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himti Indicate a disposition, a tone and tem-
“, r the new sovereign, rather uncxpect-
Hd assuredly not very likely to conciliate.
New-York, March 25.
FROM FRANCK.
fly the ship Canton, Haskell, arrived at
t 0 n in S3 Anya from Rochelle, Paris pa-
t(> the Ifitil ult. nre received, being one
. y i a i,;r frci'.n that place than our account*
] Antwerp. Cant. Haskell reports that
!>e<
four of the French Ministry had been tin-
..banned,onsuspicion of being accessary to
*' rl assassination of the Duke of berri
the
King
The
had issued a decree authorizing the
arrest and trial of all suspected persons :
a „,l a bill was before the Chamber, for in
terdicting the publication of all newspapers,
but such as are specially authorised by a
Committee of Censors appointed by the
King- . . ,,
The King continued to receive addresses
of condolence on the death of his nephew,
and assurances of love and devotion to him
and his family, from the Provinces.
Capt Gerry, of the brig Washington, ar
rived at Marblehead, reports that, on the first
„f January about 2 in the morning, a lire
broke out at Smyrna, which continued till i
in the afternoon, ami destroyed 1500 build
ings, principally shops.
REVOLUTION IN SPAIN.
Nf.w-York, March 25.
fly the arrival this forenoon of the ship
Henry, captain Devoll, in 45 days from Gib
raltar", we learn that the United States’fri
gate Gucrriere, capt. C. fl. Thompson, and
Peacock, capt. Thomas Brown, l;ad arrived
hi the bay, from Gaeta, and the Franklin 74,
and the remainder of the squadron, was ex
pected daily. The last mentioned ship, it
was said, would soon sail for America. To
Hr. Bourne, belonging to the navy, who
came passenger in the Henry, we are indebt
ed for the following account of the progress
ofthe revolution in Spain.
“ Enclosed are the four leading proclama
tions of (ffuiroga, commanding the constitu
tionalists, &. a note from an intelligent friend
of mine at Gibraltar, communicating the
principal facts of the revolutionists’ success.
“ YVe left in the morning of the Gth ult.
The constitutionalists had possession at that
time of Algesiras and St. lloque, and were
advancing on Malaga. They sited no blond
and had used no violence. They were wel
comed every where by the people, and ex
pected impatiently at the large cities along
the coast. I saw O'Donnell in Gibraltar the
afternoon of the 5th. Instead of retiring up
on Madrid, or into the interior, he had estab
lished his itead quarters about half way be
tween St. Roque and the Rock. He had few
troops, and they were dwindling fast by de
sertion. ’Twas whispered even that this
butcher of Valentia was conniving at the suc
cess of the constitutionalists, by way of sav
ing his own head. A letter from a gcntleman
who had just arrived on the frontier of France,
after travelling through Spain fromGibraltar,
represents the whole people as edHhkutioii-
al. jg
“ The revolutionary troops were in fine
erder, well clad, and well feu, and well paid :
everything they received was paid for. Not
a soldier had been billeted on an individual
Without his consent.”
LATEST FROM GIBRALTAR.
PiimAnFLeuiA, March 27.—To the po
Hieness of a passenger in the fine ship Hope
arrived last evening, in .42 days from Gihrnl
tar, the editors of the Freeman’s Journal an
indebted for the. following news from Spain
being several days later than by the ship i ten
ry, at New York :—
’ Lie.it. Weaver had gone to Madrid, ami
expected to join the Franklin off Cadi/., with
despatches for government from Mr. For
sytn.
The affairs of Spain were in a very unset
tied state. From the general accounts re
„ oeived at Gibraltar, much discontent prevail
*h! throughout the kingdom. The main bod
•f the Patriots or Constitutionalists army,
consisting of from 12 to 15,000 men, still held
♦heir position before Cadi/.. They were well
appointed, supplied with every tiling, in good
discipline, ana moderate in their pretensions.
No force had marched to oppose them, and
it was thought they would finally get posses
sion of Cadiz with but little opposition, as tile
city was said to be friendly to their views.
A detachment of about 2,000 men had
inarched without opposition from Cadiz, and
taken possession of Algesirts, opposite Gib
raltar, about thq first of Feb. Some of the
King’s money and miliatry stores fell into
their hands. No excesses of any kind Were
committed. The constitution was read, and
after retaining quiet possession for a few day
they moved oil, and it was supposed had re
turned towards Cadiz till the next account
placed them on their way to St. Rouue,
few miles distant frn>n and in sight of .* Igei
ras. During the occupation of Algesiras a fri
gate and brig from Cadiz continued to cruize
off, it being declared in a state of blockade.
Gen. O’Donnell, the governor and coin
mander of the King’s forces at Algesiras, on
♦lie approach of the other parly, retired from
that placu to St. lloque, which he held du
ring their stay at Algesiras, hut when the
constitutional army drew near St. Roque,
they found that Gen. O’Donnell had left the
way perfectly clear for them. Having re
finned possession of St. Roque a day or two
they then took up their line of march for Ma
kiga, and accounts had reached Gibraltar, lh(
day that the Hope sailed, of their having en
tered that city without opposition.
side, and that the hall, after passing through
the abdomen, lodged near the skin oil the
left side abuve the hip—the wound is sup
posed to be mortal; commodore Barron
Was severely wounded on the right hip. Cap
tain Elliot was second to Barron, and com.
Bainbridgc to Decatur.
FROM Tlir GEORGETOWN METROPOLITAN.
The Duel.—Yesterday morning a duel
was fought between Commodores Decatur
and Barron, which has terminated we fear
in the mortal wound of tie- former, while
the latter was severely hut not dangerously
injured, the ball having struck his hip anil
glanced, was all that saved him however
from the unhappy fate of his antagonist.—
Commodore Decatur was supported by
Commodore Rodgers, in whose arms he w as
sustained from tins battle ground to his
residence. Immense crowds of persons were
around the house of Commodore Decatur
during the day, inquring after the state of
his wound, Ik. the probability of Ins recovery.
An event of this kind was so unexpected, and
its unhappy termination burst upon us so
suddenly, that it has occasioned no incon
siderable. degree of agitation in our metro
polis. It certainly was managed with a
secrecy which would have bidden defiance
the most vigilant police. Of all the par
ticulars relating to this melancholy affair,
we have not been informed : the distance is
ated at eight paces, and that both vvound-
d at the first fire. As to the certainty of
the origin of this dispute, we are not fully
acquainted.
We should feel deep regret at the loss of
Com. Decatur ; it was he who gave that ail-
"tional lustre to the star spangled banner,
Inch has made it shine so gloriously. It
as under iiis command the second nava
ictory over England w as achieved, which
ave confirmation of our superior skill in sea
manship, mid our determination to heat the
British, “ man for man, and gun fur gun "
Coin. Barr .ii has not been so fortunate : hut
edo not ... lieve that had the same oppor
tunities offeied, lie w ould have been less
worthy. The surprise and indecision which
he evinced when the attack was made on
the Chesapeake, and which left him in doubt
how to act on the occasion, has never we
believe, by bis worst enemies been imputed
to cowardice: and we do not hesitate to say
that in the whole business lie lias been a
wronged and injured man. The whole na-
y admits him to be a first rate seaman, an
intelligent and accomplished gentleman.
We stop the press to announce that Com.
Stephen Decatur breathed his la-■ at about
half past ten last night. His case was attend
ed from the first with those alarming symp
toms which indicate approaching dissolution,
vomiting of blood, hiccup, kc. The sympa
thy this mournful tragedy has occasioned, is
indescribable.—Mrs. Decatur was in an ag
ony of despair.—What consolation can be
offered to this very amiable lady in her grief.
Congress. We hail the proposition it
recommends with pleasure. The last
paragraph accords with the magnanimity
of the American character. Towards
Spain weak and torn as she is, the chivul-
ous generosity of a great nation will
how itself only by its continued modera
tion. We will put oil' doing justice to
ourselves, until every other means lias
een exhausted.
Next in importance i9 the intelligence
from Spain. The indications from that
quarter, change as fist as tha wind/ A-
gain the face of the Revolution brightens
with hope. We would fain believe that
the Patriots may succeed. But we have
done with speculations oti this subject.
We must be content tu breathe our w ish
es, and to wait for events. May Heaven
nerve the Patriot’s soul, fit hurl the bigot
tyrant from the throne l
But it is not in Spain alone that com
motion portends. France is astounded
with the assassination of one of the roy
al brood—It is apprehended by those,
who have been accustomed to rend the
French skies that the Ultra Royalists will
seize the reins, and infuse a new portion
of violence and despotism into the admin
istrntion of affairs.—In Great Britain, too
not a little sensibility is excited by the
rising dissentions between the King and
Queen. Thus, we sec in these three
great empires, kingly government is the
parent of commotion and of folly. Let
Americans be content; neither envying
nor dreading the bigots of Spain, the Ul
tra Royalists of France, or the parasites
of England.
We have very interesting accounts also
from Venezuela—where a political union
is formed with New Grenada, and a con
stitution organized for the Columbian Re
public.—Enquirer.
RECORDER.
jVnL.LEDliEVHji.kl, Ti:rm*av, Amu tl
POSTSCRIPT
To the National Intelligencer.
Kitten o'chirk, Wednesday night, March 22.
A HERO HAS FALLEN 1 Commo
dore STEPHEN DECATUR, one of tin
first Officers of our Navy—the pride of his
country—the gallant and noble-hearted gen
tinman—IS NO MORE !
He expired, a few minutes ago, of the
mortal wound received in the Duel yester
day.
Ofthe origin ofthe feud, which led to this
disastrous result, we know but wtiat rumor
tells. The event, we are sure, will fill th-
country a itli grief.
Mourn, Columbia ! for nne of thy bright
est Stars is set—a Son “ without fear and
without reproaco”—in the freshness of his
fame—in the prime of his usefulness—has
descended into tile tomb.
Washington, March 21.
Tile body of Commodore Stephen Dr.
caT \■ n, late of the' United States’ Navy,
will he interred this afternoon, at 4 o’clock.
The following will he the order of proces
sion, from his late residence:
\l. Funeral thing party of Marines, with
\ music.
1 Officers Of the Navy of the U. States.
fiAOIficers of the Marine Corps.
4. The Clergy.
Fram the National Intelligencer of the 22if nit
An occurrence took place yesterday, which
has produced a strong sensation in our city—
which will, we are confident, produce no
less in the nation, and which it would be
mere affectation to refrain from noticing. A
duel was fought yesterday morning, with
pistols, in Maryland, just beyond the Dis
trict Line, between Commodore Decatur
and Commodore Harrom, of the Navy of
the United States. On the first fire, both
'' cr e wounded, the. former dangerously, the
latter badly. It grieves us inure than wc
«in express to say, that Commodore Deca
tur’s case is so critical, that his fife is al
most despaired of.
Gum. Decatur lies at his own lesidenco,
a pd Ginn. Baku on at Beal’s Tavern, in this
city.
from the wasiiingion city o itette.
regret to learn that a meeting took
Place near Bladenshurgh, between Coin. l)c-
c ** tur , (one of the Commissioners of the Na
vy) and Com. Barron, (once Commodore
° r 'he Chesapeake) and that they were both
wounded.
Commodore Decatur was brought back to
^ city in company with Com. Rogers—
Com. Barron was left at Bladenshurgh. The
mnerence, we understand, had it* origin in
«n old quarrel.
”e have just heard that in the above af-
5'( r i at the first fire eight paces distant,
°m- Deoatur was shot through the right
5. Pall bearers. Pall bearers.
Com. Tinuf.t, \ r,/• Cntn.Ro»oF.RS,
Com. M’Do.nough, / O \ Corn. Porter,
General Jescp, > Gen. Brown,
Captain Ballard, V !*• /Capt. Cassin,
Lieut M’Pueuson, J f.\ Cpt. Cualncei.
6. Relatives.
7. President of the U. States and Heads
of Departments.
8. Members of the Senate and House of
Representatives.
9. Judges, Marshal, and other Civil Offi
cers ofthe United State*.
10. Officers of the Army of the U. States.
H. The Mayors and other Civil Officers
ofthe District. N
12. Foreign Ministers with their Suites, k
Consuls of foreign powers.
13. The Citizens.
To the Editors of the Enquirer.
Washington, March. 27, 1020.
Genli.emen—The President has just com
municated to both houses a very Important
message, which I presume will be decisive
of our relations with Spain, during t he present
session. It seems all Europe takes an inter
est in the ratification of our Treaty—the
recent communications from our ministers,
hut particularly from Mr. Campbell, as also
the direet communication from Mr. Politica,
the Minister of Russia, to the Secretary ot
State, create a well grounded confidence that
our views will be realized by a pacific ar
rangement. The bankrupt hill will, it is be
lieved fail—from what I can understand it
will receive its death blow in the Senate to
morrow. C ingress will probably rise by the
last of April.
Hartford County Court, (Maryland)
March Term, 1020.
Ann Garrison, vs. Joshua Amos.
This was an action for the recovery
of damages alleged by the Plaintiff to
have been sustained by her. in conse
quence of a breach of promise on the
part of the Defendant to marry her.—
The promise was clearly proved, and
the Defendant w;u shewn to be wortli
about $7000. The trial was highly in
leresting, and occupied two days—The
Jury after an absence of about an hull
hour returned with a verdict for the
Plaintiff for Two Thousand and Eighty
Dollare damages, being about a third of
what the Defendant was shewn to have
been wortli.
The intelligence in this day’s paper
is unusually interesting.—In the first
rank we place the president’s Message to
Our Relations with Spain.—The followiit
important Message, transmitted by the Pre
sident to bot h I louses of Congress on the
27th ult. is decisive, we have no doubt, ofthe
course that will be taken by our Government
in regard to the Florida* :
To the House of tlepreeciUatlces of the. V. States :
l transmit to Congress an extract of a
letter from the Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States at St. I’t toisbnrg, of
the 1st of November last, on the sabject
t«f our relations with Sp iin, indicating the
sentiments of the Emperor of Russia re
specting the non-ratiticalion. by bis Ca
tholic Majesty, of I lie treaty lately con
eluded between the United States and
Spain, and the sliotli interest which his
imperial Mi.joaty takes in promoting the
ratification of that treaty. Of this friend
ly disposition, the most satisfactory as
surance has been since given directly to
this government, by the .Minister of Rus
sia residing here.
1 transmit also to Congress an extract
of a letter from the Minister Plenipoten
tiary ofthe l oiled States at Madrid, of
a later date than llio=e heretofore com
municated, bv which it appears, that, at
the instance of the Charge dps Affairs of
the Emperor of Russia, anew pledge hid
been given by the Spanish govern me at,
that the Minister who had been lately ap
pointed to the United States should set
out on his mission, without delay, with
full power to settle all differences in a
manner satisfactory to the parties.
I have further to state, that the go
vernments of France and Great Britain
continue to manifest the sentiment* here
tofore communicated, respecting the non-
ratitication of the treaty by Spain, and
to interpose their good offices to promote
its ratification.
It is proper to add, that the govern
ments of France and Russia have expres
sed nu earnest desire that the United
States would take no step, for the pre
sent, on the principle of reprisal, which
might possiblv tend to di«turb the pence
between the United States and Spain.—
There is good cause to presume, from
the delicate manner in which this senti
ment lias been conveyed, that i! i- found
ed in a belief, as well as desire, that our
just objects may be accomplished w itiiout
the hazard of such an extremity.
On full consideration of all these cir
cum«tances, l have thought it my duty
to submit to Congress, whether it will
not he desirable to postpone a d> isior.,
on the questions now depending with
Spain, until the next session. The dis
tress of that nation at this juncture af
fords a motive for this forbearance, which
cannot fail to be duly appreciated. Un
der such circumstances, the attention of
the Spanish government may be diverted
from its foreign concerns, and the arri
val of a minister here be longer delayed.
I am the more induced to siigfr'.q this
course of proceeding, from a knowledge
that, while w e shall thereby make a just
return to the powers wlmse good offices
have been acknowledged, and increase,
by a new and signal proof of moderation,
oiir claims on Spain, our at itude in re
gard to her will not he less favorable at
the next session than it is at present.
JAMES MONROE.
Washington, March 27, 1820.
dolls, has been recovered. Tiic driver made
no resistance, but was murdered that his evi
dence might not convict them ofthe robbe
ry. His body was found in the woods, some
distance from the road, the arms extended
ud fastened to trees, and in litis situation the
unfortunate man hud been despatched by u
bullet wound and two stabs in his breast!
ORDINATION.
On Tuesday the 4th inst. the Rev. Ben
jamin Gilderblf.eve, of this place, was
ordained at Athens by the Presbytery of
Hopewell. The Rev. Nathan S. S. Hetnnn
preached the sermon from John XXI, 10—
“ Feed my Sheep.” The Rev. Moses Wad-
dul, D. D. presided and gave the charge.
FOR THE RECORDER.
Messrs. Editors;
In your paper of the 4th inst. you have
published some paragraphs of a letter writ
ten by E. P. Gaines to the War Departnent
so long ago as the I7tli Oct, 1 tilt*, which hud
been submitted to a committee ofthe House
of Representatives of the United States, and
published us one ofthe documents accompa
nying their report, w hich is also published in
tile same paper. 1 am in possession of thi
report of the committee with all the docu
incuts published therewith, k, had you pub
lished the whole of Gen. Gaines’s letter,* I do
i.ot know that I should have condescended
to notice it at this time, for, independent of
the low and ungeutieinunly style of that part
of it wh'eli relates to myself, inconsistency
&; error is so palpable on the very face of it
that it cannot be read without producing tin
conviction that spite and malice was the pre
dominant feeling of the writer, in indulging
which, he has depurted from the truth.
I have to request, the. public to observe,
that the letter of E. P. Gaines hears dat
the 17th October, 1BI9, and was intended
is a justification of his conduct, which had
been noticed in terms of reprehension in the
report made by a committee of Senate near
the close of lust session : and the report to
which his let 1 , ,*r is now attached as a docu
nient, was made to the House of Rep,rest o
tatives by a committee of that house during
the present session. This fact being attend
ed to, and kept in view, every reader will hr
enabled thereby to decide for himself, on the
opinion entertained by the committee of the
conduct and capacity of E. P. Gaines,
I am aware that it tuts been fashionable
to consider it as a species of treason to call
in question the military talents or infullability
of E. P. Gaines. And my having been ca'
led upon by the committee of Senate to giv
\ idence, and to state my opinion, of the ill)
mediate cause of the Seminole war ; aod
because, 1 gave it as my opinion (and I am
ofthe same opinion stiil) that, the attack on
Fowl Town w uk the immediate cause of tin
war, I uni denounced in language which any
corpora! in the army would he ashamed to
use. In thir opinion however I am support
ed not only by the opinion of every officer
of intelligence in the army, whom I hav
heatd speak on the subject, and who wer
in this ' nuntry at the time, but by the. re
port of the committee in reference to til"
particular fact. Tin y say “ That a ciisi
of such great public peril and imminent
ger to the nation might exist, as to pa'.liati
if not in a great measure justify, a command
mg general in departing from the strict ru‘
of subordination and obedience, the com
mitlee most readily admit; hut they bc.liev
1 lint a caveful examination ofthe circmnstar
ccs under which these Indian forces wer
assembled, must lead to the conviction, that
any nccest itv which might have been sin
posed to exist for resorting to this extract'd
oary proceeding, is rather to be imputed to
the premature commencement of huslilitie.
by llie commanding general than to any un
foreseen or ine.veiabie events not within his
nvn control, and which a cautious and pru
dent foresight of the probali! *■ result of his
own measures, would not have enabled him
to avoid.” Will this man pretend that the
attack on Fowl Town is not the hostilities
alluded to by the committee ? I dare say
with all his self-sufficiency lie will not.—
What than is the result ? Either the com
mittee, with all the documents relating to
the farts before them, and not by an expartc
proceeding, ns he is pleased to call the pro
cecdmgs and report of the Senate, but with
his elaborate justification in their hands, and
receiving their deliberate attention, are mis
taken and have misrepresented facts, or lie
stands conv icted of that, for which according
to his own admission he ought to he shot. In
this same letter of his he declares, “ Should
I really be guilty of having wantonly involv-
ciVany country in war, I ought then to be
shtX.” That lie has been pronounced by
committees of both branches of our Nation
al Legislature, composed of men of high
standing' for talents, independence and pat
riotism ; and whose report affords abundant
proof, that n.i feeling of partiality or preju
dice operated upon their mi ds, to have been
guilty ofthe offence for which he himself has
prescribed the punishment, is evident. Am)
is it not notorious, that the loss of Lieut.
Sc >tt and his boat's crew, was the first me-
I uiclioly fruits of the premature commence
ment of hostilities at Fowl Town ? No
quibbling—no sophistry, can disprove this
fact. Neither can the spiteful and wicked
misrepresentations of E. P. Gaines remove
the awful responsibility which rests upon
himself for the sacrifice of so many innocent
victims of his vanity and imbecility. By
ibis commencement of hostilities on Fowl
Town, any one who has the least idea of mi
litary duty would reasonably suppose, that
* thing was prepared and in readiness
to overcome all resistance; but that was not
;iie case here ; for Gen. Gaines immediately
shut himself up in Fort Scott, with between
seven and eight hundred regular veteran
troops, and suffered a handfuil of Indians
whom lie had exasperated by his attack up
on them, to destroy Lieut." Scott and his
boat’s crew, in number nearly forty. Then it
was that the General began to discover the
necessity of representing the strength of the
hostile Indians and their negro allies at 2700,
and those who made the attack upon the
boat at not less than from 3 to 400. The
events of the war have proven this to have
been a gross exaggeration,but to the frighten
ed imagination of the General, it was suffi
cient to confine him within the walls of Fort
Scott, Yet it was impossible to live with
out provision, hence the military and me*
hanical powers ofthe General were exerted
in forming plans of boats bullet proof, to be
employed in transporting provision from the
flotilla below for the support of the garrison.
BT-A most daring and atrocious murder
k robbery ofthe mail have i>e.en committed
near Baltimore on the road to Philadelphia,
by two men named Hutton and Hull, both of
whom have been apprehended, and one of
them has nor.de a full confession. The mo
ney taken by them, to the amount of 18,509
admit that most officers so eircurmtanrcd
ould have been very apt to have marched
out and given battle to the formidable Indian
force (not exceeding 100 men) whn lay in
the immediate vicinity ofthe Fort, firing at
every one who had the temerity to nut their
head out of the gate ; and actually kept tin*,
garrison ill a state of siege, But that would
lave been a course entirely too hazardous
for the prudent Gen. F.. ]’. Gaines. The In
dians were suffered to keep the field, and tile
building of bullet proof hosts, from the no
ble example of the General, In eame all the
ige. However, about this time, very opor-
tunely for the General, he received nu order
to proceed to St. Mary's and take tile com
mand of the force destined to occupy Ame
lia ; but alas, here again he was too late, for
by the vigilance of Capt. Henley ofthe Na-
v, mid Col. Bankhead of the army, the bu
siness was done before the General reached
the scene of operations. He look cure in the
mean time to cull upon the Governor of
Georgia for 1000 militia, to be* employed a-
guinst the Seminole Indians. This rein
forcement was promptly furnished, and ev
ery one knows how they were disposed of.
The military capacity of Hie general now
gan to shine with great lustre. This de-
ui'hmcnt of militia was ordered hy General
ones to proceed to Fort Early on Flint
river, by the way of Hartford. This, after
ncountering unusual fatigue, they accom
plished, but, mark the result. The troop
were at Fort Early with rrareely u mouthful
of provision. The provision was at Hart
ford. Fort Scott stiil inn slate of sedge, and
provision almost expended. In this state of
things, an attviupl was made to transport
provision from Hartford to Fort Early, a
distance of forty tlree mile 1 * on horseback,
n this attempt Leigh and Lofitis lost their
ives, and the. scientific and accomplished
Ion. Gaines was incapable of combining thf
HID rent parts of his force for the purpose of
making a single movement against the ene
my, or the relief of either of his posts. The
.lerind for which the detachment of Georgia
militia w as called out expired,and the troops
returned home. The general made another
requisition for a detachment of 2000 more,
which was also promptly furnished. Col.
Brearly had also been ordered to attend a
meeting of tlie. Indians at Fort Hawkins in
July 117, and another at the Agency in Ja
nuary 1 tits, and solicit the assistance of Me.
lnlosh and 500 warriors. This request was
also assented to, hut eventually in place of
590 warriors, 1,000 offered their services, k
were accepted hy Col. Brearly under the
express order of Gen. Gaines. For this art
of Col. Brearly, General Jackson added a
charge, for which lie w as tried by the Court
Martial at the time charges w ere preferred
against him hy Gen. Gaines, of all of which
charges lie was honorably acquitted, h Ge
neral Jackson in approving the sentence of
tiie Court, expressly says, that they did right
in finding him not guilty of this charge, an he
had produced the order of Gen. Gaines in
justification of his conduct. Yet. this is the
man who has the effrontery to declare that
he never in his life raised any troops or ap
pointed any officer without legal authority.
That he had no authority to c.all fur ur ac
cept tli .sc Indian warriors, the cunimittei
have distinctly shewn.
Under this undeniable statement of facts,
who could have supposed that this man
would have had the folly to charge the de
taining ofthe Indians, which by the bye the
ev idence of Col. Brearly and the documents
furnished on his trial prove to be untrue, to
tin: as an offence, when by the very requisi
tion,for itenn be considered in no other light,
he was violating the Constitution and arro
gating to himself a power which could not
be exercised by any department ofthe go
vernment without the sanction of an act of
Congress,
Having irritated nnd roused the Indians
hy h's premature attack oil Fowl Town, nnd
encouraged and emboldened them hy the im
becility of his subsequent conduct, he found
that a state of things existed which would in
a short time, produce public animadversion,
to avoid which it was necessary to shift the
blame from himself to some one else. About
this time Capt. Bowen having taken to the
vicinity ofthe Agency a parcel of Africans, a
fair opportunity v. as thereby afforded, as lie
conceived, of attributing all Ids ow n miscon
duct to the intrigues of African speculators.
The order to Gen. Jackson to prnceeiffio
Fort Scott and assume the command of *e
troops, and put an end at once to the Semi
nole war, appears to have created sonic
doubts in his mind, (very reasonably I think,)
that the causes to which he had attributed
the failure of his measures were not deemed
sufficient; hence his unworthy attempt to
throw the re.-poi;.;ihi!ity on Col. Brearly,
whose honorable acquittal hy the court,with
out being called on for a dofence, at once
threw buck the responsibility upon himself,
and presented him to the army, and the
country, as a contompBLle pretender to me
rit he did not possess.
Tne animadversions of the committee of
Senate upon his conduct, induced him to
commit himself again to paper, and as a last
effort endeavor to excuse himself by an inde
cent abuse of me. The report of the com
mittee made to the house by the honorable
Mr. Storrs, has finally settled the question,if
it ever was a question,that he is wholly un
worthy of his present rank or command, and
hy his own admission ought to be shot.
He says it is Iii4belief, that I was a party
concerned in the Africans, and that Colonel
Brearly and Capt. Melvin believed I had re
ceived them at tlie Agency. That he may
believe, this, nnd that it would be a great gra
tification to him if every body else believed
as he did, I have no doubt: but when he
stales that Col. Brearly and Capt. Melvin
believed that I had received them at the A-
gency, he has mistaken the proper word by
which Col. Brearly has expressed his belief.
As it respects that gentleman, the word seized
instead of received, would express his belief.
As to the belief of Capt. Melvin, it is to me,
and probably to every one else w ho knows
him, a matter of perfect indifference.
But I am surprised that Gen. Gaines has
not before this time attended to the Procla
mation of Iiis Excellency the Governor, by
coming forward and testifying to Ids belief.
The grounds for his belief, whether envy,
hatred, or malice, is perfectly immaterial, so
that lie believes. W ith the assistance ol'E.
P. Gaines, the Trio will be complete. Clark,
Gaines and Moore!!! I will not say with
John Home Tooke,tliat it is farce, comedy k
tragedy, but I ndght say that it is malignity,
spite and villainy combined, to persecute k
oppress an individual, who is fully aware of
the means which have been, and may vet l*e
resorted to, to accomplish his ruin ; f>ut he
ruura thum nnt fpivuio n>u4 un'.tn
[HY AUTHORITY]
gome returns made to the Executive for
draws in the next Land Lottery, are Incor
rect. The act passed 13th December, lift9,
is therefore republished in order that all con
cerned may lake due notice of the sume.
AN ACT ’
For the relief of persons who were entitled
to a draw or draws in the land lottery, a*
greeublr to sa act entitled an act to dis
pose of and distribute the lute cession of
laud obtained from the Creek and flierii-
kee Nations of Indians by the United
States in the several treaties, kc. passed
the fifteenth day of December,Eighteen
hundred and eighteen.
Whereas, it appears that a number of
tlie good citizens of this state, by not being
properly apprised of the provisions ot the
before recited act, or were absent from, the
state on lawful business, and the time limi
ted therein for giving in their names, al
though duly qualified and entitled to a draw
or draws, are no>v prevented from doing so
in consequence of the Justices who took in
names having made their returns to the Ex
ecutive. office as the law directs.
RE it therefore enacted by the Senate and
House of Hi prescutatires of the stall of Geor
gia in General Assembly met, and it is hereby
ennrUd, by the. authority of the sume, That
all persons duly entitled to n draw ur drawa
in tlie said lottery, who shall, on ur before
the thirty-first day of May next, go before
the Inferior Court of their county, or ary
Justice of tlu* Kame out of court, anti take
the oath prescribed by said act., shall receive
from such court, or Justice out of court, (l.e,
she or they paying twenty-five cent* for
eaili draw or draws he, she or they may bo
entitled to) a certificate of the same. : which
certificate being transmitted to Iiis Excel
lency the Governor, he sliull rwuro the same
to he entered mi the list of names returned
to him from the district where such person
or persons resided ; and such person or per
sons w hose names are ho entered, shall he
ns fully entitled to their draw or draws as if
they had been taken in tlie first instance.
b 2. And be it further enacted hy tin au
thority aforesaid, That all those certificates
returned to the Executive oftice by those per
sons who w ere appointed to take tin- list of
names of persons entitled to a draw or draws,
nr by any Justice ofthe Inferior court or
Justice of the Peace, previous to the. pas
sing of this art, shall he. considered valid,
and shall he enrolled in their proper places
accordingly, and such persons, entitled to
said draw m draws as though they hud giv
en in as prescribed hy said art. *
DAVID ADAMS,
Speaker ofthe House of Representative*.
MATTHEW TALBOT,
President of the Senate.
Assented to, ISth December, lrtty.
JOHN CLARK. Governor.
* It would have been net lets an art of justice
to Gen. Gaines than consonant with the feel
ings of Gen. Mitchill, that the letter ofthe for
mer to the Secntanj of War should have been
published entire. But the great length of that
EXKVVmK OEPAHTMKA'i, t.KO.
Milledgeville, tilth March, 1,' „0.
O RDERED, ti*ut Thursday the 26lh day of
Mav next, be, and the same is hereby set
ai art for the trial of the following described
Caveats before the Executive, and tin t aolics
of the same be given by public advertisement
in tbs Georgia Journal and Southern Recorder
until the day of trial, for the Information of all
the parties and persons concerned, in order that
they may attend cither in person or by attor
ney to their respective cases, viz :
Veter J. Goulding, Caveat for 248 acres of
Laud in Burke county, ou
Buck-head creek, surveyed
for Abner Holliday, adjoin
ing lands of Jesse Cox, aud
said Holliday.
Abner Ilu’liduy.
James llobbs, cuvt, k appt.
Henry Shelton, respond*
Diocletian Dae it, j
1
] crack, ndi. land
Crawford and I
Shelton.
Caveat for 122 *•
eras of land in ar*
ran county on Deep
crack, ndj. land*of
said
< aveat lor 37 8-10 acres of
vs (land iu Washington couuty,
f adjoining Few's land and o-
Solomoti Page. J tbers.
T>‘* parties are at liberty to take the testimo
ny n| any witness or witnesses refusing to at
tend the trial, giving the opposite party live days
previous notice of the time and place of taking
the same, which rliall he done before a Justice
of the tYnce, or a Justice of the Inferior Court.
the testimony so taken being sealed up, by
the person before whom the examination may
have been had, and forw nrded to the Executive,
will he read in evidence on the trial.
Attest, WILLIAM If. STEELE, St fry.
April 8, 1820 p__7t
TUBAmiC&li.
On Friday Evening, 14//t 777iff.
WILL HE PRESENTED,
The celebrated Comedy, in five acts, called
The YloAv at Law,
AFTER WIIICM,
The much admired Farce, of the
llOXEST TU1EVES.
April 10—9
AUCTIOJY.
On Saturday next, 16th inst.
Hill be told before tht Store o/BRUErtir
HOPPER, at half past II o'clock,
40 Lis. prime Muscovado
With a variety of other ARTICLE S,
Terms made know n at the time of sale.
, , M. HOPPER, Auc'r.
Milledgeville, April Hi—9
Executor’s Sale.
W LL be sold, on the first Tuesday in July
next, ut Elberton, Elbert county,
$00 actph ot Land
in suid county, on the waters of Light wood
creek, adjoining lands of Jonathan Paine and o-
tbers, as the property of Richard Easter, dec’d
for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased. JOHN C. EASTER, Kx'r.
fears them not. Their malignity and spite
be despises; and acts uf villainy he will de
tect, expose and punish.
On some future day of more leisure, I
shall probably again pay my respects to the
General, and furnish aim with some facts 8a
S\o\» U\t! WoVBC \
S TRAl ED or stolen last night from thh
piace, a DARK SORREL HORSE.
about five feet high, a little white on hit
lace—has a brand on his left shoulder, and
lias been nicked, supposed to be 7 or 8 years
old, trots, racks and works well. Any per
son taking up said horse, and giving the suh.
Bcnber inforniation t shnll be rewarded for
Iiis tr cubic. M. TORRANCE.
Exchange Coffee-House, )
Milledrrnntie, April Ut, 1880. )
8—tf
document left ns the choice only of passing ft! documents, which may be useful in eompo-
unnoticed, or of selecting from it such passn-1 sing Iiis biography ; but for the present the
other member* of the Trio have claims upon j
my attention. D. B. MITCHELL. '
grs as we considered of interest to ovr rea-
d:rs.—EJ'ucirs P.ec order.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
The Copartnership between Wilms Vrn-
*v and Elisha Whitnfy, is this dav His.
aoIvM E. WHITNEY. *
MmedgcviHe, April A—3— it