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jIyron Bartlett.
MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1831.
^ilmn Telegraph i. published every Sa-
*«" Mulberry Street, west side.
Ifanee Dollars a year, if paid in ad-
,r r oca dollars, if not paid before the
I«ar Subscribers living at a distance
[t j iB ' a ll eases to pay in advance.
S^STRATOKS
i» SALES.
att*vT to an order of the honorable the in-
of Oglethorpe county, while sitting
‘“L nulscs, will be sold, on the (list Tucs-
“JffEfc el the ««»* ll0USC in 1,ike C0l,n -
t o acres of Land, more or less, being
; 9in the second H.-strict originally Monroe
i county, adjoining Burwell Orr’snnd others.
Slrftlie real Estate of Thomas W. Bali.
wd—sold for the benefit of the heirs and
Terms made known on the day of sale.
• 6 £ s. C. ELLINGTON, adm or.
fjT^ld on the first Tuesday in October
,,t at the courthouse in the town of Coltm-
county, agreeable to an order of the
jlilrtof Bibb county, silting for ordinary pur-
Lnnd No. 73, in tho 8tli District of
i lying within a mile and a half of Colum*
,’ingto the orphans of John Hamlin, late of
il deceased, sold for their benefit. Terms
T CHARLES M'CARDIL,
Guardian.
Democrat will publish the above till day of
Inly 14 20
1 he sold at the house of Jared Tarplcj/, de-
iiai in Monroe county, on Saturday the
f October next, all the Perishable Properly
1 to said estate, consisting of Horsts, Mules,
1 of steers and cart, cows and calves, Housc-
l Kitchen Furniture, fife. for the benefit of
,d creditors of said deceased.
MARGARET TAKPLEY, Atlm'x.
JAMES .MAY, Adm'r.
Ltr !0 td, on Monday, the 28th of Novem-
itrneit, at the late residence of Thomas P. ‘
teased, in Monroe county, c
Perishable Property belonging to tiio P
the said deceased, consisting of Horses, .
•ep and Cattle, one Gin und Thrasher, Corn
ir, household and kitchen Furniture, Cot-
nliniatiou Tools Terms made known on
He. FRANCIS SWANN,
[ 34 » adm’rx.
\ POSTPONED SALE.
first Tuesday in November next, will be
lit the court house in Randolph county,
brdcrofthe inferior court of Baldwin coun-
f Land No. 238 in the eleventh district of
Lee now Randolph county, being the real
baud Flint, deceased—for tho benefit of .
Ljcreditors. DANIEL PRATT, 1
p 34 adm’or.
loontits nflcr date application will lie made
Lhonorable Inferior Court of Bibb county, 1
■iag for Ordinary purposes, for leave to sell .
lad Negroes belonging to the estate of Hen• 1
lite of said county deceased, for the benefit
Lracd. JOHN SMITH, Adm’or.
I 29 >
■MONTHS after date, application will be
Ide to the honorable the interior court of i
ltr, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for t
HI the Real Estate of Thomas Lundy, late I
■atr, deceased, for.the benefit of the heirs
Ion. THOMAS LOWE, adm’or.
1831 32
■MONTHS after date, application will be
lie to the honorable the Inferior Court at
luatv. while sitting for ordinary purposes,
|> sell a part of the Negroes willed to Wil-
Bsitray by his unele William Gosawny, de-
1 the benefit of the heir and creditors.
9 JAMES GOSAWAY. Guardian.
|331 31
■MONTHS after date, application Will he
Bo to the lien, the Inferior Court of Butts 1
Ben fitting for ordinary purposes, for leave
BgroGirl named Lizzy, belonging to tlio es
Btunp Knight, deceased, fertile benefit ol
Biteeini said estate. June 30, 1831.
| CALVARY F. KNIGHT, adm’or.
■*I0NTHS after date, application will be
Be to the heuornhlc the inferior Court of
■ inly, while silling for ordinary purposes.
■ lell Lot of Land, known on the survey
BV the number fifty-nine in the fourtuei.tli
•e fiitb icction—fer the benefit of tho or-
Buomas Houston, deceased. June 2, 1831.
| JOHNSON HOUSTON, adm’or.
fcj.NTHS after date, application will be
B 1° the honorable the Inferior court of
■oenty, while sitting for ordinary purposes,
■•sell one Negro .Man named Prince, be-
■Jeestatc of Jessy Mills, late of aald conn-
®,T“ r the benefit of the heirs and credi-
?831 BRYANT BATEMAN,
adm’or
^ptnntiis after date oppUcation will be .made
»honorable the Inferior court of Talbot
1. ^ or Ordinary purposes, for leave
■ f? "fanian and child, belonging to the
■uwmGauairau. bite nfMuscogec county,
■t the benefit ofthe heir and creditors.
■ JAMES GASSAWAY, Guardian.
BlONTHS after date, application will be
* jo the honorable the inferior court of
,'vMle sitting for ordinary purposes,
■ *ll lot of land No. 21 in the eighth dis-
■ raunty, and lot No. 76 in the sixth dls-
Jcounty_f,, r tiie benefit of the orphans of
J. May 11; 1831.
■ p ENLLOPE LEGGETT, Guardian.
■>omhsafter dato application willlbc rondo
B, y?,? ota 5le the Inferior court of Jasper
B.., ' ln S for Ordinary purposes fur leave
■ rf 4 °f John Sturdivant, late of said
■ T.vJ,. 0 benefit of the heirs and creel-
M STURDIVANT, Adm’or.
Bjy;?*]*® afterdate, application will be
■ J , honorable Inferior Court of lious-
■ ftjtlng fur ordinary purposes, for
Hem,/, 01 !‘ sllile of Husky R. Ulasciiaiid,
■'•"“"ty, deceased.
llBM A of N U> CHASTAIN, adm’or.
butts sales.
P n , ,Ae /‘ r, < Tueedayin October next,
ILL bo sold at tho court-house in Jackson,
oounty, between the lawful hours of
sale, the following Property, viz:
Ono Negro Girl, by the name of Lindy, 12
mv . e8 7, “•d—levied on as (be property of Hugh
IFue to satisfy sundry Fi. Fas. issued from a justice's
court of Butts county, A. Gould bearer vs Hugh
Wise and Barney Wise—property pointed out by
Barney Wise, one of the delfndants—levy made and
returned to me by a constable,
august 29 JOSEPH SUMMERLIN, sheriff.
POSTPONED SALES.
Also, will be told at above,
John Robinson’s interest in Lot No. 2, in
the town of Jackson—levied on to satisfy sundry Fi.
Fas. issued from a justice's court of Butts county in
favor of Pierpont Phillips vs. John Robinson—proper
ty pointed out by plaintiff's attorney—levy made and
return g, bv a constable.
Ono Negro Man named Ben 25 years old,
ono Negro woman named Rapbel 29 years old, and
her child Klioda 1 year old—levied on as the proper
ty of Joel Baley to satisfy a Fi. Fa. issued from Butts
superior court in favor of William M. Turpin and
William M. D'Antignac vs Joel Baley—property
pointed out by plaintiff’s attorney,
augnst 29 JOSEPH SUMMERLIN, Sheriff.
Also, will be sold as above,
202 1-2 acres of Land, mine or less, known
as Lot No. 43, in'tbe first district of formerly Henry
now Butts county—levied on as the property of It'ib
ham Grantham to satisfy a Fi. Fa. issued from the in
ferior court of Hancock county in favor of J. W,
Scott and Huddleston—property pointed out by Tho
mas Coleman.
2 Cotvs and Calves—levied on as tho pro
perty of John Kirk to satisfy a Fi. Fa. issued from the
superior court of said county in favor of Timothy
Hunt—property pointed out by defendant
august 29 • R. W. HARKNESS, deputy sheriff.
Also, will be sold as above,
202 1-2 acres of Lund, known as Lot No.
in tha first district of originally Henry now Butts
unty: levied on ns tbe property of John Af. Deven-
rt, by virtue of a mortgage Fi. Fa. from Batts supe-
SHERIFF SALES.
SHERIFF SALES.
POETRY.
MONROE SALES.
W On the first Tuesday in October next,
ILL be sold between the usual hours of sale
before the Court House at Forsyth, Mon
roe county, tbe following property to wit:
Ono sorrel Horse, ono forty-saw Gin, and
one Thraihing Machine—levied on as the property Of
Jarred Tapley to satisfy a Fi. Fa. in favor of Littleton
Atkison. WM. HUCKABY, deputy sheriff.
august 30
CRAWFORD SALES.
- On the first Tuesday tn October next,-
tylLLbe sold before the court house at Knoxville,
V/y Crawford county, between the usual hours of
sale, the following property, viz:
Lot of Land, No. 104 in tho sixth district of
Crawford county—levied on as the properly of Frank
lin Mitchell and John Powell to satisfy a Fi. Fa. in
favor of Stephen Ivens against said Franklin Mitchell
and John Powell—levied on and returned to me by
N. Horn, constable. WM. B. FILES,
august 30 sheriff.
FAYETTE SALES.
On the First Tuesday in October next,
B EFORE the court bouse ill Fayetteville, Fayette
county, will be sold between the usual hours of
sale, tbe following property,to wit:
Six head of Cattle, one Hog, ono Screw-
plate, and two Hammers,‘levied on as the property
of Sanford C: Clark, to satisfy ao execution in favor
of A. Ware and B. O. Jones, vs said Clark,
aug 27 A. McBRIDB, D. shff.
FOR THE MACON TELEGRAPH.
CLOUDS.
The mellow Clouds, the mellow Clouds,
That skim along the sky,
Liko spirits in their airy shrouds,
Seeking their homes on high;
How oft, in childhood’s hour I've bent
My eyes upon their forms,
Their changing shape, and varying tint,
Portending droughts or storms;
And wept, I could not take my flight
Up to those regions fair,
To bask amidst the golden light
Reflected sweetly there.—
But, far above the Clouds, and skies,
1 feel there is a homo,
To which at last my soul will rise,
Wheu God shall bid it come.
Oh! if our eyes could pierce the blue,
beyond the golden clouds,
And bring the georgeous realm to view,
That Deity enshrouds:
Would earth upon out brittle throad
Its fastenings long retain?
Ah no! the soul its dross would shed,
To haste to yonder plain.
B.
july 30 31
nperty pointed out in said mortgage
DSEPI1 SUMMERLIN, sheriff.
CADXFSSLL SALES.
On the first Tuesday in October next,
.CNILL be sold, before tbe court house, at Camp-
W\/ belllowo, Campbell county, between the law
'll hours of sale, the tollowing property, viz:
Lot of Land No. 28, iu the ninth district of
riginally Coweta now Campbell county—levied on
i the property of Burton Baggct to satisfy a Fi. Fa.
i favor of Duncan M'Inish vs. said Baggct.
Lot of Lund, number not known, whereon
The Slu e’s interest in Lot of Lund No.
<1 in tho cigiit district of originally Coweta now
lampbell county. _
Lot of Land No. 29, (except fifty acres on
re west side of said lot) in the ninth district of ori-
iually ■Coweta now Campbell county—levied on as
ic property of Osteal Baggett, to satisfy sundry exe-
uiioits issued from a justice's court in favor of Drury
lilvey vs Samuel Keller and said Baggett—levied on
ml returned to me by a'constable.
Lot of Land No. 72 in the seventh district
f originally Coweta now Campbell county—leviei
n as the property of James Beasley to satisfy a FI
'a issued from a justice’s court in favor of Jacob I
ibrains vs. said Beasley.
august 27 N. NICHOLSON, shtrff.
Also, will be soli as above,
Lot of Land No. thirty six in tho second
‘ uiginully Carroll now Campbell county,
the property of Zadoch I,exton, to satisfy
SUMMER HATS.
Gentleman's Satin Beaver HATS,
new article, just received, out) for sale
by WM. H. BURDSALL.
April 30, 18
COMMISSION BUSINESS,
* IN DARIEN.
THE subscribers beg leave to in-
inform their friends and the public in
general, that they continue to attend
to business in the above line, end will
thankful for a continuance of tbeir
favors. 1IAWE3 & MITCHELL.
Darien, August 1C, 1831. 36 8t
T HE copartncrslify ^herefefof?existing between
tbe undersigned, under the firm of Stiles &
Fannin, is this day, by mutual consent, dissolved.-—
Tbe unsettled business of the firm will he closed by
both. Persons indebted to tbe concern will make
payment, and those having demands against it will
present tbe same to either.
BENJ. EDW. STILES,
A. B. FANNIN.
It is hoped to close tbe affairs of this concern at an
early day to tbe satisfaction of nil interested. The
parties above, will conduct business on their individ
ual account in future,and solicit tbe patronage of their
Iriends and acquaintances.
ET The editors of the Augusta Chronicle. Mil-
iedgeville Recorder, and Federal Union, Macon Tel
egraph and Messenger, will plcnse giro the above
tbreuinscrtlons and forward tbeir bills tor payment,
aug 25 36 3t
30
CHOICE ARTICLES.
JUST RECEIVED,
boxes Raisins 50 bis summer stock Ale
82 kits Mackerel
pickled Tongues
pickled Salmon
sperm Candles,
15C00 best Cigars
' English Pickles Asstd
best chewing Tobacco
Snuffand cut Tobacco
Olives arfd Capers
70 half boxes Raisins
70 quarter boxes Raisins
25 cases Lupec Wine
25 do Claret (pts)
25 do do (els)
10 do ' Muscatel
10 baskets Champaigne
Old Madeira in bis. J
and by tbe gallon )
nug 27
: properly of Zadoelt Lexlon, to satlsf]
' Wiley Fletcher, for the ur
iton.
B. EASLY, Dtp. shff.
HENRY SALES.
On the first Tuesday in October next,
IVILL be sold at the coutl house, in Macdon-
” ough, Henry county, between tho usual
mrs of sale,
Loi No. 54 in tho twelfth district of Henry
lunty—levied on as the property of Joel Flanegan
nd flanegan. . . _ .
Otio year old Colt, and three Cows ami
Ono House and Lot, with other tmprove-
lents thereon, lying in tho suburbs of the town of
lacdonougb, whereon WileeTipper now lives—lev-
id oft ns the property of D. Tipper, to satisfy a sinnll
•i. Fa. from ajusflco’acourt, William II. White ■
lid Tipper. JAMES LOVE, sheriff.
august 29
Also, will be sold as above,
Lot of Land No. 16 in the twelfth district
Old Port Domestic I lines Mustard and table Salt
5 casks Porter (qts.) Pilot Bread
6 do do (pts.) Butter Crackers
Tamarinds preserved Ginger
Soda Water do Lemons Oi Limes
Congress Water do Pine-Apple
Scidfitz and Soda Powders.
TOGETHER WITH
A general assortment of CONFECTION
ARIES and.GROCERl ES.
august 6 31 LEVI ECKLEY.
brough.
July 30 31
•;a
of William H. Kim-
AS J. JOHNSON,
deputy sheriff.
BIDS SALES.
On the first Tuesday in October next,
W ILL be void before the cblm-house in the
town of Macon, Bibb county, between the
lawful hours of sale, the following propeitv to wit:
The IIouso ami Ground on which it stands,
occupied by Rufus R. Smith—levied on n3 tlio pro-
perty of Peter P. Rockwell to satisfy a fi. fa. from
Bibb superior court iu favor of Anson Kimberly, ad
ministrator of Nathaniel Cornwall,deceused, vs said
Rockwell: , ,
Six nocrocs, Silvia a woman about 3d years
old, Sally about 23, Mary about 17, Eliza about 14,
Nelson a boy ubout4 years and Lmily an infant—a 1
levied on ns the property of William J. Dant/fy, to sat
isfy a Fi Fa issued from the superiorcourtorBibb
countv, in favor of Iiungcrfords & Stoddard. -
Ono House and Lot No. 5 in tho lorty-lhird
square—levied on as tho property of Georges A. Rod-
errs to satisfy a Fi Fa issued from the superior court
Si llilib county in favor of Silas Tatum vs Gcorgo A.
Rodgers mid James H. Rodgers. ~
Oiiu mahogany Sideboard, one pair gilt ma
hogany Cnrd Tables, one mahogany Dlnlng Table
and Ends, one fine Sofa, cnb dozen fine «U.Chairs,
Sr 6 Tvarnu
SLl ’ 11 gPOSTrONED SALE.
Also, scill be sold as above.
Olio Loi anil improvements whereon uoo-
... -T-rr—M .mmvm.un U„ ert Birdsong now lives, la the town^lMBCon.num.
Sainip . , ho " or ablf the Inferior Court her not known levied on ns Ins property, la s«ta > a
•ifrrt' h 5 n s!, ""K for ordinary purpos- Fi Fa issued from the Complroler General soifice
r w . n fl'c I. 0 „d and Nr.-roo, licloneine in favor ortlie slate, also a FI Fain fevqr ofjlhe jus-
ritAT* ‘‘"flails. Ikte-ofsaid county
“fa benefit of the heirs and creditors:?!
B. CONE, slsriff
Ii “‘wr date, application will bo
L, lc honorable the Inferior Court cf
lYi’l" " . for ordinary purposes,
llnn^ t0f 15 ill the fifth dis-
l kn ?“"!>’■ "nd nin« Negroes of the un
it,.!? 11,1 "ill m| d testament of
•lit 1.1 , c °f sn ‘d county, deceased
'tuber 5 ig-ji** Bn ^ crc *“ lora °f sa id
?°S11UA"p'aTTISHALL, /.Vor.
*AR\11 iCLARg, BPrx.
uu.rk
IV ham Moshier’s "QSJEEN'S WABHER” for
tho counties of Jones, Twiggs, Bibb, Monroe, Craw-
' ph and EAriy, and offer lor sale
, or tlio Machine itself, to
le individual right to use
or make a machine, is Four Dollars.
The Queen's Washer is ia cheap and Simple acqulsi-
..on, not liable to get out of order, may be operated
on by a little girl or boy, without any liability to In
jure cloths (from tbe finest lace to the coarsest gar
ment) submitted to its action—even buttons are not
damaged by it;—in short, it saves three-fourths of the
aborandonc half of tbe Soap required by tbe com
mon prorcss.
Tile Machine is rendy for the examination of the
public: and to satisfy it, we refer to all who have
used or keen It; on it they have bestowed decided ap
probation. It may bo seen in Macon at Darrogii &
Townsend’s Tavern, or at the shop of Mr. Daniel,
next door to Mr. I. B. Rowland's store mid ware
house. KNOX & DANIEL. .
august 6 32
COMMISSION business,
DARIEN.
QTOHE subscribers have connected themselves tin*
if derthofirm of PATTON &. COHEN,forthb
transaction of a general Commission Business iu Da
rien, and respectfullysolioitashareofpuplic patron
age, assuring those who may favor them with tholr
business, that every exertion on their part shall be
used for the advancement of their interest.
They have taken the Wharf and Store House re
cently occupied by Messrs. V. IL Yongo & Sons,
and owned by B. E. Handd, Esq.
' . ROBERT 8. PATTON,
Aug26 35 3m 3. COHEN, Jr.
GEORGIA—Butts County.
W HEREAS, James Carter and Mary Redman
apply to me for tetters of administration on
tho estate of WILLIAM Redman, lute of said county,
XkiM are therefore, to cite and admonish ail and
singular the kindred asid creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office, within the t.me prescnbtd by
law, to shew cause, if any they hare, why said Utters
should not be granted. .
Given under my
GOVERNOR GILMER
[from THE GEORGIA JOURNAL.]
A brief Review of the Administration of Gov
ernor Gilmer—By a Troup man.
Tho conduct of public men being at ail times
n legitimate subject of full and freo investiga
tion, under all governments founded upon tho
principles of constitutional liberty, the writer
avails himself of that privilege *to scrutinize
the acts of tiio present executive administra
tion of Georgia. In tho outset, he fuels it dee
to his excellency, to the public and himself, to
premise, that in the remarks which he may
make upon tho course of this administration,
there is nothing of personal hostility entertain
ed towards Mr. Gilmer. Tbe object of this
essay is nut to vituperate his reputation os a
private citizen, but to shew from the policy
which he has adopted and pursued as o public
agent, that ho 1ms on sonio very important
qucsiions, wholly mistaken, not only tho opin
ions, but the" interests of his constituents— and
that whatever talents he may possess for tho
public service in another department, himself
and his friends have greatjy mistaken his qual
ifications for the office which tio now holds.
That tho public may arrive at just conclusions
upon nil the important matters connected with
his administration, it is proper to go back be
yond its commencement, and look for a mo
ment into tho canscs which brought Mr. Gil
mer into office. 1 alludo to tho unprovoked
attack made byMr.-OHmtt' onTSTrTTorsyth in
tbe spring of 1829.—That controversy was
sought by Mr. Gilmer, nnd what nro the facts
connected with ii? Tiiey ore these—In the
fall of 1828, Mr. Gilmer was elected to Con
gress. Upon a return of the votes, at tho ex
piration of twenty days from the election,
Governor Forsyth, in obedience to a luw of
the Stale, issued bis proclamation, tequiring
the members elect to signify their acceptance
or refusal, to serve the Stato in Congress, that
they might be commissioned in terms of the
act aforesaid. Mr. Gilmer from some una
voidable or wilful cause, failed to comply with
the terms of the act, and did not signify his ac
ceptance within the time specified by the act.—
Governor Forsyth, in Obedience to its manda
tory provisions, ordered a new election, and
issued his proclamation accordingly. Tho
virulent manner in which Mr Forsyth was at
tacked by Mr. Gilmer, is too fresh in tho pub
lic recollection to require further notice:
Whatever may Iiavo been the motive of Mr.
Gilmer for provoking tho conlroveisy with
Mr. Forsyth, subsequent events have satisfied
me, and must carry conviction to the public
mind, that it was tlto commencement of a sys
tem of operations intended to bring himself
into tlio cxccutivo office. He succeeded, not
■James b. smith,
with the will annexed.
*'T)iO!11AS
. : ,1.. inferior court of Ilibli county; v*
Gardner, And William Scott anil HobeiVWirdsong sc-
NOTICE.
(S1EAI.F.D PROPOSALS will be received by the
QJ Inferior Court of Bibb county, till the Hist
Monday in November next, to enclose the Court-
House, ike. Specification can be seen at Ibe Clerk s
Office. By order oflho Court. ■;
sept 7 37 MARTIN SIMMONS, c. i. c.
■RUST revived at the Moran Clothing Store, su-
nerfine blue, brown, black, olivo UroBu Cloth*,
blue brown, orange, drab, slate, milt and Buff Cnssi-
m«res Velvet and Valencia Vestings, a hMOIOlue
asssortment of Fancy Cravats. Stoora, Suipendcrs,;
buckskin Gove», llorsc nnd Beaver do. I inbrifllas,
Caiis,&e. Also, a handsome assofttnetil of Ready I
mode Clothing, tuude in tho best stvle j Cloaks nt a su-
periorkind. FlTCil A- WORDIN’.
only ;n enlisting his own personal and political
friends and his “friend’s friends’’ in the cru
sade against Mr. Forsyth and Maj. Crawford
but by some sort of legerdemain, some art i
hocus pocus, the great body of tiie Clark par
ty was rallied to his cause, and Mr. Giliner
came into office, by u higher veto, than any
otiier man from tho people of Georgia..
Having him now quietly seated in tho Ex
ecutive chair, let us proceed to the history of
his administration. Tho first act Which de
mands a passing notice, is his inaugurarad-
dress, id Which lie declared emphatically that
lie considered lumself “the Chief Miiglslrato
of the State and not of a party. In nil tho ap
pointments it becomes my duty to make I shall
attempt to be governed by no other consider
ation than tho public sorvice.” This decla
ration was received by the Clark party wilh
emotions of pride and satisfaction— 1 They hail
ed the period of his administration as a polit
ical jubilee, and confidently expected to be re-
gurded by his excellency, as a portion of the
body politic, nothing doubting, that for the
18,000 votes cast by them for Mr. Gilmer,
they would receive a’fair equivalent of Ins pat
ronage. IIow that debt has been paid is well
known to the public, end the Clark people
have runt; the changes upon it to his heart’s
conto'nt. I do r.ot assert that Mr. Gilmer,
either in his person, or through his friends, or
his “friend’s friend’*” did hold out promises to
the Clark parly, bntthis I do know, that when
the Statesman Ai Patriot came out lot him,'
umong the reasons it ossigfted for its coursu, it
wns said, if Mr. Gilmer should bo elected, ho
would net liberally towards that party, or Wtirtls
importing the same moaning. Now, as fuels
speak louder than words, and as this statoment
was mado by the Clark papers and not contra
dicted by Air. Gilmer, or his friends, - it is a
fair presumption ihat all understanding exited
between them, or that hitmelfand his friends
acted I ypucritically in allowing the leaders pf
tho Clink party to hold out false lights to their
people. Mr. Gilmer and his friend* may t»ko
uiiher Inirifofthe dilemma tnl tl »ir position
will be bv no menus enviable. This subject is.
Vol. V-—No. 38.
referred to, to show, that Mr. Gilmer did ente r
into a combination with the Clark party*
which he intended to violate, or that he suffer
ed a hoax to be played off upon them for his
own benefit. Is it an article in Mr. Gilmer’s
political creed that faith should not bo kept
with heretics.
From the day of his inauguration nothing
transpired to call forth the boasted talents and
energy of bis excellency until tlio winter of
1829, and 30, when tho precious metals hav
ing been discovered in great abundance upon
our Cherokee soil, great numbers of people
from Georgia and otiier States rushed to the
Territory in search of its treasures. In h
short timo several thousand hud assembled, and
such a scene of plunder, such an outrage upon
tho rights and tho interests of our people has
never been committed withiu the jurisdiction
of our State, since its first organization. Ilcie
was presented the fairest opportunity for the
exerciso of executive energy—The country
looked to him and him alone, to interpose his
nrm for tho protection of her violated rights.
Day after day, was the public eye anxiously
directed toward the executive, and tho ]>ublic
car in hourly expectation of a command to put
down and abate the nuisance. When the pub
lic voice was clamorous for redress, wiiera was
the boasted energy of Governor Gilmer? Did
iie order out the militia, did he tnnkc one men-
—■Uy^'clTiirt to save the property of the people?
■ No. Tlio outrage was every day increasing,,
1 until tho public inind became so much excited,
that Mr. Gilmer found it necessary to arouse
from his slumbers and look into the matter.
He forthwith examined the constitution and
the law, and although he discovered in that
portion of tho law derived from the mother
country, that tho minerals belong to the King,
yet ho not being a king, had no power to pro
tect them. He could find nothing in the c(In
stitution and laws to authorize the employment
of force, and what should have been the alter
native? The answer is (hat ho should hnvo
convened the legislature—and if rumor ought
to be trusted, that measure would have been
adopted if too much regard had not been paid
to tho preservation of his popularity. But tlio
Legislature was not convened, and tho outrage
continued and increased. The people vvero
still clamorous, something must le done, and
something was done which will bo remember^
cd by the people of Georgia as tbe most striking
act of imbecility which has ever been commit
ted by a Governor of our Stato. I allude to
tiie proclamation against the Gold diggers is
sued simultaneously, with that which extended
the jurisdiction of tho Stale over tho Chero
kee territory, and the* train of measures by
which it was followed. Jn Ihat proclamation
the Governor commanded ail the officers both .
civil and military to be aiding and assisting in
putting a stop to gold digging upon our Cher
okee Territory, and when tiie writer saw that
proclamation he fell a reviving hope that effi
cient measures were about to be .adopted.
Du*, that hope was soon to be disappointed.
For it is a fuct, which I record with pain and
humiliation, that in obedicnco to the Gover
nor’s mandate, in compliance with the provi
sions of that proclamation, u respectable militia
officer, residing inn county adjacent to the
scene of plunder, did forthwith raise a com
pany and proceed to tho spot for the pnrpiise
of protecting tho rights of his fellow citizens—^
Did ho succeed?—Yes, lie succeeded ib a short
timo alter his arrival in finding himielf and his
men, prisoners to a detachment of the United
States’ army, then stationed in the neighbor
hood of tho gold mines—Yes, fellow citizens, a
force raised by virtue of tiie Governor’* pro 1 -
clamation, executing the orders of tbe Chief
Magistrate of the State, upon our own soil,' .
within our own jurisdiction, disarmed and
made prisoners "by tho Federal Troops.
These things nro truo and must be spoken, hut,
I blush for the honor of ftiy slate, when I
speak of them: Here was presented another
Strikihg occasion for tho exercise of tho hold
uud energetic qualities of which we have
heard soinilcti. Weic they called into action?
VVcro tlio Feddcral Troops ordered to leavo
our soil? Was the arrest and punishment of
their officers demanded by Governor Gilmer?
No. All this indignity, nil this violation of
personal and sovereign rights was permitted to
pass unheeded und unaltered, and the officers
and mon who suffered thi* outrage were o-
bliged to submit without even the hope of re
dress. Tho next step which followed this
mosi “lame and impotent conclusion,” was tlio
notable scheme of reading off tho intmders, by
tlio Governor’s agent Col.-King, and the ser
vice of a hill of injunction upon them.
This bill of injunction having been served
on some small number among the thousands
(hen trespassing on tha territory lived until it
was dismissed at tho September term of Hall
Court, to which it was returnable, on tho
ground, ns tbe writer has understood, of want of
jurisdiction. Tiie exasperated feelings of the
community could not call up tho etecutiVo
energy, and the territory continued to be inun
dated by thousands from all quarters. Tho
sumiuor past away, the autumn Came, nnd tho
trespass continued.—Th« pres* groaned, and
the pcoplo complained, when on a sudden, n.'
if aroused from his lethargy by some powerful
excitement, his Excellency issued his procla
mation convening the Legislature on tho 18th
of October, just two weeks earlier than the
day fixed by law. What new discoveries he
made, what better reasons he could find for
convening tho members at that time, thnn had
.existed throughout the whole period, from-tbe
preceding April aro qnestions which would
puzzle himself und his trionds to answer.
But, let us inquito what good resulted from
this\mticipation of tho tegular session of the
Legiriaturef Ifany good has been the result,
I have been unable to make the discovery.
That sunie loss was tlio rr suit cannot ho de
nied. That tho expenses of the extra tiro
weeks sesMon wero a dead loss to the Stale nj
nearly twenty thousand dollars, will hardly ba
questioned. The extra scsiou was ostensibly
called for the purpose of enacting laws for t'na
protection of tho gold mine-', but no ‘ a ' v on
that subject was passed until after the. |ierio<4
for commercing the pog'dar aam al lossico.
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