m ° ^ ^ _
listened to their cunning and interested talk, instead in the following manuer, which Jots, ^ j
ofthat of their real friends.
The renagades above named have become greatly
exasperated, and are endeavoring to work up an ex
citement in the upper towns against Little Prince and
his adherents. Should they succeed, an intestiue war
will ensue. Opothleyohota, Menoway.and oneortwo
other broken chiefs bad joined them, but it is thought
they will not sncceed in organizing a very formidable
party.
Tho above information we received from a gentle- of ton acres,
man who attended the Council, and who subsequent
ly passed through this place: it may be relied upon
as subslantially-correct.
We rejoice that the controversy between Georgia
and the Creeks, is at last happily ended. So long os
they occupied the soil our citizens considered as their
birthright, misunderstandings would, from the very
nature of things, constantly and unavoidably occur;
and ripening into animosities, be productive ol results
the most lamentable. The long and unpleasant con
nexion being dissolved, by their .removal beyond our
limits, no new troubles with them need be anticipa
ted ; and hereafter, whenever our sympathies are ex
cited in their behalf, they may be allowed to flow Spring reserve :
in tuc following manner, wuicn iou>, ■» (
tion of tho one containing the Bliueral s P rl ’ p
be sold at public outcry, 30. days notic® ‘ I
ously given—one filth of the purchase ^
paid down, tho balance in four equal ^ j
ments. The advantages of the site ^
health, and the deserved celebrity of i
doubtless attract public attention lo the •* (
“Tho Mineral Spring shall be '“jj,*
nearly as possible in tlio centro ot
of ton acres, and around said squat > . (
bo laid off two successive rau 8 cs coai ist
taining two acres each, as nearly •* itt
with uniformity, iotersected by stre ^
ues of not less than thirty-three . ^
and running duo east and west, not
at right angles to each other Ji» r » Be ,(I
wholo plan of lots to bo laid oft
tho said range of two aero lots, j
off uround them ono other rnng®
lots, and next to said last n,enuon lhe , r a9{*1
shall lay off adjoining to them an #r pd
lots to contain not less than Ini*
thirty acres—And tho balanco o ^ c
Sonne reserve shall be laid off