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CONSTITUTIONALIST.
AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23. 1826.
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To the Editor of the Constitutionalist. !
Slit,
SOLICIIOUS to be perfectly under
stood by my constituents on a subject of great -
public interest, I am induced to trouble you
with this fetter, to correct erroneous impres- i
sions which may have been made by edito- ,
rial statements in your paper. Speaking of 1
the renewed negociations with the Creek
Indians, after the Committee of the Senate !
had recommended a rejection of the second
contract, you say—“ While these negocia- 1
lion* were going on, Messrs. Cobb and I
MerWwethek, were engaged in examining i
different maps, with a view to ascertain the i
Alabama line, and thought it probable that i
the course of that line would be such as that
the extension of that line in the supplemen
tal article, would embrace most if not all of
the Lands in Georgia. This was commu
nicated to the Secretary of War, as a mere ;
opinion however, and without abandoning ;
the objection to the power which was assu- 1
ined of annulling the first Treaty, or the 1
claim to have the Lands within the limits of
Georgia, ceded in terms. The Represcnta- 1
lion deemed it a duty to secure what they
could, frankly explaining to the Secretary 1
their views, and (he course they would pur
sue.” As one of the Representation lam
compelled to deny the accuracy of this
statement. I. never had any communication
with the Secretary upon the subject of the
additional article of the contract with the
Creek Indians, nor was I ever consulted
about the proposed extension of the lines
described in the original article. Nor was
1 informed any suggestion had been made
to the Secretary, until the additional article
was either agreed to, or about to be reduced
to form. It is scarcely necessary for me
to add, that I did not approve of it, either
as a Representative of the people of Geor
gia, or of the people of the United States.
1 considered the whole affair of the, second
contract as equally injurious to the Slate
and dishonorable to the Union.
Y u have republished in your paper the
correspondence between Colonel Tattnall,
and Mr. Barbour, on the subject of the in
solent letter of the Cherokee Ridge —of this
correspondence I had no knowledge until itj
was begun. . Colonel Tattnall favored mei
with a sight of Mr. Barbour’s letter, buti
I did not see the Colonel’s until 1 saw it|
in print, nor was I aware that an immediate!
publication of the two was intended. Mr. 1
Barbour’s answer contains these sentences'
“ on the floor of Congress, the department
has been charged with pampering one party!
with Champaigne, and treating the other,
penuriously. Now the fact is, they were
both treated precisely alike; to each was
assigned nine dollars per head, a week for
board, and the accounts against both for in
dulgences beyond the above mentioned al
lowance rejected.” As the Senate debated
- the subject >f the second Indian contract
with dosed doors, and I was the only mem
ber of the llvtuse of Representatives, who
spoke of the difference in the treatment of
the two parties of (he Creek Indians, I felt
myself obliged (o address the Secretary of
War upon tbe propriety oT this allusion to
me. Since 1 saw the published correspond
dence, I have written to the editors of the!
National Intelligencer, to call tor a copy of
my letter, that it also may be published. In
the mean time, 1 think it proper to state,!
for the information of my constituents, that
the charge stated by the Secretary, is not |
the charge which was made. I said nothing
about treating the M'lntOsh Indians penuri
ously—the charge was general—intended to
coverall the conduct of the War Depart
ment, to die two parties after the selection
of tne special agent and of General Gaines.
It mav be true that in tho mere allowance
for board in Washington, the two parties
were treated precisely alike. Having seen
in the hands ot General Cocke, the Chair
man of the Committee on Indian Affairs, in
the House of Representatives, the account#
from the second Auditors office of the pay
ments for the two parties during their stay
in Washington, I am able to shew with some
precision, the difference made between them,
so far as it can be collected from the cx
pence incurred for them by the' government.
It is to be remembered that all the accounts
had not come in when the copies I saw were
made out. The accounts as far as my mem
ory serves, run thus :
CROWELL indium. MTNTOSH Indians.
Bohi d , - - - - $1073 83 Boaid not reinem-1
Expenses comimt to A bered p ec.st ly— > 2000
Washington,aAiie ! , g]o bat m-ove - - )
here, and r turn-J I- xpensesdte. not reinein
ing. - - - - J bered precisely
Medi’-al attendance, 100 but i.e wren 2 it. 3000
Clotnin 2333 30 ,1 di ni attendance, 50
Pain ing their I ortrr its 052 Clothing - - - 331
Total - $12,130 31 '"lie whole mount was
less ttian £OOO
What these, while here expences, were, if
{hey did not include indulgencies, I cannot
conjecture, as board, medical attendance,
clothing and portrait-painting are all sepa
rate charges.
L tlo not deem it necessary to say more on
tlii' subject. The co .duct of the persons
c ti ted to by the Executive, to the Indians
is well understood iiere, and the coldness
with which the M'lutosh Indians were trea
ted it the seat of government, is too noto
ri .m to be denied. The manner in which
they are spoke.! of, by the President and Se*
cretary of War in official communications
to Congress, is sufficiently distinct to lender
any attempt to prove that they were con
teamed, superfluous. With the hope that
hereafter any charges which I may make on
the floor of Congress, which are deemed in- ;
accurate by either of the members of the
Cabinet, may be met where and when they
arc made.
I am, Sir, your ob’t. serv’t.
JOHN FORSYTH, j
Summerville, June 12, 1826.
It will be perceived that (lie inaccuracy .
in the remarks alluded toby Mr. Forsyth, ,
consists merely in the use of the word (
“ Representation ,” which applies to both Se
nators and Representatives. As we were
speaking of the conduct of our Senators and
the events attending the New Treaty in the
Senate, we might with more propriety per
haps, have selected the word “ Senators ,”
to convey our meaning. We pertainly in
tended to speak of our Representation in
the Senate.— Ed. Const.
«««• j
FOR THE CONSTITUTIONALIST.
A regular meeting of tlte “ Piney Woods .
Society,” was held on Saturday, the 17th ,
iust. for the purpose of transacting their or-j.
dinary business, and of taking into consid-j
eration, the plan to be pursued with regard'
to the New Creek Treaty. The Members
attended very punctually, and we had the
pleasure of seeing present, one of our hon
orary Members, who took one of the Medals
last September. The meeting was opened
by a prayer from tbe Rev. James Cant, in
which we were happy to hear Mr. Adams
and Mr. Clay held up as shining lights, and
patterns of Christian purity, and humility,
while John Randolph was most irrevocably
consigned to His Most Satanic Majesty. —
The Society was then addressed in the most
eloquent manner, by several Members, who
expatiated largely, on the wrongs received
by the General Government from the hands
of Georgia—the distressing situation of Mr.
Adams and Mr. Clay, and the perilous sit
uation and condition of the administration.
A most pathetic picture of Mr. Adams’ suf
ferings drawn by one of tbe Members, caus
ed several to shed tears, and created a very
general snuffling, and blowing of noses.—
The following resolutions were read and
adopted unanimously ;
Resolved, That the New Treaty, being
made under the eye of Mr. Adams, and du
ly ratified by him, has become the law of
l the land, which no power on earth can le
gally abrogate, and to this Treaty, we will
I give our undivided support.
| Resolved, That the thanks of this Socie
ty, be tendered to Mr. Adams, Mr. Bar
bour, General Gaines, Colonel Crowel,
|Maj or Andrews, and all other persons ac-[
lively engaged in producing an abrogation
|of that “ offspring of fraud, and corruption,”
I the Old Treaty,
| Resolved, That we consider the opposi
tion to the New Treaty, and to the admin
istration, as treason, and that the President
,be requested to send another military force
;into Georgia, to put down all treasonable
meetings, and Grand Juries.
Resolved, That we think it expedient that
the sedition law should be revived, and that
prosecutions under that law should be im
i mediately commenced against Ruchie—
* Noah —Green of the Telegraph, and all
other editors opposed to the present admin
istration.
,j Resolved. That we highly approve of the
nomination of Mr. King, as Minister to
i Great Britain—of the nomination of Mr.
iSargeant, as Minister to Panama—-of the
Panama Mission—of the present system of
locating fortifications, of the Billiard Table,
* and Chess-men furnished for the recreation
! of the President, and of the constitutional*
, doctrine lately advocated by Mr. Adams,
. namely, that the President has the right to
appoint Ministers without the consent of
the Senate.
; Resolved, That we will support the ad
s ministration in all its acts, past, present,
i and to come.
■j Resolved That (he foregoing resolutions]
I be published in the public papers. The So
* ciety transacted some other business, and
■.then adjourned sine die.
By order of the. President,
A. T. SPROUT— Secretary,
+ Dno of the Members suggested some doubt whether this
* was a constitutional doctrine, but his doubts were removed hy
R the sage observation of the President, that it whs as easily to be
51 , found iu the constitution, as the right to cut canals and construct
£ roads, which latter, no one disputed but the ladicals.
Interesting Case —The Steam Boat
Company of Georgia, W£ understand, have
prayed for an injunction from the U. S. Dis
trict Court to prevent the steam-boats of the
state of South-Carolina, navigating the wa
0' ters of Georgia wi'h tow-boats, and the case
will be argued before Judge Cuyler on
_ Thursday next. [jS'ao. Geo.
|Q
The recent distressing intelligence from
* Europe, “ presents ('ays the National Jour
* nal) a most gloomy picture of the situation
’ of England, rendered, perhaps, still darker,
when contrasted with the animated and
cheerful portrait of a peaceful and prosper
i ous nation, such as our own, moving through
a tranquil and smooth path, to the utmost
s practicable perfection of which human insti
» tulions are susceptible.”
Beauchamp, convicted of the murder of
1 Col. Sharp in Kentucky, has since his con
* damnation, confessed the murder.
By a New Orleans paper received by the
last mail, we perceive, that the Mississippi
•ad risen six inches, and another swell was
mticipated. At Mr. Lacoste’s plantation,
two leagues below the town, the Levee had
given way, and the waters rushed through
in a torrent one hundred feet wide. Hands
were engaged in repairing the breach bv
whom it was expected to be re-established
in a very short period. Another breach was
made by the waters about four miles below,
Out the damage was repaired in three or
four hours. Wilie’s price current of the
27th ult.says, “ the safety of an immense
amount of property on the coast, depends
on calm dry weather.” [Sail Geo.
In consequence of the intimation of sev
eral citizens of Baltimore to the Managers
of the Theatre, that a second attempt to
introduce Kean to the audience would be
opposed. The Managers thought proper to
close the doors of the Theatre, and with
Mr. Kean proceed to Philadelphia, where
he would complete his engagement. [ lbid.
The “ South-Carolina (Cheraw) Specta
tor,” of (he 16th inst. says:—“ These nev
er was such a want of Corn since the days
that Jacob sent his sons to Egypt for it.
We are requested to say that it will sell
readily in Cheraw, at one dollar and fifty
cents the bushel.”
Charles Shaleu, Esq. of Pittsburg,
Thomas J. Wharton, and Edwaro King,
Esq. of Philadelphia, have been appointed
Commissioners to revise the Penal Code
of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania.
It is stated that a new Gold Mine has
lately been discovered in Montgomery
county in North-Carolina, one mile East of
the Yadkin river. For some weeks, from
100 to 150 persons have been constantly at
work—each one finding on an average from
3to 8, and sometimes 15 dwts. a day. One
mile East of it, there is another mine on
the top of a mountain, where gold is found.
[Richmond Compiler.
The Providence Journal states, that
more than a thousand dollars worth of gold
from the North-Carolina mines has been
imported into that (own by the enterpris
ing Messrs. Richardsons, Jewellers. They
visited (he mines the last winter, and en
tered into contracts with the dealers for
. supplies—in return for which they give
them the manufactured articles from their
workshops in Providence. Thus, the north
obtains the raw material, gold, cotton, &c.
from the South, and returns in exchange
for it the manufactured articles. \_lbid,
Tuscaloosa, Ala. June 3.—On Tuesday
ilast five wagons, with Jingling bells, attend
ed by outriders and guards, arrived in this
place with the Books, Papers and Specie of
the Bank. The joy which it diffused was
attested by the smiling faces of hundreds
The Secretary of State, Comptroller and
Treasurer have also arrived .and are pre
pared to attend to their official duties.
[ Sentinel.
The United Chilian Mining Association
in London, at last dates, was bre iking up.—
At a meeting of the share holders, Lord
Teynham said it was a source of bitter re
gret that he had sanctioned the project, and
added, “ I have ascertained, beyond a doubt,
that mining in South America is all non
sense. 1 spoke with an intelligent Captain
the other day upon the subject, and lie as
sured me that in the new mining districts
the roads were filled with broken carts,
.broken tools, &c.
—so® -
Odd Fish. — After the late heavy gales
in March, shoals of fish in countless num
bers, were found upon the coast about Leilh
and Ncw-Haven in Scotland. These fish
-were the Sepia or Cuttle fish, remarkable
for emifing a black liquor when pursued,
and escaping in the darkness which it occa
sions. The liquor or ink, can be used for
writing or printing, and is said to be the
'colouring ingredient, mixed with rice, in
i j the composition of India ink The super
stition of the inhabitants, viewed as omin
i ous the visit of this extraordinary inhabi
tant of the deep. [AT. Y. Times.
1
j 1 MKB 11NG of ihe Company, will be held, at
t ll the Bagle. Tav to, THIS EVENING, at had
past seven o’clock i when men.hers will come
1 prepared to psy their arrears and quarterly due*.
* Jti i rniter Geo. W. Si'Mxrm, Lt. Com.
M. W. \Varren, SecWy.
03* Persons who have left tile G imoaoy »ho
i have in their possession Swe.rds and Pistols be
onging to the Corps, are rtquea td to return
' them to the Secretary, and receive their bonds.
June 23 U
AUCTION.
% B. GORDON SIMS,
No. 189, Bhoad-Street,
THIS. WAN, 244. Inst.
AT TEN O’CLOCK,
1 /
; (birikdbibiixs,
VlfmVwaTe, Bacon, V>AslVi\gs,
BUY GOODS, &c.
> TEUMS *ir s U.E,
A 1.-.0
|S MUDS. Prime St. Croix Sugar, will be sold
> without reserve, for North CarohnalMuney.
June 23 " it
On Jlccoant of all Concerned.
; WilV Bo SOYA T\us
’ At 1 2 o’clock, at
Cook &(" Heard's Warehouse,
By B. PirqUET,
Vendue-Master,
n
U VCON, Wine, New-Eogland Mum, Whiskey
Hardware, Cotton Hugging, and a variety’ of oilier
, irticles 100 numerous to insert,
’ Being part of Ihe Cargo of the Steamboat
7 Hamburg, Sale ordered by the underwriters.
1 Terms Cush.
North-Carolina Money will he received at par.
, Win. Henry Egan, Factor.
, June 23 . It
!
>nd 17 Barrels
13 Catty boxes Hyson Tea,
2 Pipes Holland Gin,
50 Sacks Salt,
• 10 Eighths casks superior L. P. TeneriflV
. Wine, which hava been a voyage to
’ South America, four years past.
18 Kegs cut Nails, assorted, 4s, sis, 12s, and
1 20 s, best quality,
, 67,000 Spanish Sugars,
. 83 (ir. boxes American do.
87 Hands No. 3, Mackarel.
5 llhds. very superior N. Ram.
Wm. Henry Egan,
7 Factor.
j June 23 It 104
1 J? We are requested to state that
5 DABNEY BERRY, Esq. is a candidate for the
Representative Branch of the State Legislature
1 at the ensuing election.
June 23 104
ADVERTISEME N T
I HAVE appointed Mr. Rohkiit I<\ Poe, my
Attorney, during my absence.
1 Hugh Nesbitt.
j June 2,3, 1H26 6t 104
i
, 'BIHE exercises of this Institution will be con
- L tinned in Town, till the commence merit ol
, he Summer Vacation, which will be most proba
oly, on the 15th August. The utmost attention
will be given, and every effort made to insure sat
s refaction to its patrons.
, June 23 2t Vi 4
TO RENT.
Jbwjt A Retired Place on the Sand
* ■CTlwl, Hills, with the conveniences offru
and good water, and suited for a
i I’ntlsHßL small family. Enquire of the Prin
jiter.
' June 23 6t 104
;
mnßmuK s©wjp a
<|NV, o fine TDRTI.ES, will be dressed and
1. served up THIS U.\Y, at II o’clock, by
John Smith,
WaBHI NOTON-S rIIEKT,
Two doors South Broad Street.
N. H. Bamilie-suppited on the shortest notice
June 23 It
FOR HIRE.
A GIRL of fourteen years of age, a good Norse
and houae setvant .—Also, two smart BOYS,
accustomed to house work, and labor in the
garden Enquire at this cilice.
June 2? 6t 104
LASTNOTICE.
11LIOSE who have not paid their CI TY TAX,
. are req lesled to call and pay the same on or
1 before Saturday the 27ih inst. or executions wilt
be issued.
1 hose who have had their applications granted,
J to retail Spirituous Liquors, also, for Dray Licen
f scs. are requested to call and pay the amounts ol
e said Licenses, on or before Saturday the 27tfi loot,
t. or Executions will he issued according to the first
section of the -Ordinance of the C'ty Council.
Nathaniel L. S targes,
Collector and 'Treasurer,
t> June 20 2t 103
>• ■ ■ . i ■,
* £/• HherifTs Titles,
TOR SALE AT THIS OFTICR.
squot m
Without Weaerve,
HAIR Trunks, assorted sizes,
65 Gross Black Cotton Terming, assorted;
Nos. 2, 3 and 6,
33 Unfinished Bridles,
5 3-4 Dozen Sharp Hits,
4 Sides Harness Leather,
5 Sets Liverpool blue China,
2 Feather Beds,
5 Firkins Goshen Butter, perfectly sound
and weil flavoured,
The foregoing Will be disposed of !tt very re
duced rates, if applied for immediately— the’ hal
ince (if any ) will be set up at Vendu on I’ues
lay next, to close sa'es.
Win. Henry Egan, Factor.
June 23 It
'ip'iaaaiss' sT
TO BE DISTRIBUTED
TO-MOUIIOW.
* t THE
FINAL GRAND DRAWING
OF THE
Ataista.
MASONIC HALL LOTTERY.
Will commence To-Morrow Morning at ihe
City Hall, at 9 o’clock, and will be completed the
same day.
The following are some of the Magnificent
Frizes, to be awarded to the form nate adventur
ers on that rl »' :
1 Prize of 8 30,000
1 Prize of 20,000
2 Prizes of 10,000
2 Prizes of 5,000
2 Prizes of 1,000.
4 Prizes of 500
19 Pi ’izes of 100
28 Prizes of 50
IVkick amounts will he punctually pa t! in current
money, thirty days after the JJrawin b
This is the Lest Chance
For adventuring in thin brilliant Scheme :
Thousands may be lost by a moments De .y.
It is highly probable that die greatest Prize
ever drawn in the Southern Siates, vi 7.
Si®#®® )
is now in the Office, only awaiting die call of the
fortunate individual who is to obtain it, for the
ir.flipg sum of Kb ven Dollars.
Sll 00 may draw 30,000 Dollars
5 50 may draw 13,000 Dollars
2 75 may draw 7,500 Dollars
The Capital Pi izes, from their magnitude and
number, will certainly To-Morrow enrich many
. individuals.
*' CALL AT
BEER 8*
I.OTTEU.T UVV'U'E,
No. 241, Broad-Street.
J. is. Beers,
Secretary to the Commissioners.
OC/ - A few chances for one hundred undrawn
■ Tickets to he decided hy the first drawn mm her,
, remain unsold—hv means of which a person may
have a chance of drawing all the Capital Frizes j
for the small sum of three dollars.
June 20 2t 103
1 \Uce, Bin, MaehwvtT, &c.
Landing from Boat Wild Air.
m ( ASKS Prime. NRW HICK,
15 Hbls. No. 3 Mackerel,
10 Hbls. Northern Gin,
ON THK~ RIVER,
And Expected Daily,
IX STAiIUi,
1000 Bushels Salt,
10 Barrels “Haxall’s” Flour,
10 Bags prime green Coffee,
20 Barrels N. K. Hum,
1 20 Kegs Nails, assorted.
5 Kegs No. 1, Tobacco,
10 Pieces Strelitz Osnaburgs,
20 Casks Stone Lime,
Hyson Tea, Loaf Sugar, &c. &c.
FOli SALK nr
L. Gibson & Co.
No, 339, Broad Street,
June 16 ->t 102
iSOTtCE
I'SHK Copartnership of Jon* Burton & Co
. was dissolved on the 31st ult. bv mutue
consent.
John Burton,
Edward Campfield.
1 June 6 6t 99
M mice.
Will be Sold, agreeable to an order of the Infe
rior Court of Walton County, on the first Tuc«-
I day in August, at Columbia Court House :
One hundred and seventy.two a
-1 cres of Laud 1 Columbia county, on the waters
of Green-Briar Creek, adjoining Luke and odiers,
being a pari of the real estate of Thomas Jones,
la eo. said c uuty, deceased, for ihe ben.fit of
the In irs of said deceased.
Terms on the day of Sale.
Wm. Booker, Adm’r ,
June 30 7t 1 103