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The Sational Intelligencer say*, that on
n ""f TeiliiesseB, uiai ttiiurovv Wednesday, 23d inst. thu President nomina-
8t.t« oi ie or neighborhood, liut to bis whole ,ted to the Senate, Robert tt. Reid, of Geor
gia, and John A. Cameron, of North-Caro-
. ihe highest compliment to the
Tennessee, that Andrew Jackson belongs
to n°
country- ( | e | cga(c3 having risen to discuss
Sever" t |,j 9 resolution, it was, on mo
tl‘ e l^/l’vir,Kremer of Pennsylvania, laid on
(ion ni *
‘"on motion of Mr. Preston, of Va., it was
1,1 . ,
That the
Convention in n body, im-
/iej(i/t;r«, 1 a Jj 0U rnment, wall 0M t |,' e ven .
mediately u 0 f Carrollton.
en ” " motion of Mr. Krenter, the convention
ihc°n"adjonrnedsW
die.
^pRECORPER,
j^ibdodvillb :
fflUKSDAYi JPStE.T, 1832
lino, (at present Consul at Vera Cruz) as Judg
es in the Territory of Florida, in lieu of the
two gentlemen, whose nominations to the same
offices were lately rejected by the Senate ; and
that on the following day, their nomination was
confirmed by that body.
KOR THE SOUTHERN RECORDER.
No. IV.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA,
CONCERNING THE NUMBER AND APPORTIONMENT OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Fellow-Citizens:—In the address submitted to
you by llie preliminary Convention, some of the
prominent evils growing out of the number and
apportionment of the General Assembly have
been adverted to; it will be my purpose to go
more into detail.
The lessons of experience which a numerous
legislative body has taught us, by the progressive
increase of its enactments; by the multifarious,
obscure and incoherent aspect of its statutes ; by
the burlhensome expenses of government, and by
the prodigal expenditure oftlie public treasure, in
struct us that safely is not always to be found in a
multitude of counsel; at least, the aphorism is un
true in reference to legislative bodies. These
lessons are also instructive, in furnishing the most
indubitable proofs of the positive necessity oftlie
proposed reform.
It is remarked by a profound writer, whose
name has become illustrious in the annals of bis
country, that no political problem is less suscepti
ble of a precise solution, than that which relates
to the number most convenient for a representa
tive Legislature: this is ei|iially true, w hether
considered in reference to its organization, or the
proportion which its members bear to (lie num
ber of their constituents. Although the solution
of this problem, perhaps does not strictly fall with
in the scope of lliese essays, their object being ra
ther to point out (lie necessity of reduction, than to
define its extent, by presenting to your notice, and
for your reflection, such circumstances as will
shew the essential importance of your action in
uMMion of the Tariff. This all-en-
i subject is now under consideration
* ro f’"jj 0 f it. To the eventual adjustment
‘‘/this question, of whose vital importance,
1, w |,ose fearful magnitude all must be con-
( l a question indeed, upon which me fu-
r,« e ilc7tinies of this mighty country hang
' U I ling as by a hair, no true patriot can look
hutw’ilh die deepest interest. Every man of in-
II „c e and observation must perceive that
'* -uisfactory modification, no adjustment that
"°|| sneak peace to the angry elements of po-
y'.J warfare, and restore any thing like
tranquillity to the deeply agitated bosom of
h •oiintry, can be accomplished without the
' ost liberal concessions on either side. All
m on experience teach us that the Norili
w,ll cling with slowly yielding pertinacity to
thatsvsteni of protecting duties, which enricli-
'them with ‘.lie fruits of others’ labour; and
tint the South will ever abandon her opposition
t„ this monstrous systepi of injustice and op-
nressiou, hut with its total abolition, we trust
iliat we shall never prove recreant enough to
her principles, her honor, and her interests to
venture to assert. H e would trust, neverthe-
|ess, lliat a compromise can he effected.— this method; yet, in bringing to your view
The result of free enquiry and the progress of Hie progress of the discussion, certiiin cottsidera-
|,|„. r al and enlightened principles ; but more j linns drawn from the examples of other Slates, in
,I,an ill the conviction of its necessity to the ' H e organization of their Legislatures, serving to
"rmanency 0 f tl.nt Union, professedly so dear! sl ' c 'v the proportion which the number of repre-
periutiiicn j I * sentatives should bear to the number of those re-
to their hearts, an y n ces ary to presented .and that a much less number Ilian at
(heir interest and prosperity, must induce the ! presen , „ se each branch of the General As-
North to consent to a prospective and gradual scnihly. will he nmply suflicicut for all the purpo-
abainlonuieul ol the system. We too must ^ses of legitimate legislation, it is not conceived
nuke our concessions—not concessions of iwe would be departing from the design, or tian-
vrincinlt, but concessions to expediency ; not scending the limits of these papers,
an abandonment of onr rights, but a waiver of J By the provisions of the Com
our demands for immediate redress.
No permanent adjustment of this question
caahe received by the South, or elfect the re
storation of public tranquillity and confidence
is the government, which has not for ils basis
one act of the whole chaotic mass possesses one
single redeeming quality, either as to matter or
language, to entitle it to the dignified appellation
of a statute. Yet all these proceedings have to be
printed, then published in pamphlets, and finally
compiled in a Digest, the vast expense of which
is paid out of your Treasury I Yes. plundered
from your coffers I filched from your pockets I !
Do not these evils call loudly for reform I Do
they not demand a remedy at your hands ?
These evils cannot be eradicated, until the ap
portionment of representation is changed. The
basis which fixes the representative branch of the
legislature is practically defective, and theoreti
cally absurd. The provision of the Constitution
refered to, gives to each county, however sparce
its population, one member; if ils population a- of Congress recently passed :
four dollars and eighty cents. The reason for
which will be obvious to the House. They have
likewise added a section, providing that from and
after the passage of the net. the expressed juice
of the sugar cane, and syrup for making sugai
shall pay the same duties as brown sugar and that
crude and mineral salt shall pay the same duties
as salt. The object of the section, inserted with
tlie concurrence of the Secretary of the Treasu-
, being to lake away means of evading the du
lies
and
tcnsivcly contemplated.
—tooono:—
requisition of the proper officers for the above
number, and have no doubt that the citizen sol
diers of the State will obey the call of their coun
try. They will meet at Ileiinipeil, on the Illinois
River, in companies of 50 men each, on the 10th
June next, to he organized into brigades.
[Signed] JOHN REYNOLDS,
Commander in Chief.
From another source, on which reliance may be
placed, we have learned the following particulars,
as on sugar and salt, which have been practised, The detachment concerned in the engagement
id which there is reason to believe are more ex- j (about 275 men) bad been encamped at Dixon’s
Ferry, for several days before the arrival of (lie
| main body of the Militia under the command of
The following is the Apportionment of Repre- Gen. Whitesides. Immediately thereafter a re
sentatives among I lie several States, under the act
mounts to 12,000, it is entitled to four; hut if it
contain fifty thousand, s'' 11 it Is entitled to no
more limn four. Thus on the one hand ten elec
tors of one cnunly may enjoy one fourth as much
power in the lower house, us 12,lltlt) electors of
another county. On the other hand, a county
possessing a population of 24,000, Inis no more
than four representatives, w hile another county
of half ils population, have an equal voice in the
Legislative councils. Such is the constitutional
basis of representation. Then; is no political ax
iom more indisputable than that which affirms an
equality in representation and in taxation. The
republican structure of the States of this union
tests upon this principle. Taxnlion without due
represeulatiou is a principle of transatlantic ori
gin. It is not indiginous to the country, norcan it
elate here, when sought tube transplanted on
this side of the Atlantic—it lighted the torch oftlie
revolution—nerved the arm that struck the blow
for liberty, nnd deprived the British monarch of
the brightest gem that sparkled in Ids diadem. A
kindred principle has nestled in the bosom of
Georgia—fastened upon tier Constitution, nnd
dimmed the bright surface of her escutcheon—but
it should he suffered to remain there no longer.
It is sometimes of instructive utility, to draw
examples from authentic sources to illustrate uml ,
enforce our positions. With that view, nnd in
the hope that it may prove a persuasive circum-|
stance in this discussion, I would before 1 con-
• institution, each
county is entitled to ill least one Senator and one
Representative, w ithout regard to population. A
county having a population of 3000 persons, in
cluding three-fifths of all the persons of color, is
entitled to two members ill tile lower house ; of
7000, to three members; of 12,000, to four mem-
requisites :—first, that the burthens of I hers. This basis, ns lias been remarked in the
government be equalized by the abolition of
the protective system, which, while it imposes
almost the whole burthen of taxation on the
SoutIt, operates additionally as a bounty
la iho North at our expense; and secondly,
that such a reduction, as well as equalization,
lie made, as to bring the revenue within the
expenditures of the government, that there
may he no surplus to prove a source of con
stant contention and corrupt patronage, and to
be appropriated almost exclusively to the be-
nrlii uf one section of the country, as the con-
sciencious scruples of the other forbid their
participation in these unconstitutional expen
ditures. Let but the .South be convinced that
so eventual, though prospective and gradual,
scroniplisliment of these indispensable ob
jects is intended—that justice, though tardy,
will he certain ; and let them see the com
mencement of its operation; ami we venture
to say, limy will make liberal concessions as
lo ihe period of its final accomplishment. No
thing short of this, we are confident, will be
accepted, or ought to be listened lo.
The II. of It. have before them three plans
fu the adjustment of the Tariff—The report
•if file Secretary of ihc Treasury by Mr. Mc-
Lsne; that of llie Committee on Manufac
tures by Mr. Adams; and the brief, though
full and comprehensive plan of Mr. McDuffie.
The first lias been already laid before our
readers; Mr. McDuffie’s will be found in our
Congressional analysis, and we extract Iroin
.Mr. Adams’, what will shew the material dif
ference between his and .Mr. McLane’s, viz:
that in his “modifications of the Secretary’s
lull," his object “with regard to all dutiable
articles, has been to reduce largely those which
are nut in competition with our ow n manufac
tures, and very little, or not at alt, those that
ure." It will be observed throughout ibis ex
tract, that .Mr. Adams recognizes and enforces
the obligation of Congress to retain inviolate
the protective system : and by a recurrence
to iiiir viewo of a satisfactory adjustment of
the Tariff, as expressed above, our readers
will deduce our opinions of this report. In
deed, this system of reduction seems little
better than that of .Mr Clay, that wildest of
all schemes of compromise, that iitlle loss
than insult to the understandings and injured
teelings of the Southern People. May a ma
jority ol Congress regard it in the same light,
»ud act accordingly.
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It w ill be seen by reference to our Congres
sional analysis, that the subject of the impri
soned Missionaries, and the means of enforc
ing the decisions of the Supreme Court, are
tu be brought before Congress for considera
tion. \Yc shall look with interest to their de
liberations and decision on these subjects.
—tonooo:—
The Globe of the 2(ith ult. gives a statement
of the sentiments expressed by the President,
in presence of Mr. Danforth and others, which
Mr. Comlict, by bis resolutions in the II. ol R.
has, for political effect, endeavored to magni
fy into an affair of serious importance before
the public. These private views, then express
ed, were on the Constitutional privileges of
Congress, in relation to its power to punish
Dr contempts. The President did not pre
tend to justify Gov. Houston's conduct ; on
the contrary, reprobated it, but said that bis
Punishment belonged to the Jmliciary. This,
Congress has subsequently admitted by its
own acts, as was anticipated by us at first.—
I he President is doubtless well fortified in
on position, and the sentiments as expressed
“X kim, are characteristic of the honorable
highminded feelings ami candor of the man,
calculated to put to shame the conduct of bis
political adversaries.
The Banner oftlie Constitution, in reference
*® l k« action of Congress on the subject of
the I’arilf 3H y s< •• \y e hope forthe best, and are
quite sure that if every member of Congress
w "® is concerned in the ownership of iron
''orks, sugar plantations, and cotton and wool-
ffkries, were to consider it a point of hon-
® r . as Mr. Ihrie did some time since in rela-
'oo to the Bank, not to vote upon a question
involving his immediate interest, the decision
*°uhl be such as would meet the general ap-
P">bation of the country."
— tonono:—
"ash i noth n Irvino, after a long absence,
ttring the latter part of which he was Secre-
'"’y of Legation to London, has returned to
native city „f New-Yotk.
Norl h-Carolina,
South-Caiolina,
Georgia,
Kentucky.
Tennessee,
Ohio,
Indiana,
Mississippi,
Alahamu,
Illinois.
Louisiana,
.Missouri,
F.xtrnct of a teller from ll’ashington, May 21
Maine,
New-IIampshire
Massachusetts,
Rhode Island,
Connecticut,
Vermont,
New-York,
New Jersey,
Pennsylvania,
Delaware,
Maryland,
Virginia,
40
juest was preferred by Major Stilman, uli^eom-
| maiided the detachment, to be allowed logo out
upon a scouting expedition; which was granted
) by lien. W. On Monday, the 14th, the detach
ment met a small party of Indians, and killed
two, and made two prisoners. They continued
their route ; and encamped for llie night in an ad
vantageous oosition,—a dense wood, surrounded
by prairie. Almost ns soon aslhey had dismounted,
turned their horses loose and commenced pre
parations for slipper, a small party ol Indians
were discovered in the neighborhood of the en-
enmpment, hearing with them a white flag.—
('apt. l’ades, with a few men, was sent mil to
meet them, when llie Indians commenced a pre
cipitate retreat. This officer being acquainted
It is said that the Ncw-York Delegation I with the Indian mode of warfare, and suspecting
have had a meeting; and that lit of them, per
haps 22, will vote for the modification of llie
tariff; the Clay party, of course, not included j U'lu.letleiacl,menl^’
in this estimate.
ail ambush, followed them as far ns lie deemed
prudent, and then ordered his men to tall Imrk up-
Although it wns dark, the
had been Ordered lo re-mount
. and were met upon the route by the men who
“We must modify again when we find a I were returning;. The pursuit whs conducted with-
surplus hi the Treasury. But to get clear ol ( out any regard to discipline, and bad continued
11 millions of taxes is doing a good deal for | for several miles, the Indians receding as the
the first step.
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Macox, June 2.
TEACHERS’ COW ENT JON.
troops advanced, until they had decoyed them
across Sycamore creek, ns it is called in the pro
clamation. This they did in disorder, and as each
man successively reached it. Being thus decoyed
into the midst of the main body of the Indians,
\ convention o( l eachers from all parts ^1 and without being allowed time toform. hostilities
re commenced. The Indians showed them
selves on every quarter, mounted and armed.—
the State, will assemble in this place on Mon
day the Mill inst. An association was form
elude this paper, o Her one living bright exa m pie, cd a ho u t si x in on t tis s in ce, ca I led the J each - j I hey com men ecu I the nt t ack with their guns, and
to shew the blessings (lowing from a small legisla- J er’s Society, and Board ol Education of the j after firing them, resorted to the use ot tomaliau ks
live body, the basis of which is purely that of re- State of Georgia.” Their professed object is
Ncw-York lias brought to “ promote a diffusion of knowledge, espe
present at ive population
forth all her native resources,
and knives. As soon ns their desperate situation
was known, Illnj. Stilman ordered a retreat across
He
*r system ot in-1 eially among Te ichors ; to promote harmony j r.l!" u ^,
the Imck-WOod I i • .1...:.. ..ir* . i : 11,0 S5n
the creek, aftci'an ineffectual fire nt the enemy.
eo-ope.7, o, j-r! 1 ?™!: i ^ t-c
ly grew. She never had a ni.merous legislature— 1 ^ 11 ,urmo 1 c ‘
with a population of two millions of people, her
j of the creek. A company under the command
itching”—Their next is
... only the second meeting, and is for the fur-j of Captain Adams, of Tazewell county, who
Senareconiisfs of32‘members—and her popular therancc of these objects. This association were in the rear endeavored to make a stand a-
branch of 128. What a commentary does this has, we believe, received the sanction and ; gainst them and (ought with desperation. About
" ~ ' commendation of every friend to the welfare | 1**^ die missing are thought lo have iclonged
ol'the community, so far as it i [f* fkiscomimiiy
_ i In,lit in on fiiw.i
address referred to, increases the General Assem
bly at the next session to 250 members, including
80 Senators, representing a population of 450,000,
according to the plan prescribed by the Constitu
tion. II this number composing the Legislature
were to he stationary, not liable to he further in
creased by the addition of new counties, or the
influx of population, perhaps the evils complained
of, hurthensome and ruinous as they are, might
yet he borne ; but (here is no prospect of this; in
no aspect of the subject is this at all probable,
since it is well known that the desire to multiply
counties, is continually increasing. Scarce a ses
sion ol the General Assembly passes without such
addition : and when the tide of population flow
ing to the Cherokee country shall have arrived at
its flood, it is quite reasonable lo anticipate, from
past experience, that the counties of the State of
Georgia will shortly number one hundred, which
will give to the Senate a corresponding number of
members. The settlement of this salubrious nnd
fertile portion of the State will not, it is pre
sumed, he made up entirely by migrations from
other counties ; hut in all probability, ils peculiar
advantages will invite emigration from other
States. This increase of population from abroad,
will consequently augment the number of the o-
ther branch of the Legislature, and thus the ex
isting evils, so far from being stationary, their in
crease will he proportionality progressive.
If tin* above positions he correct, nnd the tore 1
oing anticipations should he realized, we shall
soon have a Legislature equal to the British House
of Commons in point of numbers—to the Cumilia
of Rome in point of turbulence ; destitute ol the
deliberative qualities oftlie one. hut possessing all
the evil passions oftlie other.
The numerous laws and resolutions which have
marked llie sessions of our Legislature, tor llie last
few years, exhibit a fecundity truly alarming.—
The subjects presented for legislative action, seem
to accumulate without end. Academies and tree*
schools, hanks and bridges, corporations and di
vorces, elections and election precincts, terries
and roads, perfoim their endless routine during
each successive session of the Legislature, besides
a vast quantity of other matter, local in its cha
racter, which might he disposed ol in a general
law of three lines, Iml which usually occupies |
the Legislature as many weeks. Then comes the
repealing laws which occupy half as much more
time, to say nothing of llie long winded speeches,
made for neighborhood recreation. It is general
ly true that e\ery member of the Legislature con
siders it essential to his popularity at home, to have
his name associated with the introduction of some
law or resolution. There are many too, who
find it necessary to exhibit proofs of their compe
tency, by copying some Academy act, substituting
the name of the county to mark its origin and loca
lity ; or perhaps some few go farther, and make a
desperate attempt at originality, by introducing
hills to authorize some influential neighbor to
construct a bridge or establish a ferry over some
nameless watercourse on his own land ! Then
comes forth the wily partizan; lie too has a host of
local subjects for legislative aid; the election pre- j
cincts of his county do not suit him; their locality
must he changed, or perhaps the precincts them
selves must he abolished, or if before abolished must
here-established, to strengthen him and his friends
at home.—Another, to sustain a sinking populari
ty, desires a law to he passetl, to enable a ceitain
number of his friends to loan to their friends the
school fund appropriated to his county for the
purpose of educating poor children, thus ilis or ting
from its proper channel, the bounty afforded »o
those whom nature had perhaps gifted with ge
nius, hut to whom fortune had denied tlie means
of knowledge. Another perhaps wishes to annex
a part of an adjoining county to his own or to di
vide his own, for the purpose of strengthening Ins
popularity, or advancing the views ol his party.
Yet, another for the same object, makes a sweep
ing blow at the Penitentiary system, and lo ! a
whole code of laws is demolished by one fell
swoop.” It would he disingenuous not to Admit,
that this picture, dark as it is, has some few bright
tints. Yes, 1 am proud to admit, that while a
large portion of your Legislature are of the class
almve described, it contains a feiv choice spirits,
wbo would honor any deliberative assembly in the
world; but Itieir usefulness is paralized; tbeirencr-
gies are cramped ; their exertions are powerless ;
all plans ofenduring utility are voted down even
a few vears past, to save the University ol the
State from annihilation, a disgraceful compromise,
for party views, was entered into. Such is the his
tory of a session of the General Assembly ol Geor
gia, which comprises its history for several ol the
past years. Some, six or eight weeks are thus an
nually consumed by 250 members, their clerks,
door-keepers, Ac. without one truly wholesome
or beneficial act of general interest being passed
Is Ibis, fellow-citizens, nil overwrought picture ot
your Legislature ? If you think so, attend a few
days at the n«xt session ; nay, examine your Di
gests, your voluminous Digests ! Every page i»
marked hy some act of legislative imbecility.—-
They hear damning testimony of the mischiefs
which a numerous Legislature arc capable of a-
chieving. They truly present a heterogeneous mass
•if mutter so discordant—of materials so incon
gruous, as to banish every hope of reducing them
to the standard of rational legislation. Scarcely
fact furnish lo the disadvantage of Georgia, whose
native advantages, whether ot soil or products, of
climate or situation, is as great as any of her sis
ters—yet cursed hy an inctilnis, that paralizes her
strength—deadens her energies—and destroys her
resources!
ONE or THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
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EXTRACT FROM MR. ADAMS’ REPORT.
It has been the sincere desire ol the Committee
at once to conciliate the interests and feelings of
the Soiilh, not only hy (lie abandonment ot the
system of graduated minimums, hut hy llie admissi
on of coarse wools free of duty, tfc by a correspond
ing reduction upon the duties of the article manu
factured from them. In this they have also con
sulted the interests of the American wool-grower,
with whose products the coarse article imported
from abroad cannot come in competition, and of
the manufacturer, in whose favor the free admis
sion of the raw material must likewise operate —
On the imported wool with which that of native
growth must stand in competition, they propose a
reduction which they believe will he sufficient to
retain in the hands of the American wool-grower,
the command of tlife market.
In all the other modifications oftlie Secretary’s
hill proposed by the committee, both with regard
to wool and woollens, and to all other dutiable ar
ticles, the object oftlie committee has been to re
duce largely those articles which are not in com
petition with our own manufactures, and very lit
tle, or not at all, those that are. On this principle
the hill now reported deviates from the dreft of
the Secretary in the article of cotton twist yarn
and thread, which is excepted from t!»e general
duty of 25 percent, on all manufactures of cotton,
ami prescribes that the cotton manufacture to he
valued at 30 and '.55 cts. per square yard, shall not
he of those exceeding those values respectively.
They have also affixed a specific duty of ]2£ cents
per square yard, on oil cloths, included in the
draft of the Secretary’s hill with floor matting, at
a duty of30 percent, ad valorem. On unmanufac
tured hemp, the committee have reduced the sum
proposed in the Secretary’s draft, to $ 35 per ton ;
it having been amply ascertained that this article,
as imported from abroad, does in no wise enter
into competition with that raised in our own
country ; and it being a raw material, essential to
all our manufactures of cordage and sail duck. In
varying from the draft oftlie Secretary on the ar
ticles of silk, the committee have raised the duty
on those coming from beyond the Cape of Good
Hope li'om 25 per cent, to 30 ad valorem, reduc
ing other manufactures of silk from 20 per cent,
to J8, and excepting sewing silk, which is raised
lo 40 per cent, in consideration of the incipient
manufacture of that article in our own country.—
On the ‘article of Sugar, the committee would
have been induced to decline adopting the reduc
tion proposed hy the draft of the Secretary, but
for the introduction into it of the article of syrup
at the same rate of duty as that upon brown sugar,
which the committee believed would operate as a
compensation to the manufacturers of the domes
tic. article, for the diminution of the duty upon the
sugars themselves.
On the article of salt, the committee have not
deemed it expedient to propose any reduction of
I he existing duties, they having already within
the last two years been reduced by one half; and
the Committee having satisfactory evidence that
the duties could not he further reduced without
injuriously affecting various manulactiires, both
on the sea coast of Massachusetts, and in the inte
of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Ohio. They did not, however, fetl themselves
lifted in proposing the restoration of the form
er duty of twenty cents per bushel, though urged
with great force of argument thereto by a memo
rial from sundry citizens of the Commonwealth
of Virginia. With respect to live duties upon
glass, the Committee have adopted the duties pro
posed hy the draft of the Secretary, with the ex
ception of those upon Apothecaries and perfume
ry vials, an article of which there are extensive
manufactories in the city of Philadelphia, and
elsewhere; and they have introduced a distinc
tion between different articles of this description
of very different value, but upon which, hereto
fore, there has been do corresponding discrimina
tion in the duties levied upon them. 'Pile duty
proposed hy the Secretary of twelve and a half
cents per gallon on olive oil in casks, the Commit
tee have thought it proper to raise to twenty cents
per gallon; this article coming in immediate com
petition with the product of-our whale fisheries.
From the articles proposed by the Secretary
to he exempt from duty, the Committee have
thought proper to except side arms, quills prepar
ed, and brass in plates, blue vitrol, calomel, cor
rosive sublimate, macaroni; and among the arti
cles included under the general description of “ ar
ticles coming under the duty of twelve and n half
per cent.,” they have afso excepted bichromate
of potash, prussiate of potash, chromate of pot-
t- I. 1 — anna Omt'ia mill t !1 rift 1*1 f*. III’ICI
The battle was fought hy moon-
j light, in an open prairie, and the pursuit was kept
, , . . c ^!. I up for ten or twelve miles. The survivors began to
no doubt receive a large accession ol J UIT j ve n ( Dixon’s Ferry about one o’clock in the
STATE OF GEORGIA.
By Mis Excellency WILSON LUMPKIN, Go
vernor amt Commander in Cb : '‘'«f the Army and
Aary of this Male, and of the Militia thereof:
W HEREAS, in and by an act ol the Legisla
ture of this State, passed on the 23d day of
December, 1831, entitled “ An act to regulate the
future elections of memhrrs of Congress in this
Stale," it is enacted nnd declared, “ That so soon
“ as his Excellency the Governor shall obtain llie
law of Congress, fixing tlic ratio of Representa-
“ lives to be elected for the National Legislature,
“ Hgreeubly lo the late census, it shall he his duty
“ to issue his Proclamation, announcing the num-
“ her of Representatives this Stale is entitled to:"
And whereas 1 have received official information
that the Congress of Ihc Unitejl States have, by
“ an act for the apportionment of llcpresentalins
“ among the several Stales, according to the Fifth
“ Census," passed the 22d day of May, 1832, de
clared that the State of Georgie, after the 3d day
of March, 1833, shall lie represented in the House
of Representatives of the United States, hy nine
members, to be elected within the said State.
1 have therefore, under the authority of the be
fore recited nets, issued this my Proclamation, an
noiincing to the citizens of this Slate. Hint at tlto
next annuel election for members of the Legisla
ture, and every two years thereafter, until altered
by law, tbc people of this State will be entitled lo
the services of, and authorized to elect Nine Ke
presentntives to represent them in the. House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United
Stales.
Given under my hand, nnd the Great Seal ot
the State, at the State-House in Mil-
ledgeville, this fifth day of June, ill the
year of onr Lord, eighteen hundred
nnd thirty-two, and ill the fifty sixth
year of the Independence of the Unit
ed Slates of America.
WILSON LUMPKIN.
By the Governor :
Everaiid II amii.ton, Sec’ry of State.
O' Tins Editors of the several newspapers in
this Stnte are requested to publish tie above on re.
June 7 It
anil prosperity
lias become known. It is yet in its incipieticy
but iv
members nt tltis sitting, ami with perseverance
on the part of its officers and members, ere
long, exercise that influence throughout the
State, to which it is entitled. An address
will be delivered before it at tl is meeting by
Thomas 1$. Sladf., Esq. of Clinton.
[Messenger.
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PUBLIC LANDS'.
Mr. Ki.vo, of the Senate, from the Commit
tee on Public Lands,'made an able and extend
ed report on Friday last, on the federal lands.
It was counter in nil respects to the report made
by Mr. Clay, from the Committee on Man-
factnrcs. The report of Mr. Clay was adverse t pjoo me „, were paraded to bury tlieifde
to a reduction oftlie price of the lands, and in ceased ciMnrades. When our informant left them, an
lavor of selling them all for the best price, j in bate pursuit and nllai k of the I nilians was an-
and dividing' the proceeds among the Stales ; j
the report Irom the Committee on Public 1 BU ch a course.
Lands is in favor of reducing the price of I The Militia arc exasperated beyond nil bounds at
new lands to §1 00 per acre, and of old lltedcnlb of tlieircotinlrynicn, and a rrucl and exler-
land» which have been in market five years nimajing war must he the c “ n “ c r e ''®®' ' U ® 0 ’
. * _ _ . . t tlier liiiml, the Indians nave the wn.iutuge ot «i i»er-
anil upwards, to 50 cents per acre, with pro-| fect , %llowlcilffe llf lhe collnlr} •«—ine inured lo fatigue
ference and donations to actual settlers, and J and privalious of every kind, nnd rail at any time seek
considers the revenue to be derived from the refuge in tlic swsimpu which abound in (lint qwirier.
Fears were entertainnd at head quarters, for the
gafely of two or three small pm lies of men, succes
sively sent with despatches to Gen. Atkinson. No-
FOR SAZ.E. '
Distillery, Cotton Gins, Untilh Shops,
Store House and Plantation.
Tgl IIAT well known stand In Ncw-
H ton county, formerly occupied
by Leak A Morse, and lately by Jo
seph Bacon, containing about 550
Acres of
Oak and Hickory Land,
about 200 acres cleared loud, and under excellent
repair ; the buildings on the same arc numerous
VT.L and in good repair, a good DWEL-
LING nud OUT HOUSES, with two
liaran sixty saw Gins and Packing Machine
“■““““"willi Iron screw, a STORE HOUSE,
tiOfeel long, n DISTILLERY, not equalled bv
any in the State, together with a GRIST MILL
and Ulneksmilh’s Shop. On llie premises, is a
small VINEYARD, with some of the choicest
of the savages werekilled, but j kinds of Grapes, selected by a gentleman in the
” ' Smith of France. The above place will be sold
with or without a Lot of Laud adjoining, formerly
occupied by Thomas Wilburn, Esq., on which,
there is also a good Dwelling nud out bouses.—
For terms, wlficli will be liberal, apply to Antho
ny Dyer, of Monticello, Juspercounty, Georgia.
Monticello, May 30 20 eow 4t
morning; nnd after a sufficient time bad elapsed
the next day, for them all to have come in, the roll
was called and fifty-two were found to be missing.
A few of those who escaped were wounded, and
many bad their bats ana clothes perforated with
bullet boles. Some of the savages werekilled, but
llio iiumUpr could not tie uacevtuuied. YhI’IOUS
estimates are given of the strength ot (he Indians;
the number is probably between 12 and 1.500 war
riors. By (bis victory I hey obtained possession-
of (he horses of the slain, and of the enmp equi
page, blankets, ammunition, and provisions of the
routed Militia, and are, moreover, encouraged to
further hostilities by the propitious omen of a
first victory.
On Tuesday last, the Militia nl Dixion’s Ferry a-
ports which result from the exports which
ire the produce, of the soil, as the true price
which tho Government receives for its lands,
riling had been heard from them; nor, indeed, was it
and infinitely transcending in amount the price j known in what situation Gen. A. was, when our in
received for the sale of the lands. The re- f°mm nt left. , „ |
. , . , ... , ... , . Prior to the ensrnccment, the Regular nriny and
port is replete with original and liberal views, j lhfl M ilitia had formed a junction at Rock Island,
and Gen, Atkinson was invented with the entire com*
ami. The iMililin, under (ion. VVliileniilej', being
and must be read with great interest in every
part of the Union, and especially in tiie new . , , „ . ..
States, which must look to the present crisis jron': r wbl/'nud^ii
ol tbc payment of (lie public debt, as llie ||;,i llf nsceni |, ;i | t„ the Rapids of Ruck River in
critical period in which the great questions ! imals, and information received here from him, states
■ • * ... . . i .... c- i over the R onds, lie
been about 30 miles from
which involve tlioir interest and prosperity, that lie find effected •• pass;
- - • - llUY“ 1
must, at dial time
Dixon’s Ferry.
I, that order
must be decided one way or the other. The I
public lands are now released from their
pledge to the payment of the public debt, and |iIk* War Department,
must take a new destination of some kind, dm expedition, to pro,
and whether that destination shall be disas
trous, or felicitous for the new States, is now
to be decided.— Jf r ashiiigton Globe.
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Methodist General Conference.—The Phil-
lelphia Gazette of the 25th ult. says:—“This
have been transmitted from
o the commanding officer of
rctiM* the war in the most eu-
longcr to listen lo the Talks
of ihe Indians—as lias been loo often done already.
The perilous state of our fellow citizens ol Illinois,
and the prospect of a continuance of the war for some
months, suggests the propriety of assistance from tins
state. Having no organized Militia (at least in this j
quarter) the only means left is the (urination ol Volnn-
t’nmpniiies. Arms and ammunition, and
Executor’s Sale.
W ILL BE SOLD, oil Friday the 20lb day
of July.Hcxt, nt the residence of William
Arnold, Inte of Oglethorpe county, deceased, a
Fait oftlie Perishable Property
of said deceased, consisting of corn, wheat, bacon,
cattle, sheep, household and kitchen furniture and
plantation tools, together with numerous other ar
ticles. Sale to continue from day to day, till all
is sold. Terms on the day.
TIIE EXECUTOR.
May 30 _i ds '_
A GREEABLE to an order of the Inferior
Court of Laurens county, when sitting I or
ordinary purposes, will be sold on the first Tues
day in September next, nt the Court house in
Dublin, Laurens county,
101 1-2 Acres of Land,
the otic half of Lot No. 172, in tlic 2d district of
old Wilkinson, now Laurens county, on which
there is a good Grist Mill, and aljout 35 acres of
cleared land. Sold us the property ot Hiram
Scarbrough, a minor.
COMFORT SCARBROUGH, Guard’ll.
June 2 Ids
Conference has been in session in this city a- j ol trauspnriatiiui n> Hie scene nl action, will, we
have no doubt, be furnished by the Government offi
cers. By timely aid, a like calamity on ot
ders may be prevented ; for it is easy to I
if these Indians are not c-ffertnally quelled, tiie same
of New-York, and llie Rev. James O. An- j hostile spirit will soon be infused into all die border
drew, of South Carolina, were elected Hi- [ ti-iGc-
hout three weeks, and will probably continue
its labors until tlic close of tiie next week
On Tuesday, the Rev. John Emory, D. D.
hops of the Methodist Episcopal church.—
We are also informed that tiie Rev. Mel
ville B. Cox. of North Carolina, lias been
appointed a Missionary to Liberia.”
—totwoo:—
Should the Cholera pay us an unwelcome ' moving
viSit, many of ottr citizens will tie able to fly
front it, without leaving tiie Slate. In the
back country they will find a safe retreat, it
being pretty generally known that this disease j f,
never rusticahs—it has no taste for the beau- j
ties of nature, blit prefers tiie kindred atinos- 1
pltere of densely populated towns and vil
lages.—Char. Cour.
Later.—We have counter, and le.s diryslrons re
ports by a short steamboat passage from Galena. It
•vas reported there, by persons who were u* llie en
gagement, that 25 or 27 men only, werekilled. In
the other particulars, die above details are nearly eor-
lect. Business was entirely suspended at Galena,
ami the families in the surrounding country were
protection* As proof of the rapidity
with which the Indians traverse die roitnlrv, it is sta
ted, that a rainier from Black Hawk and bis allies,_
hearing to the Missouri Indians news ol the defeat ol
• fie Militia, arrived at dte Des Moines Rapids twenty-
hours before the express sent by Gov. Reynold.
WILL BE SOLD,
O N tiie first Tuesday in October next, at tiie
Court house door in Lowndes county, a-
greehle to an order of the honorable Inferior
court, w ben silling for ordinary purposes, of Wil
kinson county,
Lot of Land, No. 109,
in the twelfth district of originally Irwin, now
j Lowndes cnunly, for the benefit of the heirs of
I Joint i’oulk. Jr. deceased. Terms of sale made
I known on llie day.,
j Also—Will be sold, on llie first Tttesdny in No-
n bor-1 vcitihet' next, at the Court Itouse door in Hamil
ton, Harris county, agreeably to an order of (lie
honorable Inferior court, when sitting for ordina
ry iNirposps, of Wilkinson county, Lot of Land,
No. 230, in the 18th district of originally Musco
gee, now Harris county, for the benefit of (be heirs
of Joint I’oulk, Jr deceased. Terms of sale on
the day.
MICAJAI1 I’OULK, Guardian.
June 7 Ids
Mina.—This man is to be hung on Thurs
day tiie 21st of June, before noon. When
the warrant was read to him, he asked to look
at it; and observed, after a leisurely persual of Thomas Lancaster, Dennis L. Rvan, Esq., •
its contents, that “ The Governor wrote a re j Warren county, to Miss Martha Turner, datigi
markably good hand.” At his request a Ca- ter of the late Capt. Joint Turner.
Married, on Thursday evening the 24llt ult.,
; by the Rev. Dr. Brown, Mr. Eli E. Gaither of
] Eatonton, to Miss Jane Skinner, of Hancock
I county.
! On the same evening, in Louisville, Charles
| J. J e.nkins, Esq to Miss Sarah Jones, daughter of
the late Seaborn Jones, Esq. of Augusta.
\ In Hancock county, on tiie 3d inst. it}' tile Rev.
‘ " Esq., of
, daitgli-
GEORGI A, Baker county.
1IEKEAS William Jackson applies for let
ters of administration on the estate of John
I’orler, late of Baker county, deceased, in be-
lialf of tlic next of kin :
These are therefore to notify all anti singular
(be kindred and creditors of said deceased, to file
their objections, (if anv they have,) in my office,
on or before the first Monday in July next, other
wise letters of administration « ill be granted him.
Given under my hand, this 23d day of May,-1832.
JAMES J. GOODWIN, c. c. o.
May 31 ‘JO—4t
aslt, nitrate of lend, aqua fortis, and Inrtaricacid
And they have expected also from the non-enn-
merateil articles now paying an ad valorem duty
of 15 per cent, tartar emetic and rochcile salts.
The articles tints excepted, bcingextensively ma
nufactured in this country.
To (lie provisions in llie 5tll nnd fitli sections ot
the Secretary’s draft relating to cash payments or
optional credits at three and six months, the Com
mittee have added wool to the manufactures of
wool as specified hy tlic Secretary. The seventh
section of the draft proposing a levy of a duty of
one nud a Itnlf percent on the public sales of ma
nufactures of wool, the oaminitte have deemed
it advisable to strike out, unwilling to aocumiisite
n duly upon sales at auction now levied by seve
ral Stales of (Ills Union.
The Committee have added to tiie drnlt of tne
Secretary, a section providing that llie pound
sterling shall hereafter he ruled at the value of
New-Ori.eans, May 28.
Indian war with the whiles on the frontiers.—The
steamer Carrollton, which arrived yesterday from
St. Louis, furnishes papers of that place to the22d
inst.from which the following particulars relative
to hostilities between tliejwliites and the Indians,
are derived :—
From the Missouri Ttepuhlwan, May ~2.
The War Begun—Defeat of the Militia—'The
following Proclamation was received in town on
Friday last.
Dixon’s Feurt on Rock River, May 15, 1832.
To the Militia of llie State of Illinois.
It becomes tny duty again to call on you for your
services in tire delence of your country. The
state is not only invaded by the hostile Indians,
hut many of our citizens have been slain in battle.
A detachment of mounted volunteers, about 275
in'number, commanded hy Major Stilman were
overpowered by tiie hostile Indians on Syeatnote
creek, distant from this place, about 30 miffis—
and a considerable number of litem killed. Tltis
is an act of hostility which cannot he misun
derstood. I am of tlieopinioii that tiie l’otawato-
tniesnild WiiinetmgoeshoveJoined tbc Bars; and
all may he considered as waging war against the
United States.
To subdue those Indians, nnd drive them out or
the State. It will require a force of at least 2000
mounted volunteers in addition to the troops al
ready in the field. I have made the neeessery
Benevolent Lodge, No. (>.
MILLEDGEVILLE, 4th June, 1832.
r» ESOLVED, That
j&'Je % jl.®/ the Corner Stone
oftlie new Masonic Ilnll
in this place,he laid wiOt
~ *- appropriate ceremonies,
on Monday, 25tli June,
instant.
Visiting brethren ge
nerally, are respectfully
invited to attend on the occasion.
JOHN MlLl.ER, Secretary.
GEORGIA. Jones county.
W HEREAS John Miller applies for letters
«f administration on the estate of William
Emerson, late of said county, deceased:
And whereas Robert Beasley applies for letters
of administration on tiie estate of Thomas Ma
comb, late of said county. deceased :
These are therefore lo cite and admonish all
and singular tiie kindred and creditors of the said
deceased, to be and appear at my office within llie
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, (it any
they have,) why said letters should not be grant
ed. Given under my hand at office, Ibis 2d day
ot June, 1832.
CHARLES MACARTHY, c. e. o.
June 7
I A OUR mouths after date, application will be
? made to the Inferior court of Laurens coun
ty, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell 440 acres of land, known hy the name of
the Hicks Land, lying on Turkey creek, belong
ing to the estate of Absalom Payne, late of Lau
rens county, deeeasedi
ABSALOM E. PAYNE, F.x’or.
June I I^ 5 *
It OUR months after date, application will be
F made to the honorable the Inferior Cout of
Oglethorpe county, v hen sitting for ordinary pur
poses for leave to sell the real estate of William
Arnold, late of said coun^decmis^ uxORS .
June 7, 1832 4,n
I jlOUR months alter dale, application will he
' made to the honorable the Inferior court ot
Taliaferro county, when sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell part or all of the real estate
of Marcus Andrews, Inte of said comity deceased.
WILLIAM PEEK, Adm’r.
ANN ANDREWS. Adm’rx.
June 7, 1831 4ul
GEORGIA, Newton county.
W HEREAS Elias Holtzclaw applies for let
ters of administration upon tiie estate of
Rltoda Slice, late of said county, deceased :
This is therefore to cite and admonish ail and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceas
ed to he and appear nt my office within the time
prescribed by law, to shew cause, (if any they
can) why said letters should not be granted.—
Given under my
May 7 11
GEORGIA. Gwinnett county.
. LI1AM WHORTON, tol-
VV led before II. A. B. Nunnvl-
|y, J. P , on the 5th May, 1832, a
__ Bright May Mare,
dark mime nnd tail, urnne lias on the left side, left
eve nearly blind, shod all round, supposed lo be
eight years old, about 4 feet 10 or 11 inches high,
trot,-Appraised to ^^“"^LTB^. I. C.
May 30 20 3 ‘