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SEJ|K WASHINGTON, APRIL 2. 1831. Small Povy—lfc arc hnppj to have it in our; power to state, that by vigilenco nn<l persever- i once, under tlie blessing: of divine Providence, j l lio Small Pox has at length been overcome,—at | least the prospect is cheering 1 . There have been ; five cases, (nil in the family of Mr. Stephen G. Pettus,) —only one of which terminated fatally. ‘4his was one of two confluent cases that oc red. It is perhaps worthy of remark that no vaccinated person has taken the disease.—Even those vaccinated more than twenty years ago re sisted the contagion. The greater part, of Mr. Pettus’ family had been vaccinated many years since, and this perhaps accounts for the small suwbar that took the Small Pox. Persons wishing to visit this place need fear no danger, —indeed there never has been any, ns Mr. Pettus resides in the suberbs—as the patients were all at an early period removed two miles out—-and as all communication with the infected places has long been, and is still cut off. The Cher ok css vs. Georg/a.—lt will be seen ba ilie following extracts that the Indian question has been settled by the Supreme Court of the U. States, satisfactory to Georgia. Mr. Wirt may notv proceed to the abode of the poor Indians he has deceived in order to obtain a handsome fee. and convince them, if he can, that the in terest be has ejected wps prompted through hu manity and a desire to see an oppressed people protected. Since the article from the National Intelligen cer was in type, we have seen an extract of a let ter from Washington under date of Murchg 19th. published in the Richmond Enquirer, in which it is stated that the Intelligencer does not seem to understand the opinion of the Supreme Court. That nothing was “said which toughed the merits of the case, except what was said by Judge Baldwin ; and that was dirxctly against the In dians. It appears that the other two Judges “studied to avoid saying anv thing which would show, that, in their opinion, hny wrong had ftecn done the Indians; or, that there was any mode by which the questions between the parties could be adjudicated ” It is said that they “decided the case cn the question of jurisdiction before that Court,” and that whatever else ‘Was said was against the claims of the Indians. From the National hildligencen. GEORGIA AND THE CHEROKEES. The Supreme Court of the United State's terminated its annual session ; yesterday. Among the decisions! jironoumied j previous to the adjornment, was one I upon the application, on the part of; the Cherokee nation, for an injunc tion to stay certain proceedings of the State of Georgia. The decision ofthe Court was an unequivocal de nial of the injunction. The opinion of the Court was read by Chief Justice MARSHALL, and is therefore to be presumed to he from his luminous mind and pern We have not been aide to obtain it for publication, anxiously as we desired ; to do so. We heard it read, howe-j ver, and shall venture so far to re-j port the grounds of it, as to state, that the Court disclaims jurisdiction ofthe case, on the ground that the Cherokee Nation is not a foreign na tion, in the souse ofti e Constitution. These Indian nations, it is the opin ion of a majority of the Court, arc not Sovereigns, Independent of the Sovereignty ofthe Ik States, but Do mestic dependant Nations, in a state of “pupilage” to tlte IJ. States, or in a relation corresponding to that which wards have to their guardians. ’ The Supreme Court, therefore, can- j net take cognizance of these cases to , which it is sought to make them par ties as Nations. With respect to the rights of the Cherokecs, howe ver as individuals, to the lands gua- rantied to them, it was pretty dis tinctly intimated in the Opinion of the*Court that there is a mode by | which they maybe brought before the Supreme Court of the adjudication. The Opinion wefrt to sav, that, if flic objection to entertaining juris diction in this case were not fatal to ♦.he application, there were other ouHtnds on which an application for the iiTtei ferenec of this Court in the wordd encounter grave objee lions. If jurisdiction was exercised m the case, it must be on the ground that the Chcit'kecs are n foreign na tion 3 and the relations between for eign powers and the States arc ptac cifin the charge of a different branch ‘ofthe Government. For this Court to undertake to arbitral such ques tions, would he to assume apolitical power not intended to lie vested in it- If it were true, as argued, that the Cherokee Nation is oppressed by the Slate of Georgia, <fcc. &,c. it. belong'- cci not to this Court (the Opinion j concluded,) bat to other tribunals, to ] assert their rights find redress their | wrongs. Mr. Justice Baldwin delivered a very long separate opinion, agreeing entirely in the conclusion to which the majority of the Court had arriv ed, but not concurring in the views taken in the Opinion which had been | read. Mr. Justice Johnson also deliver ed a separate opinion on the question. Our own opinion 011 the subject is of little consequence; hut the reas oning of the Comt upon the Consti tutional provisions hearing upon the j case appeared to ns to be conclusive. | Foreign —The Mexican papers are much oc ! cupied with documents relating to the unfortunate Ex-President Guerrero, who was captured near the c'ose of January, tried by a council of war at Oajaca, found guilty and sentenced to be shot: which sentence ivas carried into execution. Advices from Liverpool to the 14th and Lon don to the 12th February have been received at | Charleston, by which matters upon the continent | appear quite unsettled. ‘Hie Duke de Nemours ; second son of Pp!!ip king of the French, has I been elected king of Belgium, but the French go- j vernmeni have rejected the offer, thus throwing ( back on the Belgian Congress the question which the; supposed was settled. At the latest dates the place wag not filled. The British parliament assembled on the 3d. February. Tlu Chancellor of the Exchequer ’ has proposed to Parliament to lay a duty of one ■ penny per pound on all raw cotton’s imported, ! with a drawback duty of the same amount on all | manufactured cotton exported Different con- j structions have been given as to the intention of; the British Government upon this subject, we f therefore copy the language used oil the occasion j in the House of Commons by the Chancellor oft the Exchequer. | He said ‘the next tax be was about to propose ! was one to which he anticipated objections, which ’ objections would however, be counterbalanced by j the advantages. It would be objected, he ex- j pected, that it went to impose anew tax on one I of our staple manufactures, and would, besides, ! be attended by the inconveniences consequent upon a draw back duty, lie admitted, he re peated. that these were objections; but besides ; his unwillingness to tamper with a staple commo-i dity by imposing anew tax upon it, the sum I would be small, and only intended to meet the : loss which the reduction ofthe duty on the same I article in another form would occasion. The i committee was aware, that by reducing the tax ) on printed Cottons, those consumed by the poor- j er clsses, there would be a loss to the"annual re- : venue of £ 500,000; and they were also aware j that ijie ground of that reduction was, that the j tax Ml more particularly on the less wealthy I classes. (Hear, Hear.) Now he proposed to! throw the tax over all the consumers of cotton, instead of on one part, as tin* duty at present pressed—(Hear)—and thus save the revenue, and relieve the poor consumer, of tlie article.— (Hear.) This would be accomplished by a duty of Id. per pound on all raw cottons imported, | with a drawback duty to the same amount on all manufactured cotton exported. He had admitt ed the objections to this drawback duty, and to a i taxon the raw material of industry but put it to the Committee whether the advantages, on the ! | other hand, did not more than counterbalance i ; the objections. (Hear.) He would take the r*’ ‘ j venue to be thus derived at .£500,000, judging by ! the average import of cotton for the last few years. The import the last year of all was 179,- 200,000 lbs., hut he would take the average of the preceding years—namely: 119,500,000, which, at Id. per lb. would produce £497,000 —that is to say £500,090 in round numbers.” A letter from a geinletrlah in Pa ris to a friend in Philadelphia, dated | tlie Ist of Feb. says: “The great | news of to-day is, that the Duke of ; Nemours, second son ofthe! Ring of; i France, has been chosen King oi l I Belgium; and this, it is believed, I will cause a war.- It is not vet known what England will do; hut it is certan that she is arming ships of j war. In France the troops arc all j marching. All those of Paris and its neighborhood are to set off in two days; so that we shall have none left but the National Guard.” ROBBERY OF TH E Ji KIV YORK CITY BANK. Neyv-Yorh, March 21. One’ ofthe most 6x!ensivc bank robberies that has fallen to our lot to record, ha£ taken place > j since the closing of the? City Bank, on Saturday i last At the usual hour this morning Mr Lan caster S. Burling, the first teller unlocked the 1 ’ vault to take out the necessary money for tiio bu- ! I siness of the day. Du his entering he found that I I since he deposited the money on Saturday after- ‘ ! noon, the vult had been entered; and it was soon ( ascertained that upwards bf’Two Hundred and j Twelve Thousand Dollar*} bad been taken uway the greater part of which was in city bills. The Police Magistrates, with Mr. Hays, have been through the building, and examined the : premises, and we believe all are satisfied that the \ bank and vault were entered with false keys. The j Police atH’now on the alert, and we hope before long wo shall be able to announce the arrest of the villians, and the recovery of the property. The other particulars will be found in the ad vertisement which follows. Among the property abstracted was a trunk belonging to the Messrs. Allens, Containing between thirteen and fourteen thousand dollars, in bills ofthe country banks. FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD. {HTThe City Bank of this city having been en tered by means of false keys, between Saturday afternoon’ 29th inst. and Monday morning 21st and robbed of a large amount of bauk notes, se c .—the above reward is offered for the recove ry of the property, and a proportionate sum for any part of it. The following comprises the whole amount ofthe robbery, including deposits for safe keeping : [burg About S4O, n notes of the Bank of Lai.sing -20.00 Morris Canal & Banking Cornpa -2,500 Rutland Bank, Vermont [ny 3,000 Orange County Bank 2,000 Newburgh Bank 2.000 Morris Bank, New Jersc / 290 Spanish Doubloons. And a Targe amount ofthe notes ofthe different banks of this city. No collection notes, checks, or anv other securities held by the Bank, were tak'n. TW doors oftue Bank and vault were 4 on Monday morning, closed and locked us j t * G. A. WORTH, Cashier of City Bank. 1 U *J?ew Yo.'t* > IWI At Ilighwasneon the live fhlween Georgia and N. Carolina. 24ih February, 183 J. Dear Sir—On lust. Monday Mr. M’Gill and myself, With our Survey ing corps, ascended the mountain at the N. VV. corner of Rabun county, and when reaching the top and find ing the corner we were unable to pro ceed to the west bn the line between Georgia and N. CoroHna, the Moun tain being very steep and almost ch . tirely covered with snow and ice on the North side. Ycsterdayjmorning w'c attempted again to start our sur vey from the same point, hut could not, for although it was cloudy and not very cold in tile valley, two miles’ south, the flag-staff couldnot he dis covered at the distance or one eba : n ahead ofthecotnpass for fog, and al so the rain for a few minutes fell and sleeted, and soon followed a srnatt snow. So we were compelled to re turn to our packs in “the valley. This morning wc proceeded down one of the forks of itighwasse about ! seven miles; and then turned North j about 3 miles, utitil we reached the Georgia boundary at an old Indian’s called “tlie snail” on Bell Cicck.— Here vve divided our company; Mr. M’Gill with the one, run to the east I for t he Corner of Rabun, and myself with the the other run to the west, land found the line plainly marked to ibis place, a distance of four miles. | The Indians arc entirely friendly, arid we learn that the head men a tnong them have been riding to and fro, (since they have heard ofthe arrival of the Surveyors in this quar- j ter,) urging the Indians to treat-the i Surverors well, and to have no diffi-1 cultice with them whatever. We j find some trifling wbitemen near the i N. VV. corner of Rabun county, thatj arc endeavoring to confuse the In-; dians. They have been too bad to j live in N. Carolina ; they don’t like i the Georgia laws, and not good e nough to live among the Indians. EDWARD LEOYD THOMAS. By the following letters it will he seen that the Indian desperado who committed the murders at Hichety, has at length paid the forfeit of his • crimes. Stewart County, March 14, 1831. j ilf/ - . Cditor. —Having received the ! following communication from John Sims, (who, l think, may be rtdied on,) and as the late murder of Major Brady, and others, at various times at the same piuv are generally known through the State; and as people travelling through that region or neighborhood have considerable suspicion of danger—l think the fol lowing letter entitled to a publication in the various newspapers of the State. The Indian that committed the murders at llitchety ford has no doubt received justice. MATHEW EVERETT. ; Thursday morning, March 10, 1831. ; This will inform you that Ne-ho ! 10-co-you-ho-leh, the Indian that | murdered Major Brady, was killed ! this morning by myself and a eompa | ny of Indians that lay in ambush at j Mr. Boyckin’s Eery. We received | information by ao Indian, that he would cross there early.* We pro ceeded and lay in ambush about an hour by sun. he approached—he landed on the Indian side, and, inthe act of taking his bundle out. I gave the signal by firing my own gun, and was followed by fifteen or twen ty Indian guns. This I hope will o jbliterate thejprejudiees that is exist ’ ing and restore that friendly feeling • that should exist between tiio white I aiid the fed people. I The chiefs wish to know, if they have acted agreeable to the wishes of the white people, and wish yon would Write to them and give them your sentiments on the subject. JOHN SIMS. To Mathew Everett Esq. OBITUARY. Another patriot ofthe Revolution gone; he sleeps within the silent grave, there to remain, until sum mo he<! to arise nml join that band of he roes headed by the saviour of his country, Washington! in another and a better world. This patrii>t-*-t!iis hero—is Mr. JOHN WRIGHT, who died at his residence seven miles from this place, on monday last, in the one hundred and second year of Ins ngt. lie was a patriot in B/addocfcs memorable campaign of 1759, when French aggression menaced the colonics; served in ths Continental line through the stormy Revo lution of 1776, which eventuated in establishing the Independence of these United States. He was a veteran on the. frontiers of Georgia, when Indian Inutilities crimsoned her forests with the blood of hei defenceless Femalts and their tender infants i was one ofthe first #tf tiers ot this state, and at the time of hi sheath If* oldest inhabitant. Eulogy might endeavor to- trace his merits “through, the long dram?* Vi*ta of retrospective thought,” but wearied W.tlr exertion must sink exhaustfos* amidst her feeble but noble efforts. Oblivions shade may cr.ft a momentary gloom o’er his departed wortlfc; but memory, however trachcrous, cannot fail to hear in grateful rocol pectiou his services, nor time, in the boundless r anje of his countess da vs efface his virtues £,ist of Metiers. Itemdining in the Post Office at IVashirtgton, on the Ist of April, 1831. A Thomas Anderson, Anderson, Joel Appling. 53 Samuel Brooks 2, Samuel Bowen, Thenia Brown. Vathan Blackburn, Eliza Ann Brooks, Jo*< ph Blount, Alston Boyd, Loyd Bell, Moses Baugh, Thomas J. Book, Thomas A. Brion, Hopkins VV. Brewer, I L. K. Brown. c J Parker Calloway, A. M. Charlton, Wm. Cole, Born a CouninghaiA, I SriHui ( ole, John Crain.* Wm. P.,Carter. Franklin Chaney; ■ Leonard Crawford, John Coleman, iMargoreto E. Combs, C. Charlton, Sarah Colly, Clerk Superior Court 2l J> David Daniel 2, Lewis L. Davis, William Davis, Charles Daugherty; Thomas Douglas, William Deveaux. n James Echols, Arthur Ennis. F Simpson Fouchejj, SuSanah Fouch, James H. Flyot, Samuel Flournoy. Wm. Florrancc. J G Joseph G'attrell 2, Janies S. Griffin Cos. Jaseph I). Greaves, Joel Garthright, Mace mess Good, .Felix G. Gibson 3. zz Elisabeth Houghton, Aley Iluguley, Iclmbod Holmes, Dodotfdck M. Hill, E S. Hopping, T. Jefferson Hopkins, I Owen Holladay, James T. Hackny, Richard J. Holliday, N. Hoyt, James T. Hav. J Samuel T. Jack 2, Dadock Jackson, Stephen A. Johusuo Willis C. Jenkins. 3£ I Robert D. Jordan Kinncbrew, I Joshua Keliv, Heuben Kendall. £ G. Laws, Mary Langdou; Daniel Ler>, Mark Lane. TVS Mary Montgomery, Simpson Montgomery 2fl lOcion Mclntosh, J>. Wat res McJankin, ■ | Donald McLane, Wifoy Maxwell, | Charles C. Miils, .Mary Mabray, [ Jesse Mercer, James Moore, ! Andrew Maguire, Dennis B. Mohoncy, | Allen Mabray, .Tashua Morgan, Nancy A. Mered, Elisha Moore. TV Gideon G. Norman, J. Nolan 3. Charles W. Nelstin. o John Oin era; F [ Nicholas Powers, Barton C. Pofie’ii, M . John Pope 3. R J Terry Reynolds, s ■ i John Stowers,’ Andrew.!. fr.^H Smith fc Douglas, Daui 1 Slmmate, 1 hoinas Senimes, Feta Strozer, Jr. H Albert G. Senimes, Charles Smith, Jacib Sell ■ >, John Silvcy, Jj Sarah Smith. * William Triplett, Mary Triplett, Flix:tL.vth i’errell, Catharin Toombs. v Jolin Vasser, Abner Vining. w Hester Wells, WilKam Webb, John Wilkinson 4; Mary Williamson, S. J. Whatelv, M. H. VV el born, Win. Wells, ‘ William Walton 2, J. B. Wootteri, J- 1* VVootten 2, Abner Welborn 2, Elizabeth /Food, Mary Wingfield. James Wingfield, Sarah G VV'ingfield Thomas W ootten, R. J. /Fillis.—l(s24 Poisons enquifing for letters from this list, will please say they are advertised. Joseph YY r . Robinson, P. M. „ April 1, 1831. 41—3 t List of Letters, Remaining in the Post Office at Dan burg, on the Ist of April, 1831. Benjamin Slack, Barnet Jeter, Esq. 2, Ahtn. Smith, John L. Dent, Jeremiah Walker, Moses Jones, Ben jamin Smith, James Boatwright 2, Howell Hay, S. B, J. Cratin, Mrs. Martha Hurd.—l3. Samuel Danfortii, P. M. April i, 1831. 41—3 t Sberilf’s Sales. WILL be sold at the Court house in Wilkes county, on the fust Tuesday in April next, btvveen the usual sale hours, the following property, to wit: All Thomas Ji< Eidsoh’s in terest (it being one sixth) in one hundred and Twenty eight acres of land, more or less, lying in Wilkes county < adjoining YV illiam 11. Pope and others, on the waters of Rocky creek, it being the dower set apart to Drucillu Cotes in the real estate of her husband; levied On as the property of the said Thotlias It. Eidson to satisfy hn execution in the name of George W. Carter, vs said Eidson, property pointed out by de fendant. ALSO, Postponed Sale. One negro man, by the name of Abraham; levied on as the pro perty of James Walker to satisfy an execution in the name of John C. Hunter, vs. James Walker, and sun dry others, vs. sard Walker. William H. Dyson, D. s. April 1, 1831, tiicrs holding subscription papers, will please forward the names of sub scribers without delay. The publi cation will be commenced in a few weeks; M.J. SLADE. Macon, March, 19, 1831. 41. OTThc Editors who have kindly published tho Prospectus of the “Intelligencer” will render an additional obligation by inserting the above WHOLESALE Clothing If Warehouse. subscriber having made JL extentivc arrangements sos manufacturing, will open on the Ist of May, at 141, Pearl street, New York, a Wholesale Clothing Ware house, where a large stock of every description of Ready Made Clothing* will be found at wholesale only. Great care will be taken to have the articles well manufactured. South ern merchants dealt with tfn liberal terms; it. 11. OSGOOD. ’ New York, Jan. 1, 1831. 41-6 t. Ojr'The Augusta Chronicle , Macon Messenger, Millcdgerille Journal, and Washington News, will publish each six times and vend in their bills to this office. —Sain Gkorpton. NEW DRUGS AND MEDICINE & THE Subscriber has just re ceived, in addition to his for mer supplies, 40 Packages df Fresh and Gen uine Drugs & Medicines, TOGETHER WITH A FULL SUPPLY OF Paintsf Oils, Dye Stuff's, Brushes , , , r<\ which now makes his assortment ve ry complete. He would respectful ly inform his country friends, that he has recently effected arrangements North, which will enable him to com pete with any house in the Southern* Country, tho Charleston Market, not excepted. Physicians, Country Merchants, mid Dealers, generally, are respectfully invited to call and satisfy themselves', as to quality and prices of the above. Orders instructed to his care will be thankfully received, and executed with neatness ami despatch. JAMES LEVERICH, J Bridge Bank Building, AugusiM Jlarch 24th, 1831. 11-3ujl
