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village, which had previously been supposed t.i
be friendly.
I have examined these communications with
the candor their importance required. It is un
questionably vmir duty, as agent to attend to the
complaints of the red people and cause justice to
be done tu them as far as your pow ers will extend.
It will also readily be acknowledged bv all, that
mv duty as governor of the state, requires that 1
should defend the cause of the whites, as far as
that cause can be supported by the great princi
ples of justice. As you have furnished me with
the Indian account of this transaction, and assur
ed me of the friendship towards the whites that
existed among them prior to the attack,—1 feel it
incumbent on me to explain to you, and through
you to the Nation over which you preside, the
j motives by which the officers were actuated, who
i conducted ’lie enterprise ; and the grounds upon
[which they will attempt to justify the proceed*
party ot mounted men had attacked and: ir,g, or extenuate the guilt that may, in the view
ved the Chehaw town on Flint river, and; 0 f g( , lne nu . n< bt , attached to them. You will
many ot the inhabitants. From all 1 could j reai lj| v acknowledge the decided and inveterate
arn it appeared to'be uncertain what troops i | u>st ,lfty of those Indians which belong to the vil-
icre, and under w hose command, or by ^ burg* under the immediate direction and control
order this unwarrantable and barbarous, o( t |, e chiefs Hopoimec and Piielemmee 5 and that
ad beer, done ; and as the consequences j orders which emanated from this department
be foreseen which may result, when the 1 their chastisement was both necessarv a.id
TUF.SDAY MORNING, MAY -’0.
PBUCl’ION OK TUP. CHKH.WV A ll-LAOK.
1 letter from I). It Mitchell, esq. agent for tn-
ifiiir-, to governor Rabun, dated Milledgeville,
6, ISIS.
On the Cd instant T received information!
exasperated warriors of the tow n return, |
proper.
d their town and property destroyed ;—:,| ers <r| v
You are also well apprised, that the or
ctv confined them specially to that nbjet t
noffieuding and helpless families killed or| so |* ur then as respects mvseif, I fuel perl .
into the woods to perish, whilst they were |j ust ifi e J i n the measures I adopted, and which I
g their and our enemies, the Seumioles ; .deemed o.sentiatlv necessary to prevent a re we
i it best to come to the state and endeavor| titioci of the horrid murders and de-redations
ure correct information. I now find that | committed by tho-e Indians on 011-• unprotected
ty had been sent out bv your orders, but, (Vontier, 1 will now undertake to o.Ver, in be-
o execute them ; and that the attack on |, a |f„f the detachment, the bes< apology for their
- was unauthorised. conduct that I may be able to furnish, and which
sent the case fur the consideration of vour [ am authorised to'state, can be supported by am-
_ under a confident hope, that as the | p[e J)roo f. When the detachment was on its way
f l belia w were not only friends, but that to> a „ j h a j reac | le j the neighborhood of Ft. Early
they were credibly informed bv several persons
of veracity, that the celebrated old chief Hopon-
nee, w hose town had all joined the ho tile party,
had removed and was at that time living in the
village upon which the attack was made and was
considered as their principal leader, and that a
great portion of them was alledged to be under
bis immediate direction, although part of them
might be with M'lntosh.
They therefore considered themselves author
ized to attack it as being one ot 1J ipuune’s towns
1 lie result I need not mention, as you have seer
the statements made by .Captains Wright and j
. Robinson, which lam authorized by very rcs-
. or, who came I pectable testimony to assure you, was substan-
directly from the spot. . tiallv true, exceept as to the number reported to | J'
eavc tins early in thrjinormng for the Agen-i | mv ebcen killed, which was fortunalely incorrect. 1
nduct during the present war entitle them
favor and protection, some immediate step
taken to render that satisfaction which is
r so great an injury.
extent of their loss in a pecuniary point
iv, I am not at this moment prepared to
but so soon as l return to the Agency 1 will
0 time in having that ascertained ; and in
can time, permit me to suggest the propri-
f instituting some legal enquiry into the
fuct of the officers engaged in the enterprise,
lave the honor to enclose an extract of a let-
hceived from old Mr. Barnard on this sub-
the contents of which is corroborated by a
statement of the Wolf warri
I)e.\Herous Thief.—A man by the name of
Fully, (supposed to be the’person advertised by
ilaj. Broadnax, of Putnam,) was arrested in
this place on Sunday night last, on suspicion of
having, on the night before, entered & rifled the
House of Mr. Jarrat of Plate, &.c. to the amount
of about one hundred dollars. When de
tected he was on a horse the property of a gen
tleman of this place, which he had stolen. Soon
after his arrival here he sold a valuable horse at
about half price, which it is conjectured lie had
also stolen. He has been committed to prison
to await his trial at the full term of the Superior
Court for this county.
Brigadier-general Win. Cumming, of Augusta,
has declined the appointment ol quartermaster
general, ami Thomas S. Jesup, adjutant general
of the northern division of the army, has been
appointed.
tVusliington, A fay 13.—It is said that the pre
sident w ill commence his intended tour towards
the south early next week. The United States
schooner Nonsuch, lieutenant commandant Clax-
ton, has been ordered from Norfolk to Annapo
lis, where she i» expected to arrive on the loth
instant. The president, accompanied t>v itie ho
norable Mr. Crowninshield, secretary oi the na-
s v. brigadier general Swift, chief engineer, and
others, will proceed on board for Norfolk. It is
conjectured that the president will nut extend
•sis tour further south, this season, than Norfolk
and its vicinitv.
Upper Canada.—A political Reformer, as lie
considers himself, of the name of Gourray, from
England, has been for sometime busy in Upper
Canada in stiring up the people to a sense of
their wretched condition,and to induce them to
insist oil a reform—and there is already consid
erable fermentation. The Legislature lias late
ly' bten adjourned in consequence of a difference
with the Executive Authority. But Gourray
says, nothing is to he expected from a new Govern
or, or a new representation, the fault being in the
system. He then boldly proposes, the calling
of a Provincial Congress, the appointment ot
Commissioners to state their wishes and views
to England, and the payment of a voluntary tax
of one dollar a poll to defray expenses.
Married on Thursday evening the 14th inst. in Augusta,
captain O. \V. Callis, of Fort Hawkins, to Miss Eleonora
Dinkins,oi dial city.
The Alail Robbers.—The circuit court of the
United States for Maryland district commenced
its session in Baltimore on the first instant, pre
sent, judges Duvall and Houston. Indictments
were found bv the grand jury against YY illiam
Alexander, Lewis Hare, Joseph Hare and Tho
mas Hare, charging them with the robbery ot the
mail, on the night of the 12th March la t, near
Havre-de-Grace. These indictments, charge
the prisoners with using weapons which endan
gered the life of the carrier ol the mail ; convic
tions on them will therefore subject the prisoners
to the sentence of death.
upon
rom whence 1 w ill address you again
’ubject.
11, sir, with high consideration and respect,
veiy obedient servant,
I). B. MITCHELL, agent for I. A.
-Since writing the above, 1 have receiv-
Jetter from the Little Prince, speaker of the
Now sir, it 1 have been misinformed, and given j
a wrong cons>ruction to this affair, I should like!
very muen to have moie correct information, hut j
it it should he founded in fact, what more can
you or the Indians require, than for me to as.-urc every portion of that extensive and on
you, that 1 regret the circumstance, uml consider I Continent—It is an event to which it is
it as one of the misfortunes attendant on war.
'’ Up ° n tluS sub l ect ’ a C0 P- V uf which where the innocent frequently suffer in cm
with theguiltv. This unfortunate aflair has been
the Little Prince, speaker of the shamefully misrepresented, by many of ourciri-
dated zeus, whose delicate feelings seem to have forgot
ten tlie many wanton outrages that have been
committed on our frontier by the Indians, and
would even coyer the whole state with disgrace,
merely because this small det.chment have in
The body of the late president Petion, of ITdyti,
was conveyed to the tomb under the Liberty Tree
in Port-au-Prince, on a funeral car, similar to
that used in Boston, drawn by six horses, each
covered with black cloth. He had his uniform
! on, and his hat and sword were by his side.—
I His bowels were buried at Fort National, and
Vis heart was delivered in urn to the care of his
aughter.
Congress fit Duteeldnrjf.—The congressional
meeting of the Allied Powers of Euvope, which
is now known to have been dcfinately arranged,
annot fail to excite the most anxious solicitude in
n lightened
impossi
ble to advert, but with feelings of the deepest
enclose
f a letter fr
erCredks, to D. I). Mitchell, ag'cnl for
t Mitchell, April 25, 1818.
y great Friend<—l have got now a talk to
to you. One of our friendly towns, by the
of the Chehaw, has been destroyed. T
people came and killed one of the he ld | instance, mistaken their orders, and carried
their resentment to an improper extent.
1 lie experience of all ages have shown, 'that it
is much easier for us to complain ' f the conduct
eft to guard the town, and they have come i owners ( am l especially those in responsible sta-
erved us this way. As you are our fricn I U‘ons) than to correct our own. I have uscer-
ather, I hope you will try and find out. and j Gained that toe property left by the Indians who
* ** * * *• • * were run oft from or near Dr. Bird’s store
and five men and a woman, and burnt all
houses All our voung men have gone to
vith General Jackson, and there is only
MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE!
Mr. Thomas P. Mofleti, o* this place, was killed on
Friday morning last, in a duel fought between htmaelfund
Mi*. ThonuiS Wooldridge, of Abbeville, S. Carolina. I*he
dispute which gave rise to this unfortunate rencounter
was of long standing. It took place in Litchfield, Con.
in the latter part of the year, 1816. A challenge parsed
from Mr. Mofi'ett, and was accepted by Mr. Wool
dridge. The time and place of tiieir meet ng were ap
pointed, on condition that they should be changed, ii the '
former gentleman could not attend, by giving notice of it
upon his arrival in Georgia. He could not attend, and
notified Mr. Wooldridge accordingly. This no'ice was
never received, and of course no reply was made to Mr
Moffett. Here Mr. MufteU intended letting the mutter
sleep, had he not been informed that Mr. Wooldridge
had thrown out reflect.ons upon his character as a brave
man. Upon hearing this he determined to call on Mr.
Wooldridge. He did so, and the latter gentleman *did
not hesitate to assert, that the report of h.s hav.ng cast
out reflections of that kind was entirely false. On this
point Mr. Moffett was contented, but had never received
any satisfaction for the original insult. The other party
conceiving that lie had not injured Mr. Moffett seriously
did not offer an apology. Thursday morning the 21st m-
s ant Was appointed us the time of meeting, and oppo-
sue Camp hel lion, near Augusta, the place for deeid ng
this dispute. The parties were both in Augusta on Wed
nesday evening—-on account of the laudable exertions of
two young gentlemen to effect a reconciliation, the duel
was postponed until Fr.dav morning. In the mean time
a court of honor Was irst.tuted, in order to settle the mat
ter it* possible, without g.ung to the field. Fateh party
reserved to himself the right ot dissent,ng from the award
of the court i f ' he thought proper—The court met, and
had the whole affair laid before them, made up their a-
ward and sent a copy of it to each party—upon reading
it over, Mr. Moffett immediately perceived that he could
not submit to it without disgrace. The next morning,
these voung gentlemen met at the time and place appoint
ed ; they fired ut the distance of fifteen paces—Moffett
tell—The ball penetrated Ins head about an inch from Ids
right eye. His antagonist received a severe wound in his
arm, winch served as an xgis to his body. This is the
dreadful result of the unfortunate contest, wh ch brought
h young man to an untimely tomb, and deprived society
of one of its most promising members.
P.ed in Albemarle, 22d March, Mr. Win, Goolsbv, a
man who h.ul reached the ng<; ot' 108 years, in V.ie pos
session of every faculty, ll.s sight was so good that hc
never wore spectacles ; Ills form was b\ no means emaci
ated; and what ir» more remarkable, he had at his dedh
every tooth perfectly sound ; his beard f: rtn a snow \v 1 e,
had for some years been gradually turning black, and lie
appeared, and certainly believed, that he was reverting 1 o
youth. His habits through life liad been very irregular,
having for the greater part of it been very intemperate,
vet lie never had recourse to an apothecary’s shop, al
ways starving h.msclf into a cure : F.vcn at tins advanc
ed age, so powerful was tlie struggle of nature, and so ob
stinate its resistance, that he died almost in coimds.ons.
His wife, who was his first and only companion, being
but a few years younger than himself, is still alive, pos
sessing great activity both ofinind and hodv.—They have
lived upwards of 80 years together.—Enquirer.
satisfaction for it. You may tlepend upon, , • . - ..- .
till our you n't men have cone to war, but tlle Gcmulgee, some time past, is now in tlie pos- e 'T measure of a political nature, that directs
that are lelt to vtiiird t!ic town M«»n d » ol Mr■. Richard 6mith in tiie lower end and controls the diuerent cabinets ol Europe.
t up and do this mischief without there « 1 cuu«i y , and wdl be delivered at any
‘ time when proper application shall be made.
You will please assure the red people under
your care, that l tcel a dispositon to maintain
peace and friendship w ith them on liberal terms.
1 have the honor to be, respectfully your obe
dient servant.
Wit, RABUN.
From the Alabama.—By accounts from St. Ste
phens to the 9th inst. we learn that Maj. Youngs,
tiie commandin'' officer at Fort Crawford, with a
small force, consisting of regulars, militia and In
dians, descended the Escambia in boats, attacked
collected and rushed on the town ; and as! hostile Indians on Fensaeola bay, within one
were but few red people there, and all! utile ot the tuwn ol Pensacola, on 23th ult. killed
ly, just what few were left to guard their | nint* men j wounded twelve or thirteen, and took
olemnitv—in as much, as it involves in its con
summation. results of the most momentous and
important character—When Princes meet in
council, their deliberations are by no means ot
an ordinary import—Every instant is characteri
sed with accumulated interest—A convocation of
Sovereigns is at all times pregnant with the most
serious consequences—AY hat ever those conse
quences may be—whether they he good or evil—
their effect in all probability, will be felt beyond
tlie period at which they are produced.
To our own country, this event is far from be-, ...
i „ . I, „ . vve are requested to announce Fleming
mg unimportant—Although separated by a '' d ^®l Gkantland, Esq. a candidate for Senator for
Ol waters, three thousand miies in ]' i Baldwin county at die ensuing election
are nevertheless anected, in a greater or less tie- ■' ®
gree, in all our relations as a government, by ev-
e one at the head of it, and we want you
and f ml them out.
(Signed) Tt;STUNNUCOIF. HOPOIO
f a letter from Timothy Barnard, F.sq, (a white
) residing on Fl.nt R var, to D. B. M.tchell, A-
for I. A. dated April 30,1813.
,—The Wolf Warrior, the hearer of this,
st arrived here and brings bad news from
u,inue,culta town (Chehaw.) Nearly all
amors belonging to that town ai e now with
ies. Seven days past a company of white
the"rest still with our army, the white pco- eight prisoners, with the loss of only one man.
lied everyone they could 'lay their hands 'lie expedition was so skilfully conducted that
illccl the old chief Tiger king and one o-i the enemy were not apprized of danger until the
hief both I have known ahva vs to be fi ieiid-| attack was made, l'lie day afterwards theGo-
ur color, ever since I have been in this land, vernor ot Pensacola issued a proclamation fur-
hole of what are killed is nine men and! bidding die inhabitants furnishing the Indians
old woman. They took off w hat hor- with provisions on any conditions, and informed
ere were, the owners of w hich, some are ] their duels that they should not be protected.
The hostiles have since sued for peace through
ving. They took the horses to the fort,
is not far from the town they have destroy-1 the Governor ot Pensacola, and are to be
l’lie chiefs that are still alive, beg that you ducted to Fort Crawford in a tew days, where
et their horses, or any thing else returned. Governor Bibb will meet them; The Halcyon
Charleston Times.
A Vermont paper gives the names of thirty
six couple that have been married in the little
country town of Bannard in that State, during
the year 1817 !—Upon a fair calculation we may
be permitted to indulge the hope, that before the
present year expires, the little town ot Bannard
will count at least six and thirty new noses.—ib.
The celebrated Scotch Orator, Mr. Ogilvie, is
now in London. His third oration, “ on the
claims of Great Britain to distinction among tiie
nations of the earth” was delivered in the latter
part of last month.
Adjutant-general Y’an Rensselaer, &. Ebenezer
Sage, have been chosen representatives to con
gress IroniNcw-York. Messrs. Wendover, Tay
lor and Stoors have been re-elected.
We understand that the property known by
tlie name of the Itniture, at New Orleans, which
lias so long been in dispute between Edward
Livingston, esq. and the corporation of that city
is at last settled by the former selling to the lat
ter all his title to the same for the sum of 250
000 dollars—Evening I’ost.
NOTICE.
V PPLICATION will be made agreeably to
law, to the inferior court of Putnam coun
ty, sitting for ordinary purposes, for leave to
sell one hundred acres of land, be the same more
or less, the real estate of William It vie, deceas
ed, lying on Cedar creek.
leo. adeucrov!r.iv,adm’r.
May C6.
ed people don't know whether it is the reg-j remarks, •• ft is due to Governor Bibb, to say that
roops, or Georgia militia that have commit-! t" e safety and protection w hich has been given to
is unwarrantable act. I have wrote you j our frontier is almost wholly attributable to his
11 think is necessary—If you see cause to exertions. YY e are warranted in stating that at
any tiling to n^»to inform them of, I will ] tlie most critical period of the late disturbances,
With pleasure. If these people do not get he was seen travelling through tlie most danger
friendly treatment for tlie damage done ous part of the country, at and near the scene of
lam afraid, when their warriors return' Indian murders, with no other guard or protection
rom our army, something bad will happen [but his servant, solely with the vie.v of making
e of our color. I am very sorry to have ! arrangements tor the protection of the inliubi-
te you on such a horrid piece of business. Hants. He has undergone the greatest privations
you in haste, as the bearer is in great Tor the good of the country, hence he deserves
the highest meed of approbation.
The War on our frontier has probably now ter
minated, and it remains only, by proper arrange
ments, to secure our citizens from depredations
for the future.”
The Mobile Gazette of the 8th inst. states on
the authority of officers who had reached that
place from tlie seat of war, that Arbuthnot, Arm-
bustcr, and Cook, who were taken prisoners by
General Jackson, have been tried by a couit-mar-
tial according to the rules and articles of war.
The first was sentenced to be hung, tlie two latter
to be shot, which sentences have been carried in
to execution..
o see you.
ain, sir, your friend, and most ob't serv't.
(Signed) T BARNARD.
TIIE GOVERNOR'S RF.PI.Y.
e Department, O. M: llcdgevillc, 2<)th May, 1818
I have the honor to acknowledge the re-
your’s of the fitli instant, enclosing a
a letter from old Mr. Barnard, and one
e Little Prince, speaker of the Lower
, both on the subject of the late unfortu-
tack made by a detachment of Georgia
under captain VY'right,- on the Chehaw
NOTICE.
V LL persons indebted to the estate of YY'il-
liain Ryle,deceased, late of Putnam coun
ty, are tequired to make payment without delay,
—and those who have any demands against said
estate, are requested to present them for settle
ment. LEO. ABERCROMBIE, ildmV.
\Y
A splendid and magnificent Panorama of the
Battle lit] Waterloo, from tlie pencil of II. A.
Barker, Esq. is now exhibiting in Boston—It
upon a very extensive scale, and presents at one
’ [view two thousand four hundred and lorty tact
of canvass.
A late Raleigh Star states, that during the re
cent circuit of one of Ihe judges, thirteen per
sons were tried for their lives.
It is stated that a Sunday school has been es
tablished in Mobile, principally through the in
strumentality of the ladies of that place.
Extraordinary Voyage.—We understand,
(says a Boston paper) that the brig Rambler, re
cently arrived at Providence, brought home, from
Canton, 90,000 dollars in specie ! Sucli had been
her success in a trading voyage, that the above
sum was left after purchasing her cargo in Can
ton. The Rambler performed a voyage round
tho world in fifteen months and twenty days ! Se
ven months and ten days of the time she lay in
port-
GEORGIA, BALDWIN COUNTY.
f I IF. RE AS Price YY'illisand Keziah Wil
lis, apply to me for letters of administra
tion on the estate and effects of Robert AY illis,
deceased, late of the army of the II. S. These
are therefore, to cite and admonish, all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said de
ceased, to he and appear at a Court of Ordina
ry, to be held in and for the county of Baldwin,
at the court house in Milledgeville, nn the first
Monday in July next, then anti there to shew
cause (if any they can) why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand at office in Milledgeville,
22d of May. 1818. abxer locke. clerk.
ABNER LUCRE,
R ESPECTFULLY’ informs the public, that
, he continues to receive ami collect, upon
donation, loan, or purchase, Antir/nitios end Curi
osities, A’atural and Artificial, and solicits pat
ronage. Milledgeville, May 12,1818.
ES CRAY HOUSE TAKEN UP.
T AKEN up by the subscriber a few davs
since a Bay Horse, 7 or 8 years old, about
5 feet 3 or 4 inches high, his two fore feet white,
a switch tail and shod all round. The owner can
get said horse by applying to me on Caney-Heail
near the line which divides Baldwin and Jones.
DAVIS ARNELL.
NOTICE.
V LL persons who have any demands against
the estate of Daniel Kengrey, late of YY’il-
kinson, deceased, are hereby required to bring
their accounts duly authenticated—and those in
debted to said estate are requested to make im
mediate payment. V1W.UH biiuker, ad mV.