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TERMS, —0 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE,) BY BURR ITT & MKACIiAM. THE GEORGIA STATESMAN Js published weekly at the Seat o i Govern ment, opposite the State-House Square, at Three Dollars per atm. in advance, or Four Dollars if not paid in six months. N. B. Sales of land and negroes, by Ad ministrators, Executors, or Guardians, are required by law, to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours ofter in the 'forenoon, and three in the afternoon, at the court house of the county in which th; property is situate. Notice of these sides must be given in a public Gazette SIXTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property must be given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must he published for FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land, must be published for NINE MONTHS. At.i. Letters must bp POST PAID. HALE k M .IL. U. L\VI C. Days of p O 1 0 0 s © 1 Q the Ris. i Sets. Dec. N. Slow.[Sets. Week. ' II Mill MD M SM SjH M Tuesday 18 s.?flf2S 1u.14.12 0.38 2.15 Wedn’dy 19 5.31! 6.2911. 5. 4 0.52 2.56 Thursd’v 20 5.30! 6.3011.25.45 1.05 j 3.38 Friday “21 5.29 j 6.3111.46.15 1 4.23 Saturday 22 5.28 6.3212. 6.33 l., r \.trises. Sunday 23 5.27| 6.3312.26.40 1. *' 8.50 Alond y 24 5.26! 6.34 12.4C.31 1.5519.50 and Full 22d day lit 56m A. M. FROM THE SAME LITTLE BOOK. price $ 1 50. I was born in the state of Virginia and so was my father and mother be fore me—and I think if ever there was a true hearted Virginian, I must be one. for I never was out of the state in my life, though l am now upwards of thirty j'ears old, and this may be one reason why I have always thought Virginia th best state in the Union But there may he another reason why I have such a sincere love for Virginia, and fur the United States of America in general —Almost the first thing that 1 can remember that worked any deep im pression on my mind was the death of my father and circumstances of it. —Me lived at that time about forty or fifty miles from York Town where Cornwallis was taken During the seige he went down on it tour in the Militia, hut he had been in the American army before and was wounded at the battle of Bran dywine. I can remember that after my father went down to York, my mother very often in the day, and sometimes in tue night would go out to the edge of the yard and walk a liout very thoughtful, and then stand as if she was listening to hear some thing with great attention. I wa*» then very young, and would frequent ly go to where she was and ask her what she was doing—she would commonly answer me, nothing my son, and would tell me to go into the house; and 1 could see from the tears that were streaming from her eyes, that she was in great distress about something. 1 had no notion of what was the cause of my mo ther’s grief, but l could see from the looks of my older brothers and sisters that they had, for they would fre quently call me back when they saw me going to her at these times ; and when 1 asked them w hat was the matter with our mother, they seemed to he much affected and hid me hush, for I did not know what l was talking about. —The check which my brothers and sisters tried to put upon me, and the concern i saw they were in about our mother, for wc all loved her with heart and soul, increased my desire to know what it was distressed her.—f was ihc youngest of her children except one that was at the breast, and a much longer time having passed be tween mv birth and the youngest, than was common with her, my mo ther was very fond of me and I made freer with her than the older children did. One glear moonshine night when it was very still, and my mother had staid out behind that end of the house which was next to York Town, later than common, 1 stole out to where she was, partly from my im patience at her being so long absent, and partly from the curiosity to see what she was doing. 1 went up near to iler without her knowing that I was there—and while I was consid ering what I should say to her, I could hear her sob, and sec by her holding up her apron, that she was wiping away the tears from her eyes. In a short time her sobbing hushed, and she held in her breath and seem ed to listen with all her might to something at a great distance—and I could distinctly hear a lumbering noise like the falling of numbers oi great trees at a great distance. As it seemed to die away and grow fainter and fainter, mv mother's sighs and tfcars was renewed again—and then she would be silent and listen and then weep again and so on for time, and the sound being louder than common, her apron, dropt from her face, and she sunk upon her !• nees—and pressing one hand upon her breast, and lifting up the other a ttle, with her eyes looking up to wards heaven, she said in a voice that seemed to come from the very bottom of her heart—O my God— preserve my husband, and let him return in safety’ to his helpless wile and children—and grant O Lord, that the victory may he on our side, and let me not suffer these hard trials in vain, but O let it be for the good of my native land.—Never shall I forget her w ords, nor hoiv she appeared at that time—She then rose from her knees and wept more bittedy than ever, I was also greatly distressed, I could not tell why, and I burst into tears.—My crying caus ed my mother to observe me. She was somewhat surpnsed at first, hut in a moment she seazed me in her arms and raised me from the earth, she pressed m with all her strength to her bosom—O my child, my child, said she—but her feeling seemed to be too strong for her to express; she bent her head over me and her tears streamed upon my face. I folded my arms about her neck and wept a loud—after a little time, she set me on my feet again and said, come do’nt cry, my dear, let us go into the house. By this time 1 got compos ed enough to ask her, what noise it was 1 heard while 1 w r as standing near her. She turned towards the course it came from and said —it is the cannon at York, that our country men and the English are firing at each other—l asked her what they were fighting for 1 She said, our countrymen were fighting for the rights and liberty of our country, and the English w ere trying to make us their slaves, that they might take a way from us any thing we have whenever they want it. — From that moment l hated the English, and though I do not like bearing malice, L hope Mr. Old B. you will not ac cuse me of uncharitableness, and I confess that to this day the impres -ion that w as made on my mind has never entirely gone off—but what i wish you to take notice of is, that it was then for the first time in my life, when that scene passed between me and nty mother, that I felt in my heart the love of my country ; and 1 am sure it w ill always remain in may heart as long as there is a drop of warm blood in it. —And if you can have patience, old Mr. B. with my tedious way, you shall see how my mother, my good excellent mother, cherished and strengthened by all means in her pow er the love of our country in the hearts of her chil dren. My mother mentioning of York- Town, and what I heard her say in her prayer, made me think of my fa ther As we walked towards the house, l asked her “ w here was my father ?” >j,he stuped short and look ing back towards York, said with a melancholy voice but very firm, He is there where we heard the roaring of the cannan."—ls he fighting for his country, said 1 ? Aye said she, that he is, and he will fight bravely too —My tears flowed again, and my heart swelled with love for my country. After a little, I asked her, when will my father come heme ? She said as if she did not know that she spoke to me—perhaps he will never—she stoped and then said, 1 hope he will come home soon my son. By this time we got near to the door; my mother wiped her eyes and then mine, and we went into the house. But alas, mv father never came home again.—ln a few days after wards, some of the neighbors who had been drawn to York, came up and brought the news, that my father was killed by a musket hall in storm ing some of the out w orks that our men took from the British —the dis tressing news w : as too true. But good old Mr. B. this letter is too long hut 1 could not help it—l have wrote two for you before and burnt them because they were too long, and this is longer than them both, and I have not got fully to the main points that 1 wished to inform you of, and to ask your opinion a bout That is. about our loving our country, which l dont think our people are any way remarkable for, but on the contrary are wanting in it —and about the people in general in our state having but too little learn ing, and a great deal less 1 think, than they might have if things were managed to the best advantage, and they had as great a desire tor it as 1 am sure you think they ought to have from what you have said in some of your pieces—But you shall see what 1 think about these things <n my next, which if you can span time to read, it shall be short—no more at i-rc- ni, hm yom - Has tibi erunt artes, pacisque itaponere morciß, parcere subject* et debellare superbos.—Virgil. MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1820. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. MESSAGE To (lie Iluuse of Reprscntatives of the United States: Washington, 30th March, 1826 In compliance w ith a resolution ol the House of the 27th inst. request ing a copy of such parts of the an swer of the Secetary of State to Mr. Clay, dated Mexico, 28th Sept. 1825, No. 22, as relates to the pledge of the United States therein mentioned ; and also requesting me to inform the House whether the United States have in any manner made any pledge to the governments of Mexico and South America, that the United States would not permit the interference of any foreign power with the independence or form of government of those nations, and if so, when, in what manner, and to what effect; and also, to communi cate to the House a copy of the communication from our Minister at Mexico, in which he informed the government of the United States that the Mexican government called upon this government to fulfil the memo rable pledge of the President of the United States, in his message to Congress, of Dec. 1823,1 transmit to the House a report from the Secreta ry of State, with documents, contain ing the information desired by the resolution, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Department of State, Washington 20 th, March, 1825. The Secretary of State, to whom has been refered by the President the resolution of the House of Repre sentatives of the 27th March, 1825 requesting him to transmit to that House certain parts of the corres pondence between the Department of State and the Minister of the United States, nt Mexico, and to communicate certain information therein mentioned, has the honor to report — That no answer was transmitted from this Department to the letter of Mr Poinsett, No. 22, under date at Mexico, on the 28th September, 1825. That No 18, from Mr. Poin sett, under date the 13th of the same moil h and No. 22, relate to the same subject ; the first stating the obstacle which had occurred to the conclusion of the commercial treaty, in the pretension brought forward by Mexico to grant to the American Nations of Spanish origin, special privileges which were not to he en joyed by other nations ; and the sec ond narrating the arguments which were urged lor and against it, in the conferences between Mr. Poinsett and the Mexican Ministers : that No 22 was received on the 9th of De cember last, and the answer of the fill of November, 1825, from this Depart moot to No 18, having been prepared and transmitted superseded the necessity, as was believed, ot any more particular reply to No. 22. That extracts from the general instructions to Mr. Poinsett, under date the 25th of March, 1825, are herewith reported, marked A : that the United States have contracted no engagement, nor made any pledge to the Gov rnments of Mexico and South America, or to either ofthem, that the United States would not permit the interference of any foreign Power with the independence or form of government of those Nations; nor have any instructions been 'ls sued, authorizing any such engage ment or pledge. It will be seen that the message of the late President ot the United States, of the 2d Decem ber, 1823, is adverted to in the ex tracts now furnished from the in structions to Mr. Poinsett, and that he is directed to impress its princi ples upon the Government of the United Mexican states. All appre hensions of the danger, to which Mr. Monro alludes, of an interference, by the Allied Powers of Europe, to introduce their political systems into this Hemisphere, have ceased. 1' indeed, an attempt by force had been mad by Allied Europe to subvert the liberties of the Southern Nations on this Continent, and to erect, upon the ruins of their free institutions, inonarchial systems, the people oi the United States would have stood pledged in the opinion of their Executive, not to any foreign State, hut to themselves and to t heir pos terity, by their dearest interests and highest duties, to resist, to the ut most, such attempt ; and it is to a pledge of that character to Mr. Poin sett alone refers. That extracts from a despatch of Mr. Poinsett, under date the 21st August, 1825, marked B, are also herewith reported, relating to the movements of the French fleet in the West India seas, during the last sum mer That his previous letter to :w':■ ii he 1 1■ t« r- o*n l).- accidently mislaid, and cannot there fore now be communicated, which is less regretted, because the infor mation contained in that now report ed, it is presumed, will he entirely satisfactory. All which is respectfully submit ted. H. CLAY. A Extracts from the general instruc tions of Mr. Clay ; Secretary of State, to Mr. Poinsett, appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, dated Department ok State, Washington, 2oth March, 1825. The mission on which the Presi dent wishes you with all practicable ilespatcii to depart, would at any time he highly important, hut posses sed at till.: momenta peculiar in terest. Every where on this Con tinent, but on the side of the United Mexican States, the United States are touched by the colonial territories of some sovereign authority fix'd! in Europe You are the first Minister actually leaving the United States, to reside near a sovereign power established and exerted on this Con tinent, whose territories are conter minous with our own. You will probably he the first Minister receiv ed by that power from any sovereign State, except from those which have recently sprung out of Spanish America. The United Mexican States, whether we regard their pre sent posture, or recal to our recol lection their ancient history and for times, arc entitled to high consider ation. In point of population, posi tion, and resources, they must be allowed to rank among the first powers of America. In contempla ting the progress in them towards civilization, which the aborigines had made at the epoch of the Spanish conquest which ensued, an irresisti ble interest is excited, which is not surpassed, if it be equalled, by that which is awakened in perusing the early history of any other part of America. But what gives, w ith the President, to your mission peculiar importance at this time, is, that it has for its principal object, to lay for the first time the foundation of an intercourse of amity, commerce, navi gation, anil neighborhood, which may exert a powerful influence for a long period upon the prosperity of both States. lii more particularly inviting your attention to the objects which should engage it on your mission, I will in the tirst place refer you to the gen eral instructions which were given by my predecessor, on the 27th May, 1823, to Mr. Anderson, the Minister of the United States at Colombia, of which a copy is annexed, and which are to be considered as incorporated in them. £0 far as they are appli cable alike to the condition of Co lombia and M xico, and shall not be varied in this or subsequent letters, you will view them as forming a guide for your conduct. In that let ter of the 27th May, the principles which have regulated the course ol this government in respect to the contest between Spanish America and Spain, from its origin, are clearly stated, explained, and vindicated, and the bases of those upon which it is desirable to place the future in tercourse between the United States and the several governments which have been established in Spanish A merica, are laid down. So that al though that letter was intended to furnish instructions for the American Minister deputed to one of those governments only, it should templatcd as unfolding a system of relations which it is expedient to es tablish with all of them. From that letter, as well as from notorious pub lic facts, it clearly appears that the people and the government of the United States have alike, through out all the stages of the struggle be tween Spain and her former colonies, cherished the warmest foldings and the strongest sympathies towards the latter. That the establishment of their independence and freedom has been anxiously desired: that the re cognition of that independence was made as early as it was possible, con sistently with those just considera tions of policy and duty which this government felt itself bound to en tertain towards both parties. and 1 hnt, in point of fact, with the ex ception of the act of the Portuguese Brazilian government, to which it was prompted by self-interest, and which preceded that of the United States only a few months, this gov ernment has been the tirstAo assume the responsibility and encounter the hazard of recognising the govern ments which have been formed out of Spanish America. If (lure ever were any ground for imputing tardi ness to the United States in making In:ru.n,.Hn:i- a it r»-si,.-,l* nlht*. America, there is not the slightest pretext for such a suggestion in re lation to Mexico. For within a little more than a year after its indepen dence was proclaimed, the United States hastened to acknowledge it. They have never claimed, and do not jjew claim, any peculiar favor or concession to their commerce navigation, as the consideration of the liberal policy which they have shown towards those governments. But the President does confidently expect, that a priority of movement, on our part, which has disconcerted plans which the European Allies were contemplating against the in dependent governments, and which lms no doubt tended to accelerate similar acts of recognition by the European powers, and especially that ol Great Britain, will form a power ful motive with our Southern neigh bours, and particularly with Mexico, for denying to the commerce and navigation of those European States, any favors or privileges which shall not he equally extended to us. “Youw’ill bring to the notice of the Mexican Government the mes sage of the late President of the U. States to their Congress, on the 2d December, 1823, asserting certau important principles of inter-contin ental law, in the relations of Europe and America. The first principle asserted in that message, is, that the American Continents are not hence forth to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European Pow ers. In the maintenance of that principle, all the independent Go vernments of America have an inte rest ; hut that of the United States has probably the least Whatever foundation may have existed three centuries ago, or even at a later pe riod, when ail this continent was un der European subjection, for the es tablishment of a ruler, founded on priority of discovery and occupation, for apportioning among the Powers of Europe parts of this continent, none can he now admitted as appli cable to its present condition. There is no disposition to disturb the colo nial possessions, as they may now exist, of any of the European Pow ers ; but it is against the establish ment of new European colonics, up on this continent, that the principle is directed. The countries in which any such new establishments might he attempted, are now open to the euterprizc and commerce of all A mericans. And the justice or pro priety cannot be recognized, of arbi trarily limiting and circumscribing that enterprize and commerce, by the act of volantarily planting anew colony, without the consent of Ame rica, under the auspices of foreign Powers belonging to another and a distant continent. Europe w ould be indignant at any Ameiicant attempt to plant a colony on any other shores and her justice must perceive, in the rule contended for, only perfect re ciprocity. “ The other principle asserted in the message is, that, whilst we do not desire to interfere in Europe, with the political system of the Al lied Powers, we should regard, as dangerous to our peace and safety, any attempt, on the !r part, to extend their system to any portion of thi hemisphere. The political system of the two continents are essentially different. Each has an exclusive right to judge for itself what is best suited to its own condition, and most likely to promote its happiness; hat neither has a right to enforce upon the other the establismcnt of its pe culiar system. This principle was declared in the face of the world, at a moment when there was reason to apprehend that the Allied Powers were entertaining designs inimical to the freedom, if not the independ ence, of the new Govcrnme-nts. There is groutid tor believing that the declaration of it had considerable effect in preventing the maturity, il not in producing the abandonment, of all such designs. Both principles w ere laid down, after much and anx ious deliberation, on the part of tiie late Administration. The President, who then formed a part of it, contin ues entirely to coincide in both And you will urge upon the Government of Mexico the utility and expedien cy of assertaing the same principles, on all proper occasions.’’ B. Extracts of a letter from Mr. Poin sett, Euvoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the U. States, to Mexico, to Mr. Cluy, Secretary of State, dated “Mexico, 21st Aug. 1825. “The correspondence respecting the reported movements of the French fleet, on the West Inda sens, which accompanied my last letter, was attended with circumstances [OR $4 IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS. [NO. XVIII —VOL. I. “ The intelligence was received on the 15th inst. by the Secretary ol State. On the morning of the 16th, he called upon the Charge d’Affairs of His Britannic Majesty, and show ed him the letters from the Agent of this Government, at Jamaica. Mr. Ward came immediately to me, to consult w hat was to be done, and expressed a w ish that we should set in concert. As I had not seen the Secretary, nor {he letter to which he alluded, I could only reply, that I was perfectly willing to do so, pro vided this Government, in their communications with us, placed botii cur governments on precisely the same footing. He immediately went to the Palace, and saw’ the Secreta ry of State, to whom lie explained his desire that the notes to be ad-* dressed to us, should be verbatim et literatim the same. Late in the af ternoon, the Secretary called on me, and exhibited the letters he had re ceived from Jamaica, and which in duced him to believe that France entertained hostile intentions against this country. In this conversation, I assured him of the friendly disposi tion of the United States, and that they would not view with indiffer ence the occupation of the Island of Cuba, hv France, especially if it was tin result of any hostile views to wards Mexico; hut, at the same time, hinted that the imprudent con duct of some of their commanders might have induced Spain to cedo that Island to the French, rather than have it wrested from her in the manner proposed by Santa Ami, of which they were fully aware.” “ When Mr. Ward w'as informed that the Secretary had said nothing to me of his interview with him, nor of his intention to make the notes to he addressed to ns on this subject similar, he waited on the President, and reiterated his request The President, after assuring him that this should be done, declared that he himself was ignorant of the arrival of tiiis importont intelligence, until He saw it published in the Sol. On the ensuing day, notes couch ed inexactly the same words, were received both by Mr. Ward and my self I objected to the language, and waited on Mr. Alaman to state my objections. The original notes, after stating that wc had declared, mthe most solemn manner, that wo would never consent that any third power should interpose in the ques tion between Spain and her former colonies, and that the conduct of France, on this occasion, is certainly an interposition, which, however cloaked, is not the less inexcusable, goes on to say, “the President, therefor, instructed me to inform your excellency of these important occurrences, so that by bringing them to the notice of your govern ment, it may demand of His most Catholic Majesty such explanations ts the same requires.” 1 told the Secretary that the de claration ol" the President, and the known friendly disposition of the Go vernment ami of the people of the United States towards those coun tries, did not confer upon this go vernment the privilege of demanding our interference as a right. He ex pressed his readiness to alter the phraseology of the note, and it was done. The note to his Britannic Majesty’. Charge des Affairs was af ‘ twards altered in the same terms, and the substance of our answers con esponded. The testimonies of Bolingbroke and Paine to the excellence of Christi anity. ms The former says, “No religion ever appeared in the world, whose natural tendency was so much di rected to promote the pence and happiness of mankind, as Christianity. No system can he more simple &. plain, than that of natural religion as it stands in the Ccspcl. The gos pel is in all cases one continued les sen of the strictest morality, of jus tice, of benevolence, and of charity. The latter asserts that “ Jesus Christ was a virtuous and an amiable man; that the morality which he preached and practised w ? as of the most be nevolent kind; that, though similar systems of morality had been preach ed by Confucius, and by seme of the Greek philosophers, many years be fore, and by many good men in all ages, it has not been exceeded by any.” Such are the strange conces sions of Infidels — “ Hoiv disbelief affirms what it denies !’’ A Golden Eagle was shot by Win, A. Underhill, on Corton Point, N. Y. on the 23d of 2d month, 1826, and was measured in the presence of sev eral respectable people—across the wir.gs from end to end seven feet eight inches, from his beak to his feet, three feet —his beak was threo inches in length, and four and 5-Bths