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DGKVILl.B, GEORGIA,
November \~[th 1S27.
To the lloff.'J'\Ml>s Bxrboi'r :
Sir : T am hi j»,«v in having it in mv
power to inform you that articles of agree
ment at d cession were, on the morning
their recovery from it, ami from its lone
train of miseries, whilst they rciain their
present relations to the States, to be hope
less. No human agency can reform, them,
ns a People. It is vain to try. They
are a devoted People, and destruction lies
just before them. Humanity and justice
unite in calling loudly upon the govern
ment, as a parent, promptly to interfere
and save them.
They feel the miseries of their condi
tion ; and many of them look most implor-
in for help, f believe they would sub
mit cheerfully to be guided bv the Govern
ment, in regard to any new relations
which it might be 'bought proper to estab
lish for them. But those influences un
der the direction of* which they have pla
ced themselves,would counteract the kind
est designs, unless the measures which
may he adopted for bettering their condi-
uf the 15th instant, entered into at the j .
Creek Agency, with the Creeks, and ! shi, » be accompanied by a power that
which were concluded at the moment of
with them. This I have estimated at
$10,000; but this estimate was confined to
Chickasaws : I would suggest that $5,000
more be added, making 15,000 for this ob-
object.
To this may be added, for the present,
$100,000, to be made applicable, in the
discretion of the Executive, to the object
of Indian emigration generally.
It will be time enough, after the country
is chosen, to provide the means to extin
guish the title or titles of the present
occupants, and for other objects connected
with the plan of selling it, ifec. as pro
posed.
Various illustrations might be added,
confirming, in my view of it, tho impor
tance of the policy which I have glanced
at, and these should have been added, but
for want of time; enough only I find to
be left for me to ruu out this meagre out
line, which is respec
mnshment of the public debt. It was re
plied by Mr. M’Duffie and Mr. Gorham,
that the very ruiuorof the intention of the
Governmentto throw that amountof stock
into the market, and to withdraw from its
connection with the Bank, would reduce
the stock to its par value. The resolu
tion, on motion of Mr Gorham, was then
laid on the table.
FROM FRANCE.
NEW-YORK, DEC. 12.
we may be assured that nothing will be
done by that committee to clog and im
pede the healthful movement of the ma
chinery of government. Mr. Mc’Duffie
is a gentleman of strong and even violent
prejudices, but be has never appeared to
us to be influenced bv interested consider
ations, such as would induce him to post
pone the public welfare for the gratifica
tion of objects personal to himself. His
view's of the objects and ends of govern
ment are liberal. He is a friend to inter-
By the ship Edward Bonaffe, we have j nal improvement moreover, and we be-
received out usual files of Paris and Havre j lieve also, to a liberal administration of the
papers the former to the 4th, of Nov. and concerns of government. So disposed, as
* i i r kirr> tn IVA nnv Imnp that
and have also been favored by a corres
pondent with a Bordeaux paper and a
Hamburg Shipping List.
we believe him to be, we may hope that
we shall not witness, in this Congress, the
singular spectacle of a Chancellor of the
Greece.—It appears that Ibraham Pa- Exchequer opposing the supplies.^
cha has made two attempts to send pro- i We trust therefore, that the Govern-
visions to the fortresses in the Gulf of I ment will go on, quietly, without betray-
arrivat of the stage, which left me no
time to announce it from there, which
secure to the Cni’ed Smies all the lands
owned or claimed b'f them within the
chartered li/'/tils of Georgia. This agree
ment is sfghVd bv the Little Prince, the
bead ot the Nation, and five of bis princi
pal men, and is to be binding when ap
proved and ratified by the President and
Senate on tho one hand, and sanctioned
on the other by a Conne.il of the Creeks,
which, ii is stipulated in the articles, shall
be immediately consented for. tho purpose.
This sanctioning in Council is required
by one of their laws.
I left the articles with tho Agent, who
will attend the Council, anti superadd the
usual certificate in such cases. The A-
gent having been previously enjoined to
prosecute this subject, if possible, to a '
favorable issue, is joined in the instrument
with me. It is due to-him that he should
he so associated, no less on account of the
powers with which I found him vested,
than to the seal with which I discovered
he had endeavored to fulfil your instruc
tions in'l'egard to this matter.,
I liave'time only to add, that the condi
tion money-for the land is forty-two thou
sand five hundred and ninety-one dollars.
I derive an additional gratification in
making this communication, from niy
knowledge of die deep anxiety which yon
have so long felt to have this controversy
Settled.
I will make you, as soon after my re
turn as possible, a detailed report ofniv
proceedings under this,= as also the otltei
branches of your instructions of 2Sdi
March last, and 10'h April: and submit,
also, views of policy in regard to our In
dian relations, especially those of the four
Southern Tribes, which have been sug
gested by a personal inspection of the
condition of three of them.
I have the honor to be, &e.
TH. L. McKENNEY.
hall cause
cease their
these interested People to 1 your better judgement
interfering agencies. And . pleasure, to the wisdom ot Long
.fully submitted to I Lepanto, both which have been rendered ing, by any derangenent of its usual op- Mr. Stites, moved
t and if it be your abortive bv the watchfulness and decision erations, any subjection of the order offits •. ble till June next, w
rn of Congress. j of Admirai Cwdrington. Missolonghi and i concerns to the fluctuation of parties. The ; were 30 Nays 72.
Ob motion of Mr. Doherty,
Retained, That the witnesses subpa.
ned by the committee to investigate the
conduct of Judge Fort, be discharged
from their attendance on said committee
BILLS PASSED.
To alter and amend the 7th sec. of tho
1st art. of the constitution of the State of
Georgia, so as to reduce the representa
tion of this State in the Legislature
Yeas 89, Nays 19.
Mr Doherty, laid on tho tabie the fol
lowing resolution.
The counsel for Judge Fort whose con«
duct had been arraigned before this house
having requested to be heard in his de
fence.
Therefore Resolved, That the counsel
for Judge Fort, bo admitted when the sub
ject shall come before the house for con
sideration, and the same having been read
Mr. Stites, moved that it lie on the ta-
hereupon the Yeas,
this, in mv opinion, is within the range
of a sound policy : nor will the exercise of
it conflict with any one of the great princi
ples upon which rest justice, or the free
dom <>f the citizen. It will be found to
I have the honor to be, with great res-
poct, your obedient servant.
THOS.L. M’KENNY.
Patras are in great want. After the ar- j present state ot tilings, which in a monar- j The resolution was then ordered to lia
mbtice was first concluded, the Eng. fleet j cbv would produce a change of ministry, j on Hie table for ibe present.
as well as the F rench retired from the wa- j will, it will be seen, have, in our adinira-
ters of Naverino .excepting only a frigate j ble system, the effect to sustain the Exe-
of each nation which remained to watch 1 cutive amongst the People, and to place
First—In the preparation of a suitable;
('and none other should lie offered to them):
and last home for these unfortunate Peo- j
pie ; and,
Sec aid—In providing suitable means j
and support for their transportation ; arid,, Tint
taking them kindly, but firmly, by the j ’
band, and telling them they must go and I
enjoy it ; and,
T.astly In letting those persons w ho J p rom (he city of Charleston, on the most
inteifere in such matters know, that the
A BILL to authorize the formation of a Comparv „
for constructing' Rail Roads or Canals from the ! the Egyptians in that port. The Admiral ! its adversaries at the greatest possible dis-
citv of Charleston to the towns of Columbia j vv ho was at Zanie, was somi informed that 1 advantage to themselves.
and Camden, and to the Savannah river at or , ^ips bad sailed; and with the line! The more we see of the operations of
near the town of Hamburg. ! ship As ; a and three frigates eut them off our Institutions, the more reason we find
Be it enacted by the Senate and House j anc j re f use( j to ] et t | iein en t er the Gulf. ' to admire their admirable structure, in directed with some judgment, and site re
of Representatives, now met and sitting m j Imd even to resist them, anti after a j which all the imperlections, as well ot i suit promises to be advantageous. A con-
Generat Assembly and by the authority of j p ew s | lots ( |, e y thought be q to retire. I- ! military democracy, as of hierarchy and j tract has been made for the erection of a
monarchy appear to be carefully guarded j lock and dam at the Whetstone Shoals,
The committee on agriculture and in
ternal improvement, to whom was refer
red the report of the Commissioners for
the improvement of the navigation of the
Oconee river, have examined she same,
and Report,
That the labor on the river seems to be
brahim was irritated ; and soon after em-
I. 1 he formation of a corporate com- j |j. ir | ie( j himself, taking fourteen more ships
company is herehy authorised, for the wi|h hjm< ( jn 56,) pretending that the
against.—[Nat. Int.
construction of a Rail Road and Canal,
Dhpartmevt, of Wak
OJirenf (nd',an Affairs, November29, 1827
FI"n. James'Barucujr :
I proceed, immediately on mv return,
(deferring niv genera! report on the vari
ous subjects connected with my recent tour
to another period) to submit, in brief, as
promised in niv communication to you
from Miiledgeville, in Georgia, of the 1 7 * 11
mstant, ihe conclusions I hive arrived at,
.in regm d to the policy which J respectful
ly suggest should prevail in our intercourse
•villi the Indians. I refer especially to
that biancti of it which embraces the ques
tion of-emigration and settlement, without
the States and 1'erritorics, and upon lands
"from which they will never again be re
quested to remove. These remarks will
• be confined to the four Southern Tribes,
generally but especially to the Creeks.
Hitherto, the propositions on this sub
ject, as on most others, have been
concluded under the form of treaties ; ami
there can be no question, hut, so far as
best, because the propositions were never
iii’j Hst or unreasonable, and because the
Lillians themselves received them in 1 he
spirit in which they were conveyed,fere
fern those interventing and counteracting
agencies, which have, »f < ite years, been
s0 industriously employed, and now work
so busily and selfishly, in governing their
decisions; and which seldom ail in filing j
them i^apposition to the policy of the Go j
vsrnment, nr in the exaction of such terms
as are inadmissible. Ties influence lias;
become paramount among the Creeks ; *
and to* it may be attributed, in great part,
if not wholly, the difficulties which have j
I tin in. .tire <vav of an e wlier settlement of
e recent
efthi^ I h ive only to remark, that it was
not until I had me; the Creeks in a third
Council, that l could succeed with them ;
Dor then, until, iu iheir midst, I demon
strated the cupidiry and bad- counsels of
awe of these interfering agents, and assu
ming die responsibility, broke him on the
spot, by announcing,.iu the name of th
President of the United Stales,
the reiisons then assigned, no communi
cation ofanv sort would he received by
the President from the Creek X 1’on, if
♦ hat man had any agency w.. never in it.
This broke the spell of their opposition,
and the agreement was made.
I have come to die conclusion—(I rr>-
4
know,
object i f the Government being kind to
the iudians, and intended wholly to bet
ter their condition, its determination is
final ; and that no persons will be per-
oiitted, with impunity, to interfere in it.—
To sustain this l ist position, the presence
of a few troops pnly would be required.
I would have it distinctly understood,
that a reasonable number of reservations
should be granted ; and lliat they should
be given in fee simple to those who might
prefer to remain.
This poliev applies, in its fullest ex
tent, to the Creeks. I confine it, in this
extent, to tlvs People, not because it is
not, in a great degree, applicable to o-
thers; hut because I consider the way to
be wide open for *lm Cirick isaws and
Choctaws ; and, therefore, no illustrations
in reference to them are needed.
In regard to these, (die Chickasaws
and Choctaws,) I believe it will onlv be
required to make the provision, and, as
has been more fullv explained in mv re
ports of the 10 h and J 7th October, mark
ed A. B. and C. and they will go. I be
lieve, also, the greater portion of the
Cherokoes would follow; and, unon a
bare exposition of the plan which has
been recommended, the establishment of
a suitable system for their transportation,
am! an invitation to theirwto go and join
tlleir brothers.
I did not, as you arc aware, visit the
Cherokeps. It was mv wish to have
seen them, and, in pursuance of vour in
structions, make known the views and
wishes of the Government to them, also.
Mv time, T found, would not hold out,
and, if it had been longpr. I must have
arrived in their country at the period when
the Commissioners were engaged in ne
gotiating for the privilege of uniting, bv
means of a canal, through their country,
the waters of Conasago and Hiwassee;
and I should have deemed it prudent,
even with time enough to have visited
them, not to distract their councils bv
practicable routes, to each of the towns
of Columbia, Camden and Hamburgh ;
and that the formation, organization and
subsequent proceedings of said company
shall he according to the provisions of an
act passed during the present session, en-
.litled “an act establishing the principles on
which companiesshnll be incorporated, and
the charters of ferries bridges and turn
pike roads shall be hereafter granted;”
and that the said company shall be entitled
to all the rights and protection granted by
the said act to turnoikecompanies, on the
conditions of said act.
2. The said company shall he called
“ The South Carolina Canal and Rail
Road Company;” and the capital s'oek
thereof shall be composed of 7,000 shares
with the right of increasing ihe said cap
ital (by sale o*- subscription,) to an amount
not exceeding 20,000 shares.
3. The said company after being du'v
organized and incorpoiated, shall at all
times have power to invest any surplus
stock on hand in any public stock bearing
interest, until the same may be required
for meeting the contracts entered info.
4. The said company shall at all times
have the exclusive rights of transportation
on all the several rail ways or canals to he
bv them constructed ; provided the charge
of their transportation of goods, produce,
&c. shall not exceed 25 cents per hundred
pounds on heavy articles, and 10 cents
per cube foo*, on articles by measurement
for every one hundred miles, and 5 cents
per mile on every passenger,'and at the
above rate for anvjgrea*er or less distance,
provided also the said company may rent
or farm out all or any part of their exclu
sive right of transportation above secured
to any individual or other company sub
ject to the resti ictions of the above pro
viso.
5. The said company may, when thev
deem it most expedient, open all or any
of their said canals or rail ways to public
use, and may establish suitable rates <>f
armistice extended only to Hydra. He
was met however by 1 he four British ves
sels, and by dint of remonstrances and a
few shots in his hulls, convinced that he
had better return. Admiral Codrington
appears to be a man 0/ high spirit. He
wrote Ibrahim that lie had done all he
could to prevent further calamities to both
sides ; but that be had a strong disposi
tion to seize the occasion to make the
Turks repent of their want of faith. A
vessel which had actually anchored at
M issolonglii, lie sent for and cut oat.—
The three fleets were expected to be as
sembled on the 13ili Oct. The Russian
fleet was at Zante on the l6th. It was
supposed to be the intention of the Admi
ral, to send back tho Egyptians to Alex
andria.
We are informed, by Antwerp papers
to tho 8th November, furnished us by
Captain Gills of the ship William, that
the Russian government have given notice
to their merchants, that thev can send
vessels to Constantinople with security.
It is taken for granted, therefore, that the
Emperor’s cabinet are sanguine in their
expectations of a successful termination to
the negotiations with the Porte.
A body of insurgents, in attempting to
’•each Tarragona bv Roust were dispers
ed and lost several leaders on the field and
by execution, Several principal members
of tiie clergy were arrested Every thing
seemed unaccountable; and the day of the
king’s departure was not known
;StiUc ftrgtelatnrr*
IN SENATE.
BILLS PASSED.
To incorporate a Bank in the
; according to the plan of the Civil Engi
neer; the work is progressing and its
completion may be confidently expected
in tho ensuing summer.
The funds an 1 property of the Com
missioners consist in 100 Shares of State
i Bank Stock, $20,000 Darien money ip
city of I deposit, and $700 for negro hire, 19 ne-
and
toll on the same, hut shall not derive there
from an annua! income clear of expense,
calling off their attention to any other sub
ject. Of the Cherokoes, it is due that 11 exceeding 20 per cent on the cost thefe-
shmdd speak from my knowledge, obtain- ; of- -
ed, however, otherwise than by personal
observation, in terms of high commenda
tion. They have done much far them
selves. It has been their good fortune to
have had born among thpm some great
m^n. Of these, the late Charles Hicks
stood pre-eminent. Under his wisdom
which was guided by virtues of a rare quali
ty, these People have been elevated, in
privileges of every local description, high
above their neighbors. They seek to be
a People; and to main min, bv law and
good Government, those principles, which
main'ain the security of persons, defend
(Sr rights of property. Ac. ; they deserve
to lie resppeted, and to he helped ; but.
with ibe kindest regards to them, and with
a firm conv’ction in .the propriety and
truth of the remark, they ought not to be
encouraged in forming a. Co sfltntinn and
Government within a State of the Renub-
Hc, to rrist antf operate independently of
our laws. The sooner they have the as
surance given them tiiat this cannot bp
perpiired, the better it will be for them.
It they will agree to come at once under
our laws., and be merged as citizens in our j
privileges, would it be objected against ?
6. The rights and privileges of the com
pany hereby authorised to be formed find
incorporated, shall be sole and exclu
sive, for the term of thirty-six years, and
no other persons or incorporation, shall
have the right of constructing any rail road
or canal communication from the city of
Charleston to either of the towns of Col
umbia, Camden o r Hamburg, or to any o-
ther point on the Savannah river, during
this term, without the consent of this com
pany ; provided ihe said company shall
commence the canals or rail roads, either
or all of them as herein authorised Within
two years, and shall complete the same
within the «ix years ; and provided also
We have seen a letter says the Nation
al Journal, written bv a gentleman of high
standing, who informs us, that when the
Sheriffs of the different counties met to
gether lately in the city of Richmond, it
was found on a comparison of the po
litical feelings of the counties they repres
ented that there is now a majority of the
freeholders of Virginia in favor of the
present. Administration.
The Committees of Congress.—The
process of appointing the standing Com-
mi tees, in the two Houses of Congress is
completed and our readers are apprised of
the composition of those Committees.—
As to. those of the Senate, we have no
thing to remark ; and as to those of tlie
Mouse of Representatives, not much
more. Wi h regard to the latter, we fore
saw and hinted at the delicacy of the pos
ition of the new Speaker. A reference
to the organization of his Committees will
leave no doubt on that head, on the minds
of these even who doubted before. VVe do
not mean, in unr brief observations on this
subject, to individualize : we never do it
indeed, in any oilier than a complimenta
ry manner, unless where an individual
plants himself in a position so promi-
nen; and particular that you cannot over-
i look him if vim would. It is enough, for
Augusta, to he called the Merchants
Planters Bank, Yeas 38 Nays 22.
To prescribe tlie terms on which per
sons may be discharged with or without
bail.
To alter in part tlie laws of this State
regulating the descent of intestates.
To divide the counties of Carrol and
Coweta into election districts, and to add
a certain part of the Cherokee Nation to
the counties of Carrol and De Kalb, for
the purpose of giving criminal jurisdiction
to the same.
Monday Dec. 17-
BTLLS PASSED.
To vest the states interest in the pro
perty of Joel Music, late of Burke coun
ty deceased, in the sisters of said deceas
ed.
For the relief of Lewis Lynch.
T 0 sell the States interest in lots of land
in the late purchase which have bepn or
hereafter may be relinquished to the State,
or declared fraudulently drawn.
To facilitate the recovery of personal
prooertv in certain cases,
Mr. Crawford of Columbia, reported
instanter a bill, to amend an act, to incor
porate the Bank of Darien, passed Dec.
j 15,1318, and for the removal of the same,
which was rend the first time.
The Senate took up .and agreed to the
repor' of the committee to whom was re
ferred, the subject of procuring a plan for
the enlargement of the State-House.
Tuesday, Dec. 18.
Mr. Crawfoid of Hancock, moved to
reconsider so much of the Journal of yes
terday, as relates to the rejection of the
bill, to prescribe a permanent system of
Fnternnl Improvement—Yeas 12—Nays
21.
The Senator took tip the order of this
day, relative to the Governors disapproval
of a resolution, originating in this branch
gro men, and flats and apparatus common
for removing obstructions from rivers in
this State.
This amount is liable to a deduction of
6,500 dollars, tlie contract price for the
lock and dam at the Whetstone Shoals.—
The balance will be applicable for future...
improvements on said river.
Canals, Railway, the Trade of the-
Gulf of Mexico.—In a day or two Mr
Cruger, (whose arrival we have recently
noticed) with his two associates, Messrs.
Wright and Pascales, will proceed to fix
the line of Canal from the Ogeechee to
the Aiatamaha. We have the strongest
assurance of the eminent qualification of
this gentleman, in the fact that he has
been selected by Judge Wright, for this
duty in which he has embarked, who has
placed under him one of his own sons.
The importance of this work, to Geor
gia cannot bo readily appreciated. The>
amount saved by the planter, in the
transportation of his produce to market*
will in three or fouryeais, equal the cost
of its execution. It is not, however, im-*
portant to Georgia alone—it will consti
tute an important link in the chain of inte
rior communication between tlie middle
states and the Gulf of Mexco—rlt will
superceed the canal contemplated to pass
through Florida, if as we presume, Mr.
Spalding (who is about to obtain a charter
for a canal or railway from the Flint to
the Ocmulgee ri'versj shall proceed
promptly in the execution of his project—
to suppose otherwise of this patriotic and
public spirited gentleman, we believe,
would be doing him great injustice. It
is but.36 miles from the Ocmulgee, at
Hartford, to Fort Early, on tlie Flint ri
ver, up to which latter point there are
always five feet water—By the extension
then of our canal to the Aiatamaha, a dis^
of the General Assembly, upon the. prop- ; tance of 66 miles from Savannah, and the
osiiion of the Bank of Darien, for the union of the Ocmulgee and the Flint ri-
gradnal redemption of her hills, and on j vers, by a canal or railway of 36 miles,
agreeing to the original report of the 21st? the trade of the Chattahoochee, which
November last, and disapproved by the j w ashes the borders of Alabama and Genr-
Governor on the 1st of Decemcer 1823. 1 gja for a great distance, and the commerce
The report &c. was adopted by a consti
tutional majority Yeas 52—Nays 17.
Mr. Anderson laid on tlie table a reso
lution, the object of which is, to disap
prove of all attempt to get up another can
didate for the Presidency, and to make a
of the Gulf of Mexico, even to New Or
leans, can be brought through Georgia to
Savannah. Excepting this distance of
120 miles of canal, the whole route ad
mits of good steam boat navigation. Wo
are aware of some obstructions now ex-
that on failure to commence either of the j °ui' general purpose, to say, that it is be-
abrtve rail roads or canals within the time 1 lieved that a ma jority of all the important
herein limited, or on neglect to keep ■ the J Committees ot the House of Represenfa-
same in repair after constructed for the 1 fives is composed of Members opposed to
period of two years together, such failure i the present Administra.ion ;and that t here
or neglect shall be deemed a forfeiture of, is, therefore little danger to be apprehen-
this charter as to any such rail road or i -led to the Republic from the ads ot the
canal. ’ j present Congress. For, be the recom-
j mendations of the Executive, or tlmse of
pledge that all honorable means will be u- j isting in the Aiatamaha and OrmuJgee—
sed to advance the election of Gen. An- i They are, however, entirely logs, and are
■ about to be removed, under appropriations
| already made by the Legislature. We
know of no work so well deserving the
: consideration of this State, nor one so im
portant in time of war, to the U. States.-—
In importance to the latter, it is not to be
brought into comparison with the Dismal
Swamp Canal, nor with that uniting the
Delaware and Chesapeake Bay—to both
of which Congress has liberally subscri
bed. The e.xecntion of these latter at
hest, but saves a safe navigation of 200 or
309 miles. The union of the Sava&nah
drew Jackson.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Monday, Dec. 17.
BILLS PASSED.
To regulate Sheriff’s claim# in this
State.
To authorise tho city council of Au
gusta to appoint vendue masters in Au
gusta, and to prescribe their duties, and
regulate the form and amount of their
bonds.
To give to carpenters and masons in
WASHINGTON DEC. 14 In the i ibe committees of the House, good bad,or j Richmond and Chatham counties, an in- j and Aiatamaha rivers, and the Ocmulgee
Senate yesterday, Mr. Johnson, of Ky. | indifferent, it is not likely that any will j cumbrance for debts due on account of! (a branch of the latter) and the Flint (a
submitted a resolution for the examination ‘ prevail which do not meet the cordial as-
, for j But. if they will not, then no People of all 1 of a sire 011 Licking River, Kentucky, for sent ot both parties.
1 r 1. TAT* 4 II InHier
the Indians within our 1 imi 1 s are better j the establishment of a National Armory
qualified to go into a Territory, such as! similar to that at Harpers Ferry. Mr
it is proposed to provide for our Indians,
and, by their superior lights, confer, un
der a suitable form of Government, bene
fits upon the Indian race. They are
wise enough, I think, to see this, and
from j magnanimous enough to undertake it.—
t no j Vor mv own part, I am solicitous for their
fer now mainly to iheCieek*)—and
close and personal observation, that
treaty can be concluded with these Pei-| happiness and prosperity; and, being
pie, as such ; aud that, whatever may be | conscious that their hopes must rest ulti-
attempted in (hit way, wiii he with persons j matelv upon such a home ns the Chicka-
nut of the Creek Nation, but such ns have • saws have, with such a display of wisdom,
artfully insinuated themselves into riieii
coufi lencg, and -vho govern their councils.
From this may he interred the ignor
ance and weakness of tiie Creeks—and
the inference is just. Conscious of their
own meffic ency to manage for themselves
their concerns, they have yielded to this
state ot dependence on others. But this
is not all. They are a wretched people.
Poverty and distress .are visible every
where, and these have become entailed
upon them by h tbituai drunkm.uess. No
man, who h is the feeling ot a mail, can
go through jheir country and ace their to
tal abandonment to this vice, without e-
jJJttous ol the most painful, kied. I hold j are* by the assent of their nation, to
determined to go and provide for them
selves, I cannot but believe that a great
majority of the Cherokeess will consent
to join them.
In conclusion, I respectfully suggest,
that a suitable provision be made by the
Congress, to be placed at the disposition
<d tlie Executive : First for defraying the
expense o! the Chickasaws, who have a-
greed to go and look fora country, and
wi’h a view to its occupancy, upon the
tonus which they have stipulated, and, as
will be seen on referring to mv report
of the 10;h October, marked B, herewith
submitted, and of the six Choctaws, who
go
Dickerson gave notice that he should to
morrow introduce a Bill for the distribu-
All that is indispensably necessary, te
tion of a portion of the Revenue of the i the payment of the Civil List, and for tlie
vork done, and materials furnishad in j tributary stream of the Chattahoochee)
building and repairing houses, or such which at most, cannot exceed in costone
houses and the ptemises to which they j million of dollars, would save the danger-
keep the wheels of government in some j may be attached. j ous navigation around Cape Florida, and
sort of motion from year to year, is tlief To authorise the Inferior court of Burke : reduce the distance to New Orleans at
passage of annual appropriation bills, for jto appoint a clerk to the land clerk of said ' least one thousand miles.
United States among the several State
A Resolution was submitted by Mr. RugV
gles, for the establishment of certain Rules
to the mode of doing business in the Sen
ate. The bill for the abolition of impris
onment for debt was reported from the
committee on the subject, with amend
ments, and made the order ot the day for
Wednesday next.
support of the army and Navy. Of the
passage of these indispensable bills, sup
posing any extremity of party conflicts,
we presume there is no doubt ; the ob
ject of the party opposed to the Adminis
tration being, not to break down the Go
vernment, but those who administer it.—
Nothing more unfortunate to that opposi-
1 tion could have happened, by the way,
In the House of Representatives, a! than their having succeeded in chusing
number of petitions were presented, and
resolutions offered. Among the. latter,
was a resolution offered by Mr. Brent, to
institute an inquiry into the situation of
the public lots in this eiiy. A resolution
was offered by Mr. P. P Barbour, referring
it to the Committee of Ways and Means
to inquire into the expediency of thow-
ing into the market the stock of seven mil
lions held by the Government in the Bank
of the United States, Ml Barbour ex
plained that his chief object was to obtain
the premium at which the stock now
stands, and apply it towards the extin-
their Speaker, and of course in appointing
their Committees in the House of Repres
entatives ; by which success, instead of
being assailants, they become defendants
—instead of being besiegers, they will be
themselves besieged, with all the disad
vantage ofdefendinga cause in which they
have no heart.
As for the annual appropriation laws, as
Mr. Randolph’s appointment to the head
of theCommittee ofFinance appears to be
generally considered as merely honorary
and Mr. Mc’Deffie speoned on the com
mittee, becomes the effective head ot it,
country.
To alter and amend the patrol laws in
this State so far as resppets the counties
of Laurens, F ranklin, Burke, Columbia,
Glynn, Camden, Hancock and Pulaski.
To regulate the mode of proceeding in
contested elections.
Savannah Georgian.
French Paper Hangings.
ROBERT MAHARRY,
A T o. 162 Brond-strtct,
an »c. regal..™* HlKrS*
Indian Testimony passed 1826
To regulate tlie proceeding on bonds
taken for the security of the peace and for
other purposes.
Tuesday, Dec. 18.
Mr. Townsend laid on the table a reso
lution to appropriate $1000 of Darien mo
ney, to be expended in the improvement
ofthe public roads from Joseph H. Lump
kin’s lane, by the Bridges across Long
Creek, Buffalo creek, &c. in Oglethorpe
county,—which was read.
Mr Doherty, from the committee to
whom was referred the charges preferred
by Jos. Blackshear against Moses Fort,
Judge ofthe Southern Circuit in this.State,
presented a report, which was reaid.
fine, which he offers for sale on low terms.
Nov, 5 52 tf
C2^NAL flour.
UST received «nd for sale, a lot of Superfine
CANAL FLOUR.
Oct. 22
HALL & HARDIN.
48 tf
RUM AND GIN,
30 bbls. N. E. Rum
30 do. Sisson’s Gin
10 do, Rutenbbrg do.
Just received and for saie by
Sibley & Washburiu
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