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can be made, and that the attempt will be un
just to t h °se who have, with the implied
approbation of the Department of War, en
gaged in making purchased and have paid
earnest money to the Indians entitled to res
rresident *** respecUull >’ submitted to the
A reserve of 320 acres of land is secured
to each Indian head of a family, subject to no
con it ioni except, as to the place where it is to
be laid off, lor the benefit ot the Indian, it is, if
possime, to be surveyed, so as to include ins
residence.
The Government is bound to lay off the
reservations and to locate the Indians.
Ihe Indians have the right to sell when
they please, how they please, and lo wh< m they
please, subject only to the eventual approba
tion of the contract by the President, which
will not be withheld, whenever a contract for
a competent consideration is lairiv made, and
it is certain that it will be faithfully executed.
I he Indians unwilling to sell immedia’ely,
have expressiy t he right to reside on their res
ervations foi five years and then become the
absolute owners of the soil, which thev may
sell without referring the con ractto tiie* Pres
ident.
Each Indian entitled to a reservation has a
private vested right of which be cannot be de
prived but by his own act or uv that of h s
regularly co :stituted attorney or agent, nor
can the Government be released (run its obli
gations to each Indian, except by the act of the
individual interested.
The laws ot Alabama have destroyed with
in the limits of that State the tribal character
of the Creeks. The so caiied chiefs have no
authority to bind their fellows by con'racts,
much leas to strip private persons of their le
gally vested rights. Every man in Alabama,
red or white, may lawfully bind himself to
do any act, that he has the power to do, which
is not forbidden by public law. Each Indian
head ot a family, has a right to a reserve, to
sell that reserve subject to the President’s ap
probation of the coutrac*, to reside upon the
laud five years, and then to convey titles to a
purchaser- O.i these pr nciples, contracts
nave been made with the Indians, and these
contracts, good >v the common law, are not
forbidden by a 113 statute of Alabama.
The execution of them inav be enforced by
the ordinary or extraordinary means used
through the courts of justice oy common suits,
or by writs ot lie exeat against such Indians
as attempt to emigrate without f'llfi.iitig their
engagements. any reservations under the
Treaty, like that to M lrsholl, are independent
of all conditions, and the persons in whose fa
vor they are made have the undoubted right
tosei 1 ; if they have sold, their contracts are
beyond their own control and beyond the
power of tiie Government, of the Id States,
and that of the whole body of the Creek Indi
ans.
The Company believe th tl all their con
tracts can be legally enforced, and that tfie
Government of the United States cannot, by
any arrangement with the Creeks as a body,
or with the individuals, deprive them of the
benefit of their purchases. Put they wish no
conflict with the Government of their country;
their desire is to promote, not to obstruct its
designs. They believe that the Creek Indi
ans will be be’ter satisfied ami will remove
earlier if the late I’reaty is executed accor
ding to its tenor and effect without any at
tempt to alter it, either through the Cree s
or with the separate Indians. Still if the
Chief M igistra:e of the Union Links the
good of the country and the interes - of the 111-
tiuins require anew arrangement, they are
rea ly to prom >te the on,e ;:, and are willing to
turnover all their contracts to the L T . Stales
for a reasonable ad vanvo on their expenditures;
or, in the gen ral arrangement, to come upon
any fair terms of adjustment with the agent
who may be employed by liio President to
treat with the Itui mis. .INO FOKS/TH,
Fur 1110 Ci>in|>iiny fiiju .*.‘l in |M:ch:isrs of Kescrva*
Ho n Mil l i me las; Tr a*v vv l!i ihe Creekß
July il 183d.
NUMBER IT.
Pin, VV ashing ion Ar>ril 12, J 839,
I am informa l that Joseph Bryan and i\ ,
J. Abbott of Alabama, being in the room of
one of the Cieiks n the Indian Bureau en- !
quiring where a Report made in IB3J to the
War Department by John Crowell. Enoch
Parsons and 8. B. Parsons, Commissioners to i
Whom Abbott was Clerk, could be founJ, had
the impudence to examine a bundle of papers ;
casually laid on the ’able while the Clerk was
Otherwise employe!, and having found in it. j
find read a letter of mine to the Department ;
dated in 1833, made in conjunction, a written
application tor a copy of that iet.er, and of the
Report above-no.itiotif-.1. Not being aware
that either of these t\v<> persons had any in- I
terest iu the business to which my letter
referred, I was led to impure into the motive I
of this application* anti rind, that the Report !
asked for was sent to the Senate of the United |
States in January, iS-'l'i, and published ; some j
sentences allejinir the boastings of unnamed i
persons, of information which could he pro- j
cured for them by a Senator in Congress of j
the Delegation from Georgia, which are in the
original being omitted in tho published Docu
ment —as the Department is presumed t > be
answerable tor withholding from tiie Senate i
and from the public, these sentences, it will ,
scarcely feel justified in giving them to the j
quondam Clerk and his associate, and as it is
obvious tliev seek to procure those parts only j
which arc omitted in the published document, ;
I iiavc to request that you will furnish me
with a copy oi tee it.y.uV injull, with tiie
omitted passages m irked, and an explanation,
if in your power to give one, of the causes
which prevented the communication of them
to the Senate. Send to me at tho same tins',
if you please, a copy of the letter whiclyseems
to have attracted such special regard.
I request further, that should there be any
other persons seeking togratily a vagrant cu
riosity as to any of the matters in which L have !
had occasion tocorresp >:id with your Depart
ment, you will have the goodness to let mc|
know it, that I may he instrumental in minis
tering to the r satisfaction also.
I have the honor to be,
With great respect,
Your ob’t servant,
(Signed) John Forsyth.
lion. J. it I’oinsett, Secretary of War.
NUMBER 111.
jg lB VCB l)mnniEsr, April 22J, 1839.
In rcplv to vour truer ot the li n inst, I
have the honor’to transmit tiie report of the ;
Commissioner ol In I‘an Allairs, together with
copies of the docuruems yo i request, on the
subject ot the Creek at! i-irs. iAC. &,c.
Very respectfully , Y’our iu >s’ obedient ServarC,
J J. li. POINSETT.
Hon. John Forsyth, Scc’y of Slate.
KDMBKB IV.
War Department, Utii o ol Indian \iTdrs,
g, B< April 20 li, 1&39. >
I have tiie honor to renou on tt>e letter
of the 12th inst., from tiie II >n. John F .ryvth,
and submit herewith conies of me documents
therein asked for.
The accompinving copies of letters of the
fith of December 1834, a id 3 1 J inuary IS,.>,
from this*Department. eX'p->in, so iar as
known tome, tiie causes which prevented
the commuaica .on of the omitted sentences
to the Senate.
Very respectfully, Y.vur most oh dirnt St t rant.
T HArvl'LEr CRAWFORD.
Hon. J. li. Pams*- i. Sec’e of War.
H'IMORR V.
Sir. War Pi putmevi, Jar.mrvJl, 1835.
I have tiie lion ir to transmit reports from
the id Auditor, Commissary General of Sub
sistence, and Com nissioner of Indian Allairs,
stating that the Resolutions of ttie Semte of
December 23J 1333, and of June 30th 1 S3l
have been complied with.
The names and paragraphs alluded to in
the le'ter of the Commissioner of Indian Af
fairs shall be supplied if the Senate deem it
proper.
The confidential letters hive been trans
niitted to the CtiinitUi <Jln:rr Affairs
the Senate for their consideration and for
such disposition as they may be pleased to
make of i hem.
Veiy respectlully, Your most obedient Servant,
(signed,) LEU IS CASS.
Hon. M. V anßuieii. Pre-ident of the Senate.
NUMBER VI.
Department of 4Vab, Citice Indian AfTai s, >
s,K i December 6th, 1334. )
1 have Ihe honor to repoil to you that the
correspondence and documents required bv
two Resolutions ol the Senate, m e <>l Decem
ber 23 1 1833, and the oilier ol the SOlh June
1834, have been transmuted, partly to Ihe
Printer ol the Senate and partly to the Se
-1 c ret ary.
The correspondence and documents from
this office embrace ad the lelters to and from
the Department relating to the fieguliation of
treaties, the removal o! Indians a nil-arrange
ments therefor, lo the lakincr oftiie census ol
Indians, and the location of reservations tor
them, under treaty stipulations, and they fur
nisii with the documents from ihe office of the
Commissary Gerifcr a l of Subsistence and the
2 1 Auditors, trie names of all agents and oth
er persons cmpl-iyed in the mar tier pointed
out in the Resolution.
These points are believed to embrace a! 1
the information within ihe call, which can be
! furnished bv this office.
In some of tl e letters the names of persons
are omitted where charges are made, or ?s
----| persinns thrown out, rot supported by sub
sequent proof or investigation.
In a few other let fi* have been
onh <e ‘, sometimes because the allusions were
mde! cate, sometimes because they were un
i ist to particular individuals or to classes ol
the community, and some for other causes pot
susceptible of classification, but rendering Itie
omission proper. In at! cases, how ver, these
‘Omissions are indicated by asterisks.
She.ulil liie Senate require entire copies of
the leit’ rs\ in which these omissions occur
; ibev will he lurnished.
Copies of a few letters, confidential in their
character, have not been sent either to the
P inter or the Secretary of the Senate, Lul
ire herewith transmuted.
In f ELBKtf. HERRING.
i To the R Lewis Cass, Sec’y of War.
>CMBEIt VII.
Fist M itlh li,, Sept. 29 h, 1532.
ijon. L. C,is, Sec’y of War.
Sin, \\’e have just returned to lhi place
Iron) W %iiimpka. at the Falls of Kuchee
G'eek. the site selected by ti e Indians lor liie
liolduig of itieir General Council or Gieat
Talk, with ns. At this spot on the 23 It till.,
they assembled in considerable number, and
I remained enc triped on the ground eight
(lav--.
While in this General Council with the In
dims, in compliance widi our instructions
j from your Department, we opened and ex-
I plained to them in the most lid! and ample
I manner the various mailers given us in
! charge, and also consulted with them in re
ference to the sale, by them, of their Reser
| vations to the Government. In return to all
j which we received from them a reply in vvri
! ting, the same which is herein enc osed.
From the result,.it would appear that the
j Creek Tribe of Indians, are not vet prepared
to emigrate, they are, however, sufficiently
apprised that it is next to impossible, sitna
| ted as they arc, for them to remain a much
j greater length of time in their present state,
and that howsoever fondly they may lor a
little while continue to linger about the now
alienated abode of their forefathers, they
j must at last tear themselves from it. It
would also seem that they are not sufficiently
satisfied oftiie extent, or informed of the val
ue of ihe country, lo vvhcli it is contemplated
to transport them, nor ran they be induced
to believe, hut that they would, notwithstand
ing their exile from their ancient home, no
matter to what realms they might be banisli
jed, or in what region settled, again be redu
ced io subservience, to the (to them,) odious
j trammels of the Laws and Government of
j the white men. Tliev carv.no longer be per
j suaded to repose confidence in our promises,
nor to entertain a of the real Nation of!
! itie prospects we would hold out to Ih in.
I A melancholy experience of the past, has!
htsiille I into them Ihe gloom of despair lor the j
future. Neither eflbrt nor pains, have been |
! spared by us to remove front their minds I
| such illusions, hut we believe that time only, j
laud a cent intro lion of’ conciliatory measures, |
can nliirflutely di*pel them. Whatever could!
with propriety lie done to further the views,]
j and bring to pass the wishes of the Govern- !
merit, in the design of their removal, was’ es
i saved by us: we left nothing undone, which
according to the best dictates of onr judg
ment, should have been done. We explain
ed o t em the benefit* which must sccrue to
litem Tri m such removal—dilated upon the
tranquility and security which must reign in
their new anidin’g place, when quietly estab
lished under the protection of Mie Uni'edS.
| insisted to them, that ‘hev could not with im
i puni v, again thc'’e be male* ted by any <’t the
i Confederate Stales —for being beyond their
geographical limiisthev must as a consequence
br* likewi e beyond the sphere of their legal
jurisdidion—nor we urged had they aught to
j dread from the desultory warfare of uncivili
zed enemies; hut left to themselves, in the
it’ieeand unrestrained exercise ol their an
cient usages and customs, when congregated
i mid collected together in the dark forests and
verdant plains b-vond the western banks of
the Mississippi, they night again exalt tbenr
-1 selves from their degenerate state, and main
lain themselves as a ptoph' —might again as
sume to ihemselves a place among the nations
’ o'” the earth,- from which they were almost
1 altogether iu name exorguished, and from
which, lahnrin ras they (lid under their pre
j sent disadvantages, it must he apparent even
to themselves, that as isolated individuals,
they were fist diminishing.
I hese and other arguments tvtr? employ-1
ed hv u c , but w.l'i unavailing etlecl. We
never!lieli ss think that very many might he
induced to envgrate, upon some sucii condi
tions as the lirllowing—and that too almost ot
qune :t< soon as the Government would bt
prepared to remove them. Viz: Upon con
dition that me Government should pay to
i hem, the price of one dollar arid a quartei
per acre for their Reservations, allowing at.
ihe same time, tire privileges secured to mem,
hv express stipulation in the Treaty of March
1332. in the ant epation of such event or that
to each one emigrating (upon the supposition
that he is tiie head of a family, and provided
it were competent for the Government to
make such confact.) there should lx- g-anted
in fee simple half the quantity', or an amount
equal to hall the quantity of land contained
in his Reservations west ot the .Mississippi, Sa
ihe sum of one dollar and twenty five cents
|vr acre, for the residue, payable according
to Ins particular caprice, either at the instant
of his departure here, or afterwards on his ar-
rival in A kansas. in this manner the expa
triation in some instances of Towns and
parts of Towns, and very generally ot’ indi
vduals, migut, we conjecture, he brought
alxmi. If Y’ajor Parsims a 1 Major Abbott
wre an! z.-d to enter in such arrange
! ment whils temployed in the taking of the
census, we thick we cotiid hazard the asser
tion. that one fourth and even a larger pro
nori.on of the whole number entitled to reser
vations would readily, in due tbrm, relinquish
rit the United States, and enrol themselves
; for emigiation.
We deem it incumbent on tts to make men
tion of some of tiie obstacles, which, at the
present, interpose themselves between us, aid
the views of the G >vernment, and prevent
the accomplishment of its wishes in the pro
curing of a general sale, or disposal of the
i lands of the Indians to the United S ates.
First, the Indians are aware that many of
their Reservations will be of considerable
- value, they are aware, that owing to a differ
ence in point of fertility, or advantage of loca-
tion, they will not all be equally so ; and tliat ]
whilst the one sort, on these accounts will
command a price proportionabiy high, the ratio
of the estimate of the other will be less ; the
more as*ute among them therefore, in the ex
pectation, by management or otherwise, of
obtaining the better or more valuable grade of
reservations, will by no means consent to a
mode of sale which must divest-them of these
advantages, ami reduce them to a standard of
; equality with the possessor of the barren
tract.
Secondly, many of the border white men
settled about the frontier, intruders or squat
ters, and more especially those who have set
tled themselves in tlie country for the purpose
of trading, intent upon thriving by speculation,
and profiting by the simple ignorance ar.d
credulity ot u.e great mass of the red brethren,
so far as land forms a subject of speculation,
Drefer ‘tie driving of a bargain with them to
the chance of purchasing from Government;
they therefore leave no means untried either
of artful insinuation, or even of fraud and
lalseiioodj to advance the,a own private v ews,
to the utter sacrifice of those of the general
j good, or in other words of the Government.
: I’he Imbans being rendered averse bv the
prejudices anti suspicions, which it is a part of
| their policy to inspire them with, from con
tract ng wf t ,t. [Omitted passage.]
Another, and no inconsiderable obstacle,
and one with which, at this early period of the
negotiation, we were hardly prepared to con
flict, is a land company. We are credibly i
informed by gentlemen of respons bility of
character, that such a company exists, pnnei- j
paiiy composed and organized by persons res- j
idont in; and about Columbus. Georgia—that
they are busily anc! exttn lively engaged in
purchasing of the Indians, their rights to res
ermtions, that they have been furnished with
a copy of all the instructions of the several
agents employed by the Government to carry
into effect the Treaty, almost as soon as they
themselves have obtained them, immediately
enter into a knowledge of all the designs con
ceived, and steps taken, in relation to these
Indian lands, by Government, and boast, that
the curtain which screens from less inieres
iel a: J enquiring eyes, these private transac
tions of the Government, in tiiis particular is
moved aside for them, by art Honorable Sen
ator in Congress, and of the Georgia Delega
tion.
In relation to the auriuity—it was paid as
directed m the manner desired by the Indians,
i It was their pleasure on this occasion, that the
! amount after a division into two equal parts,
should he placed in the hands of the two
principal chiefs of the nation, Ne ih Micro of
the Lower, and Tus-ke-ne-au of the Upper
‘Counts a moiety to each; to he bv fhern after
wards, distributed amongst their respective
people. The sum paid over to these chiefs
by the agent, was twenty-nine thousand nine
hundred and sixty dollars.
The investigation of the Indian debts,
claims, Sec., it was found necessary to pospnue
in order that all concerned might be allowed
necessary time after notice to produce, and be
prepared with them—the time se*, is the first
Monday in January next, the place of investi
gation, Fort Mitchell; of all v* hich, due notice
has beet) given, proclamation of the same hav
ing been made in the Indian Square, at the
Council. r i his protracted period was set, as
well for the above given reason, as also, that
an opportunity might be afforded in the inte
rim to Maj- n Parsons and Abbott to finish the
taking of the census ; an undertaking now
rendered exceedingly difficult of accomplish
ment, on account of the dispersed and scat
tered s’a f e of the Indians. We would re
spectfully suggest, that if we were permitted
to call in the aid of Major Abbott at that time,
as Secretary to the Board of Commissioners,
whilst setting in judgment on these claims, it
would greatly facilitate the investigation; and
from the despatch with which we should then
the more easily he enabled to execute the
business, the services rendered by him, would
perhaps be the means of a saving more than
equal to tiie addition of expenditure. We
believe too, that a full Register of all the
claims filed and adjudicated, comprising are
cord of the eut ire proceed ngs, wou!d effectual
ly prevent from appearing again, claims, whit h
might before have been presented, perhaps
paid ; but which for want of such regularity
of proceednre are perpetually rising in judg
ment and in their demands insatiable.
We should likewise respectfully suggest,
that as we find much displeasure and dissatis
faction to prevail among the Indians about the
i treaty, the best mode to soothe and reconcile
’ them, will be a liberal course in regard to the
| location of the Reservations, secured to them
I in the treaty.
i ft At the request of (he Indians in Council,
I we promised to mention that they thought the
! beef consumed by them during the sitting of
i the Council, ought to be paid fer by the United
i Slates ; the sum of two thousand and eighfy
! hive dollars was paid by them for the furnish*
; ipg of this article at that time, out of their
| annuity perhaps as much business of the Go-
I vernment tad to he transacted, and time con
* sunied in the explaining of the treaty and
I other matters of a public character, at the
same instant, the Government may not think
it improper to iefund it.
W<* have the honor !o be, sir v rv respectfully your
i obedient servants,
JOHN OROH ELL,
ENOCH PARSONS,
S. H. PARSONS,
Commissioners.
Attest, THOS. J. ABBOTT, Secretary.
NUMBER VIII.
Washington City. Feh 2<\ tPTP.
Sir—We have ti.a honor to request ibat.
we may he furnished at as early a day as
| practicable, with a copy of a communication
i to the Indian Department from tiie lion. John
| Forsyth, ihten a member of tiie Senate of the
United States, dated 22d July, 1832, relative
t to his speculations in Creek Indian reserves,
j and also with a copy of a communication from
! Col. John Crowe)!, Gen. Enoch I’arsons, and
’ Mai. Benjamin Parsons, to the lion. Lewis
i Cass, dated September 29, 1832, being a re
| port of their proceedings as Commissioners
| appointed by the President of the U. States, to
j negotiate with the Creek Indians, for the
porch s? of the Reservations to which they
I were entitled, under lire Treaty of March,
1832.
It is of the highest importance that we
should be furnished with the copies asked for
at ao early day. Y'ou will therefore excuse
us for asking your immediate attention to it..
Very resp’iv. vbt'r ob’t servants.
Signed, JOSEPH BRYAN,
THO’S.J. ABBOiT,
Hon. 3’. H. Crawford, Commissioner,&c.
NUMBER IX.
Wetumfka. Ala., 9th May, 1837.
Levi Wo -.finny, Hon. Sir:
You are doubtless apprised that. I am one of
: the claimants to pre-emption on Tallaseefixico
Reserve S. 21, T. 18, R. 18, and that the Re
gister at.d Receiver of this Land District at
Cahawba; Commissioners Haywood & Brown,
have all decided and never doubted that such
abandoned reserves were subject to pre-emp
tion and floats. Your opinion and that of
President Jackson, I believe, I may also ad
in confirmation.
Now, s ; r, the object of the present address
is to inform you that some of the parties
claiming under the Indian’s sale, and of course
opposed to the success or’ preemptions and
floats thereon, boast that the present Commis
sioner, Whitcomb, was selected on account
of his known opposition to both preemptions
and floats, or resene .
The prominent and interested party who
communicated the above, further states that
Mr. Forsyth, Secretary of State, is also inter
ested, and that he procured the an point men;
of Mr. Whitcomb, and that or. account of his
known opposition to the adverse claimants
under preemptions and floats.-
Now, sir, it is well known to this community
that this is not the only instance in which
Mr. John Forsyth was himself a party to spe-
dilation in lands In this country, and that, too,
since he was Secretary of State.
I make this charge not as a groundless
'ander, so repeatedly rasorted to by the reck
less opposition, but as a faithful democrat, and
awa-in ax.d unflinching supporter of the pre
cedmgt.and present Administration. To cor
roborute which I refer to the ilon. Win. R
King, our Senator in Congress.
In October of 1834 we were informed by
commissioner Haywood that Tallaseefixico re
serve was liable to preemption ; we settlers
immediately proceeded to enter, shortly after
which so litany conflicting affidavits were
offered to the Department that we were ad
vised to secure our claims by undoubted
floats, which were adjudged at Cahawba bv
tiie Register and Receiver to be valid. One
or two still claim by preemption only.
In February 1836, Samuel \Y r . Mardis pro
cured of Commissioner Brown his written
decision in favor of the floats particularly.—
Francis S. Key represents the Indian party.
The present Commissioner now refers the
whole matter to the Attorney General for ulti
mate decision; bu it Forsyth is a party, I feel
our chance is redemptionless.
There is r.ot an intelligent Lawyer in the
country of opinion otherwise than that such
reservations are subject to preemption, also
to floats, for they accrue from preemptions.
The treaty is too plain to admit, of an ambi
guous or forced construction,nothing is plainer.
I shail rely on you to make a full statement
of the whole aiFur to the Attorney General,
and procure his early decision thereon, which
ptease forward.
It is not my wish to impeach any, yet ts this
leads to any discovery I am accountable for
its consents, and will abide the consequence.
1 am truly and indeed,
Your obedient and devoted servant,
(Signed) A. PARKER.
NUMBER X.
Treasury Department, )
Sir, Augusi 21, 1841 $
In compliance with your verbal request, 1
have the honor to transmit to you. herewith; a
copy of the .otter of A. Parker io th* Secreta
ry of the Treasury, dated 9 h May, 1837, and
of your note of 23d May, 1837, on the subject
of his communication. No copy of your note,
I state in compliance with your request, has
been furnished by the Department to any one
but Mr. Parker, excepting yourself, since it
was received, to the best of my knowledge.
Under the regulations which have always
been observed in this Department respecting
the delivery of copies of such papers, I state
that l feel perfectly satisfied, after lull enquiry
of those who might, with myself, have knowl
edge of the furnishing of copies of those pa
pers, that none have been obtained from the
Department except as before’ stated. lam
not aware that any application was ever made
tor copies of these letters by any one but your
self, and the lion. J. C. Clark. His request
was not complied with, as he did not state
what interest he had in tiie subject matter,
1 am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
McCLINTOOK YOUNG,
Chiet Gierk.
Hon. John Forsyth. Washington City.
From the Federal Union, Sep ember 21.
Macon, September 16, 1841.
John T Lamar,Esq.
■oik: I nave received your letter of th*
13ih lust, on yesterday, in which you enclosed
an extract taken from the Savannah Repub
lican and written by a private correspondent
of Macon. I at once perceive tnat it was
got up for political ptirp >ses and not lor the
sake of even handed justice.
I did hope, Sir, that the selfish,- and inter
ested scribblers of Macon, knowing my prin
ciples of non interference and neutrality in
elections, would have had the common sense
not to cast their gilded and deceitful bait into
a stream where there were to gulls to be
caught.
I tnatik -the correspondent, O. P. Q,., for his
good opinion of me, but I cannot be duped
by lus flittering praise. lam well aware of
the cunning of ihe serpent, which dazzles Ins
victim to lure him to his fate. Neither I, nor
I hope, anyol niy congregation, shall be made
the tool of any party whatsoever, but like
true citizens shall give our suffrage for the
common good of our common country.
When 1 presented myself befoie his Ex
cellency Gov. McDonald with documents
sufficient, as I thought, to respite any individ
ual, 1 was received by him with all the Con
descent ion, a fill bility and kindness ol a per
fect gentleman, and when a ter due delibera
tion he gave me a refusal, I perceived care,
anxiety arid oriel’in his countenance, and no
matter how much I may differ from His Ex
cellency in Ins decision, fie acted as a man of
refined feeling. The Governor could not
treat toy petition with contempt as O. P. Q.
| asseits, because lor the best of all rea runs, 1
I presented him with none, but only with the
j document of the evidence and the grounds
| upon which the attorney applied for anew
! trial, and I wish that tiie writer O. P. Q. had
| received the Catholic Priest of Macon with
I as much courtesy, in a public, assembly in the
i streets ot Macon, as G >v. McDonald ban
! done, both publicly and privately since his
i acquaintance with his Excellency.
I lea’ e it to the Governor to vindicate his
decision vvtili regard to Downing’s case, and
should the documents ivinch me now in nis
hands be published, each and every citizen
will have an opportunity of judging for him
self. I have the honor to he, sir,
Your obedient humble servant,
J. GRAHAM, C. Pastor.
OBITUARY.
With summer’s ti ght, seie the leaf, and
scentless the blooming flower. The senses are no
longer delighted with tl.eir beauty and fragrance ; but
our grief at nature’s decay is mellowed by ibe thought
that returning spring will bring back bloom to the tese.
and that the foliage of which the trees have been robbed
by the winds of autumn again will b * green,gladdening
our sight.
We feel a pang at parting, though but for a seasotV,
from thorn wh .se friendship we prize and cherish - , but
even when -.ve exchange the last lingering grasp and
press the hand we are loth to relinquish, when we
pronounce the mournful word,‘fdre.weti,’ Hope whis
peis, ‘we will meet again,’ and tnc pain of parting is
assuaged by toe anticipated happiness of renewed in
tereour. e.
But when the icy hand of death is laid upon those
we love, upon the playmate of our childhood, and
compan'oh of our tnaiurer years, no beam of hope nor
joy illumines the heart nor brings a stride to the sad
den and brow. We gaze upon the face of the dead, and
memory throngs with painful thoughts—the tve, once
brilliant with intelligence, is glazed and lustreless—
;he voice, the tone, of w hich w e delighicd to hear, can
he heard no more —upon the lips, purple arid ghastly,
is placed the cold sea 1 of death—recollection brings
nothing but pain, ami after the first poignancy of an
guish. we feel a mental torpor, a benumbing melan
choly, which nothing bul Time, the great tmohtni.
can remove.
The foregoing teflections were sugge- ted by the
death of Mis. Sarah L. Pegg, who ueparted this
life on Wednesday, the 7ih inst. in Sumter county,
after an illness of two days, in the S-t h year of het
age.
The writer of this finds a'i language tame and hack
neyed, and totally inadequate to express his high re
gard for, an 1 appreciation of, the many virtues of this
am able woman. How few, of either sex. deserve the
eulogium addressed by a venerable minister to the
crowd of weeping friends that surrouftried her grave.
- that ‘ in the course of a long md intimate acquaintance
with the deceased, he had never heard a word, nor
remarked a deed, that merited reproof,”
The blow is struck. Death triumphs here,
And “dust to dust” is given ;
But, having winged its upward flight,
The soul is now in Heaven.
WHITE LEAD AND OIL.
ENGLISH and American White Lead and Lin
seed Oil, for sale bv . J- D. HOWELL.
Coi Her of Crawford and Broad- (s.
September 23 tl
EXCHANGE & BANK NOTE TABLE
CORRECTED BY NORTON & LANGDON.
EXCHANGE.
Sills on New York ai sight, 12 per cent prem.
Bills on Baltimore, 10
bills on Richmond, 10
3iils on Mobile, 3
Billsoa Savannah, 10 “
Sd;s on Charleston, 12 “
Bills on Philadelphia, 10 “
Specie, 10
CURRENT NOTES.
Bank of Colunib •is,
Planters an i Mechanic's Bank.
Central Bank of Georgia,
Ruckersville Banking Cos. 5 pre.
Georgia R. R. and banking Company, 5 prim
SPECIE PAVING BANKS.
Insurance Bank of Columbus at Macon.
Commercial Bank at Macon.
Bank of State of Georgia and Branches.
Bank of Augusta,
Bank of-51. Man’s
Bauk of .vlilledgeville.
Augusta Insurance and Banking Company.
B ink of Brunswick and Branch at Augusta.
Mechanics’ Bann of Augusta.
Marine and fire Insurance Bank of Savannah and
Bran :h at Macon.
Branch of the Georgia Raii Road at Augusta.
PI ners’ Bank in Savannah.
Farmers’ Bank of the Chattahoochee.
Ociuulgee Bank at Macon,
Alabama Banks, 3 pr.
So .th Carolina Bank Notes, 10 a 12 prem.
Soecie oaving Bank Notes, 10 percent premium.
” UNCURRENT BANK NOTES.
Bank of Darien and Branches, uncertain
Chattahoochee R, R. & Banking Company, 75 per
cent. dis. *
Monroe R. R. & B’g Cos.
at Macon, 50 do.
Bank of Hkwkinsville, 20 do.
Western Bank, uncertain.
Life Ins. and Trust,Co. 00 do.
Union Bank of Florida, 60 do.
Bank of Pensacola, uncertain.
PRICES CURRENT.
CORRECT Ell WEEKLY BY HIRAM YOUNG Si CO.
Bagging—Kentucky, yd 00 a 28
Indian, : : : “ So a So
Inverness, : : “ 00 a 25
American Tow, : : “ 00 a 00
Bale Rope, : : : lb 12J a 14
Bacon—Ha. s. : : “ 7 a It)
Sides, : : : “ 07 a 8
Shoulders, 1 : “ 00 a 10
Beef—.Vlejs, : : bbl 00 a 00
Prime, : : : “ 00 a 00
Butter—-Goshen, : lb 25 a 37 j
Western, : s : “ 15 , a 20
Candles—Sperm, : “ 50 a Of 1
Taliow, ; : : “ 00 a 18
Castings. : j : “ 6 ti 7
Cheese —Northern, t “ 12 a 1&£
Cotton, . : : “ 8J a 10’
Coffee—Havana green, “ 00 a 15 s
Rio, : : i : “ 00 a 16 ;
Fish —Mackerel No. 1, bbl o*l a 00
“ “ 2, s “ 00 a 00
“ “ 3, : “ 00 a 00
Herrings, s : 5 box 00 a2 00
Flour—Northern, : bbl CO a 8
Western, is ; “ 7 00 a 7 50
Country, : ! 3 14 6 00 a 7 00
Grain—Corn, i : bu 00 a 50
Wneat, : j : “ 00 a 7a
Gunpowder, i : keg 7 00 a 800
Hides, : i : lb 7 a 8
Iron, s : s t “ 07 a 8
Lard, 5 : : : “ 00 a 12
Peas, : : : : bu 00 a 75
Raisins, : s 3 box 300 a4 00
Lime, : : ! cask 00 a 5 00
Molasses—N. O. : gal 35 a 37
Nails, : : : j lb 8 a 9
Pork, —Mess, : J s bbl 00 a (0
Prime, 3 s s lb 00 a 00
Rice, 3 i s t “ CO a 06
Pi pper, : s : “ 12 a 15
Spirits—Brandy, Cog. gal 175 a2 50
Peach, s 33 ‘* 1 00 a 1 25
Apple, 3 s : “ 00 a 70
Gin —Holland, 1 : “ 150 d1 75
Domestic, : : s *’ 45 a 50
Rum—Jamaica, : : “ 1 75 a 2 00
Domestic, ! s : “ 00 a 45
W iiskey—lrish, t 44 o*l a 4 U 0
Monongahela, s s 44 87 a 1 00
New Orleans, : : “ 35 a 40
Sug i u—New Orleans, lb 08 o 10
St. Croix, : s : “ 12 a 13
Loaf, 33 s “ 13 a 25
Salt, s : s 3 sack 00 a 2 50
Soap, : s s : lb 8 a 10
Shot, 33 33 “ 00 a 12
CITY COUNCIL,
September 2, 1841.
Council met pursuant to adjournment.
Present—His honor the [Mayor ; Aldermen Abbott)
Berry. Greene. Morton and Morris.
Afier reading tho j mrnal of the last meeting, the re
turns of the election held for Alderman in Ward No.
to till the vacancy occasioned by the resignat on of
Alderman Bedell, and William S. Holstead being duly
elected to fill said vacancy, his honor the Mayor pro
ceeded to administer the oath of office to the Alderman
elect.
The following plan for building a break water dam
or the preservation of the river bank, from John God
win, was presented to Council, which was read and
accepted by Council :
Gentlemen—l will build the break dam according to
the way I understand the plan by Thomas Morris, 14 <
feet at the bo tom, atn build it to high water mark,
and have it, say from two Id three feet on top, all to
be warranted to stand until it rots down, the wood
timbers to be of good heart timber and rock sufficient
with the wood for it to be substantially done, for which
I will build at four dollars per foot, running measure.
Whereupon Alderman Morris offered the following:
Resolved, That Aldermen Morris, Morton, Greene
and Holstead be authorised to accede to the above
proposition, and that in drawing up the agreement
with Mr. Godwin, the cam’ be limited to two hundred
teet in length, and be authorized to make such specifi
cations in the. contract as to have plank nailed on the
dam at such places as the committee may designate.
Adopted.
On the adoption thereof, the yeas and nays were
required to be recorded. Yeas 5, navs 1 Those
who voted in the affirmative, were Aldermen Berry,
Greene, Holstead, Morton, Morris. In the negative,
Alderman Abbott.
By Alderman Morris.
Be it ord.med by the Mayor and Council that the
nrdinancc-d passed authorizing the employing the City
Guard,'to be rescinded after the 9th of October next.
Adopted,
An account trifavor of E'. B. W. Spivey of sff7 68
was piessir.ed to Council, and ordered to be paid.
On mbtion of Alderman Berry, Council adjourned
till Monday the “20th inst. at 4 o’clock, P. M,
W. A. DOUGLASS, Clerk.
NOTICE. ’
ALL persons who have not paid their City, Tax.
are requested to call at the Old City Council
j Chamber, at the Market House and pay their City
Tax by the first day of Oc'ober next.
J. BETHUNE, City Treasurer.
September 23 33 2t
CROCKERY.
XTNINE and common Ware, for sale by
JOHN 1). HOWELL,
Corner of Crawford arid Broad-sts.
September 22 33 ts
DRY GOODS.
TAPLE and Fancy Diy Goods, Os every tles
cription, suitable for the trade, fef sale bv
JOHN D. HOWELL,
Corner of Crawford and Broad-sts.
September 23 33 if
FINE LIQUORS.
IjjWINE if, Brandies, and Holland Gin, of superior j
W* qualify, for sale by
’ JOHN D. HOWELL.
Corner of Crawford and Broad-sts
Septetfiber 23 33 ts
CASTINGS.
POTS, Orem. Sprders. Skillets,'Fire-fforrs. and j
other articles in this ime. for sa‘f lv
JOHN D. HOWELL,
Corner of Broad and Crawford sts. I
September 16 32 ts I
: — ,
WOODEN WARES. |
A LARGE and well assorted lot of Tubs, Buck- !
il eu, Sugar Boxes, &c. For sale by
JOHN D. HOWELL, |
Corner of Broad and Crawfc rd-sts.
September 16 32 ts
THE undersigned will at*end tothe PRACTICE
OF LAW. in the name of JONES & BEN
NING. in most of the counties of this Circuit, and a
few of the adjoining counties of Alabama. Their
Office will be found near the Oglethorpe House.
SEABORN JONES,
HENRY L.BENNING.
Sept. 16,lSJff, ts
THE COLUMBUS REFORM ASSOCI
ATION.
THE monthly meeting will beheld in the Baptist
Church on the evening of Friday, the 24. h inst.
Several addresses may be expected.
L. T. DOWNING.
September 16 32 2t
BOOTS, SHOES AND BROGANS.
A LARGE and wed assorted stock ol the above
named articles can be found at No. 13, Havne
street. Charleston,S. C. The sub*crii>er- a>e pleased
to inform their customers and the c niniry merchants
generally, that lh-y have secured iheir
Fill and Winter Gotxls,
and shall be pleased to serve them personally of by
order. They also will say that they have an unusual
laijge assortment ot Negro Biogans, both black and
russett. adapted to plantation use. All of which will
be sold on reasonable terms.
H STODDARD & WOOD,
• Fo-mcrlyH STODDARD, MILLER & Cos.
No. 13, Hayne-st. Charleston, S. C.
September 23 S3 4t
CAUTION.
“H” OST ft nil’ a month ago, a note supposed lo be
made payable to Thomas E. Taggart or bearer
signed by Hoxey & Mitchell, dated some time in 1837
for six’v two dollars and some odd cents. I iorewam
all oersons from trading for said note, as payment on
said note has been stopped.
MICHAEL McCUTATD.
September 23 33 3:
WARE HOUSE AND COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
THE undersigned continue to transact the above
business, ai their FIRE-PROOF WAKE
HOUSE, Front stree t.
They will devote their best attfention to any bu
siness entrusted to their care, and will at all times
impart to their planting friends, any information they
may have, respecting the Cotton market. Planter*
and o'hers w ill find it to their interest to store w ith
them, on account of the great saving in the premium
insurance, and the additional safety to those who do
not insure.
They are prepared to advanceliberally upon Crtton
and other merchandize stor'd with them. ‘I heir
rates of storage and all ether charges, are the same
as loose charged by other houses in the same line of
business. HALL, RUSE & Cos.
September 9 31 ts
TEN DOLLARS REWARD
STRAYED or stolen from tha subsefiber oh Fri
day nig':t, 31 inst. at the camp ground, near Sa
j iem, Russel! county, Alabani a bay horse, saddle,
: bridle and martingales, about six years old, and about
| five feet high, with a black mane and tail, legs black
; up to the knee, With the end of tho right ear off, and
j hip shot on the right side. The above reward will be
1 paid r‘->r the delivery of the said horse to the subscriber
j near Salem. Any information thankfully received.
THOMAS COLQ.UITT.
] September 23 33 4t
W A R E-HO U S E
AST)
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
WK have associated under the firm of Yonge
Spencer, for the transaction of the above bu
siness, and hope to receive a share of public patronage.
We will occupy the old stand known as 44 Yonge’s
Wate House on Front street, which is now being put
in good order, and intend having it enclosed with a
substantial brick wall. We will attorn) to the sale of
Cotton oi other produce on waggons or in store, at the
usual rates. ....
Y\ e ha ve a good supply of Bagging and Rope, which
we will furnish to our customers on accommodating
terms. WILLIAM P. YONGE,
RICHARD P. SPENCER.
Columbus, Sept. 9 31 ts .
BROUGHT TO JAIL
SN Columbus, Georgia, on the 11th August, a ne
gro man who says his name is DICK ; lie is rath
er of a copper color, say* he belongs to Madison Hey
wood, of Talladega county, Ala. The said negro
has been runaway for nearly two years. H - broke
jail from me 27th July, 1840, and he then said he be
longed to Edward Williams, of Talladega county, and
then went, by the name of Joe; his age 23 or 24 yea>s;
5 feet, 8 inches high. The owner is requested to
come lorward, prove Property, pay expenses and take
him away. AV . BROWN, Jailor.
September 9 . 31 ts
WHISKEY, RUM, GIN, &c.
ALWAYS oh hand, and for sale by
JOHN D. HOWELL,
Corner of Crawford and Broad-sts.
September 16 32 ts
SHOES AND HATS.
OF various quality and sizes, for sale by
JOHN D. HOWELL,
Cornor of Crawford and Broad sts.
September 16 ; 32 it
COTTON AND WOOL CARDS.
FOR sale by JOHN D. HOWELL,
Corner of Crawford ar.d Broad sts.
September 16 32 ts
RAW HIDES WANTED.
JB NY quantity will be onrehased at fair prices,
Tfi. by JOHN D. HOWELL,
Corner ol Crawford and Rroad-st.
September 16 9t ts
GLASS AND PUTTY.
1 THIRST quality Wind iw Glass and Puttv, for sale
1 by JOHN D. HOW,ELL,
Corner of Crawford and Broad sts.
September 18 32 if
BAGGING, ROPE AND TWINE.
A GOOD supply of the. above articles (br sale on
accomrnoda ing terms, at flip Ware House of
WM. P. YONGE,
August 5 26 ts Front-street.
DR. TAYLOR
HAS removed his office to Preston’s Row, a few
doors East of Preston’s Corner, w here he m~.)
generally be found,unless when professionally at gage
Feb. 9. I if
JOHN L. LEWIS,
IS my authorized Agent to transact anv husines
of mine, during my absence from Columbus.
M. A. ROBINSON.
June 3 17 ts
NOTICE.
JOHN T.. LEWIS, Ksq. will act as the Agent <f
the undersigned, during his temporary absence
in Alabama. N. W. COCKE.
June 17 Iff 2t
SALT, IRON, &c.
A constant supply of salt and assorted Iron, always
on haul. Jt'HN It. HOWELL,
Corner of Crawford and Broad-sts.
September 16 32 ts
L'.ND FOR SALE.
rTTVJE subscriber offers for sale, th'e following
a tracts of land on terms to suit purchasers, to
wn : the seUletnem where he now lives, in Russell
county, Alabarta, Iff miles oboye Columbus, on the
road to LaFuvette, containing
Twelve Hund r ed Acres - ,
•four hundred cleared ar.d in a high siaie of cultivation,
with a good dwelling houso, store house, gin house
and screw, negro houses, cribs, stabies and lots. &tc.
Also 200 acres land, one hundred cleaied and m
good farming order, 34miles above Columbus, on the
same road ; also’ in ihe same neighborhood, one bail
section of land, with fair improvements, 120 acres
cleared and inferior to none in the country, as regaids
quality ; also one section of land in ihe lower part of
Chambers coumy, on the B g Halawakee Creek. 200
acresbottom land,3o or 40 acres cleared, and inferior
to none in the State. Purchasers would do well to
call and see. Terms will be one, two and ;hree in
stalments. ZACHARIAH V\HIIK.
Wacoochee Valley, June 24 20 2t
SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS REWARD:
r glllli subscriifbr, residing in Con tr bus, Georgia j
JL lost about a month sir.ee, a Valuable negro man ;
for the appr. hension of whom in any secure jail so |
that he can get him, he will give twenty-five dollars; j
and if the viid negro man has loom decoyed avay by .
anv white perron,'or been furnished wild tree papers,
(neither ot which is improbable)’ lie wil, -. in addi
tion. filly dollars if sufficient evidence o ict. be
communicatee! to him to ensure the eonvic iof the
guiitv person.
Said negro is abont 23 yea- or age. of small stature,
and named Elije. Heis belie -d io have never shav
ed. and his appearance, in cons quence, is somewhat j
singular, the hair b ing long on his m>p r lip. W lien
spoken to. he almost invariable puts his finger tothe
side f his bead, and scratches his hair, and h s spe* eh
is accompanied by a slight hesitancy. He has tl”
marks ol a gun shot, just above the knee, in ‘he right
thigh, it is thought; the bone was fractured, and the j
wound is still visible. The negro, when he said any
thing about running awav, which lie occasional-,
II !v did, mentioned Tennessee as the direction of his
flight. SAMUEL BOYKIN.
Columbus, Ga. June 10 18 ’•
THE UNDERSIGNED
HAVING been appointed Trustees of the assets
of the Chattahoochee Rail Ro id and Banking
Companv of Georgia, they will attend at the office of
the said Institution every dav (Sunday’s excepted,)
from 11 tol o’clock, for the transaction of any husinesg
connected with the same. JNOf BEHUNE
July 22 24 It \VM. P. YONGE.
PRESENTMENTS
;Cf the GrandjjJury of Meriwether county, Georgia,
August Term, lb4l.
i PENHR Grand Juiurs, sworn, chosen and selected
! JL at August Terra, lt>4l, beg leave to make tho
| so lowing presentments t
| We hud in making an examination of books and pa*
I p-rs belonging to uie Clerk’s office of the inferior
I court, Ui.it of the many executions issued t ptr
! sons not having paid tneir laxcs, tlotu ean be loond in’
U.e cin k’ office. We have evidence before us, that,
the collector appointed to collect tn tax of ißl*B. diet
peace a number of executions in the clerk’s office, arid
at".erward called for tneui an t the clerk returned them’
I to that officer, and af.e, a homer grand jury had ac.ed
lon them, and allowed hull [.he co lector] the full a
-1 mount of the same and since that time there ha* been
money pad on them which lias not beet: accounted
for. and tin* jury found them suit m the 1 aids of iltat
otficer, wlncu tney have obtained and plac'd in .he
i clerk’s oiSco. We are of opinion that the clerk tumid
| have retained them in his custody. We have further
tbund a large am mat of executions in the collectors
| hands, ot 1840, whi. h we h ive also caused to bo
j placed in the cieik’s otfii e. W e are of opinion that
’ many of the executions can be collected, and would
; suggest to our inferior court the propriety of taking
1 the necessary steps to have them collected, for so
great a loss to the county is insufferable.
In addition to what a former grand jury allowed
John MeGaughv, collector o; tax for 1840, on a former
insolvent list, we allow him i lie fun her sum of $27 00,
which taken !Yum the amount due from him aid
| paid to the county, leaves $259 80 in his hands stilt
unpaid. V\ e tiiei cfore request the inferior court to
■ compel the tax collectors to pay over all the money
: they have oil hand belonging to the county which they
have itr t paid over, with the percent, lo which they
have laid themselves liable.
We present the Road Commissioners in the lower ,
nin.h district, for fajngto have worked that part of
the road lea ling fro* Greenville to Hall’s Bridge on
Flint River, between Jones’ mill on Ktd OaK Creek,
to the tenth district line.
We also present the bad condition of the district
line road between tlie third and seventh districts be
tween Hall’s store aid Nathan Truiit’s.
Owing i< ’be press of business before the court, w
have not 1... t access to the books of the superior clerk.
On an examination of the books of the county treasu
rer, we find them correctly and neatly kept, and his
voucher satisfactory. We also find that the treasurer
has paid out $63 58 more than lie has credit (or, ex
clusive of his commissions.
We deem it our privilege as jurors, citizens and
freemen, to express our approbation or i isapprobation
an any or all subjects of a public cnaracter in which
we are immediately interested. 1 o the measure of
Relief proposed to om last Legislature by Governor
McDonald, we unqualifiedly dissent, and in so doing
we but respond to the opinions his Excellency snggts
ted on the sam subject in his annual message, to-wilr
“that it would be wiong in principle to u.*e the credit
of the State for the relief of individual indebtedness.”
We could pres nt no stronger objections to the plan
than those used by the Governor himself in his anneal
message. Were the system sound in principle, the
unsold aud nnsaleab e bonds now in market, prove the
plan impracticable. lithe State credit was available,’
and the amount recommended obtained, we a-e slow
to believe the competency of the poor and debtor to
obiain under the laws regulating the Central Bank, a
loan (if any at all) adequate to (heir necessities. But
the impracticability of the plan, resulting particularly
from the low condition of our State credit, and the
impossibility of effecting sale sales of State bonds, au
thorize us in regarding the measure as designed for a
catch vote sot paity. It is well known that the bonds
of ‘he State of Georgia cannot be sold but at a heavy
sacrifice—that the bonds of the Central Bank bearing
eight per cent, interest could not obtain but fifty cents
in the dollar in the New York market. As an im
practicable plan, we regard it as virtually trifling with
the distress and necessities of the debtor, if effected as
subjecting the State to addilional involvements, ren
dering still more precarious our credit circulation,’
grinding still m. re heavily the poor by exposing them
to a higher taxation, and affording to the money holder
and note shaver increased facilities, to specula’e on
the debtor by Usurious exactions. AVeare therefor*
of o titiion that under the smiles of a good Providence,
the exercise of indusity and economy, we. may obtain
permanent relief an i not otherwise.
We tender to l.is honor AN illiatn Ezzard our thanks
for his courtesy to iLis body, and for the able manner
in which he has discharged hrs duties, and particularly
for holding court for us three days lunger than the
law made it his duty.
AVe also tender our thanks to the Solicitor General,”
N. B. Knight, for his politeness to ibis body.
VA e request that a copy of our Presentments, w hich
are of a public nature, be sent to the Columbus En
quirer, Columbus. Georgia, for publication, with a re
quest that the Columbus Times copy them into their
columns.
Elijah B. Griffin Humphrey D. Tucker
P. P. Clopton, Lewis Stanley,
John D. Perdue, James Hinds,
Robert H. Buyd, S. C. Montgomery,
F. McLendon, Thos. F. McGehee,
Hiram Morgan, F. H. Glazier,
Wiley P. Burks, Absalom,L. Anthony,
Jacob Miller, Daniel Keath,
Simeon Perteat, James Haney,’
I*. G. Sinquefield, Isaac C. Beli.
We, the undersigned, members of the Grand Jur 1
protest against so much of the foregoing presentments
as lelate lo the measure proposed by Governor Mc-
Donald to the last Legislature, commonly known as
the re ief measure.
Hiram Morgan, Pleasant P. Clopton,
James Haney, John D. Perdue,
Daniel Keath, W tley P. Burks,
James limds,
Ordered bv the court, that the presentments be pub
lished according to the request of the grand jury, Au
gust Term, 1841.
A true extract from the minutes of the superior
court, Meriwether couutv. Utorgta.
LEVY M. ADAMS, clerk.
September 23 S3 It
~ I INSURANCE /GENCY.
AN agency of the United States Insurance Com
pany ol tiie City ol New Yoik. with a Capital
of One Million Dollars having been proposed lo be es
ablished in this City—for Fire, Inland or Mai me In
surance, up -n liberal conditions, the undersigned to
whom the piopo a! has been made ifUites the mer
chants citizens and trailers in the vicinity to an ex
amin uion of llie plans ol business and to the conditions
upon which ifs estabii hrnent wrll depend. Then rates
of premium will be as low as those charged bv oiher
good Companies, and all fair and just claims for losses
will be promptly adjiis cd and pan! in ikil-ty days after
proof, without litigation, by drafts on the Company in
.New York.
The Directors and Officers will be composed of tho
mi'n wealthy, respeciab e and inielhgenl men in the
City and State of New Yoik. and iheir business in
-very department will be conducted with piudcnce
aud caution.
Believing that such an Agency mav prove highly
advantageous to our Mnchants and Citizens, end
save much trouble in sending to our large cities lor In
surance when it may he equally well done through
such an'A vencv, the subsetiber will be haopy to pro
mote their interest as well as lhat of the Company, in
its permanent establishment, snould our citizens re
commend it, and tho conditions meet wi,h their ap
proval.
A few Shares of the Stock may be obtained bv
those who are desirous of securing an interest arid’
have the means to make, a small invest which if
is believed will prove ho’h safe, and proftable. No
payments will he requir- and until ten days notice has’
been received from the Directors. ,
JUHN E. DAVIS, Agent/
September 16 32 ts
PUBLIC SALE
THE subscriber has laid off a nr.ffiber of lots im
mediately adjoining the beautiful and h* althy
town of Tuskegee, M acon county, Ala. and will offer
them for sale, on (he first Tuesday in October next. —
These lots will be highly d< sir able for gentlemen own
ing plantations in the rich iffne lands of Mscon coun
ty. for their residdnees, where they can combine gooff
socie y with he education of their children. The
town is now, not ,v irstanding the difficulties of our*
monied affairs, cch itiruaily improving and increasing
iri population, and good schools will alway3'be found
among such people.
The terms wi.i he one-fourth cash ; one half of the
balance payable at Christmas, and the other Half the
Christmas after. The titles to the lots will be re
tained tili all the purchase money is paid, or persons
can get titles at once, hv giving good security,or pay
ing no the whole purchase money ; 10 per cent per
annum deducted for ptompt payment.
The pGn of the lots n,av be seen by apfdytng to’
Mr. George H one, at Tusk“gee.
SEABORN J )NE.
September 16 32 td
M I LL S AND LAND,
FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sal*, on very accom
modating terms, the settlement ofland on which
he resides, situated in the north e ts’ern part of Mus
cogee county, on the Upatoie Creek, 17 miles from
Columbus and 14 front Taibotton. The tract em
braces
Otic thousand and twelve acre?,
seven hundred acre of which are first rate Oak and
Hickory Land, and t he remainder good pine land.—
Two huntped acres are clear and well fenced, and m a
good state of cultiva ion. On the pr> mises are two
good frame dwelling houses, of small dinru moons. and
a good log house, besides negro cabins and all nece
sarv nut-buildings.
There is also on the place an exceflcn* Saw and
Oris: M 11. just completed and in perfect orrter. Tire
Mill is four stories high, ar.d is 011 the IJpafoie Creek,
; a stream which rarely fails to afford sufficient water
: to keep the Mill in operation.
The engagements of'the subscriber a'one induce
, him to offer the place for rale. It is sjtiiated in an
excellent neighborhood, near to a Church, School
house and Post Office. The place will he sold low,
and the terms cannot foil satisfy any one desirous
of purchasing, IffENRY KENDALL.
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