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i tion he addressed a Tetlerlo the widow of the lamented Dunn (which however was never shewn to her) in which he expressed the most heart-felt sorrow for his crime, averring that if he had millions, and their sacrafice could et feet it, he would give ajl for the restoration of her husband’s life; that if he posressed mill ions, he wonlde give all to her tint} her off spring, if indeed they could in any degreete pair their loss. The conduct of this Unfortunate being pre sents a varied and instructive view of frail hu man nature - Seven months ago, instigated by the most fiendish passions, in the open day nnd within hearing of wife and child, he enter ed the apartment of an estimable man, and not only, without provocation, but without moments warning made hint's corpse upon the spot. The hardness of heart, the blasphemy, the cold blooded indifference, vvjiich he mani Tested on the occasion of his apprehension procured him the deserved epithet of a raon ster perfectly abandoned without hope or-de sire of mercy. A few weeks ago alter many months’ confinement in a dreary prison, with his horrid deed constantly in view, we heard of him in the Hall of Justice, with a determin ed though a pensive countenace, and very little indication of softened feelings. The im pressive tones of his Judge, when pronouncing upon him the sentence of the law, did howev er move him, and in secret, he manifested the favorable effects which were produced. And in his last act, the closeing scene, we be held him, who, ever scorned advice, giving counsel to his fellow creatures, shedding tears of penitence and grief on account of his situa tion, and for his follies and his crimes, implor ing the mercies of Heaven upon himself and all men. Violated law demanded the forfeit nrc of his life, and justly paid. Chrislain char ity has pleaded for him before th'.t August Tribunal to w hirh he has been hastened to give on account for all the deeds done in the bodv. DOMESTIC. From the Nashville Republican 6'ej>£. 1. THE INDIANS Information from Franklin, which may he relied on, gives assurance that there is every prospect of the conclusion of a treaty with th- Chickasaw Nation, a delegation from which has been at Franklin since the 20th u.'t On Friday evening last the President left them, having confided the negotiation and arrange ment of the treaty to the Secretary of War and Gen Coffee. The President, we understand, will depart for Washington this week. Before leaving Franklin, he was informed through the Agent, that his Chickasaw friends desired to see and bid him farewell previous to his de parture. In half an hour after, he met them at the Masonic Hall, where being surrounded by the Chiefs, a most interesting interview took place amid a crowd of persons who were preseut to witness it. The President, with the Secretary of War and General Coffee having arrived, took their position within the centre of a square occupied I>y the Chiefs. Having shaken hands with him, one of them handed a paper to Major Ea ton, which they requested him to read to their great Father:—It was as follows: Franklin, Ten. August 27, 1830. To our Great Father the President: Your red children, the Chiefs and head men of the Chickasaws, have had under considera tion the talk of our Father, and also the talk delivered to us by the commissioners, Major Futon and-Gen. Coffee. The subject submitted for our consideration is to us of great importance. On the decision Nve this day “^ke and declare to you and tin world, depends our late as a nation and as •* people. Father, you say that yoa have travelled a lonu r way to talk to your red children. Wo have listened—and your words have sunk deep into our hearts. As you are about to set oui for Washington City—before wc shake our Father’s hand, perhaps with many of U3 for the last time—we have requested this meeting, to tell you, that after sleeping upon the talk you census, and the talk delivered to us by our brothers, Major Eaton and Gen. Coffee, we are now ready to enter into a treaty based up on the principles communicated to us by Ma jor Eaton and Gen. Coffee. Your friends and brothers. (Signed, 4rc.) The President promptly replied;—he told them of the great pleasure and satisfaction he had enjoyed in seeing them. Some of them had been long known to him, and he assured them that their long continued friendship had not been, and would not be, interrupted. Hi. wa i about, he said, to ieparate from them to return to his public duties at Washington, and might meet them no more; but his earnest hope was, that tho Great Spirit above would take care of. bless, and preserve them. Hd then rose and bade them an affectionate fare well. One of the principal Chiefs rushed for ward, and graspmg him with both hands, ex claimed, "God bless you, my great Father,” and overcome by his feelings turned away — The President and Chiefs were much affected, and the whole house manifested a sensible and lively emotion at the interesting interview and separation of this distinguished man from our red brothers Talk of the President of the United States, thro’ the Secretary of War and General Coffee, to the Chickasaw Delegation, at Franklin, Tenn. on the 23d August, 1830 Friends and Brothers—Your Great Fath er is rejoiced once again to meet, and shake you by the hand, and to have it in bis power to assure you of his continued friendship and good will." He can cherish none but the best feelings for his red children, many of whom, during our late war, fought with him iu defence of our country. By a communication from your cider breth ren and neighbors, the Choctaws, during the last winter, your Great Father learned that in consequence of the laws of Mississippi being extended over them, they were iu great alarm; and of their own free will and without any ap plication from him, they asked to leave their country, and retire across the Mississippi river The treaty sent by thorn to him, was laid be joso the &enaUrcMhe Stale#, and they refused to approve it. Solicitous to avoid eve ry act the tendency of which might be to de ceive or impose upon birred children, he laid the treaty, which watrpresented to him. before the Senate, with the protest which had been forwarded against it by tne opposite party ot the Choctaw nation, that all the circumstances might be fully known; it was rejected Ol these things, their confidential Agent, Major Haley] was advised, and he was requested to make them known to the Choctaws. Under standing from him that they were desirous to see and couverse with their Great Father, on this important subject, lie agreed, in accord ance with that desire, to meet them at this place. With regret he now learns they have declined their e n gagement. By an act of Congress it w.a? placed in his power toextend justice to theIndians—to pay the expenses of their removal—to support them for twelve mouths, and to give them a grant for lands whtch should endure "as long ns the grass grows or water runs.” A deter mination was taken immediately to advise his red children of the means which were thus pla* ced at his disposal to render them happy and preserve them as nations It was for this, that he asked his Chickasaw and other trends to meet him here. You have come, and your Great Father rejoices to tell you, through his commissioners, the truth; and point you to a course which cannot fan to make yon a It p- py and prosperous people. Hear and delibe rate well on what he shall say, and under the xercise of your own reason and matured judg rnent, determine what may appear to you bes; to be done for the benefit of yourselves and your children. Brothers:—You have long dwelt upo*’ the soil you occupy, and in early limes before the white man kindled his fires too near to yours, nd by settling around, narrowed down the units of the chase, you were though unin* structed, yet a happy people. Now your white brothers are around you States have been erected within your ancient limits, which claim i right to govern and cuntroul your people as iiev do then - own citizens, and to make them answerable to their civil and criminal codes.— Your Great Father has not the authority to revent this stale of things; and he now ask- you are prepared and ready to submit your selves to the laws of Mississippi, make a sur render of your ancient laws and customs, and aceably and quietly live under those of the white man? Brothers, listen:—Tlie laws to which j'ou must be subjected are not oppressive, for they ire those to which your -vYte brothers con form, and are happy. (Jn*ler them, you will not be permitted to seek private revenge, hut iu all cases where wrong may be done, you are .through them to seek redress. No taxes up on your property or yourselves, except such as may be imposed upon a while brother, wilj be assessed against yoa. The Courts will be open for the redress of wrongs; and bad men will be made answerable for whatever crimes or mis demeanors to»y be committed by any of your people, or our own. Brothers, listen;—To these laws, where you are, you must submit;—there is no preventive —no other alternative Your Great Father cannot, nor can Congress, prevent it The Slates only can. Wiiat then? Do you tie beve that you can live under those laws?— That you can surrender all your ancient habits, and the forms by which you havo been so long controlled? ifso, your Great Father has nothing to say or to advise. H-* has only to express a hope, that you may find happiness m the determination you shall make, whatev er it may he. His earnest desire is, that you may be perpetuated and preserved as a nation; ■ nd this he believes can only be done and se i ured by your consent to remove to » country beyond the Mississippi, which for the happt ness of our red friends was laid out by the Go vernment a long time since, and to which u was expected ere this th^y would have gone Where you are, it is not possible yon can hv* contented and happy Besides the laws o Mississippi which must operate upon you, and which your Great Father cannot prevent, white men contincatty intruding, are with diffi culty kept off vour lands, and difficulties con tinue to increase around you. Brothers: —The law of Congress usually cal led the ‘ Intercourse Act” has been resorted to, to afford relief, but in many instances has failed of success Our white population has so extended around in every direction, that drf- ficulties and troubl s are to be expected — Cannot this state of things be pr vented?- Your firm determination can only do it Brothers, listen:—Th re is no nnkindness in the offers made to you. No intention or wish is had to force you from your lands, but rather to intimate to you what is for your own interest The attachment you feel for the soil which covers the bones of your anc- store is well knowh. Our forefathers had the same feeling when a long tune ago. to obtain h ippi ness, they left their lands beyond the great waters, and sought a new and quiet home in distant and unexplored reg-ions If they had not done so where would have been their chil dren and the prosperity they now enjoy? The old world would scarcely have afforded sup port for a people, who, by the charge their fathers made have become prosperous and happy. In future time so will it be with your children. Old men! Arouse to energy and lead your children to a laud of promise and of peace before the Great Spirit shall call you »o die. Young Chiefs! Forget the prejudices you feel for the soil of your birth, and go to a land where you can preserve your people as a nation Peace invites you there—annoyance will be left behind—within your limits no State or Territorial authority will be permitted. Ju- truders, traders, and above all. ardent spirits so destructive to health and morals, will be kept from among you, only as the laws and or dinances of your nation may sanction their ad mission. And that the weak may not be as sailed by their stronger and more powerful neighbors, care shall lie taken and stipulations made, that the United Slates, by arms if neces sary, will preserve and maintain peace among the tribes, and guard them from the assaults of enemies of every kind, whether white or red. Brothers, listen:—These things are for your seribus consideration, and it behoves you well to ifiink of them. The present is tho time you are asked to do so. Reject tho opportunity which is now offered to obtain comfortable homes.’ and the time may soon pass away when such advantages as ar<5 now within your reach may not again be presented. It from the course you now pursue, this shall be the case, then call n A upon your Great Father hereafter to relieve you of your troutdes, but make up your mmds conclusively to remain upon the lands you occupy, and be subject to the laws ofthe State where you now reside to the same extent that her own citizens are. In a few years by becoming amalgamated with the whites, your national character wiH be lost, and then like other tribes who have gone be fore you, you must disajipear and be forgotten, Brothers—-If you are disposed to rgneove, say so, and state the terms you may consider just and equitable. Your Great Father is tfea <ly and has instructed his commissioners to. admit soch as shall be considered liberal, to the extent that he can calculate tho Senate of the United States will sanction. Terms ot auy other character it would be useless for you to insist upon, 1 as nil bout their consent and approval no arrangement to be made could prove effectual. Should you determine to re mam where you arc, candidly say so, and iet us he done with the subject, no more to be talked of ngaiu. But if disposed to consult your true interest and to remove then present the terms on which you are willing to do so, to rny friends, the Secretary of War and Gen eral J >hn Coffi e, who are authorised to confer with you, and who in the arrangements to be nade, will act candidly, lairly, aud liberally to wards you. ANDREW JACKSON The Choctaws—We understand from good authority that rhe President of the United States, at the request of the Indians, has ap pointed the 15ib day of September, to open a negotiation with the Choctaw nation at Dan cing Rabbit Creek near tho agency. General Coffee and his Excellency Governor Carroll, We understand, have been appointed Commis sioners on the part ofthe Uuited States. The Secretary of War. it rs also said, will he pres ent on the occasion to assist in forming a trea ty We are glad to hear this, a? he must be better informed of the views and policy of the Executive, than any other individual, howev er well qurfhfi d and capable, could be.—Nash ville Republican. A CARD. To the Editor of the Baltimore Gazette. I observe, in your paper of last evening, as extracted from Puulson’s Philadelphia Ameri can, a letter of mine to the Governor ofGeor gia. of June 4 h. 1830, and the Goyorncr’s answer ofthe 19th of that month. I wish to tie understood that the publication of these letters has not proceeded, either directly or indirectly from me; although 1 have certainly no cause to regret it, on iny own account.— My letter to the Governor of Georgia is in ac cordance to the professional courtesy, which prevails in Virginia and Maryland, of giving notice even to a private gentleman, of a con templated suit, before proceeding against him. It is always intended as a mark of respect, and, in this quarter of the Union, is always so received by the gentleman addressed. I thought it still more imperiously due to the Governor of the State of Georgia. The oth er motives of my letter arc apparent upou iY face, and are cheerfully submitted to the con struction ofthe public. There is only one passage of my own letter which, to the general reader, can require a word of explanation. Mv suggestion to the Governor > f Georgia is not that “myself, the Indians and the Governor shall make up a case to be submitted to the Supreme Court:'' It is situ- piy, that "the case be expedited, by making a case bv consent if that course should sun the views ot the State of Georgia” The State of Maryland had done this, on the occasion of her law to tax the Branch Bank of the United Stales establish d at Baltimore: Ale Cut loch Vs. State of Maryland 4 Wheaton 316: and, again, on the occasion of another a’lale law, requiring the importers and venders of loreign goods to take oul a license from the State—Brown vs State of Maryland 12 Wheaton, 419 This lost case is mad., up in theXpriu o< pleadings, not requiring a state ment of facts. But in both cases, the Attor ney General ofthe State, it is understood, co operated <u the measure, and under the in struction ofthe State an hontics, gave facility and despatch to the r ten nee ofthe questions <o the decision of the Supr me Court. In Both these rases, the qn» ? tn>n involved was ine const it nt mnaYy • f the State law: and in both, the State of Maryland united in the reference of this question to the Supreme Court, and aequiesced in .he decision It was with these cave* in view, th t i made the sug gesiion hi question, to the Governor ofGeor- g.a. I did not answer the Gov- rnor’s letter be* cause it must b> seen that it neither required nor admitted an answer iu the spirit of courte sy m winch 1 had addressed him, and from which 1 thought aud still think it improper to depart. His letter siiprised me, because I supposed the object and language of my own too phiin to be misunderstood, and too respect ful to have awakened the tilings of displeas uro The Governor having viewed it in a dif ferent light, 1 am not at ail dissatisfied wit It tho publication ot (he letters, which I presume is intended as an appeal to the people of the Uui'ed States To such an appeal I can have no object ion, though my respect for the State of G orgia and my desire to avoid all needles-* irr.latiun, would not have permitted me to BKike It. WM. WIRT. Baltimore Sept 9, 1830. A law in the State o N w Y**rk which pro . hibits the circulation in that State of Bank notes of other States under live dollars, went into operation on the Ft instypl —Kali Reg, The Pleasures of Law—We learn that a young gentleman bl the bar in this city, who enjoys considerable eminence as a pleader, was recently engaged by an individual of for tuna to contest the right to an estate, of (In value of which, the attorney was to receive >ne fourth for his services il successful. IU succeeded, and nib portion ofthe spoil is esti mated at $30,000.—Phil. Eny.. jfaoX THE Mi £ Oft TELEGRAPH. Macon, Sept. 18. An unsuccessful attempt was made or. Wednesday nigtp last to fire the town. A quantity of light wood chips &c. with some lighted paper was placed under the sill ol the store-house of Mr. N. C Motiroe, adjoioig the Telegraph office. The paper burnt to ashes; but owing to the dampness of the ground and the materials, as is supposed, the fire w ot out, without being communicated to the budding The next day however a more daring and successful endeavor was made. About one o’clock, while our citizens were generally at dinner, some desperate villinn, under the im pulse of public malice or private revenge, set fire to a stable in the rear of tbe Telegraph office belonging to Mr. Bartlett. From the dryness ofthe materials, the fire having been placed amongst the fodder in the loft, proba bly by a lighted match, the whole budding with the carriage house tec. attached, was soon wrapped in fiames, and beyond the hope of being saved before it was discovered. The fire immediately extended to the stable and* carriage house of Mr. Oliver Sage* and also to the stable of Mr C. A. Higgins. It had extended to both sides of the lane between Mulberry and Cherry streets, and for a lime every building on the square was an iminent danger. Mr. Higgins’s and Mr. Tyner’s dwel ling houses on Cherry street, caught in a number ofplaces, and were with difficulty pre served. Mr Sage’s buildings on Mulberry street, also narrowly escaped Had the fiames extended to any ofthe d writing houses or stores on either of those streets, the great or part of the town mast have been destroyed Fortunately -the wind was low, and blew ob liquely through the square; so that by polling down all the fences and four or five stables in the vicinity of the fire, its further progress was arrested Had the. wind been in any other direction, the danger would have be- n more imminent der was consumed. No doubt exists of the fire being the work of an incendiary; and from the closeness ofthe buildings, and the locality selected tor the scene of his depravity, it being in the very heart of the town, it is clear that a general conflagration was his object - So dreadful a calamity has been Providentially averted for a time, but none can tell when it may not he visited upon us. 12,500,000 lbs. The amount of beeswax wag 1,579 000, and of honey, 1,910,400 lbs. The cotton was but 963 560 lbs. Rice grows well, but there is not enough for consumption, and «n 1827,13,022,425 tbs. (equal to the amount raised) was imported. Maize, however, as the principal food of man and beast, is the most important: (he crop of 1827, was 1,617,806/<!»<?£«*, (of 150 lbs.) In the sanie year the tonnage of the United States in the Cuba trade was equal to hall the commerce of the Island, and the value of the articles imported, to one-third. Revenue a- mounted to a taxat.on on the white population of $20 a head; in the Uaited States it is a* bout $2. SSILLROGEVILLE: SATURDAY, SEPT. 26, 1830. |C3*» We request our friends, to send us as soon as possible the result of the elections, as the session com mences so early. It will be seen by our columns to-day that an extra ses sion of the Legislature is ordered, by tbe Governor’s Pro- demotion, on the 3d Monday in October. From what we ,'iive learned on the subject, this will meet tbe appro- b.iiit.n'} of tbe people generally. Tbe tumultuous and pre datory horde* who have infested the Cherokee Lands, re quire vi be dealt with in a manner becoming the dignity of iheSfctie. V\ e call the’ attention of our readers to the act publish ed to-day, regh 'ating the general elections. The mana gers of elections would do well to give attention to this act, that their ret Was may be regular and according to law. TO THE VOT/’BS OF GEORGIA. The editor regrets that ^vocations unconnected with tbe interests of his readers shot!M have prevented fbr some weeks past a closer application to the approaching contest for sc-its in Congress and the State Lcg’dafure. Though nothing that he can «ay might vary the aspects of affair?* yet he is aware that the people look to thcjmblic gazette* as the indices of public opinion. The few words that w^ A crnnrl dp of n>rn and fnd now “ i * v * **>’ more by way of encouragement to ~ 1 0,i . r friends than as an attempt to direct or control their cpimons Freedom of the press—freedom of opinion— and freedom of suffrage, are among the most valuable of our constitutional i ights and privileges. Let these be ex ercised, with Ibe spirit of freeinen, for the public good. To cheer and to animate each other in the proper hired lion of thc«e inestimable blessings, is the legitimate right and duty of every republican. IVe can therefore say to our friends, that the prospect is cheering. Encourage your hearts and strengthen your hands. The principles fur which you have long contend* d are becoming daily more and more triumphal)*—not only in Georgia, but in ihe republican ranks throughout the Union, those dan- gerous aud disorganizing doctrines, which a few years ;*go, threatened so alarmingly. - are daily yielding to the light of truth. The tide of nullification, w hich lately ran in South Bunker~Hill Monument.—We learn, snvs the Boston Daily Advertiser, toat Joshua loo-es, Carolina with such high - rid menacing waves—and which Esq. ofthe house of Barring, Brothers & Co of London, has presented through Col. T. Perkins of Boston, to the fund for the comple tion of the Bunker-Hill Monument, the sum of five hundred dollars. If Americans abroad and at home would follow this liberal example, the sum necessary for the completion of this superb monument would soon be raised.—Ch Courier. FROM THE BOSTON TRIBUNE. CUBA. The last American Quarterly Review con tains an articla giving in a small compass a mass of information concerning Cuba, an Is land, that in its present as well as future for tunes. is a «uhject of interest to the United States. To whom it Will hereafter pertain is somewhat doubtful, and its possession is so important to several powerful nations, that Cu ba can scarcely secure an independence. The following abstract is from the Review: But one eighth of its territory is at present settled, though the whole might support near ly ten millions of people. The statements ir: the Review are made from official papers col lected by order of Governor Vives, - and, as far as they go, are satisfactory. The length of the Island is 605 hut its breadth no where ex ceeds 117, and is in some places less than 30 miles. The area of Cuba, and the islets con nected with it, exceeds 31,468 square miles It has many good harbors, and that of Havana is one of the best in the world. The shores nre surrounded by reefs and keys, that while they make the coast dangerous to the naviga- *»r, render it but too secure to the smuggler and pirate. The latter find safety in the caves and rocky indentations of the shore. The cli mate is one of the best in the world, and the productions, both in richness and variety, such as belong to the most favored climes and countries. The population of Cuba is about 800.000, and in the last filty-f >nr years it has been quadrupled: a result the reviewer states, that is uoparalclled in countries similarly situated. This includes the whole number, but the white population has but trebled its numbers, while the slaves have increased about seven-fold— an ominous increase. The average number ofinhabitants to a square league is 201. which is about the ratio in Pennsylvania to a square mile. The census 'vf 1817, gives the number of slaves at 342,431, while the census of 1827, returns, notwithstanding the continued impor tation, but 286,942—a deficit of56.000 slaves! Where are they? Beyond the reach of op pression, where the "weary are at rest.” Y«t large aa the above deficiency seems, the reality is more fearful, fur in this account no notice is taken of the number regularly im ported for tivo years, ofthe number brought in, but not reported h or of the natural increase of the prolific slave population. The* sugars exported in 1827, were 156,- 158 924 lbs . and it is probable that one-fourth as much was also smuggled out of the country, md 50 000 000 lbs, consumed at home. The *otal production of mo! tsses, was, in 1827, 81,000 hbds of 110 gallons each. The quao titv of rum manufactured exceeds 35,000 D.pes—and it is principally consumed at home. The a v rage annual produce of a single slave ;s from 2,500 to 3 000 lbs. of sugar. Coffee is, after sugar, the most valuable ex port There was not till 1790, a regular cof tee plantation in Cuba, vet in ten years there wore 30 plantations; in 27 years, 779 ami in 37 years. (1827) 2067, of at least 40-000 trees ,? tch The whole amount raised in t827, was 72,088.200 lbs of which 28,354,197 lhs. were consumed in the United States. The average produce of a single slave is 1450 lbs. There were in 1827, about 100,000 000 coffee tree*, productive of which, one estate had 1,000,00* > The tobacco raised iu tho same year wa» flowed from the doctrines abovt alluded to—is rapidly ebb ing. lea ving here and there a melancholy vrrcck on the sli my roeka and engatphing quick-sands of disunion. The dangerous p--ecip:cr.s to which they had led their advocates have opened the eyes of many of our citizens to the dan gers that lurked beneath them. The day is not far dis* tanl iherefore, when you may expect a complete regener ation oi the republican principles of the Government— when :he opponents and revilers of Jackson will be si lenced—and the disunion doctrines be driven to tbut obli vion to which they are destined. We have received several communications on tbe pro priety of ninning a limited ticket for Congress. We do not wish these to be taken as any indication of our opin-. ions on that £**bject. We are inclined to a differ* nt one j hut our friends can judge for themselves and act accord- ingly. The number of Candidates is sufficient for a con siderable range of choice. There is one point to which we could call tbe attention of our fi fends. It is to stand close by the polls—to .<*•*. that all things go on fiirly and that no errors ke made in the returns. By a neglect of these means, some very un fair advantages have been obtained. BURHITT A?iD GJUNTLAND—Again? Idd not expect to have troubled rny readers further ‘-•th these gentlemen — But as Gr.mlland finds himself drive;) from one position to another in the contest, lie be comes more reckSe-s of th- means he resorts to, ihe iid- niunded statrmentr* he osspoics. “Iff may compare great things to small ” )*e reminds me of the ancient Mathe matician, who coul i ba\e raised the earth, if le had a. rd&ce to stand on, &c. Grantland can prove any (Atng, if he is allowed to furnish bis own facts. He has intro duced int*> bis last defence a great deal of extraneous matter, and used mneh repetition. White it is conven ient for his memory to forg. t certain points which hr can not disprove, it appears equally convenient to assume o.b- ers that have no f undation in truth. I will correct brief ly a few of his most aksring misstatements. H’charges me with not having ‘‘frankly communica ted all I knew or believed” to the gentlemen composing the hoard vf consults.tion. This is true in part, and untrue in part. It U true, I did not state my “belief”— that had no thing to do in the case. My bAief was, that it u as ne cessary to do something in the case, and under that be lief they were called in to advise me. ‘‘h is untrue that I did not state to them alj I “knew” I did make a ful* statement of all 1 knew, that bad any thing to do with Iba case. Grantl&nd says he has no doubt I could bare accounted for the four missing pamphlets, if I bad chosen lo do so; and th,tt Uurritt would probtbly have done so, if I had not suppr**s<d the vindication of his conduct &.c. Graothnd is vastly in error in both these state ments, either wilfully, or from a culpable neglect of the history of the case. 1st. As to suppressing Burritts vindication—Mr. Buf- ritt. while tinder his trial, requested me to go to the •■ffice and get u letter from tire Mayor of Savannah, which he deemed material to his defence. I went, and while there discovered that he had prepared an article on Uia sutg^ct, which went directly to contradict the ewdence al ready before the court He stated in it, in substance, th*t in order to gratify his curiosity and to have it in htQ power to put the pub! jeon their guard against the Pamph lets, he had written lo the reputed, author for "one copy**’ Sic. This was toe purport and Ihe whole purport of this great “vindication.” Thotign I had-abandoned flit office, yet as the outside of the paper bad been printed, aad my name was on it, I told the fon man of fre office that Mr* Burritt was acting very foolishly to publish such an arti cle, & that as it went directly ta tootradiet the rest of his defence and to condemn him, hr had better leave it out. Tbe manuscript of this vindication was destroyed by one of the workmen in the office without my knowledge or consent. And Mr. Burritt has reason to rejoice that it was. So much for t’jis suppression ; which was an act of friendship to Mr. Burri’.t. 2d. As to the four missing pamphlets. Ilere it must be astonishing to every lover of truth and fair d* aling,*to observe how Grjuitland has conjured op some facts and misrepresented others. But it is still more astonishing, that a man who has grown gray in editorial labors, should not yet have learned how to connect the plainest and most palpable links in a chain of facts. Charity would induce me to attribute ibis to a want of discernment-*- but the error is so glaring, that I am compelled t6 attribute it to a more radical defect. Is it possible that Grant- land believes that his slatemf nts made on the 11th Sep tember prove, that facts till then unknown to the poblio supply the place of evidence required more than six months before? Or does he think that because Jie has just brought them to light, the public will believe th it I kn w ibe;n before ? This is very m Jch like GranUantf's logic— but I should be very much inclined to apply Solomon*#., i-emedy to my son six years old, who would reason thus. Grantland says that oy my own confession, 1 carried one to my house and lent it to Mr. Cole to read; and makes this one of the missing This is not true. I said no such thing. I stated that I took one to my house & Mr. Colo and myself there cursorily read it. This was some days before I knew that there were any others in the office, and before I took Walker’s letter from the Post office. It ne ver went out of my possession, till Mr. Cole had left Mil* ledgeville—then, and after receiving the letter and disepv* 'ring the other IS, I handedoue to Dr.,Fort to inspect .ndmake up bis opinion on. I had. consulted Cobb, Hepburn and Ruffin (before I saw Fqt|) on tfie subject