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4l ** *’*'9 4 % I w “ 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. t _ 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. t 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