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/ DOCUMENTS, Accompanying the Governor's Message. No. 1. Correspondence hriw.cn the Special Agent of the United Staid and Gov. Troup at MiUedgeville. Milledgiville, Geo. .'lay 31 at, 1825. Sin—l have Hie honor to Bend you herewith, despatches Irom tlie Secretary of War for your Excellency, receive.! by me on the 30lh mat. ai Washington. I urcau lie you will be informed by the despatch es now handed you, th it I have been appointed, by the President ot the United Slates, to examine in to certain impliHed charges against Colonel Crow ell, me India i Agent, contained in your Excellen cy's letter to the Pre-ident oftne mat. as weh a» others of a direct a id specific cnaracier, made by Cindy Mclntosh and other Chiefs of the Creek it,on at Wmhington. I’o enable me to perform tins delicate and respon-ible trust with effect, I have the non or to request mat you will be pleased to furnish m ; with any c urges and specifications which you may have to unite against ths officer re ferred to, accompanied by any evidence in youi Excellency’s possess! >n relating thereto, or refer ences to the sources whence such evidence, may be derived- Having also inslrucdons to loose no time in an effort to restore tlie Creek Indians to a stale id tranquilly, (the President having in tlie mean time, as your Excellency has been informed, taken prompt and energetic measures to provide against every event or emergency,) and knowing tne great nxiely of tbe President >l the U. el ites anu of ibeuSecretary at War, to consult die wishes oi the people of Georgia and of your Excellency, m relation to (be unlortunate disturbances in Hie Creek Nation, I have tne honor to request al-,0, thd you will be pleased to favor me witn any in formation or suggestions winch may enable me to fulfil, if possible, the objeci of my vittn ; assuring you at Hie same time, dial they shall receive all that respect and attention, to which, coining from so high a source, they wid be so .justly enti tled. Should your charges against die Agent (or any information which you muy oe pleased to possess me OI,) demand it, I have'lo infor n you that I shah exercise a discreiionary power vested in me, (u.i less die excitement among the Indians turbid it,) by suspending the Agent If mi all ms (unctions, until the fnriiier pleasure ot the President be ex pressed. It will however, b ; evident to your Ex cellency, that 1 -.lumld not staml justified in pur suing sc decided a course, on light grounds, to wards a gentleman who has h r t 'tore •••.joyed the full confidence of the government. Hit known hign sense nt justice ol your Excellency will be satisfied 100, should such a resort appeal necessary, it wool 1 be due to Colonel Crowell it place him, immediately, in possession ol the char res ma le against him, that he may he enabled u> defend In nisei l before his government wild as li tie delay »s possible. With the highest respect, I have the honor to be. Your Excellency’s most ohd’t serv’i. (Signed) T. P. ANDREWS, " Special Agent. His Excellency Gbo nor. M. I n ■ur, Governor oj G o’gia, MiUedgeville, Ga. Kxxcwtivk Department, 7 MiUedgeville, 31st May, 1X25. 3 Sm—lmmediately on receipt ol your cummu> i cation ol this dale, I proceed, m compliance w,,li the wishes of the Genual Government, to charge the Agent superintending the affairs ot the Creek Indians, with, 1-t. Predetermined prevent the Indians, by all die means in his P' Wer, from making my cession of tneir lands in favor ot the Georgians, a id dus Irom the moat unworthy and most u justifiable ol all moiivea. 2ndly. Wun advising aid instigating in duel the death ol Mclntosh and his friends. You are referred to the documents connected with my hue message to the Legislature, audio the testimony disclosed and to be disclosed before thi committee charged with the investigation of the subject to which they relite, and winch are sub mitted to you. Respectfully, your obedient servant, (Signed) G. M. TROUP. To Majou Andrews, Special Agent of the U, S. —Mdledgeville. No. 2. Correspondence with the Secretary of War, Depautmenr or War. I May 18, 1825. 3 Sm • In answer to your several leimr- received at this’Department on the 15lh and 17di msi. I am instructed by the President to express b s deep regr jl at die deaths of General Mclntosh and the other Creek Chiefs, and the shocking cn cumsiaii cos with which they were attended Wmle y.mi Excellency is understood to ascribe the cause oi these events to ihe criminal conduct of the Agent he, by despatches received some few days past, slates to this Department that your ''impose nt en tering upon and survey! ig iheir territory, as nnuK known by your Proclamation, had produced m the chiefs wh < received it when assembled in Gene ral Council, for the purp ise of receiving then annuity, feelings ol melanch dy and great ihsticss Exceptions to your measures were then 'aken by them, they declared Iheir assent nail never been given ; and dial it had not been asked. I hose ex ceptions were communicated by the Agent in the letter above referred to, together with the re quest of the chiefs that th - gnvernmeu' would in terpose its authority, and pul a slop to the contem plated survey. Whatever cause may have produced the diaiiir bances and bloodshed which followed so soon up on the breaking up of tha. council, lias now be come a matter of very subordinate co sideratim., compared with tlie means necessary to he adop ted to prevent their repilition. Remote from the theatre of action, but little information, and Ilia uncertain, (for we have not a word roni the t gent,) as to the extent of the designs of the In dians, or the scsle on which their operations, w ll be conducted, ihe President has deemed n advisa ble, and has ordered according!!, Gen. Gaims, distinguished alike for ids military skill and lot his discretion now in Georgia, in repair lorthwnli to Mdledgeville, lor the purpose ot con-uni g with your Excellency on the measures proper t be adopted in reference to the actual posture oi affairs on his arrival. 1’ > him a discretion lias been given, if in his judgment the occasion re quires it, to call on you for such portion o; the militia ot Georgia, to be placed in tne service oi tlie United Stales, as he thinks necessary. To march also such portions ot the regular lorce us may he convenient to the scene ol operations, and to lake command of the whole. Uy lin instruc tions he will be ordered to repel any hostile a’- tempt that may be made by the Indians on tin people of Georgia, and to chastise them by mea sures of retaliation for -ueb attempt, ml iheir sui ferings St submission shall entitle them toclemei - cy. If their violence lias been limited to tlmir own tribe, the course be pursued is not without its embarrassments, the government ot tne U 8, since its establishment has in no case, it is co di deutly believed, forcibly imerpos d in the i iiestme leuds of the Indians. They have limited their in terference to good offices and friendly advice. To depart from this policy strengthened by lime and the approbation ot the American people, involves a liigb and delicate responsibility. On the other hand to surrender the Indians triendlv to the views of the United States to the unrcstMiiiied ferocity d the hostile party, is too shocking to humanity to permit. Amid these opposing difficulties the •General is instructed to enter the territory of the Greeks and extend protection to the friendly par 1 ty, but not to cun nit hostilities on the Indians, unless provoked (Hereto by acts on their pan, which may justify saich hostilities. A special mes senger will be despatched to Mdledgeville on Fri day al farthest, with General Gaines’ instruction-,. The President not yet being informed of tin measures adopted by your Excellency, cannot ai ibis nine take any step thereon, —Your promised communication will relieve him from ilii- difficu' iy, and immediately on its arrival will receive In prompt attention. I am instructed to say to your Excellency, that the President expects from wlm has passed, as veil as from the now slate of (eeling among die Indians, that the project of surveying their tern lory will he abandoned by Georgia, till u can be done consistently Willi tbe provisions of the trea ty. From the charges made by your Excellency and the deputation here, against the Agent, M.j r Andrews possessing Irom his high character tne lull coofi lence of the Executive has been deputed to the Agency to inquire into these charges and to adopt the course in reference to the Ageni which he may deem best calculated to promote the public service. Major Andrews is bearer ot the despatches to General Gaim s, and as he will puss through Mil ledgeville, if you have any fads calculated m crim nate the Aged, an opportunity will be furnished your exo I'eucy to communicate them. 1 have the h mor to be, Your obedient s»rviyit, (Signed) J VMES B \RBOUU. lit Exc llency' George M. 1 uowp Governor of Georgia —Mi Icdguville. Executive Department. 7 Miileilgevilte, id June, 1825. 3 Sib: 1 have received by Ma| .r Andrews y - nr 1 letter of the IBih tost. The disposition- mamles ltd b> your government to do right in a 1 mailers connected with the subject of my laleco. inn i • ci in,i are only in accord nee with my jost expec istimis, lam happy thai in the general ihe mea sures deemed best appear to be appropriate and ■ judicious. Pardon me lor miking n> exception, I i -i arc sing the archives of your office, y u w ; • find at divers times and on vin us occasions, iep resenlalions made of the conduct ol tin.- Agent, ah or any of which should have disqualified h o ai a competent wilne-s against tip* g vernment .... he slate of Georgia. On the recem one ol the i animation ot the ITeaty of the Indian Spring 1 vourselves pronounced upon that Micompetemy in lei ms not to he mistaken, the Agent ( rotes led against the Treaty i Ihe President submiitcfl ’ i‘. to the Sc ai', and Ihe Senate r e ili. d it in con tempt of that protestation. If a single declaratim if the Agent had been accredited, the Presidem void I no) hav • submitted it ; the Senate woulc mi have ratified 11. she la-t of your prominent icta therefore in relation to this individual, (pa les him in an atuimle before yourselves whici. -liould hive decided yon l<> listen with great cau linn and reseive to any suggestions of his coiii>i ed with any subject whutsoev r. Whilst on tin , On- hand, he p event, himself before yon as an accuser of the Chief of the government of Georgia, uid the accusation is neither more or levs than , hat die measures taken on his part have been the o dy exciting causes to the mischiefs and cr mes I erpelrated in the na ion, and you on the othe hand so far sustain him in < his po-ilion « not o ly to receive it willingly, and to speedy it disiin I v, but to make >t the basis d a most eroiiei n const ruction of the treaty, and in consequence o 1 , diat construction to address to mo a most extra , ordinary request of the President, affecting mi , porta t interests here, I must pray yon to excus j. me, when I say to yon in answer dial I do not /c l myself (rca ed in a very kindly or very geiienni spirit; and that if treated in the most kindly and most generous, such an expeclan >n woo d be pro ouunced at once as unreasonable on your part, and certainly not to b. fulfilled on ours. Is it pos sible that the President could have consulted the Indian Treaty and comi'ared its provisions w.lli th seofthe Articles of Agreement and Cess.un and at the same lime have indulged this exp cn turn f Without troubling you with the argument permit me to state the lact Uy the Trea'y of the Indian Springs tlie I ulian claims are extinguished I forever. The article is worded in the present i tense. On the instant of the ratification, the title i and jurisdiction became ab-olute ii Georgia with ■ out any man set* of exception or qualification, sav the single one which by me eig h a male gives t' the United States power to p on cl '.he Indians in i th“ir per ons and • il'cls ag t nst assaults upon ei loer, b\ whites or Indians. For ties purpose your , mwers at" qm.e ample, and in proceed ig to the - ,urvev ol th • country ). u will only fi d aids and guaranties in Ihe part oi till- government tor th ■ 'aithful < xecutio i <>• di arti ve—beyond this yon cannot pu-s. Soi and jurisdiction go together, and if we have not ih ■ r pit ot bo h at tins mo ment w ■ can never have therbv better title It toe abso.u'e properly and the absolute jurisdic . mm Inve mu passed tons, when are they to come? ■ Will you nek. a uv nal concession of 'he latter— s wnen ami how ? If the ju' .sdictnon be separated - trmn the property, -lo w the r servatum which - separates it—’tis impossible. You imv the s ime re .m nit of it in tins cas as y m has.- by (lie tlon ati'Utimi and Treat! in allsimilar cases where irea ms navi g gu .rantied the rights and j.nvilegesot diem, those rights ami privileges find their pro ction under tin supreme law of ihe U. States. ~ within Ihe jurisdicti m ~if the several stales. II i he President believes that we will postpone the e survey oftne c untry t« gratify the Agent and tor Hostile Ind'U's, he deceives himself. To these ■ poor deluded men who have been hostile in peace i- and Hostile in war, and rlie opponents ot the trea- II y, Georgia could make no appeal. From Mein i nsh and hi* friends wh • made the treaty wesought ). in rmissinn to make the sunny, and obtained it.— r scrnpuiotislv egardful of ihe stipulation ot the Ii treaty, we asked them in substance, if the survey g wou din any manner interfere with their conveni " ence or security, and they answered, No-area n ly answer, b“c uise tin'survey would in fact con s tribute im oriandytn b"th. The Irequent recurrence to the conduct of the e Ag.-nt may induce a belief that the influencing il motives here are impure or tainted with preju ,i dice—il is not so. As an individual no angry ft el - ngs have been indulgi d toward him or any harm d les.red—as a publii officer the most indignant senliments nave been awakened from the begin ning because as soon as 1 entelTd upon the duties i if this office il was kno vn to me that lie had c iiii> i- i, me resolu.i nI ' prevent the Indians from <:e. h g am lands to Georgia so long as I continued • i it ; a resolution so n igenermu and unworthy r n any offic rin any station, that I determined t« I nplny all Inmnrabie nean-1 o effect Ins removal . ts absohit* ly necessary to the pr.spe.rdy of the • o;i*. You might to have removed him long ago, i and thus n.w s mred ns all the evil* which have • followed your omission, 3 Be pleated lo present my respectful compli- J meuts to the President, and assure him of my “ good wishes and regard. The frankness with r winch it is piy duty to communicate with him, c.m s nave no tendency to weaken them on my part, or ' excite disti list ot llien sincer.ty on Ills. Even i upon the subject oi intensest interest to u*, upon which me opinions of Hie President are known, many allowances are made (or the immea. sura til-.; distance widen separates Us. In treating • n, 1 have used strong language, but he will not on , mis account believe mat 1 make light of the Unioi 1 would offer up my life wt.lt pleasure to snsta n ■it tor a smg.e day. Ihe Icarlnl const-queiic-- Constantly in sight, keep us in a s a'u ot agitali and alarm. 1 strive to slave tnem oil' and it is f >nis, that language is employed, sickening to tin 1 nearl, and most offensive to a Vast portion of tin common lamilv, Who can help it when they sei ■vise men en“gcd in a playfumess and pas ime ike this, indulging llieir wlinns and oddities and hantasics, and causing tins Union to tremble upot -a bauble With regard to the expenses attendant on om Measures of detence of "inch you are instructed ' .o say nntlnng until those measures art- submil-id in you in de an, t nave io congratulate you and nyaei that they will be so considerable in amnu-. 1 as not to cause much irouble or anxiety to edit r o; us. Whilst I look the precautionary measures : to make Hale tin w men and cldldren upon ilit frontiers, I r nu mbered very Well that we luni been pleading al your treasury for ihirty yeais tor sinnlai expenses incurred in defending our ■lves against the same Indians 1 feel much more anxiety about the • x ebS' - which may be incur ’ red by the friendly ones, who have sought wi Inn onr set’lemenls, which they are qui i tiling lo defi ay from their own sc iiity tin ans, 1 b-it wnich justice and humanity requires you r defr i> for nem. With great cuns deration and regard, G. M. TROUP. The Hon. Jambs Harbour, Sec etui y of War -IVashing ton City. No. 3. Carr shovdence between tin Deputation from the friendly (1 ,-ks mid the Secretary of liar, «. Washington. i Washington, May 17 h, 1825. Sm —,\ hostile p.iny ot Indians, instigated oy some enemy of m> -atiier, General Mclntosh. . . <e 30th o \pru last, attacked In- hulls anumni 1 dered him a nl .n oilier Chief of the Creek Na in . , E m • I'nstuontigg. e. I Ins calamity has fallen upon the family of Gen. 'ifrlo osh fr m ins o mg the steady friend nl t o United Suites. «n 1 of the civilization of his com try men. His confidence in the America i gnver. . ment. his compliance with its wishes and Ins .-u ■ port of its policy and tin antics tor civilizing the Indians and im > oving their condition, give In enemies the pretences under which they li ive ex ■ cited those hostile leelings to which he has (alien I a sacrifice. His family and friends look with confidence to the justice of the United Sta'es government foi protection against inr hi rho nlity, fin just re ; ve ige on the ringleaders in tnis murder j and fur i the punishment of those by whom it was instigu . ted. We cannot believe :|iat 'ho President win , disappoint their just exp ctations, li tin. frientls -of the Unit'd S ales are not protected, h will be thought safest mid most advantageous to be their en'-my. This opinion the government is too wise i nid too just to encourage. , The parly which attacked my father’s house, • killed his cattle, ad, as ,ir as they could, uestr ■ cd alibis properly. The United Stmes govern s ne it. which has receive d so much ben- fii from ■itc faithful services of Gen. Mel nosh, will not, trust, refuse to indemnify hi< family mt thed<- struction ol their property, when the occasion c its being destroyed is remembered. lb g the favor of you, air, to inform me how 1 shall proc ted to ohtaoia remuneration for the pt •■miary loss that has accompanied a much move siH’Cting in.j i Vi so injury which can m ver be re -1 paired, mid will he very inadequately atoned for by the tiiimahnient of tlt"se who perpetrated or pr I noted tins murderous miiage 1 na, «.r. resp .ctiully. y- urobd’t. serv’t, (Sigs.d) ’ CHILLY McINTOSH, - tot e II hi James Harbour, Secretary oj War, DfcFAHTMBNT OF W'aß, 7 17th May, 1825 J Friend and B’other —1 have received your letter “ nl tins date, communicating 'ho distressing imelli- I genceofthe death ofyottr fa h“r, and two othei 1 Chiefs, and the destruction ofyottr father’s pro -1 party. The President deeply sympathizes in the misfortune if y our family, and directs me to say in reply to your request mr protection, and for ro tnuneration fur the losses they have sustained in 1 'ln destruciou of your father’s properly, that measures ai e taken, which it is hoped will secure ' the first j and the second will be recommended to the favorable consideration of Congress. The measures which are adopted, it is hoped will even tuate in the establishment o( peace and the future 1 harmony and prosperity of your people. 1 am, respectfully, your friend and brother, (Signed) JAMES BARBOUR, To Cuilly Mclntosh, ’ Washington, May 17, 1825. Sir—We have come to request our father, the I Pi “anient, to protect us against a hostile party ol 1 Indians, as was promised by the Commissioners at ! the treaty of the- Indian Springs, when we ceded ■ lands to the United States. The Commissioners gave us a good talk from our : father the President. I hey told u- that you were ■ bound by the compact of 180*2, to procure our • lands for the state of Georgia. We listened to the talk of our father, and did all lie desired. We ’ nude a fair treaty for the sale of our lands, which, publicly passed the Senate, and was ratified by our : father the President. Since then a hostile party has attacked the house ■ of our father, General Mclntosh, and killed him and Etome Ttistenuggee. 1 The Commissioners told us that you would pro ’ tect us against any attempt to injure us, and also, ‘ that you would send * garrison to CbaUahoochto river to prevent any encroachment on our land*, ■ before we removed West of the Mississippi, Thi never was done, and we did not ask for it, because ■ it was not thought necessary. Now we need assis. tance, and claim a performance of your promise. ■ We ask to have revenge for our blood, spilt by ; a hostile party of Indians; and that the murder oi • our father, General Mclntosh, and Etome Tuste nuggi-e, may be investigated, and the ringleaders 1 punished. Without your assistance, we cannot settle our • disputes. We ask you to investigate them, and to ' aid in removing our difficulties. We now look for your protection, as it was pro • mised hy the Commissioners. Wiih-ut it we can I it prepare to go West nf the M soi s'-ppi. About r one thousand troops will be necessity. If onr lather, the President, do *s not protect hi= I red children, we shall be oppressed, and many of t ns will be killed. We hope he will not deny us , ils protection, as ■ romi»ed by the Commissioners, • We have trusted tils promise, and think he will not deceive us, i- (Signed) Chilly Mclntosh, y Interlelkry Mclntosh, hisx mark. I, Ben Uonlazon, his x mark, ii Jim Uonlazon, his x mark, ip I, Washington, May 17, 1825. Sir—We beg leave to slate that the authorised i- \gent of the Untied States fur the Creek Nation, . Col. John Crowell, is not trusted by usj and we j, do not think ourselves sate in his hands, n Col. Crowell has always been opposed to Gene .i Mclntosh since 1823, when lie tried to have i, loin broke a-, a Chief ot the Creek Nation, anti threatened to destroy his property. He was Hi. • ■led at General Mclut isli lor refusing to give up a mm numeii Stinson without an order tiuin in , -lead Chiefs of the Nation. Stinson was ufer t wards delivered iiioi 'ne Agent’s cuitody and wan , in- d lor selling good* in the Nation withoui t . license, ul which lie was acquitted by the Federal ,1 -our to Georgia Col. Crowed "as lurther m i c- sed agams. General Mel, tosh, lor interfering when Cr well drew a kmle and threatened lo cu | -ie throat of a man named Ceils, who had beer j ntopted by the Creek Nation. I Cot. Crowell was opposed to the I'reaty at the j Indian Spiings, and tried to prevent the Greeßs from selling their lands to the United Stalls He ell. Wih am Hauioly, United Slates Interpreter, o the Council to say that he wanted to see the Chieis, bu’ was jealous of the Commissioners. He tool them Jut they should not give any long an- Wcr lo the Connii-nioners, but only say -‘they had no lands to tell.”—l hat the Commissioner’' would tnrealeii, but their threats w u.d al. end i t w rds as soon as they heard irom the gov. rumen . t.v ii aher ihe I realy was ireely agreed to, he did noi cease ilia opposition.—He sent a message by . William Humbly, he Interpreter, to tell some in ■’ lie Indians that they should go away acmes the 1 line that nigh ,or limy worn dbe aken and sli it l up I until they signed he treaty This pai y went otl ( in the night as they were told. 1 lie next morn-u g three men were sent after them to know why they had gone away; they to d these men the me» agt-l'iey had received troth Col. Crowell, winch | w.s tlii reason o ih ir going. One ot these mes- I si-■ get’s Uen i> iulawza. is it i w to Washington. j e Afti r Col. CTu * it returned from Washington, f - ■ Com cil of Hie Nation was caded ; when tin u nke hour was <>u . Chilly .Vicliini.-h and several J ■i the friends t General >.cl tush attended. Tin y 1 f i Led mi Cot. Crowell for rations, which were re- t . tiistd to the ltiends ot Gene at Mclntosh, bui wen j n- ’.lain doy Col, Crowed to ah others. Withii ( . eigntd y alter this Council, a llosu e party attack ■I tile ouae of General Mclntosh and killed him 1 , and E nine i usiennoggee. • Co;. Hawk.ns and General Mitchell were eqtta, t and kind t< ah the Creek Nano i, and favored its , v 1-zattoii. Since Col. Crowed has been Agent, j nr lias b' en good uniy for his friends and lavorites • ml to effect hi. own purposes. * Now, sir, we beg our iather, 'he President, lo ( . send an Agent woo will be a friend 'o ail die Na ; , lion equady, and one in who e hands we can fee | afe to go West of the Mississippi. It Coi. Crow > eli is continued as Agent, we tear that the inendt ' j General Mclntosh will be sacrificed. 1 (signed) Chilly Mcltuosh, ( • Interiifkey Mclntosh, his x mark. ) ben Uau avt Za, his X mark. I Jim llaulauza, his x mark. I'o the Hon. Jamks Harbour, ; Secret ary oj War. I i Washington, May 17tb, 1825. , Father —We beg to Know from you whe.h.r , , Uo). Crowed received the inouty lor the annuity I i 1825, stipu aied lo be paid lo toe Creek Ni . ..on by die ireaty ot die Mineral Spin, gs in 1821. i , Coi. Crowell, al broken Arrow, informed tin | Council thhi he had made an arrangement with tin- | . g i eriiiTienl o( die United Stales that every indi vidual f tin; Natn>n hotild eceiv- an tqua, share 1 •I the money which was to be paid unde* lie la-* ' I trea>y. Ii he did maiie tins arrangeine.it, tin- par 1 .1 of us going tt) the Western country win not gi i . enough to pay -mr expences. It Col. Cmweli dui | . tntike this arrangement with y u, not one w old go y io the Western country , because they have (■ money to bear their rxpences, and none to pay 1 lor their improvements. ' We m g .dso to know it the United States will , not pay our cxiiences here, on the business which i has brought ti.s to Washington, It is business it 1 1 wiiich the Uinteti Stales is cone; rned equally will. ! lie Creek Nation. < We beg to be informed to-day what will be i dune by -.ur father ht President, because we are , to leave Washington to-morrow. 1 (Signed) Cliidy Mclmosh, ’ Iniudaskey Mclnt sh, his x mark. ' ben Duuhwz i, his x mark. I ’ Jim Dattlawza, his x mark. ■ ' To the Hon. Jamks Kahuocr, | Secretary of War, t Department of War, May 17th, 1825, ’ Friends and Brothers —l have received your let- I , ter of this date, and am directed by the President i to convey to you bis deep regret ~t the rupture o , the friendly ties which have heretotore bound you * together as a nation, and at the calamity which 1 has beiallen you in the death of G ner.il Mclntosh ' and two other Chiefs. General Mclntosh wa f kpown as the steady triend of the United State; t and ol civilization ; and Ins death is very sensib - 2 felt as a great loss- lam directed to stale furl he that measures have been taken by the President, a . which it is hoped will quiet the disturbances which t j exist among your people, and secure you from fit- f t ture violence. ( i The charges you make against the Ag;ent will be exami-td into, as wnl the subject of the re r cent calamity, generally. Such measures will be 1 , taken as may seem b„st calcula ed to reconcile I existing differences, and to punish such as may ( ‘ appear to have acted in promoting tlnm, and, as s . it maybe within the province of the government ( to punish. Your expenses in coming t Washing p ton on this melancholy occasion, "ill be paid, n 1 your presenting an approved estimate ot them; 1 .. and your request to have an Agent to arenmpa- | ! ny you, in search ofa country for your luture resi- , deuce, is granted 1 am respectfully, . Your friend and brother, (Signed) JAMES HARBOUR, Chilly Mclmosh, A ’ lulerlefky Mclntosh/ CWek DefjUtation . ; Hen Dawlozaw, f . Jim Dawlozaw, ) ~ 9o© y TJte government of the Netherlands has • lately cast at the .Ironworks of Siraing the head of the immense lion that is to ornament s the grand national monument on the plains r of Waterloo. —The weight of the head alone o is 5,000 lb. or nearly tons ; the weight of the entire lion will be 00,000 lb. or near '• ly 30 tons English. A lady was unfortunately poisoned at Brooklyn N. Y. on Saturday week, and died if in two hours, by a dose of poison, (prepared | s by mistake of the student,) administered by a respectable physician, whose distress can scarcely be described. ■—gSCa—3—nnai —W'IKiK—PKWP3WHMMI constitutionalist’^ AUGUSTA i ~ TUESDAY. JUNE 14, 1825. The estimation in which Governor Troup i» held in this state was never high er than it now is ; and it affords gratifica tion to those who delight to see the rewards of public favor bestowed upon the virtuous and patriotic, to look forward to the proba ible result of the approaching election of a Chief Magistrate of Georgia. We know that no public officer can give universal sat isfaction, and that if a “spirit of light” were to occupy the post of Governor, still defamation and malice “ like vile curs, would bark at that angels train —but it is consolatory to reflect, that the present Governor has done nothing which has not redounded to the welfare of our state—no thing which is not susceptible of the most triumphant defence against the attacks of his enemies. His manner if we understand the objections urged against him, is too rough, and his style not sufficiently polish ed and courteous—and if these are to be viewed, apart from other consideration® there may be truth in the objections, 1V.., are wrongs to be met with the smile of :,y copluncy and answered with the well tar' ed periods of flattery ? Are we the slavei oftlie United Stales Government,and fhere- Ifore hound to close our lips against At taunts, and to accept with well feigned com placence, the stinted measure cd right which (hat Government may please from time to time to dole out to us. No!—The Gover nor has not forgotten—we shall never for* get —that we are men compassed about with rights and liberties, which not even the confederacy of the states can touch with impunity. The cautious anil ridiculous cant of diplomacy which of late it is so much the fashion to admire, hail its origin and has its practice among the Governments of the oltl world, where the people arc vas sals and their chiefs tyrants ; and although in our intercourse with foreign states, this country has been obliged, with one illustri ous exception, to submit to the trammels of a style and manner so hateful anil odious, there is no necessity fm fluttering ourselves with them at home. What ! shall we. not in matter of dispute with the United States express ourselves freely anil “ call things by (heir right names ?” may we not, when a conduct : s pursued inimical and injurious, say what we think of it without gloss or e rjuivocation : Or, must ve siifie our feel ings and subdue our understandings while we turn the pages of some Court Lexicon to find oily speeches and submissive phrases? We do not find that exception is taken to any act of the Governor—nobody sa s he has done the thing that is wrong, but because he is not vain, mincing and foppish it is pretended he is rude and illnatured. Let those who thus capriciously accuse him look to the manner, in which Georgia and lie? public servants have been tree tod, and say whether it does not afford excuse if not jus tification to the charge. It is well known that by the compact of 1802. Georgia con veyed “a little Empire” to the U. States upon almost the sole consideration that the Indian Title to our lands should he extin guished. Neither of the parties dreamed that one fourth of a century was to p iss away, without a fulfilment of this contract, and die more, because with each passing year, the difficulty of a performance on the part of the United States increases. But the Uni ted states have left unimproved many op portunities of obtaining the Indian title for Georgia ; purchasing however, now and then, just enough to excite the indig nation of Georgia at this mockery of good faith—to excuse herself from an entire * neglect—and to put the Indians on their r guard against further acquisition of Ter ritory. When Governor 1 roup came in to office it was his duty to urge (he ful filment of this solemn contract, and he is then given to understand, and that too from an United States officer among the Indians, and in high estimation with the President, that because he is Governor the Indians shall convey no more lands, and of course, the contract for their conveyance must re main unperformed. His Excellency re monstrates, our Delegation in Congress re monstrate, our Commissioners proceed fearlessly to the performance of their duty, and at length a treaty is made—and the Creek Lunds are conveyed, in spite of the lukewarmness of the General the exertions of those, in authority under her, and the enemies of the Governor. It was hoped that having obtained so much from the General Government there would be thenceforward no cause for dissatisfac tion, but the ink of the treaty was hardly dry, before there was an attempt to prevent its ratification, and the Indians were excit ed to a deadly hostility against those Chiefs who pursuing an enlightened policy, bad signed the treaty —nay, we are yet to learn whether that hostility does not extend to the citizens of Georgia. I'he Governor (or weighty reasons which are to be found at large in his messages, proposes to survey the newly acquired territory—he apprises the United States of his design and obtains the consent of the Indians. The murder of M’lntosh follows, instigated by the op ponents of the treaty both white and red, ;but his Excellency is told by a Secretary of j War, that it is attributed to the proposed survey, to which it is loftily added, the President “ expects” that a measure which we have a perfect right t 0 accom-