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ttanfadlions of that day, which 1
might ref alfi would be per
fetfily fatisfa&ory to all parties- —
Gfueiul Jack Ton queftioncd me
on the point, and gave me im
mediate inßrudhons to return
fcncl infill on their being no pub
lication at all, at lead without I
had a previous fight and cor
redlion of it. Col. Watkins
and Captain Philips, during this
conversion (for I immediately
fought them) had left town.
1 fhall touch on one or two
poinfs> and not dwell on the
fubjecl; it appears that by cap
'tain I'hilipsksdeclaration the dif
tance was left with me, which I
chofe at ten Heps-—it is a jub
ilee to General Jack Ton to de
clare, that his diiedlions to me
juft before w*e reached the
ground, were to take a pofition
of eight or ten fteps, and ad
vance a Rep every fine ; this was
pro poled by me, but I was told
that it was inadmiflablc, that as
we begun we muft finifli, and a i
fifth article wa*> that neither of i
the principal were to leave their i
ground. % Captain Philips is aL
fo a little incorrect in the Rate- ■
ment of the time w hen the par- j
ties fhook hands, it was not on |
the ground, but after the wound J
had been fomewhat examined.
The General was returning to
his Ration for another Ihor, the
Surgeons interfered and infifted
cn examining the wound receiv
ed firß, and on examination,
doubts were entertained whether
the ball had penetrated the ca
vity or nor, as if it had, morta
lity might enfue, and by this
time the General could not have
Rood another fire , it appeared
alfo to me that both parties
were equally forward to recon
ciliation as rcTpedled animofiry
and oblivion, to the difagrceable
and dangerous conflicts which
thole gentlemen had been too
often engage* in The great
nefs of the General's mind, as
Col. Watk ns himfelf exprelfed
it n: tl time, as well as the ge
net', fuy of his heart, was evident
from his condudl, at a peiiod
when his antagoniß’s bull was
thought to be lodged in his bo
o o
d '/-
On the General’s obfervation
to Col. Watkins, mentioned by
capt. Philips after being convey
ed from the ground, as to another
fhot, he added, had you killed me,
I fhould have died happy, for on
Wednefday, I obtained an ohjeft
(alluding to the ratification of
the cefiion of our Weftern Ter
ritory) for which I have been
Rruggling thefe feven years paR.
i mean nothing herein men
tioned, to impeach the bravery
or conduft of Col. Watkins,
during the conteß no man could
have behaved better.
General Jackion requefts me
to add, that from the unqualified
exprefiions of friendftiip which
Mr. Philips alludes to in his ac
count of the reconciliation, it
may be underßood by fornc,
that ncidler party is to oppofe
each other on political grounds
in future this conftnußionmuß
not be placed on the event,
i I e General has noright to enn
ui Col. Watkins’s political to
ne's or principles, for that
would have a tendency to de-
Rioy the republic and public
principle through* the means of
private fiieds. Of courfe il e
Col. can have no Rich derrfand
on the General—whilß there
fore he buries all private animo
fity, and wifhfs a ’friendship with
Col. Watkins, he allures his re
publican fr iends and com patriots
that nothing Ihort of life Ihall
make him deleft that caule which
he has fo many years laboured
to Rapport.
TIIOS. COLLIER.
Note. The Printers through
o
cut this and the United States ,
zvho piblijh Mr. Philips's rela
tion of the duel between General
Jack Jon and Colonel Watkins, are
requejted to publijb the foregoing,
LOUISVILLE,
tVEbNKSDAY, JJy 7, i3c2.
WE had it not in our power
to procure the following Com
munication of his Excellency the
Governor, to the Lcg’flature of
this State, relative to the objefls
of its convention on the 10th
ultimo, immediately after it
was pre fen ted—a pre fill re of
bufinefs fince chat time, will
we truß, be deemed a fufficient
reafon for our not infecting it
’till this late period.
Fellow Citizens of the Senate, &
of the Hcufe of Reprefcntatives,
THE objects which have
rendered it necelfary to convene
you at this period, are not only
highly important, but indifpen
fible, in as much as they require
leg;llanve deliberation at an
earlier time than is appointed
for your ordinary annua) con
vention.
The firft, and which is of the
moll magnitude, is that of a
compromife of differences be
tween the Rate and general go
vernment in relation to otir
W eßern Territory, which at I
length has been happily effcflcd,
and articles of agreement and
cdfion duly executed by the
commilfioners of this Rate and
thefe of the United States.
Upon this great event, open
ing wide the avenues of increaf
ing v/ealrh and profperity to the
Rate, promifing future tranquil
ity to our frontier, and dlab
lifining by the removal of all
interfering obßacles, a perma
nent bafis of confidence and
good underßanding between the
United States Government and *
that of Georgia—l rnoß fih
cercly felicitate you gentlemen,
and our fellow-citizens through
out the Rate.
I have diredled to be laid be
fore you the articles of agree- l
ment and ccffion, and the letter
ot our commilfioners which ac
companied the official copy of
that inftrument; in the exami
nation of the firft article of
which, you will find a different
boundary delineated, to that
preferibed in the adl veßing our
commilfioners with the power
of ceding to the United States,
part of the Weltern Territory
of this Rate. It therefore be
comes necelfary that the fame
| fhould be ratified by the Legif
i lature, and for that purpofc fix
months have been allowed from
the dare of the execution of the
ioftrument.-
I It is but a jufticc due to the
commlfiioners of this flare to
here remark, that from their
frequent communications to the
Executive during the pending
of the negociation, their afiidu
ity and attention in accomplifh
ing this definable mcafure ap
pears to have Keen unwearied—
And I fhould be alfo wanting in
candour and juft ice were I not
to exprefs my belief of the rea
dinefs on the part of the com
miffioners of the general go
vernment to comply with the
diclarcs of juftice and right,
amidfl the confining orcuncn
ees which naturaliy arofc to re
tard the completion of the in
drumenf.
The iecond point of import
ance which claims your atten
tion, is the appointment of an
agent or agents to attend the
treaty directed to be held with
the Creek Nation of Indians
for the purpofes mentioned in
the artidjjj of agreement and
cefiion, relative to the Tallaflee
County, the lands left out by
the line drawn with the Creeks
in the year 1798, and the lands
within the forks of the Oconee
and Oakmulgee Rivers-—to
whom indrudions may very
properly be given on the fubjed
of the redo ration of, or indem
nity for property plundered of
the citizens of Georgia by the
Creeks, as ftipuiated in the
treaty of Colcrain.
T he cbftacles which have
hitherto prevented the appoint
ment of commifTioners by this
date as therein exprefied being
removed by the conditions con
tained in the articles of agree
ment and cefiion, which if con
firmed by the Legifiature at the
prefent ftfiion, will no doubt
be conclufive.
The Indians having already
affirm bled at Fort Wilkinfon,
and much impatience obferve
able on their part, it will be
nectffiary the agents fhould be
on the fpot foon as poffiible.
The Rate of Georgia is much
indebted to the friendly exer
tions of the United States com
miffioners appointed to hold the
treaty with the Creeks, for their
unremitted efforts and fuccefs
in detaining them at Fort Wil
kinfon, to this moment, and
from whom I have received
every affiurance of a fincere
dtfire to promote the objects
contemplated.
1 deemed it effientially nccef- ‘
fary to fend an agent to the trea
ty to colled fuch information
as might be ufeful to lay before
you at the prefent time, and for
that pur pole empowered Col.
f Samuel Hammond, who readi- ;
ly affiented and repaired to the
fpot.—My indrudions to him,
and the information he has col
kded, you will find in the let
ters marked No. 2.
The third point which re
quires your attention is, the
pafiing of a law authorifing the
eledion of four representatives
from this date in the Congrefs
of the United States, at the
1 next general eledion in Odo
ber, to reprefent the date from
the 4th day of March next, in
conformity with an Ad of the
United States, entitled “ an ad
for the apportionment of repre
-1 fentatives among the fevcral
flatus, according to the fieconj
enumeration.”
The papers marked No. j t
contain feveralpropofcd amend
ments co the conflitution of the
United Starrs by the {late of
North-Carolina, received under
cover from his Excellency the
Governor of that flare, which
I have taken the earliefl oppor
tunity of laying before the Lc
giflature for their confideration.
The anfwcr of the Prefident
of the United States to the ad
drefs c# the Legiflature at their
la ft feffion, will be found marked
No. 4. It is exprefllve of thole
fentiments to be fxpedled from
the diflinguifhed talents and
patriotifm of the Chief Magif
trate of the Union.
A lilt of Executive appoint
ments (marked No. 5,) made
: under the 9th fedlion of the 2d
article of the conflitution to fill
vacancies which have happened
during the recefs Of the Legif
lature, are fubmitted for your
information.
That divine goodnefs may
pre fide over your deliberations
and diredt you to a right deci
fion on the important fubjefl,
which is the principal objeft of
your convention, is the ardent
prayer of
Your fellow-citizen,
Josiah Tattnall, Jun.
State-Houje , Louifoiiie ,
June 10, 1802.
Charles Harris, Efq. is
cholen Judge of the Eaftern
Diftridl, in the room of Mat
thew M f Allifier, Efq. refigned.
On the evening of the 29th
of April, when the illumina
tions took place in London, op.
account of the peace, the houfe
of William Cobbett, bookfelier
in Pall-mall, (the notorious Pe
ter Porcupine) in confiltency
with the fame fpirit of anti
pacific darknefs, which difiin
guifhed it on the former illumi
nations for the fignaiure of pre
liminaries, remained inexorably
epaque. The mob, with equal
confillency, took umbrage, and
vented their indignation on the
windows, lafhes, fhutters, arid
every thing about the front of
the houfe that was not impreg
nable to bludgeons and paving
Bones.
We have perufed a publica
tion printed in New-York, en
k titled, “ A Narrative of the
fuppreffion by Aaron Burr, of a
work entitled the Hiflory of the
Adminiflration of J ohn Adams.”
It intimates a defign of Mr.
Burr, to attempt by unitingwith
the Eederalifts, the elevation ci
General Pinckney to the Prefi
dential Chair, at the enfuing
election, under the expectation
of its conducing to render Jus
continuance in his prefent oftree
more fecure, and his fuccefiicn
to the Prefideiicy more proba
ble, It Bates that Mr. Wood,
author of the fupprefied boo**
was employed bv Mr. Burr to
negociatc with Me firs, V\ ara,
and Barlafs, book- fillers, vvho
had purchaled the copy-rigat,
for its fuppreffion —and t*)2-
ioco dollars were actually ja.d
by William P. Van Ncls to
them for that purpofe ; that tae
rcafon aiTgncd by Mr. Burr tc