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Sl)\v MORNING, November to
i,—On Saturday last, tlie Honorable
iOTT, of Liberty county, was elected
jislatme, a Senator in the Congress of
es, in the place of the Hon. Charles M.
term of service will expire on the 3d
next ; anil the Honorable John For-
ippointi' 4 a Senator to Congress, in
p the lion. Geo. M. Troup, resigned
f. Milton, has been appointed Bri
eral of the second brigade of the first
E the militia of this State, in the place
r-general Byne, resigned
IV
cotton and tobacco arc cultivated to great ad
vantage. It is intersected by numerous oatet
courses, along which are very l icji tracts of land.
Cattle arc also raised here in abundance. Point
Coupie and Aveyille, two.counties on each side
of Bed River, are entirely occupied by French
families, who raise cotton. Of late a sugar plant
ation has been set up at Point Coupie ; it is the
most northeruwest in the state, and thrives well.
Land sells at Point Coupie at glOOO to 82000
the front arpent or acre, with the usual depth ol
•10—but the cultivable land i3 here also a very
narrow strip.
On the eastern bank of the Mississippi, -im
mediately below the boundary of the new state
of Mississippi, is the county of Feliciana, taken
from the Spaniards in the winter of 1810. The
upper part, extending as far as the bay on Man-
cliee or Ebbervillc, is what is called rolling land,
very fit for the cultivation of cotton, but the soil
is not deep, and washes, or wears away in a few
years. The population is almost exclusively
American. Land sells from 10 to 820. At a
distance from the Mississippi, begins a body of
piny land which is not at all saught after. The
country around the Lakes Maurepas and Pon-
chartrain, before the Americans took possession
I ooten, (alias Eaton,) who was, at 0 f it, was thinly inhabited. The people itnme-
rinr Court for the county ot Jackson, on the seashore drew from it, large quan-
pf murder and sentenced tol^cxecut-
L pardoned by the Legislature.
’ing- is an extract of a letter from the lion.
rtis, of Ncw-O-leans, bearing the date
July last, addressed to a gentleman in this
1 be found to contain a most concise and
•apliy of the State of Louisiana, and must
resting to the enterprising of all descrip-
larly to such as may wish to attend the en-
iles at St. Martins.]
u arc not deceived in the idea yon
of the prosperity of this state. I
part of the U. S. is agriculture more
tities of shells, which they burnt into lime—hav
ing hut few slaves they did little else, except
raising cattle and burning tar. The land is san
dy, piny, except along the watercourses. Here
the Americans have establisheed cotton and
grazing farms. The land (a great proportion of
which is publiq land) is obtained on ea-y terms,
and at various prices, from 2 to 820 per acre.
There are immense tracts of it in the possession
of individuals who obtained them from the Span
ish government when it was about expiring: they
would gladly sell at 25 cents per acre, but then-
title is a doubtful one. Throughout the whole
I state, land is obtained with great facility. As to
I the mode of payment, longcredit isgiven. This
fcur sugar planters derive a revenue j is owing in pail to the productiveness and the
some years from the annual labor of] certainty there is that a man who has force to
r working hands ; from 500 to 750 is I cultivate will pay out of the crops—hut chiefly
fy calculation; and at the present] to the facility with which payment is enlorced by
tton (833] it is imagined that if the< law. The premises are necessarily mortgage!!
Rch injure? the plant at present sub-1 for the payment of the price, and the production
culture of that article is equally pruf- of the contract of sale, and an affidavit that the
j payment is due entitles the vender to instant
i no difficulty in obtaining land in this ! execution
ves are extremely scarce and dear
. An ordinary field band born in
ry, or seasoned (hereto, is worth from
52000 in cash—Genteel house servants
83000.
The government is, as yet, in equilibria be
tween the French and American party. In the
Legislature, the first has a small majority in the
lower,and they are equal in the upper house.
The Governor, Treasurer and Secretary of
he Bali/.e to Baton Rouge, on one side j State, are French. In the superior court, two
psissqipi, and to Red River on the other, (Judges are French, one American by birth. Of
I by the front acre: the usual depth of tile district Judges, six are Americans and one
t is 40 &. sometimes 80 feet—but the 1st 0,, b' French.
|immediately on the River, are alone} In general, the Americans are in majority in
A, upon an average ; beyond this is an the other ottices. Our public institutions are
|hble cypress swamp, constantly under few—\V e have a college pretty well endowed—
pie cultivable land being a narrow rib- Five banks—The Nuns have a very large board
ing house anil are very rich— t he Catholic cler
ach side of the river, and the sand
1 sloping from the river. Within the
Tiles above and below the city of Or-
[either shore, the front acre sells from
84000; and as you recede from
the land becomes proportionable
(antations there are burthened with the
of the Leve- or Dyke that secures them
Dilation, and the road with its ditches
fees—a labor which some planters say
l the sixth part of the labor of their
shores of the Mississippi, within the
peak of, sugar is the principle staple
-there are,however in the upper pait
ral cotton farms. Beyond the narrow
llltivable land which extends along the
shore of the Mississippi, is a dismal
bunded by lakes and morasses, which
the distance of about 40 miles, when
Jrpress swamp bounds the eastern side
|nds in the next county, Attakassas
jtlie seashore, and along the banks of
I, the main river, on some sugar planta-
kly established by Americans, which
by much. Cotton is also made here;
sail distance from the. sea begins what
heprairrie land—vast natural meadows,
af trees, except along the water cours-
[ plantations here are few, on account
■rcity of timber, and the people em-
ttselvea in raising cattle. A number
count their cattle bv the thousand,
i are left to shift for themselves during
year— marking the calves and count-
which are intended for immedi-
eing all the trouble the farmer takes,
here from 20 to 25 dollars the ar-
little less than the acre. Upon the
Irses where the land is fit for sugar, the
•at times for double that price.
■he Attacupus is the county of Ope-
latuls of which are much the
|lpt that the quantity fit for sugar is
inconsiderable. Still higher up is
of Rapids, chiefly inhabited by Ainer-
fhere are here, some extremely rich
land—cotton only is planted. Good
?i-om 15 to 820 the acre. To the
the counties of Washeta * and
The population of these is chiefly
These counties, before the cession
atedby honters. In these, as in the
ds, there is a quantity of piny,
, which the neighbourhood of richer
fents from being cultivated. The cot-
of Red River, are supposed to be the
lands in the United States. In
—* and Ooncendia, large tracts are
(cultivation of wheat, tobacco, and In-
The United States have a great deal
here, and there are individuals
itimense tracts. This is this part of
which the cheapest lands are. To
i the county of Natchitoches, boider-
Spanish province of Texas. In it
pe ot thW county is not legible in the i/rig.-
hot recollected,
_ . rgy
ate lew in members, well provided lor—the
curate of N. Orleans, being the only member of
it who may be said to be rich. We have a Bish
op, but he resides at tot. Louis, in the Missouri
Territory.
The Americans have an elegant church of E-
piscopals, and are budding a Presbyterian meet
ing house. The Catholics have two churches on
ly in the city. We have two theatres—one of
which was lately built and the other is rebuilding.
The creole ladies are fond of dancing. There is
hut little society here ; however, it is so in every
country, in w hich money is made with facility—
the passion for acquiring it engrosses all others—
Living in the city is as expensive as in New-
York or Charleston—House rent is high. Pro
fessional men are making money very fast.
Herebegif igs are, like every where else, atten
ded with some difficulty ; but when once a name
is established strides towards fortune are rapid.”
feet peace with, and under -the protection
•if the United States, is assuming a respon
sibility, that I trust, you will be able to excuse
to the government of the United States, to which
you will have to answer, ami through which I
had so recently passed, promising the aged that
remained at home my protection, ami taking the
warriors with me in the eampnign, is as unac
countable as strange.—But it is still more strange
that (here could exist, within the United States,
a cowardly monster in human shape, that could
violate the sanctity of a flag, when borne by any
person, but more particulaily when in the hands
of a superanuated Indian chief, worn down with
age. Such base cowardice and murderous con
duct, as this transaction affords, lias not its par
allel in history, and shall meet with its merited
punishment.
You, sir, as governor of a state, within my
military division, have no right to give a milita
ry order whilst 1 am in the field : and this being
an open and violent infringement of the treaty
with the Creek Indians, captain Wright must be
prosecuted and punished for this outrageous mur
der, and I have ordored him to be arrested and
confined in irons, until the pleasure of the presi
dent of the United States is known upon the sub
ject. If he has left Hartford before my order
reaches him, 1 call upon you, as governor of Geor
gia, to aid in carrying into effect, inv order for
his arrest ami confinement, which I trust will
be afforded, and captain Wright brought to con
dign punishment for this unparalleled murder.
It is strange that this hero had not followed the
trail of the murderers of your citizens, it would
have led to Mickasuckv, where we found the
bleeding sculps of your citizens, but there might
have been mure danger in this, than attacking
a village containing a Gew superanuated women
and men, and a few young women, without arms
ur protectors. This act, w ill to the last age, fix
a stain upon the character of Georgia.
Copy of a letter from governor R him to general Jack-
son, in reply, dated executive Department, Ga. Mil.
ledguvdle, 1st June, 1318.
Sir,— I have lately had the honor to receive
your9 of the 7th of May, founded on a commu
nication from general Glascock, relative to tin-
attack recently made on the Chthaw village. Had
von, sir, nr gen. Glascock been in possession of
the facts that produced the affair, it is to be pre
sumed at least, that you would not have indulged
in a strain so indecorus and unbecoming.—1 had
on the 21st of March last, stated the situation of
our bleeding frontier to you. and requested you.
in respectful terms, to detach a part of you 1
overwhelming force for our protection, or, that
you would furnish supplies and L would order out
more troops, to w hich you have never yet deign
ed to reply. You state in a very haughty tone,
that *• / ns governor of a state within your niili-
ta y division have no right to give rt military or
der whilst you are. in the field. sV i etched and
contemptible indeed, must he our situation if this
be the fact; when the liberties f the people of
Georgia, shall have been prostrated at the feet of
a military despotism, then, and not till then, will
your imperious doctrine he tamely submitted to.
You may rest assured that if the savages con
tinue their depredations on our unprotected fron
tier, 1 shall think and act for myselfin that re
spect. You demand, that “ captain (fright be
delivered in irons to major Davis, your agent.’’
If you, sir, are unacquainted with the lin t, 1 beg
leave to inform you, that rapt. Wright, was tint,
uuder your command, for oe has been appointed
an officer in the Chatham county militia, which
had been drafted for the special purpose of as
sisting general Gaines in reducing Amelia Isla. d.
That object having been accomplished before our
militia nail taken the field, general Gaines as soon
as their organization was completed, assumed
point of’Genrgia, and did not pursue me until sa
tisfied of the perfect security oj’that frontier.
Whilst you are so tenacious of your own ex
ecutive pow-ers, it may be necessary to explain
upon what authority captain Wright received in
structions to call fora reinforcement from Fort
Early, garrisoned by militia who you will nut
deny weie at that time in the service of the U. S.
and under my command.
Copy of a letter from governor Rabun to general Jack-
son in reply, dated Executive Department, Ga. M.l-
lcilgevill, 1st September, 1818.
Sir,—I have lately had the honor to receive
your letter of the 1st tilt. I supposed that mil-
correspondence on this subject had finally ter
minated ; but a renewal on your part has induced
me to make this short reply.
I find that the game angry disposition which
(no doubt) dictated your letter of the 7 th of May
last, is still rankling in vour breast.
It is very certain that 1 have never intentional
ly assailed your feelings, or wantonly p ovoked
.your frowns; and 1 flatter myselfit is equally
certain that 1 shall never find it necessary to court
your smiles. “ Ion are not disposed to enter in»
to a controversy with me relative to our respec
tive duties ; but recommend an examination of
the laws of 07ir country before I again hazzard
an opinion fm'the subject.” Your advice is good
and should be attended to (at least) by all public
officers. I hope you will now permit me in turn
to recommend to you, that before you undertake
to prosecute another campaign, you examine tne
orders of your superiors with more attention than
usual. You assert that, ‘-the better part of the com
munity know too well that they have nothing to
apprehend from a military despotism,”, and in
proof of this assertion, it might have been well
fa- you to hate called my attention to your late
proceedings at St. -l/arks and Pensacola as af
fording conclusive evidence on that point.
The -ituati >n of our hie, di ig frontier, you Bay,
was magnified by the apprehensions of a few
frontier settlers, and those who had not unaer-
standing enough to penetrate into the design of
your operations ” Indeed, sir, we had expected
that your presence at the head of an overwhelm
ing force, would have afforded complete protec
tion to our bleeding and distressed citizens, bor
dering on an extensive and unprotected frontier ;
but our prospects were only delusive, for it would
seem that the laurels expected in Florida was the
object that accelerated you more than the protec
tion of the •• ignorant’’ Georgians.
If “ col. Hayne anti his 3 or 400 Tennessee
ans made a movement for the security of the
Htetended assailed point of Georgia”, it certain
ly was a very unsuccessful one.
When you shall have explained to me by what
authority you sent maj. Davis into this state with
orders to apprehend capt. Wright, (who was not
uml°r your c ommand) and place him in irons, &.c,
then I shall derm it my duty to explain to you
the motives which induced me to call fur a rein
forcement from Fort Early.
land for sale.
fYnHE subscriber now offers for sale the land
A. whereon he now lives, (in Jasper county, ten
miles from Monticello, on the road leading to
Greensboro') containing 101 1-4 acres, more or
less, with about seventy or eighty acres cleared
land, of excellent quality and in nice order for
farming; a comfortable dwelling house, .cotton
machine house, and other necessary out houses.
Persons wishing to purchase can view the premise
cs—Two instalments will be given.
KICK'D KENNON.
November 9.
itiCHAKO MORGAN A. SON,
■ i i,. v ..- ... , i a s AVE just received a general assortment of
t 6 l 7 T" the frontier wilnout j £ tlie u , 1(Il ,. n) .. nt ioned1nstrumeni8 of music,
? V t ; ll f L , ?l / ! ° £ *'*» be ’ at Wholesale or retail at a small
ject, captain \\ right at tout time being ... a state advilllce : _Viulins, Flutes, Clarionets, Flagelets,
of debility, faded to march, and of course was| s|)|ne ,| ou ble barrelled Drums and Fifes, 'Violin
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GOVERNOR R\.
Rt N AND GENERAL JACKSON. •
Copy of a letter from governor Rabun to general Jack-
stin, dated Executive Department, Ga. Mdledgevdle,
21st March, 1818.
Sir,—You have no doubt been apprised, that
since your departure from Hartford ' with the
Georgia militia, that the Indians have been hov
ering on the frontier of Telfar county ; that they
have killed a Mr. Bush, and wounded his son,
and being pursueil by the citizens of tliat county
have met them in hostile array, when an engage
ment took place which lasted nearly an hour, in
which our little detachment (consiting of only
thirty four men) lost several killed and a nuin-
ber badly wounded. This reucountre has excit
ed considerable alarm on that frontier, and the
inhabitants, in many instances,'flying from their
homes for the want of protection.
The object of this communication, is to re
quest you will be so good, as to station some
troops near the Big-bend of the Oakmulgee, and
at or near the most assailable points below that
place. If it is not convenient fur you to furnish
the neccssarry force, you will please give instruc
tions for supplying such detachments as may in
that event be ordered into tlie service under the
authority of the state, with rations, &c. 1 hope
you will write me on this subject without delay,
as great alarm has been produced by the hostile
attitude which the enemy has assumed.
Copy of a letter from genci'd Jackson to governor Rabun
d.iieil on raareli towards Pensacola, 7 miles advance of
Fort Gadsden, May 7, 1818.
Sir,—I have this moment received by express,
the letter of general Glascock, (a copy «f which
is enclosed) detailing the base, cowardly and in
human attack, on the old women and men of the
Chehaw village, whilst the warriors of that vil
lage were with me fighting the battles ol our
country against the common enemy, and at a
time too, when undoubted testimony had been
ontained, and was in my possession, and also in
in the possession of general Glascock, of their
innocence of the charge of killing Leigh and the
other Georgian at Cedar creek.
That a governor of a r '-»te should assume the
right to make war agair 'ian tribe, in per
not mustered into the service of the United States strings, Music Books. A'c. &’c.
- > e l '««ever followed on to Hartford, where Millejgevillc, JWm
hading hinisell not likely tube received into the ~ . ...
finding himself not likely
service of the United States, tendered his servi
ces to command the contemplated expedition,
which were accordingly accepted ; having viola
ted his ordcis by destroying the Lliehaw village,
instead of lioponnisand Fhile.nn>istuwns(against
which the expedition was directed) l had previ
ous to receiving your demand, ordered him to he
arrested'; but before he was apprehended agreea
bly to my orders, he was taken by your agent,
and afterwards liberated by the civil authority.—
l have since had him arrested and confined ; and
shall communicate the whole transaction to the
president of the United States for his decision,
together with a copy of your letter.
Copy of a letter from general Jackson to governor Rabun,
dated Head-quarters, Division South, Nashville, Tenn.
August 1, 1818
Sir,—Your letter of the 1st of June was not
received until this day ; though a gasconading
notice of such a communication having been
written appeared long since in the Georgia jour
nals. 1 am not disposed to enter into any con
troversy with you relative to our respective du
ties; but would recommend an examination of
the laws of our country before you hazzard an
opinion on the subject. “ The liberty of the peo
ple prostrated at the feet of military despotism,”
are cant expressions for political purposes—tlie
better part of the community know too well that
they have nothing to apprehend from that quarter.
The military have rights secured to them by the
laws of our country as well as the civil, and in
my respect for those of the latter I will uever
permit those of the former to be outraged with
impunity.
Your letter of the 21st of -Varch, on which
you and the journalists dwell with su much force,
you must have been aware could not have reach
ed me in time to produce the object required.—
w The situation of our bleeding frontier” at that
petiod was magnified by the apprehensions of a
few frontier settlers, and those who had not un
derstanding enough to penetrate into the designs
of my operations. You have forgot that colonel
Hayne with 3 or 400 Tennesseeans made a move
ment for the security of the pretended assailed
r ember 10.
NOTICE.
^7 INE months after date, application will be>
JL xi made lo tbe honorable die Inferior Court, of War
ren oilin' v, for leave to sell one hundred acres of land, in.
sa d coiui'v, adjoining Henry Heath and oiher.s, for the*
benefit, of certain legatees of Micliaril Heath, dee’d.
CIIAPPEL HEATH, 1 exl ., g
Joseph hill, j
November 2, 1818.
NOTICE.
*«* The subscriber will be a candidate for tax:
collector, at the ensuiugj.election of Putnam,
county. ’ James Skaggs.
NOTICE.
T HOSE who have purchased lands at the lata
public sales, are informed that the 40 days*
or time for completing the payment of their in
stalments, will expire on the 10th of December*
next; and that the offices of Receiver of Public
Monies and Register will be opened at the moutll
of the Cahaba, before the 8th of next month.
JOHN TATLOll, It. P. M.
alex. pope, Register.
JltUledgeville, November 5.
THEATRICAL.
WILT, be performed, on Wednesday Evening next, bj
the Milledgeville Thespian Society, in the Court-House,
“ CUUK FOR THE HEART ACHE*
Anil Farce of
<• THE WEATHERCOCK.”
(py I respec'.fully inform the citizens of Baldwin coun
ty, that l will be a candidate to receive the list of Tax Re
turns, at the ensuing election.
Trice tTillis.
COTTON BAGGING.
kMUEL GOODALL has just received c
large quantity of Inverness and Tow Bag-
, which will be sold low.
JUST RECEIVED,
S UGAR, Coffee, Jamaica Rum, Holland Gin,
Cogniac Brandy. Also, 20 boxes Paine’s
Candles. JH. B. UoUombe ij‘ Co v