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. 4 : "Xaitcf hdtantaOce."
In Aogtisti Capp had a letter from gen
" cral Gaines, in- suhstance A annexed
. No, 1, and returned",the answer as b. No.
2. Nothing "foYther" was said on either
* aide. ‘The end of October, a part, of
• Americans,' from a fort on Flint river, »ur-
' rounded Fowl Town daring the night,
ahd'began'bumiogit The Indians then
'in it fled to the swamps, and i<i their flight
•• had" three persons killed by the fire from
"the Americans: thejr rallied their .people,
. *«ml forced the American!: to retire some
' distance, bat not before they had two
more persons killed. The Americans
'built a block-house or fort, where they had
fallen back to, and immediately sent to the
T<irt op the country, for assistance, stating
' * the Indians ware the aggressors; and also
Stilled Vith Irtheraocklu for the loss his
ispriiple had suffered, at the same time
'beudinsgjS'talk to king Hatchy, by a head
tjian (Aping) that he would put tilings in
such a Strain as to prevent further en
croachments, and get those Americans to
leave" the fort But, no sooner was the
.‘good talk given, and before the bearer of
•it returned home, than hundreds of Ame-
r ricans came pouring down on the Indians;
roused them to a-sense of their own dan
-ger: they flew to arms, and have been com
'pelloU’turstfpport them ever since. It is
*mit alone horn the country, l>ut by vessels
■Entering Appalachirnla river in vessels,
with troops, and settleis are pouring into
r-mr^-a for the lands they inherit from
their forefathers, for their families and
friends. But what will our. nations-do
without assistance? Our sinews of war
>re almost spent; and harra*seil,*at we
have been foryeart r we hare dotbeen able
to lay by, tne means of our extraordinary
wants; and to whom can we look up for
pfbtectioo and support, but those friends —„ ,,
who hare, at all former timer, held forth ean government against the poor Indians;
their hands to uphold ns, and who have for, daring the timel_was in the nation,
sworn, in their late treaty with the Ante- there.Was only one Ameriran killed, and
ricans, to see our just rights , and privi- he, itith two others, were in the act of
leges respected aod protected from insult driving offcattie belonging to Buiee, cmel
and aggression? We now cpU on your of ^uqivany, whereas three men annm boy
m ' were, killed.last June, l»y a party of
American cattle stealers, w hile in their
estod on titeir lands. . Tins agent
loufd be authorised by his majesty’s go-
tiJaeut, br he will nat be attended to
the "Americans. In t the. gazettes of
.iirgia, the Americans report the Setn-
noly Indians are continually committing
lurders on their borders, and making
ncursions into the state. These are fa-
irications tetijjing to irritate the Amen
them “to live brothers, slid live I n tiairooqj and friend-
excellency, as-the representative of our
good father/king George, to send u* such
aid, in ammunition, as we are absolutely
in waot of; and, as our brother chief Hd-
iisajor, was informed, when in England,
that when ammunition was wanted, to en
able us to protect our rights, your excel
lency would supply us with wbat was ne-
erssarv. We have applied to the Span
ish officer at the fort of St. Marks, bat hi*
small supply prevented his being able to
assist os, and we have only on your excel
lency to depend. We likewise pray yo
excellency would be pleased to send J
officer or person to lead us right, and to
apportion the supplies yoo may be pleased
to send us, agreeably to our proper wants.
It,'praying your excellency will lend
an ear to our demand, and dispatch it
Without delay, we remain your excellen
cy’s faithful anti most obedient friends and
servants, '
Capfachimicco,
Boleck,
For ourselves and all the other shed's of die tow
er Creek nation.
Letter firm rf. Jrbulhnotto col. Edvard Xicboll.
sassao, a. r. 26mWugZ i(U7.
Lt. col. Edward Nicholl—Sir: Especially
authorised by the chiefs of the lower Creek
nation, whose names J affix to the present,
l am desired to address you, teat you may
lay their complaints before his majesty's
government. They desire it to be mad.
the Intiian territory; and, if permitted to known, that thej have implicitly followed
of yy>nr advice'; in living friendly with the
-juiutinue, will-soon over-fan the whole
, the Indian lands. From the talk sent
■king Hatchy,by governor Mitchell, I am
-in hopes that thote aggressions of the Ame
ricans on the Indian -territory are not
‘^countenanced by the American govern
ment, but originate'With .men ‘devoid ol
.principle, wlw>set laws anti instructions
- at defiance, and aliik at no cruelty anti
^oppressions to obtain their ends. Against
•sach oppressions the American govern
ment must use not only all their influence,
•but,'if necessary, force, or their natnes
-will.be handed down to posterity as-a t na
tion more cruel and savage to the unfor
tunate aborigines of this country than
'ever were the Spaniards, in more dark
-ages, to the hations of Soutk-America.
The English government, as the spa
*cial protectory of the Indian nations, and
-on-whom alone they rely -for assistance.
Mingltt'to Step "forward and save those un
.♦fortunate people from rain; and as you
"air, are appointed to watch Over their in
terests, it is my duty, as an Englishman,
your Information; and
•I sincerely trust; sir, yoo will use the pow
•era you are vested with, for the service
•and.protection of those unfortunate peo-
’pie, who look up to you as their saviour.
3 have written genera! MitcheH, who, I
•heard, is ah excellent man; ami, as be
acts as Indian agent, I hope his influence
•will stop the torrent of innovations, and
•give peace and quietness to the Creek na-
•two.
I prayyour excellency Will pardon this
♦intrusion,-which nothing bUt the urgency
’of the case would have induced me to
'make.
-I'have the honor to be, jrbur excelien-
’s most obedient servant, A. A.
e.
IFtost Cappicbinicco and Bentteck, to Governor
ik-i * -Cameron. ,
To his excellency governor Cameron:
Bit is with ;pain we are again obliged to ob-
Hrude ourselves in your excellency’s no-
•ticc, in consequence of the cruel War we
-ey
ffaairc bceb forced into^fy the irruptions af-
the Americans into foe'heart of bar lands,
at wifi be first:necesMky-t» state to your
- excellency, that one head chief (•Kinnijati)
received s letter from general Gaines, in
August last, a copy of t*:ch is enciosed,
♦with the answer returned thereto. This
‘letter Oniy aprpears to have been -a pre
clude . to plans determined on 'by the said
. -general and general Jackson, to bring an
troops and settlers 1q drive as from our
'land*, and take possession of them; far, in
the end of October, a party of Americans
worrounded Foal Town daring the night,
and in the morning began setting fire to
'iff maktng-'theanfoi tunate inhabitants "fly
to the swamp, and who, in their flight,
<had three persons killed by the fire of the
Americans- •'Oar Indians, rallying, drove
-the Americans from the town,bat, in their
•exertions, had 1 wo more of their people
•killed. The AmericansTttired some dis-
tance, and tori it a tort or tdock-faouse to
protect themselves. Until the assistance
they had sent for to the tort op the conn-
^Viai.1,1 4 mrmrn m » A lalAa. S*. II! S -
try, should arrive. A letter tatting into
•the hands of general Mitchell, the Indian
agent, which states the Indians to have
been the aggressors, he suspected its truth,
<|nd, etMoqairy, faoud it was the reverse;
J kcesistquence, he made satisfaction to
nUemockto, the chief of Fowl Town, and
it people, "tor the injuries they had sus-
sain««4 at the same desired a talk to be
aehtte oar head chief, stating his wish to see
all the Indians friends, and that in twenty
day* he would send ami get the Ameri
cans to retire from the forts. Bat this
bad ao effect on the . lawless invaders of
war sods; forbeforu the bearer of our talks
-vonld return home, he met hundreds .at
■ Americans descending on ns. They "have
also settlers and troops, which com* from
Mobile, and go np the Appalachicofa ri-
»«■• Tim, seeing no end to those fa.*
Americans,'who are their , "neighbors, -anti
no wise attempt to molest' them, though
they have seen the Americans encroach
their territory, burning their towns, ami
making, fields where their houses stood.—
Bather than make resistance, they have re
tired lower in the Peninsula. The town
Eachallaway, where Oiis Micco was chief,
is one instance of the encroachments of the
Americans. This town is situated uudef
the guns oi fort Gaines, and Micco was de
sired to submit to the Americans, or . bis
town would be blown to atoms: rather than
do so, he retired, and is now living in the
lower nation, and his fields, and. even
where the town stood, is ploughed up by
the Aracricaos. They complain ot the
English government neglecting them; after
having drawn them into a war witii Amer
ica; that you, sir, have not kept your pro
mise; in sending people to reside among
them; and that, if they have not some per
son or persons resident rn the'nation, to
watch over their interest, they will soon
— » *»« •>■•• :<ii .;nqgHjr to watch over
the interest of the Creek nation; but you
hardly left,toe nation, when he turned trai
tor, and was led by Forbes to lalte ihe par
of the Americans. His letter to me, ol
which I annex you a copy, will shew you
what length he could go if he had the means
It is Hanibly and Doyle who give the In
dians al|,the troubles they experience.—
They send their emissaries among the
lowerCreeks, and make them believe- toe
Cowetas,' aided by toe Americans, are
coming to destroy them; thus both are pat
in fear, and toeir fields are neglected, and
hunting is not thonght of; I have endeavo
red to do away this fear, by writing the
chief of the Cnwhetta towns, that tocj
aught to live in friendly terms with their
brethren ol the lower nation, whose wishes
were to be on good tenns with them, and
not to listed to any bad talks, but to cnase
ttiosa toot giye them from among them.—
Mjr letter was answered from tnein rath
er favorably; and 1 hope the talk that was
sent to the. Big VVarrior last Jane, will
heal the difference between them.
Hiliisajo arrived in my schooner, Ock
lockneeh, sound last June, aifthwarwell re
ceived by all the . chiefs and others who
came to welcome him home; in conse
quence of bis arrival a talk Was held, toe
substance of which was pat on paper for
them, and itwassent, with a pipe of peace,
to the other nations. Hiliisajo wished to
return to Nassau with me, but I prevailed
on him to stay in the nation, and to keep
them at peace. I regrer, sir, to notice
this poor man’s affaire, though bj bis des>re,
it appeared, that he arrived at Nassau a
short time after I had left it in January,
and capt. W. being here, took charge of
him, bis goods and muney,-prevailing on
the governor to let him stay with him, un
til he went down to the nation, which was
his intention to do. Of toe money recei
ved of governor Cameron, he bad only
given him eighty dollars, by capt. W. a
barrel of sugar, a bag of cuftee, and a small
keg of rum, akd the interpreter Thugart
informed me, that, when Hiliisajo asked
for an account, capt.. W. tefnsed it, saying
it wonld be useless to a man who could not
read. He also misses two cases, one of
which, he thinks, contains crockery. 1
have made erquiry of his majesty’s ord
nance store keeper; and be informs me,
toe whale weretielivercd to capt. W. Thev
are therefore lost to Hilliaajo.
lam desired to re tarn Hillismo’s war-
mesl acknowledgments, for the very band-
same manner yon treated him in England,
and he begs his prayer may be laid at the
toot at his royal highness die prince re-
ffant- 1 left him and a|j his family well.
•r.the 20th of Jana: t&T Cappacbimiwo
desires to send his best respeTu, and re-
queats, that you will aead oat some people
to live among them, and all the land toe*
took from Forbes shall be tbeire. AtaU
events they mast fiave an agent among
hunting camps. The bo* they scalped
and one of Bowleg’s head men was killed
in St. John’s river, in July. The back-
wood Georgians^ and thus* resident on
the borders-of the Indian nation, are con
tinually entering ii, and driving off cattle.
They have in some instances made set-
tlemenn.;-ihd particdtarly ,n the Chocto-
hachy river,'• wherfe arconsidei-able number
hayedesceud.il.
By the treaty wii'i.Gircat Britain, the
Aiser.caus *-( r’ to give up to toe Indians
■II the lands that, may have been taken
from to .-m da- u;g thi war,and place them
onlheifoofitij- they were in 1811. It ap
pears tli--‘V have mit done so, that Ft. Gaines,
on the G'.iU Mi<‘«hj* and Camp Crawford
on the i-Hut river,aie.both on Indiau ter
ritory piat v/a» not possession of America
in 481L I nvy are fearint that, before any
aid is given by the English government,
they wni uo longer he in possesion of any
territory.
I write last January to his excellency
foe honorable Charles Bagot, respecting
the encroachments of the Americans; as 1
was-informed by the .copy oi the tetter
trum the right hdnorabie earl Bathurst,
handed me by his excellency governor
Cameron, that his^uiyeaty’s ambassador
hud received ordersjo watch over the in-
lerecf ol" the Indians. Since niy retun.
here, I* have receiveu. of Mr. JVloodie, ol
Charleston, an extract bl a letter Irani ti e
honorable Charles-Bagot, tliat the expense
of postage is so considerable, auy turthu;
communications of the same nature must
be sent bypuvatc hands. Now, sir, as
no person goes from this direct to W ash
mgton, how am 1 to be able to comply with
MS desire? ’ Thus he will be kept ignor
ant-of 1 the situation of the poor lnuians,
and the cncroachiucnts daily made on the^
lands by American settlers, while he may
be told by the Ainencau government that
no encroachments have been made, ami
that toe forts they still iioUl.are necessary
to check the unruly Semiuoles.- lhu»,
the person appointed to watch over tiie in
tei-est of the Indians, liavlii
iio other
means of inlbrma'ioa than, trum the parties
interested in tluir destruction, and seeing
from time' to tunc, in the Aiueiicau ga
zette , accounts of cruei'munler»,^'c com-
milted by the Indians on me Iroutier set
tlements of the United States, he appre
bends the Indians merit aiUbe -Americans
do to totun. V. . #
r pwwtsweflrtw-
pond Wito'his majesty’s ambassanur al
VVashiugton, aud .his eyes- will then be
opened as to tlio- motives that influenced
American individuals, as well as the go
vernment, in vilifying the Indians.
Tile power givvn ate, aud the instruc
tions, were to memorialize tils majesty’s
government, as vtrelt as the goveruui
general of the Havana: bulif you will
be pleased to lay thiiiener before Ins ma
jesty’s secretary of state, it wili save the
necyssitysof the first, antl Tfear tbata me
morial to the governor general would be ot
no use. , <" ‘i.
Bet'erring yo,u to the answer, I am,
most respectfully; yonr obedient servant-,
A- Arbuthnot.,
:*n G. ' w %
Frta .1. ArbuthnoVto ■ William Humbly.
Ockloc&xu Socao, 3d Mat, 18ir.
Sir—On my re turn home this day I re
ceived a letter signed by you, and dated
23d March. As you therein take die li
berty of advising me, As you say, by order
of the chiefs of toe Creek nation, I am
glad- of, and shall embrace this opening
Ton gave me, and reply to yon at some
length—and, sir, let mp promise, that
when you lived at Prospect Bluff, a clerk
to Messrs.- Forbes, ^ Co. you did not con
sider Cappachimicco, M'Queen, or any
other of the chiefs of the lower "Creek na-
tion as uuUaws, nor have they" been con-,
sidered as such by the English government,
who are the,special protectors.; of the In
dian natjptfj and ft ill becomes Mr. Ham-
bly taeSl^appichimiocoaD outlaw, that
ma«; wha-hak even been hit friend, and by
his anthority baa prolonged his life. Ye*;
sir, the young chiefs and warriors of the.
Creak nation, considering yog as the chief
cause of their.troubles, wifi have long ere
this bad possession of you,and perhaps with
your life, made you pay the forfeit for the
injuries heaped on them, had not that
man who has been your friend' from yonr
early yonth, stepped in as your protector.
Yes, to is is the man.fvjio Air. Hatnbly pre
sumes to call an outlaw. : A pardoned vil-
lian, when going on the gallaws, wonld
bless the haniT that saved Mb life; but Mr.
Hambly blasphemes his savionr..
As Mr. Hambly’s generous friend is the
principal cause of my being in this coun
try, as an honest man, I shall endeavor to
fulfil my promise to him and the other
chiefs. Tne guilty alone have tear—ag
honest and upright man dreads do dangers,
■ears no evil, as he commits no ill; and
Item "la reipect each' oilier as
ship, cultivating , their .lands in summer,
and taking their divertions of hunting in
winter, respecting their neighbors, and
niakingjyourselves respected by them. If
thus,- sir,you would acf,' (and -fay♦your
knowledge of their language, you 'have
mhcliinore i.n your power than any other
man) you wonld then be the tree friend ol
the lnuians. Were 1 an instigator of theft
and mn.*der;,would I hold the language I
have done to. the chiefs and ntfiels who
have called on ne? Ask toe lientf'hant
Com’g at Fort Gaines if my letter to him
breathed the strains «fa murderer? Ask
Opy Hatchy, or Dany his interpreter, if
the recommendatory note I sent him by
order of Apiny could be written by an in;
stigator of murder? Ask Apiny himself
my language to him was that of a murderei
Ask Mappalitchy, a chief residing among
the Americans on Oafcmulgee, it my Ian-
guage and advice to him favor that of a mur
derer? All those and every Indian who
have heard my folks, will contradict your
vile assertion*.
But, Mappalitchy has given me a cine by
which I ran unravel whence the aspersion
comes. Not Irom Apiny, liatchy, or- any
of the chiefs of the upper towns, but from
he who endeavors to lead them' to mischief
and quarrels with each other. Did not
the chiefs hear my note read with respect*
and perfectly according to my sentiments
of! being 'all as brefoeren uniting with
jouyarm of justice ought to be applied
where fa would rightly Tall, on toeheadsof
the really guilty. Tour mean and vile in
sinuations, that has been toe cause of
thefts and murders, comes ill from he who
has beewthe cause of the murder of hun
dreds. Through your usage wss made vil
lainous at the- fort, yet your ferenge was
£om««* Md sanguinary. |f yonr con
duct, sir, to foe radians were guided _
port motives as mine, it tfbufd .endeavor
bonds of friendship and love? Did not
they agree to smoke toe pipe of peace with
their brethren ' of the lower nation, and
live in future as'brothers? What made
some of tlieib alter, their minds afterwards?
The interference'of a homaue man, who
counsels them to write to me, demanding
my removal from a board of outlaws, and
which, letter is signed “IFiWiam Ham-
big.”
I shall only make one more observation,
and that will shew from whence 1 came,
aud whether I come ameugst the Indian;;
as revenger, or as the friend of "peace and
harmony, i, -
In toe spring of 1816,. W. Hanibly sent
governor Cameron a letter, containing
talks of the chiefs of the Indian nations;
they are forwarded to England, and his
excellency handed me, on my leaving Pro
vidence, an answer thereto from toe right
lion. Earl Bathurst, one of his majesty’s
chief secretaries of state, that i might
make the same known to foe chiefs on my
arrival in the nation. What will governor
Cameron think of the man who, in 1816,
could write against the encroachments of
the Americans on the Indian nation, ami
iu. the spring of 1817 call the chiefs of that
nation, fur whom he more especially wrote
outlaws? Mr. Hambly may sell his ser
vices to America; but ho .man can expatri
ate himself from that aliegience due to his
native country; and a government may call
on a friendly nation to give up a subject
tliat has seriously wronged her.
I recommend Mr. Hambly to ,be con
tent with Doceur he may have received,
and permit the unlettered Indian to live
quietly and peaceably on his native land.
I shall seud a co^y of this letter with
6)"Ufis nation, and’ shall, at the same time,
take an opportunity of expressing myself
more foil, than I did in the note sent by
Apiny. Wishing yon a speedy recanta
tion of your errors, and a.ieturn to your
former way of thinking,
1 am your ub’dt. A. Arbutnot.
H.
Letter from J. Jlrbuthnot to the governor of Havana.
To his excellency Don, governor general,
&c. &c.: The chiefs of the Creek nation
whose names are hereunto annexed, beg
leave to approach your excellency and re
present their complaints. Long imposed
on by the persons keeping store in this
country, in charging us exorbitant prices
for their gJod*, while they only allow ns
a very trifling one for our peltry, we have
found it necessary to look out for a" person
that will deal fairly with us, and we wish
to establish a store for him on Appalache
river; we have made application to the
commander of St. Marks, and he refers us to
your excellency. It is not alone the im
positions that have been practised upon us,
that has made us presume to addres to
your excellency. We have complaints of
a more serious nature against the persons
employed by toe only bouse that has been
established among us. In toe -first place,
some years back, under false pretences,
they attempted to rob os of a very large por
tion of oar best lands, and we the more
readily acceded to it from the faithful pro-
mise giVen us, that they would get English
people to settle and live among us; but
far from doing this, Mr. Forbes attempted
to sell it to the American go vernment, and
*5*y e Americans: thus, finding our-
•Sixes deceived.and imposed er, we' with-
drew our grant about , three years . since,
wbicb, from the stipulations contained
therein not being faUfiPed on the part of
Mr. Forbes, we conceived we had a right
u d u. S ? cond, J r > Mr. Doyle and Mr.
Hambly, the two persons left in the nation
to carry on Mr. Forbes’ business, have for
more than two years been endeavoring to
influence ns to join the Americans, and
finding that fiur means would not secure
ns. Irom our attachment to our Ancient
mends, the English* the/hare recently had
recoaree to threats olbringing the Ameri
cans down upon tu; and, that people only
attack us, which thi
said Doyle and Hambly attempt to give
them, by spreading- false repirta of our
murdering the Americans, stealing their
cattle’ and preparing for war against them,
while, in fact, -it is, the Americans who
marder oar red brethren and stehl our
“‘tie by hundreds «. time, and .re dal
ly encroaching on O or lands, and maintain
ing the settlers in theiriil be-gutten posses-
sioqs, by. armed force. ™
Qn toe Chootawhatchy river, there are
a large, body of Americans forming settle-
meats, and more are daily joining them.
Astbix tjveris far within that line marked' 1
pot by yonr excellency’s government and
toe Americans some years since (though
that linK’w&t unknown'll u* until, very i
lately, and we never, gave'bur sanction,*!
v sale of
our lands]
nor in fact, knew ol any !
made to the Americans) we trust your ex-!
eelle'ncy will give order to- displace them
fiom within the line,and tend them back ■
to their own country. Our delaying to at
dress your excellency, to represent th.
forenientioned grievances, has been owing
to thesvant of-a person- fo attend to our|
talks, and put themin writing for us. Th*
commander of the fort of St. Marks liak |
heard all qf our talks and complaints-
He approves of what we hare done, and
.what we are doing, and it is by bis recom
mendation we have thus presumed to ad
dress your excellency. ,
We have the honor to be, yonr excellent
cy’s most obedient and very humble ser-
A. Arbcthsot.
vant,
THE REPUBLICAN.
T UESDAY EVENING, Dscritsis 15, 1818.
GEOBGIA LEGISLATURE.
Extract of* Utter from MilledgetUk. dated Di.
ctmber 1U, 1818.
“A motion Vu made yesterday in the bouse, te
reconsider the journals so for *s relates to ihe
rejection of the bill more effectually to prevent
the evils of private banking, and to step the iat*>
ing and circulation of Ihe bilja and noljR-of Ult*
chartered, banks, and the bills and.noMtf common
ly called "change bills;” and to compel the char
tered banks of this state to pay speeje for their
bil|s.--Tbe motion lor reconsideration was derid
ed in the affirmative, yeas 48, nays 41. TWav.
this biU wss taken up, and after goiog through it
by sections, and the question being put
bill paiT it wasordered to lie 'on 'tne ]
to-morrow, when it will be finally acted upon.
“The foUowii^ is the substance of a section in
the bill, touching chartered banki:—That from
and after the first-day of October next, if any in-
rpoiated bank authorized by law to issue bills
id notes, shall refuse or neglect to pay, on de*
«nil, in gold or silver, any bill issued by such
baink, and whidi is or are payabte*-'on demand,
such bank aliall be liable to pay la the holder of
auch bill after the rate of two and. half percent
per month on the amount thereof from and
after the time of such urghet, of refusalJ^Ae re
covered as additional damages in any action
brought against ihe said-bank, by the holder of the
biU, tor the recovery of tbe.ume with damagea
thereon. ■ t- •
■This bill has many atrong friendk, and may
probably pass tlie lower, brauchl but the senate
will not suffer it to go through in da present shape.
It would .go down by a large vote,' provided the
section ! have given above could be stricken out.
An attempt will be made to-morrow to amend the
bill so as to meet toe sanction of both.hooaes.
“The governor has given lib assent to the reso
lution relative to certain African negroes lately in
troduced into this state, contrary to the law of
the United States; and the resolution requiring his
excellency to appoint a commissioner, or commis
sioners, to join such as may be'appointed by the
agent of Indian afiaira for the UrCek nation, to
run the line according to the true intent andmran-
ing of the treaty made with them. ’
“The house, this inorniog passed the bill to re
peal that part of an act passed the S0dt Decem
ber, 1817, relative to toe introduction of slaves:
And have passed another bill on that subject,
which allows slaves to be brought into tbu slat
provided their owners pay txx dollars for each
them.—This bill, 1 am pretty confident, will not
receive the assent ot senate.
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"The bill that originaltd in senate, to regulate,
the appointment of vendue-masters in the cities of
Savannah and Augusta, stil lies on toe tablq and
will not be called up during this session. '■
■•The Darieo bank bill b suit on thd tapis. '—
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mitteis of conferrence have been appointed
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just toe d sagreement between toe two
E* • *“-o»y ay me committees:
commending to toe senate to agree to <te second
amendment made by toe house. Tt lathis— “The
right of the state of abolishing at pleasure, the act
of incorporation.” This toe senate have res
ponded to: But Ihe house have not recoded from
toeir first amendment, which the committee have
recommended them not to do. That is "the
charter b forfeited by refuting to loan money on
county indorsements^ qr a depoaile of proton
and alto, for an access of issues—as an additional
punishment for toe latter ofttoce, toe directors are
made individually liable.” This report ties on the
table, and what disposition will -be made of it I
■annot aay.
“The land lottery bill has not yet passed—Ihe
senate and the house not being able to agree as to
the size of the fractions to be reserved. No Isse
than four different committees of conference have
been appointed to Reconcile the difference-hut
*8 ba*e foiled. ■ The house insists' on 150 acres,
and toe senate on 200. I wish toe bill was
P®*?* 1 , °6 fewdb like a mill-stone about our necks.
. ,, . I " t believe the poor poor house and hos
pitable in Savannah, will receive any aid from'the
«£t«i Ur Yh l !» E!^wa Th “..“ ’ nucb *° •* **•
gretted. I had hoped, that a humane body, with
an overflowing treasury, would bedesirous to pit.
vide in part tor the maintenance of toeir own
poor. Benevolence b the noblest trait of the bu-
man breast; and it was to be expected ■ while en-
gaged in tne employment ot furplus fund* r tbe le-
guiaturc would not be unmindinlofiminsthutloii
which menu their attention and assistance”
jTOI THS lATOXil BSftJIUClV.
To write upon a subject'ao perfectly plain,, one
which is lit,on a level with ■
* ievel with every capacity of mind
uforqMri
h.M-ia.i, , ^ ■“bjrct which is (or ought
toe alphabet to every bank direct? and
frfr, every statesman who b called to
legislate for a great nation, b, (o me a difficulty.
““ «esst possible, lest my
remsrks should b* tiresome. But when I sees
great nation about to be plunged into all toe du
1 amities of a general bankruptcy, witooiit serio-
injr to know the source of, or remedy for itsntis-
fortune,- when the chief magistrate oftob nati.-o,
in his annual message to the national tnridatnrc!
merely confirms the eristence of tbecabmitv
ujtbout poiniingcut a remedy; when the exbtance
of this> misfortune is tbe common theme ofidlcon-
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which, I trust Will do no harm, if no
from them; and which may elicit
as will be prod active of fostiog bt
To this discitsrion we are iftrited bys luminous,
well-wntten aid comprehensive essay over toe
aigniture of “^fcrtarvr,” in the Republican of the
6to instant,-—Tbe.mewa of torn wnter aie in tbe
msm, correct; hot I differ from hiin m one or two
particulars, not essential, but which had better.
n the onset, be explained. ^
tf! understand -Mercator. 0 he attributes cur
embarrassments to the demand for specie; wanted
for the Butelndia trade. It is not strictly speik-
Our tmbsrreamenu arise from the^ST
oat bahnee of our trade with all toeworUL be-
rr.g against us. If oor trade with London and
Amsterdam, left as much due us from those
as^would pay our purchases in Cslcutts.
Bengal and Canny, we should hear of liottS
ordinary demand for specie. At any metre
SSjiriSeS'SS fr ™-=«*** -Sm-dl"?,
- ““ttotor appears also to beCeve that if that
industrious population «fao art
for ‘ - -—
*»ie<—Not sm unless we sffordS^ur Commc,
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