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2 50 ®EORGIA AND THE UNITED STATER Report of the Select Committee in the House pf Representatives, March 3, 1827’ (Concluded.) The right to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indians, was qd6 of the first federal rights exer cised after the commencement ot the revolution. On the 12th July, 1775, ‘it was resolved by the Continental Congress, “that Commissioners be appointed by this Congress to super intend Indian affairs on behaj£ of these colonics,” and the Indians were di vided by the same resolution into the northern, middie and southern departments. In the latter depart ment the Creek Indians were in cluded. By the articles of confederation, Congress had the exclusive power of making treaties at that time, and it is believed at all times the only mode in time of peace in which the relations with Indian tribes have been conducted by the United States: Congress had also the power ot “regulating trade* and managing al! affairs with the Indians, not mem bers of any of the States. Provid ed, that the legislative right ot any of the states, within its own limits be not infringed or violated/’ This express proviso, a.nd the proviso im plied in the worrfs, “nut members ol any State,” were thehsourccs of much ; embarrassment under the old con- ; federation. Georgia particularly, claimed the right to treat with the Creek Indians concerning peace, lands, and the other objects that Usually form the matters of Indian treaties ; and, in order to establish her right so to do, she by the treaty i of G.dphinton, in 1785, stipulated 1 that the Indians oftnc Creek na'iun, were “members of the etale” ot i Georgia. In what sense they could have been “members of the state,” ■ this committee does not understand ; and the right of a state to enter in- 1 to these treaties with the Indians, I vTas strenuously rcsisted|by Congre s.: At 1 r:glb the constitution was a i dopted.—'l'm treaty-making p z ag dn v. -• I'. Ihe United St ' A treaty duiy ratifx d becaim the supreme law of the land, “any ! .tig :n the cuistituf . or laws o! any State to the contiu ry notwith: i iml jng." By the confederation the powers of the congress in rcgifl ding trade, and managing affairs witiilhe Indians, were limited, (as has just, been observed) the proviso “that the legislative right ot’ any state, Within its own 1 nts, should not be infringed or Vi ' ited.” No such limitation is for u in the constitution of the United States. This omis sion was not undesigned!} 7 made. It was one of ti e changes expressly ; introduced, to prevent the continued collision of Federal and state pow ers, which had so long existed to the injury of the public. Ihe grant i of unqualified power to*egu!ate com- I morcc with the Indians, the exclusive I rigid of repelling by force, their hos tile encroachments, and the exclu sive power of treating were neces sarily so many infringements upon the ’ jurisdiction ofthe individual states and upon the power of the state legi-datures. If any authority be wanted to confirm these principles it may be found in the 42d number of the federalist, a paper written by Mr. Madison Comparing the pow ers granted to congress by the pre sent constitution, with those the confederation, he says, “the regula tion of commerce with the Indian tribes is very properly unfettered from those limitations m the articles ufconfeikiration,which reader the pro-' vision obscure and contradictory. > The power istht re restrained to In-1 diatis, n »t members ot any state, and is not to violate or infringe the le gislative right ot any statu within its limits What description of Indians i are to be deemed members ot a state is not yet settled , and has been a question ot frequent perplexity and contention in the federal councils. - And how the trade with the Indians not members ot a state, yet residing Within its legislative jurisdiction, can be regulated bv an external authori ty. without so far intruding on the in tianal rights ot legislation, is abso lutely incomprehensible. '1 his is not the only case in which the articles o! Confederation have inconsiderately i endeavoured to accomplish impossi bilities, to-reconcile a partial sover-' cignty m the Union, with a complete i sovereignty in the states ; to sub vert a mathematical axiom bv ta king away a part and letting the . remain.” To the constitution of the United ’ States, thus designedly tranivd on ( these points Georgia became a party and thereby relinquished, if she pre viously possessed it, ail power to treat with the Indians, and all right to exclusive jurisdiction over them. The powers conferred upon the General government. in reference to the Indian-, arc to be viewed, nut, mule as conferring authority, than I as implying and itn. oaiug burdens. | With their exclusive rights in rela tion to 'he Indians, uevulveJ on the ‘ United Slates the great inty ot de-[ fending the States against savage Vi dene J. In Iho discharge of this duty, is laid the foundation ot the in.'.; „rv establishment ol >be I nited Slate:.. The first armies raised after t adoption of the constitution,' w* lc fur deictxce against the Indians. ; AnJ in Uns iv;n, the older States ot j the Union, who struggled in their in fancy, alone and unaided, against numerous and powerful tribes of savages, have been charged with perhaps the greatest single item of public expenditure, in the fulfilment of the trust and duty of carrying on the relations of the Union with the Indians. But the power and the burden must be reciprocal, and the State which claims the right, by un controlled legislation, of causing an Indian war, cannot reasonable call on the Union to sustain the burden ol carrying it on. The first law’ regulating the inter course with the Indians, passed af ter the adoption of the constitution was approved July, 1790. After prohibiting the Indian trade to all but licerced persons, it gave to the President the power to make such order respecting the tribes surround ed in their settlements by the citizens of the United States, as to secure an intercourse without licence, if he deem proper ; and the same law de clared that no sale of Indian lands to an individual or a state, whether having the right of pre-emption or not, should be valid unless made and executed at a public treaty, held under the authority ot’ the United States. The duration of this act was limited to two years, and anoth er law was passed approved Ist March [ 1793, by which the surveying of ; lauds belonging to any tribe, by mark ing trees, or otherwise, was prohi. bited. All purchas s and grants of ;:md, or claims or titles to land “nut luiuic by treaty or convention, enter ed into pursuant to the constitution,” were declared to “be without validi ty m equity or law.” This act, limi ted to two years, wa supplied by that of May 19, ]7(j , : y the first article of which the in L.ui ! na . ■ ry line was de' from the mouth ■* ’ n Cay iho-»a river, on lake Er.c io th ; ' Mar At thi time t ; rmed boundar Hue ■ '■ ■ am' th<* Creeks By t • !w, the pro hibition ol surveys ;■ rpcc’diciib.’ re-enacted, <md all right, title, and claim, of whatsoever nature or km i of persons settling or surveying 1 in.b secur 'd to Indians, by a treaty, is vested in the United States, or con viction <d the cilender. This lira was limited to three years, and i! provisions were substantially re-en acted by that of 3d. March, 1799. Bv the law of 30th Match, 1302, the previous legislation on this subject, was re-enacted, without limitation ol time, and has remained to the pre sent day, and still exists unrepealed. Il is not known to the committee that, until recently, either Georgia or any other State, has since the a doption of the constitution, exercis ed ur claimed the right to treat with independent tribes of Indians, ex cept by authority and conacnt ofthe United States, or has exercised any act of legislation over them, or ha.- claimed to do any act or thing lor bidden by the law of 180- Thu committee b.'lieve that the State oi Georgia has not only acquiesced, un til lately, in the validity of this course of legislation, but that her intelligent am! promiuent citizens have giv n it their express sanction. —In the talk of Messrs, (’ampbell and Meri wether to the Cherokees, in 1823, these gentlemen say, “the sovereign ty ofthe country which you occupy [a consiberable part of which is in the (State of Georgia] is in the U nited Stales alone ; no state or tor <Hgi> powa r can enter into a treaty or compact with you. These pri vileges have passed away, and your intercourse is restricted exclusively to the L ulled States.” In a letter dated .March lOtii, 1824, addressed bv the Georgia delegation ot Sena tors and Representatives tothe Se cretary of War, tlu? committee un derstand lbw ilelegarion to say, that the Cherokees arc to Ue viewed as other L.dians, as persons suffered to reside within the territorial limits ot the United State-, and subjed td eve ry restraint, zvhich the polici/ and power of tin .pneral government re iptire to be imposed on them, tor tne interests cl’ the Union, the interest of a particular state, and their own preservation. ’ From these considerations the committee are brought to the\ i nclu sion that the property in, and juris diction over the lands occupied by the Creeks, within the state of Geor gia, are not exclusively possessed by that state, but are subjected to the rights guarantied to the Creeks, or reserved to the United Slates by tldi constitutionot the I niied Slate, the compact of 10G2, by the pro visions of law’, or by treaty. It remains only to ask, whether the occupancy of the small portion ot lands now m controversy i«» reserv ed to the Creek nation, and on what right Georgia claims tv survey it. Georgia claims a right to survey it under the tnaty ofthe Indian i Springs, but ihe Committee are of I opinion that no right nor title, could | vest under that treaty, for the fol lowing reasons, in brief; Ist. That treaty was negotiated uut only contrary to instructions, but on a basis expressly forbidden bv the Executive, when previously submit ted tor his sanction 2d. The treaty at the Indian Springs was concluded by a partv ot the Creek nation, not authorized b\. the Creek nation tv treat for the ces s,ion Qjf any GEORGIA STATESMAN, MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1827 3d. The treaty was concluded by a minority, not merely of the princi pal Chiefs ofthe nation, but by a mi nority of the Chiefs present, and without regard to the protest of the Head Chiefs, made by their repre sentative, both before and at the mo ment of executing the treaty. 4th. Supposing the Commission ers authorized, and the Chiefs em powered to treat, such authority and power could, in no circumstances, extend beyond a cession ofthe lands occupied by the Chiefs treating, and those who empowered them - where as, by the treaty of the Indian Springs, a small party assumed to themselves the right to cede away nearly all the lands occupied by the nation. sth If the Creek nation was a par ty to the treaty oi the Indian Springs, then it has been declared null and void by the two parties to it, viz: the United States and the Creek nation; iif the Creek nation was not a party j to it, then it was no treaty at all, for it I purports on its face to be negotiated with the Creek nation. For these reasons, on which the Committee are prevented for want of time from enlarging, they are of opinion that, by a treaty like that of the Indian Springs, the Creek nation could not be divested of its right of occupancy, nor Georgia vested with a right of possession, and that the lands West of the new treaty line naving never been ceded away* are reserved t< the Creek Indians by the treaty ol Washington, and 'hat the survey of them is contrary io law. The Committee, however, are happy to add, that the inconvenience resulting from this circumssauce -~ much less than was apprehend In a letter of Governor Pi M ■; ■ Cobb I ith :■ the sources of information here, shad prove erroneous and deceptive, toe State (if the validity ofthe new treaty be admitted) has been de frauded of one mniion of acres ofher best lauds.” But if the We.-t.*rn' boundary of Georgia w re rm, ac coi imp to a rigorous c-.ns-ruci. m o: the compact of EO2, a tv.;u! I pass .ii surn.- pom’s Fast ofthe Ch Jfa .louch e, and thus give her a uoun dary which she might consider less advantageous firm the line drawn by the treaty of Washington. Il tire Western bouiidaiy nne be run accord ing to toe interpretation put upon tiie compact by the Commissioner* of Alabama, it would leave Georg less than she now claims. But greet ing the ex parte line, run by the Georgia Commissioners, to be the true W<-st rn boundary of the Stat', the quantity ot unceded land, by the only computation the Committee has seen, is 1 (<8,632 acres, and that of a poor quality, being about one nine ty-eighth part ofthe lands, the Indi an title to which, the United States, in 1802, covenanted to extinguish fur Gcorgia, as soon as it could be done reasonably and peaceably. The small quantity of land in con troversy, and its trifling value, ren der it probable, that the Indians will agree,to cede it. Inasmuch as the quantity depends on the direction which the line between Alabama and Georgia may take, it were to be wished that this line should Ikj first run. It appears, however, that the Executive, from an earnest desire to meet the wisl.es of Georgia, has in structed the Agent to urge the Creeks to a cession of all the lands Ea.-t ofthe line, which Georgia has established lor herself. The pre liminary steps lor this ce-sion re quire no appropriation; and ihe Com mittee deem it me.xj*edient, by now making an appropriation tor the fi nal purchase, either to fix on an inad equate. or an unnecessarily large sum. It is the result of the best view which the Committee have been able to take ofthe siiject, that no legislation upon it is at this time necessary. In conclusion, the Committee bi g leave to observe, that they have giv en to this important subject all the tnnt and attention they could com mand, at this advanced stage oi the session. They have felt how many greai interests are concerned in the subject. The powers ofthe Inion, and the manner in which they have been exercised; the rights and :ut ?r --ests of a sovereign State, and the protection due from the strong ami the prosperous, to the feeble rem nant oi a once formidable race.— Notwithstanding the collisions of opinions, which can rarely be avoid ed where such interests arc involved the Committee think it may with jus tice be averred, that, in tiie general result, while the Constitutional pow ers ot the United States have been asserted, tiie great objects desired by Georgia have been attained, and the public sentiment of the world has not been disregarded, w hich re quires a tenderness and muderatioc, indisposing ofthe rights of those, wlrom Providence ha** placed, with out the means of resistence, at our discretion. Such are th*' views which the Com mittee had prepared themselves to submit to the House. By the mes sage and accompanying documents yesterday referred to the Commit tee, it appears (it the Governor c: Georgia correctly represents the other autlioritcs and People of tin Si.tie) that the prospect o' a promp* ..nd amicable termination of existing difficultise, is less flattering than had been hoped. To the letter ol the Secretary at War, informing the Gov ernor that the President, in conse quence of the remonstrance and ap peal of the Indians, would feel him self compelled, if necessary, to em ploy all the means under his control to maintain the faith ofthe nation, by carrying the treaty of Washing ton into effect, the Governor has re turned a direct defiance. Instead of submitting the decision of the ques tion to the tribunal provided by the constitution, he has issued orders to the Attorney and Solicitor Genera] ofthe State, to take all necessary and legal measures to ciiect the It eration of the Surveyors, who may be arrested, under the authority ol the Government ofthe United States; and has directed them to bring to justice, by indictment or otherwise, the officers of the United States, or others concerned in arresting the Surveyors, as violators oi the peace of Georgia. He has ordered the Major Generals of two divisions of militia to hold the regiments and battalions within their respective commands, in readiness to repel! any hostile invasion ofthe Territory of Georgia; and he has declared, in substance, that he shall regard the attempt ofthe United States to sus tain the Indians by force, (which it wtil become their sacred duty to ‘io should all other means fan) in the occupation of the land- reswved to them by the treaty of Washington, .is an attack upon the Territ ny, the People, and the sovereignty us Geor- The C' ? will not Like up on theio !”•:s ’u . Nore-ss any opin -311 Cl i( ' counst Is, so to I a de: io . They have < apn ehen ho People oi \ ■ dll eng ■ lent col- . ‘Uni purpose efsust onwg -i t.d- - ... n u! .Mi-q- ol barren lauu, acq-iii** ' under aa i. ; - ‘rument, which, by a /. y Urge ma jor ty ol the other House ot Gvn gf 's, sanctioned by an almost .in m irnous -.’Ote of ibis House, has been ■ ■ccl.ired “null a 4 void.” If, how ever, it is nece. v sar/ to contemplate so disastrous an event, the Commit- ■ tru-jt tiie law ofthe land will be maintained, and its faith preserved mviolate. The Committee recom nended t.;e adoption of the follow ing resoutiom; Resolved, That it is expedient to procure a cession of tiie Indians I l ids, in thff limits of Georgia.. Resolved, That, until such a ces r-io:i is procurred, the law of the i md, as sei forth in the treaty of Washington, ougnt to be mai .tained, by all necessary Constitutional and legal means* A LARGE SQUASH. BRIGADE ORDERS. 11. Q. Savannah 24th Feb. 1827. When we are awfully told by the President of the United States, that •he will be compelled, under certain circumstances, by an obligation “even higher than that of haman au thority,” to use the “military arm” of the Union to prevent the enforce* ment of a law of a State, parsed un der the guarantee of a treaty oi'tho Union, solemnly ratified and promul gated as the supreme law ot the land by the proper authorities, whereby rights have been vo'-ted in the State which no human authority can di vest it of but by the strong arm of power: when the Executive of the State tells us that “He will resist to the utmost any military attack which the Government of the Unit ed States shall think proper to make •on the territory, the People, ur the sovereignty of Georgia” — it is, indeed time to stand upon our defence , and having assert d our rights, to pre pare to maintain them. We will not, then, wait for further orders. The Colonels under my command will, therefore, forthwith have their regiments in the best possible at titude of readiness to meet the worst Aat&of things which may grow out of any attempt to prevaiH the righ to pursue the ends for which our Government was instituted ; to es 'ablish the sovereignty and indepen dence of the States, and promote the welfare and happiness ot the People. ED. HARDEN, Brig. Gen. Ist Brig. Geo. Militia. [Qitere. —W ould not'.he G. neral make a good Governor himself? —He has before this, evinced several rar. qualifications.] A VOICE FROM NEW-YORK. GENERAL JACKSON. The states :riendly to the election ol General Andrew Jackson .ire right .u supposing that the indications o! NewjYork premise an auspicious re sult. Things are daily shaping their course in ifiat direction, not in a sudden, hasty manner, calculated to produce reaction, but with delibera tion and steadiness of purpose.— There are lew who took an activv part in the election of Mr. Crawford who are not now equally zealous in .’avor ofGcncral Jackson. The prom .nent friends ot Mr. Clinton ar*? equaiy decided on this point, and i; ie canvass is conducted with mud ration and firmness, with union and good feelingthc entrie vote of New fork max be calculated for the ' General —.Vu?. Virginia.— Our sister state, fair Virginia, has been tossing up bar head, and turning up her delectable nose any time these last forty years at the younger members of the A merican family, as if she alone of all the sisterhood, possessed purity and virtue—We have always known that like Queen Betty, in honor of whose single blessedness she received her name, she was given to scolding—but as to any fauxpas of her ladyship, we were not informed. The following toasts, however, of Mr. Randolph, given at the late public dinner in Richmond, seems to tell a most dis reputable tale ofthe elder sister:— Virginia. — The Son who will not stand by such a Mdthe'r—must be a Bustard. Now, however, it may suit the personal views ofthe Honorable gen tleman to place the bend Senister in his brothers shield, we cannot but think it a graceless act to slander his own mother, by such gross insinua tions. £7. S. Gazette. Great Rail Road.— 'Pho Legis lature of Id ary land have incorpor ated a company under the title of the Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road Company, with a Capital of $3, 000,000, to construct a rail road from Baltimore to the Ohio—a dis tance in the shortest line about 350 miles. The Corporation of Bal timore are expected to subscribe lor half a million of the stock; one branch of tne City Council hav ing aiready passed a resolution, wiiicn will, it is said, have the con nrmaiion of the other branch, au tiiorismg such a subscription Tne State reserves to itself the right to subscribe a million ol dol lars. Liberality.— The citizens of Cten vu.aad, Omo. must feel obliged to tuj ecu or of a, New-Hampshire pa- I ?., now before us, for the uncom mon generosity he ascribes to them. He says they have “ sent 12 pounds of pork, and 8 of beef, for the relief of the Greeks.” A sufficient convoy has gone out. we hope, to protect it. The editor ofthe Baltimore Patri ot has been favored with the follow ing interesting extracts of a letter irum a gentleman m Europe/ who has tiie beast means ot acquiring t.ic moat correct tnlormation,) to his m Baltimore, dated 2Gtb Jan uary ; —Whether his predictions are wuii founded or nut must soon .*<* realized “My.unconquerable persuasion, is that War must break out ero lon e , and that France and England must ue parties. Every efloit will be made b) England to involve us, some way or oilier. I know, that a policy to this effect lias been agreed on and laid down in England several years ago, as the policy to be observed with respect to us, whenever any new war should occur. There was a policy adopted then, nud it will be followed, not to allow' us to enjoy a profitable neutrality, ami to re-be couic the factors ofthe world They move every spring to deprive Us ol another indefinite term of progress ive, unexampled prosperity.—Taey will not allowdc a renewal of Joana than’s thrifty, nourishing system ol paddling bis own canoe, ai.d picL i.ig up grists all oVur the mil-ponds ol tiie world, and ol ellectmg m some twenty years, what other nations have required centuries to accom plish. I teli you my good Irieud 1 know this. England will have e nough on her hands in Europe, and 1 siiail not be surprised, if, under her present pressure, she may Ln? in earnest m actonimodating every cause of difference with the United Status—mdeuo I have some reason to believe that she will. •‘There must be War—ill Europe is alive lor it-vspeciaily tne French : they arc indignant at Mr. Canning's audacious language m bis afterwards -übduedand mitigated speech. The English arc detested every where on the continent, and no where more than in Portugal, the Portuguese a=k the British officers, what the devil brought you here! Who wants the English lo be meddling in our affairs * You may be assured that the Portuguese neither understand nor want Don Pedro’s Constitution. The English are as well aware of that as arc the French or Spaniards. Again I say, there will be War.” # " The Greek Supply Ship.— the ele gant ship Chancellor, Capt. Bark Hauled out in the stream yesterday, ami will probably sail to-day, with provision, icc. fur the Greeks. Mr. Miller, of Vermont, w’ho was three years iu Greece, and eighteen months .n active service, goes out in the ves sel. He will have, the charge of the supplies, and pay attention to their distribution. The cargo is said to be worth abost >18,060, inclu ding the freight and insurance, which ( have been paid. It consists prmci pally of corn meal, ilower, rice, and the like articles. May prosperous gales attended her! We have al ready staled that a secund vessel w ill be despatched as soon as practi cable, in which Lieut. Carpenter, of the V. S. Navy, who hasju.-t re-1 i urn from tne Mediterranean, will go as agent. >\* 1 lOtfi inst Volume. IL The Tallipot Tree.— A leaf of this extraordinary tree has lately been brought over from the Island of Cey lon, of which place it is a native, and is now in the possession ofthe Rev. Richard Fletcher,' of Hampstead.— The leaf is in a good State of preser vation: it measures fully 11 feet iri height, 16 feet across its widest spread, and from 38 to 4® feet in circumference. If expanded as a, canopy, it is sufficient to defend a dinnerparty of six from the rays of the sun, and in C ylon is carried about the by natives for the pur pose. Lazo Intelligence. The case of Charles L. Smith vs, P, Franks, the? Editor of the“lndeponderrce Bal ance."printed at Philadelphia, for a libel published in that paper against Mr. Smith has bees lately tried and determined at Nisi Prius, before* Judge Duncan. The Jury gave a verdict ot ten thousand dollars dam ges for the Plait tiff being the whole, amount claimed in plaint ill’s declare-» tion. NEWToRK,* MarcMl (K unweZcomc Disclosure.— The greatest political misfortune of our country is, that while the South rons in Congress cling together to a man, there are almost always treacherous members enough from the North, to give the actual min-' ority the ascendancy. And when speaking upon this subject, we have more than once had occasion to lament that Mr. Van Buren should so frequently sacrifice the great interests ofthe noith to cis southern predelictions. Such, however, is tiie fact, and we have now before us another instance, of a more formidable character tnan transpires every day. A memoir of Congress has just put into our hands a volume of docunents by which it appears that in the Geor gia controversy, when in the Sen ate in secret session last year, Mr, Van Buren was the active partisan of Gov. Troup, in his crdfel op pression of the Creek Indians.- We are aware that?fevv fi will believe sucha thing possible, &?tve should have doubted it ourselves, upon any testimony short of official.— Fortunately we have that testimo ny, and we are informed that his publication has given no little un* easiness to Mr. Van Buren. On, -tho» 60th page of the volume of documents before us, (entitled the Reports and Resolutions ol' the of Georgia, with ac conipanying documents,) at the close of a long letter from Mr Berrien, one ofthe Georgia Sena tors, to Gov. Troup, giving anac-. count of iiis labors in the Senate to defeat the new treaty, we find the following paragraph:— “1 cannot conclude this letter, without stating to you, that we have, in all this affair, received a frank and cordial support frortf Gen. Harrison, cf Ohio, from Col. Hayne, of South Carolina, from Mr. Van Buren, of New York, anti though last, not least, from Judge White of Tennessee. ’’ The next document in the book is Gov. Troup’s answer to the foregoing, which concludes as follows.- ‘•Do me the favor to present my best thanks to gen. Harrison,-.Cel. Hayne, and Mr. Van Buren, and judge White, for their able and li beral co-operation with you, in . he cause of the weak against the strong ; and, as I trust, ofthe just aginst the unjust.’’ Here, then, is Mr. Van Buren, a Senator from New York, and the only northern Senator who dared hazard the experiment, if they had a disposition to do it, ichen in se cret session, and as he fondly sup p ;sed, secure from the eye of his constituents, leaguing himself with Gov. Troup in his atrocious de-' signs upon the poor Creek Indians, and his daring opposition to the su preme laws ofthe land! Not only this, but he receives the thanks for his services from this same Gov. Troup. The manner in which his precious secret was disclosed was this : During the session of Congress which has just closed, the Georgia delegation brought forward a bundle, ot documents which they, without careful exam ination’ moved to have printed, which motion was adopted. Mr. \an Brueji, in the mean time, knowing that it was onhj in secret session that he had directly be trayed Lis constituents, felt snug ly secure, until the documents came printed upon the tables, when lo ’. it was fonnd that by some strange fatility, the confidential, letters of Mr. Berrien andfGov, Troup had been accidentally shuf fled among tne papers, and here tlte secret was disclosed as large as life !—JV . V . Coni. Vide. In the Philadelphia case ol llarri» vs. Lewis, in ivhiiJi ths jury rendered a verdict for the Plaintiff of <IOO, the cost will amount it is said n <30,0<»0