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j4<'M the Fasttiit Stul.s— liar, tit! mu's J
ik-lruc nenudp, ©
The <>w ,n*r of slave*, ff they hove an y f*u- .
H left fr rew jiieol of wrong. will well with !
anxiety the ui’tiuu of tli•* l/ - gi#ltiture ol (itui I
gi.i on lit: - patriotic ligß ,- lloii tis Gov, Gil
liter, tli.it, * llie axeclftiv e of theNlatoof Maine
refuse, to surrender per *nn charged w ith *e
•liicln; slave* from Georgia, there is left to the
i'iliteuaf the Intter Mute, no mean*of rrdrev*
bit tn cpMvpier atitl treat all persnti* from |
*lnlm - employed in navigating vcnel* Within |
the j'lrtKin liou of the Mute uiuA,cun*Utni
fl in t! right* have treeff ibn* violated and coil !
temiifd, a* engaged In #t ‘.ilhm nod taking oil i
property in win, li the Oi3ortti.ni hu* > much ’
right under the Con ititution an the Maitnte ,
hii” to hi* v ease I or hi* jumper.
If the Governor# of nonslave-l.ohlintt *'.3<
refuse, tinier the iiifUe ncr of fear or Inuii I
pi nit, to surrender up when demanded, < i • j
v is who have violate,l the law ihi ill ill I from ‘
111 ■ justice of a *i*ter there u no wcnrilv
left fofthat ,pecit**of proicrty, w ithout wh eh
nil. other property is lint dead capital the Ho ■
to.i iie|f nmy he roireMercd, n to one (tre e
end es it* formation, UN having been dissolved; |
mid Ho rn remain* to the Siuthefn Planter j
nothing hut r<)i'viii<-fiil uod ruinous stibniimion i
or self protection by lUe belt liiemt* of retail j
iition pr defouet! —mil only Inti the Hiate who,. - j
U>v, hnoh. in violated w ithin it* jurisdiction. !
right lo Mtdf redrew in the m,inner pointed
out tiy tell >'!),,l Gilmer, lint nil the Southern
Hates .ire bound to tniiki: eommoii ciu- - with
Georgia, by the dlctain* of n common interest
mid tin - law* of roinmon honor. I* it to be ill- i
lowed that commander* of vessels of mi inde .
pendent stain, where ln*<ry without belli:.!
u iddi. tiMnl, m held in Abhorrence, renl or pre
tended, shall visit* nvigUhuiiugMluie, and cur
ry off slaves with iin|.iitiiii r L|e m-e not detee
ted ait'l caught fiugi ante ipihfit , > I’nder wlnil
color of pretext could Governors Dunlap and
Kent refuse, to giv# up Pliilbrank mid hclbr
nill / AVas It llmt they cotlld liol have a fair
trial in it mr •.in ? To what exlimt would that
srpimi ill lead 1 Tho provi*ion of the Consti
tir.tou for the wurreuilur of fugitive* front ju*-
•ice try tile Governor of one Hlatr, on the de
ni m l of another eijintlly tudepeudoUt State,
would become at mute a dead letter, a* it is in
fact, no fir a* the greatest peculiar inline-I of
the S null i< concerned No mutter, according
to that answer, what may he the mine, when
the robber or tin - pirate is demanded, a sytnpit
tli tie Governor has only to answer, w e can
u it trust him to your t’oiirts— you ate prej”
diced oil that mihpet<-yotir hnv* urn against
the laws of (Jo I und religion ; mid s” the ease
is dosed. Tim Southern slave bidder must
submit. Out assuredly lie has a eluim for the
value of his property, on (hr Stair which,
when it luxe his properly, and demands hi*
p irminil sen lee for his defence, pro mitre him
pto’erl inn ! Can it be that a State, calling it
nelf Sn ereigil, as fill our Slates are, will have
the meunueis to levy contributions on, and nx
net service from it* citizens, ami yet confess
licit it is incompetent to protect them or their
property, from domavlie limbs, or foreign
thieve* und pirute* / What hrenme* of the
tundatneiital prineipio of mutuality of nllegi-
JTneu protection ( If ill ti int of stealling ne
groes they had stolen cotton or sweat potatoes,
they vrotul donhtless have been given upon
demand but to surrender them for stealing
negfoes, would be unpopular forsooth ! against
public sentiment.’ Ho a Wind or roguish fnn
iilieiim, that lend* to int^’ - renee with other
people's rrthsrje|jt‘eand iimiirs. an t In tlm gro
seal violation of territorial rights and property
is to be substituted for the sacred provisions
of the (.’ouHiituitmi, tunin’ the guarantee ol
which, tin - Smiiltoru Wales, too credulous, (a*
yoarthv .i pwitifu-d, mnl now appears,'> crime
into the union. Tim tmibn ! vHiat t.-ii a rope
of Miitl, or n hook of sled, ns it may tie neces
sary to suit the interest of one, nr sacrifice the
interests of the. other half of the union 7 A
cloud of smoke, u vven/.d or av\ hale, a potri r
may decide- IJovv proplietie the vv’urning, Inn
imuccded voice, of i’utrick Henry ! This spir
it of fciaticistu is m,iking its way, pari pa-nut
\> ith tim progress of corruption and ojtlce iiiiu
ling, from the North to the South Under vu
lion . Ilaga and specious guises, it has overrun
Maryland, end and l ist spreading over Virginia
mut tlm Carolina*, - The public “is n foolish
Inrd. and will hatch any i eg you put under it'’
Hue Maryland, whose wealth consisted in
slaves, and lur vv ant of whfeh miliums of landed
capital are lying idle and dead, has been per
suaded mto measures that go every year to di
minish the number us u class Uu moat happy
sin !hr Jan- us the globe, and to relax the dd
iipluu'und the bonds that so itnppily govern
cil, so securely held them before the conjiili
ration! instead of tijlrrinsr a bounty for the
imivorution of slavi - * from other stntc-, she
turbid* their introduction, reducing herself hv
the most suicidal policy, to n condition which
prepares her for sacrifices to purposes of ava
rice ami liinai'iici-tu. The slung, tillered w ith
*ul tluittflht, and received vvithout iuv estigation
is, that slavery is inconsistent with agrienhu
ml improvement und pro/Hf and agamalhlo -1
law sos Hod ami btfinanity while InPrutl is, i
that for tiyricultural improvement you w ant |
• in the i*vst place, i nr skilful h nil, and for till I
there t you only need obedient hamU>, and e
nouglt of them. A Mart land farm, well con
ducted by negro •lave hiimr. is more protitahle
to the owner of the eapital than any other,
inode of employing the same amount ofeapi
1a! ia I'ai. What most ratertars with the
yuofitoftbe estate, R not any in the na
ture or clli'ct ol sau e: y : l-u’t
. Nuim to; sand vexation: on the
v llieitwjey and the happiness of thtgrislave—
Mieli us Uie number of free negroes their n
geui'v in vlje schemes of abolitionists the
(iroMinily of the Htato to I’ennsyivania and
Sew Jersey, were infamous organization*ex
ist li>r their seduction and concealment the
ho| es held out and the agitation kept up in
their minds by the (’oiotviration Hiieiety The
vlemorali'.tatiou produced in every neighbor
booil by the retailers of. spirituous liquors and
other it retv ers ol stolen goods. “.Vooiriug. fhet r
in be stolen” —the lonian ,-s of j t;V*jo morals,
mowing out of an universal Imnl erlug after
impularitv ami olliee. the opihtUmia that atlltets
ottr grand juries, and the sleepiness that over
routes other high functionaries of the law—all
these tilings go to corrupt, dissatisfy and ener
ante the slave labor loss profitable.-Slill we
maintain that if it had been left on the footing
that the confedt tntiou found it, on system of
human employ on tn fora livelihood everexist*
xv hirh between the i mplover and employe,
was better celibated to ensure profit, and com
fort and Imjijmiesslo both parties, soeertaiuly
k and effectually as the system of master and
♦ slave in an enlightened ago, and free and Chris
tian country —For one we say, let Maryland
rlmeal her laws that prohibit the. introduction
■ •Mill slave, or any other lalsrr. from oilier
Stains—No man can count the thousands on
tliotmmis ofinteres', vvliieh i* also on capital
in vested or existing in land, for wour tflal>oi\
to gire if arfit ity—l.el her invite that luN><
in everyTorm, and of every species that it can
he had.” \Vhst men in hie senses could believe
that while free negroes are permitted logo ev
erv day mixhtg viiih not hern abolitionests amt
reUStmng again to sow sedition among, amt
contrive mean* of elopemynt fat the slaves,
if a man takes Ids slave >o reside out of the
is fhtbidden to bring him back under
Ibe pen s being added to the number of
frit Marti e ! ! That Mirli a r,v inm malt |
should exist ill III,) lc(ri|allim of il
(Inin nlul#-, la pant In 111 I yil it is I, nr.
To return to Nt nia*-#f* of pr((t<' | t#j
tod bv l/nvrtm fl, Dunlap mil] Krill, let Hi t
not lr regarded u* a military c*e j otitlieemi*
artiry we .sppvnl to gentlemen iii St. Mnrv •
miv! othwe counties ini the w aloft* of the fill® l *’
apcnkt, whether I lie loan of lSvo, by veyneli
coming into our waters, i* not getting to *
tiling of fre qticul occurrence, amounting to ttl
enormous and Hlatmtng evil—an evil for w Idtb
ttbif •hr!! tdiv wmit I* the remedy t If itnA:*
ptrai*;* are protected by Governor# sworn te
Htippo t the Oon-titntiou, under which ihey
nre hound to snrrV.nier ciliaon* dr in tin dp*] a*
fugitive front the justice of other *tile*, w liut
rrdrei*. ran we lio|>e for ? where will the *’ il
••lid ‘ ‘l'ha/tuifi ohvlouvthc most just. nod
the most i fTi't tu.il that we cun ace, is the. on*
pointed out hy Gov. Gilmer- one which at |
hlnmlQ have expected from uueli a man,— aKi- 1
hie Inti high spirited,- mtaritj-r in inmlo—-for
t,tr id it—declare ii null intercourse with
tile eilijteoaof the Blati W .it'll (fit es its rouili ‘
Iriiiinre to the robbery, though tlie cliuuneU
which me used for its perpetration, and hold
those H h Cottle 111 viol ation of the net, as ho*. |
liu'rs for the delivery of the man charged w lilt
the theft--Huppose the commander of a for,
elgo us el going into Uenel.ee or IVllobsTOb
to lake off hy stealth or violence, a bunch <f j
onion, o, h bale of • l.ovvi In,” would not tile if
iilvtTH.il yniikt r nulion call on the President so
demand punishment and retribution 7 S< iji
Maillile can filing off the property of a Gcof I
gum, ii may be to Ins utter ruin, and bis only ,
.e. isfaelioii is a prevaricating refusal to give lip
the licensed ! lor no matter w hether iimocejn
or guilty, that is not the question for the Guv- |
eruor oi either state to decide—That is vvitli j
lire judiciarv of the Stale whose law* have been
violated, ii. as vv o beloro naltl, vve are to lie j
told that tlie Judiei lry of a < o equal and mde- ;
pendent .Sovereign Slide can’t be lMisled, why j
there is an cud of all argument, vvilh the aildi- j
lion of insult to injiiry f,i .1 tulinnis and. lh
universal right of self-def.’Uee is all that is left
-and il Gem giu does not have prompt recourse 1
10 that, at least let her have the decency to in
demnify the citizen whom she has permitted
tola: roll'l.-.l T< III! lullll” “I >:■'illliUAAt! lo
fie plundere I and derided bv the
government ol another power, let her imt adM j
the dishonor ol failing in her own obligations ;
to those on whose properly and person site |
levies lor the support of her own dynasty I .
Hill lIS all sign* fall in dry weather, snail in ;
liuess of senlirnent, all attachment lo ptinqi I
pie. ail true love, of liberty is lost in one lierte j
and universal struggle for Lxecutivu power
and tlie public pur.-.0.
•* Lnn .< of Georgia.
AN ACT,
To regulate slaves and Ire.- prisons of roll t,
in the county of Mclntosh and l.ihcrty,
Heeiioii Ist. lie it rnaitlrd by the Senate u and
llottec nf Jtijut ,I'ittiiti ri ■nj tin• Stull’ o f (In r
t!iu, in f; i imrul iis.icniblij met, unit it i* hvreiij
enacted tuj ttu uuthonly J the same, ‘i l at
from and after the passage of this uet it sli ill j
not be lawful for any free, person of eo!nr|or j
slave to keep a house of entertainment, oHtu j
v end any goods, wines, morehandi.'.e, spirit j* ■
liquors or provisions lor their O'VII prolts, j
(other than want is allowed by tlie extstfigj
laws of the State)’ within the limititol the Cou- ;
tu> <>f Miffntosh and Liberty.’
Section and. And be it further enacted,
That mi slave shall be allow ud to hire Ins or
her time, from his or her owners, or manager,
nor shall any shiv* fie allowed to work, or car
ry on any traffic upon Ins iff har ovv u neeouiii, |
or for the purpose of procuring a livlthood. or
raising money to pay Ills of her time or wlfltes
within the limits aforesaid, except by written
permission from the owners, or employers,
who sh ill reside in the limits of each cotfuty
a fine said. ,1
kluoUon aj. And lie it further enacted, That !
any white person oftlttWin't against the brovi j
sioTK of this act, shall be liable to be I- • cti |
and i r indieted before the Superior ( ourt. for
s,n h offenee, mill on gmiivietioti thereul, shall
foi l it and pay a line of slod lor each and eve
ry such violation; one half to he paid over to
the (VmmLsiouers of poor Schools, add the
other half lo the Informer or prosecutor*
Section llh, And he it further rimctej. That
every slave or free person of colour, u fin shall
offend against the provisions of this an, shall
lie liable to ami Revive not less than llfrty, or
more than II sty lashes for ev erv lime lie, or she,
shall offend ; to lie inflicted by nit v constable,
within the limits of the counties alotesiml.
Section sih. And be it further etuctud, TluU
the Justices oi tlut pence, in each county afq/i - j
said, shall have jutreliction and coaniseitct i
of all, and every infliction, or viohitioii of this
act by any slaves, or slave, or free jvwaim of j
colour.
Section (llh. And be if further enacted, That i
11 shall be the duty of thoeons!ihles,nift any j
sjuvo or tree person of Colour, shall violate the
provisions of this net, to apprehend snip slave
or free person of colour, anti to take Ifin. er
her. before one orlllt’ Justices of the pelec, of
the counties aforesaid, whose duty tt dmll be
to hear and determine upon the guilt, of unto-1
eenee of stu b slave, or free person us colour,
and in the event us conviction, shall direct the
constable whose duty it shall be to inljct the
punishment pointed out in the. fourth lection
of this act, and the cost and legal expjnse of
said trial, shall be paid by such free poison of
colour, or by the owner, or tu.m i ;.-r. If such
slaves: s i committed as aforesaid.
Section Tilt. And be it further it enacted, j
That till laws end paits el laws, militating
against this uet, be and the same aio here
by rep^ded.
JOS! I’ll WY,
Speaker of the House of Hepivseutatit es.
IfOll KIM’ M. EtMUILS, j
lhcs dent of the Senate.
! A seated to fflst, llecetnlver 18.10.
t'UAKI.KS J. M T>()NAM), (iov.
An act to exempt cei taiji persons froth Jury
and .Militia duty, in the county of .MelnGsh.
Section Ist. lit’ it riiiicteil hy the S.'uu'r umi
II vt’ H'/iriStntatifi.i ff the S!,te of
tieorgia. in tirin'rut ,ls* nhly met. and it in
ht r< till i :utelrd hy the uufhoitlit iff the linn e.
That from and immediately after the passage
of this act. that James Middleton, Jourdan
, l'opweli, Joshua Fletcher. Geo. Carter Sear.
| Geo. Carter lur. Michael King. Janus Pop
well, Jacob Daggers and Hubert lAvpvvell.be
and they are hereby exempt from Militia,
and jury duty, except within their own dis
trict, !
section find. Vnd he it further enacted by
the authority aforesaid. That all l;v- s, and
parts oflaws, militating against tins act be. and ,
the same are hereby repealed.
JOAK PI I DAY.
Speaker of the House . f Kepreseutatives.
ItOIIKRT M. KCIIOLS.
President of the Senate.
Assented to 21st. December Mff;),
ch.yhi.es j. McDonald.Ov.
An act to authorise free persons of cvlpur. to
pio’d real estate in the city of Darien.
Section Ist. Hi nmcti'il by the Si rate unit
j lloHs*.vf AVpj-.seuftili'res of the State of
; deorcia tn tie.scral Asgombiy net, and if is
hereby ef>actetH*,the authority of the tame.
Thai from and after tv. passage of this ad. il
shall be lawful for any free -person, nr persons ;
of colour ill the city of Darien, to hold real Es
tate in the name ofhis, her, ot V.tevt._ Guardian, i
I tn trust however and for the*ea!y use. benefit
VfljQXTf ?OSH OOVNSY HERALD,,
I and Imlialf, of any such free |,. g on, or persons
i of cvliniy. \
Sr nm St.id. And ho it further enacted, i
Tfmt ail law-, or pari* of Jaw*, militating
S iig#ii;>it the prov iMnuaof tht* act, *<> fur us luil
-1 itatrs against the same, lie atl'l the Kittle arc
lierohy repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the House of Representativ es.
ItOHEKT M. EGIIOLS.
Pri sidetit of tlie Hunatr.
Ashi tiled to December itl*t. istitt.
Charles j. McDonald. Ccv,
An Ad to be entitled an net lo alter and lix the
time of holding the Superior and Inferior
Court* in the counties of Pulaski and Rich
mond, mid Superior Court* of Montgomery,
Tattnall and Emanuel counties.
So rioN I. Ih it i niirtril by the Senate and
ttuuar us lit yrcju nlatiri * of the stuto of ti">r
e/o, in (irnrrnt Aaaenibly fnrl, unit it vt here
by . nneh il by the authority of the tame, ‘I hat I
i from and after the pussage of this act, the Su- j
perior Court* of Pulaski county shall be hoi- 1
den oil the second Monday of the month* ol ;
January nud July.
Sr. .IS, And be it further marled, That the
si ssioiis of the Superior Court* of Richmond
county shall hereafter be on the second Mon- i
dny in January and first Monday in June in
each and every yenr ; and the session* of the j
Inferior Court of said county -hall hereafter \
be on the first Monday ill April and third mon
thly in September, iii each and every year.
Hi:< 11, And be U further nutated. That the j
Inferior Courts of said county of Pulaski shall 1
herenft 1 rbe Holden on the second Monday in
April and the second Monday in October of i
each year, until the same shall be altered by |
law : the Superior Courts of the Middle Dis- ,
Iriel in the full, shall beheld In the county of |
Montgomery, on the second Monday in Orio- j
lor; in the county of Tattnall, on the Thurs
day after the second Monday in October ; in
the county of Mm.mual, on the third Monday
in October.
Si.. I. .Did hr It further I’ n art ni . A bat all
law sand pai ls of law s militating against lin
net, bo, utld the same are hereby repealed.
JOSEPH DAY,
Speaker of the llouseof Representatives.
RODERT M ECHOLS,
Presuloul of the Senate.
Assented to, 23 December, IHUiJ.
CHARLES J. McDonald, Governor.
from the .Morning Herald.
New York, Dec. 3 ;l -
Hy the fast sailing packet ship Lout* I’liil
lippc, %hicli airived on Saturday everting in
twenty three days from Havre, Puris dates lo
Jlec. lid and Havre to Dee. 4tli, inclusive —
London to Dee. Ist, Liverpool to 30lh Nov.,
have been received.
The Hull. Daniel Webster ha* arrived in the
Mediator at last. This is the third time it has
been reported. Tlu ro can be no doubt of its
accuracy now ; for be and Ids faintly have ta
ken rooms at the Astor House.
The “London Morning Hcruld” stales, front !
a source worthy of belief, that Lord Palmerston j
lias addressed u letter to the Ambassador of the
Culled State* in London, that her Majesty'*
government intends to blockade all the port*
in the Chinese Empire, and dial the circum
slanees under w hich this measure has been re
solved upon, render it absolutely necessary lor
Great llriliitn to lake ibis step. This is a most
important movement; fur il is most likely that
all tin- llrttish force* in India, flushed with
victory from Affghani*tan, will inarch with
alacrity to Chinn, and reduce the Emperor to
submission and force hint lo make recompense.
II to ibis vve add the quarrel between Liu and
the Emperor, the Chinese Empire is in an un
pleasant predicament.
The money market* of London and Paris
remain dull, but with little alteration. Cotton
is u Rule lower ill Havre.
It i* very evident that the principles of de
mocracy nre making a prodigious stride in
Eranreand England. The Chartist movement
i England in only in the hud. and every dny
. is Xpected to break mil simultaneously over
awr e kin (loin. The next new*, which will
p,*i. ilffy be brought by the British Queen,
will reveal a few secrets. The beautiful Queen
of England is preparing fur her marriage with
I inee Albert in January.
Tin: Cii ah tints,—-These men nre still ma
king great efforts to create a general rising.—
Thev have caused several solders lo desert.
“i.ast night’s Gazette contains not less than
23 bankruptcies, the greatest number which has
appeared in one day for some lime past. —(He-
rald, Nov. 30.”
A prodigious inundation took place in the
Thames and overflowed many places, towns
and villages on its banks.
The “ Consktuiioue!” Ante*that anew min
isterhas been appointed for the t utted States,
in the place of M. da Pontiff*, now at .’oustan
tnmple. lie is to be M. do Ilacmirl, formerly
resident French minister at Carlsrulc. Our
old acquaintance, the Count, is rutting a figure !
in the East. An Austrian paper says that he
has thrown the Russian diplomatists into a
state of terror, by declaring that France will
icoognise the independence of Egypt, as was
done in the ease Texas. He has had an audi
dietgre vvilh the Sultan. He has taken a splen
did house at pern, where he intends to enter
tain the members of the Divan nttd the diplo
matic corps.
The French Chambers were to meet on the
23d December.
Anew infernal machine astonished the Par
isians by an explosion, near the Palais Royal,
on the night of the 2!)th of November.
Horace kernel has arrived at Alexandria and
Ims been presented to Mchemet Ali. the Pacha
! of Egypt: they had an interesting conversation
j about painting.
Count Mole has delivered an eulogy on the
[late General Bernard, at the Luxenboerg.
M. Thiers forms the point of attraction of
i the opposition in France. Ilis deportment is
v cry attractive in the Chamber of Deputies.—
lie has a splendid house in the place de St.
t George.
The belief gains ground that there is to l>e a
further shuffling of places amongst the Mel
bourne incapable* now in office. Lord Nor
mandy is to be expelled the Home office, and
provided for as the Privy Seal. Lord John
Russell is to return to the Home office —while
Lord Clarendon is tograpple with the difficul
ties that envelope the colonial relations.
ENGLAND.
The Duke of Wellington is better.
Lord Brougham's daughter is very ill.
Lotus Napoleon spends the winter at Brigh
; ton.
Lord Melbourne is about to marry a widow
| ed Countess.
i Loti! Hill has reprimanded three distinguish
! ed British officers for attending political raeet
i ings.
The reigning Puke and Duchess of Saxe Co
l lutrg are expected to arrive on a visit to her
Majesty ju the month of March.
FRANCE.
A report was circulated yesterday that inlel
, ligence had been received of ail entire French
; regiment having been cut off in an unexpec
ted attack by Abder Rader's forces. We be
lieve is no foundation whatever for
this rumor. At the same time, the last advices
from Algiers are rather more w arlike than they
have been for some time past. u ( Mir ac
, counts.” says a Toulon letter. • lead us to be
lieve that hostilities have already commenced
] between our troops and the Arab partisans of
Addc! Kader- It is stated that aR thedispo*u
. ble troop* of the diviaon have received order*
|to advance. Eimsartc* have informed the
Governor Gcnet.fl that the Emirl i* every
where pieaehmg war against the infidel*. A
Ereueh Mibji st, w ho has recently quitted the
I nervica of AlMcl Kader, affirm* that the Chief
[ is taking measure* to enter into an inveterate
eoMeal with the Freurh.” Another letter, in
| the Constiintioimel, maintains that a rupture
! with Abdel Kudcn*on the point of occurring,
I and add*, that every body at Aigier* I* anxious
I to make an end of tlii* reftlen* and irrecaiicila- j
j hie rnrinv. The troop* which marched from
j Oran to Mostugauem just April, lo relieve the
, garrison ol the latter place, Buffered severely
Iby a bieadftil storm that overtook them en j
route, and might have been almost lost had the
1 had weather continued. On relieving the same
gurrison toward* the end of October, every
thing went off well, a* a correspondent inform*
i us, although the column was again nearly ;
caught by a similar atmospheric visitation, j
I The column consisted of Dfttt men and 2HH hor
’ *c*. with two pieces of artillery, and the march ,
I to Moatngauem and hack was perfectly unmo- j
tested by the natives.
IU SSIA.
Accounts from Ht. Petersburg have been
received which clearly show that Nicholas
is heartily sick of the war vvilh the Circas
sians, ami is exceediu gly anxious for peace.
The determined opposition of the enemy
produces a lamented deficit in the Russian
Exchequer, and continual defeat discoura
ges the Russian troops.
Accounts from Odessa slate that the Cir
cassians have defeated all the Ru*s ian cav
dry stationed along the lines of Sadj.v and
and the plain* ofAlazan. A few Russians
who have survived the disaster have been
able to retreat to tlie fortresses. The loss
us the Russians amounts lo 3,<i00 men, in- ;
eluding many officer* of gieat merit. A re
markable feature iu this affair is that all
the Russian positions were simultaneous
ly utlarked by superior n umbers, so as to
leave no doubt that the Circassian s had
perfect information of the strength of the
respective garrisons.
The chief of this expedition was Hzam
bali, whose name inspires terror amoifg
the Russian troop*. He ha* vvitli him sev
eral distinguished English and Polish offi
cers, whom he consult* upon every occa
sion ; hut he refuses to organize his H arri
ot* alter the European manner Gen.
Grahbe, the commander of the Russian ar
my of Caucasus, hr* ordered all the Cos
sucks to retire within their fortresses and
entrenchments, so that the whole country
is at the mercy of the Circassians.
The empress of Russia continues in an
alarming state of health. The emperor pas
ses hy her bedside all bn leisure hours.
The Gram! Duchess Olga is still indisposed,
and the negotiations for her marriage with
the Archduke Albert are broken off. The
| emperor hast cast his eye on the young
Duke of Nassau.
On the 28th of October two ships of the j
line left Oddessa with eighteen transports, !
twelve of which, laden w ith stores and am
munition, were for the army of the Houth, j
and six were for Constantinople, laden with :
arms manufactured at Toula, for the Tur
kish government.
hate from the Cherokee Country. — We
yesterday leccived the following letter from a
gentleman well versed iu Cherokee affairs,
dated,
TeaniToav, \A est Arkansas, )
Dec. 17, 183 ft. S
Messrs. Editors : The steamer Cherokee
leaves for your city this morning, and as I have
but a few moment* to spare, I shall briefly
slate* that portion of the “doings” on this fron
iter that may be interesting to the readers of
thp Picayune.
Four of the supposed murderers of the ;
Ridges, Botidiuol, and the Wright family,
hgve been arrested by orders of Gen. Ar
huokle, and were sent into Fort Smith, to be
delivered over to the U. H. Marshall of the
State of Arkansas. The lust sent in, and the
most iff&wlly looking desperado I ever saw, 1
was one Nicholas, who was arrested by Lieut.
Porter of the Dragoons, and by him placed in
the custody of Maj. Elias Rector, P. .S. Mar
shal. The testimony against him is almost
positive- AH four are now on their way to 1
little Ruck, to be tried by the laws us Arkan
sas.
There is great excitement here. The Cher
okees may perhapse attempt something in the [
“fichftris way,” but they will find Geti. Af
buckle their match. Hit “dander f* rix,” and
he is determined to “go ahead.” More rein
forcements are daily expectedat Fort Gidson.
! More anon, — Id id.
Cultrtfrom l.ittle Hock. —We are indebted
to the politeness of the officers of the steam- ;
boat Cinderella for Little Ruck papers to the 1
IStli inst.
The editor of the Gazette calls upon all per- ,
’ sons liable to do military duty, to hold themsel
ves in readiness to march to the Cherokee
country, as the Governor troops might need,
their services against the Indians.
Bvnk AnoLTCTtoN..—The N. Y. Even
ing Post has the following pertinent re
marks, on the action of the Virginia legis
| laturc in relation to the banks of that state.
The legislature of Virginia by a vote of
’ eighty to forty have legalized tlie stoppage
I of payment by the Ranks until March next
This shows what dependence is to be pla
ced on laws made lo restrain the improper
action of incorporated companies. In thefirst
place an act is passed with due solemnity
; and formality imposing severe checks up
on the banks lest they should abuse their I
power and in the second place the abuse is
no sooner committed than they are forth
with not only absolved from the conse
quences but a direct and positive sanction
is given to their crimes by the highest au
thority in the State. What is this but a
! very mockery of legislation ? Os what use
are the laws, when a parcle of irresponsi
ble companies after inflicting the greatest
evils upon the community mav set them
aside every time they choose to violate their
obligations. It were certainly better that
tlie laws were not made at all than they
should be suspended at the will or conveni
ence of a knot of bankrupts.
A base attempt has been made to poison
the family of Mr. Jesse Hoyt, Collector
’ of New York. A package was delivered at
Mr. Hoyt’s house which the beater said
was sent from a grocery in the Bowery,
and was a sample of very fine coffee. From
some circumstance suspicion was aroused
; in the mind of Mr. Hoyt, and he forwarded
the parcel to Mr. Chilton to analyze. It
| was found to be strongly impregnated w ith
: arsenic.
The Difference. —The principal Engineers
1 employed on Rail Roads in Michigan, receive
5800 per annum. In Mississippi deputy En
i gineet> on some Rail Reads, receive. $8 500.
[CorrespondentofihirClvailestun Courier ] j
Wasiiinctus. Dec. 28. j
Neither llouseof Congress is in session to
day. The Standing Committee* are to be an
nounced on Monday, and there is much specu
lation ns to their character. The question is
whether Mr. Hunter will feel bound to place
administration majorities on the principalconv
mittees, with a view to facilitate the progress
of public business, for which the administra
tion is responsible —or, whether he w ill place i
the business in the baud*of thosegentlemen—-
i. e., the Whigs Md Nullifiers —who elected
him. It is a safe and just pariiamentary prin
ciple that the Committees ought to represent
the majority of the House, If the majority are
friendly to the measures of the administration .
then tlie Committee* should be formed iceor-1
dingly : hut of this there is some doubt. The
administration hav e a decided majority for the
Sub-Treasury, but it does not yet appear, not
withstanding the assertion* of lip’ Richmond
Enquirer, that the Calhoun members (so cal
| led) are ready to go all lengths, on all questions,
with the administration. We shall see how
j they will vole on the printing question —which
is. undoubtedly, as fair a test as the Speakers
election. If they could not vote for Mr. Jones,
can they vote for the Globe 1 If they can,
then the breach created by the iiiiceriwonious
abandonment of Mr. Dickens, may be cousidet
ed as closed. We have many rumors afloat,
as to the course of Mr. Calhoun and his friends;
but none of them are lo be relied on. As fast
as one obtains currency is is contradicted, and
superceded by another. The amount of it
seems to be, that the Buchanan interest is wil
ling to receive Mr. Calhoun in full communion;
but that, between hnn and Mr. Benton there is
a deep gtilph. We shall soon be ablelo learn
from Mr. Calboun’eowu lip* the truth in re
gard to his present position. I have very little
doubt that Mr. Speaker Hunter will place Mr.
Illicit or Mr. Dickens, at the head oftheCoin
mitteeof Ways and Means, and cast that Com
mittee in such a way as to facilitate the finan
; eial measures of the ad mist ration. On the
| Committee of Foreigh Affairs, he can place a
majority of Whigs, with Mr. Cushing as Chair
man; especially us tlm House i* unanimous
upon the only important question touching our
foreign relations. Mr. Wise is excused from
serving on any Standing Committee. The
j “private reason,” which he says he has for ma
king this request, Ido not know. It may be,
. that having been influential to the elceium of
Mr. Hunter, aud prominent in the party that
gave lheir|iinamtnous support to him the Spea
ker might have been disposed to place him at
j Some post of labor which he did not
It is presumed, too, that Mr. W ise will he at
the bead-ofa Committee of investigation, as
[ heretofore.
No champion has yet appeared for the a*
sumption of State debts. Col. Benton lias
thrown down the glove, but no one has adv an
ced to take it up. Some essayist, in the Lou
don Bankers’ Circular, and a writer in the
New York Courier and Enquirer, art- the only
advocatcsofthe scheme, that I have ever heard
of.
The new* from Richmond is, that the “ im
practicables” have given way, and that Mr.
Rivers will be elected to the E. S. Senate.
from the Autrnela Conutitutionalirl.
Washington, Dec. 3 l. 1839.
\\ c have some of your Native American
Georgians at present in thecity,on a visit front
the far West, and their leader, Mr. John Ross,
has just arrived in time to read the severe re
marks made on his late murderous conduct hy
Mr. Secretary Poinsett, in his annual report.
These red people seem to be betlei taken care
of than our own, for they not only have meal,
drink and clothing prov ided for them free of
\ expense, but they are permitted to kill w hen
they please, and w ho they please, without suf
fering the. infliction of any other punishment
than a few hard words from the newspapers.
Os course this Scotch Indian-Chief and his clan
will become the lions of the day, and instead
of suffering for their misdeeds, will be sent
home with that sovereign golden plaster which
remedies all the ills they receive from being
| contaminated by civilization.
The Virginia Legislature elects a Senator
! on Monday next, and there is every probabil
ity of the success of John T. Mason, the demo
cratic candidate—at least such is the prevalent
: opinion of the Virginia membersof the House,
formed from the advices they have received.
The New Jersey whig claimants arc hang
ing on yet, and occasionally usurp the desks
of members, in writing letters and lounging.
I like to watch these minority gentlemen—
they are so very modes! and unaesumine. It
is thought their case will not be settled for sev
eral mouths—and if either party are allowed
| lb’ seats, it will be those having the majority
[ of the votes of the people.
Washington, Jan. 1.
The President's mansion was, according
to custom, thrown open to-day, to all who
wished to show their respects to the Chief
Magistrate of the nation. The foreign Di
plomatic Corps, aud the officers of the Ar
my and Navy, made an unusually brilliant
appearance. The heads of departments
and nearly all the members of Congress,
ol both parlies, were present. Among
those whom I noticed were Mr. Clay, Mr.
Preston, and Mr. Calhoun. The President
lias not lost the hcalthfulappearance which
he brought with him from his northern
tour, and he teceivcd all in his usual bland
and courteous manner. The levee was
I graced with an uncommon share of bcautv
and fashion; and, on the whole, it was more
orderly, select, and elegant than any thing
that has taken place here since the acces
sion of General Jackson to the Presidency.
The successor of Mr. Grundy, in the of
fice of Attorney General is not yet appoint
ed. Rumor assigns the office to Mr. Gil
pin, now Comptroller of the Treasury, or
Air. James M. Poster (brother of the Gov
ernor) of Pennsylvania.
Congress. —ln Senate, 31st ult, Mr. Cal
houn gave notice that he would atk leave
to bring in a bill to cede the public lands
to the new state on certain conditions- Mr.
Norvell submitted the following resolu
tion ;
Resolved, that the Committee on Indian
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the ex
pediency of making an appropriation suffi
cient to effect by peaceable and pecuniary
means and inducements the immediate re
moval west of the Mississippi of all the In
dians now in the Teriitory of Florida.
In the House same day the following
offered by Mr. Sergeant was passed.
Resolved. That the 20th rule of the
House be so altered that the daly presen
tation of petitions be allowed for twenty
days from this day.
The Banks of Virginia. —The bill for
the relief of the banks of Virginia, which
had previously passed the House of Dele
gates of that State, also passed the Senate
on Tuesday ,with an amendment, requiring
the banks to pay persons applying, for pur
poses al change, ten dollars in specie.—
The banks are required to pay the interest
of the State debt in specie.
CraMing House Gulcsider for
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Extract of a letter from su officer in the U.
States Army, dated
Fort Tows ex, (Ark.) Nov. 7,1839.
“ We this day buried with the honors
of war, Gen. George Culvert, the head
chief of tlie Choctaw naiiou, u man of cu
peiior intelligence, the greatest of H arriots
and the white man’s friend. He was a Re
volutionary veteran ; he served under Gen
eral Washington in out struggle for indc-*”
pendencc, front whom lie received n com
mission of Major of Militia in the United
j Elates service, and a sword. He served
under Gen. Wayne, and also under Gen.
Jackson in the Florida war of 1814, against
the Semiuolcs ; for his bravery, General
Jackson presented him with a colonel's
commifsiou, and afterwards a sword, when
President of the United States. He gained
the entire confidence of the officers lie ser
ved under for his integrity Olid valor : he.
was physically and mentally a great man ;
although 95 years of age, he walked as
upright as a man of 25.
** The commanding officer, on having
received and read n commission, ordered
an escort from the fort of three officers, a
captain and two subalterns, also nil the men
doing military duty to escort his corpse to
its last testing place with reversed arms,
and buried hi* remains w ith the customary
salute due his rank : lie was interred with
• his saddle and bridle, the swords presented
him by Generals Washington and Jackson,
and a United States flag. He was of great
importance to the cause of civilization
among hi* people by examples of industry;
he was a planter, his fields of cotton whi
tened the hills and dales near the fort.—
He educated his sons and located them on
plantations among his people, whiclr work
ed a moral influence among them ; he was
looked up to a* a father, and exercised a
father's influence over his people.”
Savannah, Jan. Gth.
Fire. — From a gentleman direct from
Springfield. Effingham County we have
received the following painful intelli
gence :
Last night, between the hours of 10 and
11 o’clock, probably about an hour after
the family had relited to rest, the house
of Mr. Samuel Scoven took fire—and so.
rapid was the progress of the flames that
it was with much difficult Mr. Scoven —
bearing in his arms his youngest child, in
company with his wife—effected their cs
cape, bv throwing themselves from a win
dow, leaving as victims to the fiery and
merciless element their only daughter,
interesting child about four years old and a
black boy, aged about fourteen years, be*,
longing the Rev. Mr. Right,—.-Mr. Scovcn
made icpealing and daring attemr s to res
cue his little daughter but it was worse
than in vain; it vyas beyond the power of
man to have rendered any effectual assis
tance. And if possible it could have been,
done no human aid was present. AVhcn
friendly aid did arrive the work of death
was already accomplished—woe and mise-.
ry sat heavy upon the heaving bosom of the
surviving sufferers. No diction can ade-.
! quately describe the sensations of the un-.
happv parents when amidst the cracking
ilanies, the cry the expiring child in
1 accents the most piteous, called for its
mother—that mother lay on the cold,damp,
earth unhoused and urtappar eled. Mr. Sco-.
ven himselfis badly and seriously injured
by the fire. They lost every thing, not
even ihe smallest particle of clothing wa*
saved ; and their destitute and horrible cojft-.
dition cannot fail to elicit in their behalf
the tender sympathies of a Christian cotp,
niunity- — Rep.