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tad forty due frost of the State of Mis*
touri. These estimotes are made accord*
*‘g to measurement on the map, a.id aot
According to distances travelled, survey of
die road, &c.
Having spent five days on the waters of
Ncoslm, we turned to the eastward, and
travelled along or near to the Santa Fe
road, until we reached a point due south
of the tipper Kanza village. We then
fiore north to the village, which is on the
ftouth hank of Kanzu river, 125 miles
o« a direct line w«t of the State of Mis
souri.
After leaving the Osage village on the
river of the same name, tve had seen se*
feral trails of companies of Indians, some
of which Imd occasioned uneasiness to our
Osage interpreter, who supposed they might
have been made by war parties of their
•neinies. But the one which deserved
most attention, i found, os close exam
ination, hud been made by a hunting par-
fy, and therefore supposed them to have
been Osages or Knnzns. On ihe 18th
September \vc fell in with a Kanzn hunter,
Hud on the eveuing of tlie same day
reached this village. Coining in sight of
two liouses about two miles from the main
village, the inhabitants became alarmed.
Some of the women and children lied to
the woods, while a man, almost wholly
divested of clothing, with his implements
of war, came in great haste to n grove
which we were entering: l supposed his
abject wns to ascertain who wc were, hut
I soon discovered that it was to secure u
couple of horses which were grazing in
the woods, and of which we were within
one hundred paces when he reached them.
I sent our interpreter to speak to him, who
fit once allayed his fears, so that he np-
pro'ichcd cheerfully, and took us by the
hand, being in it profuse perspiration from
bis race for the protection of his horses.
He conducted us to water, at which I ball
ad, and sent him forward to inform the
■min village that I would presently he
with them for the purpose of smoking. 1
wns much gratified to hear from him
tfmt sixteen Pawnees were nt the village
hi council with the Kanzas. Greatly to
my disappointment, however, when I came
hit j the assembly of the Kanzas I ascer
tained that all the Pawnees, except three,
had hastily left on our approach. These
three, who, 1 suppose, had been left to ns-
oertain the object of mtr visit, were in
hn-tc to he gone, and could only he detain
ed long enough for me to give them a brief
tali': and a liberal present of tobacco, to
which they replied in the usual compli
mentary way. Our interview with the
Kanzas wns also indicative of much l’rientl-
fy feeling.
I had been instructed to cross Knnza
river, and to return on the north side, but the
Indians informed me that there was not a
oanoe or other craft on the river. My time
was so far consumed that I deemed it not
advisable to incur the delay that would be
occasioned by crossing on rafts. I there
fore proceeded eustwnrdly near to the
southern limits of the Kanzn lands, mid
same down to the Sliawanoe villages, re-
oently formed near the mouth of Knnza
fiver, on the Missouri. Here our Indians
Were again received with much friendship.
1 hud the satisfaction to see that these
Slinwunoes were erecting neat hewed-log
•abins, und in other respects preparing for
their future comfort. Our Indians remmn-
ad with them the greater pnrt of two days,
and were by them encouraged to settle in
tlic country, and even invited to settle near
them.
We had found elk, deer, and hear plen
ty, and hud seen a few antelopes. Oar
Indians were delighted with the abundance
of game, but regretted that, contrary to
our former expectation, wc had not fallen
jfn with buffalo. Our Osage interpreter
supposed that we bad been within a few
■nles of buffalo, but said nothing at the
■me, lest, us lie afterwards declared, we
should be inclined to go farther west. lie
was exceedingly afraid of coming in con
tact with Pawnee war parties. We after
wards ascertained that we hat! been within
Seventy-live miles of the place where the
last attack of the Pawnees wus made on
die first party defeated on the Santa Fe
road, which happened in September, while
V we were in that country.
I was niy own pilot, and varied our
course in travelling as appearances indica
ted would best enable us to become ac
quainted with the fitness of the country
for habitation. There is a great similari
ty in the appearance of all parts of it that
we explored. It is generally u high rol-
liug country, exhibiting a healthy appear
ance. Stone is sufficiently plenty for use,
and on Osage and Neosho it is almost uni
versally limestone. The soil on these ri
vers, which is exceedingly fertile, possess
as the mellowness peculiar to limestone
lands. Most of the creeks and smaller
water courses pass over limestone, m«l a^
long the larger streams are sometimes seen
ateep nnd high cliffs of limestone rocks.
The hill sides are frequently washed until
die stone is quite uncovered. In those
places it is generally thin Hag-stone. Bot
tom land is in width somewhat proportion
ed to the size of the stream passing thro’
it. That of the Osage, forty miles west
of the State of Missouri, is about a mile
in width. In addition to this, we usually
'Jind on one or both sides of the water
courses, tuid proportioned somewhat to
their size, a gentle ascent of land, extend
ing, in the case above-mentioned of Osage,
from three to five miles back, and termin
ating at the base of bills which may rise
100 or 150 feet; their sides sometimes ab
rupt, but ofterier more gentle. There are
oeen many hills detached from their kin
dred, conical,oblong, and of many a differ
ent shape, so regular in their Structure that
the observer can scarcely forbidthe convie-
■on that they are artificial. These isola
ted bills are little else than heaps of lime
stone. Ascending above the stony sides
ef hills of more social character, lands,
gently rolling, spread out with delightful
w
ploughman wsuld be fouud #n a trust of
five hundred acres, nor a single break be
yond convenience, uml yet the country is
not flat. Elevations of similar character
often occur n second or third time, ns we
pass hack from a creek, until we reach the
summit between the neighboring streams.
On the Knnza and its waters, stone is
equally plenty, nnd is in the same way
happily placed for convenience, without
annoyance to man, hut it is mostly sand
stone. For two days in the neighborhood
of the upper Kauza villages, 1 saw scarce
ly any except sandstone. As we enme
lower down the river, we saw some lime
stone ns well as sand. On the Kanza nml
its waters, the soil, of course, corresponds
with the quality of the stone: it is some
what suudy; not so black as the limestone
lands of Osage and Neosho, nnd in many
instances less fertile. The face of the
country is the same as that we have been
describing, except that, ns might he ex
pected, within six or ten miles of the ri
ver, the country is more broken, the hills
along the rivulets higher, and more abrupt
nnd rocky.
Tins country, which is generally prairie,
differs greatly from most prairie lands in
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. In those
countries, prairie lands are usually too Hut,
with too little stone; often accompanied
with quagmires nnd ponds, nnd conse
quently unfavorable to health. Here it is
quite the reverse; scarcely a quagmire is
to he found.
The season, for two or three months, Imd
been remarkably dry, yet wc found no
senreity of water. Water courses, of sui
table size for mills and other water works,
arc numerous; hut, as it happens general
ly in the State of Missouri, most of these
streams so far fail in the dry seasoustlmt
mill# und other machinery would stand
still. In this respect, the country resem
bles the State of Missouri, and the middle
and upper counties of Kentucky.
A degree of unhealthiness attends nil
lnrsre water courses in the western country.
Tlii# will lie the case in the immediate vi
cinity of Kanza river. Osage river is too
small to produce any deleterious effect be
yond the distance of thirty or thirty-five I
miles west of Missouri Stntu, nnd not even
that far, except on its very hanks. With
these exceptions, which doubtless are as
inconsiderable as those of similar charac
ter of any portion of the western country,
not u doubt can exist of the healthiness of
those regions.
Timber is too scarce. This is the great
est defect observable. Wood is chiefly
confined to the water courses; nnd the
width of the streak of timber is generally
projiortioned to the size of the stream pas
sing through it. Some exceptions, how
ever, occur, where the timber stretches
hack on to the uplands, or exists on the
highland at the sources of the streams.—
But wood is not so scarce ns most travel
lers through those countries have represen
ted it. The business of few, if any has
hitherto required them to examine this
subject. Being uninterested in the mat
ter of timber, beyond the amount neces
sary for fuel on their journey, 'hey hav
avoided the water courses ns much as pos
sible, because of the difficulty of truv
ueur them, on account of the brush, nml
the steep rocky breaks, the prairie
from the water courses a third mg more plea
sant ways for the traveller than could lie
found, perhaps, in anv uiher country des
titute of roads. The. uplands being nl
most universally prairie, the sight, unob
structed, passes, to its utmost stretch, over
lands of similar height, so that the coun
try, nt n little distance around the observ
er, appears to he more level than it real
ly is. These upland prairies, over whin
they look, rise higher than the tops of til
trees in tlie bottom lands, and often twice
or three times ns high, & conceal from tin
sight most of the timber: while the tra
veller, ascribing to the lands a mile or tw
from him a degree of levelness which doe:
not exist, supposes lie sees almost every
grove within the reach if his sight, and
hence mistakes to the disadvantage of the
country.
This country, which is of peculiar cha
rac.ter, often practises another deception
ipon the traveller. Streaks of timber
seen at a distance, and even at no great
distance, amidst the vast prospect whiel
the openness of the country affords, up
pear much narrower than they reallv are
Wood, immediately along the Kanzu ri
ver, and that branching off along the nu
merous smaller streams, is sufficient to
sustain a tolerably dense population, to
the distance of eight or ten miles from the
river. On Osage river, sav thirty miles
west of Missouri State, the woodland is u-
bout a mile wide. Woodlands of grimi
er or less magnitude extend along everv
tributary water course, some of which are
littie inferior to the main river. Unlike
tlie idea we draw from many of our maps,
water courses, from the largest to the
smallest, on Kanza, Osage, and the upper
regions of Neosho, are numerous, and in
terlocking nt their sources ; and pmpor-
tioiiably numerous are the groves of wood
land. There is much valuable timber,
such as uuk, ash, walnut, hickory, and
mulberry. We also find hackberry, lint,
&c. There is uliuost a total absence of
the sugar tree.
1 r gretted that my time was so limited
that I had none to spare in search of coal;
but from appearances, and the fact that it
exists abundantly a short distance east
and southeast of the tract of which I am
speaking, 1 have no doubt that this part
of tlie country also possesses abundantly
that valuable article. This fact goes far
of suitable length for Mowing is seldom\formei st the w«i«i sf •oagrss? is 1808-4, that
~ ■ i I'lint* lullipr hull emiinnfsil t/l IlllPtltl till* ni'illlltsi'll
found,except ou wet laud. In the country
which we arc describing, ecurccly any wet
land exists, yet nature bus provided thre-
in well clothed meadows.
I did not discover any of those ancient
mounds and fortifications winch nre so a-
humlant in some parts of the Western
country. On the summits of high natu
ral mounds nnd hills, which are so situa
ted ns to attract the notice of the traveller,
I frequently found a heap of stones, form
ed by the hands of man. In one or two
instances, their construction indicated the
existence of reasons for their formation,
similar to those which led to the formation
of artificial mounds, mentioned above.—
Heaps of stone nre often made over the
bodies of the deceased among tlie Indi
ans of these regions. But the heaps of
which we speak appear to be the result of
amusement of the traveller, who, invited
to the elevation by its gaiety or grandeur,
leaves a monument of n fetv stoncf
thrown together, to advertise a subsequent
visitant that a human being had been
there. To this heap each successive visi
taut, invited thither by curiosity, contri
butes ,i stone or two. It wns amusing to
sec our Indians in good luinior, contribu
ting their portion to the increase of the
social heap
BOMnSTZO.
FROM TUP. X.
Corretpanden. l- hi r
r.VF.MSfi POST, MARCH 19
Mr. Anml Ittr. Unviiifnn.
According to our promise of yesterday, ive piv
below the Corrcxpondsnca tlint has lately take
place nl VVnshirislon, liotw pen (lies- gentlemen, re
lative to an insinuation contained in Mr. Adams’
lately published !i Her, leading to the belief that lie
meant to include Ge,n. Hamilton in tlie list of those
to whom lie Imputed designs inlmlcn: to the Union.
Washisotos, March 6, 1829.
The Hon. Jonr Q. Adams, tVa-hinglon—
8ih A friend has placed in my hands n new
edition of pin Correspondence between you nnd
Mr. H.G Otis mid others, published in this city,
with “ additional papers, said to ho 11 illustrative
your father had consented to attend the proposed
meeting in the autumn of lr"l4 «t Huston—and
that iu lrft)4—1», hr. win informal that the meeting
had been prevented by your father’s decease—I
believe nlso the factlliut lit lind consented to nt-
tend the meeting, but Irani the information giv
en inc by Mr. King, 1 believe, that in consenting to
attend tlie meeting, your father's purpose was to
dis«uade the parties concerned from the underta
king, and to prevail upon them to abandon it. My
belief is founded upon myuntire confidence in the
veracity of Mr. Plumer, upon the general coinci
dence. of tlie information stated in Ins letter with
that which 1 had contemporaneously received nt
Washington, und upon the remarkable fart menti
oned by him, tliut lie wns told at the subsequent
session of Congress, that the autumnal meeting at
ltoston had failed in consequence of the decease
of your father. Tlint th- project wus continued or
resumed, notwithstanding your father's decease,
until the Hartford Convention in 1414, 1 also be
lieve.
I had further reason for believing that the projeet
was disapproved by your father, because it had ori
ginated principally Iron) dissatisfaction nt the an
nexation of Louisiana to the Union, a measure,
wjffiib from common report, 1 understood was ap
prised by him.
1 am, with respect, sir, your very Itnmhln serv’t,
J. a ADAMS.
LEGISLATURE OF NEW-YORK.
RESIGNATION of the governor.
The following message wan received from
Gov. Vis lli'Ri x : —
TO TUB SF.NATF. AMI ASRFttBl.T.
Gentlemen Tim President, with the ad
vice nnd consent of the Senate, has nppoint
"(I mo Seeretnry of Slate for the U. States,
nnd I linve ft.It it my duty to nccept the nn-
Holicited and distingaislie ; honor which has
thus been conferred upon hi
This decision makes it necessary that I
rlimild resign the office of Governor of this
Mate, to which 1 linve recently been elect
ed.
The high find just distinction universally
accorded tn tins office, nod the fluttering
manner in which n wns In stowed upon me
by the people, are of themselves sufficient n
impose upon ine, in the step J niti about lo
take, n rnppons.htl.iy af the most impressive
ehninenw. bat these considerations, intpo
of the subject of that Correspondence •, among i " 8 nre » (trendy enhanced by the
these papers is a letter written to you hv William ,,rf P consciousness I entertain of lire many
Plumer, of New-IInmpshire, dated " ftpp'mg.fN. and unmerited favors conferred upon me
II.) Dec. 20, 1828." in which lie anys-J-" During
the Ion" arid eventful session of Congress of ISO!!
and 1804. I was a member of (lie Senate, and was
al (ho City of Washington every rhv of tlmt sessi
on. In the course of that session, at different
times nnd places, several of the Federalist Senn-
snd Representatives from the New-Knglnnd
Kudos, informed tne thnl they thought it neces
sary lo establish a sepnrnte government in Neiv-
ngland, nml if it should hn found practicable,
to extend it so far South as to Include Penn
sylvania ; hill in all rventsto establish onu iu New-
itiglMul," Ac. He adds “ just before that sessi
on of Congress closed, one of the gentlemen to
whom l have alluded, informed mu that nrrnngu-
ments had been made to Intro, the next autumn, in
boston, a select meeting ot the leading Federalists
in New-I.ngland, to consider and recommend Ihe
measures necessary to form a system of govern
ment in tlie Northern Slides, hiid that Alexander
Hamilton. ot Netv-York, had consented to attend
lint meeting.” He further adds, “The gentle
man Who,in the whiter of ISO.'iand 1804. informed
me there Wns to he a meeting of Federalists iu the
autumn of 1804, nt boston, at the session of Con
gress in the winter of 1804 and 1905, observed lo
me, that (lie death of Gen. Hamilton ! ud prevent
ed dial meeting; hut the project had not, and
would not, he abandoned.”
In your letter, part of thisCorrespoDuer.ee, da
ted “ Washington, Dec, fid, 182,*,” you say “ it
* in these letters of 1808, and 1809, that l menti-
ored (be design of certain leaders of the Federal
party to effect a dissolution of the Union, and the
establishment of a Northern Confederacy. This
design had been formed in tlie winter of 180i’—4.
mmedlntoly after and aj n consequence of the. ne-
]uisllion of Louisiana. Its justifying causes to
those who entertained it were, that the annexati-
>n of Louisiana to the Union transcended the con-
til utionnl powers of Ihe Government of Ihe United
Hlslcs.” “ This plan,” yon add, “ was sr> farnm-
t-jred, that the proposal had been made to an indi
vidual to permit himself, at Ihe proper time, to lie
placed ut the head of the military movements
v Inch it wns foreseen would he necessary for car-
vino; it into execution. Iu all this, there was no
overt act of treason.”
Without permitliug myself lo believe that you
will countenance any imputation against the honor
or patriotism of mv bite venerated parent, it is too
bvious thal the publication of Gov. Plumer's let
ter, and your communication toll. G. Otis and
others, not only lend to such imputation, but,
moreover, add to it the sanction of your name.
Under these circumstances, deeming it u sacred
duty to preserve the memory of my father from all
stain, I must nlso consider it my right loask, that
you will inform me whether by'the publication ot
Gov. Plumer’s letter, or in your communication to
II. G. Otis and others, an opinion is to ho autho
rised (hot you nre in possession of out evidence, or
that you believe the late A. II. consented lo at
tend the alleged meeting of the leading Federalists
of boston, or tlint he was nl any time concerned in
a project to effect a dissolution of the Union, nnd
the establishment of n .Northern Confederacy, or
y manner w Inilsoevcr. I hog further to ask
by this in v native state, favor* which have ex-
eited on tny part feelings of gratitude, that
will, I hope, he ns peraitiiieor in their influ
ence. ns they worn just nnd sincere in their
conception. The hitter portion of my pah-
lie life having been rhbfly devoted to the
affairs of the pet.ernl government, I indulge
the hope ihnl Ihe plne.o to w hi, It 1 have been
railed will ennhle me to make imself more
useful, not only to nm fellow -citizens of the
Union, hut to the people of this 8liit<>, than
I could he in my present strition. For al
though the State of N“w-Y“rk, from the
extent of her territory, the nbumlnnre ol
her resources?, and the magnitude of her
population, possesses in herself the ele
ments of a {'rent empire, and already pre
sent* interests dc.se rvirg the highest rare;
yet, under our confederated system, these
very considerations give to tier n pnrnmouiit
interest in the just operation <d the federal
government. If*is therefore under the full
conviction tlint nnr constituents are at least
ns deeply interested in the successful rnndurt
of ihe impel lent affairs with w hten I am
hereafter to tie connect!d, ns in the adminis
tration of those w I teh nppc.t turn to the chief
magistracy of tins suite, thin l have come
to the rourhiS'on already stated. And with
these impressions as to the course of publii
duly, I do hereby resign t lie office of Got or
nor of the Slate of New York, togethei
with that of Regent of the University there
of.
The few months, during which the excou
ve power has been riitm-ted to my hands,
linve been s< dtilou-lv devoted lo the ser
vice of the sinte, though I cannot fl.rttor my-
If. so far as i nm individually concerned,
that much hn« ns yet hten done to promote
the public good. I have however tlie Iicbi
reasons to hope ft>r the most- beneficial re
sults to our constitents from our joint labors,
and more esppfially from 'he efforts which
volt w ill continue to make in tins respect.—
This confidence i« justly increased by the
conviction, that l leave tho executive <!e-
rnirlment in the hands of one with whose
character nnd qualifications I have long been
intimatoly acquainted. If ample talentsnnd
a sound discriminating' judgment—if into
grity anil singleness of purpose, and tru
ly republican principles, furnish any just
grounds for expecting a safe administration
of the government, that expectation, l nm
persuaded, tnny, in the present instance, be
fully indulged.
Iln\ing thus surrendered tho trusts with
which ] have been honored, allow me to ten-
deryolt my sincere ncknoxr ledgmmits for the
p, ... hv others to join in it; and intended by them to lie
towards obviating difficulties which would' l“ act '‘J Ht ils kead—That lie wus said to have con-
arise from the scurcity ot timber.
1 hardly need to say that the whole
country is clothed with grass. This, on
the dry, fertile uplands, is short, and more
suitable for grazing than for the scythe.
Nearer to the water courses, and even to
their very sources, it is well adapted to
mowing. In Indiana, the eastern parts
Not a stoat It t*aoy Uliuot#, ud JVUdugua Twitorv, grass
ir, that if the indication in (he paragraph of your uniform courtesy nnd kindness with which
you have co-epenned with mein the dis
charge of our ptihli*duties: and let tne add
the ns'tirnneo, that in whatever situation 1
mnv he placed, the interest and the glory
of New-Yorb shall he the object of my un
ceasing solicitude) nnd most vigilant exerti
ons. M. VAN BUREN.
dlibnny, March 12,1829.
The Senate nnd the House of Repre.sen
tntives both adopted unanimously a resoluti
on of the following purport:
Resolved, Tlint the congratulations of this
Ilnnse he presented to hi* Excellency Mar
tin Vun JJurett, late Govoruor of this State,
on hia appointment to tim office of Secreta
ry of Stale for the United State#; and thal
while we deeply feel our separation from
one with whom we have been associated
in the discharge of iirportHKt public duties,
as well n« in serial and friendly intercourse,
we cannot for# ar to felicitate the republic
on the acquisition of his service# in the
couucils of the nation.”
I'rom the AT. Y. Com. Adtersliter, 17Ih March.
We have just returned from a scene of a#
much excitement ns vve ever recollect to have
witnessed.
Early this morning it was known that a
writ of Habeas Corpus wns issued Inst even
ing, hv the Recorder, in behalf of Row
land Stevenson, supposed to l>e detniued in
custody, without due process of law. Ac
cordingly there was an unusual huz and stir
about the City Hall, at an early hour.
The Recorder whs informed soon after
10 o’clock, that a return would be made to
the writ at 1 o’clock. But long before that
hour, the Recorder’s office was crowded nl
most to suffocation, by citizens, as well as
gentlemen of the profession.
Punctually nt the hour appointed. Hays
enme in with Pratt, one of (lie Sheriff’s De
puties, who, we had already been informed
liy the Sheriff had Stevenson in custody ou
a civil process. He looked pnle and dejecl-
pd, but has the airnf a gentleman, nnd every
appearance of great mildness, and beuevo
lenee of character.
Meant. Fattarsoo, May, Wyliq, i. BJant
letter lest above quoted, o( the individual to whom
« proposal had been made, to permit himself to tie
placed at the head of certain expected militarv
movements, refer# lo my lather, yon will furnish
mr wish the evidence upon which that indication
and retereuee have been mads.
1 have th# honor I x he. sir. your ol/t serv’t,
JAllLtS A. HAMILTON.
Waxrisotox, Clh Marsh, 1820.
Jams? A. Ha.iut.tox ixq. Washington—
Siu—Iu answer to your lellei of this date, f take
the liberty of referring you to Mr. Plumer himself
tor any explanation of the statement iu his letter of
the doth December last.
The Information which I received in the Spring
of 1804 at Washington, was entirely distinct from,
and independent ni that of Mr. Plumer. A part
nt ;t wus not that \ our lather hod runsenlcd to
be placed nt the head ol the project, or to take
a J’art in it, hut that it had been communica
ted In liidi with a \ imv to encourage his co-operati
on in it, and tiiut in the event of a necessity for tlie
employment of military force for its execution, it
was contemplated that he should he placed ni its
head. My informant. t“ the heat of my recollecti
on, "'as air. Uriah Tracy, then a Senator from
Connecticut—I say to the best of my recollection,
because, at one of tny conversations with Mr. Tra
cy, on thi« subject, another member of Congress,
also now deceased, was present, ami I am not per-
tectly sure from which of them it wus tliut 1 receiv
ed this information. After tlie close of that sessi
on Cungrcss, being nt New-York on or about
tlie 7th ol April 1804, Mr. ftulus King informed
me that a person find been that day conversing
with him,und also w itli your lather.as I understood
Mr. King, in favor of tlie project; hut tliut he him
self, and he was happy to sav. your father also, en
tirely disapproved ot it.
i his is all the evidence I have that your father
Was made acquainted with the project; solicited
hv nlllAI'l 1 n inlli Its It . un,l !ni 4. • 1 .. Al. 1.1.
sented to attend a meeting at boston in the au
tumn of I8t)4, stands upon oilier testimony than
That ho ever assented to tlie project of a
separation, I do nut know or believe, and from the
information given me by Mr. King, had reason to
believe the contrary.
With regard to my inferences or belief, from
the testimony of Mr. Plumer, wishing to do all
possible justice to the memory of your father, I
cheerfully state them at your desire.
I believe, then,implicitly the statement of Mr.
i’ltUBsr tf made by kim—namsly, Ikct ka pern ft
nml nuotlier gentleman, appeared na ••un
set lor Mr. fsteveimou.
Meant*. Will'd anil IIo\t, ns counsel for
Mr. Ex Sheriff Parkin*, nml Mr. Peter A.
Jay, in belmlfor tlie British Consul, and
Mr. Good line.
Tho writ having been handed to the Re
corder, Mr.SheritfSImw produced n Capiat?
against the pnsounr, at the suit of Hx-Hhe-
ritft Parkins. No objection being made lo
Ilia discharge from tlie custody of lln)*,llie
Recorder pronounced him nt liberty—an far
us the lin bens corpus could benefit him; but,
said the Recorder, as he held the capias in
his hand, “ 1 enunot discharge him from
tins.”
Mr. Rhntv then took charge of the per
son of Steveiwon ; und
Mr. Robert Emmett now rose upon a chair
nml addressed the ninltihnli', with a v ! ew rd'
allaying the excitement, lie shuI lie wns
authorised by Mr. Stevenson to say, that
so far as the British Consul was concerned,
aud Mr. Hays also, lie had no c.omplnint tn
make, either of ill treatment, or otherwise.
Mr. Wylie then turned to the multitude,
and said that the statement of Mr. E. wits
considered by the counsel for Mr. Steven
son, a* altogether gratuitous,
Some collision of words took place be
tween the gentlemen, when Mr. Emmett re
peated what lie had said.
Mr. Wylie nnd Mr. May now consulted a
few moments with Mr. Stevenson.
Mr. Patterson made n few remark*, hint
ing nt a dark feature in the transaction :
the lilnme of which rested upon some gen-,
tletnen.
Mr. Jay replied pretty clmrplv, and a
sharp contest of word* ensued, during
which the. Recorder several times interpon-
ed to allay the excitement. Air. Patterson
was cheered several times.
llrro the British Consul addressed the as
sembly, stating that upon his word as a gen-
11*man. he hnd uo connexion with iho remo
val of Stevenson, lie received a letter from
two marshal* of Savannah, apprizing him
of the seizure ofS., in ennsequenre of which
he went on hoard the fSivannah when she
arrived
He accompanied him to Mr. Goodhue’s
end saw linn there last evening. A (vised
him to to to Mr. Hays’# house, n« he wool t
he kindlv treated there. He was hospitably
used nt Mr. Goodhue’*, and thev drank wine
together. Tlie consul said, he admitted
that he had sent a letter sntl affidavit to Se
vnnnnh to have 8. arrested ; blit that lie
had given him a pledge to *nvo his life. He
h it ns much roinmif .seration for Ins situati
on as any man could do.
Mr Emmett now interposed in h-half of
Ir. Goodhue, who stood beside hint, nnd
who Ei I Tnnly disilsimed any participation
in th* nrrest of S. ortho means adopted for
that purpose.
Mr. Wylie then stated, that ho was su
thnrized by Mr. 8. to declare, thnt he hud
been treated in n most mffian-liks man
tier.
Ye*, said Mr. Patterson, that is tvhat we
are coming lo—
Mr. WyLer Mr. Stephenson says (list he
was arrested, and dragged from bin bed, in
the night,hr file men, armed with pistols—
Mr. Stephenson- nnd Huordsalso.
Air U'llie. By four men, armed with
pistols and swords, nnd, in this mnnner,kid
napped nnd dragged on board of n vessel —
on hoard of which nlso, he has been bound
nnd treated wit V ruffian violence. (A shud
der run through the crowd.
M>. Mnv now rose to address the people,
hut the Recorder entreated silence ; and
tlie Sheriff ordered the room cleared.
Mr. Shaw now took Air. Stephenson by
the at m, and he wns led awny to the Debt
or’s Prison on the civil process before-men
tioned.
Tlie excitement wns very grent. There
was hilt one feeling, that nn unlawful and
violent trespass had been committed, ex
pressed by all the (it z.i-n* present. It wns
understood that Stephenson’s counsel would
tnko proper measures to do justice to him
nnd the violated laws of the country.
When lie went off with the Sheriff, the
crowd considering its density, reined with
great goad order.
From the Commercial Advertiser, 18RI March.
Rowj.akd STrensxsoN.- In relation to
the manner ot Air. Steplionsnn’a abduction
from Georgia, tve presume the nrsonnt giv-
i-n in the Morning Herald the most correct,
a* vre haljovo it to Iiuvh been drawn up by
one of the counsel. It mas follows:—
“On the afternoon of Monday the Dili of
Mnrc.h, he left the city of Savannah, in com
pany with Mr. L'oyd, for some place its the
interior, with a horse and gig. After pro
cording nbnut 16 miles from the city, the
gig was accidentally overrot, in consequence
of Lloyd, (who wns near-sighted.)-driving
over a stump at the side of the road. The
gig having heel) brokcu, and Stephenion
considerably bruised by the foil, it wns judg
ed expedient to put up m the first house they
enmo to. This was done about two miles
farther on, where they remained uutil Tues
day night. About twelve or one o’clock
that night, Stephenson w«s alarmed by the
entrance into his room of an armed man,
who presented n pistol at his breast and
bade him surrender, as he was bis prisoner
The first was immediately followed by three
other ruffians, armed with dirks and pistols,
who forcibly seized him, with n threat that
he must ba silent, & speedily prepare to lbi
low them. After n few minutes allowed to
dress, he was deprived of his papers out!
trunk, nnd forcibly placed into u carriage
which they had in waiting along with Lloy.
h Hiding the vehicle unable to contain tbo
whole, Lloyd was taken out of it nnd left
behind, ibreO of tlie ruffians getting into
tin! curriage, fltul the otbor getting ou the
box, with the coachman. Tliey had no
proceeded fur, wliin ihe carriage broke
down, which vvna temporarily prepared, nml
they continued driving toward* the city.—
The carriage, ns alleged bv Stephenson
broke down five tiniee iu the'course of the
tide to Savannah, und was again repaired
by the ruffian#, who resigned the inride of
the earriage to him, two of them getting be
hind, and the other two on the box. Those
behind kept encii a loaded pistol presented
towards the carriage windows, uud several
ly threatened to shoot hirn iu the event of
any noise or alarm. They hurried ou this
way, fearful that day-light migb intercept
them, until they reached the rear of the ci
ty, where Stephenson was taken out, and
carried over some floated logs to a boat, in
to which he xvaa placed aud carried down
the river. The ruffians never pretended to
have any writ, or legal process, against the
prisoner, or Ht auy rate would, show none.
One of them, who said he was high consta
ble Hayes of New York, said he bad nw-
thority enough, and that the prisoner must
submit. About eighteen miles down the ri
ver, he was transferred to the pilot boat 8a
tiiuhn of which Air. While was maaivr;
which vessel immediately snHnd f or thjg*;
tj, where she arrived on Monday afternoon
about two o’. 1 ick. On the passage hi* pj s .
I'd* were taken from him, hia hand* tied 1
and lie wits otherwise Imrlinrously treated’.I
It hns been asserted that the ill treatment > I
rose from hii attempt being made by Sie
phenson to destroy him-' If on the passage*
imt this fact he absolutely denies. He Matt*
that there were 6 or 7 person* on hoard i(^
pilot boat beside# the captain} tlie ii#ni«*
of whom lie partially recollects, aa follow**
Mr. Proctor,a pilot, Mr. Oaks, adepmy g Ho .
I t, Finch, a sailor, and Edward a rabisl
bov.”
The following documents, which npnen [
in the morning papers, nre here inserted,I
that the public may have nil the information I
respecting the transaction, to be obtained. I
In the matter of James liuclmnuu and Jo
nathan Gndline:
State of .V. Y--- City and County of JY. F u,
Joseph Wilfred 1’iirkinsat present, of tho
city of New-York, being duly sworn, doth
depose and #nv: thnl in the latter part of I
the month of February or beginning of tho I
present mouth of March, in a conversation
which deponent bad with Air. James Bu
chanan the British Consul, tlm said James
lliirbnnan informed this deponent, that ho
had instructions from tlie British Govern*
moot, and intend d to Hike Rowland 8te*
idieiisou nnd forcibly send him back to Eng.
1 rod. And farther, rhnt Jonathan Goodhue,
drove named, last night informed de|ionenv
that the deponent could not see the * a j4
Row laud Stephenson ; Unit ihe British Cotv.
•ml, James Buchanan, had taken him uWar
from Ins hou»» and intended to semi theBaii
Stephenson hack to England ; that the »mi
Buchanan had authority to do so, and that
li* hnd a warrant for that purpose, ohtaninei
Horn one of the magistrate* in this city.-*
And deponent further sail li,. Hint he verily
believe* it to be the intention of tho
James Buchanan &. Jonathan Goodhue fur-.
cic.ly to take and carry tlie said Row Hug
Stephenson nm of the jurisdiction' of dig
state of New York contrary to hiw. And
deponent further saith, tlint be verily be
lieves that the said Rowland Stephenson
hath I“'co forcibly taken and detained con
trary to hi* r. i;l by the said Janie* ikicha-
nan nnd Jonathan Goodhue, aud, that in t«
doing an assault linih b*eu committed upon
the. person of the said Rowland Stephenson.
J.*W«|fcyU£L\S.
Sworn this 17ih day of Mil
fore me.
WAL WILLEY, Com’r, See.
In the Court room yesterday, Mr. Alay in-
qtiired of Mr. Stephenson if tie bad signed
any paper, lie replied “ No ? but immedi
ately handed him the following, which he
said hud been offered him lor eignatura ear
ly in the motninx :—
New-York, March 27, 1829.
8tn—Tlie only reparation which I cau
mnketoihc commercial community and my
former friends, is nr once to submit invseif
to your advice, and surrender myself to yon
a* his Majesty’s Consul, i have deeplv de
plored the infatuation which led me to a-
bainlon England as a fugitive, to flee from
what,alas! 1 find no muu ran escape from—•
the horror* of an embarrassed, distressed
mind. The letter# which I have writtes
to my friends will prove the sincerity of
these declaration*. I therefore, sir, com
myself to your guidance , point out to
how 1 can hut repair the injuries I have.
flirted, and I shall prove the sincerity of uit>
regret by an implicit acquiescence iu youe
letermination. I in, sir, your obedie*
servant.
Jamrs Bucbanas, Esq.
Ilia Majesty’s Consul, Now-York.
We will close this article by subjoining a
note which we receirod last eveuing from
Air. Stephenson hitoslf It is as follow#
To the Editors of the Journal of Com
merce :
Goutlemen—I have seen your paper this
morning, containing some cernsk# respecting
my abduction from Savannah. Misused and
mal-treated a* I bava been in England, both
by individuals and the public press, | ear
nestly roqueat that the public will suspend
their opinion in regard to tlie failure of Rem
ington, Btephenson it Co. and rny agency
therein. ’
In tho meantime, I cannot sufficiently ex
press my admiration of the good feelings of
ibis community, and of tho oubought exer
tion of the learned Counsel, who volunteer
ed in my behsift aud in support of the laws-
Y our most ob’t. humble servant,
ROWLAND STKPHEN80H.
We have gathered some interesting parti
culars of tba transactions subsequent to Ste
phenson’s discharge under the Aaierw corpus-,
and his being laft in the custody of the She
riff, ot the suit of Mr. Parkins. Mr.S. had
not been long in prison, before Air. Parkins
came in, wlieu, aays tho Gazette, “a very
affecting interview took place between them.
The moment Stephenson recognized tho Es-
Shoriff, ho exclaimed—‘Hear my story—
don’t condemn me yet. I solemnly declare
I sm not the guilty man you suppose me.’—
Both approved vory much overcome; and on
Stephenson’s tnakiug known his destitute
situation, the Ex-Sheriff assured Him that lie
need be uuder no apprehensions with res
pect to him; for if hi# circumstance# wer*
such as he stated, he should not distress
him.”
While before the Recorder yesterday, the
unfortunate uinn wa* exceedingly dejected.
His faculties seemed to have fled, nod he ap
peared to be literally crushed beneath the
weight of hi# troubles. One would have
supposed that be bail not the least idea thal
auy such thing as personal right# remained
to Inin. But n gentleman xvho wa* with
him I nut evening, mentions that his spirits
bad in some measure revived, nnd that hat-
ing beca figured that his pnrsiusl right#
are much t!.» earn? beve ns in England, b#
feels somewhat mere cf.mfortnhl*.
On the application of Air. Patterson on#
of the Counsel for Air. 8., a writ wasissuod
to uppiebend the persons on hoard of ths
Savannah, which vessel lay ofl' the Battery
until halt past eleven Inst evening, at which
tune she got under weigh, with a fresh breeze
trom the N. W. Tlie officer# who had bees
on boarJ of her about half art hour previ
ously, and found no person on boaro 1 imme
diately went in pursuit of her in the Custom
House boat, rowed with *ix oars, accom
panied by Mr. Patterson. The Savannah
continued to tack about in the harbour al
night; anil was overtaken and boarded be
fore day-light. Three boys only were found
on board, and they were undoubted!v crui
sing about with a view of taking" Caph
Wbite nnd bis men ori board, ntsoniegives
point. An application was made to tiio Col
lector, this morning, by Air. Patterson, is
have the Savannah detained. We have in#
heard the result.
POSTSCRIPT.
Our news collector inform# us at this ms*
••#111,(1 o’elsck,) that the pilot boat 8«va»-