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CONSTITUTION AIAftT. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM J. BUNCE. Conditions, 6rn. ffjr Kor th« CITY PAI*KR, twice * week, Five Dollars per piinuin, payable ill advance. L'OL’NTRV PAPER, once a week, Three Dollars per annum, in advance. paper discontinued till directions to that effect are given and all arrearages PAID. A-V TKRMB. . . . Five Dollars per annum payable in advance. A D V K IITI9K M F.NTS .... Will be inserted at the rate of Siify-Dvo and a half rents, per square, for the first insertion and V-iriy tbrne and ttirce quarter rents, fur each continuance COMMUNICATIONS by Mail, must he Haul-paid. fcjr ntasof land and negroes, by Administrators, Kxccutors r Onardinns, nr-' required, hy law, to be held on the first Tues day in the month, between the hours of ten in the forenoon and »br**.* in theafD’.rrtm) i, itt.be •)••urt-Honse of the county in irbii It the. property is situate,— Notice «( these sales must he £tv'rtn in a public gazette SIX TV days previous to the day of sale. \(itire of the sale of personal property must he given in like man ner, FORTY days previous to die day of sale. Vtice to the debtors and creditors of an estate must be published f r FORTY days. V rHK "fIj KSE IU’ R ns. Found among the papers of Mr. Mason, Secretary to the. Duke of Cumberland. There were in the regiment two young soldiers above the common level, both from the same place, a smalt town in Lancashire,! and each had made friendship for the other. They had enlisted together through differ ent motives; they marched together, and were inhabitants of the same tents. One whom I shall call the lover, had enrolled his name through an uneasiness from his being j disappointed in what he thought all his hap-1 piness was centered, the marrying ol ai sweet girl of his own town, by whom liei was much beloved. Her relations were in-j exorable, and his hopes in vain. The other, a lad of spirit, believing the soldier’s life! as fine as the recruiting ofheer had descri bed it, willing to see wars, accompany his friend and serve his country, likewise ac cepted the king’s picture, and was called the volunteer. He was the only son of his mother, and she a widow ; she was much grieved at this step, which had been taken without her privity or consent ; but being in an easy situation, and not wanting his as instance for support, she lamented only through her affection for him. The widow sent forth her son with tears and blessings; —the maid eyed her lover from a distant window (a nearer approach not being per mitted) and beat lime to his steps with her heart, till he was out, of sight, and then sent her soul after him in a deep fetched sigh.— They had not been long in camp before the volunteer hail woful proof of the wide dif ference between the ideal gentleman and soldier, which had been dressed up in his imagination, and the miserable half starved food for powder. As for the lover, he was insensible to the hardships of the body—the agitations of his mind absorbed his whole attention —in vain had he attempted to lly from the object of his love : he had brought away his person only, leaving his thoughts and heart behind him, as absent from himself in the noise and bustle of the day, as in a silent midnight watch, or when stretched upon lushed at night. They com municated their situation to each other, and took the fatal resolution to desert. Thus winged by love, and urged by fear, the hills id - Scotland (lew from their heels, and they had arrived at a village within a mile of their own town, when they were overtaken] by a horse pursuit, and rc-couductcd to their camp. A courtmartial was held and! they wen; condemned to die ; but the Gene-! ral, ordered, as is usual in such cases, that] they should cast lots and only one of them suffer. At the appointed time the ring was formed, the drum placed in the centre, with a box of dice upon its head, and the delin quents made to enter. The horrors which sat brooding on their souls the preceding night, now overwhelming them at the awful crisis, were strongly painted in their wan and pallid countenances. Their friendship was real and sincere, but none of that fabu lous and heroic kind as to wish to die, for each disquieted at the thought that liis safety must be uuilt upon the safety of his friend. ’They alternately requested each other to begin. The lover looked alternately at the little instruments of life or death, took them in his trembling hand, and quickly laid them down. The officer interposed, and commanded the volunteer to throw; he lifted his box in his right hand, then shif ted it into the left, and gave it to his right baud again, and as if ashamed of weakness or superstition, cast his eye upwards for a moment,and was in the act to throw, when the shrieks of female sorrow struck his ear, and in burst, from the opposite part of the circle, the widow and the maid ; their hair dishevelled, and then garments by travelling soiled and torn. What a sight was this ! The mother and the son on one side of the drum, and the maid and the lover on the other. The' first transports of their frantic joy at find ing them alive were soon abated by the 1 dreadful uncertainty of what must follow.l The officer was a man who did not hurry the volunteer to throsv He put his hand! to the box of his own accord. His mother fell prostrate upon the earth, as did also! the maid, and both with equal fervor pour ed forth their different prayers. He threw —nine! A gleam of imperfect joy lighted upon the shore—she had seen her son -hip wrecked, buffeting, (he waves, when pre sently he gains a raft; and is paddling to the shore, and already thinks to feehu* fond embrace,but still is anxious, lest even yet some envious billow should snatch him forever from her eyes Meanwhile the lovers, giving up all for lost, were locked in each other’s arms, and entreated to be kill- ed thus together on the spot. She was held from him b y force. He advanced towards the drum with the same air as he would have ascended the ladder for his execution.— _He threw—ten ! The maid sprang from the ground as if she would leap to heaven ; it cau ght her in his arms; they fainted on each other’s necks and recovered only to 1 faint again. The volunteer w s the least n affected of the four, and ail his attention was employed about the mother, whose head ]f was ‘ n his lap, but she was insensible to his n care. 80011 after the women had rushed into the ring, an oflicer had ran to the s Duke’s tent to inform him of the uncommon ,i tenderness of the scene. He accompanied " die officer to the spot, and standing behind 1 the first rank, had been an unobserved spec talor of the whole transaction. He could hold no longer; he came to the widow, 1 echoing in her ear—' He is pardoned !’ re . stored her life and happiness together. 'Then (turning to the lovers, he commanded them Ito go immediately to the chaplain to bel (united by that tie whijh death only could dissolve. He often declared he felt more ] pleasure from this action tiffin from the battle ol Culloden. He shed tears, but they were riot the tears of Alexander when he 1 wept fur more worlds to conquer. FROM THE WASHINGTON (GEORG!*) NEWS. President .Idanit’s Special figment, j ft is the misfortune of Georgia to have frequently some cause to complain of the federal government. Ever since the trea .ty of 1802, Georgia has been kept in a con ;liniial state of suspense and excitement, retilons and memorials have been repeated- : jly presented to the federal government for, , a redress of grievances. No result of a satisfactory nature was ever effected. A 1 I this vi ry tune, when the state is in agitation ; 4 when the eyes of the citizens are turned] ( towards the general government, and its l<ig<‘nta in Georgia, for a peaceable arrange-! of all differences between the Indians ’ a |. *-' le Bta, e of Georgia, the special agent , °‘ ,lle general government, hy a most ex v trao 'dinary communication, throws fuel I upon a fire whicli it was his duty to ex ’ tmguish, and gives, ther by, additional grounds for the extension of the dissatisfac hon which has already been carried to a I g 1 cater length than the sober part of the community expected. ft is with shame and mortification we have read tire letter of Major T. P An 1 ~c v * to ( '"l‘ J >hn Crowell, informing him of ins suspension as Indian Agent, and published in this day’s paper, Georgia, it must be acknowledged, is not the first state ’ 1,1 Union ; but we were under Lite im |Piussion, that the many proofs she had given 0 her devotion to republican principles, and of her attachment to the federal compact; that the number of intelligent men she has pi minced; that (he enterprise of her citi zens, and the resume s ami wealth she pus sesses, entitled her to some respect from the citizens of other states, and, more especially, from the officers of the federal government.—Georgia must be reduced very I low indeed in the estimation of the people of 1 the Union, since an agent of the President 1 of the United States, deliberately censuies ' 1 he conduct of the state authorities, and i | condemns in the most unequivocal term, jflie proceedings of the legislature and of. 1 j the executive of the state. Tiie state of I I Georgia, one of the original (hit teen colo-'i i nies which declared their Lndepend ence of j | me crown of England; a stale which should i be proud of its sovereignty, and which pus- 1 sesses the means to have that sovereignty' | lespected, either at home or abroad, is in- ,■ suited and abused in the most contemptuous 1 means, and by whom, by an agent of the | f deral government—a servant of hie first : public servant of the people of the United!) States!! Is there no feeling of pride a- 1 * inong the people of Georgia? Could a I Georgian he found who would tamely submit:l the indignities which are so profusely . offered to his suite ? We hope for the honor ; of Georgia, that the insult will be resented I in a becoming manner, and that full satis- I faction will be required from the federal : government, for the insolent language of its 1 agent. H the agents of the federal govern- < ment dare 10 use a dictatorial language to < the states, whit can he expect from their employers? We are not living assuredly, 1 under the reign of an absolute monarch, who 1 sends Iks commissaries into the provinces to enforce his mandates, and be the organs i of his will and pleasure 1 Toe suites are i not yet consolidated. President Adams lias : not been elected fir life. 11 uv, then, comes 11 it to pass, that this agent has dared to coi-j| dem 11 the measures of the legislative hodv, and oi the executive, of the state, without] even the investigation being fully completed | and to decide, that the testimonies given bv jthe United States Commissioners, .Messrs.]) I Campbell and Meriwether, and bv other 1 gentlemen of respectability, were false, and j entitled to no consideration? We all know' in this county Col, Campbell ; and we assert] without fear of being contradicted, that his 1 word, without the sanction of an oaili, would sooner be taken than tnat of Major' Timothy T. Andrews, supported by the most 1 awlul oath that has ever been devised to ex tort truth from the most corrupt ot man kind. By what authority does this Maj.ir ’ Andrews thus act ? Are the people of • Georgia so destitute of intelligence and] ‘ knowledge as to depend on tins major for • assistance in the management of their lo i cal concerns ? Beware, People of th United 1 States! Put your laces against special - agents sent by the federal government nun I the states. Crush the precedent at once; i else, the time may arrive when its agents or ■ commissaries will assume all the powers of ■ the states to subserve the views of the fede i ral government. > It was our intention to extend, in to day’s i paper, our remarks upon this matter, by call 1 mg tlie attention of our readers to certain : passages of Major Andrew’s letter. But the letter speaks for itself; our comments |Would not add to the indignation which eve ry Georgian must feel at the audacity of this worthy representative of President Adams. VVe will have to return to this subject; for we feel, and most sensibly too, the degradation of the state of Georgia.— Wnat! an inferior olfic ;r of the federal go vernment—a clerk in one of the executive departments, pretends to decide upon the legislative proceedings of a sovereign and independent stale! This is more than the President of (he .United Stales himself i would attempt to do. We must observe here, that we do not know Timothy P. An drews, either personally or by reputation. We bad never heard of him before he was appointed special agent. We do not know mither how he acquired the title of major. — However, in looking over the United Mates Register, for 1822, we found Timothy I*. An trews mentioned as clerk in the Pay master General’s department, with a salary "< BHSO, and in the Register for 1824, as Pay-master. 1/ Major Andrews has been distinguished for something else, we will gladly receive any information upon the subject. A writer in the New-York National Al locate is engaged in attempting to show jthat Mr. Rufus King, is not entitled to the ;confidence of either Republicans or Feder atiisis. The following is one of the many 'charges brought against this man. j “ Alter reading the preceding no one will I pretend that these men have any claims on j the support of the republican party, ami we should not think Mr, King’s claims mucii belter to die support of too federal party, or ;ha\e they so soon forgot his having gone If to Boston, turnin'* his bade on the late elL exandcr Hamilton,. Esq. after having advis ed the d id with liner, and for tha> /mrpnse\ lent hnn his pistols, leaning him to lie with- i out the consolation of seeing tk friend he I had cfiosen as his adviser, and the reposito ry fj his confidential pap rs, which papers it is said h • yet refuses to deliver to the wi I «0/0 oj Hamilton, uni his having lateu| jpiotessud to have embraced democracy in j jits greatest latitude, thus libelling his past practices and rhe principles of his early as sociates and companions through life, niu-t, we think, have estranged politically, every thinking federalist from him.” lids is the man whom Mr. Adams has appointed to represent this country at the English court !!! lon people of die South are not yet ap prised of all the obligations they owe to Mr. King. They have heard of the Mis souri Question, and no doubt well recol jlect the pan Mr. K. took in th.it inemora -1 . ‘ discussion. ■ I'lie greater part of the ef fects of the part she took are perhaps yet to be felt.—One has been already experi enced, In the. account of the intended in surrection of the blacks of Charleston in I 022, published by the corporation of that cit y, at page 42, we find the following con jtession ot one of the slaves who was hung on the 26th July, 1822. “ The Confession of Jack Purcell.— lf 1 it had not been for the cunning of that old 1 villiio VVssev, I should not now be in my 1 present situation. He employed every stratagem to induce me to join him. He ( was in the habit of reading to me all the ! passages in the newspapers that related to ! St. Domingo, and apparently every pamph- ' let he could lay his hands on, that had any 1 connection with slavery. He one day I brought me a speech which he told me had 1 been delivered in Congress by a Mr. King 1 mi the subject of sla ery ; he told me this I Mr. King was the black man’s friend, that 1 lie Mr, K-ing; hid declared he would con* ( tinue to speak, write and publish pamphlets ( against slavery the longest day lie lived, ' until tlie southern Slates consented to email- * cipate their slaves, for that slavery was a great disgrace to the country.” ; Ihe publication from which we make * this extract was extensively circulated, and I we hoped at the time it would have deterred 1 Mr. King (rom meddling with this matter 1 again. But as if mischief were his aim, be did not desist. He as one of the U. S. 1 Senators, introduced the celebrated resolu tion to which reference lias been so frequent- ! !y made, and thus cast another fire brand ' among us. 1 The literati, says (he Boston Gazette, 1 •eem to have been quite as readily attracted hy the late jubilee, as the military, masonic, ! i 1 " 1 any bodies. D r . Mitchell, from New i York, and Miss NY right, from England are I here. I lie person of (he Doctor is almost Ms well known as his mind, and although ;ilus is his Inst viiit to Boston, yet all Bos ton know him. Miss Wright is very tall, has an intelligent hand- in lace, and lady like in 1 hum s. i\ e have seen by her wri ti gi, tli.ii <>l)e is Will;- g (0 be pi aseil with this inm iiry, and w think Cm will not find it difficult to make her--' it ,1 favorite with it. A late Cincinnati Gazette savs, that a young won.ait of that country, about sixteen •. ears it ig. , h s recently been delivered of tour tine b *ys at one birth; they were all perfect, in line health, and likely to do well. ; Marvellous!! /—On Monday night last, 1 at the first representation in this place, ol ,f the new romantic Melo-Drama, called - “ Cherry and Fair Star,” a circumstance occurred to mar the enjoyment of the eve s ning, to cast a gloom over those counten ances which, but a few moments before, n were beaming with admiration and pleasure, t In the midst ot the performance, while eve s ry eye was sparkling with delight, our old - favorite and friend Jefferson, whose “ gibes, ,f and songs, and flashes of merriment, were t wont” to set the Theatre, as well as “ the s table in a roar,” in an instant, in the twink i, ling ol an eye, indeed, as if by the touch -ol some fai.ry .wand, was deprived of • speech ; yes, became dumb! Notwith standing all nis efforts to give utterance to edfis part none but the most harsh and unin -1 telligible sounds escaped him. In this dis e pressing situation he continued for about I lif'een minutes, when to the astonishment e ami infinite gratification of a sympathising . audience, the faculty of speech, of which he . had been so unaccountably deprived, was s as miraculously restored to him ; and we v are happy to add, that Mr. J. is now in so - good health, that he purposes appearing a s S' 1 ”' to-morrow evening, when “ Cherry .and Fair Stai ” will be presented for the I second time in this city. [iVa, Intel. rj . _ saOG -31 Fidelity and sagacity of the Dog. — We , have never read a more interesting anecdote | of the lidelily, attachment and sagacity of ■ die dog than wliat is contained in the fol lowing occurrence :—A son of Mr, John Stevens, Navy, Vermont, only five years of age, went out to gathei flowers on luesday, 7th June last, and was sent for in about . hail an hour. He was tracked more than . bait a mile, but not discovered until tlie Friday following. Tlie first day and night was .varm. The second and third night it snowed. Ihe faithful dug which accom panied the child, came in on Thursday . majit. He was then fed, and the people, taking torches the dog followed his tracks (there being a light snow) and found the child soon lifter sun rise He was under a l-.g on his face, bedded in leaves and brush, and was literately frozen to death. The Ml ‘it’s bed was by the child’s head, and (marks where the dog had fondled and lap ! >ed him were discovered. He had nothing on but a tow shin and truwsers. The dog, whim within ten rods of the spot where the i c hiy, went all around and set up a most |hnleous and mournful howling, and would jnotgo nuarear, and seem d tube as much affected, it possible as h numan being. The Emperor of .Russia has recently is sued a prohibition for specie to be carried out of the empire. Ir.ivellers are not al lowed to have more than 50 rubles in silver, anel 10 rubles in copper coin. We know n'd what may be toe effect of such a law in Russia, nut we know what we believe w.miM be its effect in this country. In one month after it went into operation, every ounce of gold or silver in the country would disappear. What was not smuggled out would be as much an article of merchan dize, and of uncertain value, as lead or iron II " vv is - [Ab/. Jnt. Modelling in Plaster. We have, at vari ous times, taken occassion to speak of Drowere. next door to the Hospital, Broad way, who lias been unusually successful in modelling from life. He has now in his room, the busts of Gov. Clinton, Lieut, Gov. Talinage, Dr. Mitchill, Dr. Cooper, of S. C. Mr. Recorder Riker, Aldermen King, Covvdry and Hone, Mr. Emmett, and odicrs, which, in fidelity of likeness and skill, puts every thing of Canova, Hudson, 1 and others, in the modelling way, out of 1 view; and it is questionable, in our mind, 1 whether there is any artist in the world, su- ! perior to him in taking striking casts. The \ heads of Clinton, Dr, Cooper, and Mr. 1 Emmett, are extraordinary specimens of perfection. This mode of taking faithful likenesses, will be preferred to portraits, in * consequence of the facility in multiplying f copies from the original mould ; and we will be mistaken, if in time it is in not gen- 1 eral use. Browere was a graduate of Colum- 1 bia College ; he walked over Italy and part 1 of Europe, with his pencil and pallett ; he ; is f ill of genius and talent, and has a due portion of their concomitants, eccentricity ; 1 but if he keeps in his present line, he will 1 reap fame and profit, without doubt. 1 j_iV. V. Adv. IHth inst. j Execution. —Sawyer and Bridge, who 1 had been convicted in Indiana, of assisting 1 in the murder of several Indians, were exe- 1 cuted at the falls of Fall Creek on the Ist j June last, in presence of a great concourse ' of people, among whom were a number of ' Indians, who were observed to shed tears 1 during the melancholy scene. After the 1 bodies were cut down, and placed in the ' coffins, a young man, 18 years of age, the 1 son of Bridge, (who had remained in prison 1 while his father and Sawyer were executed,) ' was brought out with a rope round his neck, 1 to suffer for the same offence. After the 1 clergyman had addressed him and the peo- 1 pie, describing in energetic language the scene before them, Bridge was ordered to 1 stand on his feet: he expected nothing but bis end was approaching ; his knees totter- ' ed, and it was with difficulty that he stood up—when, instead of meeting the execution- ' er, his pardon was presented to him. Seve ral Indian chiefs from the north of Ohio ' who wero present with their interpreter, ex pressed a perfect willingness that the young man should live. -f CONSTITUTIONALIST. d e AUGUSTA. FRIDAY, JULY 21), 1825. ■> ■■■ " . r . On the 4th July last, the Ohio Canal was J commenced with imposing ceremonies, at which Governors Morrow and Clinton assis e ted, and on the same day, the ground was e broken for the continuation of the Cumber ’ land Road, westward of the Ohio, The j. following Toast, containing a just tribute to . the virtues of Mr. Crawford, was given at 0 the celebration of the last mentioned event ■ at St. Clairsville ; H'm H. Cranford—The. undeviating npublican j the able t financier; the vuuiions. patriotic, and enlightunod statesman ; a s,tt rof superior lustre .• pure anil spotless us light; may the West, t in sentiments and feelings of gratitude lollotv this good and great' man in his retirement. \ \Ve have only to wish in addition, that the s time may not be distant, when this distin- J guished Georgian, returning to public life, J shall give the benefit of his great talents ‘ and experience to the service of his conn-, j try. The following candid article we copy 5 j from the Columbia (S. C.) Telescope, and j. we are glad to find so able an advocate even on the spot where Georgia, her cause 1 and her claims have been so wantonly mis represented by Justice and X. Y. Z. >| CREEK TREATY. We have been hitherto silent on this unfortunate subject which has for some lime past agitated our fellow-citizens of Georgia. I VVe would still be silent, hut for the intermeddling of many of the , editors of the north and cast, who either do not, or will not un derstand. the matter on which they treat, and whose conduct is ; ao indiscriminate abuse of 'hat state. \Vhat is still more ungen erous, and less ingenious, the advocates of the general govern - ment is most clamorous against Georgia, for the acts of the , general government itself. On an examination of the facts, we are constraned to say that the general government has not ac- k ted in good faith to Georgia. They were bound by an express * ’contract with Georgia to extinguish the Indian titles to the lands ' within the limits. To say they were to take their own lime to i do it, is ridiculous. They were morally and legally bound to do so as soon as they could do it by a fair treaty. That, they could ’ have done, at the treaty of Fort Jackson, and the Indians would have thanked tlmm oq their tenues to have done it. To say that Alabama was a more, valuable acquisition is an evasion unworthy , ■f an individual, much less the dignity of government. Will , they say to Georgia, we disregarded our solemn pledge to you ■ because we. found we, could benefit ourselves by doing so > They surely will not. The very treaty of Fort Jackson, instead of giving to Georgia her just rights, has served more effectually than any thing else, to withh Id them. Itcrouded the Indians . upon that very territory from which the government was hound I hy every tie that could actuate an honorable people to remove , them as soon as they could by fair treaty. They could then have effected it hy sue.h a measure, and did not: they now find it a dis • ficult matter. They have made a treaty it is true, hut they ; have done it in such a manner that it is difficult to say whether their conduct to Georgia, or the Indians, is the most reprehensi ble. We say the general government has made this treaty. It was done hy their own commiss oners witnessed bv their own agent, approved of by the President and ratified by the Senate ; and this 100 at a time when the Secretary of War held the letter of (heir agent, protesting against the trestv, because not legally . made ; and if we mistake not, that very agent was at Washing ton wiicn the President gave it his assent by sending it to the Senate, and the Scnnle approved the treaty as they received it from the hands of the President. J,et it then no longer be call ed the, J'reaty of Georgia, (Georgia has no authority to treat with any power on earth hut the general Government,) it was she treaty ot the United States; if it is an honorable end just treaty they are entitled to the credit of it; if it is a fraud let them hear the ignominy. If the United States is unpleasantly circumstanced in this 1 matter, it is a situation of their own making ; it is a difficulty of , their own creation ; let them route forward and do what is’left in their power still to do. li the Indians have not treated with t’ them and ceded their I mds for $400,000, let them .* |,( 00 - Sr 000 or i*| 10,000.000 11 Or it the Indians hove become civi- JS Ilred, or so attached to the Georgians ns neighbours that nothin' I ran induce them to part with their lands," let them offer the f 10,000,000 to Georgia and sec if they cannot treat with her. 'I Georgia has given to the United States a greater amount in value than s’o,ooo,ooft, under the express condition that the Indian title be extinguished. Now if the United States be un able to comply with their bargain, ills but fair that they make compensation for their failure. In perfect good feelings we would recommend lo the Geor gians, temperate councils and mild, though firm measures. Their , claims upon the general government arc just, and though they - may be procrastinated, they will be. if urged in moderation, ir resistible. We believe they have had too much to irritate and vex them. Vet we have unbounded confidence in the talents and integrity of their statesmen. We hope to see their parlies among themselves, which is unworthy of them, obliterated, so that the great Southern interests, the rights of the people, the rights of the tates, and the Constitution, in its purity, may have the weight and support of their undivided councils. -900- CIVLIZING THE INDIANS. While we appreciate the humane motives of those who have tried to civilize the In dians, we confess we are incredulous and despair of success. We do not believe that a single Indian ever was or ever will be civilized, while he remains a member of an Indian community. On the plan pursued by our government, neither money nor ta lents can effect one solitary instance of success. While we believe the object of government has been praiseworthy, the ef fect has been to debauch and to extinguish them, not to civilize and perpetuate them. Under the present policy, nation after na tion has vanished from the face of the earth, and their very name has become extinct: Then it is surely time to abandon a course not characterized by a single benefit, but the very reverse of it. If no better plan can be devised, let us break ofi' all intercourse with them : if we cannot bene fit, let us not corrupt them. For our pre sent treaties and connection with them will have no other eft'ect. As it is wherever our frontiers approach them, they became/indo lent, drunken vagabonds; they no longer hunt or make useful Indians : the conse quence is they find themselves necessitated to sell a part of their useless land, to obtain money to continue their debauchery and in dolance. This measure is repeated with nation after nation, and if persisted in half a century longer, the red man will cease to be. We will not pretend to say what would be the best mode to adopt towards them, but of this we are confident we ought not to give them more money, or spirits, or any thing which would enable them to obtain either. We close the present remarks by insert ing the following statement from the Mobile Commercial Register of the sth inst. with out comment:— Indian Law. —“ An evidence of the summary mode of pun-, is In n** (it practised by some of the aborigines of our country, was witnessed a few days since in this vicinity. •* In a dispute between two Indians of.the Cnoctaw tribe, > '(many of whom are constantly in and about the city) one slab bed the other with a knife and severely wounded him. I’he sou of a Chief, who happened at that time lo be here, on being.