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THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 25.
BOARD OP HEALTH.
Savannah, August 24,18*5.
After a strict investigation by the Ward
Committees throughout the city, it has been
found that the streets, lanes and enclosures
are in a cleanly condition, and that the city
continues to enjoy an unusual degree of
health. During the past week there has
been some increase of the cases of fever,
which is no doubt attributable to the preva
lence of a damp atinospliore—but the cases
whichjdo occur are mild and easily subdued.
The Board particulary request that the
Owners of stores, houses and cellars, which
are unoccupied, should have them white
washed, and afterwards opened and venti
lated, at least once a week.
By order of the Board,
I. K. TEFFT, Sec’y.
Report of Death in the city of Savannah
from the nth to the 2-ith of August
Died, of Fever Remittent 1, aged 20 years.
Billious
Intemperance
Dysentery
45*
43
64
Total 4
* Died on board of the sloop Matthew,
of Darien.
'Major Andrews arrived at Washington
Oh the 13th inst. from this state.
By an arrival at New-York, it is stated
that several American vessels were lost at
St. Pierres, Martinique, and that at Gauda-
Toupe eight hundred persons perished.
The Sea Serpent appeared in the neigh-
brorood of Halifax, N.jS. on the 15th ult—
The fact of his appearance is testified to by
several persons. Ho uppr ed to about
60 feet long and oftho thickness of a log.
The late Gale in the West Indies, was ex
perienced at St. Tliomns on the 26th ult
Two brigs, T or 8 schooners, and a number
Of small craft were driven ashore.
Virginia Claims In addition to the
sum of >£50,000, heretofore received (and
which had been appropriated by the LegiB
lature to the University of Virginia,) the
treasurer of the State has received the fur
thersumof $12,500 11 cents from the Trea
sury of the United States, being,the whole
amount claimed by Virginia for interest ac
tually paid on money advanced by her for
the United States during the late war.—
The sum last received would be added to
the Literary Fund.
A Company lias been formed at New-York
'’which has purchased tow hundred and sixty
Cows, and supply the city ofNew York with
milk at three cents per quart.
or selection. They were among the first to
acknowlndgo the Federal Constitution, and
among tho oarliest who opposed its miscon
structions by the monarchical adipiuistra
lion of John Adam'S. They have ever clung
to the Genorel Government, when her
cause was just, and have rallied around the
Banner of Stato Sovereignty, when she
would play the tyrant.- What of good, of
honorable, and niagnqnimons. may not lie
justly expoctod from 1 enlightened descend
ants of such a people I
Shame to us, that we, in other respects
so Georgian in sentiment and conduct, can
point to but few graduates on the sea-board!
Shame to us, that in lieu of encouraging
our own institutions, we obstinately send
our children to Northern Schools and Col
egos, where, it is fearlessly affirmed, thoy,
in general, although greater advantages
may be enjoyed, make less profitable use of
their time ; and where, from proximity to
large cities, they are exposed to temptations
dangerous to good morals ! Shame also to
those parents, who, possessed of proper
state feeling, send their sons to Athens—
but, within a short timo, not sufficient to
test its usefulness, yield, with unworthy sus
ceptibility, to their causeless cnmpluints.
and bring them home to aid in engendering
undue impressions! With great pleasure
have I observed that the first honor of the
Univorsity, granted to a member of a grad
uating class, the delivery of the Vuledictory
Oration, was recently awarded to a young
gentlcmau from Camden County. . I trust
that it will arouse the public attention, and
that our boys will be convinced that being
sent home in disgrace, or returning disgust
ed and unimproved, is not necessarily a
consequence of matriculation at Franklin
College.
With a hope that I may promote the pub
lic good, by presenting tor the considera
tion of parents what little information I have
acquired, I submit the following notices in
relation the-University r
Doctor Waddell continues in the Pres
idency. His services and capacity, as a
teacher of youth, are admitted throughout
the Southern States. His mind is believed
to. be os vigorous as at any time past; and
there is reason to think that those parents
who, with a view to the enjoyment of his
immediate direction, may send their sons to
Athens, will not be disappointed by his re
tiring from the college. This was ex
pected prior to the commencement! but
his intimation of such a purpose, given ac
cording to the rules of the trust, is under
stood to have been withdrawn upon their
pressing solicitation.
The Rev. Mr. Olds, having resigned the
-Chair of Natural Philosophy, Dr. Henry
preltensive to furnish inst ruction to the in
dustrious student, and to gratify his tustu
It is always kindly opened by that profes
sor, who generally seizes every opportunity
to impart useful instruction.
A FRIEND TO 1.1TERATURE.
J.i-
Mississippi. Frflm Ncw-Orleane, it was
intonded to ship it to some Mexican port,
whence it was to be carried in waggons
about 300 miles, into the interior. Finally,
it will bo borne thirty miles up a steep and protect our frontier" settlements from Indian
rugged mountain, on the backs of the Indi- barbarities. Neither I nor any of my poli-
this, as applied to our own little standing
army, I disregarded it. It struek me, that
we ought to have troops to keep our arsu-
uals in repair, to guard our forts, apd to
ans, to its plare of destination,
will be worked by steam.
m extent, with a scattered population
threatened by tho Creeks, described h,“
speech of our worthy Senator in ConnL
Mr. Elliott, as “a cunning, insidiousS
murderous tribe, and the Chorokoes a t
warlike and intrepid people." who were“ ‘
THE COURT MARTIAL.
Mmday, August 15.
From the Westchester. Pa. Villago Ro
cordnr.—On Saturday night last, about. 2 o’-
clockin the morning, ono oftho lads belung-
The Court met this muniing at the usual ing to the Record office, who was asleep in
hour. A communication-was reebivod from the third story, awoke and found himself on
the Navy Deportment, raleasing Captains a cherry tree in a neighbouring garden : he
Tingey and Ridgeley from further atten- was entirely undressed, having nothing on
dance on the present Court Martial during but shirt and pantaloons. Ho was wholly
its remaining sittings., unconscious of how orwhon he got there :
[It is understood that ft re-organization not liking his roost, the lad scrabbled down
of tho Court will take place previously to and hurnod back to bed as fast as possible,
the trial of Com. Stowart, several other I N.B. There are a few bulla in the above,
members being thon excuned, and others tho whole may be a hoax,
appointed in their room.] —
The trial of Lt. E. U. Whitelock then UNivznsiTTorGzonoiA.—Funii tiik Athens
came on. Ho is accused by his command-: Ckntinkl. On inmlay the ■ at instant, the
ing officer, Lieut. Commandant Oeliers, of tuniorUlassof Franklin College were public-
neglect of duty when on board the sclir. I ly examined in presence of the Board of Tins-
.lackoll, on the West India Station, in the-: tees, his F.xcellency the Governor, amt many
year 1823. There are four specifications; other distinguished literary character and
charging tho accused with sleeping four a" 1 ’™"* *■"» ‘* h
my of ifiy poll
This pump | tical associates, ever
other but Xlie militia _ ^
•uglit to be called upon to support the laws breed of a most vindictive and artful c i "
oftho United States. Had I believed, that. outer, “ who had sworn vengeance
any one State, ornumberof States were to Georgia, on account of his father’s proim i.
be kept in order, by such naeanB ss those to which hud been confiscated by the st!i
which the President is about to adopt. I, an account of his father's adherence te is 1
should have been as violent, as other fulkB ' enemy during the war of the rcvolutiun ”
agaiiiBt having an army.'*' But I have lived' Those Indians had thoroughly imbibed if~
to sec ray error, and I begin to think, that jspirit of this M’Gillivray, and it upn, 4 . s ,
I shall never again delight in looking upon a ! havo descended without much dinunm!,
regular soldier, no matter how handsome jto tha host ile party of the late wm ,"j
tho person or tho uniform. This accursed I more recently to the opponents of tlm
Jackson, has been recalled. Difficulties ofj
unpleasant character, compelled this gen- i on t * le sentence, and in about an hour
times on his post,
Lt. Oeliers was called as a witness on the
part of the prosecution. Mr. Elkins, tho
counsel ofthe licensed, having excepted tu
the testimony of this witiioss, 1st, because
being the accuser, Ills testimony was not
likely to be impartial : and, 2, because his
name hud not been included in the list of
the Judge Advocate—the Court was clear
ed, and after a short consultation, the ob
jections were overruled & the testimony ta
ken- lt went fully to prove each of the
specifications.
The fourth instance linppent d when the
schooner was lying on a reef of rocks, and
when, if'nny wind should spring up. it would
be requisite fur her immediately to quit tier
station and beat out to sea. Of this,
the Lieutenant was duly apprized. His go
ing to sleep under such circumstances, led
to his arrest, which was ordered by Coin.
Rodgers wiien at Key West.
The cross examination by the Counsel of
the accused was directed to show that ho
bad been exposed to great fatigue on the
first of tnese occasions, and was ordered to
two watches within the 24 hours.
Lieut. Percy was then called by tho ac
cused, to shea the hard duty in which lie
had been euguged on the day previous to
the first oftence, and the bad accommoda
tions on board thoscliooner, &c. He testi
fied that tile accused had been engaged
nearly ten hours in cleaning out the schoo
ner, and that the births were cunfioed so
that tho officers and men often slept on deck
—but that the hardships of Lt. Whitelock
were no greater than those of other officers
on board tho smaller vessels of the squadron
—and that the time allowed for sleep was
sufficient for the witness, though'it might
not be for the accused, who was less accus
tomad to service on board.
The testimony being closed, the council
of Lieut. Whitelock, promised to have the
defence in readiness by to-morrow at 10 o’
clock—to which hour tho Court Adjourned
Tuesday, August 16.
Mr. Elkins, the Attorney for Lt. White-
lock, read the defence, resting it upon the
insufficiency of the evidence—the fatiguing
duties which were to be performed—and
the hardships experienced by him since the
charges were preferred against him hv
oipIrnnDo.
The Court was then cleared to deliberate
the
spectators, on Spherics and Nuturul Philoso
phy, the studies which they had pursued dur-
ing the preceding session On Tuesday ten
young gentlemen of the Class who bad been
previous y selected from the two literary so.
cicties of the institution, delivered original
speeches to a crowded audience, which were
received with the highest testimonies of ap.
S robation. In the evening Jiotll College
oildings were splendidly it omiouted.
At at early hour on Wednesday, the 3d
the College hapel was tilled to overflow ing
by a inosi splendid assemoly of ladies amt
gentlemen from different and distant paris of
the Stale. Shortly after 9 o’clock, a proces
sion was formed at the door of the new Co 1
lege dilice,consisting ofthe Students ofthe
College the Faculty, the Hoard of rustecs,
with Ilia i xcellency the Governor nd the
Hon William II. Crawford.
After their arrival in the Chapel, the pub
lic esereisescommcnced and were conducted
in the following order, viz:
L. Prayer by the president.
2. A Latin Salutatory Oration, by Geo. J. S
Walker of Augusta.
3 English Salutatory Oration, by William
L. Mitchell, of Clarke county.
• 4. hilosop leal Oration, by William C. Mi-
con, of Augusta.
3 National Monuments by William Daugh
erty, of Clarke county.
6. On R oquencc by George Graves of
Edgefield District South Carolina.
7. On American Eloquence by H. A. Haral
son, of Greene county.
8. Private tile ill America, by James W.
Harris of Elbert County.
9 On the Moral Sense, by John F Hillygr,
of Clarke county.
TO THE EDITORS OF THE GEORGIAN.
The late commencement at Athens, Iibb
been attended by a very large assemblage
of the citizens of Georgia. Our excellent
Chief Magistrate, Governor Troup, always
devoted to the public welfare, and tho illus
trious Statesman, William H. Crawford,
were there, encouraging the' cause of lite
rature, by their presence and actice influ.
ence. Nothing in Georgia, is equally in
teresting with the annual visit to Athens,
made early in August. It is much to bo
regretted that Franklin College has not re
ceived that support from our District, which
it merits, and which patriotism and state
pride demand. I speak ot support from pa
rents—for it may, with equal justice, be
said, that tho Delegations in the General
Assembly, from the Eastern District, have,
invariably, by their votes, proved themselves
and us at least, well-disposed ill behalf of
the University. The homage paid it in the
interior, is not vainly bestowed. In every
village, its “ Alumni" are found. They em
brace the learned professionsand in tho
Legislature, on the Bench, at the Bar, in
the Pulpit, and as Medical Men are becom
ing of first importance to their country.—
They will certainly introduce filial re-action
on.tneir “ Alma Mater," a general attach
ment to her interests- I regard these young
men sb pillars of this great republic’s free
dom—tho firm and enlightened friends of
state rights, as understood at the time of the
adoption of tho Federal Constitution, and
in the darkest periods of our history since.
Let not this be considered a gratuitous re
mark. It is forced from me by this train of
rede -lion. Tho popple of Georgia are ar
dent and highly intellectual. When a pet-
ty province, thoy rosisted, with unconquer
able resolution, tho illegal enactments of
the British Parliament. Rather than base
ly yield lq British bayonets, thoy sent their
wives and children beyond the mountains’
remaining to bleach with the bones of their
Ineinles, tho polluted soil ol their nativity
, . . . , doors were reopened, and the Cdurt then
tleman to sever himself from the institution i p rocf!e( ] e( l to the
early in the present year. Satisfactorily! Trial of Lif.ut. Hunter—The charge
adjusted, he will, without doubt, remain ■S? 1 " 81 the accused in this case, was ureter
J f | red by Com. Stewart, and consisted of t
manv years in a professorship, that of Nat-| s , ng ] e charge, “ Neglect ot’Dutr,” and. »
ural Philosophy and Botany, tor which his! Bneoification which stated, in ell ret, thut tfie
—■**>■ r-t* - as
unrcmitted’’attentian to letters and science
in Europe,-thoroughly qualified him. Of
his pure morals, his unbending integrity,
his cultivated intellect, and affectionate de
portment, the students who have attended
his lecturing room, give unequivocal and
grateful testimony.
The Chair of Mathematics and Astrono
my is confided to the Rev. Alonzo Church,
a gentleman of very distinguished merit—
Ho is remarable for his strict regard to ev
ery duty. pri’’ate, religious and professional;
and commands a proficiency in his depart
ment, said to be surpassed in none of the
Southern Colleges. Invited to Athens iu
1821, and laudably amhitiouB of enlarging
bis sphere of usefulness, he loth Eatonton,
where he had presided with dignity over a
respectable academy, and has been contin
ually since, engaged in discharging, witii
much zeal, the important offices of his ap
pointment.
To Mr. James Jackson, is entrusted the
professorship of Chemistry and Mineralogy.
This gentleman is a nativo of Goorgia, a
pupil of the late learned President Meigs,
and one of tho graduated class of 1804—the
first which obtained the honor of the Col
lege. In addition to his regular duties, he
is charged with a class in the French Lan
guage.
Arithmetic, Geography, Latin and Greek,
aro taught by competent tutors, under the
superintendence of President Waddell.
His attention is also directed to Rhetoric,
Morel Philosophy,Priestley’s Lectures,The
ology, Composition, die.
A Grammar School is connected with the
College, and subject to its police. Messrs.
Newton und Dobbins, very excellent men,
presided in it not long ago, and probably do
now. It is a nursery foj- the Freshman
Class, into which twenty or thirty boys are
translated yearly from it. All ofthe studies
qualifying for admission into that class arc
taught in this school'.
The College Apparatus is well selected
the Library is small, but large enough for
the number of studeuts, aud yearly increas
ing. A collection • of minerals, property
of one of the professors, is sufficiently com-
a Spaniard to come oil board, aid to ri:
main them without reporting the same to
tho Captain.
Lieutenant Hunter then put in a docii
ment, in which he pleaded guilty to tile fact
hut not to tho charge of "Ntglccl of Duty."
Thu document then went on to five some
explanations of the reasons by which lie
hnd been actuated in refraining from nia
king a report of the person alluded to. Tlii:
man was a Spaniard, named Madrid, ami
had been introduced on board at Callao,
with the knowledge and consent <f Mrs.
Stewart; and as he was employed n the
pantry by which Captnlta Stewart aid the
officers were constantly iii the ii.ihit of pus
sing to aud fro, he could not presume itlier-
wise than that he was there with the kinwl-
edge of the Captain, lie was employed te
clean the knives for the cabin, and tc as-
_ __ the Liberal Arts which
concluded the public exercises ot tile day. (j ovel .j iment we may suy in the language of
PSTS the Irish patriot) applying thoin to Georgia i
IMiia Kupp met in their respective Hulls, to* u Thou art chained to the wheels of thy foe,
gether with a large number ot their highly rc« .. links that the world t-hall not sever,
sist the Steward in other matters. Lieut. ?,,eqted Honorary Members and transacted w “ y hth y tyrantg through storm aud through
the business ot such anniversary occasions, 6
with m ch satisfaction to themselves and then-1 ^ ^ jg b * ndag0 f orovec .
wor )) isi .. I Thon art doom’d for the than Ideas to toil—
I Thou fcrt loti for the proud to disdain,
From the Charleston Mercury.— . a, 1( j tho blood oftliy sous and the wealth of
(Communication.)—Patrick Henry, ol Vir- tliy soil
giuia, who was an orator, calculated to a-1 |j nV e been wasted and wasted in vain,
dorn any ago or nation, and who with a wis- t!*o nations thy place is loft void,
dom amounting to prescience, foresaw, that Thou art lost in the list oftho free,
tho General Government would in time re*, £ V on realms by the plague and the earth
r, evor dontetiplated that any tied along tho whole of this extended bnrf 1 ’
militia of the United States They wore headed by M’Gillivrav »
iIIasa) iimill In llllinnpf ihu luum tisimrl /)!' n m.uif iiimiIi.iIL.. i v . "All
steel ot which their instruments of death
are formed, I like less than ever. General
Gaines, in his despatch to Governor Troup
tellls him that there is but ono word in the
vocabulary which he understands, and that
word is “ obedience." This is well said in
deed, and we are to understand by it, that
whnnover wo shall got into collision with
the Big.folks at Washington, Gon. Gaines
is to despatch us, and from what I have been
told by those who understand this sort of
thi ig. it is donn pretty quickly, scarcely al
lowing folks to say their prayers. It seems
that a Georgian now a-days is regarded pret
ty much as an Indian was in old times. I
remember when I was a boy, that it was
thought no harm to kill an Indian; but now
mctiiinks, the ense is altered. Our red
brethren the Jlluscogees who from timo im
memorial, have been the most bitter of the
tribes against our white people seein to
stand well at head-quarters, in Washington
and tho doctrine I find is coining rapidly in- -
to fashion, that it will be no harm tu kill a
Georgian.
Well, sir, it ij not for any of us to say.
how this will pventuato—on Gen. Gaines
letting slip his dogs of war, the cry among
the poor Georgians, limy perhaps be, Snuvc
qui peal, or the Devil lake the himlmnsl; ot
it may happen on the other hand, that this
madenp of a chieftain whom thoy call Troup
may make mince meat of General Gaines,
as was the case with the Swiss guards da
ring the Frcueh revolution. It. is a hazar
dous sort of an experiment fur United Slates
soldi rs to fire upon American citizens. Even
in England, it is the last recourse, and al
ways most reluctantly resorted to by govern
ment. There may bo a painful necessity
for such measures in monarchies—in Amer
ica there never can be. A State in colli
sion with tile oilier States is not to bn trea
ted like a Loudon mob, which may be just
ly compared to a Tyger escaped from his
don. IfAmerican liborty and American
Uninn cannot be sustained hut bv the bnv-.
■ 0. ’This is my own my native land,’ by | °uets of hired soldiers, let .the government
William L. Harris of Elbert county. ' j • any he dissolved, nnd the sooner the better
11. I'he progress of civil liberty by Atlri 11 do not protend to decide whether the Go
an N. Mayer, of Beaufort District,’South La- vernment or Gov. Troup is wrong in this
rolinp. j dispute—but I never can be reconciled to
12. The insufficiency of genius without - this method of bringing matters to issue,
cultivation, by Henry J. i ope, of Oglethorpe A PLAIN MAN.
county.
13 The inspiration of Hope, as it actuates
the effort- of Genius by ltcubun Y. itivnolds,
of Columbia county.
14. The effects of liberty on the mind, by TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
Edward It. Ware, of Richmond county.
15. Knowledge essential to the enjoyment
of liberty, by Middletun Witt, of jelVersun,
Jackson county.
16. Valedictory Oration, by Edmund Atkin
son, of Camden co nty.
The degree of Bacheln’’
uu.HV.neu on me aoove named young gentle
men tog tiler with twelve others, viz.
ohn Campbell of Augusta.
Kincnen L. Haralson, of Greene.
John I. Hunt, of Athens
AN APPEAL
STATES.
BV A GEORGIAN*
NO. VI.
Of claims for Militia Services.—The
interesting and important character of the
subjects heretofore treated upon, I hope will
be ail apology for the length to which they
have been drawn out. Aluch lias been said,
and yet much more might be said, perhaps
Henry H. Means, of Union District, South to more purpose. It wns thought necessary
Carolina.
Benjamin H. l’ope, of Union District, South
Carolir
to give as full an understanding of them as
possihlo, *n curb the tongue of defamation,
and blast the defamer with the plain lan-
Beujain n H. Pope of Oglethorpe county. g Ua g 0 0 f f ue t. Yet it is a task which inudit
Inlin S Mankpv. of Lrppiift nniiiitv. r ° . r i 1 iv 1
nave boon safely left, where since these
numbers wero commenced, the cause of
John S Sankey, of Greene county,
Ferdinund Sims, of Athens
Albert ’ . Torrance, of Greensboro’.
James B. Walker, of Burke comity.
Win. N. Walker of burke county.
Win. E. Waikcr, of lurke county.
Ewd. H. h mkficld of Greensboro’
Goorgia against unprovoked aggression and
insult lias been so triumphantly vindicated.
To the correspondence of the Executive of
this State with the General Government, 1
After winch" tile degree of Muster of Arts can sufely refer for support to the fuels pre-
vvus publicly conferred on the following gen- vinusly stated, and to others which are cal
tlcmen, viz: Thomas I. Meriwether, JamesN. culated to rouse the indignant feelings of
Betliune Benjamin F. \v:u-d Richard Sankey, every man who possesses the fuculty of
Lucius L. Witticli, lames t. Martin, lohn G. judging for himself between right and
Rutherford, Asbury Holt, and George Foot wrong. The person of the America’'
alumni of this University: ami on Maj. Abra- tlmt.nfthe Roman. »i.»-ihj«. 11
ham Walker, :i graduate ol' fti-inceion College it should happeni/iuny event, that the officers
an l A vin Laturop, a graduate of Hamilton appointed by the authorities of this state to
College in the State of New-York. I perform n specified duty, would he met by
An Address was'lien de ivered by the Pre- j| le j )a y 0netg u f a mercenary soldiery—or
sklent to the graduates who had just received that ono drop of blood should bo shed in
the first Degree in the Liberal Arts winch conse q Ue nco of tho orders of the General
Hunter went oi to state that, from vtliat
had subsequently transpire' 1 ,he had no doubt
that Commodore Stewart was ignorant of
the fact of this mail being on board.
A depositiom made by Mrs. Stewart, in
the presence of a Magistrate of the Stit.e of
Massachusetts, was then put in by the fudge
Advocate, and road. The purport if this
deposition was to show that this Spiniard
hail been received on board the Franklin in
the harbour of Callao, under the sanction of
Mrs. Stewart. He Imd been introduced to
her protection by soino friends at Callao ;
and she had suffered him to be brmijht on
board, and continued there, wiiholt tho
knowledge or consent of Cnptaiq Stiwart,
because she considered him to be an tfficer
of the patriotic army, and that he wouli cer
tianly bo sentenced to death, and as cer
tainly executed, if she withheld Iter consent.
She could not see a humnn being in this
dangerous situation without taking some
measures to rescue him. She had, there
fore, consented to his being brought on
board, and employed by the Steward, until
the Franklin arrived at some place of secu
rity. It appeared that the man came from
another vessel on board the Franklin, & re
mained thero until she arrived at Kilka,
when he left her, and went on shore.
There lining no further testimony i* this
case, the Court was cleared to delibersto on
the judgment.
On the doors being re-opened, thg Court
adjourned until 11 o’clock to-murrow morn
ing.
A pump for one of the Mexican Mining
duce th power of the States, to potty Cor
porations nnd repuirors of roads and parish
bridges, would have been astounded, had
he been told, thut iu the short space of time
which has elapsed since his death—such dis-
quake destroyed,
May revive—but no hope is for thee."
ty (and under tho excitement created
for that purpose) the murderers ofM’In
tosh, who have so recently been eul,.'
gised by the officers of the U. Stales sunt
among them. These Indiuns in 1702, cn n ,
mitted many depredations upon the W | l l9
population—houses were burnt, pron.-uv
destroyed, and murders committed, in v-jj.
oils parts of the state, and every imlicatn n
appeared of a bloody and devastating Indi.
an War. Under these circumstances in
roply*to a representation from the Governor
of Georgia, tho President authorized t| e
Governor, in case of evidence of hostile de
signs on the part of the Creeks, to tal !0 1|,«
most efficient means for the defence of the
position, which might be in his nowet,and
which the occasion might require. Vari-
ous detachments of militia went accordim..
ly called out—they were commanded by iff.
ficers of the General Government—were
supplied with nrms and rations at the us.
pense of the United States, nnd as an evi.
de*ce of their title to receive pay, were re
quired to exhibit certificates from the Gnv.
ornor, specifying their employment under
his orders, and lur defensive purpose.->. In
1793, in consequence of the havoc anil car
nage of the savages, on the frontier, anoth-
e'‘application was mudo, nnd the like do.
cretionnry power given—the words of ti n
Secretary of War being—"you are tie
judge of tho degree .of dungor aud iu n.
ration,” accompanied by a letter to the Cn,\.
ornor of Smith Carolina, directing him m
co operate in the defonce of Georgia, should
the Govi rnor of that state require it; and
further, that the United States would bn
responsible for tho expenses. The state of
Georgia was actually invaded, and the Out*
ernor, as well in the exercise of his const;,
lutionul power as ofthe orders of the Pru
dent, called nut an additional force
It suited tile policy of the National Gov.
eminent, to confine these measures entirely
to defence—and the troops einpluyed re
ceived strict orders to confute lltemseltui
to tire Georgia line—thus were they com
pelled to witness, without the power to b#.
sist, the murder of men, women and cli i-
dren, along an extended frontier, nnd li.c
plunder and devastation of slaves n:d
other property, which reduced very many
of thirse who escaped with life, to poverty
and the deepest distress, from comparative
wealth. These unfortunates never receiv
ed any compensation from the Gov'eriimont
until in the first treaty at the Indian
Springs, a clause was introduced by which
the Creeks were to pay from the cash al
lowed them, the claims of the citizens of
Georgia, for property stolen or destmvedby
thorn. Yet, by a construction of the Uni
ted States Commissioners, according to the
public documents of the day, different trnm
tho true intent of the treaty, no claim for
property destroyed at any time by these In
dians, or even for horses stolen by them be
tween 1792 and 1796, was allowed This,
at once, excluded a grout portion ofthe just
cluims of our citizens, the ullowance of onuv
half of which, would huvo rendered many
of them easy and happy in their declining
years. A great part of the funds time ru-
tnined from them, to whom, of right, theybe.
longed, wentiuto tho coffers ot'tlieNatinnel
Government, and lmve never been acoonif.
ed for, notwithstanding tho remoiislraiiui
of the state authorities.
Not only have the siifferrrsby the Credit
been thus defeated in tile just right they lull
to expect ofa remuneration from fund.' note-
ally appropriated—but justice has never
been rendered to the poor soldier who nas
employed in this arduous service. Those
who '..ere called out by the order, and faith.
...... Ml,},.' r, ulK to, ill’ll,y
service of the ornciui -
been left to languish and dio in poverty,
whilst the repeated and urgent remonstran
ces ofthe stato of Goprgia, by her Legid i;
tore, and her Chief Magistrates, seconded
,y all the talent of her Representatives in
Congress, have been treated like most of
her complaints and demands, with perfect
indifference. , ,, , i
The amount thus due, for the blood am
toil of our soldiers in this distressing and
harassing service, is one hundred and twenty
thousand dollars. This js the amount ot.
our claims for the services ot our militia
alone. ,. .
It is needless to repeat tho reasons w.udi
have been urged at different periods for this
cruel denial of common justice. The mon
ey to liquidate these demands, eo long ago
i 1795, was acknowledged to he due and
as preparing to be forwarded, but it
was never received. The objections to
their payment have been met and triur. -
phantly refuted in every instance, and taw
justice lias been repeatedly acknowledged.
I do not, however, desire to create an
I excitement deeper than already exists—my
plays of power would ho made as we now task is sufficiently disagreeable. To rocapi-
ice developing at Washington. Neither ho, tulato the causes ofthe feelings which ex-
nor any man then living, believed that the ist in this state—to shew that we are not ‘'“unexceptionable did their character ip-
time would 60 soon arrive, when the man- g-ituitously dissatisfied—that we do not , u _. .u- wohout aoi--
dales of tile Government would be enforced act as madmen do without motive—aud that
nuninst a State, by the military of tho Uni- v wo are more sinned against, than sinning—
tod States at the point of the bayonet.— j is ataslc which I would willingly have left
And yet if thero be not prudence or con-; to abler hands. I have undertaken it and
cession somewhere, the tiling is about to oc- i will pursue it. I love my country—I have
cur on tho frontiers of Georgia, for tho first: never given cause to doubt it—I would bo
time in our history. willing to sacrifice ns much as most men.
Our citizens so far from looking upon for her’prosperity or glory—but the sput of
..i . _ .: 1. —La 1 —Ll.tL it, iwiimlliv i^nnr )n mo it man Kn
vet to this day. a settlement has b: cn pre
vented, by modes well known in the halls ot
They were presented in me
Senate of the United States by Governor
Troup, when a Senator from this state, ana
so unexceptionable did their character i
pear, that they were adopted without a «
Benting voice, and they would have P“ si ™
in the House—but they were there join,
with the disputed Massachusetts claim,
military services during the late wan
that timo most Unpopular, and shared tn
fate. At the last session, tho Mafsacl;
setts claim was again brought up witht*
it was again proposed to connect their » >
»uch an event with emotions, which ought my birth, iu equally dear to me—it mft y bo L, lho coalition was indignantly rcjei
O swell the 1 «..«••• r.nnm«n Inlin n* Ivonann hut nprim no it iu innrn an. uul ' “ - 8 « i-.‘.«
indignation,
shrug ofthe — — _ _ - , , , - , , . ,
much out of the way. Do our citizens re- 1 ceive to he its rights neglected or despised,
fleet f Can they reflect and not see in this or if it come in collision with its superior, it
step ofthe General Government, a most in
ill the bosom of every freeman with follv nr trenson-but perhaps it is more so. T h Vv stand uwn tM fiVm V7ounilstiori
ation, 'seein to contemplate it with a “ With all its faults I love tt still, and if its, J ,. {£ i(Io of any doubtful
ofthe shoulder, or as a thing not reoutation is endangered, or what I con- “*
discreet and dangerous exercise of power.
is my duty tn defend her by fact and argu
ment to the best of my ability. It was Toft
Wliat Sir, are the people of Georgia, acting for the present day of light and infor-
undor the act ofthe Legislature of Georgia niation in the free atmosphere of America:
to pronounce the remouutrances of freemen
treason and fatuity.
I havo pursued two painful subjects to
to have their blond shed by United States’
Companies, of one thousand feet in length! I troops as if the President deemed them out-
lias recently been cast at a furnace near {laws and enemies ? If there to be no dif- ,
Cincinnati. The bore is about four inches, ference between a gang of rioters in insur- their close. Itshallbenowmytasktono-
and the pump was cast in one hundred de- rection, and the, people of a State, acting : tico a few others, and drop them forever,ex-
taclied pieces, of ten feot in length, each.— thro’ its proper organ, the Legislative Body ] cept to “ point our morel and adorn our
This stupendous pump cost six cents per ofthat State? I have in my days heard,tale.” The principal of those heads the pro-
pound and each piece weighing 1000 pounds, much of sanding armies, as being the will- sent, number—I aliall study to bo brief, i
the aggregate cost was $6000. It was Ml- ing instruinentsln tho hands ofdcspots for In the years 1799, down to 1792—3, the
ken to New-Orleana by the stenn-boat ( enal»ving nations. But when I heard all ( frontier of Georgia, then four hundred pules
— so clearly on our side, tha*
can never consent to receive them, »
clearly and indifputnbly, undoubtedly
without a shadow of suspicion, our <
In what has preceded, the causes ofcoj»'
plaint on the part ofthe State ° f “
have been dwelt upon at some leng .
They aro those in which the most gene
interest is felt at the present moment.
there are others whose operation » ^
not so perceptible, are no less
their operation upon the minds K
pie, and which are auxiliary
meat created by recent circumstance
The only advantage derived by uc t.
from tho union ie its promotion fromtorc*,