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Celebration at Bunker Hill.
Boston,June 18.
The fiftieth anniversary of the Battle ol
Bunker Hill has passed, and with it a scene
of splendour and solemn grandeur wine
must ever he fresh in the recollections ol
the countless thousands who witnessed it.
A more imposing scene has never been pre
Rented loan American eye, or a more a f
lectin" one brought home to an American
heart T and while patriotism has existence,
our country a name, and the heroes ol our
glorious revolution a place in story, Ameri
can bosoms will swell high with the recol
lection of this memorable day.
Contrary to the indications of the atmos
pherc on Thursday, the weather yesterday
was verv line. The rain had cooled the air,
and laid (he dust. The sun rose in unclmul
ed majesty, and a richer and fresher green j
impart d additional beauty to the thick
shrubbery of the city, and the romantic and
undulating landscape ol Charlestown, in
the midst of which stands the hallowed
height of Bunker Hill. The day was ush
ered in hy a salute of 24 guns from the
navy yard. And as orders had been given
for an early formation ol the procession, the
whole town was soon alive by the universal
stirring of its own population, the tens ol
thousands who had lor three days been
pouring into it Irom all directions, and the
numbers of the numerous societies which
were to form at places previously designated,
to join in the grand procession.
The troops of the city, consisting ot se
veral regiments, were designated to lonn
the escort, and paraded in the mall, ami the
civil procession lormed in Bark and Bt a
ttou-sneels ; and ui icn uVl<mjU, U«c v,1,..1«
moved off, passing through many of the
principal streets to Charlestown, in the fol
lowing orders:—
KSCORT.
Survivors ol BnnUrr llel o.< tie in carriages
Members ot Bunker lid Monument Association
. t.rrnd Lodge. j
,f ; Mi- us. >
President and Vice Pre-idenls, J
w (Ilia plains.
a Directors of Un kef 'I I Mon. Association. >
Secrelurv hikl t're tSiirer, tsc,
S Gen. l.a '•'ayelle im I nit. in rai nsges.
lii voluiion.irv Officers,
Commanded by the venerable Col. Timothy
I’cluring.
Cinrinnati.
O Governor. c
Lieut. Governor, jl"
u Coll' Oil, P
O Senate.
Secretary, I’reasurer, and Adjutant General.
House ot ItepresenlHlives. o.
,y J Govern rs of other Slates.
< Heads ol' Departments of Untied Stales, X
W Senators of United Slates.
£ House ol IteprcsaniHtiv* » of United Staten. >
Foreign Legations and Consuls. £
3! judges <d tinded Slates sod other Courts
Solicitor uml Attorney General.
Delegates.
Btn»npfprn ol D'Stincii^n.
OHirers of the Nivyunl Avrny.
Member* of the L of other States.
Miyur and President nl the Comm-m Council.
A'dermen.
Common Council.
Selectmen of Charlestown.
. Presidents ot Colleges.
j Clergy. >
-e Heads f S icinics. X
Historical Socic ly. 7
p> Pilgrim Society. p
< Officers of the Mi lids.
invitAl Gn, sts. Tt
The mcinhcrs of the several societies all
wore their distinctive badges, and different
badges were procured for the surviving sol
diers f the Battle, of Bunker Hill, ami those
who had served elsewhere in the Revolution
arv Army. Those who had served at Bun
ker 11 ill and elsewhere, wore two badges.—
From (he length of the procession, and the
sinuous course ot the streets, there was no
opportunity afforded of viewing the whole
of it at any one time. But by a signal
agreed upon and given on the arrival of the
head of ilii* procession at Charleston n Bridge
it was ascertained that the rear was then
passing the Old South Meeting House —be-
ing a distance following the streets through
which it passed, ol about one mile and a
half, fumed six and seven abreast. On as
cending and passing round the height culled
Breed’s Hill, which was in fact the site ot
the American redoubt, and the immediate
scene, of the bluodv engagement on the 17(h
of June, 1775, a magnificent spectacle was
presented to view, as the eye ran along the
procession, ami glanced upon the Uniting
banners of the several societies, ami ritli)
dresses of the various masonic eiders, th -jj
burnished arms, embroidered uniforms, and!
nodding plumes ol the oHirers and soldiers;!
ami last, though not least, die thousands olj
well dressed females who tilled every win 1
dow ami Piazza of Charlestown. Indeed !
the windows of every house in Boston fron-|'
ting the streets through which the pieces i 1
sion moved were tilled with ladies, and lhe|'
streets thronged with people. Aside from] 1
the usual pomp ot a military and civic pro
cession, the splendour of this was much m
creased bv the clothing ami emblems of the
Masonic fraternity, of whom there were from
eighteen hundred to two thousand, arrayed
in their various udiforms and jewels. I'he
deep blue and purple sashes ot the lower or
ders, the beautiful crimson ones of the Com
panies of die Royal Arch I) gree, and the
rich black aprons and sashes ot the Tnn
plars, ornamented with silver, combined tot
increase the splendour of the display and]
heightened die effect.
Arrived at the appointed place, the pro |
cession was formed into a hollow square,
* v.. mar account »»}• the cumber el* Mason* present was
and the ceremonies of laying the corneri
stone of the projected monument, were per 1
formed in due and ample form, by die M.
VV. Grand Master and officers of the Mas-j
sachusetts Grand Lodge, assisted by Gen.
Lafayette and the President of the Monu
nenl Association, the Hon. Daniel Web
iter. The moment these interesting and
impressive ceremonies were completed, at a
given signal the welkin rang with the loud
and repeated huzzas ot the assembled mul
titude ; for it must be understood, that those
who composed the procession, formidable
as it was in length and numbers, formed but
a small portion of the assemblage. There
were in addition, more than sixty thousand
freemen, gazing intently, and with throb
bing bosoms, upon the solemn spectacle.
The procession then moved a few rods to
the rear, on the side of the hill where the
ißritish troop,s landed to make the attack, j
(where arrangements had been made for the
delivery of the Address of the President,
and the religious exercises of the day, and
where seats had been provided for the gen
tlemen composing the procession, and for a
large number of ladies, forming a sort of
semi-amphitheatre. On the lower side of
this was erected a temple, orna minted with
evergreens of various kinds, with festoons
. intertwined with a variety of (lowers. —
Within tills temple, upon a platform, were
seated the Governor, and other distinguish
: ed officers past ami present, several dtstin
-1 guished guests from abroad, the leading
’ Committees, and those who were to take
part in the exercises. On either side of this
' temple were wings, extending forward at
1 ar, angle of about forty-live degrees, to the
distance of two hundred feet, covered yvilh
sol cloth, and provided with seats for the
ladies. Anil 1 need not say they were all •
filled. The seats for those who lormed the
[procession, were upw mis of sixty, capable
of holding two hundred persons each, and
these were also tilled ; so that there was a
seated audience, (or rather, there would
uve been, if all would have done as they
should,) of about (ifeeii thousand persms.
The exercises were commenced hy a pi
ous, fervent, and patriotic pray r, by die
Rev. Joseph Tluxter, Chaplain ol Col.
'■ Prescott’s Regiment, who was in the battle
of Bunker Hill. The following beautiful j
hymn, written for the occasion, by tin Rev.
John Pin pout, was then sung to the tune ol j
J Old Hundred :
* O, is not this <i holy spot !
’ i ts Hi*’ high place of Freedom's birth:—
ooil o!‘our fathers !is it not
The holiest spot of all the earth?
Quenched is thy flame on Horeb’s side :
\ The robber roams o'er Sinai now ;
Anl those old nun. Ihy se* rs, abide
3 No more on /ion's mournful brow.
But on Ihii hill thou, Lord, hast dwelt.
Since round its head the wur-oloitd curled,
And wTHpj'«d "tir fathers, where 'bey knell,
In prayer mid buttle for a world.
H •re sleeps their dust; His holy ground,
And we, Hie children of Hie brave.
From the four winds are gathered round,
To lay our offering on their grave.
Free as the winds around us blow,
Free as yon waves below us spread,
\\ i ri i.r a | le. thni long shall throw
lis shadow on their s ered bed.
But *n their deeds no shade shall fall,
W bile o’er their couch thy sun shall flame .
I I bine ear was bowed to hear their call,
* And (hy right hand shall guard their fame.
; The President of the Association, (be lion.
■ Daniel Webs'er, then rose and pronounced j
; an address of more than an hour’s length,
a sketch of which 1 h ive not time to give.j
even if it were allowable for a reporter to !
lay his rude hands upon so splendid and
polished a performance. He commerced \
witii a rapid and glowing allusion to the,
three great epochs which distinguish the his |
lory of our country. Its discovery, its set-j
(lenient, and its revolution ; of which latter,
one of the most splendid events, was the action
fought on he ground where we were assem
bled, — He noticed the cause which had brot’.
us ogetlier— in erect a monument in com
memoration of the gallant action of this day
-50 years since—and to manifest to succeed
ing generations, that we were not unmind-j
lid of the bh ssings which were purchased at)
ihe price of so valuable blood. He then ad-1
dressed with feeling eloquence the survivors j'i
of the battle, at toe close paving a finished!
tribute in the memory of Warren. He next ] ,
addressed the survivors of the revolution,!
and spake in person to the man who yet a-|i
live, has passed uncoiitaminaied through the j"
vicissitudes of a most appalling revolution, |
who all-gloriously rode out that tempest in,
i which empires swung from their moorings, 1
and who thrice in his eventful life, has bo-
I held a nation bending in lowly gratitude be- c
ifore him, ami pouring out at his feet the u
niversal tribute of heartfelt admiration. i
These addresses took up rather more than j
half ol the discourse. Mr. VV. tlien pro
leeeded to some ot die n flections to which
the occasion naturally led, particularly whenr
considered in connexion wiiliits effects mil
other nations. II • deliniuted with the dis
(crimination of the statesman and die elo- /
iqnence of the orator, the present political
state of Kurupe, the bearings of the politi
cal question which is there tit present atiita- ’
ted, and the controlling power which Provi- >■
deuce has assigned to ihis country, over the
civilized world. He com bided bv nrgi.g
the high patriotism, the devoted love of
country, to which these considerations nat
urally incited us. I'he address was deliv
ered in clear and audible tones of voice,
(and with great effect, uoiwi.hstanding the
j orator labored under the fierce blaze of the
-mi pouring the whole time deectly upon
i His nncovei ed head. The bursts of applause
often compelled him to pause, and the con
clusion was lollowed by long and continued
cheers.
The following hymn, by the Rev. James
Flint, written tor the occasion, was then
su tig :
Tunc—“ St, Martin's ”
O glorious day ! that saw the array
Oi freemen in their might, . t .
When here they stood, unused to blood,
Vet dared th’ unequal fight.
The sons are met to own the debt
to their father's fame ;
.And here they jduce the column's base
i o bear their deathless name.
’ Pis not that here the victor’s cheer
K-ung o’er the falling foe, —
That e rtli here drank ol many a rank
The hle-bluoJ’a gushing How .
The pledge here given to eanU and heaven
Freemen to live or die
Tins gives their fame its sacred claim
To immortality.
To (Soil, who willed a stale to build,
llased on the rights ol man,
Glory w« gi.e, who this duy lire
i'o hail th’ accomplished plan.
■ A concluding address to the throne of
grace was otter ell by the Rev. Jam s Wal
ker ; alter winch, the following Ode was
sung :
Tune—“ Ye Mariners of England."
Why hangs the sword unhonoured •
Why sleeps the weary gun >
And why your eagle told his wing,
As if death's work wen; done I
It is, that on this -hi red hill
Vour gallant father* hied,
And your shore
Never more
‘ hull hear the Hostile tread ;
Then treasure till liic’s latest hour
The memory of the dead.
They knew the hour of slavery
ili'iiig* ages ol despair,
And they c ist away the servile chain
For williug slaves to bear :
Too proud were tin-, to bend the knee
i'lll life’s last power y— . lied j
Then they gave
To the grave
Both the youiig and hoary head
Oh ! treasure till In- 's latest hour
The memory of the dead.
Oh ! that those sons of glory
From every grave would Sturt
To welcome u.».v the „*atrm’a r riend.
The dear to every heart.
Th Pilgrim <f> their a.*uijstdjomb
l>y High dovuiiou.
I'o ll i I fc
And to share
The honors of the dead ;
To treasure till Ins lile's lust hour
The memory ol me dead.
The day wtnl down that evening
in glary and in tears;
But lasting honor crowns them now
Through all departing years :
And now the star of glory .urns
\V here, one those tears were shed ;
Let us i tise
So ,s ui praise
In rnrmor of the dead,
And treasure ill hle’s latest hour
Tht meinor. oi Gu; dead.
The hymns were sung with great solem
Initv, and th efl’ec increased by an excel
iell« bund.— flie rich sw. llmg to .s oi Onl
|Hundred, in particular went to the bean,
and thrilled every bosjin
The exerci, sol the b■ i tie ground having
been concluded, the gu ts a d th se who
had furnished them- Ives wit i I iketn.were
forme 1 into a proves on, nd m >ve<l lo Hie
summit ol Bunker ill i to dine. Aim! here a
spectacle was pr sea ed which I) flies de
scription. Vn awning m.d been erected,
provided with tabl - and seats t>> ; between
four and flee thousand persons. Four tlnm |
sand four hundred pla es wa re set, and not
one was unoccupied. The d'nner was a
good as could, be expected —considering
was emphatically provided for an army,
ter 1 lie cloth was removed, the I do
regular toasts were drunk, intersp< r.-e
music, and several odes written I t
casion, by gentlemen who have su
ly wooed the tuneful nine.
The 17,'A of June. 177a The rnarlil* may mo
a heart lints in an American's b.-juni. ere w.
winch the record of that day’s g lory bull nev.
i This toast was followed by the to.
original Ode :
BV RUFUS DAWKS.
Lot Freedom’s banner swell with ; -triol pride I
\\ lule Glnr v ’. iron ne • ibU pi"/cluim <1 >u, the snore,
Flie day ! a 'u*n .M ion .•nrnsoii’d Chari :*»’s tide,
Vnd H i kep shook ••eiieath tin* i Ilia’s roar :
; I low iiiHjesiic lh»‘ spirit, tiiat rode, upon her thunder,
A’hose bolts, iu-ii.ro ur. oroke Impression's chains asunder;
'V lu n first our > • no <n hand,
The bulw ok ttf Ihe land,
Like inonarci oiks, withstood
The dark, rontending flood,
Aiul hong lit with blood a (V- - man's rights, our heritage to be.
I lux/:> ! Huzza ! Huzza! Hu// i! Huzza !
• )ur Genius gave the mandate, declaring wo were iree,
Huzza! Hu/za! Huzza! Huzza 1 Huzza 1 .
And Independence scal'd the lugti decree.
Arise I Arise ye patriot spirits, rise !
And h;»il the glorious morn, wlumi your stir of freedom rose ;
'Vhen Bn ker nnrled her lightning', like the skips,
An.! poured a flaming torrent mi her foes;
When our sires, our gallant sire-. tin irde ir 1 si birthright shielded.
\ ml wrote our H m r.u Chart a in the sacred blood they yielded ;
Whose monument shall stand
In Alpine glory, grand;
Where our mountain bird shall soar,
When round the tempests roar.
Their lifted pile’s gig nil c strength, exultingly lo see.
Hu?z;i ! Hu/za! (fee. (See. &c.
Should hostile legions darken round the land,
Your rock encompassed shore presuming to invade,
Thy towering tempi**, Liberty ! would stand,
I’o blast thy fell oppressors with its shade:
li. grandeur unrivalled, thy pillared dome ascending,
Shail sip a.; t h-'n on. from age to age our lather's fame extending
\\ bile round the fane's decay,
F.xempl from ruin’s sway,
Thy Hptelv from sublime,
Shall si .ml tun proof of time.
And midst its heating storms, secure, unshak u ever be '
Huzza ! Huzza .' fee. feu. fee.
Arise ! Arise ! ye patriot spirits rise !
Our j i dee of G lory demands a nation's song !
rruimpbanl music wake, with glad surprise,
Till Echo every rapturous strain prolong:
Let the clarion of Fame, from shore to shore lie sounded ;
And lo Pay ans ring, through heaven s high arch unbounded;
Let the trumpet proudly swell ;
V\ ike. w. ke the inspiring shell !
While the rosy cup goes round,
With ruUv nectar crowned.
And we drink to them who nursed with blood our drooping freedom
tree ! ,
tluzza ! Hu/za ! fee. fee. fee.
The Militia— What more than to pronounce the ?i«mc of
Hunker Hill, to proclaim its character to the world— k anker
Doodle.
The Committee of Safety. —The early guardian of our nation’s
rights ; fearless ns niithful in the execution of their trust.
/'he Martyrs of li niter /Dll Hattie. —We inhale the air they
breathed ; we tr .id th gr mid they trod ; wr surround the altar
where their lives wer- offered—We swear devotion lo their j
cause.—[Prank standing.]
ODE,
HY REV. JOHN riF.KPONT.
Tune—“ Heats wha hoe,’ fee (
*• Spread your banner to the sky '.
Let the red cross dance on high !
Charge ! their unfledged bird will fly
W hen our trumpets blow.
When they hear our Lion roar.
From the ships and from the shore,
Then, my lads, ye’ll see no more
Os your rebel foe !
Stand! the ground's your own, my braves
Will ye give it up to slaves ?
\N ill ye look for greener graves ’ '
Hope ye mercy still? I
What’s the merev despot’s feel ?
Hear it in that battle peel! I
Head it «*n yon bristling steel ’
ye who will. 1
j Fear ye foes who kill for hire ?
VVill ye to your homes rclihj!
Look behind you ! they’re on lire!
And, before you, see,
Who have done it!—and will ye quail
Leaden rain, and iron hail,
Let their welcome be.
In the God of battles trust!
Die we may—-and die we must:—
But, O, where can dust to dust
Be consigned so well,
As where heaven its dews shall she
On the martyr’d patriots bed,
And the rucks shall raise their head,
Os his deeds to tell.
Bunker Hill Monument- —Its proud summit shall
with the morning’* first ueain, and the evening’s Ins I ray. llshail
glow with a sub richer and pure light in speaking their deeds
who repose beneath it.
ODE.—By Dr. Peroxval.
When oui patriot lathers met
lu tlic dark and trying hour,
While the hand of Britain yet
Pressed us with its weight of power,
Still they dared to lei 1 the toe,
I ney were never made for slaves.—
Still they bade the nations know, j
The were free as ocean’s waves.
(•
1 Yonder is the glorious hill,
Where their blood was nobly shed—
Never with a firmer will
j Heart* of freemen beat and bled :
Shall the son forget bis sire >
No—the admiring world shall see
High a pillared tomb aspire,
Like a lower of Liberty.
Now the trch of empires swells
Proud and daring, fixed and strong
I U lulu Hie hand of ruin fells
Nations that have flourished long ;
Loftier the temple springs—
Telling an its front sublime,
How it scorns the rage of kings,
And the wasting lootu of lime.
From its high and lifted brow,
Sec! it sends.i wakening light,
Where a world . slumbering now
la the shades eastern night :
Tin y shall feel ue q (tokening lire—
Rise, and run to meet the day,
And their hear hall never lire,
Till their claims are rent away.
None hail vt-r rashly dare ’
Lift his hand ag ..msl this shrine,
Wiii e its pediment oiiali bear
Names »u honored and divine'
High .ii ove th sacred bam ,
1 here in light unfading set,
Like twin stars o -lory, and
(V Hf I'U.M and LAFAY-ETT
The Survivors nj JJ linker
Tat* gloom .>i mat »ia_) ins*
recoiled ii n ; but in t-u* 1
they feel iii.it iliey tough
ces of he,i e. . —Jidams i
Lexington and Cone
nest was. goon, bi.il
(V free, can never b
diets.
I'he President the
If’ king ton's M< h,.
The (i-aenuM •< UK
Gov rnur liroou s' < i.
The C ■nlin lu! mj Wh
1 COulti liOl t*l v,i >||) fit ' (.->.•
> depress; I . in. i c>
ll U.'t, till'll
{ rue Mei.-ory >:(' Washin ;to i, —id ’g( .
1 The 'nrUft nlaf C; •
!)«d:c.(J i- .00l of I IK* idii . ' : ov.
* l lhe fi -. do'ii "I oui'. ji i-.
1 mill;; ted 'he prjiu e nal
pat the otld •
> . •> 't in -nj of *• en ■ ' sociuie.
w tir- -10. .i
|‘ i ge Irain
- the place i) cath. .
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t he •
.Is, Ims
. c >:■ ad heard
- 1/'
ired to ren '
jtii)'*' fetes we
r *
xi ot so many (
it and glorious
v. _ lutionary heroes (
> I >Ud . fought fields, the (
recolleclio.i>.gs of this moment, j
30 years ago, am. j wonderful series ot (
aimost miracles which have since that time |
distinguished our country, and astonished
the world ; and the anticipation of the next |
3Q years to come, were sufficient to attract [
the attention of every man who had ever j
learned to think, and to fill (he mind with (
all that was solemn, joyful, grateful, and
patriotic. -muigt s*-
The southwardly wind which has prevail
ed lor so long a period, still continues, and
almost cuts on our communication with the
north and with Europe. TSuch is the scarcity
of vessels in our harbor that one of those ex
pected from the north, has been taken up,
we are informed, for the transportation of
Cotton to Liverpool at Ijd per lb. Freight
to the north are proportionality high—lj ,
cents per lb, has been agreed to be paid in aj
New-York packet expected, and 1$ could 1,
probably be obtained by a vessel at the wharf.
We understand from passengers, tha’ thei]
continuance of the wind in its present cptar- ,
ter, lias caused a current along the coast to
the north of two miles per hour. Under these!]
circumstances, it wt.i not surprise us if we i
should liave to report some of our packets, as j
was the ca*e with a vessel a lew years ago—
“ ail Summer from Se v-Vork." flie want
of means of transportation, is one among the ,
causes of the present languor in the Cotton ■.
market. [puv. Georgian, ,
The Lancet informs us of an important |
medical discovery in Germany. Extract «(’)y
belladuna yeadly night shade] has been 1 1
generally found to reader persons msuscepti-b
blc ot the fever in places where it is reigning,i ;i
Medical men of character and in official i
’.situations have tried the experiment in vari
ous parts of Germany, chiefly by giving the
1 medicine to a number of children as soon as d
jtite disease appeared in the place where they 1
lived. In nearly all the cases detailed in|b
thirteen ditto rent reports, the children, al- j
though purposely allowed to mix with the
infected patients, wholly escaped the fever,
and in a fesv who took it, the disease appear- j
ed only in a very mild form. The quantity 2
to be given of the extract is a twentieth part ti
of a grain, morning and evening. Ij
I CONSTITUTIONALIST.
JIUGVSr.fi :
TUESDAY, JULY 5, 1825.
■ Among all the productions of this sea
son of excitement, there is perhaps none so
j extraordinary as the letter of Major An
drews to the displaced Agent. Even the
iEssays of Justice and X. Y. Z. issued
[from the South-Carolina press, are thrown
i into the shade by it. VVe were told that
iMajor Andrews “ from his high character,"
i possessed the confidence of the Executive,
and although we had never heard or read
lof this gentleman before, it was hoped that
Georgia would receive courteous treatment,
at least at his hand. The proud expres
sions of the Secretary at War were unkind
enough—but we were wholly unprepared
for this attack from a subaltern of the De
partment. In his letter to the Agent an
nouncing the determination to suspend him.
Major Andrews ha* openly censured the Le
gislature of our state, and declared an im
pression in relation to the evidence collec
ted by it, wholly incompatible with the cha-
racter of a judge which by his appointment (
he was railed upon to sustain. His course
was a plain one, and should not have been
mistaken. If as he says, he believes the late
nge.it innocent of the charges preferred a
gainst him—neither civility to the authori
ties of Georgia or any other cause should
have induced him to suspend the \gent, and
whatever may be Ids impressions or opinions,
they should have reposed in his own bosom,
until the investigation was complete. He
-•fainly stepped aside to find fault with
- on the part of this state—
smallest necessity for it,
vhe is not warranted \
i die President.—
gislature was ne
< -Agent was not res-
Gem e has said in print
e had no right to call
et'ence. Her business
charges and collect the
ng to the request of the
ivernment. This has been
their publication, it. was un
m the nature of things. The
proceedings were public, and
use find their way to the press,
ecu otherwise, and the Iteport had
eip secret conclave, and submit- ,
o great, privacy and caution to the
•States Commissioners, we should not
ss have been blamed. We should then
heard of an inq isitional investigation
■ecret plottings against the. Agent, Sfc.
ius prejudice is like a two edged sword, & \
zounds in whatever quarter it may be mov
ed. Hut it was proper to print both the
Report and the Documents accompanying
it; lor die. State of Georgia has been cen- -
Biired—the odium nl (he recent unhappy
events in the Creek Nation, was sought to
be fastened upon her public servants, and
it was the duty of the Legislature to spread
thewhole matter before the people, that they
might form an unbiassed and correct judg
ment. H the report had gone abroad "with
out the evidence, there might have been
cause for complaint; but the evidence up
on Winch that Report was founded has gone
with it, and the people will decide whether
the conclusions of the one are authorised by
the strength of the other. At all events
it was not for the Judge of the Agent's
care to complain—it was for the Agent or
his advocate to da so. It is “ cau*e for sur
prise” as well as regret, that Major An
drews should have expressed himself in
such terms before the trial as to give room
for a propheci/, whether it he true or false
ot that “ decision which must inevitably re
sult” from his investigations.
We have no disposition to stir up the blood’'"
of our citizens. The fever of the moment
is high enough—but we must say that we
are not well treated by the conduct of the
United States Officer, and we hope the
President will disavow it and make the pro
per atonement, 1
i In conclusion we will add that although
|the President and the Secretary of War
a' l exalted chaiacter”—to use (he
j major’s words—and reliance may be pla
ced upon their justice—their character is
not higher or more exalted than that belong
ing to Governor Troup and the Legislature
;of Georgia. There is no man in Georgia,
who desires the punishment of the A"ent if
he be innocent of the charges against him—
but—b.r Heavens’ sake—let the trial be a
fair one both lor G ■ o-gia and for fii in . V
c shall when more at leisure sav a
word or two upon ,1/r. King's Resolution
"i 1 18 l )ra,s ‘‘ ,! . find, in a latitude
where we least expected it to be. We may
also hereafter notice the South-Caiolma
Bulletins issued bv Justice and X V Z
although these last are so full of ridiculous
misrepresentations as to make them worthy
ol no Other destiny, than to be added as an
appendix to the next edition of Mr. Pauld
ing's JVew Munchausin.
Col. White, it is ascertained, has been
duly elected a Delegate to Congress from
Honda. Ihe result of the poll is stated to
aau ; Oreii. Hernandez. 402 votes.
-oOS-
A ship called the Samuel Robertson , of
000 tons, was launched at New -York, on the
22d inst. She is intended for the Greenock
bade, and is to be commanded bv Captain
Ihomas Choate. 1
