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It has always been the course ofthe President
to make every contest with an opponent a per
sonal one, and in this answer, he chooses to
throw himself personally against Mr. Wise,
affecting to consider him, and not the House of
Representatives, responsible.
In accordance with the suggestion of the
President, the investigating committee, six of
the nine members of which are devoted admin,
istration men, have issued summons to Judge
White, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Bell, Mr. Pickens
and Mr. Wise,“ who, (says the writer to whom
we have referred) are to be examined some
what in this way. You in your speech charg
ed such and such things against tho adminis
tration, do you of your own knowledge, know
any thing of the matter? —and if one of them
says, as they must say in most cases, ‘ 1 know
nothing of my own knowledge, he will, in the
language of the President, be pronounced a ca
lumniator. “Thus,” very properly remarks
the same writer, “you will see an investigation
ordered by Congress, to know if the Govern
ment has been administered properly, is con
verted into a trial of the representatives who
have arraigned the Administration in debates.
To what all this will lead no one can say, but
such a letter from any other man, would cop
pie him down, let his height be ever so great.
Our readers we dare say will think with <:s,
that tnis is rather the strangest mode ot con
ducting an enquiry into the alleged abuses of
the public departments, which has ever fallen
under their notice. It is a short and summa
ry mode, truly. First shut the doors of the
offices to be. examined, withhold all informa
tion in relation to the public conduct of the in
cumbents, and then tell the enquirers (to-wit,
tike people) —make the report of your enquiry
froM whatever you can collect out of doors,
but you shall have no access to the offices
themselves, in regard to which the enquiry was
instituted.
The people will never know how their af
fairs are conducted, unless they compel their
public agents to open their offices to the scru
tiny of their representatives, when a demand
to that effect is made upon them. I his plan
of hiding and shrinking from the public eye, is
itself the strongest evidence of the corruption
of those who, to avoid exposure, are driven to
resort to it.
From the Correspondent of the Baltimore Pa
triot. of Jan. 26.
Committee of Investigation. !
In my my letter of last night I informed
you that Reuben M. W itney appeared before
the Committee ot Investigation yesterday,
and produced a Protest against the whole pro.
ceedingsof the House in instituting this inqui. i
ry, and of the committee in their action under
Mr. Garland’s resolution. This precious do.
cument is of a most formidable length, and as
sumes the highest ground as to the rights of
this Treasury Familiar and the banks which
employ him, while it denounces, in unmeasured
terms, the inquisitorial conduct of the House
of Representatives and of the committee.
The contemptuous language in which Whitney
spoke of the inttlligense of Congress, in his
circular letter, recently published, has not pass
ed out of the recollection ofthe public. This
protest, I understand, is in a still loftier strain
of arrogance. He is quite indignant at the
passage of the resolution through the House—
although, be it remembered, his own political
friends voted for it—and kicks at the course of
the committee, upon which also, as you are
aware, there is a majority of his yoke-feilows
iu subjection to the dominant power, though
not, let us hope, in iniquity. He regards the
officers of the depositc banks and himself as
private individuals, with whom
nothing to do; and, after a
about his constitutional and
ges, he winds up with
to answer all questions tc itching
public character, o'' which he has knowledge. !
The committee though proper to take him (
on his own ground, and, making themselves
judges of what questions did refer to public
matters, they proceeded with the examination,
which was conducted by Mr. Peyton. Whit
ney, however, refused to answer any of the
questions which Mr. P. propounded to him i.i
succession. In making his replies, his man
ner was far from respectful to the committee
nr the gentleman who framed the questions.
He would look at them, (for, you will bear in
mind, the whole examination is conducted in
writing,) then throw them aside, with a remark
that they were inquisitorial, or concerned him
as an individual—and he declined to answer.
One of Mr. Peyton’s questions was so f amed
as to require a direct statement, whether Judge
Taney did not refuse to countenance Whitney,
or recommend him for the situation he now
holds? This the witness declined to answer,
more particularly, he said, as the mover of the
inquiry had declared the charge was true, and
he (Whitney) thought he ought to prove it.
This you will remember was the subject of
the card" Whitney lately published in the Globe,
in which he pronounced the assertion of Mr.
Peyton a falsehood and calumny. As Mr.
Peyton, whose fearlessness and magnanimity
•are known to the whole country, and therefore
require no vindication, did not condescend to
notice this card, Whitney doubtless felt him
self safe in exhibiting before the Committee
his poor-spirited spite, to a man so much ele
vated above his miserable sphere. But Mr.
Peyton did not allow this climax to the insolent
character of his general bearing to pass unno
ticed. He rose, and began an appeal to Mr.
Garland, the chairman, on the insulting rep!'. ■
ofthe witness—but very soon broke off—an■'
-stepping up to Whitney, he addressed him !
thus : ‘“You thief and robber ! if you dare i
to insult me here, before the committee, I’ll
put you to death !” Whitney was {l ightened
out of his senses—but made no reply—“ You
said in your card that I shield myse’it behind
my constitutional privileges; now, sir, 1 wish
you distinctly to understand that 1 waive all
privileges .”
Mr. Garland, the chairman, here interposed
to preserve order; and Mr. Peyton resumed
his seat. Whitney then lose, and was procee
ding to speak, when Mr. Peyton interrupted
him, commanded him to he silent, and declar
ed he should not answer but in writing. Mr.
Wise here remarked to his friend, that Whit
ney was unworthy of his notice. He attempt,
ed to draw Mr. Peyton off from him, but Mr.
Pevton said, “No—l pay no regard to hts
cards—but when he insults me here, in the
committee, I will notice him, robber and thief
as he is.” Mr. Peyton then turned to the
chairman, and reminded him that he had treat-
Whitney respectfully. Hitherto “1 have trea
ted him,”said he, “as if he were a gentle
man, and I will not permit him to insult me.”
Mr. Whitney was then ordered to withdraw
—and Mr. Hamer offered a resolution that the
last answer of the witness should be returned
to him, as it was no reply to the question, and
was disrespectful to a member of the commit
tee. This resolution was adopted unanimous
ly, so decided and strong was the conviction of
every member that the demeanor and language
of this “ great man” were improper and in
sulting.
On Whitney’s return, this resolution was
read to him, and bis answer given back to him.
He then apologized, and expressed his regret
for any disrespect he had manifested to the
committee.
To-day he has been much more pacific ; and
gome important facts have been disclosed in
his testimony, lie admitted that lie was the
author of' the letter, recently published, and
signed by the six cashiers of the deposits banks,
recommending the establishment of a bairn
bureau in the Treasury Department, and re
commending himself! 11. M. iVhitney as a
proper person to be placed at the head of it 1
This letter was written while Kendall was ac
ting as the agent ofthe Treasury Department,
and I Delievo while he was in Philadelphia on
a journey of discovery, to see on what terms
the banka would receive the deposites, should
thev be removed from the B >nk of the United
States. Mr. Peyton and Mr. Wise put ques
tion after question to the witness, to ascertain
whether Kendal! had any thing to do with get
ting up this letter—but he would not. answer
a word to any query that touched Mr. Amos
Kendall. Mark that!
Whitney admitted that he applied to Mr.
Duane for the appointment ho now holds.
He admitted that he wrote the circular to re
ceivers, recently published ; and declares he
was authorized by the Secretary of *he Trea
sury to use the threatening language he did
employ.
There were some other developements, of
which I will inform you to-morrow. Ihe
committee is in session night and day. D.
From the Correspondent of the Charleston
Mercury.
Washington, Jan. 30, 1836.
Mr. Reuben M. Whitney has published a
Protest against the proceedings of the com
mittee of Investigation in his case. He pro
tests against any inquisition into his transac
tions, as a violation of his personal rights;
and, as an agent of the Banks, he resists any
effort to draw from him any information in
relation to their concerns. The argument is
lons', ffimsv and weak—the work, probably,
of some pettifogging lawyer. The protest
was made before the Committee, and was, to
day, laid on the tables of the House arid Senate.
Whitney has also published a Card, in the
Globe of this morning, pui porting to give a
statement of the affair which occurred be
tween himself and a member of the Commit
tee, Mr, Peyton, on Wednesday night last.—
This statenient is very artfully drawn, and is
calculated to produce the impression that he
was treated with unmerited harshness, by
Messrs. Peyton and Wise. It is evident that
the affair is to make a great stir in the party
prints, and that Whitney is to be held up as an
innocent and greatly aggrieved and persecuted
individual. The fa*t is that Whitney’s state
ment glosses over the provocation which he ot
tered to Mr. Pevton. The answer which h
gave to Mr. Peyton’s query, was intended a i
received as a repetition of his former “ Card,
denouncing Mr. Pcytan’s m th
House as “ false.” Mr. Peyton had, of couise.
never, in any wav, noticed that Card ; but ii
was rather too much to be thus personally in
sulted, by this “hired barbarian, ’ while in th
discharge of his duty as a member ot a com
mittee, (charged with the investigation ot hi
alleged speculations, and corrupt agencies.)
Besides, Whitney suppresses the fact that th. .
committee unanimously censured his reply, as
disrespectful, and returned it to him ; aftei
which Whitney apologized to the committee.
It is idle to expect that the corruptions ot
this Administration will ever be probed through
by any committee of Congress. But in refer
ence to the subject ot Mr. Garland s investi
gation, it is sufficiently ascertained, and it can
| be shown to the satisfaction ot the public, that
, the seizure ot the deposites, and the assump
! tion, by the President, of the custody ot the
I public monev, was a measure intended to till
i the pockets of the needy partizans of the Ad
ministration, and has fully answered that pur-
to-day. was chiefly occupied by
- 1 presented severally, and not,
ab iliiiou petitions, —upon
made a buttle with the Spea
ker. ’couwe, decided bv the Chair,
in each case, that, under the order of the
House, the petition trust lie on the table. Mr.
Adams, in each case, appealed from this deci
sion, and the appeal, on motion, was laid on
the table. He presented several memorials,
remonstrating against the recognition ot the
independence of Texas, on the ground that it
would have the effect to encourage a foreign
and domestic slavery. He also presented
some petitions praying Congress to pass laWs
prohibiting the migration or transportation ol
slaves from one State to another, by land or
coastwise.
Nearly two hundred abolition petitions were
presented by other members. They were all
from New England, the middle States, and the
State of Ohio. Some memorials praying
Congress to afford aid to the American Colo,
nization Society, were presented by the Ken
tucky members. Mr. Adatns insisted that they
came within the order of the Hot se respect
ing abolition petitions, and ought to take th
same course. A debate being likely’ to arise,
the petitions lie over. Mr. Adams has no ide;,
of suffering the House to show any more res
pect to Colonizatiin than to Abolition.
Mr. Boyd’s motion to instruct the Commit
tee on Foreign Rela jonsto report forthyvith .
Resolution for the fecygnition of the indepen
dence of Texas, yvill Cyme up to-morroyv. A
warm discussion may b* expected on this pro
position,
Mr. Benton finds his t<am of expungers ra
ther hard to drive. In van he storms, threa
tens, atid denounces, —they - ill not go the bar ■
money currency, Mr. Wither most openly
and deliberately declared his'mdepende ice oi
I Saturday last, of the King Sjuuge ; scorned
his threats, and derided his doeffnes. He, in
tact, made personal reflections upon him of
the most marked character, remtcki.ig, at the
same time, that he was willing to ansyver for
his words, out or in the House. Tye magml
oquent Senator from Missouri, has »o U much
prudence to bring him to accouniin either
place. Mr. Walker’s defection yvill p-obab'y
occasion a general revolt. But the 'jxpm -
gers can never recover from the sense th
degradation to w hich they have already sub
mitted.
From the Correspondence of the Charleston (’««.
Washington, Jan. 29,1837.
When Mr. Van Buren took leave of the
Semite, yesterday, he addressed them as 101-'
loyvs :
“Senators—The period is at hand which
is to terminate trie < fiicial relation that has ex
isted between us. and I leave, probably never
to return to this body, with yvhich I have hg , tl
long connected ; where some remain
I found here years
ihn progress of
ations have ai'iJfcv - .
such
tion, V*’ 5
“Nor c:tW*T St''• i"' the usual op
portunity to preside, foi
a time. ov<«B' ’J s f*, w ithout refer
ring to the * have endeavor
ed to <lischar<«L*-/ ft !'.honorable trust,
cotmected w "Inch my country
called mo.
“Entering upon it with unaffected diffidence,
yvell knoyviug hoyv little my' studies had bee.
directed to its peculiar duties. I was yet
strengthened by the determination then expres
sed, so to discharge the authority, with w hich
1 yvas invested, as ‘best to protect tne rights
to respect the feelings, and to guard the repti
tation, of all who would be afiected by its ex
creist.’ 1 was sure, that if successful ititbis,
I should be pardoned fir errors, which 1 could
hardly expect to avoid.
“In the interval which has since elapsed, it
has been our lot, in this assembly, to pass
through scenes ot unusual excitement. The
intense interest in absorbing topics, which has
pervaded our whole commu iity, could not be
unfelt within these walls. The warmth of po
litical parties, natural in such times ; the un
guarded ardour of sudden debate, and the col
lisions, seldom to be separated from the inval
uable privilege of free discussion, have not
been unfrequeutly mingled with the more tran
quil tenor of ordinary l legislation. I cannot
hope, that in emergencies like these, I have
always been so fortunate as to satisfy every
one around me. Yet. I permit myself to thi.k,
that the extent to which my decisions have
been approved by the Senate, is some evidence
that my efforts justly to administer their rules,
have not been vain ; and I conscientiously
cherish the conviction, that, on no occasion,
have I departed from my early resolution,
or been regardless ot what was due to the
rights or the feelings of the members of this
body.
“Though I may henceforth be separated from
the Senate. 1 can never cease to revert, with
peculiar interest, to my long connexion with it.
In every situation in my fin ore life, I shall re
member, with a just pride, the evidences ot ap
probation and confidence which I have re
ceived ; ai d,as an American citizen, devoted
ly attached to the institutions ot my country,
I must alwavs regard, with becoming and sin
cere respect, a branch of our Government, en
trusted with such extensive powers, and de
signed, by our forefathers, to accomplish such
important, results.
“Indulging an ardent wish, that every suc
cess may await you, in performing the exalted
and honorable duties of your public trust, and
offering my warmest prayers, that prosperity
and happiness may be constant attendants up
on each of you, along the future paths of life,
I respectfully bid yon farewell.”
The Committee of Mr. Garland, concerning
the Executive Department, sits from ten to four
or five o’clock, meets again in an hour, and
sits until ten o’clock. Ido not understand that
anything has been obtained from Mr. Whitney.
He has put in an able protest, prepared, it is
said, by Walter Jones, against the questioning
him io matters connected with his private bu
siness, and all other inquisitorial proceedings.
—('harleston Courier.
From the Louis r ille Journal..
Thsmas ati. Uenton.
“The words ofthe Roman orator, addressing
he outlawed Catalii e , as tbs ferocious con
pirator entered the Senate-house, are forcibly
■called to cur minds whenever we read the
iroductions of this clodheaded p. r.isan- “How
iong,” exclaimed Cicero, “will you abuse our
oatience?” How long, we ask, will the
country endure the mingled folly and atrocity
of Benton ? How long will its eyes be closed
to the dangers of his furious and proscriptive
career?
“In a period of unparalleled political excite
ment, yvhen all the weapons of partisan viol mce
have been substituted for those of reason and
reflection—at a period yvhen the yvorst men of
the country, by pandering { to the worst passions
ofits rules, have been enabled to take posses
sion of those places in the Government which
were intended to be lit Id by the “ capable and
honest”—we say, at such a period, prolific as
it has been in a'l the results which in other
countries follow a long and bloody revolution,
Thomas H. Becton has stood out from th
- canvass, distinguished only by 'his
broader and mere glaring col urs of infamy and
degradation.
“If a tool be required to derange the curren
cy of the nation, and prostrate its commercial
prosperity, to promote the purposes of party.
Be to.i is prepared, at the Executive nod, to
commence and carry out the yvork of outrage
and devastation- If it b.'Com< s necessary to
enlist a political freebooter, possessed of suffi
cient audacity to destroy—to expunge the
records <if the National Legislature, in open
and unblushing defiance of the constitu'ion,
this mercenary hack isrea .y to do the foUl
work of his masters, bartering the dignity of
the Senator for the recompense of the hire
ling. li the country is to be deluded yvith the
contemptible “humbug” of a gold and silver
currency, and the more scrupulous adherents
of “the party” refuse to raise the signal ot'
assault upon the best and safest fiscal institu
tion American policy ever framed, this fac
tious miscroant obtrudes his gorgon front ..pon
the public eye, and avoyvs his yvillingness t;>
advocate and sustain the gross delusion of a
commercial country carrying on its various
and complicated bi.tsi ess transactions yvith
out paper. And to preserve his consistency
he is now advocati ig th i doctrie.es of the
Treasury order,’ yvhich is said to be an em
anation of his own stupid mind. For that sin.
however, Benton has been punished.. One of
our cwn distinguished Senators has lashed him
for it, yvit.il a whip'ofscorpions’stings. The
Prairie Bull is said to have tossed and b flowed
yvhile the energetic arm of Crittenden yvas
flaying him alive, and steeping the naked nerve
ifth ? demagogue in the excruciating acid of
his powerful sarcasm.
“It is only in I he‘hot-bed of pub! c corrup
tion’ that such men as Benton can secure polit
ical inflii'-ice. They are. as it were, the
‘iherin.-meters’ of the political atmosphere.
1 f thev are above zero, “the times are out ol
joint;” if they are below it, the state of the pub
!ic mind is sound and healthful. It requires
but little of the prophet’s power to predict that
the latter alternative will be lh.-t ofthe Mis
souri Senator, before many years have elap
sed,”
The Globe (the Government paper) of yes- |
terdav confirms the rumor to which we aliud- j
ed in our last paper, that General Santa Anna
was to be conveyed to Mexico i i a public
vessel. The P/onecr (one of the smaller class
of vessels, lately built for the exploring voy
age) has been selected for the purpose, and
is to take the Mexican Ge .oral at d his Secreta
ry (Col. Almont') to V ra Cruz. They will
embark at Norfolk, wb the Pioneer arrived
a few days ago from ;h' C st.— Nat. Intel.
Content., of sSo<■ >•!!»-■«'»’ liegtistor,
February 1837 —No. 10, Vol. 5.
Orii'iiial Com mimic at ions.
Estimate of income from farming in Virginia,
Phster of Paris on marled land. Green sand.
Earliest passage of the I).-anai Swamp—writ
tej.llc'i b> CM. Wm. Byrd, in 1728. Review.
KL of climate between the eastern
■kjF'ftke continent of North America, and
■trope. Some observations on close rooms.
life necessity o f cold to silk-worms’ eggs be
fore hatching. Remarks on the uses, value,
md culture ofg le sweet potato. The proper
listances tor V\,mti'g corn. Oronoko and
Pryor i'obacco. and increasing effects
if marl. Apples a. nc ; ( .| [ ] cr- Effects of legis-
lative aid to agricu\ re [ n t j le s t a t e ( ,f New
York. Hillside ditch,. B at) a safeguard against,
washing rains. Com^,. rc j. l [ Report. Pro
ssorships of agricu t ti\^ u France,) Roofs
■overed with per. Animal or putrescent
natter insh :s.
Selections,
Railway across the o f [\ Hl ama.—
Votes on the forest scenery otNorib America,
,).i grasses for South Carolina. c | lest .
ut. Strawberries. Clayton’s Letters from
Virgini i, in 1668. M ehamcal o f hme.
>sutfeern it is♦
Memoranda and Reflections—Agricnlfur. 1 pro
ducts oi Java. Thoughts on warihing rooms.
Proceedings of the stockholders ofthe James
River and Kanawha Company. Extracts from
a biographical memoir of Sir John Sinclair.
Cure lor lock-jaw Some account of Flemish
husbandry. Recent and disastrous land-slip i-
Troy. A moving bog. On the culttire of
brank, or buckwheat. Improvement of culti
vation. Early silk manufacture in this coun
try. Lime spreader. Mr. VV hitrnarsh and his
agent. On the application of stea.m to the
purposes of husbandry. Price and value of
marl and green sand, in New Jersey. Duty
on spirits. Poppy seed oil Hortus Siccus.
j craww
It Biens, Ga, Saturday, February 11, 1537.
We are requested to say that the funeral
Sermon ofthe Rav’d. Samuel P. Presslv, will
be delivered in the Presbyterian Church in this
place, on Sunday the 19di inst; by the Rav’d.
Nathan Hoyt, at 11 o’clock A. M.
In our anxiety to give our readers the ex
cellent Speech of Mr. Robertson, of Va. to
gether with the highly interesting correspon
dence from Washington, which Will be found
in to-days paper; we have been compelled to
defer any remarks of our own upon the scenes
at Washington, and necessarily’ to confine our
editorial matter to a very narrow limit.
We perceive by the National Intelligencer,
that our Representative, the Hai. J. C. Al
ford, took his seat in the House of Represent
atives on the 31st ult.
Creek Indian''.
The late intelligence from the Creek Nation,
which will be found in to-days paper, leaves
no room to doubt, that a considerable portion of
these unfortunate and desperate Indians, who
are still remaining in Alabama, have embodied
themselves for the purpose of inassacreing her
citizens ; upon a few of whom, they have but
too successfully executed their murderous de
signs.—
We are indebted to the Hon’!. F. W. Pick
ens, of S. C. for a copy of his speech on Mr.
Wise’ resolution; Which, We will endeavour t"
lay b .fore our readers next week.
The Legislature of Mississippi have char
tered a Bank at its present session with a Cap
ital of fifteen and a half millions.
Farmers lieffistcr; r '
In a proceeding column will be found the
contents of this valuable periodical for Febru
ary—
We have before taken occasion to speak in
terms of high commendation, of this very able
and useful work ; and we but feel that every'
Successive number, increases our confidence
iu its excellence.
The following just tribute to the State Rights
partv of S. C. is extracted from a Speech of
Col. M mminger, delivered before the legis
lature ofN. C. as agent of the Cincinnatti and
Charleston Rail Road. Read it ye revilers of
these distinguished patriots and acknowledge
your perfidy.
From the Charleston Mercury.
Speech.
We have read yvith pleasure and high ad
miration, the Speech of Mr. Memmmger, be
fore the North Carolina House ot Commons.
It is marked yvith great ability, and is often
truly eloquent. From i.'s length, and tho fact
that the major part of the topics possess pe
culiar interest only for the people ot North
Carolina, we have abandoned <>nr intention
of publishing it entire, and present our readers
only yvith the follow'ing extracts. In the first
he pay s a compliment to the Nullifl 'i’s, honor
able to him and them; as just too and gCuerous,
as it is eloquently’ expressed.
Sir, said Mr. M. it has become fashionable
in certain quarters, to deuounce the nulhfiers
of South Carolina, as enemies to the country.
He, for one, would be taken at least, as an un
prejudiced witness in this matter. He was x
Union man, and had opposed the nullification
doctrines openly, and without fear. As he
knew’ himself to be actuated by the highest
sense of duty, so he yielded the same motive to
his opponents. As an adversary, his testimo
ny i t their favor yvas entitled to some consid
eration. He believed that a nobler and more
generous spirit had never actuated men—that,
w hatever may have been the motives ot some
individuals, he felt, assured that the great mass
were governed by the most ardent patriotism.
Their greatest error, if error it. yvas, consisted
in pushi g their principles to extremes. Their
love of count, y became enthusiasm. Sir, they
yvere a gallant hand, and they acted opt their
principles, at whatever cons■•quences'to them
selves. He had read in the early history o!
that people, whose skill and valor alteryVurds
subdued the world, that yvhen their city yvas
besieged by’ a neighboring and poyverful mon
arch, and was reduced to the last, extremity, a
Roman youth resolved to save his country.
He succeeded in making hisyvay into the royal
tent, where the king and his secretary yvere
alo.ie. Mistaking the one for the other the
Roman drove his dagger to the heart of the
secrerary, and yvas instantly seized and brought
before the king. With undaunted courage he
thrust his right, hand into the fire, burning on
the alter, and yvhile the parched and bursting
iiiteguim/iits were b< i :g Consumed, with un.
blenching eve. and loilitude that quailed not
unde.' this extremes! agony of human suffer,
ing, he told the king that three hundred other
Romans, of equal bravery, had resolved at all
hazards, to destroy the invader of their soil.
T'.te S''ige yvas raised immediately, and the
kine retired. That fearless youth had saved
his comitry. Sir, such yvas the courage, such
the fearless bearing ofthe nttllifiers of South
Carolina. They sacrificed themselves— they
destroyed part, of their means of usefulness to
the Union—they burnt off -heir right hand.
But sir, thev did so, with the dauntless courage
of the Roman—and the beleaguering army,
with its tariffs implied powers, and other ttieans
of eucroachmei.t upon the rights ol the states,
hath retired from around the south.
It is true sir, that the phfeilzied zeal of th.
party strife, unrestrained, may have done m
Ii lite mischief, But the Union party of the
South yvas the balancing power w hich prevent
ed the infliction of unmitigated evil; They
w ere ihe oarsmen upon the other side of th.
ship of state ; and their courage and foftitud,
din cted by bold hands aud fearless hearts,
amid the whirlwind which agirated the wate s
yvas the counterpoise which kept the Vessel t
her course and eventually led to a haven.
Both sutizllt their country’s welfare, and unde
ih“ dir Ction of that inscrutable Fr.iVideuc
yvhich causes agents, seemingly the most up
posite, to produce one general; Common goo.
thev h ive each nobiv acted out their part.—
That crisis, sir, is pist; and noyv they sta
as one phalanx, adv.uieii g together iu the ei-
f >rt to improve their country. The project
iow before you, Mr. M. said, is their commo
work.
Florida War.
Latest from Gen. Jessup's Army.
By yesterday morning’s mail we receive'
the Jacksonville Courier of Thursday la.si.
which contains the latest information of th
movements of Gen. Jessup’s Army ; —And. by
the arrival ofthe steam packet Florida, Capt.
Hebbard, from Picolata, via Jacksonville, St
Marvs, &c. we received an extra from Iht
Jacksonville Courier, dated last Saturday night,
detailing more Indian depredations, and tin
murder,"by the savages, of another of our citi
igens —— Sav. Georgian.
Col. Warren who returned l?.st Friday from
Fort Drane, has favored us with the following
information, given him bv the Quarter Master
at Fort Drane, and at that time just arrived
from the army.
Gen. Jessup was on a trail of Indians lead
ing towards the Wacasassa country —and in.
tended to pursue, if possible, the trail wherever
it led, till he overtook the Indians.
The Indians are, it is supposed, scattered io
small parties through the country.
On the 13lh inst. the Alabamians under Gen.
Jessup came upon an Indian on the w-st sid<
ofthe Withlaeoochee. wlme he was in the act
of skinning a beef. Seeing himself surround
ed he made no resistance, nor endeavored t<
escape, but gave himself up With good g
a prisoner of War;
This Indian states that he belongs to a town
situated on the west side ofthe Withlaeoochee.
at which are about one hundred Indians —war-
riors, women and children—and that they are
willing, and wish to give themselves up—and
would have done so some time ago. had they
not feared the white? would kill them. The
Indian offered to point out the town to the ar
mv.
'Maj. Graham, with about. 200 mon and tho
Indian fora guide, proceeded on the 18th inst.
for the town.
The Indian also states that the other tribes
are willing to come in to the whites—and that
all his warriors, except fifty or sixty, have left
Oseola.
A party of about 110 men arrived at Fort
Drane on the 13th inst. with orders to proceed
against Alligator’s tribe on the Ochlawaha,
and to proceed thence around Orange Lake,
scouring the country between the lake and St.
Johns river, to Black Creek.
The body of Mr. S. Rooks was found on
Thursday last about 5 miles this side of Santa
Fe Bridge, and near the place where Mr. Dell’s
negroes were captured, tw^-bullet holes through
it—scalped—and plundered ofthe pantaloons
The trails of five Indians were discovered about
the body. The horse was found shot dead
not tar from the body. Mr, Rooks belonged
to Capt. Smith’s company. He was one ol an
escort to a train of wagons that left the Creek
on or at about, the 18th ult. His horse gave
out on the wav ; and he had permission to re
turn to Black Creek. He left the train to re
turn and had not been seen or heard of till
Thursday last, when found as above stated.
Thus for more than a year have our citizens,
one after another, been cut off.— Jacksonville
Courier of the. 26 ult.
More Indian Depredations.— “ Mr. Rossau
who arrived in this place to-day, informs us
that on Tuesday, the 24. h inst. Lieut. J. M.
Smiley', of Capt. Reed’s company, stationed
at the Mineral Springs, yvas shot by a party
of Indians near the house of A/r. Sykes, his
father in layv, with whom he lived. Mr.
Sykes’ residence is five miles from the Springs
on the road leading to Levingston’s Ferry on
the Suwanee river.
Lieut. Smiley yvas about 150 yards from
the house engaged in cutting wood, yvhen he
yvas shot. Three balls took effect—one iu his
body—one in the head—and one in the arm.
He yvas killed iustantlv aud sea ped.
Mr. Sykes yvas in his corn house —hearing
the shots and yell of the Indians, he ran for
his house amid a volley of shots from the In
dians. He closed the door. The India.,s
made a furious attack upon the house contain
ing Mr. and Mrs. Sykes, and Mrs. Smiley and
child, and tyvo or three negro yvomen. Mr.
Sykes defended the house by keeping up a fire
on the assailants, supposed to be from 25 to 50
it: number. The attack yvas Commenced at
half-past three o’clock I’. M. and continued
till after dark. The house is literally cutup
with bullets.
After dark Mr. Sykes raised a plank from
the floor so as to get out a negro Woman whom
he sent to the Springs to notify the men there
to come to tiis relief. She succeeded, and a
party of nine men reached the house by eleven
o’clock. The Indians had retired. No eol
Ihe inmates ot the house were yvounded, al
though bullets passed through the clothes ol
some of them. — Mr. Sykes is couti. nt he
yvounded or killed four. On examination next
morning at the four spots pointed out by Mr. S.
where lie thought the Indians yvere shot by
him, blood yvas found, indicating some execu
tion V'as done—and one Indian was found shot
through the heart. Mr. S. had seven guns in
his house.—He also slates that he is confid
he saw a white man yvith ti e Indians—tor u.
had so fair a view of him as to be able to note
that he yvore blue clothes and a yvhite hat.
Tile trail of the Indians led into a hammock
near by. A small company had ridden around
it. without finding a trail leading out. When
Mr. Rossau left the Springs they were raising
a party strong enough to pursue tlie trad i.ito
the hammock and secure the Indians it possi
ble.
The inhabitants who had returned to their
homes in that section (Columbia county) are
again abandoning them.
Can it bethat there is inexistence an inhu
man Devil yvith the form and hneameii’s of a
white mam leading on the Indians to murder
his brethren and attack their dwellings! then
ought the incarnate fiend to be suspended be
tween Earth and Heaven, there to hang till his
flesh rots oil', and his bones shiver in the yvi.ids
till blown joint by joint, and scattered over
earth by the whirlwind.” — lb.
The papers from Florida contain no account:
dial yvill authorise us to specify the actual lo
cation of the theatre of war. The Wilhlacoo
chee, the Wahoo Swamp, and the Everglades,
nave successively been represented as the
strong holds of Oseola and his forces Th.
atest account yve find in the Floridian of th
28th u.t. That paper says :
“On yesterday about 1 o'clock in the day
im'.‘, three large yvagons, loaded with dry goods
dour and salt, were way-laid by six India .s.
.bout eight miles from this place—taken aboti
• mile from the road, the mules taken out, and
he contents of the yvagons packed upon then,
.a sacks found in the wagons, and with thre.
.egroes, the drivers, carried off towards th.
leninsula. There yvere fifteen mules taken.
I’his information is derived from one of th.
egro drivers, who escaped.
Tigertail it is supposed, was at the head o
his party. Our city is alive with the call i
rms. The Indians yvere painted, and h..
.iveral rilles.”
Since writing the above we have receiv.
v the Express Mail from the office ol ti
iobtie Mercantile Advertiser, dated on th. 2
.stant, the fillowing ;—Milledgeville Journo
Imiiorlant from Florida.— The steambum
Champion, Capt. Murray, brings the following
food intelligence, derived from passengers on
board the cutter Jefferson at Pensatiola, three
lays from Tampa Bay. The intelligence is
hat the celebrated Indian, called Jum’t'T, and
he negro Abraham, have been captund; atff
hat Oseola himself barely made his escap. .
with only five followers, in the direction of th<
iouth. General Jessup was making every ef
fort for the capture ofthe bold and persever
ing Chief.
The St. Augustine Herald of the 28th ult.
■lays —“ W e have been permitted to peruse a
etter from an officer of the army, da ed Fort
Armstrong, (Dade’s Battle Ground) Jan. 21st.
'rom which we learn, that by order of Maj.
Gen. Jesup, the Wahoo Swamp had been tho
roughly explored, together with every trail
leading to the Withlaeoochee, within a circui
>f 40 miles. It is represented as of vast ex
eat and difficult of access, and it is a matter
ff astonishment how the Indians were ever
Iriven from this strong hold. The negro pri
soners state that there is a serious difficuitt
imong the Indians— hat Osceola has been de
serted by all his followers, and is now Wan-
Je'ing about with only some 8 or 10 of his
i’riends. Major Foster, with a party of Creek
I ndians, had gone in pursuit of 4 or 500 Se
uiaoles who were represented to be in a
■i wamp about 50 miles southwest ofthe Wa
hoo Swamp. A detachment were to move o
the 22d, for the A-ha-pop-ka Luke, near Lak
Monroe.
“ We have been favored with the following
extract of another letter, from w hich we de
rive additional information:
I'okt Armstrong, (Dade’s Battle Ground. /
January 21—10 o’clock, P. M. $
An express has this moment arrived from
Major Foster, luforrniug that 11 Indians and 8
negres have been captured by the I .di ins u >■
lor Major F’ s command He is i.i pursuit ot'
ihe others, and hopes are entertai n'd that he
will succeed. Two Indians were killed by the
volunteer Indians. The captives are men,
women and children; We march at daybreak
for the A-ha-pop-ka Lake, near Lake Monroe.
Crrrfe War.
From the Montgomery Ala. Journal, February 1.
Fresh Esis'Len ISostiiities.
For the past week, we have been daily, al
most hourly receiving reports of depredations
and murders, committed upon our citizens in
the neighborhood of Irwinton and elsewhere by
parties of hostile Indians.
There is no doubt ot' the truth of most of the
accounts. A gentleman was in our town the
day before yesterday who reported to have as
sisted in the burial ot six persons who had fal
len victims io the murderous savages. A sk.r
rnish had also taken place upon Kowakee Creek
in which too white men were killed. Gen. Well
born of Irwinton is also reported as having been
killed in another skirmish. Houses have been
burned and a large amount of property destroy
ed. It is high time this remnant ot savages were
removed or exterminated. The troops in this
town have gallantly volunteered to quell these
insurgents, and will forthwith march to the Na
tion without awaiting the tardy process of an
order from that snail gaited Hero, Gov. Clay.
He of course could do nothing till he heard from
Washington City.
We bid in behalfof the community, God speed
to our gallant Volunteers, and may success and
fame reward their efforts.
From the Columbus Herald, February 3.
The Slostile CrecSKs.
Since our last, daily occurrences have taken
place, fully confirming a'! that we have previ
ously anticipated and said, in relation to the
1 adiaii disturbances in the Creek Nation. The
war has actually begun with a vigor a d des
peration not surpassed at a.iy period ofthe last
campaign. Fifty warriors have gone out of
the camp, under charge of Lieut, S'oan—i.i
all, about two hundred, men women and chil
dren—the women have killed their children,
and prepared to take care of themselves—this
is the strongest demonstration of hostilities.
A camp has been discovered on Pee River,
in Baibour county, numbering some two hun
dred, who, it is ascertained have never struck
their flag, but have been hostile from the very
commoncement. To this camp belonged those
I ndians who murdered Mr, Pugh and his ne
groes, a confitnation of which we have in a slip,
received from the office ofthe Montgomery
Advertiser. Re torts leaVe no room f>r doubt
a number of Indians have returned from Flor
ida, and that they are daily returning—all
these circumstances,and facts, when takerqto
gether. furnish just ground for alarm. True,
th re are a few brave fellows i i the field—
thev are fighting—they have fought, and fought
bravely—but their force is too weak to en
counter the enemy with success. Capt. Well
bora, with twenty men marched from Irwinton,
and commenced scouring the Cowagee Swamp
“unaided and alone.” On Sunday last, they
were att; eked bv a party of Indians from mw
hundred to one hundred and twenty in number,
and were of course overpowered and obliged
to make good their retreat; but not until Lieu
tenant Patterson —a brave and worthy young
man, whose untimely death is deeply deplored
by ail his friends—had been literally shot to
pieces, and five ot the company severely wound
ed. As soon as this news reached Irwinton,
another band of volunteers, numbering forty
foui, started to join their comrades and friends;
besides these troops, a moil ited company of
volunteers, from Fraukiin county, (Geo.) are
i i the Nation, some Eighty in number, making
in all. oulv one hundred and thirty Jive or forty
white men to Contend against perhaps three
times that number of savages' Thus it will be
seen, we are again cursed with an Unequal, a
harrassi; g, a destructive Indian war! A war
that should have been ended long ago for the
peace ofthe country—-in justice to the citizens
—add for the honor of the nation. The war
whoop was sounded early last, summer—
propertv was deslr-ived—blood was spilled—
thousands of soldiers were marched to the ,
scene of action—there was a Wholesale dis- |
play of military pomp and an immense ex- '
pendittire of money to sustain the w.ir. The i
whole Summer was consumed with this affair >
the fall approached and the Indians were or- I
dered to be emigrated—tho contract was take ■, |
nd a pint.on of'them were removed, but unfor 1
innately and criminalhj, a party was left be
hind, and most ridiculously six hundred Creek
warriors were taken to Florida, to whip the
Semi .sol s, as though s/'t thousand United
States troops were not a fair match tor fifteen
hundred ha if starved Indians!!! H re was th.
j,rand error—and to his circumstance is attribu
tble the disturbances which at present sur
ou ideti us. When tile emigration commenced,
< should have continued; until not an India ,
rom old Neah Micco, down to tho you gest
hild, could have been found on this side the
Mississippi. Want of room compels us to
infer further remarks on this subject, till next
week.
t
From a London paper.
Rt'flcrlion* hi the Pilory.
'‘Scene, opposite the Royal Exchange.— Time
12 to one, Noon.
Ketch, my good fellow, you have a neat
land. Prithee, adjust this new collar to mv
ck gingerly. lam not used to these wood
cravats. There, softly, softly. That seems
ate exact poi. '.t between ornament and strangu-
lalion. A thought looseron this side. Now
ii will do. And have a care in turning me,
that I present my aspect due vertically. I
ow face the orient. Ip a quarter of an hour
I shift southward—do you mind?—and so on
id! I face the east again f tra eiiing with the
sun. No half points., I beseech you; N. N;
by W. or any such elaborate niceties. They
become the filtjpman’s card, but pot this rnys.;
tery. Now leave me a hitle to toy own re
flections.
Bless us, what a company is assembled in!
honour of me! Ho<v grand I stand here! I
iever felt so sensible before of the effect of
solitude in a crowd. I muse in solemn silence
upon that vast miscellaneous rabble in the pit
there. From my private box I contempla’e
with mingled pity and wonder the gaping
curiosity of those underlings. These are my
Whitechapel supporters. Rosemary Lane has
■mptied hersefl' of the Very flower of her
citizens to grace my show, Duke’s Place
sits desolate. What is there in my face that
strangers should come so far from the east to
gaze upon it ? [Here an egg narrowly ytisSes
Tat offering was well mea t, bdt not
s<> cleve y < -x< cutcd. Bythe tricklings, it
should not be idler myrrh or frauktoCensU.
Spare your presents, my friends; I am no-ways
mercenary. I desire no missive tokens of
vour approbation. I ,im past those valentines.
Bestow these coffins of untimely chickens up.
on mouths that water for them. Comfort your
addle spouses with them at hortlej and stop the
mouths of your brawling brats with such Ollat
Podridas; they have need of them. [A brick
is let fly.y Disease not, I piay you, nor dismanj
tie your rent and ragged tenements, to furnish
me w<th architectural deCofations, which 1 can
excuse. This fragment might have stopped
a flaw against snow comes. [A coal flies. ]
Ci iders are dear, gentlemen. This nubbling
night have helped the pot boil, when your
dirty cutti gs from the shambles at three ba’*
pence a pmi id shall st»nd at a cold simmer.
Now, south about. Ketch. I would enjoy
australian popularity.
“What, my friends from over the water'Old
bench ers, —flies of a day—ephemeral Romans
—welcome / Doth the sight of me draw souls
from limbo? Can it dispeople purgatory—ha?
What am I, or what was my father’s house,
that I should thus be set up a spectacle to gen
tlemen and others? Wity are all faces like the
Persians at the sunrise, bent singly on mine
alone? It was wont to be esteem dan ordiua.
ry visno ny, a quotidian merely.
these assembled myriads discern some traits
of nobleness, gentility, breeding, which hither
t > have < scaped the common <>b ;erVatioti—-
some intimations, as it were, of wisdom, valor,
piety, aid so forth. My sight dazzles ; unctj
if I am ;ot deceived by the too familial 1 pi’es*
sure of this strange neckcloth that envelopes
it, my countenance gives out lambe t glories.
For some painter now t > take me in th lucky
paint ofexpression!—the pasture so convenient
—the had never shif'ti g, but standi g quies*
cent in a sort of natural frame. But these,
artizans require a southerly aspect. Ketch,
I urn me.
Something of St. James’ ait* in these riiy
neyv friends. How my prospects shift and
brighten ! Now if Sir Thomas Lawreatle 110
any where in that group, his fortune is made
forever. I thi Ji I see some one taking out A
crayon. I will compose my whole face to a
smile, yvhich yet shall cot so predominate, but
that gravity and gaiety shall contend as it yvere
—you understand me? 1 will work up my
thoughts to some mild rapture—-a gentle enthu
siasm—which the artist may transfer i.i a man*
ner warm to the canvass. I will inwardjy
apostrophize my tabernacle.
Delicate mansion, hail ! Hous?, not made
of every wood ! Lodging that pays no rent ;
airv, commodious ; yvhich, oyving no window
tax, art vet all cas inent, out of which men
have such pleasure m peering and overlooking,
that they yvill sometimes stand an hour tog 'th
er to e joy thy prospects ! Cell, f .>cluSe from
the vulgar ! Quiet retirement from the great
Babel, yet affording sufficient glimpsed into it!
Pulpit, that, instructs without note of sefffidn--
■ book, into which the preacher is inducted with
-1 out tenth or first, fruit ! Throne, unshared and
■ s-ngle. that disdainest a Brentford Competitor!
Honor, wi'hout co-rival ! Proud PisgaH
eminence ! Pinnacle sublime ! O Pillory,
’tis thee Isiig ! ’i’hotl younger brother to the
Hallows, without his rough a; d Esau palms;
that with ineffible contemptsurveyest beneath
thee the grovelling stocks, yvhich claims pre
sumptuously to be of thy great race. Ketch,
turn me.
“I now veef to the north. Open your wi
lest gates, thou proud Exchange of London,
that. I may look iu as proudly ! Gresham’s
wonder, hail ! I stand upon a level yvith all
vour ki gs. They and I, firtm equal height**
yvith equal superciliousness; o’eriook the plod
ling, .no.ieybu ti g tribe below ; who, busied
in th ir sordid speculations, scarce elevate
their eves to notice your a .cient, or my recent
grandeur. The second Charles smiles on me
from three pedestals ! He closed the Exche
pier ; I cheated the Excise. Equal our dar*
lags, equal be our lot.
“ Are those the quarters? ’tis their fatal chime*
That the ever-w inged hours would but stand
| still'. but I must descend, descend from this
Iream of greatness. Stay, stay, a little while,
tnportu ate hour baud. A moment or two,
and I shall xv.dk on foot yvith the undistinguish
ed many. The clock speaks one. I return
lo common life. Kelch, let me out.
DOST* &
P 111 LOTO K 0 N ,
DESIGNED to relieve all the diseased sym
pathies of Pregnancy, having been fully
tested by able and scientific Physicians for more
than three y ears. Recommendations and co
pious directions accompany each bottle.
For sale at the Drmr and Medicine Store of
W. B. WELLS & CO.
Feb. 11,-41--eow3t.
MTICiE.
A Ll< the members ofthe Clark county Vol
x *. unteers who are living in the County, or
who can make it convenient to attend, are re
spectfully invited to attend at Watkinsville on
Thursday ofthe next Superior Court, in order
to take measures to avail themselves of the ben
efit ofthe act of the last Legislature, allowing
oav for lost clothing, itiedic.al attendance, <S?c.
1 ’ JOSEPH LIGON,
late Capt.
BURTON Hl KS
Ist Lieut.
Feb. 11,—41 -ts
months after date application wilibd
made to the Court of Ordinarv of Clark
county, for leave to sell -all the real estate of*
David Hiehardson, late of Clark county dec’d.
D AVID RICHARDSON, Adm’r.
Feb. 11,—-41—4tn
Administrator’s Sale.
WjLL be sold on the first Tuesday irt
Marell next, at the Court-house in Law
renceville, all the personal property of IsaacS.
Lacy, dec’d, consisting of one horse, one pair
saddle bags, one bridle, and a variety of wearing
apparel. Sold for the benefit Ofthe creditors.
B. S. PENDLETON, Adin'r.
Dp, , 17_33—tds .
Two Apprentices*
i WI7G E b.- l iken at this office. Boys
; V w from the country will be preferred*