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flqiort
Os the Committee on the Slate of the Repub
lic in the cane of Col. Crowell.
The joint cominuee <n» the Stale of the Repuo-
Ilc, to whom w.-re referred the subject* of th
conduct of me Ag.mt of ih ■ Green In nan affairs,
in relation to the late treaty wi>h that nation ; aim
also in resprc to the murder 01 General Mclntosh
and others of the Creek Chiefs, have had thos<
matters under tneir serious deliberation. — They
have not indeed investigated them to the extent
that ciuld have been wished, but havegiven them
all the attention which their other duties and the
lenßib ol time would allow, in addition to tin
documents accompanying his Excellency’s im -
sage at the opening of the Session and of the 3
inst. your committee in the exercise of the puw-a i
given them by resolution, have collected such
further evidence as has come to tbeir knowiedg
and been within their reach, in their view of uie
Whole subject your committee have not consider
ed themselves precluded from the consideratio ,
of that part ol the evidence wli cli has been be
f ire the l’r< sident; because it ih so supported a o
strengthened by wlial lias been since disclo eh, ,
that its own weigut is greatly enhanced, its char
acter is in a c nmderabie measure changed, and in (
its turn it lends greatly to illustrate i he latter. On (
the same principle your committee have otcour.e \
received some evidence which is nut now in point, t
and therefore lias been allowed no weight in their c
deliberations. I'his may or may not be rendi-re.. (
applicab e by evidence liorcallef to be obtained ; ,
ami will of consequence be used, nr rejected ac- „
eurdingly in the hml investigation. t
That (be Agent did not assist the. United States ■
Commissioners at the first negotiations at the t
Broken Arrow, in December la t, or even co-ope
rate with (hem, i< conlessed by hi n-elf, Ihe omy ,
• pulogy we have head! offered lor that condtic
W}, his ignorance —ih it he supposed lie bail noth
ing to do in the matter but merely to assembl /
the Chiefs and to attend to the rations. Niw w
deem it not too much to assum • that a man ol the i
intelligence and sagacity ol the Agent who had ,
been live years in lit; office, d.d well know, wlial
the late Secretary ol War condescended «o ten
him, 'hit “the paramount duty wtncn he -wed m ,
the government obligated h -n on ah occasions, n |
give Ins heart y co.nperati m in elfecting us views.’’
And we further presume him o liave been able m
apprehend that the acquisition of term ,ry wasdi
object the government had in view in holding die
treaty. Hut he wis moreover expre-sty and r ■
pealedly informed of those views amt ol his duty
in relation to them. I lie Secretary of War on the
lb li ol Inly. 1524, in announcing .o the Commis
sioners their recent appointment, instructed lliem
among other things, first, toai it was “ ili.j d sire
of the govef ivient, that the feelings mid wi lies ol
the State of G-orgia should be particularly alien i
ed to,” ami tn location and extent ofthe territory
to be treated for, is tin re I ore left at their disere
tion ; and seen idly, tout 'he Agent was instructed
to nbey their orders on nil points connected widi
•the proposed treaty. Dl tow instruction, the A
gent acknowledges to tne Secretary ol War lliai
he had a copy. Early in August, the Coinim* non
era informed die Agent that diey were insirncied
to correspond with imii respecting llv tre« y, aim
expressed their pleasure in the prospect of a live
discussion ot all matters connected with the sa jecl,
And on the Sdi ol September, they agtio address
ed him , In* inning him of the great concern le I
for the negotiation, and apecnlly directed him
“In firs pari: th" notion for the issue d< sired.” Ihe
public interests were indeed conhded to h
charge, little if any less to hint than to the Com
missioners themselves. Was it not for the letter
ofthe 18:It January lasi, from ilie late decretal',
of Wav, your committee w uld express their as
tomshm mi at the effrontery ofih- Agent in pie
tending, it he ever did pretend, that he was ig
norant either of the nature or the ex.cut of his du
ties.
It remains next to be seen how he performed
those duties so obvious in themselves and mure
over so anxiously and r“peatedly ei j nued u.nin
him. It is natural to suppose that an lliecr in
fu K li trust, knowing thus well his i fftuial obliga
tions, if he intended treachery, would act can.
onsiy in an enterprize ol such delicacy in the mail
•gement, and so dangerous if defected.—(lis ob
vious course would be to act as much as possibl
through the ins.iumentahty of others, concealing
himselt as far aspiaclicable, behind the scenes, f
the case before us, it accordingly turns out tnai
most ofthe mischiefs liave been wroognt at second
linn 1. While the Agent was protesgediy neuirai,
the immediate ostensible actors in those scenes
luve been those persons nearest connected with
him, and most in his confidence, and mnsi, if not
all of them ni some way dependant on him, or on
his c mtinuanco in office. And although posdiv
evidence is by no means wanting; yet perhaps the
stioogest and most satisiactory prool ot bis guit. i
found in the chspacler and situation of those nn
mediate instruments of mischief—in their connet.
tion with the Agent in various ways, amt in a mill
titude of minor circumstai ces—parts ot a sysiem
of measun s, winch we think lie instigated and
countenanced, hut dared not openly conduct. Ann
it so, more strongly evincing his guilt by me de.
BTe ot concealment.
In the month ol May preceding die appointment
of the Commissioners, a meeting bail been hem
by the hostile Chiefs, at I’lickaliatcliee, to resisl
the views of the United Slates l lie resu.t ot their
meeting was by the Sub-Agent, reduced into a
kind of written mamtesto, detLr.ng Unit they
would not dispose ol Uie r land*. I'liesc d'ansac
tions were nutoriuus iutlie nation, but the Agent
made no intimation of them either to his govern
ment or to its Commissioners. When in Jill),
Ib'H. the nu'ion ora part of it had assembled at
Broken Arr iw, to receive their annuity, a council
Was convoked, at winch the \geot was present,
but retired wall all other white persons excep
bis sub-Agent and llambly. ins interpreter—tli.il
the. former of these might read along coiumur.ica
liun from the Cherokees, exhorting tne Creeks
nut to dispose of a lout ol their leimory O.Tlus,
the Agent gave iiointnna.i in, of winch your com
mittee are apprised. Nor was any nonce tak.m ol
a third meeting, in November, at the 1’ ne Cal
Springs (consisting wholly or principally of tin
xed ticks ofthe late war,) although the meeting
wa-al the house ofthe sub-Agein, wno again ac
ted as Secretary and published the proceedings.
These proceedings amounted to a renewed dec a
ration that uo lauds should be sold. During ah
this period, and previously, from the lad ol Ibid,
the committee has in* doubt of there havoig been
on foot an active continued and steady s,s euiol
measures throughout that country, by the erai
sines ol the Agent in concert with the liustne In
dians, to forestall and defeat the views ot the Uni
ted States Government —and in doing so, lo sacri
fice the interest ot Georgia, and even the sa ely
and welfare ofthe Indians themselves, file c 0...
slant and intimate interc arse, that must we sup
pose necessarily exist between the Agent ami no
sub-Agent, predisposes us u* presume a concert ui
action between them. And when we sec that Uu
active and continued treachery of the latter u>
known to the lormer, and no measures are taken,
either to restrain such conduct, to make it known,
or avert its tendencies, the presmnpii n ot then
being conlederales, becomes almost irresistsbic.
The Agent’s conduct at the fi at treaty was in ex
<ct accordance with the views We impute to him.
Its assumed neutrality on that occasion, even if In
vas in fact neutral, waa a wilful departure Iron
uty—and if, as your committee believe, his neu
rainy was only assumed, it was superadding do
dicity to enm ■. It appears that these facts oi
most of them were in due lime made known to the
government. A removal ot the sub-Agent was all
ftie remedy that was applied. His place was soon
filled (and it is understood at the instance ol the
tgent) by the present incumbent, win* had al
ready earned the Agent’s confidence by a similar
ly oi v ews, and particularly by an opposition sut
ficiently violent to any present cession ol territory,
'hs predecessor doubtless remained there to con
''"lie his machinations in secret—so that the only
(}■ ct ofthe measure however well intended is ti.
and one more to the number of those petty ty
rants, who oppress ami harrass the nation, or that
part ot it who have lavished their blood for tin-
American people.
On receiving the renewed and still more pe.
remptory orders of his government, the Agem
was compelled apparently to co-operate will,
lie Commissioners at the second treaty. But ii
ds talk to the Indians, it is curious to observ
■*ith what art he keeps within the letter and out
d the spirit of bis instructions He had ac
know lodged to Maj. Vlerriwether, that the pro
po-.al (or tlieir ie nov >l beyond the Mississippi
would, it acceded to, be highly to their advan
tag" i *‘ they would be fools if they did not ac
ceptii.” Bui wh n addressing the Indians, h>-
draws himself carefully within the shell of his io
" ructions, and n ithing appears but what is rigidly
olfi id. *• He i< instructed,” he says, “by tin
Aar Department to tell them so am) so.” That
‘what I lie C mrnissioners had told them was all
tile talk ot the Presid-nt.” That “the President
wished the nto sell their lands and go beyond
l lt ■ Mississippi,” I'hat “it was liis wish also, bt -
cause it was the President’s wish.” And tlia
‘ if he wis continued Agent, he wouUl go wi</i
them and be their friend.” Periiap, il was un
possible for human ingenuity to have suggested
'o the imaginations of that assembly a greater
curse than his friendship, or a stronger argument
igamst removal than the prospect rjf being ac
nmpanie 1 by liim. When, however, nolhig
cou d stem me current ; when nothing that could
be said or done in the counsel or out oi it, would
P event that consumatioii so devoutly dreaded,
an I all or ne irly all the Chiefs had agreed
■"go the treaty on me next day, and ilns instru
iient was actually preparing, no tune was uideec
to be lost. At Him cruical instant a de-perat
ni asure is res n-ted to. A considerable mini
ir nl ltie Chiefs are sent away that night ! Ham
bly wis the visible agent in Hus deed. I’lie same
nan whom the commissioners ii formed the go
v foment was now rtiiy of co fidence, but wno
remained, a id we believe is still the confiJ :.U. .
fiend and i terpreter of the Agent, waa the bin
r of tin-, order, as it was c tiled, and ol the ndicu
I rus falsehoods that induced tin in tn rb y it. Wi
nnii'il (!• übi that tins man Hambty, is the dem
ted, implicit instiiiment ot the Agent. His s;t
ui ion ol Interpreter implies it. But (lo lake on.
i stance ano g many that are scattered inning .
Uie evidence) when we hear this iu erpreter tel.
Col, William-on, lie ( linnoly) was the proxy oi
He upper Cnte's, and invested with the pow. r In
sell or retain their oatrnnouial territ >ry—a pow
;r that they denied to so many oi their princij..
Chiefs, whom they have even attempted m mm
h r, and some ni whom they have actually mar
loved, for executing -when we m ar him, nior ■
uvtr, boasting of hav ng defeated llie Treaty a
Broken Arrow, and dnkly hinting tn Wiiha naon,
• nat CmwelJ being commued in ms Agency i‘
nut would decide dm (llambly) how lo wield tin
li emend ms am Ii nty, two conclusions force tnem
■e.ve.. upon us ; Is . hat he lias neilber any r,
;aul for truth, or ingenuity in a lie : and second
iy. mat ue rsdev.i ed body ami soul to ni pan n.
>Vc see that he is termed oi miter.a s base enougi
or any deed of dark ic-s, but that be lias nut in
ili in himself o contrive llie means.
Phe treaty was h iwever signed by those wh
remained, being lil y-two m numuerolThe duel's
nead men and warriors of llie nation; and witness
d among others by the Agent himself, and in In -
■Hi nil capacity. It is well known that on th
next day he denounced to b.s government, the
Commissioners and the Irealy ; the former a
living transcended their instructions j and lh>
idler as being a nullity tnrtne want ofthe signs
ures of those very Chiefs wno had thus been
sent away ;a>d il is equal y notorious that he fol
lowed on to Washing.on himself at die heels ol
ns protest, lor the av wed purpose of prevent! n
the ratification ot the tr 'aly. By those two ad
done he stands recorded in this dilemma. He
■as,either officially sanctioned a pretended irea
y, which is ad a lie ; or he has endeavored tn de
iat one lout was legal in its form, and which i
ii - mnstance provid .d mr objects that he h,ni
pievioubly acknowledged to bi just and benevo
lent.
I he motive of the Agent for such an obstinali
opposition to the acquirement ot territory b
Georgia ■wiilnn this yew unit the last i believed'o
ne almost mover- nl undersioou in tins cominu
■ nty In the evidence the Committee fi nl trac
of u in the occasional in-i illations, more or le
il-ilinct ol tliecoi fidentiai associates n| the Agent
li Is to be seen tney tlnnk in the whole course
t Walk, r’- cniid.ict wmle ne wa-. sub Ag nl —in
1 1iut ol fiipleti beloiehcwas sub-Agent as pro-,
v, d by the lest into y ol Bi az , and since he lias
been in that office as stated by twenty-four ofthe
Chiefs and Indians ai Newmin in the violent ilec
mraiioiis of Hi ry Crowell, who trades in the iih
lion under licenc ■ of Ins brother the Agent, a
proved by Colonel lames Blair and Harris Alle .
E-q. as w. h as in Ihi language held by Hamby,
toe interpreter to Colonel Williamson. But as we
have in ibis case the avowal ot the Ag nt himseli.
we should not advert iu the-e acts or sayings ot
hi- suhaiiems but lor this pur use. I hat if an
unity it purpose and co-ceri, in action b “twei-
Inm and them shuuld he lu re s-ntislacturi y m.uh
out, he oiigui to be affected by their sayings a ul
doings m msiaiioes where he ha- kept himself out
ui view O herwise it is plain dial h, ought not to
be prijti need In any tiling that ibey may have
saui or done. His own avowal above alluded 10,
is found in Uie disclosures of the Comm ssion rs
mth r recent ex.imiualion. He had, it st ems,
during the ul nun r* ion ol th preceding GoV.-r
--' nor zealou ny bestired turns. |l, aud h.'d in lact ob
tained th. consent ol iht Indians to a cession of a
1 part ol their territory, lie did not then lab .r
’ under any ol tnose “ misconceptions ot his du.y, 1 '
1 Winch are -o imlu gently un died to hun in ihi
letter from he ute Secretary ol War. But the
.-xeculive adm.mstration of this slate having pas
ed ml.i hands tnat lie did not approve, his m,.x
uns of office were suddenly changed. He instant.
iy resnv.d to use the mfi lence wh ch his erii ,
gave him ni preventing the present aihmn.stra ion
om oemg ui any way concerned i i, or indeed
rmn being c niienip <■ -ry wjil* so imp irta.it a se
nee. He “had prepuied the Indians” he said
to cede a part of leei lands,” he *• had il*e Ilia
•er fix -a” lor a cession of ibe r lauds, it was no
dersloo.f below I) Federal r i.ul, “ distinctly i
’ unsiing however,” (says M j. r Meniwe li r, n
which he is coroburaied In C I Camp i d.) •’ i*a<
IS Troup had beet* elec ed G ver . , It-- ill i
not expect success to attend any application wmeu
:■ might be made to the Indians, while he (Troup'
as in ntfice. ’ Anticipating probably that repea
■I ...lures would effect a change in the politic
. Ile Sla ' e - a "d bring into the executive chair a
he next elccuon. a man of his own choice, he in
ended doubtless m that .-vent to be more prop,
. Accordingly We fimJ it illtimited to
I o u S Wl ° Wer '' se '" UWi *y the treaty a t
sioken Arrow, that they were to meet there agair
1 « a lew months And in In, protest agsinst tlu
- treaty, he stales to the late Secretary of War hi
hehet, that " at uo distant day” a treaty could b<
,a ' e to trie en iiv* of the government
Vmr committee ..Her no coininmt on this! I'hey
rust there can he hot one sent intent on this sub
ject—from the foregoing very rapid view of th
' case, it ii is a fair one, and we believe n 13, Ot t!n.-
; lowever. a judgement may be formed from tin
vid. nee iGelt. I fiat part of it winch the Com
1 miitee have collected is herewith reported, *
"■at tlie whole of it is before he lloftse Vmi>
committee allow no we-ig t (for certainly none
ugh! to be allowed) t 1 any evidence that is not
s y t brought home s' least by lair presumption
0 (m Agent. I'll .se .urn p ns co'lateral circum
.incest .at are scattered through it. will he take,
H is hoped, at tin ir (roe weight, a. d no more ; re
c Meeting on th one hind, that ifley gen. rati
t' d 0 c Tooorate a (I su ipon wiiat liny do ot
■Jiatmcily prove—a id on Ihe other hand, ihat su. h
of it as has hefii follicle ■ by the committee is ne
cessarily e.v p„ He, and that it cannot be now
k town 1-ow n.uc.i ot n 1 tie Agent may be aide in
controvert or expla n.
faking th.-evnl-oce coll cted oy he commit
tee with these caui inns and deductions, which can
however hardly tend 0 impair the ffect of.h
vidence, your con imiti e think they ser e
mugti evidence, which ih-\ deem incoulruverta
ble, to satisfy the gem r*t government on tin rpu-s.
inn of tlie Agems long, r continuance in office j
whether considered ei tie. as a question no-, • ,
1 Justice to in n, or pul c. to the. u rv AVIm -
ever doubts m.y heretoi re liave existed in ill
mind of the ex co iv , we trust wh. snu tly b.
d spelled. And that a clemency that has bee.,
ivt r indulgent and mistaken in ii ixtent, and
Inch lias in its operations been erti ny to ihe
Indians, and that has operated as an unknidness
n X‘ to in nit to Georgia, wit no longer tu
suffered to be thus abused
On the second branch ot the reference, thai
■v!l ch reliits to 'll condor. of Die Agent, in r s
,occl to tlie deaib id General Mclntosh and other
vour committee wi 1 i.emise to not 01 yof 1,.
icl, that ttier- h id existed lor some year-, a dee,
10l rooted enmity between .hem. Tins Male o
eli g is in.l Ci ed in ihe Agent’s letter 10 (i.-.m
hey of Die 22cl Vogu 1, 1823 We find n«-
"tried in a lelter from damn. I Hawkins to ih
Governor, that he Agent a.,vi ed the I diaos ti
1 use bio, and bum do vii the hou es and lest rot
ihe proper’*' >t .Mein mil. Je .se Cox it si fits,
oat on 1i.e20.1i ol Ai-ril. the Agent m p .king
d the Indians, u d the f..i,owing words
' damned cowards, 1 dways liated the n : I su 1 .
tia'e uiem worse and worse A i tuple th.
wo i ld ufferouc man to sell heir nation, ougti
df and g > to no I. I .ice put th.i lelio
jnesning Mcl .tosh,) own, where It ought t.
remain ; hot ho !hg Warrior anil Lulle Fmi e,
1 eosta ed him. 1 ho|>e he Mg Warrior is now
Ihe t h.t it, «u trial 1 . L. le t’nnce my soon
ot'ow him ” Abraham odes swea.. .at on the
i7dio ! April, ttie Ag- ,t tolo ni.n that Vlclntos .
voul. 1 certainly (■>.■ kid by 'tie Indians opp .se
0 the treaty, and 0:1 tin- d' l h of that inontli he
vaa murdered. We are 1 nor ~ed ,0 a utter 1
1 s wives of the 3i ot May, that ihe leader in
, hat transaction Hectare.l ih y were support b
11 1 encouraged in toe murder by die Agent ami
m Chicia j and it appe,.rs b. me atfidiv.i o
l'rancis Flournoy, that one of (fuse wives gav.
' 1,1 the suiie account on lie morning »i Hie mil -
ler. Another of the parly told Pi ,m- oy, I a
iie Cliiels were sincere when they sent tliei
1 aceful answer to die Gove; nor, (tiy Colonel
i.aniar.) but that the Agent l ad altered it, ami
old the council that the mly way to gel the la d
nick and keep it, was to kd all that tiad be 1.
concerne I in selling it. 1 . givi .g iheir reason
tor th.sact to Hawknia’ wid >w. she sats, hey ir
. eluded the name ot W 1s t, the termer sub
Vent, as having also g ven them this advice
. lii needy test.lies that arahe r dark complection
■d man w min they Called Do. Crowell, in speak
og of die Iml,ans on the Suadav before, (Mi
JBth May,) said “damn th.'tn I wish more ol
hem hud been killed, tor die balance would have
been more easily managed.” This witness has
since seen the Agem, and has since told some
the members ot the committee that he is now
ati fit'd as to the identity of his person, flies. 1
are imposing tacts—but your committee Would a '
'ain remark, that the evidence being cx parte ]
.Mould be received with much allowance.—O. |
it whole, your committee does not seem the
widcnce, sufficient proof to justify them in pre
u mug that the Agent ordered, contrived or in- 1
sugaied the murder of General Mclntosh , bo 1
un.n dn contrary shall be made to appear, th y I
mist ful y believe that he knew ot the approach (
1 g event, aid could have prevented it: ami r
•nee, as well a» from the general tenor of the !
■n Mutiny, they are compelled to infer, that i *■
had his approbation. f
Ihe 1 .titans probably derived encouragemen' \
and coiifideoce frnm their belief of the agents
approbation which hey would naturally infer
• mi Ins silence aid inactivity. It is believed 1
dial it the agent had been removed from office *
list January, General Mcln.osh would have now
been in life. ,
before dismissing ihe subject, it is proper t (
•' Mice an insinuation of the agent (for he does .
on positively assert it) to the Department ot *
War, that the intended survey of the lately ac s
qui.od ten it .ry was the immediate cause of Hu 1
Me troubles in the nation, and of the death o a
General Mclntosh and his friends. The com ..
oiiitce hardly need to advert to the testimony ol 1
Ides and of Flournoy, to prove the Contrary.
V l the evidence connected with the subject,
w thm the recollection of the committee, and t
even a certificate of certain Indiana lately pm .
I sited for amilier purpose by the agent, concur '
to disprove this charge. We submit the impon 1
of the whole to he, that it was said by the hot,-
l lies stud we believe by the agent himself, that r
he chiefs were killed in pursuance of a law |i
which they pretended was made at the Foie Gai ]
Spring; and which they resolved to put in exe .
'•.uiion on hearing ofthe ratification of the treaty. v
•’lie total effect that should be allowed to all
he evidence must, and will of course be estimi- i
'ed variously. But without going beyond wliai t
is found on the files ot the War Department ; it. <
he Agent’s own acts, in the official correspon
lence, and in Ins osvn distinct avowals, your com- '
utilise feel assured ot the conclusions that an |
unbodied in the following resolution and which I
. y i.Tifire recommend to the consideration
u the llousej
lie 0 tie I by the Senate and House of Jiepresenla
ive ../ the State oj U-ortfia in General Assembly
'net and it ts heiehy resolved as the sense of ihr
■mi , l’n;»t tile pres, it Agent ol Ind an AdaTS fir I
- Creek nauon has heretofore, at least s.nre the ,
di o; 13J3 been regardless alike ol Ins dullest. '
to genera' government a d of the well being
i 'be lu bans u ider hi t caarg -. That the very ‘
considerable power in his hands of affecting the I
1) interest of this state has been prostituted to pur
a- poses unworthy in themselves and foreign fron
;s the objects of his appointment. That in the opin
it ion ot this 'Legislature, objects of private in
t- terest and purposes arising in the strife of state
i politics have mainly influenced and governed hi
e conduct, and that he has hence been either tin
it advocate or the opponent of the rights of the
n Mate, as those rights have happened from time b
c time, to coincide with, or stand opposed to, tlu
is private advantage of him or his (riends, and po
- It cal predilections; to which in the opinion ol
l this L gislatnre he has long been, and now is
y wi'ln g to sacrifice, the interests of the genera
1 government and the happiness and safety of the
Creek Indians. That his continuance in offic*
• hitherto has been, and hereafter will be greatly
> t . the injury of this s ate, and that the co fidenct
1 f a large part 01 the Creek Nation is now so ir
-1 ecoverably alienated from him that it would here
. alter be impossible for him to administer and su
t oerintend their affairs to their advantage an
il enmtort, even if he was disposed siVto do. Ami
1. that this Legislature do request of the President
ot the United Slates to remove the said Agent
I from office. And to the end that all due and pr
- per proof of Ids delinquency mav he 1 ade.
He it further resolved. That hi Excellency th-
II Governor do appoint two or more fi and propm
Ii persons 'o c lied and receiv- evidence 'herei
1 d ihat such persons when so app inted bv In
i Excellency the Governor, sha' bu inves ed with
it .tithe power of sending for persons and paper-,;
and of examining witnesses, that is ves ed •
either or Mo'h houses of this Legislature
1 And be it further resolved. That his Kxcellenc
'he Governor be, and Me is hereby requested!'
• transmit to th‘ Presided of the United State
. a copy of this n port, resolution, and the acoorn
. panying document s, or such parts thereof as ar
; ..ot now in . ssion of the Pre-ident.
¥rovu Ving\am\.
New-York, June 17.
By the jiackef ship James Cropper, cap
tain M rslnll, from Liverpool, we have re
ceived our regular files of papers. The
James Cropper sailed on the 16th of May.
1 here is nothing of any importance. Cot
ton was dull, and prices looking down—the
arrival of from 10 to 14,000 bales, it is pre
sumed, will not improve the market.
Adv.
T' rom a Liverpool Price of i\lay H.
Me had a fair demand for Cotton during
the first three days of the week, when 10,429
b les wete sold at rather belter prices;
smee Tuesday the business was very limit
ed. and the market closed heavily, at prices
nominally the same as on the 6th inst.
r T .ere was a good inquiry for Tobacco
this week, and about 500 Idids were bought,
chi fly on speculation, at full prices.
Turpentine is very steady—l4oo bbls.
brought 13s per cwt,
I ur—looo bbls. American were sold at
15s 9d a 18s each.
Rice—4oo casks Carolina Rice offered at
auction, found buyers at 17s 6d for middling,
arid 32s for fine.
Cotton —New-Orleans Is 5d a 1 9 ; Ten
nessee and Alabama 14 a 1 ; Upland,
Georgia and Carolina 1 4 a 17; Sea Island’
very fine, 3 3 a 3 6 ; good and fine, 3 a 3 3;
ordinary and fair, 2 8 a 2 10 ; stained 1 6
a 2.
Tobacco. —James river, leaf, failed, ordi
nary and sound, 3d lb ; ordinary ami mid
dling, 3| a 4i ; good and fine, .5 a 8 ; Rap
pahannock, leal, 2| a 3| ; stemmed, 3 a 4 ;
Kentucky, leaf, 3 a 4 ; stemmed, 4 a 5.
Flour. —Superfine, sweet, 24 a 25s ; sour
16s.
In tho French Chamber of Deputies, 1
Monsieur Villele, in alluding to South Ame
rica, avowed, that as long as Spain declined 1
acknowledging the independence of those '
provinces France must do the same. His ■
language was 1
France, conformably to her principles 1
ami her interest, is called on to play the '
most elevated and honorable part, that of (
mediatiix, and to that all her efforts will be
directed J declare that our '
agents were never charged with any thing 6
beyond acting as mediators, and certainly a ’
government may exhibit its policy publicly '
when it is so clear and frank.”
We fear that the Greeks, of late, have ’
not been as successful as the friends of liber- £
ty could wish. 5
A Brussels mail brings, under date of 1
Smyrna, April 1, an article taken from the ,
Oriental Spectator, which represents Ibra
him Pacha to have obtained considerable ‘
successes and great booty, shortly after his ‘
landing at Motion. Formidable preparations 1
seem to be making both by land and sea for '
the opening of the new campaign. a
London, May 14. I
City, 2 o'clock —The Consol Market con £
tinues heavy, scarcely any thing doing. The 1
price has remained at 9$ for the the ‘
morning. a
o
The e is the same inactivity in the foreign 1
market. Ihe South American Securities F
have not varied since yesterday ; Spanish
Bonds are lower, being 23|; Greek Scrip ,
5$ 5; Danish Bonds 2j dis.
Although the transactions arc confined (
in the Share Market, there is no doininu- v
tion in the value of the Shares. Tho Po- s
fosis are 6$ prein ; Salt | 1 do. The shares 1
ot Scotch National Bank made their up- '
pea ranee on the market this morning ; the £
little doing in them we believe was at par. ‘
Up to this hour there are no arrivals from *
Paris. 1
Saratoga Springs.— The Saratoga Sen- 1
tinel says there is, at this time, a much '
greater number of visitors at the Springs to
that village, than has ever been known so
early in the season ; and that June is likely '
to become a fashionable month. *
I CON^rmiTIONALIST.
e AUGUSTA:
• TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1825.
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The third volume of THE CONSTI
TUTIONALIST commences with the pre
. sent number. We have only space to thank
‘ our patrons for their kind support —and tP
, promise for ourselves increased efforts foe
' their instruction and amusement.
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Q&O -
THE FAXARUO AFFAIR.
Our readers have seen that the Court re
, cently sitting upon Com. Porter’s con
t duct in the West Indian seas, having made
i a report to the President, the tenor of ft
which is yet unknown, a further proceed
ing lias been ordered. The Secretary of
the Navy takes in high dudgeon the defence i
of the Commodore, published in the Wash
ington papers, and in a brief correspon
i deuce upon the subject, characterises it asto
• premature, deficient and inaccurate. To*
this, the reply is in a strain of bitter
subdued feeling, which if the parties con
tinue to write, will probably break thnjpgh I
its present restraint, and then our stately
politicians will have somebody else to com- j
plain about besides the Governor of Geor
gia, We had intended to publish an ab- i
stract of “ the defence but as it will £
probably be again brought out before the
Court Martial, we shall be able then to
give it in a more complete shape. It is suf
ficient to say, that the Commodore stands
upon his instructions, and (he precedent;
afforded by General Jackson’s conduct in'
the Seminole W ar. He appears nevertihe
less to think himself in bad hands, and is
anxious to appeal to the public. Wa
, regret that an able gallant an office?
should be made subject to so many vexai j
’ tions arising from the glaring misconduct
of foreign vagabonds, but we forbear to ex
press an opinion upon the merits of his case.
They will doubtless be properly decided by
the Court to be organized for their consi
deration.
i Ihe Frigate Brandywine, was launched
. at the Navy Yard in Washington on the,
16th iost. The President was on board a* *
the time. She is rated for 44 guns, amVf 1
measures about 1600 tons—and is
ed to be fitted out for the conveyanceftT
La Fayette, to France. \
‘ It IS well known, hint there is every powerful putty ia (
Onorg'a. who lire determined to drive the Creek, from wh»t
they are ple.taed to uull Ihe Georgian territory nhd diepossei
hem of a very rich inheritance. At the head of thie i, Hr tv i,
Governor Pravp , and It, violence has hern long m'attifosi.
I here is also a lormidable party in the State opposed to their
tnc isurti. s a violation of the rights of men, the obl.-atiun of
.olemn treaties and the great principle, of t 'hri--tiniii?v."
J J /nl. jYa(. Xiazttte.
Why, what a precious article is here !
We presume this is a sample of what our
opponents call the civil in style, and the
correct in matter. If we did not appre
bend that we should be classed among the
violent politicians of ti e time, we would
««y tllat <l»'8 paragraph is co d bloodedly
malignant, and destitute of all foundation.
Parlies in Georgia do not divide upon the
ground of a policy inwards the Indians and
it is totally untrue that the Republicans
are determined to dr ire away the Creeks
from the Georgia territory. They are how
ever resolved to assert their rights—rights
growing out of a compact with the United
■States by which the latter promised long a
goto obtain a cession of these lands for
Georgia, and for which they have received
two entire states of the Union, ai d millions
into the Treasury of the General Govcrn
ment ', rights based upon a late treaty with
the Creeks, which is the supreme law of
the land, and under the provisions of /ahich
the title to the Creek lands is permanently
vested in this State. What a wonderful
sympathy is displayed in behalf of the hos
tile Indians, who are yet bloody from the
murder of their greatest chief, and the tri
ed friend of the whites !—And we are told
that there is a strong party opposed to ns s
and for several sage reasons too, which are
succinctly stated. Because we would vio
late the rights of men?—whose rights?
—the Indians?—Was it not for their com
fort and convenience that President Mon
roe proposed to remove them beyond the M
Mississippi? Does any man consider the A
condition if the red men in the heart of a ■
while population—subject to constant broils w
and bickerings with tlieir neighbors-—inca* ft
pable ot the exercise of any hut savage vir- I
tues, and degraded by Hie introduction of I
the vice» of civilized life—we sav, does any Im
man think soberly of these things, without .y.
acknowledging that the Creeks would find I
in (lie plains of the West, a more thorough C
protection of their rights—a more perfect V
liberty and happiness, and, under a proper jh
form of government, a speedier civilization ? Ii
We make no boast, but we should regret if I
our kind feelings towards the Aborigines ft
were not, to say the least, as pure and un- l|
sophisticated as are those of our fellow-ci- I
tizens who reside in cities and states wrest- I
ed from powerful nations, of whom now no ft.
trace is left; and who while they are in* By
dulging in wicked railings against us, pie- rj
pare their mawkish stuff even on the graves 4,'
ot slaughtered or conqueied Indians. We «
would have our land—but we would not Ml
touch the title even to an inch of it—did H
wc not believe that those who yielded it to ft
us, will be better provided for elsewhere. H
But we are opposed too on the ground, that *»'
we would violate the obligations of solemn l|
treaties. What treaties r— We know of 11