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VOL. 1*
Statesman
Milledgeville, Tuesday, Mat 9, 1526.
Pro aris, focis, et patria nostrum.
[ XE W TREATY.—We are at length
,ble to lay before o«r readers the new trea-
U with the Creek Indians, by which Georgia
„ets all her land hitherto in the possession
of that nation.
We acknowledge ourselves indebted to the
lion. J- M. Berrian, senator from Georgia, for
copies of several valuable speeches delivered
on important subjects at the present session of
Congress. —We would gladly lay them before
our readers, were it for their great leugtli.
u Caucusing on a small scale." —Under this
Lead we noticed in the last Southern Recorder,
au ar ticle which would have passed unnoticed,
but for a strange misrepresentation of facts,
and perversion of truth.
In making a statement of the facts connect
ed with the enunciation of the name of Doctor
Port, as a candidate to represent thie district
in the next Congress, and the names of Gen.
John Clark, Gen. J. C. Watson, and R. Crit
tenden, Esq. as candidates to represent the
people of this county in the next Legislature,
,vc wish it to be distinctly understood, that we
make no reply to the ribaldry of tlic Recorder ;
without a struggle we yield to them the “ Cap
mid Bauble.”
Dr. Fort, we are perfectly assured, would
have been gratificed if his political friends could
have fallen on some other person to represent
them to their satisfaction. As soon as the act
laying off the State into Congressional Districts
had become a law, he was applied to by his
friends, to become a candidate for Congress ;
in answer he stated freely and fully that he had
no desire for the appointment; and even if lie
had, his professional business, and pecuniary
affairs forbid his indulging in it. But subse
quently, having received two addresses, one
from Jones, the other from Jasper County,
both signed by numerous and respectable citi
zens, urging him to suffer his name to be run
for tiie district, he determined to submit the
question to the decision of his friends in Bald
win county. Os those selected by Dr. Fort,
we were one, and present at the meeting. He
made known to his friends, thus collected, the
farts above mentioned, and laid the addresses
before them, also his reasons for submitting the
question to their decision, lie stated that, his
first obligation was to the citizens of Baldwin
County, should his friends decide that he
should leave the service of that county, and
field his name a candidate for congress, then
be riiould submit; his determination was on
their decision. On this point the qnestion
turned whether he sltould serve the county in
the Legislature, or the District in Congress,
and on this point, at first, there was a divis
ion of sentiment. The next day a consultation
of the same friends of Dr. Fort, with some ad
dition to the number, was held, when it was
agreed, without one dissenting voice, that Dr.
Fort should be requested to suffer his name
to be run as a candidate for Congress. A day
or two after we called on Dr. Fort, to know
if there was any particular way in which he
wished his name to be announced, his re
ply was that he desired only to be announced
as others were.
With a knowledge of these facts, the reader
will estimate for himself the pitiful attempt to
make it appear that Dr. Fort has with difficulty
and trouble sought and obtained a caucus
nomination for himself.
The Gentlemen who had advised Dr. Fort
to become a candidate for Congress, being
citizens of Baldwin County, and knowing that
a vacancy had been produced in the ticket
they wished to support for the Legislature,
agreed to meet again, at some distant day,
to agree on some person whom they would
mutually support to fill the vacancy. The
meeting was accordingly held, and the result
published. They did not consult their politi
cal adversaries, becaure they did not desire
their counsel, each individual acted for himself,
and who shall say he had no right so to do ?
But this was enough to raise the expiring
voice of a faction to the hoarse cry of Caucus,
Caucus! which sonnds like, the fabled groans
of a guilty ignominious ghost.
We copy the following from the Georgian
of April 27th.
“ Two or three of the papers in
this slate by which we mean all those
in opposition to the present Execu
tive right or wrong, exhibit a lauda
ble anxis-ty to obtain an extra ses
sion oftlie Legislature. Have these
disinterested patriots deserted the
guardianship of the public treasury,
°r do they suppose this people will
be willing to expend 30 or 40.000
dollars of the public money, to tinker
np their abortive congressional dis
trict bill ? Assuredly the people are
not fools, to be taken in by so shallow
an artiuce as this.”
In the Statesman of the ISth of April, was
the following paragraph :
“ All the additional information we
have received on the subject of the
1 reaty, is contained in our coltnns :
wc believe the "supplemental" ar
ticle, is in addition to the new treaty,
should this be the case, a called ses
sion of our Legislature will be neces
sary.”
At the time this paragraph appeared in our
paper, it was our impression, that the new
treaty, with the supplementary article, gave
''‘'mediate possession of the land to Georgia;—
I ‘is idea was the cause of the observation that
* ca H c d session of the Legislature would be
ecessary,” which so shockingly otfends the
editor of the Georgian. In 1525, His Excel
ency callcdcn extra session of the Legislature,
'' 'fP osc of lands to which Georgia could not
obtain possession till ten months after the next
regularanmial session, thereby expending more
‘■tn thirty fcr a
than useless, —yet we have no knowledge that
this < conomical editor expressed his disappro
bation of the wanton expenditure.—There was
no exclamation about 30 or 40 thousand dol
lars of the peoples money being expended use
lessly,—and no wonder, for with that amount
these same conscientious, consistent patriots,
purchased a hobby on which they pushed their
man into the Executive chair.
When a man condemns to day what he ad
vocated yesterday, a reason for the change
should be given.
Extract of a Utter from. Washington.
“When the Georgia Delegation came on here,
they nursed up a high friendship with Mr. King
of Alabama, whose interest it was to support the
old treaty, because it gave to Alabama more
land than it did to Georgia. —The old treaty
was then to be carried by storm. —But so it was
a copy of those documents which would accom
pany the old treaty if it was laid before Con
gress, was furnished the Georgia Delegation,
which like a death warrant signed an sealed,
repressed their zeal in the zenith of its rage.
They saw by these documents that they might
as well expect the session of Algiers by the old
treaty, as the lands in question.—To prevent
these documents from coming before the public
as well as any debate thereon, they have been
the most anxious men in Congress for anew
treaty, that should in its operation draw a veil
over the transactions of the old. They will,
however, vote against the new treaty to ap
pear unchanged. The sudden change of your
Delegation cost them many ridiculous and em
barrarsing artifices to save appearance, but
their whiffling so offended King of Alabama,
that he will go mightand main against the new
treaty.”
|C~P We make these extracts as we receiv
ed them, and shall wait for further evidence to
corroborate with and support them. Should
further evidence prove our Representatives in
Congress to be double dealers, to advocate pri
vately, that which they vote against and reject
in the council of our nation, we must exclaim,
alas Poor Georgia,—lhe honor, and inflexible
virtue of thy servants Was ! ! !
A List of the Conties in each Congressional
District, with the names of the Candidats to
represent than.
Emanuel 1
Scriven
Bullock
Effingham
Chatham £
Bryan 3
Liberty §.
Mlntosh r-
Tatnall
Montgomery
Laurens j
Burke 'j
Jefferson
Richmond | §
Columbia )
Lincoln »’
Wilkes I k
Talliferro J
Elbert j
Madison J cn g Cleveland,
Jackson j §[Col. J. J. Singleton,
Hall ©Gen. W. Thompson.
Rabun |Maj. John Stanford
.. , , - Gen. J. V. Harris.
Habersham 2
Franklin
Clarke
Walton “i
Gwinnett «
l)e Kalb S
Fayette ©Willson Lumpkin.
Henry B.
Newton t*
.Morgan
Qgletorpe A 3
Greene £■
Putnam gAno. B. Longstreet
Hancock B.
Warren J r
Jasper A m
Jones jl
Baldwin ©Tomlinson Fort.
W ilkmson ~
Washington J a
Pike ‘
Upson
Monroe
Twiggs
Bibb
Crawford
.Houston
Pulaski
Telfair »
Dooly
Early & A M D Kin . c>
Irwin ?.Gcn. Flotp.
Ware £
Appling ~
Camden
Wayne
Baker
Decatur
Thomas
Lowndes
Glynn
Butts
The President of the United States
lias offically recognized George Sal
keld, Fsq. as Consul of H. B. M. for
New Orleans.— Sav. Geo.
The United States ship Constella
tion, Captain Woolsey, and Hornet,
Captain VVoodhouse, were at Havana
on the 28th of March; the former
had just arrived.— Nat. Journal.
An arrival at Baltimore, in twenty
eight days from Liverpool, has
brought London papers to the 24th
of March.
The health of the King of England
was nearly restored.
The London Times of March 22,
says the Duke of Wellington repre
sented France, Austria, Prussia, and
Great-Briatin. at St. Petersburg, and
was, in the name of these powers,
instructed to inform Russia that
they vvere unanimous in their deter
mination to protect Greece against
the Ottomans, and to protect the lat
ter against an attack from Russia.
It appears that the Emperor of
Brazil has accepted the invitation of
the Republic of Colombia, to send a
Representative to the Congress of
Panama, and that Theodoro Joze
Brancardi has been appointed to that
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY MAY 9, 1826.
Continued from second page.
The House then, on motion of Mr
M’Lanc, of Delaware, went into com
mittee of the whole on the state of
the Union, on the bill making appro
priation for the mission. A proposi
tion was made to amend the bill, by
Mr. Saunders, of North-Carolina, by
reducing the sum allowed for the
outfit of Mr. Anderson, from $9,000
to 4,500, but it was not sustained.
Mr. M’Duffie then moved to strike
out the enacting words, and spoke at
some length on the subject, but after
some explanations and rejoinders,
the motion was negatived, (the ayes
and noes being called,) by a vote of
133 to 61. The bill was then order
dered to bo engrossed and read a
third time to-day.
Monday, April 24.
In the Senate, on Saturday, the
bill authorizing a subscription for
stock in the Louisville and Portland
Canal Company was read a third
time, and passed. The bill making
further provision for the extinguish
ment of the debt due for public lands
and two private bills, were also pass
ed. The bill from the House of Re
pesentatives, making appropriations,
forthe Panama mission was received,
and, on motion of Mr. Noble, read a
second time, and referred. A bill
was reported by Mr. Harrison, for
the erection of an Arsnal at St. Louis
A resolution was submitted by Mr.
Berrien, relative to the expediency
of making further provision for the
friends and followers of General Wil
liam M Intosh. The Senate then re
sumed the consideration of Mr.
Branche’s resolution, and after some
conversation, Mr Chambers of Md.
spoke against the resolution until
the hour of adjournment.
In the House of Representatives,
on Saturday, Mr. Owen of Alabama,
introduced a resolution to recommit
the report of the committee on claims
in the case of Francis Larche, which
was published in our Journal a few
days ago, to that committee, with in
structions to report the evidence in
the case, and to reverse the prin
ciple which declares that the Govern
ment is not responsible for the loss
or destruction of the particular char
acter of property to which it refers.
The resolution war ordered to be
laid on the table, and printed. A
few words passed on the subject of
the report of the committee, which
sanction the principle that the Go
vernment of the United Stntos can
put arms into the hands of slaves
for the defence of the country, with
out becoming responsible for their
loss or distraction. It is probable
that a warm discussion will take
place, whenever this resolution shall
again be called up, as there appears
to be a strong feeling amongst the
Southern members of the subject.
Mr. Wickliffe of Kentucky, offered
a resolution expressive of the opinion
of the House, that, in rejecting the
resolution as the to expediency ofthe
mission to Panama, as amended by
Mr. M’Lane, it did not surrender the
principle of the amendment; but on
the motion of Mr. M’Duffie, he with
drew the resolution before any dis
cussion or decision could take place.
During the brief discussion which
took place on Friday, when the Pan
ama Appropriation Bill was under
c.onsideration,it was stated that when
commissioners were appointed to go
to Ghent, the President transmitted
to our Minister at St. Petersburg the
money usually giver for a full outfit
This was transmitted from the conti
gent fund at the disposal ofthe Pres
ident and when this sum was subse
quently cut down by the decision of
the House to $4,500, (instead of
S9OOO, )the Attorney General deci
ded that the Minister was not bound
to refund the surplus. On Saturday,
in referenceto this matter. Mr. Floyd,
of Virginia, introduced a resolu
tion requesting the President to com
municate any opinion of the At
torney General respecting the right
of a foreign minister to retain money
which had been advanced to him by
the President as an outfit, beyond the
sum appropriated l>y law
The bill making appropriation for
the mission to Panama, was finally
passed by a vote of 134 to 60, after
some very brief remarks against it
by Messrs Lecompte, M’Duffie, and
Houston.
Wednesday, April 26.
In the Senate, a number of private
bills were yesterday passed to a third
reading; and at one o’clock the
consideration of Mr. Branch’s reso
lution was resumed; when Mr Taze
well spoke in its favor, until near four
o’clock.
In the House of Representatives,
Mr. Hemphill, from the Committee
on Roads and Canals, reported a bill
relative to the road from this city to
New-Orleans. The House then went
into Committee of the Whole on the
state ol the Union; when several
gentlemen expressed their sentiments
in reference to the bill for the relief
of the surviving officers of the Revo
lution. Messrs. Sprague, of Maine,
and Everett, of Massachusetts, in
particlar, addressed themselves tothe
Committee in a style of eloquence
and deep pathos, which produced a
very sensible effect on every one.
We have before had occasion to ad
vert to the powers of Mr. Everett.
Scarcely second to the effort of that
powerful orator were the observations
This gentleman’s speeches are re
markable for their clearness of intel
lect, their judicious selection of
phrase, and the emphatic style of
their delivery
Thursday, April 27.
In the Senate yesterday the mor
ningwas passed iu the consideration
of private hills; and five bills—the
oiU forthe relief of Caleb Stark, the
bill for the payment of interest due
to the State of Delaware, the bill for
the apprehension of deserters from
French vessels in United States ports,
the bill to ascertain the value of de
based foreign coin and depreciated
currency, and the bill for the relief
of Beverley Chew and others, were
ordered to be engrossed and read a
third time. Eleven bills were pas
sed, and sent to the House of Repre
sentatives. The consideration of
Mr. Branch’s resolution was resumed;
when Mr. Tazewell and Mr. Johnson
of Kentucky spoke in favor of it, and
Mr. Reed of Mississippi against it.
In the House of Representatives,
the hill for the relief of the surviving
Officers of the Revolutionary War
passed through the committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union,
clogged with numerous amendments.
The bill, as amended, was ordered
to he printed, and the consideration
of it will probably be resumed to-day
in the House. Among the amend
ments adopted in the Committee,
w as one extending the provisions of
the bill to the widows and children
of deceased officers; one extending
them still further, to troops which
were not of the continental line;
and another bringing within its provi
sions the Vermont troops
A message was recived from the
President of the U. Slates transmit
ting the Creek Treaty, and a hill was
reported by the Committee ofWays
and Means, making an appropria
tion for carrying the treaty into ef
fect.
FOREIGN.
From the Boston Evening Gazette.
LETTERS FROM GREECE.
Official. —‘ Cam]) of Saint Anne’s,
■near Lepanto, Jan. 17, 1826.
. “ I take the first opportunity of
writing you the accent of the late
victory. On the 12th there was a
smart skirmish, in which the Turks
lost a number of their best men and
officers, and fell back to the village.
About 7 o’clock next morning the
contest began with the outposts,
which fell back into line. A large
body of Mamelukes were charged by
our cavalry, headed by Col. Berton,
and totally routed. Our riflemen it:
front picked out the officers as they
advanced to their post. Our artil
lery was served by French and En
glish volunteers, w ho had orders not
to fire til! the Turks were within 200,
yards. The enemy now endeavored
to turn our left wing, but were rec
eived at the point of the bayonet by
Gen. Lafayette, our second in com
mand. The battle now raged along
the whole line with the most deadly
fury. The village of St. John was
three times taken and retaken with
great slaughter; their second in com
mand fell in the last attack, when
they gave up the contest, leaving
800 dead on the spot, besides prison
ers and wounded. Gen. Gouras, at
the head of the Corinthian brigade,
carried the village of Sf. Ann’s and
ordered a general attack, with the
w hole force, when the Turks were
completely routed, and fled in every
direction, leaving 3000 dead, 900
prisoners, 400 wounded, 2 Generals
killed, 14 officers wounded, 25 taken
with 9 cannon, the Pacha’s tent, 14
baggage and ammunition waggons,
&c. Our loss was 300 killed, and
700 wounded. A young man ofthe
name of Herbert took two standards,
for which he was made Captain on
the field; three other standards
were also taken. The Turkish
force was ten thousand men ; ours
was seven thousand. Make all the
haste you can to j iin us.—l hope the
next will inform you that the Cross
floats on the walls of Lepanto.
Letter from Col. Berton-—Camp at
Lepando, Jan. 25. 1326.—Dear ,
After the affair of the 12th, we had
a fatiguing march in pursuit of the
runaway Ibrahim Pacha, who was
collecting his troops at Lepanto and
Patras, and talking very largely of
putting us all to the sword, but we
saved his Highness the trouble, by
a signal defeat. We arrived under
the walls of the above place on tiie
201 h driving his picqucts before us
and next morning blocaded tho town.
Generals Lafayette and Delacroux
having surveyed the ground we be
gan our trenches, in spite of a heavy
fire from the town and castle. On
the 22d we were joined by 1500
French and Italian volunteers from
Leghorn, consisting of lancers, hus
sars &.c. and a small battering
train of eight 39 pounders and
four mortars. On the same night
two German officers deserted to ns,
and informed us of the Pacha’s in
tent of attacking us in the morning
with 15,000 horse and foot. Our
force was only 9,000. At day break
the Turks advanced, covered by a
heavy firing from the fortifications,
with loud shouts of Allah and Ma
homet. Our artillery and musquet
ry opened on them with tremendous
effect, and in fifteen minutes the
whole line was furiously eugaged
grand style, cutting numbers of them
uito pieces. The battle had now
raged 7 hours with the greates ob
stinacy, when the fine convent ot St.
Mary’s was blown up and 700 Turks
with it ; their line was now broken
and route.! they flying in every di
rection to the town, pursued by our
cavalry to the gates ; a part entered
pell mell with them, but not being
supported, cut their way out, losing
six men in that daring exploit. A
party ofour cavalry had nearly taken
the I’acha prisoner, who was carried
off the field wounded by a carabine
ball in the breast. The enemy lost
4000 killed, 800 wounded, 2000
prisoners, 8 10 cannon
6 ammunition waggons, our loss was
2000 killed, and 400 wounded. Gen.
Gouras was slightly wounded in the
head bv a musket ball. The Turks
had orders to give no quarters. —
they lost 125 officers. 1 forgot to
inform you in my last, that the Pa
cha’s (Ibrahim) tent and seraglio of
ladies were taken.
D. BERTON.”
PARIS, March 12—The affairs
of Greece present a more and more
favorable aspect every day; their
success is confirmed by letters from
all quarters. —The Captain Pacha
owed his safety to a steam-boat,
which received him at the moment
the frigate he commanded was blown
up. It appears that Cclocotrom is
actually master of Tripoliza, the gar
rison of which he put to the sword.
Ibrahim has retired to Navarino.
There was a fire at Smyrna, in
the Frank quarter, on the 13th
Feb.
The Greeks arc desirous of giving
Ipsilanti such powers, as shall ena
ble him to act with great prompti
tude and vigor, and prevent the o
ther chiefs from dividing into par
ties.
It is said that the Pacha ol Egypt
Ims refused the Poite to undertake
another expedition.
'Phe naval victory of the Greeks
before Missolonghi, is confirmed by
the way of Smyrna, and also the fol
lowing facts. The Turkish fleet
was put to flight by 27 Greek vessels
and Missolonghi relieved ; the Turk
ish troops on land having deserted
for want of food. The English have
established themselves in the island
ofPettano (near Missolonghi) hitli
erto uninhabited, and have made it
■i depot of provisions and ammuni
tions of war. The insurrection at
Negropont is supported by Col. Fa
vier—a!! these facts arc also stated
in the Trieste Gaz :
We learn from a paper of Rome,
that the government, <■{ Napoli di
Romani has declared to Mr. Strat
ford Canning, that the Greeks will
accept no proposition which may be
made to them from the Porte which
is not based on the absolute indepen
dence of Greece.
From the Nachitoches Courier, March 13.
NEWS FROM NEW MEXICO.
We have ft en informed, by sev
eral travellers, who have lately return
ed from the Mexican Provinces to
ti.is place, that they have seen be
tween Sattillo and St. Antonio, in the
Province of Texas, 700 troops, who
ire to he divided into three detach
ments, and stationed at the Trinity,
Nacogdoches, and the Sabine.
If this report be true, it will un
doubtedly be cheering to the enter
prising settlers who have lately lo
cated themselves in Col. Austin’s
and Edward’s settlements. It will
afford rich matter for our political
speculators this side ofthe Sabine.
Great Ra/t in Red River. —Capt.
Birch and Lieut. Lee. with a detach
ment of men trom Cantonment Je
oup, who. by the order of Govern
ment, have been up Red River ex
amining the great Raft, returned a
few days ago, after an absence on
that duty of about two months: we
have conversed with those scientific
and very intelligent gentlemen, on
the subject of tiicir excursion, the
object of which we understand to
have been, to aset rtain the practica
bility of opening a Steam Boat navi
gation through the raft; and we
understand from them, that they
found in one hundred miles in the
serpentine Bed of the Old River, a
bout one hundred and eighty distinct
Rafts or Jams of Timber, from a few
to three or four hundred yards in
length; to break or remove them, so
that Steam Boats could pass, would
be a work of very great labour and
expense ; and, if effected, the timber
let loose would form new obstruction
below; they found the banks oftlie
River extremely rich, but covered
with such quantities of Cane, Vines
and Briers, that it is impossible for a
man to get through it without cut
ting a passage, of which a man could
cut but a few yards in a day. After
examining the old bed ol the river
as well as they could, they crossed
overall Island, hauling their light
skirts to the Bayou Piere or western
branch or division of the River,
which they found very different; from
w hich a Canal of less than halt' a
mile, through a levelailuvtal soil,
would open a communication into
Lake Sciodo, they entered this Lake
skirts; aad spent several
days iu examining it, this Lake is
about one hundred miles long, and
lire or six broad, it has a channel in
it in which they sand to. feet water,
ti'teen above the then surface; th®
Lake stretches along with an indent*
o.d shore nearly paralel with the River*
there is a communication between
the Lake and the River already, a
hout twenty-five miles above the
head of the Raft, and one might ea
sily be opened many miles higher up;
’hey found, in desending the Bayou
Piero Branch, which unites with the
old bed again, about six miles above
Nachitoches, very little obstruction,
the principal of which is a few Cy
press stumps standing in the passage,
which can easily be removed at low
water; which being done, and a pas
sage cut into Lake Sciodo, there
would be nothing at high water to
prevent Steam Boats from ascending
Red River more than one thousand
miles above Natchitoches, or even in
to New Mexico, through an extraor
dinary rich fertile country, and a
mild and salubrious climate. It is
believed that the Bayou Piere pas
sage is more thftn one hundred miles
shorter than by the other branch of
the river.
PRESENTMENTS
Os the Grand Jury of Henry County.
Superior Court, Henry County, i
.March Term, 1826. )
We, the Grand Jury of the County, of Henry
in the name and behalf ofthe citizens of Geor
gia, present James Fletclier, for acor.lempt of
the Inferior Court on the eleventh of February
last. Witnesses, Thomas C. Russell, and
Joseph P. Greene.
XVe present John M. Dobbins, Peter Z.
Ward, Burton Lovejoy, and James S. Smith,
fora riot on the eleventh of February last.
Witnesses, Joserh P. Grecuc, and Thomas
C. ltussell.
We present as a grievance the slioeing of
horses, loading of waggons, limiting and gam
bling on the Sabbath, in McDonough and its
vicinity ; and require all civil officers to take
cognizance of the same and suppress it.
We cannot close our presentments without
extending to his Human, Judge McDonald, the
expression of our satisfaction for lus prompt
attention to, and despatch of business during
the present, term. And request that, our pre
sentments be published in one of the public
Gazettes in Millcdgeville.
Waid 11. Turner, Foreman.
John Brocks, Joshua 1. Evans,
John G. Fry, John Wood,
John M. Dobbins, John T. Bcntly,
Enos Barnes, Henry X. Pope,
Archibald Xichols, Richard A. Lane,
Sa.miel .Maddux, Wm. .Mitchell,
Silas Gordin, Wm. .Malone,
Wm. Thomas, John Williams.
Jonathan Lane,
Whereupon it is ordered by this Court, that
tiie foregoing presentments be published in one
of tiie public Gazettes of this State, agreeably
to the request of the Grand Jury.
A true copy from the minutes of the Court.
WM. HARDIN, Cl’k.
A CARD.
Feeling it a duty 1 owe to tiie public and
my friends generally, to exhibit facts in acer-
L.iu case, wherein 1 have been charged by the
Grand Jury of Henry County, with the offence
of contempt to the Inferior Court, on the 11th
of February last the facts, when exhibited
are these, that on the 11th of February last,
at (he town of McDonough, a riot originated
between Jolui M. Dobbins, Peter Z. Ward,
Burton Lovejoy, and James S. Smith ; there
were several assaults committed, and feeling
it my official duty, as Shcrritf of the county, to
suppress it, in as judicious and consistent
manner as my powers would admit. I com
manded tiie peace in every instance in my
power, and called on the company generally,
to aid in suppressing it ; but in the mean time
I received several assaults by having my hat
knocked off", and being shoved down; Joseph
P. Green, Esq. met with similar assaults.
Thomas C. Russell, a Justice of the Inferior
Court, called on me again to suppress the riot.
1 informed him that 1 had done every tiling in
iny power, and if lie wanted anything more
done he would have to do it himself. If tliis
refusal to Mr. Russel, one member of the In
ferior Court, and at a time when there was no
Court in session, is to be considered a contempt
to tiie Inferior Court, I have heretofore mis
understood the law, for I have always under
stood that it took at least three Justices of the
Inferior Court to compose the Inferior Court,
before tiie court could be treated with contempt.
But in this case there was only Judge RuselL
Joseph P. Green, Esq. was in company, en
deavor > put down the riot, but met with the
same or similar fate I received myself.
But if Judge Russell had mistrusted that the
Grand Jury would have made the grevious pre
sentment which follows immediately after the
riot, which is as follows ; “ We present as a
grevience the shoeing of horses, &c. on tl e
Sabbath in McDonough,” I tliink the Judge
would have been the last man so ready to heap
his spleen, through the Grand Jury, on me,
for it is well known to every individual in
McDonough and its vicinity who had horses
shod on tiie Sabbatii, and that there was but
one Blacksmith’s shop in McDonough or its
vcinity, and that smith and shop both belonged
the Judge.
JAMES FLETCHER.
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