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vai.mru.
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Of the
•> ilif •
THOM Tlir. l.nVI'itVt »t.VKNTI«*«.
gtiiM* views.
Wrll IlM JmU” Wli.li> t i r iii'il nn tit* li-t of hi*
ftnr<liiial prim ipte< Ii tlm-lit .n lhal llir f.x. rm.i .-. ».
war'i •* th« m» If io* * of ‘f.'onjrc**, •> forlmWoii t»
tkr Con*iiti<li.« I • ftCT-H »n\ p m**t« u I iptM-iiii'fll* I o 1
ly trantml nrptv tl* >fi-l:»« hi.. |,.,m ill- a-am-d |.mv
fn. XhU nil#? i* fiu.llul in wi*c |t*v*.#n* in irir conn* ^
fry i t«t**#l i»v this. il»* hM«»i v • »f th»* t*iv*i#t«? .t * act* 1 f ,
for tin- Inft three vvir*«*xt«» tin? it »rli! mi A• I•• in " . ,
»*trxtiui» whoiiv ni war with Ih•• Ini" ur»:*ii•« >•< » o <,u , ^ ^
Vermont. T ml In#* exerti'inn *»f lln* i.nv* n i'i;:i , i'ly EatoR th#
ennAnod l«* I’m I.,v.- «. Mi,". •...I d i wj,., !
rh.ml.l miJ.-rlake UmI.o "• Ik- • a.*. ”(«•<”•• 1
•di ll m mil r n« In offuCt I nin.l.l mi emi. I ■’ ' m , ^ j t||
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v cbnrv-.ei
V ai d 0 01*1
;>wr l#> ill#’ Geor^t* fiui.tr r .mi it* Omt'da.m I* e. nan*
inllt nf tbe nu ! i>ry npprnfl«'i'« li thM «p#RH' i
Th#« letter nifi him m Savnottsti. n?.#l hi
pmerr.b #1 i • i ludg# \ i I#*, uIhtu he icr.vr.l on lh*
••vrnlnx n| tl.«* (• .MnvJii compel; win M*j r
Getter .u Ji‘‘*i.|i. \# lioni In* j-mtcd Hi \||(?1** , .II On lIn?
>j! p»’ii'I. nif’ii mnl invM jf bit M,l
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whether became tli > n
Government, nr h> I ■•ns; n
Stair*. Matter* n<»\) In? n
sinned, fnrhi Id-n inra ns
from tin? IJ ti.k mislil b'* " i’hin In-*«
tirr the safer nn'mlv nf tin* |'»il*!»c b
with the view tn prevent tin’ r- li tr
fn ord-r In lore »* new c n r**m—*
uhi.id.iu tnis. ( o m.l
lint legitim"' iiljri
nr !■
if h*’ n
deposit
lb* ,
I In?
V(l\uu\
till* tin
veritnn
A In ni«| i
nntl 1-nrf'
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• ,n i i«?h: nioirp.itinti, .••*
C i\ornni’Mil, mu iti
r own. 1 -r nil.*, tvq iin
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ipiited p •" » t 4 >“ <•
•• iM.li. v ot In i l
M.’i
Im-
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15.
, ami tii
then ilu? reinnt
the e^'cncc of
qiientiiUtHh'.o •»
leKidUtion slim
the Executive
cutive nliniiM
lur lirmidi i* 5
the v\ hole coii
the dn.fiini-Mi
IHuuiplis have c.>u<l5.
rni.ffr.*«< nil I
»nlled in iii^il'fnu I
cativ**. Dunn In* nil
nfntenicnts by hi« M«\
kin own dhcrclinii tiie ;
imtio ml, iinpsovein*
Congrcts in create t
the purpose nf i e«:ii!
fcttlie Treasury I j
them among h < p*:t
custody of 11;e Trea
renr.y hi mu If. 'Hi
der pretcnc *• of cli*
lands, forbids the rerci;*
gold and silxer. Tb** a
meH*urei i- !•» establi‘1* t
shall he iii:niui*!ied. and
c#»urai;ej in tiny. H**> (Tn:ig-e*s
policy! Never; hit Jacks mi \' i I
Veto n ill cl.ncb the wish be nnce ?i
We nn«!il r i i thcnsijii ilie n li »!
»ng e\eiili* nf the 11*t seven yea
(though the prioriplei nil \\U.r',\
came in were esr.ineutlv re;'ii*» i»*i
the Govarnuient lia- I'lo^’rnted the mpr* ni
man. Tlmt this is not Jerters.»ni.an Uepo
uor in the renintcst degree allied tn it. i< m»i
win all the worship of i-.i*re«ed flitiorer*. -
uartis2o>. made tlie aaerdeg#* t > Jeli-i>«»n s nniii-* ap
pear in hi.K.ry f lli>ae »ho -T. II wmc alle. n«,
any other than mir nf thn.e .tartling jert* n l u h freak I
out In tittle of nii.ery Irmu in.lieitlua s and from M-,
hmi*. That an Aduiiiii«tialinii «liitn haa thti* .-.li*-1 -j,
ad in the full esereiae nf VI li. • wner.ngn Innennn* p. M «,, n r oiiii.a:i
MGovernment, evecutn e. l,*ris!,:ive judii ro, r.inui 1
il. 1..1 li*-#* n | ice capable of prcvititiny tin* 1 •
M lit” • iii’ii'\ ht |'«*v ii j» that \# lii'iiiv el be fti mill
■nert in Aiiihania. be would seek refuge in fl'clil,
M the conflict w mild be, as it evcirtUHlly was. on
• ritnrv «•! timreia.
i- purpose, In which tile Jnmj’* were tlireclnl n*
ilyasib'-y could hi* nr^nniged and anunl. wm#
itrcnded mu only by tb« ronsidumtinn staled,
, ilii* iii(*!anclioly fan. tl>nt the Indi«r.« bad mur
or driven from their lioim-s. ni: ilu* w bile inbabi*
"t Al.ihima tltal were wi»bin lluil power. Mild
*y • d l!i'*:r pr p rty. brlnre t!ie annv had ren« h-
• irmniers nt (ieurpiV 'i’liere was iiothirt: left
• jv. their # mi* 11y nr rapacil) . hum therei >r«* no
p oI lioinanity turbid the #•.•11111011 inteni'ed to
them into 1 uiiflul or capitulHtioii. The events
• camp Mi’ii have confirmed my cnufid* nr«? in
\ i* \\ *. tor our troops on the riv 1 r weie eogagecl
no-* *?»i 1 !v cn’.test« w Mb the flv imi foe. him! all the
mi-' the Lrecli 1 car h-tc been j ought by Gecrgiur.s,
'■■til of (>eitrain.
ii' di.it. ly on the arrival of General Scoii nt Co*
«. be nviiined (iie command ol tin* army mo!
1:1 #:!.011 ol the war. and gave t!>o bigii sain 'i mi
i r.pprubn'.inn to t!i#* course which bad been pur*
of lieor^Ki u ntayed Vi Inm lhn*.i)rti l»or Cllrf Mu
gisftatc.ls • rphined in litter to the Wlr Depart*
i’#*lit, in etii’ter tn the call mad* by the I'rflMsnt nf*
!• r rcreivii'g mv csmimtn : fN(bn.
t’uj un #f «'| t|i#» c-ioM|mii(li nrs teh tioj to tliia
od*|*ci, «# i»*s • to tin* 8rmnto!o mid Cre»*U war*, wdl
ii • foil#i#f 1MU015 die neentnpam inj dnciiineu s.
•• -'ill injliv bnstile |ud nin in tin? swamps
l lioinas. |,»’.vn«!>s mid Ware, who Jtiv*
1 f s'nim 'ii tb''ioiiabit.int# I Imivu n»en
"»• dir tm*r#n« nf’protecl'.ni, which weie ini
ill- rded by sumUng anus and amoninMm.’
-'Miiies. an 1 in-lriiciim# the cmnuiMiul.iij:
if rinirnt- tn e.fll out a mo inted cou»pnn\
in each I- r tempora ,, v -ecuriiv, nn ij more porn* uirnt
arrange me’ Men i'd he made: ami to this eocl I rcipiest*
e«l from M j. (ion. losnp a detachment of regular
| troops far 'but serviie The ieque*t was pmmo'iy
I Maj (1 Dearborn with t-vo companies
it Ii instruc'i »ns in eftiiblish a nidiinr) s:ntion
e m Ln.mde* <>r Ware, as might be cmi-
t eligible, nod to call on the commanding
It*** militia in ten** ami lb<* adjMimii'» coitn-
!*h number of troops as h M shonl » deem
iicce##v*v 1 * * give security nod ruposu to the coiuiry.
Many of ilu* members of ( apt Gartunny*s» compa
ny. who were pronged with the Creek Indians in the
bat'lc nf Sheplli id’s field,
mo-t of their wearing npp:
of these v
the ex#
IlHV • ill
c ?mino
oor|#x I ue iMiuifer wdi unOeb uutv fire i of nn portion ot our fellow-betM
or fit 0'iripan e-, *ud it vs ill t»c Mi nnpteulam task | ge4*stlio propriety of extending the public chur'ltim
fur him to deter.n ne which shall he thu« favored, to | an other claw having < uual claium to our svinnaii °
ills shall lie di
»*d by such v *
tin? event of
. mid very I •"
he well In. ill
r. under t.i# »«
oiled, or h«*pt i
the riintpanie
»f them can l»*? hc
General A*s,m»iW)
rirmriml.iiiees, lit.
s»irv
1.1 lie#
granted mi
wa< sen* w
at sm li | h»
d#»red in »s
oflirers of
ties, for so
N * military fiind " a
act nf the last *e**i 01,
been c abled to |>ny 1 ti
liav in2 uiiiiiary iircn ii
The cartridge h.ixe*
which h;id been contra
r solution of the Gei
created by the nppropri it ion
u.id cnnai? piently 1 have n it
Ini.’sdo inspectors,and other*
- against the State,
bayonet scahhard* mid l» *lts,
•ted fur under authority of a
smh'.y, passed nt til#?
«il I** M, have hc#*n received and paid fir.
„ «|iial
I 11tiinit 11 tv rei|#iir«« tl.nt
j fui’e slioubl hep ovidml t..r ihefiinHtic
l limn, to all •# ia*e their sutler
i cumruumy it gamut ihoir iuv«
I «u«m as are md gent -Il'Mild to* in.n itainefl at tin* ,
I !• cxpeii-e. 1 invito the aticut on of th«t <i«!in*ra|'^
! the subject, and rccoiuniemt an apnr..nr1
; "t «* *Ph sum of m*uie\ h- may he deeo^Ji 1 ,,^^
I snry for tin* erectmli of a l.unntic Asylum fur the
e<*pti#iii and iircnmtnnd.itioii of |.eri«>us thus afflict .a*
1 liercvvnh truusmit to the General As^etnhlv h c,/.
1 pv of the proceeding? of the ('o'lventinii which ni.
1 smithied at Knoxville.Tennessee,on the 4tliol July
| to lake tu n coiieidernlion the ptnposH l."i»Uv ille,
• •» • 11 * Georgia vvainhi*
diff,.
«»r sympathy.
j|:Imtable place u f
and the mad.
• ^s, nod to protect tlie
unlery «cU; «. j U|M
ciim.iti amt Charleston Kail Kmi'd.
I rupreo'iitud in that Cutivenlion by delegates j
uments, mid will snow the n'linhur and comlitic
"f tit?; anus amt accoutrements and the quantity and |
quality #.f the ammunition.
I have received a C'unmuiucati'Mi bum Col. Knm
ford, of the orduunce departmoiit. stating that Georgia
is entitled, if ml - r the act of Congress of 180P, to a
the O.lt J one last, lost quota ol arms up to the 1st January last, equal in value
and weie an des'inile to 54d 7-IJ1 tnuskets, and requesting tl-ai 1 would de-
ait
i . I Maj y.s
ta a to
I'lat"'
Niwv-t )i rm.s.
uioveiiicut on
flinmiinilifin and provisions, v
>d from Snvauiiah, Augus'a, P
vr#l for n tune the cot
In I
•M.ti r 112 Cnillltl-V
ck'ilg frail.I
ccip* at *!»♦*•
1** ;i \ n w ed e
d of I 1*
i< y lim t!i»* f
but .v tual «
-e*s laid# 1 ’
high-h ?
.'rid Ii m
at 1 lint 1
1 dm :
d.sp tic,
■ "f 1 ■ a. 1 - .
•\t that i
ii tn'i >n ,
a • in* fit'•
fe«f ; nor
• hiiii l**-!
l Cow#
K lh. mi 1
I*, un C"! :
I.** lie
Tmi a 11 1
id ti n;
c lira
i.ng tl.a
i.nv- ihr
dismnt poinu
tn those
■ them, t!
lint this delay In s I"
Ml UI’mIi* f
ll’ll.iud hat
' eq'lijipi .
Tin* first <
sccnnd nr
my i# 1
freott * and
allowance
• mnuitir.n
nlu servo#
licit t'e’v could 11 -t perform duty ' siguale the kind of arms the Sta'e would preli
! without h new supply nf them. The army regul »• anavver to this coiniminieatioii, l have direct
1 lions 111 ike no provision for furnishing rhithes under amount to he paid in yagers or lilies, vviili the
| such cir'ttmstnncp*. and some of these men bad nut sarv accotftrements.
, the in *aiis of proenring them, for they had also lost
their money, and therefoie 1 purchase 1 cheap ar
ticles for them t«* the amount of I•» f > cents,
1 which ! paid out #*f the coiittiiie d fund.
1 liu? Georgia troops engaged in tlie ('r-'pk war had
expended Itieii own numey in providing themseives
with such riimp #*q*ii ’age ns t-im\ l>«-)i>-\>I to l; * ruu
(’•s-i.ry on their march t<» the frontier, and in « snip.
\pfl;cflt'»ui w*i> made t> »!>'• (iuartermaster of toe
I'nited Stati-s’ A**mv to refund tin* amimnl thus ex-
petirlud, but lie did not fuel himself a itb#iri/'*il to do
mi be. nose the quantify and quality #*f runny nf the
nrtieles purclia-cd. il l not cnrr#sp«itid vvitii the army
inflation.*,
ii!) that •
Alt'
Tin* r« ports of the keepers nl'the public arsen #D nt j rent sucti Miso’tbe State, who clearly dcuiuitsIrnicdUiat
1I1 and .Milleilgevilh* will be found among the 1 the cheapest and 1110*1 pructieuhle route to the Southern
Atlantic co oat is t hr-Might lie territory ol Georgia. Char,
ers have been granted by tS»c States #d Kentucky
Tennrssc.o, NortIt Carolina ami bomb Carolina,
the purpose of constructing n coutinuotis Kail K 0 nj
Iro n Cincinnati to ( hail«’?*toii. pas-ing through tlieno
States; and the qousiiun will he piesented to Georgia
vvhethor she will grant a rtiaiirr authorizing u Rail
Korn! in join tin* noun ti unk of this great work Ht some
l onvonient point in Tenin-sM*#.*.
The gtcat udv’Hiitagos ol railroad cnnin»uiiice|j 0ll|
in produeing imiiv idunl profit ami puhlic coiivenien C# .
by tin* speedy ti.iiiispnmilion nl persons and proher|»’
have been so fully nnve.iqietl. tliHt it cannot lie hece*
sar v. at thin time, to el'icidHt#* them tn an (udighteued
peoplu. They are stimulating individual enterprise
in every ijuarter. and Hliould not c*enpe the inteb
ligent forecast of the statesman, devising f,»r big
coun'ry, prosperity in peace, ami Nectintv inWar
llitherio 110 attempt lias been made thus to connect
tli* W* st with the South, because, until recently the
inh’i x einng inountaius have been e.-midered an i* lwu .
p» table barrier. Hut u-.w. that ell physical difUcul-
lies recede before the light id'science, the people of
Geoigiu owe it to thnm-elves to second with eiifrev
and liberality the great enteiprize which is |.ri*jeuted
r. In
1! the
'I’lte Georgia arm* which were used dining the
Creek war, were, on the discharge ol the tr-iop*, *l«*!i-
vered to tin* 'Juited States’ ordnance officer at Coin'll-
bus, and, by direction of the commanding general,
have, been sent to the arsenal at Mount Y<?nmn. in
Alaii.iuia, to he put in good 01 dor. These, or olheis
equally g'»od, will, in due time, he returned to the
The Stale Jnving no gunpowder sni'abJe for small
a -ms. and tli#?ro being fieqneui calls for that aitirle du
ring th«* recent Indian excitements, I entitl'd 7*> kegs
•il, most 1
vine
the
afire: llie utmost humility, should term i's-'ll lit#? *er | j
▼ant of the people, and avow ii* r *sp#>:i*ihiliiy to the
* ht; but the executive J
eounlrv.
eoired I v < x;ue*s Irwin (»* n SciMl.
they -f.>*•)ld 1. *t proceed to Ihorula.
Of t!u» r.i'Minte.i regiment, one hattMlooi.’rmuposefl
of the Wns.nRgion Tr op— l.io II m ock 'i'r '#'p—tin*
J- ’j'er-»n lhi«snrs—.’he i;.'.l.]vv,n L’omdv (’avn.iy. and
the Houston (7«vx!rv. vx.i* ordcied m repatr to Dub
lin and elect.1 ni'joi lo command :ii# m; but owing :• •
the mn-arr.val <M some "f die companies a? s*»on ns
was expected, the election d d not take place, and
rs. .1 company found its way, in i’s own manner, to
Washington. Hancock mil Jef-
terci the service • i t 1 * Drilled
antain Douglas, of the Jclferson
u«snrs, to itjiuiuiand il.em. lo add,tin 1 to the*#?
[. ( herb’s il. Ni lsott. ».f t , !»«ro , :i*#* t
I corfi*. cwnipo«i d nl citizen* # f (!.‘ie-
,e«. and repai cd to Dlonda, when*
«li
betwr
four and ftv
| States nod rb>
to !* to^iulUAry <
l.lbV—Stiff lISlDf
sinner* it w mi d i
exp.Huniion.
1 • v viilue «*f til
th*’ -loth M'l'tioo 1
* #i Major < i**
Generals ii
.lame# Wooi
discharged t 1
;?i?« ha
0 lh- tn but lit:!#* apti
1 gnniciwion, it vr 11! In* found that 1 Ii'■
\ rs niinx nidnbfe and v**rv ineoiisic-b ■
le*« tno.'T?eu(#oi* and exri ’ng cirrum*
invc; receiv ed a mote gt-m-ral andjusl
n I!u* subject, he agroe.d to furnish
the 11 o:tf \ j; 1 xvo il I assume the? respon.ihilil v ot pay
ing the account* and s.?tl'»ng withthu War Depart-
ri-Mif. T!;!.- 1 C'*nsi*nted to do mther than our poo*
I !e sbooiil !o*-e i it’g#* sum- of money expended by them
for th-» n’i'it's -rx itw, and .tircordiugly l received from
Mr. Waitk. the ti’iartctr-inas'er. 5^ 4o cents,
wlorh f npf.lieij to th- payment of these demauds.
Very soon after tl «* ratification, by the Small* of
!In* I’mtei! S.'nlcs, of tlie treaty made between Gen.
(•art'.*1! n» d Mr. Scbermerlmru, tlu* roinminsioners on
tbc part oft !n* l Si ites. n id tin* f.'her nkee tribe of Indi
ans, a copy , J'v, bidi nrc iiipimiestliif* message, tbw pro-
p!o of tbnt section of the State hccamo a ’prohen'ivo
tlmt tli" Kos* party, against who.»o wishes lue contract
lor then* remnrnl to the \V#*«t easiund#?. vv« uld, in
the tli* 1 tt situ 1 Li hi of (la* State in r» gard to th<*
• > *•« t ■"•.‘•‘in'
ztm? at this pi
The addition to th»* south »»n#l of lit:
was uiltiioru ■#] hv hii net of thu (irii
passed 011 the il.iy of Deconibor
tin? erection of which n.coutraci vras •
tween the 5!l:»to and .Messts. Siniili, T
iiCi tl completed
the mu
vl.ii-
capitol,
•ral Assembly,
, I SH. and for
nlorcd into he-
inker arid iMnr-
judgo, tin)
‘led i
(‘lit 1
1 I the militi
nl John W. .
y II. 1 /.we
• eoniinaiul 1!
d.itv vv.th ;>t
fate*
id tl
law id IHI C , I appoint-
. Sanford an I lh igadi# r
Zncbatiali IViide nn*i
ti#vof»*. T'„M»e efiicer*
mptin-ss ‘.i ll ,i‘ i!,iv. nnd
aru.y and the pro
mise I .
► verv nalur.d, no doubt IUI ,
regarding hiinsel.'a* tiie prncti?al reprc^etitaiirc ol the j f ^ nt _
People, this humility professed toward* die people is j ^ 0|J , ero j , J|0 8erv |ceof the United Stale*,
only a refl** clinii hack to nin^ell. and irg.Ms a mnre j privations find penis of an arduous and harn«s-
intenst feeling of unlimited power in1 the Dk**cu tve.j jn rftp ^:j, n WRn , sustained by these troop* with »<
Political writer* have long xlk?» nob d tin* J>su»m uf j f .„ titll j rt niu1 courngc lonornhla to thcmselvr s nnd
things in other country*; it\* Ion tided mi the theory | rr , itrjlrv n| , (j wh , c |. « HVC assurance, since renli-
\ r
•al Je
flume
itar hme
iiicliido
the
: till*
that there is a loxereigutv of thu people aivvny ? exist- j
log concurrent w ith regular government, and lhal anyOj
one mav appeal to this sovereignty a* supreiqe oyer ,
the constituted organs of the people, supreme o-j
rer the laws an I over the obligations of mill's.j
Thu« it jHck«»ni*m tk« e-..'nco „f l.ynuh ltw: il ! _
»ioi*(es nil law l>y reasauing tit.IS : Jackson renvftscnls | J |(;
the People, «u<l is responsible l«» lh- people ; the pen. | n , somVfll | |] ilw [,
pie make (be laws, therefore l!ic People tmve e rip lit j
through Jackson lo ilispeiise with th* tews. Popular !
approbation will iiistily any tiling. The course reconi-1
wended bv Mr. liulles to Pennsylvania is the natural |
result of this theory. IIy crushing the Bank, it will J
succeed ill destroying the credit of the Stale’s good ^
f a ',th : it will tench that law, do not bind, nor lltttli
plighted restrain, nor honor tvidthold, but brulc will
it til. >
three I
liad i
India
oltiulri’r I ti I' ,1 try
nmtnsmJ ol Major
CoMPHttiiisstvK larRACUMKRT.—'The Wing young
man of Boston were called on, through the public
prints, to hold a meeting for political purposes, on
Tuesday evening last. The call was signed by fi*e
hundred individuals, ami wnseoitched iti the following
striking terms. XVe h ue never seen ti mure cniidens
ed md forcib'e •ntimeretioti ol the just grounds of op
position tithe present AtJniinis ration
tsios.—Nal. lilt.
-THE YOUNT. MEN OF BOSTON
1. Opposed to the present National Administration,
to Executive interference in elections, to Execu
tive dictation of the sticcessorship, to Executive war
upon the judiciary and the Senate, to Executive con
trol of the currency, to a league of Executive Banks,
to the accumulation of all the poopl#.* s sprcie m tin?
hands of the Government, t‘> ll»*' a*sumiUion oNegis-
letive power by the r.xectilive Department, as in the
▼iolent removal of tlie tleposi’os, mid the recent iHo*
jal Treasury Circular, to Post Otlicu espionage, niidjn-
1I10 irirriii.opinpiit of tho liberty 1 I thu
1 ranee,
zed, that iii the hour of (Huger Georgia nnv safely
rely on the f>ulriofi*m a d gallantry of her son*
A s«;cniid hattnlion of mounted men. to complete
till* regiment, rompdsod of tlm I'ntiinm Moii'ited Ki*
tlem«»n - the (iainesvilJe Dragoon*—th«* Walton Conn*
tr Cavalry—the Buckskin 11 nssars. of Dooly county —
v. ami the Twiggs Cavalry,
illo, the place appointed f ir
rendezv v«, and weie organ z ’d hy tin? election of
Major David Koss to command them T’hi* battalion
proceeded to Mark creek, in Florida, with the inten
tion ol entering the service; but they were, not nc-
c-ptud. beenuse the rntnpnigu was about lo bn closed,
nnd tho oliiocr in comuiiind at tbnt station directed !
thorn to return. AltliuugJi 1 hi * liattnlio 1 win not for- \
mally mustered into a-rvice, the. Dniled Stales haxe (
paid them and defrayed the expenses of their march I
; to nnd from Florida.
Uiigndier General llurwell l’ope was npp lin'.ed t
I command the Georgia trorq a in Florida and proceed- i
i ed to I'icolnlu fur titnt purpose; hut #.m? baitnlintt of J
( infantry having been detained hv request of General ■
j Scott, and the second battalion of mounted men In- |
; vmg been ordered hack to Georgia, the troops were
reduced below a brigadier’* command, and Gen l*opo I
than It con-' accordingly returned, .villi ml an opportunity #»f taking
t part in t'u* campaign.
j Having no authority to draw on tin* treasury of 1 ;i, e sanguimi,
I Georgia, t" defray the expense* of bringing those 1
j troops to tiii? fluid and matching them to Florida, I | #pj u , | l()S tile l
! requested lor thi* purpose hinds from lltu Secret.try of
War, who promptly r«>miuet! to me twenty live thou
sand dollars. T he. greater part of this sum was ex
pended in that service, and tlie h dance has been ap
plied to live Creek xxnr. to which i fdiail he re after ad
vert. B it before the receipt of this unuiev, circuui
stance* connected vvitii the public biifeiy compelled
me to dtnvv on the contingent fund lur six bundled and
now cd |i. m Chdinii
Malinin a troops ant
I’t^kege#* limiiugli tlu
n *»f Fort M itelndl.—
t if tbs army n • tint her #>f : •n#tii#
; three or I *ur liuitdrcd 'vnrriots
dered. vx liilst another party, said l*
itdicd. alarmed rxl llie ai.pium h o
•r.'«*od fbe CI’atinhoMclu'c s^mio? milns he
he. and proceeded towards Fh>ri !a. 1 lw?t
o’ d.sr.overeil until a day or two after tin*;
1 nnd just nl the time vv In
and fcanloiil with the troops untie
reached Koutioko Thu far
tiicm, a force midi r (’olonel P># all vv
piirsuit. and n portion of thu enemy v
the Cliicka'fiv
n ‘kirntidi en«
Imi*. (1 eiii
trieii.t'v I
Creek cm
To (hi# li
Indians,
i nine in e
, r>msi*t o!
, t '.iis I-nee
| low Rom
i miller command ni
j to Fort Mitchell, vv
( wiihtn the pi bets of
{ ox ideiice, llint among
| engaged in the imirdc
I uf Kn.iuoke and ut!i
proas
jfc... , .. . ( sixty eight il Pars ami hx cents, which 1 h ive since
dieftture, to tlie infringement of tho■ bberty nl tlto I rot „ rn e.l lo the lr> nsitiy ; ami busi I.m lh:s hi,i.,mil, the
Treasurer, Col Haynes, al my request, promptly as
sumed thu responsibility of li rnistiing mu will uticli
I sum* of money ns wero nee#jssary to meet the daily
j demands of the «i*tvir.e, until I could receive remit*
taocirs from the War Department. In addition to the
1 twenty-five thousand d,*dnr* above nt; utiiirit.il. I have
1 sittcy re» eiveJ the *um ol* ten lliott*and dollars, which
! ha* enabled 1113 t > return tn (!ol. llayue* thu whole
| ntnoiiul borrowed, and to pay off the nccouu
1 traded for transportation, subsistenco, Ac
J volunteer*.
i In comj'liance with a resolution of the General A.*- 1
1 seutbly pu*«ud at the hist session, I causod the counties !
of Baker, Dooly. Curly, l.ee. Randi lpli, Istewuit and !
Sumter to be lurnndieil xv nil arms and ainmunition.niid
a company of Spicy, consisting of txxoti'y inonuicd |
men, to be raised 111 each, to protect the people against
hostile incursions of the Creek Indians. These com-'
pame.* were kepi in so nice for some time, nnd until it (
was deemed proper to supercede them by a force lie- •
lie veil to ho morn ilflcieul. This was ti small battalion
nf mounted men, vvbo vobjtiteei* d nt the inv itation ni !
the (!onv.nnnd»*r-m-t Tuef. to g**rv#? three months iimi
the command ol Mnj r John II II
special contmis»ion of Mnjor vv as given lor that pur
pose. This battalion was mustered into ti e service of
the United .Stwies, and mpporled and paid by that go
vernment. Tin* expense*' cl' the spies raised under
authoritv of thejrsolulion Imva md been paid, because
nt the time that the ncconiits were being made out
to all projects for squandering the. public money,
lo the expunging nf Congressional records, t<» tho dis-
nrganiziog docilities which have struck nl charters in
Pennsylvania, and laws and cons'itutions in Maryland.
Friendly to an Cuonomical Roform nf Kxpendi*
lures—1«* « ju*t dispositionlof tho Proceeds of the
Public Lamis—to an immediate Distribution of the
Surplus Revenue—to Stale Sovereignty, and the? Se
nate of the Union, us the citadel and stronghold of
Slate Rights—to the restoration ol tlie co-ordinate
branches of the Government to their legitimate and
constitutional agencies—the maintenance of our faith |
with the Indian tribes—a just observance of our Nun- j
tml relation*—the limitation of Executive Povvei—and
the curtailment of Executive Patronage; j
“And, for all th*se reasona, opposed to the elevation
of Martin Van Bukicn to the Presidency of the Uni- j
ed States—
“Are requested to assemble,'* #Vc.
tROJi THU ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE.
OHIO.
Having received authentic returns from nil the Con
gressional districts in Ohio, w L * annex * complete list
of the members elected to the m*xt Congress*
Alex. Duucn
• Taylor Webster,
Patrick G. Goodu,
Thomas Corwin,
Thomas D Hamer,
Calvary Morris,
Wm. K. Bond,
Jos itidgwuy,
Johii Clmney,
James Alexand r. jr.
Alexander Harper,
D. P. Luadhetter,
W. IJ. Hunter.
John W. Allen,
Elisha WldUl**ey.
Andrew \V. Loomis,
Mutthia* Sltepler,
Daniel Kilgore.
;a> Sr. tl .
command 1
t being made known to
p itched in
CT.aXen in
• swamp in Ib.k# r county, v\ In-re
which it is sr.iti that i/me or ten
xvere killed, rml n quantity m food*. hm*cs,
tud oilier property raptured. A hntt.i nm id
r i»:o Mu*cogoe * 0■ #nty, utnler
Doxey, ibu marched "to Baker
1 ntv and ftcnicbed the swnin; 9 fur tin*, enemy, ai d
' auhse#pienily a bntto'ion of mounted uteri under Ma
i jor Allord scon red lltat part of the Skate
The Georgia troop# enraged in tin C’rerk tvnr have
dune honor tn theni'elvrs nnd to the Male, nml pre-
seriled conspicuous instance* ol •nilanhy I'.nt have
called lorth tlio praiae*, nnd will long receive llie «rH-
tdildo of their country—and thi* ju*t cointnitmlatiou of
tl.ft army is 1 quail) due In thiwo bravo citizen* of Stew
art, Kundidph, Ecrly. Lee, Irwin, Bak r. Telfair Tho
rn.is. Lovvndc*. and \\ aicvxlio fievv with alacrity to the
point of danger, nnd xv i.h u l.igli p« rsoiml «l,&i iitg smigld
savage in bis own {ortress *v\ atnpw, nnd
i ehi-ekeu hi* cruel course of dentil and dev nstntion.
' * ' ' ' * vvSto * , urender#*(i to tlu* troops
Gun. Jessup, were conducted
here t!.«? warrior.* vver* placnl
the furl. Believing, frotn good
these weie many who had been
*r of our citizen* u ml the hurtling
r places "ti the Chattnhrouliue,
I and that it whs my duty, as ttiu (jovenmr of the Si,it#*,
I to n*u all legal mid proper mean* uf having thetr iibvi-
I tilled nnd turned ov er to the civil nnlhoiiiy lor trial. 1
■ addressed two hiteis to Gun. J' -sup, al Fort Mitchell,
i under date of thu *2Dth and TOlh of June, nqius ing
j him to dutaiti these warrior.* nt the foil for a reform-
! hie lime, that I might collect the evidence to nl*ritifv
i them, and to authorise me in demand them for trial.
To these let lei's no answers w ere received, and en tho
! *J.| ilny o! July ail the Ir.diai.s weie ri moved Irom
Fori .Mitchell, on their vvtiy to Arkansas, exe*nt eb ?*n
J warrior*, who bud been eliarged, nn snflioiem «vi-
coim:* con- j deuce, with tin? eointnis-ion of capital e.rimes in Goor-
tVc. ol the | g (I1 Thus#) were allt*rwards, on my request, deliver-
i #*d hy Major Mclulusli, who was in command of the
fort, to thu civil authorities, ami srcuicd 111 tliej til at
Columbus.
Relieving that nn indignity was offered tn the Sin'**,
through her chief inugMra.o. hv this course of pro
ceeding on th#* part nf Gen. Jessup. I addressed a let
ter in tne President of the United Mates. 0:1 the 7th
of July, aiming tin? facts, and protesting against such
conduct on tlie part of nn otYicer nt the nmij toward*
thu authorities of the State, a copy of winch I sent r
Gen Je*sup. I haxe reunited an answer Ir m the
President, in which hc stale# t!ia: ho lias caused a sopy
ol uiv letter In hi# forwarded to Gen. Ju-stip. with a
arc!, to whom a \ call for explanation.
Subsequent to these occurrence*, tho (’reek warrior
Jim I lent y surrendered himself to the Alabama forces
under Generals Jessup and Patterson immediately
nn learning the fact. 1 tio'tuinih’d him. a* amenable to
tlie laws of Georgia, fur crimes lv had committed
within her jurisdiction; but Gen. Jessup refused to
< 'reeks nnd Seminole*, become li<M:h\ 1' ntlor I ho to- J
fi .nice ol tl,i*»evei:i*meut. heightened a* it vvn» by son.e (
murder* him! Inn t.itigs commillt d by Imliatrs about that ,
time, in V* alkei c.. petitions from several parts oflhe
Cif’rokee (7neuit f.-r troop*, arms and atntuttiiition
weie pie*en|. <1 and granted. Orders were ’msuiuI
t" !lrii!. Geu Jim*’* Hemphill, to raise a battalion
of militiu. am* pl.ice them it La-ldey’s ferry, »n the
L’n'ma tiv#»r. | r t!:e ('oul.le pntpr^e of preventing
tin* Greeks limn coming into Georgia, uut! to keeji
tho (Tit-iokec.i in check. Thi* order was evecuted.
and n baitaiion vvh j organized under the cominand of
.Major Dharli■*» ID Ne.lpou. For Further sccuniy, a
part "I l*te ( 'boii.ki’u* were disarmed, and fi(}() mus
ket* an 1 .iceoutrcmt’iits vvere ordered from Savanmib,
and sent t" * ’’urvokpc* county, vxith a sufficiency of
ammunition pu- the iui* nf t!u* people, in the. ecruit of
any bos'tle ino\uments on the pint of these Indians.
1 Whether thu Ro»* party rnel’y intended any hostile
action hag nut burn aseer’ained But it was proper
Im bo prepared !'<>r it; nnd the arrangement* o« the
* *«rt "f G-m.-gia, tusiethor xvi111 the appearance of tho
T’ciineis.*#! tiuops a'nnut tlim time uiuh r Brig General 1 'em them
Wnot.. (,t t’a*! United Mate# Army, hud the good cl-I reason ol thu
fuel ot quictim; the (ears ot the citizens.
An unpl'M.'.int crc’i.n.-'.inee. however, or.rurrei
hettv run a coronmy olTjeo' gia Volunteer* niu'ereotn
nianil (.’apt. A l ’S.'lom Bisnoj) f.«riinug part "1 Maj
Nelson's Inuthl.on, and .1 portion nf the Tennass .*«
troop-
(’apt. Bishop, in obediene#* to 1
uork has
have received ll.u sum of $Dd.bU'),
oft e appropriatiun ; but there still
"f $'15*2'? 1?.\ cents, due to them, for the payment ol •
wlti'di an addiliouul appropriation should bo made.
Besides this work, *0111/: repairs and extra improve-1
meins were deemed iieces-ay\ (o preserve the house
against injury from the weather, ns al*u to improve its
general appearance. The several Hc-muiiD to lie ren
dered fur these will probably amount to $10 i(J. ami
lor this sum, also, ari appropri.ition i* requested.
But the building is slid unfinished. Tho p.’.ttlurtns'
and steps at the eastern and western doors are in a
very dilapidated stipe, ami not suited in appearance
or D.waiiIV, NtrUuf'fTu of* v» Inch they now
form tho vestituib’s These ought to bu removed, and
their [daces supplied wiTi p*»rc!ies and cnlonadi s cor* .
responding v ilii tiie res! of the c lificc; and, as a fin
ishing touch to the whole, the interior should he neatly
painted. _ ...
In confortnily to a resolution of thu last session ol
the Legislature, the public square, around the oupitul 1
has been improved, by levelling thu surface as fir as
was deemed necessary at this time. That part of tho
resolution requiting trees and shrubbery to be planted
has not been executed, because, bel’o.'o lh.it is done,
there should he a good enclosure lo protect Ilium.
The area of the present campus is too largo; tl might
to lie contracted to about *210 yards square, ami enc.o*
sed with a good, neat ami durable fence.
Tlie committee appointed to contract for and super
intend the building of a house lor thu residence ol tin?
Governor, have not been able to succeed sn procuring
1 an undertaker. Two causes Inve conspired t » pre
inadequacy of the appropriation, by
iiliancuiJ value ol iiritenal* and f.tbo'-,
| and the great demand, everywhere, for arcl.it- cts and
j mechanics. Tlie only propo.-ilion# that were submit
ted, to «?rc*c, a building of proper dimensions and in
• good style, were iii tho prices of twenty four and cigli-
! teen thorn-,nul doll ir«. Tho sum appropriated to build
of connecting (hue
coast. They can ;
with les* double and
of the South, as it
survey, that thu until*
the northern or norlh’.vesl
the contractors Knoxville in 'I’erirmssee, h\
hole amount . and other routes. 11
ins *» hnhitico n single inclined pi
x pen ic
i.s been
line Iro
m ploy
interest—public
vv hicli should im>
vvitii tin* Southern Ailnr,fi 0
ad themselves (fits advantages
ti.uu any other poriimv
ascertained by actual
in an eligible point on
pail ol (lie State, to
nv ot the Rabun Gap,
. b • pass»*d on a railroad, icithout
p. and without the least ditflculty
I locomotive engines. Personal
utility—Stale pride—every feeling
el men t-» exertion in a good cause,
appeal t" us in *st sig .ailv in Im half of Ibis stupen
dous object; ami surely, every Georgian will re
spond with n spirit becoming the people and the occa-
s ,on *
Lxcr) exertion in the power of the Executive vvns
m:\di' lo procure 11 competent engineer to examine Uie
p.i*s<.s in the luountiiiiis tin the iimllirrn bite nf Geor
gia in lime i" lay the result nelore the Knoxville Con
vention, but without success. I bid determined to
employ Mr. Jame* Stephens of Rhode Island, who
had produced high testimonials of bis qualification*
lur tlie task, but unionuuotely directed my letter con
taining llie appointment, to Providence instead of A’<u>-
port, so that it did not reach him. and tin? error was
not discovered until a few weeks ago, after 1 bud given
the ntlic.eto another. I regret, on Air. Stephens’ ac
count, that the mistake occurred, although no injury
Ii 1- been sustained by Georgia in consequence of the
delay. Early in tiie month of August hot, I appointed
(*"l. A. II. Brisbane «•! South Carolina, a gentleman
ot cbarnclur, ability, and high allaiiimeuls in his
profiof ion. civil engineer for the Stale of Georgia.—
ID called t ' his aid .Mr. Edward B. While, a gentle
man highly qualified for the task, and immediately
roiniui’iu.e.l the *xMtnitialion of the passes in the
moiliii'iuis, as directed by the resolution of the Usl
session. They have finished lbe survey ot the route
by the Rabun Gup. and submitted a report t.f their
proceedings accompanied by maps and estimate* ; all
of winch are herewith transmuted to the Hour? of
Representatives. They are now engaged iti the ex
amination of the other passes which will «uou be com-
ptpfe.d. slid a report on t u* whole Mi'ject will be laid
before the gen cm I assembly al an early period of the
I'Mlll’l
(lie
of (’
Did
lor l
mm tey 1
prop'-r oflic rliav
Imi Iwlore hi* nhj
a company of T<
l.idiMtis. and flire
session, and f
Bel.'re. box’.
tn le
ml;*
g •*b:»r , ;e of tin? Creek eni
vv.-* efleeted, Cap!. Ver
c nee Vclu-itaen. (I. tnam
■ned to take them from
him and hi# company if
or. imv ro!li.*ion took phi
• Tennessee brigade, arrived
■; mule, hy \v|iir*h Capt. ID-
of a pint ni’ the Indian.*, ami
Lite claim of their being Che-
* .1 fr.
■If Get
miiiic
stitc.l :
iihr:l (
" 1»^‘V
g Mm
(♦ilV#
'.10 ci'cumslaiises
criminating llt«
DuiiiHp. I returned an
th? Tunne -.*• e com-
Vo..| g.ving (n bin.
»{<!(] to mu by both
1 the Iruub'eJ via
i lo cncli j»arty, will
nrv nn ibis subject
11ml nrranrcmenl* were in progress lo piiy them, the tlcliver bin# to the agent nfipomled to receive nnd
. ^ ■ , ... .... . , I • _ ... .... |U..I Un l.n 1
iintilap. commanding li
nnd n comprotnis»* was
shop kept po«ee»xion
siirremleri (1 a part, on
rokee*.
I have reeei
l am N. Uislitq
v iuxvs are like
are diff*rentlv
oilier. To the l#*t»er
aiiawer o’j. •ting to tii
p my—and I aDo wi n
tin* facta ;r. th< V had
side*, mid requesting
ter.*, fin reply, ntta
be founij among l!io rorrespo
lierew itli crmumimeated.
By ilm treaty to which I have adverted between the
United ' tales and thu Dheioku' s, the killer are allow
i'd iiutihhe *2Bd dsy uf May, lb'.!’ 4 , to lnax0 the soil
of Georgia. This Uouvemii'ti will. I have no doubt,
bv satiMaetory t » the rutile; and it will be proper for
the General Assrml ly so to modify tho iaw* in rela
tion to the*c people am! their right* of occupancy, ns
lo #i*» jost.ee and advance the interest.* of the Slate.
in thu month of December 1 ut, immediately alter
the n.ljoninnifiil ol th'.* Legislature
ter from (in v. Cannon of Tu miens,-
of the arrest, tty the Georgia (iunrd, of Mr. John
Howard Patnk within tin* jinisdiction of tint Statu
Tli« act could not be ju-titled on any prineipb of riglit
or comity between State.*, and had been expresdy
com!einm?d by n resnlulion of the General A. -cinbly
of Georgia but'ore eonipiaint was i:. i Ju on toe part
of TemiMMseu. 1 replied to the tetter "f Gov. Can
non. and v-net j=ed to him n copy of the R< *oli:[ion
which his bom salisfactoiy. A copy oflhc convspon-
detn e t* ficrr v\ ir!# (rau«m#f ted.
Th»? defect* of oor inililia system, t!ioug!i, to a cor-
tain exti'iit, lung k.uovvii and tell I v all who take any
int'*»e*t in having n we'l orgatnzud body if citizen
foldier*. were never ho glaringly exposed as during the
Seminole and (’reek wars. The* #’.\i*ting lew oflera
*•1 little indnreinsnt lor person* nf sititnhie capacity tn and measures
accept offices in the militia, that even the high stations . ted State
ot Co'o.'iel and Major were found vacant in many of
the routitie*dtirint tho excitement of the past year.—
Bv the nr 1 cl lrM8, no provision is mode for the dec
or appointment of fidd officers to volunteer
»• l, ‘” 1 nr : | f“ n ‘ M "•‘ 5 <"''y "''J e-.n«. , H..o..t!y . Bv #c| , on ,|,, Wll j H} . „f |) ee ,m..cr, 1835.
e to t ie hefirttie Legislaturi? uo»v to ootermme whether an . , . 1 . 1 ,
■ , ** i I. i , j . . . lue improvement of lh#Minv#gat»#ifMjf t Hit river, sad
i' ra’tori; additional sum shall be appropriated »n carry into cf- . 1 f . , . . . •
^ . , r . lk> t . , .. i .r ... the sum of twenty tuousnnn dollins for the iinr.rcve-
non will Meet the object contemplated m the reio ution ol the! , r 4.,:, . , v . r #
L, ,r' I | tt „„ wion J 1 or the « fiailaliooehoo. Ni. carl of e.ll.rr «f
. * ! ‘ , • . c , , . ; these minis hnj been drawn fi mn thu treasury, because
,;3 nos- 1 lie arsenal m Milledgevillo 1* nutortunatelv so lo- , 7
, ' , . . , . ... . ■ .. • , , . I lioprnv isiotn o! the act b.avo not huun complied vvilb.
lie re.‘i*t ealed to obstruct the view ol thu capitol from the w .. . . . . . r 1 ,7 '
— *'-*• I principal part "f llie town, and dnniuisii. to a very ni * " *as nc in.ico or ie roo-
b-ai (ho lienuly uf the gro.m.i* "."'• ’ "" ^r 0 ". 1,1 ! *''‘ L •-".”"s,K,nor S ol Flint
arminil ii; and tl.o l.uil.lmg is prone,ly‘de,.ted " v ' :r - ”f’ la I"”'’,"' ;'l-r«""n S u „cl, s 6e ,o < d
lo the „« for ,, Inch it »'«> inlendod. 1 ll,r,..!»,‘ re- “V; 'j* T r ’ ,r >, , ° '»? ,l,:i!cl " ,ns
spe.ll.dly s ii.mil l>>r the eoiisiderii’ion of llie General ' I' V..'.' .. ! ( * ^ j, ‘ l; , - ! 9 , : 1 .' nl , 1 ,' ..
Asseml.iv, llie propriety ol' r.uioving it to some more 1 ’ 11 * jV' ,‘j" L , s j 1 ) 1 ' ‘' lln lln l ,r< ’ Ij
„d Col. XX'd- «iil..l.l.;.l.iee ni.d relmildi.ig it on a heller plan. , ‘* proper tlu: slm.ml rail the ,, leu.mi. of (lie (.en.ral
Copies ..t the report, made lo the Ex- A^om'.ly lu ;e I,. Ogechee. and AlUn.e-
ernliie Department hy dm several immrpm-a.ed baidrs l,M ‘/'"r r" ’• "T , mnC, »- t ^ h '*»“•
..I this Slate, in terms nt' the law, as nL the annual f 1 ”‘ J ‘ r ,hl % u ," «P r, «e, and the.
n-, mini the Central Bank nl tienrgi.t. are herewith ' •J'vtd.n i o t.deresl nr profit Im. ..en returned,
I the tleiter.il Assent!,Iv. Agreeably P. ' ' v '" r - "'TP' '! •# «*•«•»«
'lie i c,in.sill.m nl the libit rule and ni'iitli auetinn ni'llio ""'f" wd! he derived In.m d. Il ha, been adverted
.’hatter nl the IV,nk nt Darien, I have appnimod '*>' '*'0 at'wr. r o# Chatham r..,.|„’y lo be -dd under
Me-rs Jnsej.li Cotiiining. nl" tho ttily of Savannah,' •«(<•( for the «« of
IE,mill,,,, Cooper, nf .XlelnlJsh ennnly, end dollar, and ..ppl,r„tmnu. a. ,nude to m«,
Willem, xv. Holt, of the eity nf A,. s ,.-la. I , rnpre- h ? "" <1,re, " , j "" ll,B I ,nr S: " ,e ' ",’ r n , dT,c J
sum the Stale’s interest it. a meeting nf.he rttmlthold- ‘I i i
ers nl that institution, winch was railed in eonl'urinity <Jr “ 1V '"nm y Item the trea.my lor ruc.l, purpose, I
... , i, | i ti , , • • , , , - «o inlorincu tin* director, and icuimded linn inn t *no
10 l ii> cliirtor, und lo bo lu*ld at trio principal bank, in ,, , , , , , , .. ,, , r .. .
11 .. ii ,i ... | t ' ... » J (ritial was pledged in tin? stole l r the foliirn of lb«i
*' r"i innio mi i f n nic ih/. ' . i °* i *uiu ol fifty thnusaud dollars, tho amount originally
» . T , 1 h K °m#« loattad lo Mr. Jeneks; nnd that the parclmj.r, it
. . , , r . , ,, . t Dhcntl s Sate, would lake the nroperty wuh that in-
A Its, nl F..VC ,.m e wnrr.t.l. drawn nn he treasury , , , | inic si , lc „ | clirilt d hy n feller f,..tn Mr.
dun,,., the pas, pnhm al ,-rr. n. al:o •( J’^oeu tve , Aril „ M . ,. 1B diri . el „ r , „ lM „ m sllk /„f „, c Canal I...
tn.po.nm.ema mat e rm; the -sum p-nnd. null he , firs. Xueadav in Dveemher neal,
Inundamnne the docmema acemnpany tng tins coin- j y. hen it old certainly take place, unless die judgment
The ant uf the (jencral Asreml.ly p,laser} nn the lUth j • ' P' 1u "
day »>l December, IblO. (b fl ires that thu stambird ut . * G’ 1 " 1 ,,r “Barnal improvement so onward sod
vvuigtil/ and im'isurc* CHiahtistied bv the corpamlioris t in nur lister tit*11«*s, is # xtunvling itself in our
ol tiaxuniuh an.I Atigusta, th:i!l " be thu standard 1 l,v * :*• J,ml s! ' :nuI '‘ ,, n.'I private en’crprizi* to efforts
weight :i and nuiUMires m tins .Statu, until the Cun-! '’Teh. though local end personal in their purposes, em-
gro.s* of the Uuilni States alia!! I:av« made p.-ovtsu,#, i 1 :: ' e inbfeMs, and l ontribiile sogieatlyto
im itiis puI.j »ct. Tlti? provision was made by a resulu , J 1 '-* S’-i'enjI convenience, that they Heciu to tie just-
lion piSM’d at t!io lust session of Congress, which di
icct# the Secretary ot the Treasury ** lu rausn a cuiu
plutc set of ull the weights and mea'uiros udoptod as
f-lutnlunln, nn
of mnaufne i
nl.jv
ly cut:lIt’d to a portion of tlie pulilic patronage.
Inlima:#?ly connected with this subject is llmt of the
geological Mrurttn a of the Stale, unit of its mineral ro-
i.rdo, or in t in progress I s A proper knowjedge of tbwse is necessary Io»
the us<? ol t!ie several custom 1 l* n, ^ c,,t a,, (J profitable loention of canals and ruilmads,
houses him! for oilier pnrposej, to be delivered to the i »l s iiifluenca in directing their course.
Governor of each Slate in the Union, or such person I 1 h,n i5c0, 'P» n l,rts scnrtJ,!, y Doneiitli her sur
as be may appoint, for tho u*c of the stales reaped• i n,ui ,ler 5 ,cat s!n[)!c commodity has been the on*
iv#»|y. to ill#* end rliit an unitorm standard of weight# ! a**licSo ol Iransporlation vvitbin the contemplation
established throughout the U»n
Coogri.*** h iving thus acted on thu sidijuct. the Go-
noral Afcsetnhly should so alter the art #d 1810, ns to :
Ltiniorni to this resolution, and aiib.d I'.icililiHS for e.\-
rding tn every part of the Slate the benefit* to b
Sampson Mason,
In the next Congress, there will he eleven Whigs
sod eight Vail Buren members, hi tlie present Con
gress, the parties arc tun to nine.
PENNSYLVANIA
The following person* will compose tho Pennsyl
vania delegation III the iiRxt Congress.
Creek wsr cornmoncoil. vv inch so disturbed the peo
ple of t!,o*u counties, aod occupied (be time and nt
lentiou of tlie Executive. tl«ai il was not possible to do
tn; and since that lime. Ibrse causes have not ceased
to r\i#t nnd exert their influence.
A short time bt?h*r#? the expiration ol the term for
duct him to Georg a, on tho ground that he bad oc.en
previously demanded by the Govern r nf Alnbani.i,
to de tried iVir capital crimes committed by him within
tbnt jurisdiction ; nnd ho was afterward delivered to
the socTiff of Russell county, in that State, and con-
hided bv Capt. Carmany and r\ part of his company
troop-, and it is very doubtful whether the Legislature derived from a unitorm standard of weights and men
intended, by the ‘15th section ot that net, to vi-st in the i
of those who have proj ctr#l schemes of interim! im
provement, whilst the ndvauiagu lo tie derived irom
geological invustigalion his been mtirely overlooked.
In such a survey the whole Btate is interested, no!
merely in tho increased variety of iis products, hut in
I ho ywiwihun of the most elYnticnl culluro, by disclo
sing the character and capacity of the soil. Jler ler-
ril'*ry, and particularly flint purtcoinprelictided within
which Major Howard'# battab »n bad volunteered, the ; to Girard
iy Capt. (if
cl. nun lodg.
ed in jail.
f.’r#*plc Indians became I ostile, and rendered it neces-1 As «ontiQ* I coni! obtain the evi
(jowrnor Hie appointment ol llto#e ollicera in thr cu#e ,
• •I diafted ni'litia. In the absence, therefore, of j
anf law on lids snbj* cl in regard to volunteers, and
with tbs great doubt of power in respect tu diafted
men. I pcrmi'ted both rjiecies of troopa in the (Tuck
campaign to elect their tiWn field officer*, to whom I
necessary to ! gave run.mtHsions to contimio during tl.o lime they
I hove received from several of our sister Btatus. ^ l0 Cherokee Circuit, is believed to ubouud in
nrv to ca.l on thu people of Georgia to lake nn arms ! make a demand on the Governor nf Alabama for tht* should remain in that tor
J . 1 . 1 .. ' a 1 1 .1 t... f I”
Lemuel Paynter,
John Sergeant,
Gsorfe W. Tolaud,
Francis J. Harper,
Edward Davies,
David Pott*,
Kdw. Darlington,
Jacob Frey, jr.
Madhtiv* Morris,
David B Wagner,
Kdw. B. Hubley,
II. A. Muhlenberg,
Luther Reilley,
llenry Log
Daniel Shefter,
Ciialen M’Clure.
Wm. VV. Potter,
R. II. Hammond,
David Petriken,
Saui'l. \V r - Morris,
C. Ogle.
John Khugeusinitb,
Andrew Ibicliiu«n,
T. M. T. Mr Ken nan,
Ricli'd. Biddle,
Wm. Beatty,
Judge Henry,
Arnold Plummer.
10 VVliigs—18 Vaa Buren.
An nxbessmeol lately made yn the real nnd per
sonal property in the city of New-York, shows a
grand total of assessable means, of $ 827,988,780,
of which llie portion of real estate is $ 298,201,191
aod of personal $ 74,7H7.989, being an increase
of 20,183,821, over the assessments of 183-2 and
1108.
Churches iff Nkw-York.—Th« New-York
Hundny Morning News, contains a list of Chun k-
•• in th§< fliy. iimouuting to 143 in all. The
different denominalioas hare Churches «s tal
low* s—
IVesby terisas.
Kpisc-opsliaii*,
Methodists,
lispttsls.
If •formed Duirh,
CcthoUaa,
Lutherans.
Dnivorsiliats.
UnJurians.
Independent!,
JtWS,
Moravians.
MiscetlainrOils,
in deloi’Coof their Statu. On tiie Bltli May, n genu
ral order x*. a* i«, c iied, inviting volunteers* The inti
tation v# a* accepted ixilli great promptness; end in n
much shorter time thun it i* giMicrallv Hippo«ed Brat «n-
or-'anited militia cin be brought to the field, a f.ircc of
between four ami five tlmu«and, c imposed "f Volun
teers and drafted niild.a, was avsemblcd ut different
points on the Chat aliuoclrce Some of these troops
bad to inarch a distance of two bundled miles, and
yet they were nearly ail assembled al the different pla
ce# appointed, hy the fil'ili dny of June, making'he
whole time from the #lato of (lu* i .vilatiun to the time
of arrival only twenty two days
The Florida campaign bni exlianried the arsenal nt
j Milledgeville of neatly a'l Hie arm*. Tlm«e which
still remained, weie immciliatcly for*vurderi to Co-
lumlius and West Point, and an order vvn# issued In
the military store keeper id Savannah to rhip ore
thou«nud stand with the accoittr»*in#*nt(* tu Aiign*tn,
vv lienee thev were immediately in wagons t" Co
lumbuH. .\ f o time was lu*t in ilia tnnspnristion of
these arm*, and they nrtiictl nl difJ ri tit limes t*e!wreu
the 4lb and tli#* luth dn)a of June. I ixlvn iequ«*#ted
the officer in command of the United Winter' m-.-miI
near Augu.*l>i. to forward to Cnlumhuv or.a thuuiand
muskets, which mjsurt was [ romplly fnni^r!, nnd
tin* arms were ioinicdiai: !y ut on hoard of vvngoi's:
but by mine -udort or i.i-gtigcntic »*» th"#:* tinx iug
charge of the #»».cc.• x trniu, they did not i’rix»* until
the last of June or flirt ( f July, ’ .VnjorG# neihl Fcott
had ordeied a qua ibty #.! ititl’j rifl.'S from I'coIhIii
U) Darien, and tlieniM to Haw kt.iav il|o t to !«? #onvey-
ed from that place fo (Joi.iirdm*, together vvitfi n sup
ply nt' provisions fur tbs army. In.t tbusoalso w» u* #!#•-
lived by untoward cimiiiuittinci, long alter lLe tone
uf ilit-ir expected arrival.
K?i*mxiiir that the Prcsiduttt of tiie United htsl#*#
bad charged Major Geucml Sc*jii with the ileftm#r «I
the .iHti.iii Hfft'Miany tiuiiile niuvmn#*iils # f thy ( hv# k
ms \. •*!! h* iIm Hamioe# * ludiiMi I addressed him a l» •
tvr o.i bu I9lh d*y of May last, requesllng him lo ie
man, 1 did bo, and rsqtio*lerf, that in the event of ln« : Tiure t* another omission in tlii* act which it
acqnittnl in that tftnte, hc should bo delivered to the I would be well to supply—there* Sx no penally fixed
naent appointed by me, #ui tb#? part of Gomgtn, to he ; agr.if.*t tboss w!to, alter appuartr.g nt the place of!
cuudiisted to fcJtev.arl county, and tried for 'fee crimes j rend# avows, shall refuse toenter tiie sun ice of the Uni-;
with which Ire there stands clmrged. This demand • ted Btetua
promptly camplied v#ith by hr* excellency (*ov#*r- j The '’ffice of Adjutnnt (iencrul hns been vacant for j
nor Clay, who inm*diniufy triuumitted to mu th? ne- I tr. rive months. The legislation, i t tho last session, unseMlu l. *ot
crssarv papers, which were placed in tho hands ol
Captains Evens and Schley, of the city of Columbus,
whom l appointed agents to receive thu prisoner and
conduct him ;o this titute. These gentlemen attend-
id tlie cuurt in Rn«se!l county, Alabama, to receive
him. in tin event cf hit acquit'.nl; but e.t thu req.iest
failed to fill it, and 1 deemed it unnecessary l.n do so j which » d*d not fuel myself authorized to pay; such,
during tlie rerrss of tint body, became i con’d not
expect to obtain the services of any individual r\ ithout
lur example, as the vnlueof
flames, cud Fhyeiciant,' hi
of g.dd, marble, iron, limcaion#’, salt, and other valuable
minerals. These caucealed treasures which sliould,be
made tributary to her knowledge and wealth, arc wor
thy ofyour oi.lightened considerotion.and the provision
necessary to a lull and scientific examination of them
ought not to be longer delayed. I suggest, therefore,
tho propriety of employing a competent geologist to
make a thoioogb survey of the 3tu(e, with# vie* U>
the ascertainment of its mineral and agricultural re
source.*, :lnd tlie proper locatiun i>f wonts of internal
improvement.
Since the above was written, 1 have received from
Mr. John R. Coiling a letter dated Augusta on tbo
r liic' rlmrgiVl.ek.g oi a' chameter I 251 1 1 "^compuniod by a report uf a ge. logical and
■“•••• 1 agricultural examination made by him, dming lue |ia«
summer, of the counties #>l Burke nnd Kiclnnoud.—
ro-oliition; of their Lcg.slalurca on the subject* of
Ahofliion—K»il Road-#—tiie Treaty with Franco—thu
im.#1## uf electing the I're6id#*nt and Vies President of
the LVi». d flatus—:.nd the Surplus Revenue, with a
request #hr.‘ I alioutd lay them before tlie General As
sembly. They arc herewith tratiHiniUed to the llouso
of Repre^cvitatives.
By the lC.h section of the out of 1793 and the re-
aolinioii cf 183*1 tlie Governor is required to dr*fray
from tl.o contingent fund, tlie expenses nf prevent
ing the spread ol the small pi.x. Under tlie auliiori 1
• v nl thess rets, thu sum "I $ *2,29 i tins boon expend- ’
1 dining ttio pa*l year, nnd sexcral nccountu remain
i lollies committed fo thu
It u cold tie x
II j ur I Tlii-* survey was i scented nt the expense of iudividU’
compenantion, and tlifu i« none note nftsdied t« tlie i le^isl.iiiuc tn oalrhlisli some rule on the sut»jeci for tiie Brose counties, and i» htglily creditable to l tcir
office exempt theinadc#|iiHt#* nmouni of tiiiitv dr.?a pay government cf On? E\cctr.i\e and the people. puDlic spirit; nnd, is lur nn I can juege, e T ,a j
in each year, «if an officer of tike grade in the army ofj Almost every year this disease visits our Statu, and nod capacity ol Mr. Colling us a scienti c»
of his counsel, the rrnue was changed from Rmsdl to | thu United £tata* J would respectfully recommend ! produces a panic i\ litre ver il likes up its abode. * *
Montgomery county, whue llie court mil not sit until ; that in »ovising the system, firm non In? made lor nn 1 It ha* become a subject of Jeep interest to the people,
the month of Ms rail next. j Adjutant and a if if taut Adjutant Gunon.l with a com-
S«?mei»hori lima nfte; claiming Jim llenry. 1 made ' prteut salary lo each, to induce him tu give hi* whole
a general demand nf Gen. Jo*?np nf nil Duhans in Iom time and ixlenis to lb.) rubjert.
custody, charged with the cmninissinn of crimes within 'J’li-nature of tbi* cinniiiuiiication w ill not allow me
t!«i* Slate, and win riio ild bn identified a* such by the * to enter inl*> a dctiil of all tin* delect# and imperfec-
persons wlio accompanied Uol. Ho# ktvell, tSe bearer tioi.s id’ flic presell! iiiihlci l*#wx—nor do l consider it
f my roininnnirtsiion. Before the arrival of thesu | uecesssry, as recent experience has so fully developed
gentlemen hi Tc*kaep»>c, the Indians bid been remo- \
\ud tn Monlgomerv.HtuI they were obliged to proceed
to tint city, where, *»y anlhority received Iroui Gen.
Jessup, they look win custody twelve warriors, recog- I
n.zeil ns amenable to onr law*, und committed them j
In j ni in ColutitbuM, to u\vait llicir tiialn
Since writing lo thu I’rerideiit, and my #*«*turn lo
Mill.?dpo\i’.le, h correipun#lunc<? hax likou place bu*
twtien On. Jiivttp am myself, in which lio uccoontv
Iii.- lust liuv mg Hiiswereil u y Inters. To that ot lue
i/i/th of June, ho Bus rmWiI m* « fcoply which he
tr#v« w.ih written, bill b> initliik#* pbircMl on tile iiMond
of being Hem lo me—Hint t*i lliul of the BUtli of iliv
h.iiiih itiotith. Im uckuow b*il^l:v lint on niiiwer w hh
wiittmi. iiinl e - pose* lb it tin? oftUk#>o#n was oora»ioii-
#*.l I.) hi# grem mixicly •» depsn for Tuskrgea, slid
il . Multiplicity i f bu liicis w hu ll tliun o< copied bis
inns «tid ettuntioi). lit* motive for removing llie bos-
<1 * wsriiors f#*mi P#»n Mitchell, against tht washes
and calf# lor the intelligent action of me legislature
in devising tlie most eflVctual, and, al thu sumo tiuio,
Immune means ol preventing the spread of I lie dis-
citsu. Among theses, there can bo nn doubt that \au*
( in .fun i* the most efficacious, and should, Ihereforr,
bs nncou.ng. d l»y oll’eiiug to tbc people ovary facility
in the obi.iinment of tiie v.iccine mat lur. To do Bus,
nape the intelligent ohsurva-! "»i agent ought to bn uppoiuiod, whose duty it should
b** lo keep mi liund, hi all times, u sufficient quantity
ap- ot frc'di \imi«, to lie by him, on application, furnished
tn persons ile-iring il in ail pans of the Hlate, the
expense of wbi .b should be paid Irom tho public
treasury.
In pursuance of the uutliniily vested in (Im (invent*
or by a lextiltiiion ol the la-t session oil the subject |
o| the ((bicnlMMi of the n.#li r *«nt deal mid dumb in ibis
Slut##, J haw appointed llie R. v. Ei.uvii Sisci.xih llie
i.ommias.'itiii*# to curry min cfleet iiio Innn ine nnd «*L/t
ntabte view• of (lie Gi'itioid Ass# ml»ly. This g# iille*
mull bud been appoint# d in the same olfice by my in#,
mediate j>rcd#-r< ••or iiudei ii pie'i'oi* resolution, and
li.ul i!|m lihtgi'd Iii# duly With mull logb credit lo bill)*
>xll, au t giriit bi iirfil to tint imloimuaiu objecls ol
in#? Huic’m bounty, tb** it gain mu |duoxiii#i to h H p
point him.
Tin* piovtiioii, so liouorutU lu llie til sU», iii bsbslf
them, that they wi'l not
li"i» of tbe legislator#?
Tb»* «*a*ahy arm#, lor tbe |.orc|inse of which
propriatiot) was mud-’ by the (ieneial Assembly nt the
lust sessi m. have been contracted for through the
liguiir) of <be War !>• pmiincnt, the Herrolary hav
ing politely oflVrt’d to linvo them fnbricHteii alhr
t bu model of III oho »•#»*#! in tho army, mid at (lie price
pml by tho United Hiatus for similar articles. The
#words, pistol-hoUlcr# and ttccouiieuioiila hovo been
fli.Mbud, received, nnd paid h r, nnd nrv of u superior
q -ably l’#»r the price; but (lie pistols lum? lint )et ir
riled. Tb*# sn ii) ippmori d w a# ten tbousund dol
lar*, with w liinh three bundled and forty •» In have
been puicliHM'd■ Tbeeoiiul llie swords, ImUters, and
see *#41ri men!*, Incluili g cmniiiialoi s, Irembt and in
sursiics, j# ^4,413 9d
Tbe set auihufUmg tbo nun li«*« i f lb se arms re*
qaires the lb*finer to ill
ifisiiilNMe iIntui ii i»vsin
practical geologist. I avail myself, w itli pleasure,ol tue
oppor.unity thus afforded me cl sending to the 11"UR»
ol R#>prescntalives tins letter and report, will) the hop 6
that they may add force to thu recommendation lhavo
submitted.
Thu reports of the inspectors and principal keeper
of the I'emtenliary. are herewith submitted. aIicJ
will show dial during the past year a profit has been
made on tbo labour ol I ho convicts, and that after de
ducting from the good debts due to the institution, tho* 6
which it owe*, there will ho a IjhIuiico in its favor of
ten thousand five hundred nnd thirty-five dollars*—"
TIiih may ’.«? considered a prospeious condition, ••••*
yet. ow ii g in the practice which bus heretofore pr®-
\ailed of giving a geiicr.il credit on articles sold, the
officer* are enihniruM«d and need llie aid of ll*o
list hi ti until collections cau J*® made. This practic 6
will ■ imiily cease, ns tlio inspectors have, I think,
I). #b I# i min# #1 lo I# tpuro cash f »r all work done, end
much s niuinit'H’tiirml utter I be first d»y cl J*® u **
ty i #'xl, and to foie##, if netessai), ll*e pH)Hienl<** •
nvmiiiblo debt*. t)<h*?r causes have operetta
tbe injury of llie instilolloi(, but a isdirui rsfoim net
been t ouilimiiced, and, J li*t« m* d#,ubt, will J>* c0,, ’
Ibuied tiiot'h lo its sdvsu’ege. ,
i «c»pe# tlulj) std my i c commit mbit tell to that m
lb* nj»p«x lots, to sj»j»ropnsie oi lend lo llie pemieo*
tini v tbs sum nf ffl.nuo, to tiitble Iliem t« povm