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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