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said ho should vote for any proposi
tion which had for its object the de
tection of fraud, either in this tr aty
or any other lie was opposed to
the treaty of the Indian Springs, be
cause he believed it had been execut
ed in fraud ; and the circumstances
hovering about this treaty were suf
ficiently strong to excite suspicion.
He was willing it should be probed
to tbe bottom.
Mr. Berrien,of Georgia, next ad
dressed the Senate. He said, genile
men shrunk from an investigation of
the treaty of the Indian Springs, and
feared to alter the one submitted to
them, lest by its failure, that inves
tigation might become necessary.
[See his vote on Mr. King’s resolution
tailing for the evidence.]
Sir, in the progress of that con
troversy, which has grown out of the
treaty of the Indian Springs, the Peo
ple oi'Georgia have been grossly and
wantonlv calumniated, and the acts
of the Administration have assist, and
to give currency to these calumnies.
H' r Chief Magistrate ha- been tra
duced. The solemn act of her Leg
islature, has been -cl at naught, by a
rescript of the Federal Excutive.
A military force has been quartered
on her borders, to coerce her to
submission; and without a trial, with
out the privilege of being heard, with
out the sembla ceof evidence, [.S>e
his Tiotelshe has b en deprived oi
rights, secured to her by the solemn
stipulation of the treaty.
I leave to those who have direct
ed this controversy, the cheering r -
flection, that they have trampled on
the rights of Georgia, which they
wereboundto protect; and calumniat
ed her citizens, th ir agents, who-e
honor it was their duty to guard:
that they imputed fraud to the old
treatv and have shrunk from th
proof of it ; [ s 'ce his vote] and that
the operations which have eventuat
ed in that compact, which vyc are now
called upon to consummate, were
commenced in blood, and have ter
minated in corruption.
The question was than taken on
Mr. Holmes’ proposition to amend
Mr. Van Buren’s resolution, and was
decided in the affirmative, ayes Id,
noes 16; and then the question was
taken on agreeing to the resolution
as amended, and carried.
Extract of a Idler from Opaline Yoliolo and
others, composing the Creek deputation, to the
Secretary of tear dated.
Washington, Ist April, 1826.
“ We have consulted on your talk
of yesterday in relation to Ihe bene
fits derivable from a good education.
If gives us pleasure to have it in our
power to say, that we discover
nothing in our father, the president,
yourself and colonel McKenney, but
the strictest justice, friendship and
humanity, as evidence during our in
tercourse on subjects ofpcculiar char
acter and interest. Any recommc -
dation, emanating from this high
source, demands respect and atten
tion. The examples you pointed at
in Messers. Ridge and Vann arc too
striking to be resisted, and we have,
therefore, accepted your talk, not
only as the talk of friendship, but
with greatful hearts as children, at a
time, as we hope, when the threatning
storm is hushed to silence, and our
people left to breathe in the calm ci
peace, by the graves o : ' iheir fathers.
We have appropriated tweny-four
thousand dollars, to be placed in the
hands of the president, to he applied
for the education of Creek youth, at
the Blue Springs in Kentucky, enter
taining a confident beliefthat colonel
Johnson, who is known to us, and
who lives at that place, and who is
represented to us as a brave man,
will himself see to their being treated
in a way as will accord with our ex
pectations of a man who has deserv
ed such an appellation from his coun
try.
Our secretaries are authorized to
enter into proper and specific arrange
ments with you on the subject, at a
time most convenient to your leisure.
We are jour friends and brothers
[Copy.]
Department ok war,
Office Indians affairs, April 3, 1526.
To O-Pulh-le-Yoholo, and ethers.
Members of the Creek Delegation.
Friends and brothers : Your letter
to the secretary ot war, oftlic Ist inst.
is received, in which you have assign
ed twenty-four thousand dollars of
the proceeds of the treaty, recently
executed by you, for th education
of your children, at the Choctaw
academy, at the Blue Springs, in
Kentucky, under the direction of the
Babtist General Convention. The
secretary of war directs me to con
vey to you the high approbation ol
your great father, as also of his own,
of an act which refl cts so much cr. d
it upon the iotelligenc ol the Creeks,
and attachment to the best interests
of their offspring ; and directs, also
that I prepare regulations for the
government of those funds, for your
sanction, and his approval. I am pre
pared to submit th same to yon
secretaries, to whom the execution
of the specific arrangements are refer
red by you, at any time when it mar
suit their convenience to caii at m\
office.
Your friend and brother,
Thos. L McKennf.v.
Rain. During tbe whole of last month only
15-lOOths nart of an incli oi rm fell at Phila
delphia, .ml sh . t small quan.ity was more than
fell at Baltimore in the same time.
Statesman
Milledgeville, Tuesday, June 27, t '•^'6.
Pro aria, focis, et patria nostrum.
In our columns to-day, will be found the
whole proceedings of the Senate of the U. S.
on the subject of the Creek Treaty, together
with severa' extracts from the Sp. ecbes and.-
iivereii on the subject.
As the subject of the Creek Treaty, and the
controversy which arises out of it, has becomt
a master of such notoriety, no! only through
out the United States, but veil in Europe, we
have deemed it proper to publish the whole
proceedings as reported in the National Intel
ligencer, to which we ask the attention of our
readers. The extracts from th Speeches
ere made from those reported in the Rich
mond Enquirer.
We understand from the Georgia Messen
ger, that a meeting tvas lately held in Mon
roe county, for the purpose of expressing an
opinion on the subject of the Creek Trca’v.
This meeting adopted Resolutions whir 1
were preficed, or preambled, In sentiments
md language of no common order but which
ninsl fort vi r s peart lively recollection o'
the chaste, the neat, the gentlemanly views
and feelings of those tvho in de 'hem.
To shew tha- r are not moved bv preji -
dice or partiality nth * m tter, we giv •an
extract —“. I violent prejiuHced and party-rid
den Administration, ilesparately bent on the ac
complishment of purposes, eminently sinis'i ■
and selfish." Here we are at fault—unknow
ing, and as Mr. f ell says of u«, “unknown.”
Do they say this of his present Excellence.
Si Cos., or do they apply it to the General
Government? If latter, is it because all
those Senators, except seven ho .rcCr w
ford men, and oppose,.' Gen. .J ekson’s eleva
tion to the Residency, vo- and for the anul
inrnt of the Old and ratification of the Ne"
Treaty ' If so, the Administration “ nag’"
carries a weight heretofore unknown in the
sports of the turf.
We noticed in tbe Savannah Republican, of
the 13th inst. a long, labored, article, (con
taining nearly two columns of Brevier,) e< -
ivened by a fine poetical extract, on the sub
ject of the “ tables turned .” This artiel
seems to have been written by Mr. Feii, tbe
Editor, and the long edge, and whole force of
it, is apparently directed against the writer
an artcile in the Georgia Statesman, of the 6tl>
inst. The only reason this notice is given to
Mr. Fell’s labored essay, is to correct a fee
of bis many mistakes: but we cannot attempt
to wade through and expose all, both political
and personal, that may have occurred in so
bur
Mr. F II is ass ired, that the Editor of this
paper, who acknowledges himself the write
and publisher of the article so offensive to
him, has never enjoyed the honor, or emolu
ments of any office whatever; and he bi
le ves his iiios intimate friends and acquain
tances have never con-idered him an offic*
hunter —Mr. Fells assertion to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Mr. Fell says, “why so suddenly desert the
subject of the Treaty, one which seems to oc
cupy his particular attention, and vent ail his
angry denunciations against the people of thi-
Stule, a people from whose hands he lias re
ceived favors perhaps equal to his merits.”
The writer acknowledges that he has re
ceived from his fellow-citizens, generally, as
much, and perhaps more than he has merited ;
but it has not been in offices, or executive
gifts—but in that kindness, hospitality, and
urbanity, which characterize tbe people ol
Georgia: and which is believed to exceed that
which Mr. Fe ll has exhibited on this occasion.
Plr. Fell may he assured that we have not
deserted the Treaty. We are sticklers for
hat, and we almost regret, for Mr. Fell’s
s ike, that he should have expended so much
•>f his energy oq so trilling a circumstance,
f. r in th, bite murder “ trill old," “time
and circumstances will develope facts,” which
will require the undiminished force, and full
play of his whole battery to impede.
Mr. Fell is pleased to say, the Editor of
this paper is “n stranger in our Stale." How
long a native of the Ended States must live
in a particular Stale, before he ceases to be
“a stranger” we believe civiliians have not
del, rmined : but we can assure Mr. Fell that
we have lived in Georgia long enough to have
been almost daily, for seven years, witnesses
of his political shifts.
Mr. Fell seems to have imbibed another i
- or rather permitted himself to mak.
mother stotem nt, which, unfortunately or
nun, is not true, (viz») “ his accusation then
.‘-s.iiuts this aspect, that the. majority of the
people arc uninformed.” Ono Mr. Fell, O
no, that wont do the writer made no obser
vation that assumed such an “aspect;” and a
man with both of his eyes open cannot dis
cover, nor your sophistry convince the com
munity, that such a sentiment was advanced.
Rut ibis stretching off cts is what we under
stand to be prov rbally habitual with some oi
the “older" oi the profession. Mr. FII ex
presses his charitable feeling, that we did not
mean wrong, f.r which we .re under iasting
obligations to him; and it gives us pain that
we cannot, in allusion to his essay, recipro
cate such an holy feeling.
We regret that it is not in our power to
publish Col. Rockwell’s exposition this week,
but it shall appear in our next.
TOUIITH or JULY.
Al a meeting of lie old and consistent friend
of GENERAL JACKSON, at .hi House o.
ol jor Huson, on .SaUmlay due 2tti* install ,
convened for the purpose of making suitu! <«•
preparatory arrangements for the celebrate n
of ihe Fiftieth Anniversary of the Aim-tic n
independence. William Searcy, Esq w -
ippointed Chairman, and S. Meacham, Is. -
cretary.
Resolved, That L. Atkinson, John Bozeman,
11. Hepburn, J. Washburn, and W. Triple:
E-qs. be n Committee to make such defile
Arrangements as shall fit suitable for the cele
bration of this great National Festival.
GEORGIA STATESMAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 182 C.
Resolved, That Z ach. Lamar, S. Rockwell,
f. C. ff’utson, C. E. Bartlett, T. Fort, and
f emes Bozeman, Esqs. be a Committee to pre
pare Toasts pertinent to tbe occasion.
Resolved, That the Committee of Arrange
ments be instructed to invite the Revolution
ary Soldiers of the county to partake of the
festivities of the day.
Resolved, Thai trio proceedings of this
meeting be. published in the Georgia Patriot
ind Georgia SUUesman.
Wm. SEARCY, Chairman.
■ S. Meacham, Secretary.
Tbe Committee of Arrangements have made
ihe following the Order of the Day, f> r the
celebration of th approaching Anniversary
of American Independence. The following
exercis. s will lake place at the Methodist
Meeting-House, at 11 o’clock, A. M —viz :
Ist. An address to the Throne of Grace —
the Declaration of Independence will be
read by Mr. R. R Ci.atton, and Washing
ton’s Farewell Address by M jor An: her
A. Morgan, an Oration will then be delivered
by Col. S. Rockwell — alter which, the Com
pany will repair to Mr. Downer’s Tavern,
where s sum tuous Dinner will be provided
for the occasion, at One Dollar each.
I’he people from the country ir request, and
to join us in the festivities of the day.
Agreeable to the notice giv n in the Geor
.i .lo'irnul, and Southern Recorder, of ’lit:
Oth instant, the citizens of Baldwin county
'■omened on Saturday last at the eonrt-housi,
i lilledgevilk , to express their opinion, in
il lation to the Creek Treaty.
As the proceedings and incidents of his
net ting may be a matter of inti test or amu< -
ment .o many, we propose next week to give
tailed history, and an official r> pl>rl of the
oc edings. At pres, nt we can only s v
th t two seta ol R solutions were submittid.
he on b. Dr. Fort, and the other by Wm.
H. Torrance. Esq. The following, sub
mitted by Dr. Furl, was supported by a decid
tl majority.
In a country, the freedom of whose institu
tions give to every citizen a vital int rest in pas
,ig events, it becomes a duty on all necessary
ne. asions to make such public expressions of
and sire and sentiments of tbe people .s
nay tend to produce that union ofp rpose, nd
i rinony of sentiment, which con titut s the
■.! relight and glory of republics. For this pur
pose vve avail ourselves of the occasion present
.. by a call in the newspapers for a meeting o
certain the public opinion w ith regard to the
i tie ity concluded at Washington city with
. Creek Nation.
Hi." snbji ct of our Indian relations we pre
eivr with regre is again to be made a means
of perpetuating amongst us those fueds which
is lie desir of our hearts to see at in end.
IVben it was annouceo that a Treaty had be. n
concluded at Washington by which the rights
i Gc .rgia so long denied her, h; J been obtain*
,we fondly hoped ihat j new era would p. n
e ore our people, .in .ha! adesi.c .obar .io
nise with one another and ;o live in confidence
md peace* with the General Government,
oultl henceforth distinguish our state nd
.cople, and forever silence th clamor which
has been rais and ig inst us from one enu of
t e United States to h other. AVc hoped the
Jay had dawned in »hi Ji our citizens inigh
r. !! pert* oi our i annti v. m. ’ that courtesy
nd -pec dm to in. min is of the great fain
o. of these L. States, -nd that -he declara
t on, lam n Georgian would no longer turn
on the individual making it, that attention,
w hich he was in doubt, whether to resent or
endure. But wc have been sadly disappointed.
Indian relations—lndian lands, are still to
divide us at home, and sink us abroad.
Meetings bav been held in various counties
whose proceedings are calculated to pep. tu
te and increase that unhappy excitement,
which has been the bane and disgrace of
Georgia. Wc hold it to be our duty to ex
press our opinins of these meetings and their
proceedings.
If these meetings have any object, it would
a . pear to consist in an attempt to can y into
edict the treaty of the Indian Springs, regard
less of its anutiment; or as some would have
i , to signify to Governor Troup the wishes of
,tiie people with regard to his attempting to
survey the lands, under the law passed at his
famous called session ; —now wc hold it to
be impossible lor any set of in n, knowing tbe
facts relating to this subject to believe for a
moment that the people and government of'
Georgia can carry this treaty into effect—
The treaty of tbe Ind.an Spring is null android,
the attempt to carry it into effect is madness,
and lion , ver it may gr..te on the ears of sun: ,
wc would not hold him guiltless who woulu
stretchforth his hand to tear down t.ie taws of
THIS LAND on this subject —allow the un
hallowed attempt to survey this land to go on
—and what istiie consequence ?—Tin gener
al government is hound to inerpose for the
protection of its laws. —We are aware that
the in.erfertnee of the Government of ih l .
States, to prevent the State from carrying in
to effect any law which may have been passed
by her Legislature, is calculated to produce
great excitement in the public mind. This
jeaious regard of their rights is the safeguard
of ottr liberties ; but before the people are
called on to enter into a contest wiLh the Gen
eral Government, it behoves them to be very
sure that their rights have been invaded. For
ourselves, we are decidedly opposed to any
measure of violence on this subject. ,
R. tween the. Treaty at the Indi n Springs
ify t Washington, we fisc
not the in, ,u ting—tnc evidence on
which ■ juogin nt ii ' ! ruled, has not
been published, anti • < have tin ill, ri.j f
our Senators in Congress lor supposing u.ci B ..
not lo have been published, both oi tlieni hav
ing voted against its being laid before the Sen
ate—Our desire that the Indian title to the
lands u ilhin our limits, should be extinguish
ed as soon as practicable, has been unilormly
expressed, and on this subject our policy is
unchanged—lt was our right that the general
government should procure these lauds for
Georgia—bul it is undoubtedly their right to
decide on the mean- by which it is to be ef
fected. —If the Lands arc ceded to this State, it
is not for us to apply the measure of corriqi
tion or purity to the old, or new treaty, both
nave be. ii made by the general government
by gents of their own, and theirs is the blame
or praise—Thus it appears, that we have
neither the information on w hu h to judge, nor
i power to effect any purpose opposed to Uie
laws of the general government—nor are we
responsible tor the pun y of those laws.—The
questions which inti rest us on .his suljeet arc
rew : —Has Georgia obtained justice ! Have
her lands within the Creek courury been
i\ ded? We have the high authority of Col.
•km ox for supposing that the new treaty
- intended by all parties tocov. r ail the lands
i G orgia in that quarter, kis riot denied
l. l the line was laid down by a perl of our
vvnd< legation in Congre s, and we are u e
-j llow tout ihcy would not knowingly, have
wronged us out of our territory. Should it turn
tint they have been mistaken th bonu to
ocure our limits is ..s good ugamst Uie
ci ncral Government as before.
Huh regard to the ground taken as a re; -
it for anulhng Uie Treaty at the Indian
. ings, we are not left in ignorance. It is
.at aMedged that it is mure corrupt than otin r
■ ndi.in treaties. Bribery of the Cr.ielt lias
become a part of the syslem|of the Oovirn-
ment, in making Treaties with the Indi n
tribes. Mr. Barbour’s attempt to avoid it in
the late Treaty, was not only awkward, hut
entirely unsuccessful. But the objection
made to the Oid Treaty rests not on corrup
tion. It is alledged to have been mnd with
Indians, incompetent to convey the lands;
and this alone, is urged agnins! it. How far
this ground is thought to be sustainable, let
the vote of both brandies of Congress testify
How meagre is the support to the Old, or the
opposition to the New Treaty. We rannot
for a moment, suppose this unanimity could
have been procured in carrying on a measure
who-e object was only aggression and injury
to Georgia! Look at the votes taken on this
subj ct, and it is in vain to think, w rong or
nppressi >n to Gi oraia as intended ; far less
a violation of th.- Constitution of the United
St tes. We may cry that we are trampled
on, and ground to the earth; but none will
be found to believe.—ls there no guard to ‘he
Constitution, but the Georgia Delegation ?
None to hear our wrongs, when they urge
them in the H tils of the National Legisla
ture > Could they persuade none to join their
standard, not even their vice-president, Van
E iron > Tis vain to shut our eyes to Truth
and Justice.
Resolved, That we view all attempts to sur
vey tin Lands, under the Old Treaty, as in
tend'd to accomplish no other jmrpost but to
keep up the unhappy feuds amongst us, for
electioneering purposes.
Resolved. That this meeting present their
hanks to Cos!. Beaton, of the Senat of the
United States, for the noble and patrioiic
manner, in which, at a time “eminently rriti
r if,” he threw the weight of his character
in the scale of our rights.
Reside That wc vietV with disapproba
tion the frauds projected by Ridge and Van,
nd v.hich have furnished additional proof,
:t :H Indi n Chiefs, when they have it in
" Ir power, ar disposed to w rong their Na
tion ; and we highly approve the course adopt
ed by the Committee of Conference to pre
vent it.
Resolved, That our acquiescence in the
\ re t, is confirmed'by an utter hope-
It suess ;• '.t the Old one can he revived, and
from a ('ll!! hi lief, thai .f any of our Lands in
tli Creek Territory shall lie without the l> > ,n
--dary of the acquisition, the most speedv mea
sures will b tek n to dd it to our Territory.
for the statesman.
uwßir.
This abominable no tice of spec
ulation and oppression, is, under tbe
present pressure of the times, deeply
ft throughout the country, and the
injuries resulting from it, both to in
dividuals and the community, are
•*o numerous to count. To attempt
a recital of it mischievous effects,
even in this county, would too far
exceed my present limits to intro
duce it here—l shall, therefore, brief
ly noti e its general tendency, and
prescribe the relief.
The usurer cannot be considered
in any oth. r light, than an enemy to
Ihe oppr ssed, a destroyer of th<
needy, and a direct violator of the
I vv , for, that many honest plan
ters are defraud and out of their honest
and laboured earnings, and themselves
and families brought to abject want,
by the usurer, are facts too notorious
t be controverted ; and it is equally
true that, ton frequently. th». neatly
fall victims to their shylockish op
pression. The usurer is a violator
of the law, for the law, in effect, for
bids usury, and once there was a se
vere penalty affixed to Violators of
ihe usury law ; —but the Legislature
of 1322, enacted, that no forfeiture
-hould be incurred on account of u
sury further than that of legal inte
rest, and this act of the Legislature
has had a tendency to encourage the
evil, rather than to check it, for now
the u-urer can he ihe more open in
shifts and tricks, as “the penalty
incurred by him, if h should be de
t cterl, is inconsiderable, it being the
loss of legal interest only. Since the
act, above mentioned, favoring, in
some degree, the pretensions of u
-ucers. the evil has become more ex
pansive, and their ranks have been
enlarged. But happily for the op
pressed, there is relief to he found in
the courts of law and equity ; so that
iflhe usurer is dealt with according
to his deserts, he cannot recover
from the object of his oppression,
more than his principle and legal in
terest.
As the surest method of subvert
ing the evil would be to take advan
tages of it, both at law and equity, it
is expected tiiat the o[q*ressed in thi
regard, wi’d avail themselves of the
privilege. There is no doubt, but
that a court oi law or equity, will de
cree money over-paid, on an usur
ious contract, to he accounted for,
notwithstanding the oppressed party
to allow such payment, and all above
' gal interest, equity will assist the
borrower to retain, it not paid, or an
efion will lie, to recover back the
urplu if the whole h?s be n paid.
The law-books are full upon ttie sub
ject of usury, and in my conception,
it would be a matter highly interest
ing, and beneficial to the communi
ty, for all the laws on this subject to
be published.
In conclusion, I advise my fellow
citizens to avoid as much as possible,
the destructive consequences of usury
and in all cases of unnecessary usurious
oppression, defeat the usurer if pos
sible, which will he the most certain
method of abolishing the > vil, or soft
riing the fiinted hearts of that class
of meil.—For instance, if a usurer
holds your note on an usurious can
tract, and you cannot prove the usu
ry nt common law, file your bill in
equity, and compel him to discover
the fact, and you will defeat him to
a certainty ; or if you have paid oli
.lie usurer’s demand, equity, on your
roper application, will compel him
in refund hack to you all you have
paid over and above legal interest
Thus, teach the usurer justice, anti
tie will gradually come on a parallel
with the honest and well meaning
part of the community, and, in t
meantime, the odious practice, a
verted to, will fall into disuse.
ANTONIO.
From Snowden’* National Advocate.
GEORGIA.
It was generally expected tlat the
recent treaty between the U. States
Government and the Creek tribes in
Georgia, would have been acceded
to in silence by the powerful party
interested. The disclosure of the
Senate s executive proceedings lias
-hown the strong vole by which it
passed that branch of the Genetn!
Government. It appears, however,
that many of the inhabitants of Geor
gia are indignant at Hie small section
ot land which the Creeks would not
consent to quit. Several of the news
papers in that part of the country,
have expressed themselves in the
warmest terms. The opinions thus
put forth by hot-headed editors have
been imputed to all the citizens of
Georgia. This is wrong. It will he
.sufficient time to press upon them
with some severity of r mark, when
there is better reason to suppose that
the whol State of Georgia would
deliberately disregard a treaty which
bad sanctioned in the U. States
Senate by such a large vote. The
-pirit and temper of the Georgians
are not the same kind that slumber
iri the bosoms of the north. They
speak oftner with an intcrnperati
warmth than they permit themselves
to act. The tone cf society is more
youthful, and therefore assumes the
appearance of more indiscretion.
But their natural sagacity and good
sense will always form a check upon
the warmth of their feelings. They
will talk familiarly about resistance,
when perhaps it is furthercst from
their thoughts.
Their public writings assume the
character of their conversation, and
their conversation possesses ;d! the
warmth and haste of convivial hours.
Northern political critics must under
stand these tiling- before they should
pronoun* e sentence upon the higii
minded Georgians. They will storm,
and talk, and abuse, and alter the
hurricane is over, quietly sit down to
eat their dinner among themselv.es.
They have no concealm nts in th ir
nation; every feeling is thrown off
as it rises in the bosom. They may
he offended at the obstinad) of the
Creeks, in still p rsisting to reserve
some of (heir lands, hut after the
heat and fever oft he moment is over,
they will certainly set their negroes
to work on that section which th
treaty has given them. Wc mu-r
have something more than word
before we can believe the Georgians
contemplate rebellion.
A few days ago, a young man ol
rather plerv-iiu- address, Kent into ,t
public house in town, and called for
pint of ale, ti lling the landlord how -
ever, that he had no money to pay
lor bis beverage, but that while tie
was drinking it, he would disclose to
him a secret of much more value
than the trifiing refreshment of which
he was partaking. “You must koon
then.” said lie, „ l have had the
misfortune to he confined in tii
house of correction at Wakefield,
where l was subjected to the discip
line of the tread mill, and where 1
learnt (and tLis is the secret 1 wish
to communicate to you, for your gov
ernment, if ever' you should conn
into that situation) that the plan
nearest the wall is by fa r the most
easy and so saying he drank ofi
his liquor, wishing his host a good
mormng. —Leeds F.ng. Mercury.
Cotton. —At the latest date from
N w Orleans, 13f',3n8 hales of cot
ton had arrived there since the Ist
October, 1823, being 17,284 more
than in the same time last year. The
price,(for Lousianna and Mississip
pi,) was from 8 cents ordinary, to 14,
“ line” —the latter dull The wholt
stock on hand is larger than it has
been since 1823. ,
FOURTH OP JURY
At a tneeting of a number of the citii ens oi
Muntictlio, ..no the vicinity, at tin. Court-
House, on Thursday the Bth in-t. convene and
agreeable to public notice, for the purpose of
making arrangements for the celebration of
the Filth ih Anniversary of our National In
dependence.
Spences Crain, Esq. was called to the
Chair —. nd
Dr. Lvcas Powell, appointed Secre
tary.
The following resolutions were then off red
and ..greed to.
Resolved, That the present meeting of citi
zens, proceed to the election of tin ir commit
tees, consisting of five persons, each—the
iirst to be a committee to select the Ora or
ol' the day, the Header of the Declaration
of Independence, the President and \ ice-Tre
sident, Marshalls, Cbapla.ns, tee.
The second, to be a committee to prepare
toads.
The third, to be constituted a committc 1 : to
make all other suitable arrangements.
Resolved further, That the committee el
arrang- incuts lie authorised to imvite the re
volutionary soldiers of the county to partici
pate in the festivities of the day.
On motion —
The following committees were appointed:
Ist. To appoint officers.
ISAAC BAILEY, Esq.
Dr. N. B. POWELL,
Dr M. CHAMPION,
THUS. .1. B! HNEY,
LUCIUS ARMS.
2nd. On toasts.
- Dr. DAVID A. UEESE,
Col, -INO. BLHNLV,
Dr. I. W. GAUTIER,
Maj. JAS. P. HOLMES,
STEPHEN D. CRANE, Esq.
3(1. On arrangement.
Maj. G. M. HENRY, C.,pt. THOR. J.
HOLMES, ASA BATES, Dr.LUCASPOVV
LL, and HOI.LIS COOLEY,
On motion, The meeting then adjourned.
Spencer Crain, Chairman.
Lee as Powell, Secretary.
.'ilontierllo, June 9, 1*26.
NEW
GOODS
05-CHEAP FOR CASII.-CO
ROWE & NEWELL
ARF. THIS D AY opening at their Stow,
an elegant assortment of seasonable
sjsey is>ae©s,
among w hich are the following
Gingliam-, Musiin«, Camhlicc,
Thread and Bobinet Laces,
Silks and Sattins, assorted color*.
Plain and fig. t?raj*es, assorted eolor?.
Calicoes, and printed Muslins,
Ladies pranclle shoes, assorted colors,
Misses Do. Do. Do.
I.adics full trimed morocco pumps SesboC*
Do. Silk and Cotton Hose,
Do. Do. Parasols,
Plaid and s.nped.ilomespun,
3 hales Sheeting and Shirting,
26 erses Leghorn Bonnets,
3 Do. Straw Do.
All of which will be sold at very reduced
prices. . ,
N. B. They w ill continue to receive fresli
supp'd* s during the Season, and sell at a small
advance for cash.
Milledgeville, June 27, IB2G. 23—3 t
BRANCH BANK OF DARIEN, I
MilltdgtviUe, June 26, IS2S. |
ON TUESDAY the 4TB of July, the.
Office w ill he closed. All notes intend
ed for discount must be offered the Monday
previous.
JOSEPH WASHBURN, Cifr.
June 26. 28—It.
Just Received,
AND FOR SALE AT THE MH.LEDCEVIU.B
BOOK-STORE,
Y| EMOIRS OF I.A FAYETTE, and
v I Biographical Sketches of many per
sons who acted conspicuous parts during our
K* volutionary War.
June 27. 23—It
noth ;E.
ALL PERSONS indebted to the estate of
John Wade, late of Columbia county,
deceased, are rcaucsted to make payment
nd those to whom said estate is indebted, t»
render their accounts in terms of the law.
HENRY GIBSON, Executor.
Jnne 27, 1826. 28—6 t
COTTON GENTS.
'|AHE subscriber continues to nianufae-
M- ture COTTON GINS in Clinton Jones
county, which he will deliver—one at any
place within thirty, or two, within fifty miles
of Clinton, at two dollars and fifty cents per
saw, and should any of them not appear, and
|R‘rfonn well on trial, nil such will be made
good or taken buck at the subscribers expense,
—and would state that lie made and sold fifty
the last season on the same terms, none of
' hich were returned —and that the gins now
offered for stile, are far superior to those, or
to ny made in this part of the country, hav
ing made several important improvements in
their construction.
Purchasers at a distance can be supplied by
only sending their orders iiermail, which'Will
meet will* prompt attention. , *
SAMUEL GRISWOLD.
June 21, 1826. 28—ts.
RUNAWAY from Ihe subscriber about the
< 15th of January last, a negro fellow by
Lire name of
TONEY.
(calls himself TONEY BENNETT,) Toney
is a very black fellow, remarkable full face,
stoat built, about f.ve.fcct ten inches high,
nd alaiut thirty years old, a blue cloath coat,
him pantaloons and striped vest, are among
the articles of cloathing which he took off
with him ; Toney was hired to me for the
present year, by Maj. James Smith of Clinton,
as agent for the estate of Bennett. It is sup
posed lie may be on the Oconee river as a
boat-hand, and it is very possible he has a
piuss to hire his time. I will give twenty dol
lars for the delivery of the fellow to me, or
ten dollars for him to be confined in any jail
so Ih >t I can get him ;—and if he has a pas?,
ndforliie securing and production of that
paper.
I , Iso, forwam all persons from harboring
or hiring said negro, under the severest pen
alties of the law.
ROBERT BURTON.
Bibb county, 8 miles aliove Macon.
June 27th, 1826. 28—It*
NINE MONTHS after date application
will be made to the Honorable the In
ferior Court of Columbia county, when sitting
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell tlie
real estate of Jumes Mapping, late of said
county, dec’d. fur the benefit of the licirs and
creditors. •
HENRY GIBSON, Adm’r.
MARTHA MAPPING, Adm’rx.
June 27, 1826. 28—9 m
GL' >KGIA, ) James Statum of Cap?.
Trifa , county. \ Williams’riistriet tolls bc
•; mi ‘' unpbeH, Esq. a r< and i
mr feet two inches high, some whit* spots
none of his hind feet about the hoof, sumo
sign of gear on one of his shoulders, a saddle
uot on eacii side of his back—supposed to be
ten or twelve years old, appraised by Nathan
iel Mitchil! and Drury Reeves, to Twenty
five dollars.
PETER R. BAILIE, r. i. r.
May 25th, 1826. 28—3 t.
JL'sA
IvfvHT
jfefe For Sale,
THE SUBSCRIBERS HOUSE AND LOT
in Clinton.
THE lot adjoins Imlay’s, is nearly oppo
site Messrs YV. & G Popes’ store, and
contains one acre ; on which is a good dwell
ing house, and three offices —the yearly rent
of the whole premises has never been less than
S 290. It is valuable productive property, and
w ill lie sold on reasonable terms. —Those who
w ish to purchase, can apply to Samuel Low
ther, Esq. in Clinton, or to the subscribers ir»
Millcdgeville.
S. M EACH AM.
E. H. BURRITT.
June 20.
r J- We are authorised to an
nounce Joseph T. Camp, as a candidate to
rupees nt the county of Morgan, in the Re
pi sc;.'. t»ve brunch of the State Legislature at
the ensuing election.
NotkTk
Mr. JOHN MANNING will act os
agent for the Subscribers during their
absence. ROWE fc TV EWELL.
Mdledgeville, June 13. 1826. 26—2 t
LWSiM
NEATLT EXECUTED AND WITH I'EXI ATI If
AT THIS OFFICE.
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