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you shall he directed by justice and a sacred re
gard to our treaties You must be sensible
that the white people are very numerous, and
that we should therefore be des.xous to bu)
your land when you are willing to spare it. bu
; V e never wish to buy except when you are per
fectly willing to sell. The lands we ^ve here
tofore bought oi vou have been marked off bv
a line, and all beyond that line we consider^
solutely belonging to our red brethren.
upon one
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in evidence oetweeu your people and ours, and
to show which lands belong to you and which to
us.'* (Sec document before referred to.) We
would most earnestly pray that the kind assu
rances of the friendship of the United Slates,
by one whose examples are so worthy of imita
tion, may never be passed over with an unfeel
ing heart for the unfortunate Cherokees: and
that all proceedings toward them may be di
rected by justice and a sacred regard to trea
ties.
The Executive of the United States, dur
ing the past summer, issued an order to the a-
geot for our nation, changing the mode of pav
ing the annuity, and providing fir its dis
tribution among the individual-, averaging a
bunt forty-two cents to each, contrary to the
wed known wishes of the Cherokees, and
their solemn protest against the measure, the
stipulations of existing treaties, and the uni
form practice of the Government, down to the
payment of the last annuity in 1830. li is a
stipend due to tin* nation, and has ever been
Controlled by its authority. The Cherokee*-
have a treasury, into which it is placed for the
support of their Govern non?—“ a Government
of Regular law,*’ modelled agreeably to and
in pursuance of the knul and parental advise
of President J ff rson, contained in a written
address to the Cherokees, 9ih of January,
1809— and other national objects, by which
means all are enabled t<» enjoy, in some degree,
the benefits arising from its application; hut
of what possible advantage w»ll it be, it paid
as contemplated, when hundreds wiil have a
hundred or more miles to travel, neglecting ail
other business, to obtain the small sum of about
forty-two cents 1 But it cannot he : we pro
test against any alteration, and humbly hope
that you will direct the payment as heretofore,
and iu conformity with the treaties under winch
the fund is stipulated. We are aware (hal
it has b.*en asserted that the chiefs and others
speculate upon this fund, but it is not so ; even
if it were, would it justify a departure from
the course which the pledges of the United
language of one so truly the friend of the weak
and the oppressed as the Chief Magistrate of
the United States in 1308. is too explicit to
pass unnoticed on this occasion. To the chiefs
of the upper Cherokee towns lie spoke as
follows : ‘ You complain that you do not re
ceive your just proportion of the annuities we
pay your nation—that the chiefs of the lower
towns take for them more than their share —
Mv children, this distribution is made by the au
ikority of the Cherokee nation, and according to
their own rules, over which we have no control
We do our duty in delivering the conumes to
the head men of the nation and we pretend to
WUMihyrtii^uiitA Jhaiu. to.j»a m rijrht< sr 9£. dwtAiinF
sig iod Ti» J ff*r>on, to the upper Cherokees
d ited 4th May, 1808 ) That tlie same mod*
may still he continued is all wo ask, and it is
anxiously desired by the whole nation. Since
that year there have been “ no complaints”
on the subject; why then, at this late period,
when civilization has taught betterthe manner
iu which this small sum should b«< applied
is the change iu the mode of payment, to be
made.
During the last session of Congress, a bit)
was passed, whose object, as we understood
was to enable the President of the U. State-
to comply with the compact of 1802, between
the United S'ates and the State of Georgia,
Hltd a fiord means to the Indian tribes whoso
great desires were represented, by the advo
cates of its passage, to effect their removal
west of the Mississippi. It is not desirable foi
us to remoo'lrate upon this occasior, hut we
hope that the kind mdulgenceof your honorable
It.>dies will he extended while we state some
of the many Cases of *13 ction and oppression
which have occurred since the passage of tin;
art A ray of hope, in the muLt of great ap
prehension, seemed to shed its glimmering
li^bt on the minds of the Cherokees to learn
from the speeches of the Georgia delegation
and others, iu Congress, that nothing should he
practised on the Indians in the operation of the
lull, or in connexion with it, that benevolence
and humanity could censure ; that neither
force nor injustice was contemplated by the
Government, or the authorities of Georgia
and that they should he left to the exercise of
their own free will. But * xperieoce has taught
ns to know that a powerful auxiahary has been
aff »rded to forward the views and the policy
f t and other States, and o the Executive
of the United Slates towards the unfortunate
aborigines of this continent: They have look
ed hack upon the scenes and prospects of otl.<
cr days, and the con<rast with those of the
present time has caused much sorrowful feel
iuX Georgia, in the recent measures put ii
force to compel the Cherokees to listen and
\i *ld lo the eloquence of the Secretary of war,
and Government's special agent, has departed
from the high and magnanimous pledge* of
kmd dealing toward the Indian- on the ff .or of
Congress, and has frowned and treaten -d to
prostrate their innocent determination to abide
their ancestral territory ; hut without effect.—
She has sent armed guards of fillies, thirties,
and tens, in time of profound peace, under pre
tence of executing her laws, and when I he oc
casion did not require a display of “ the p >mj*
and circumstance of war ” Leaving the Indi
an children iu destitution to mourn thei** hap
less lot, she ha* led th* ir fathers in captivity to a
distant laitd, to destroy their spirits by immur
ing them in the wall- of her prisons. In one
casa white man, who had a long while ago
taken the protection of the nation and married
a Cherokee woman, and, under the care of the
Cherokee nation, had acquired property and a
largo family, whose interests are identified with
those oi the Indians ; having entered in a mer
cantile partnership with two Cherokees lie
•oon fell out with them, and instituted suit a-
$amst them before the courts of the nation,
,o„ of .hem in the Cherokee nal on. u
deputy sheriff of Georg..., an<l under guard
of three men he »»»earried about eighly m.lcn
,o ,1.0 common jail of Gnmnelt conmy.
ihn.aaid.s^iaW. «bWitaVW i lVro’cjSrf to Sep
tember last, when he wrfs brought up for trial
before his honor A. S. Clayton, who issued the
writ & was discharged on the ground that the
affidavit of the filamt iff was not sufficient to have
warranted the issuing of such a writ. During
the same trip by the deputy sheriff, the arrested
an elderly Ch j rokoe woman, a married lady with
a large family, on a plea of debt, aud carried
her off captive from her husband and children,
fiftcen'miles on towards Georgia, when she for
tunately succeeded tn oblainirg her liberty by
giving bail-
In another case in the name and authority of
Goorge R Gilmer Governor of Georgia, a bill
was filed in chancery, in the Superior Court ot
Hail county, in July last, against certain sun
dry Cherokees, praying for an injunction to stop
them from digging and searching for gold with
in the limits of their own nation; and the hill
being sworn to before the same A. S. Clayton
he awarded an injunction against the parties
named in the bill as defendants, commanding
them, forthwith to desist from working on
those mines, under the penalty of 20 00<> dol
lars, at a tune and place where' there were un-
molested several thousand intruders from Geor
gii and other States, engaged in robbing th
nation of goal, for which the »»w -era were or
dered not to work by the said writ Under
the authority of tins injunction, (he sheriff oi
Hal! county, w'itb an armed force, nvaded the
nation, consisting of a C done! a Captain and
t Girt v or forty of t he militia of the Stale of Gee<-
gin, who arrested a number of Cher<*ke“s en
gaged in digging for gold, who ivere ; t *i• S‘ re .
cued by the troops of the U S. stationed nor
the place, and tlie sheriff and his party thorn
selves made prisoners, and conducted fifteen
miles to the military camp, when a council o 1 '
examination was held, and the exhibition of
their respective authorities, was made, wh'ch
resulted in the release of the Sheriff and b*s
,partv, and a written order by the commanding
officer of the United States troops, dir ctin-r
the Cherokees to submit to the authority ot
Georgia, & that no further protection could be
J l »_ .1. _ CH—»-.k«oo the Colil
as he could no longer interfere with the laws
of Georgia, hut would afford aid in carrying
them into execution, on the return of the
sheriff and his party they passed by the Che
rokees, who were still engaged in digging f. r
gold, and ordered them fodes'st, under the pe
nalfy ot being committed to jail, and proceed
ed to destroy their tools and machinery fo*-
gleaning gold, and after committing some fur
ther aggression, they reurned Shortly aft-r
wards, the sheriff, with a guard of four men,
and a process from the State of Georg a, ar
rested three Cherokees for disobeying the in
junction, while peaceably engaged in their la
^oodnr.' ,1 b{y»\, Vfc WadlrtmsYA'ta ,,a
same A S Clayton, who then and there sen
fenepd them to pay a fine of 93 doll irs co^,
and stand committed to prison untd paid, am'
wekave enjurod mod., though with blecd.ng
hearts, but in peace. And we .ope enough
has been done to conv.nce even the roost seep
tic that a treatv “on reasonable terms can
never be obtained ot'our nation, and that it is
time to close this scene of operations, never
contemplated by the compact oetween the
State of Georgia ».d 'be Uot.e.1 Stales. How
far we have coolrbated to keep bright the
chain of frieodsbti "btch hinds us to these
United States, if wUhtn the reach of yom
Knowledge. It Ours to mamtaiu it, until,
perhaps, the plaintive voice of an Indian from
the south shall no more be heard within your
hsflls of legislation. Our nation and our people
may cease to exist before another revolving
yeat re assembles this august assembly of great
men. We implore that our people may not be
denounced as savages, unfit for ‘the “good
neighborhood” guarantied to them by treaty.
We canuot better express the rights of our na
tion than they are developed on the face of the
docum ot wc herewith submit;, and the desires
of our nation, than to pray a bulbul fulfilment
of the promises made by its illustrious author
through his Secretary. Between the compul
sive measures of Georgia and etir destruction
we ask the interposition of your au.horiiy, and
a remembrance of the bond ot perpetual peace
pledged for our safety, the safety ot the last
fragments of once mighty nations, that have
gazed for a while upon your civilization and
prosperity, hut w Inch now totter on the brink
■ a angry bill /ws whose waves have covered in
oblivion other nations that were once happy,
but are now no mor»T
» ..kvors our children learn to read
the word ol God, the churches where our peo
ple now sing to his praise, and where they are
taught that “of one blood he created nil the na
tions ofthe earth;” the fields they have cleared
arid the or hards they have planted; the hous
es they built, are all dear to tne Cherokees;
and there they expect to live and to die, on the
lands inherited from their farthers, ns the firm
friends ol alt tne people of these United States.
R. TAYLOR
, JOHN RIDGE,
W. S COODEY.
In behalf of the Cherokee Nation
Washington City loti*. January 1831.
ing to rally (he troop*. Th® military chest and
the House of the Paymaster -General were
plundered.
Gen. Klopiecki has taken the command ol
the Polish troops, and endeavoring to restore
order. It is said that he has already 16^000
troops ot the line under his command, ih®
French tri-colored cockade was adopted at the
beginning of the insurrection; but it was soon
replaced by the Polish cockade. A corps ol
National Guards is organized The Council ot
Administration established by the Emperor of
Russia, in conjunction with Prince Lubeskt,
Minister of Finances, Prince Adam Czartorin*
ski, and Prince Michael Radzivil, torn; the
Provisional Government, and have issued a
Christie's work was highly spoken ef as being
the only one in which any positive knowledge
could be obtained. The Institute afterward*
resolved itself into a secret Committee, to
take thesubject ofthe disease and the demand
of the young phisicans into consideration-
DOMESTIC.
(From tbe Georgia Journal.)
Coi. Sanford to Gov Gilmer.
Agency, at Scodder’9, Jan. 22. 1831.
Ilis Excellency George R. Gilmer, .
Sir—In my letter of the 15ih inst. to you*
Excellency, 1 mentioned that Col. Nelson wa»
charged with an expedition to tbe Upper
^ _ Mine’s. O i Monday the 17th inst. he return-
rights of Sovereignly of the Emperor Nicho- j ed to Head Quarters, having successfully ac-
las, but ou condition that tbe separation of the coinplished the object of his march. I regret,
two states shall he complete, aud that no Rus j however, to add, that in the performance ot
sian military corps shall keep garrison in the | that duty, he has had to encounter difficulty*
Kingdom of Poland. I of ^ mo5t serious and embarrassing nature.
• Ou the arrival of the news from Warsaw, 11 regret it the more, inasmuch, as I may havo
at Berlin the Prussia funds fell from 91 to 82. induced the belie! that the law m relation to
At Frankfort the Austrian lands experienced
a considerable fall.
•* We hear that the numerous Poles who in
habit Paris, applied yesterday to tbe Ambassa
dor of Russia for passports for Poland, which
were refused them.
this territory would be roadily submitted to,
and would itself become a sufficient safe guard
ofthe interest it was designed to protect I
must confess, however, that 1 have been mis-
taken: not, indeed, in the character of thoso
:rc reuse, , f'“«» whoai lb f ‘>PP os ’“ ion hilS ««S©D. bat
“ Commercial letters from Riga of the26lh i the daring and outrageous mauner of their re*
bodies of Russian ! gistance. Col. Nelson, m his enterprise upon
men. The cause assigned for this display ol
force is singular enough—namely, the necessi
ty of being proposed to regulate certa.n differ
ences that had arisen with respect to Galicia.”
C5AVANNAH. January 31.
FROM LONDON.
By the Slop Moscow arrived last night, we
have received the London Times to the 13th
alt. containing tho lull dela.ls of the RISING
IN POLAND, mentioned by us on Saturday,
From the Journal de Paris 14t^.
Revolution in Poland.—It was in the eve
ning of trie 29th November that the insurrec
tion was comm .need by tht under Ensigns.
It was excited by the abhorence which they
had to witness the ignominious death of 12
students, who had been sentenced by a court
martial to be shot for having sung the Marsel
lois hymn. The first point to which the En
signs directed their course was to the arsenal:
they took possession of that post, which con
tained 70.000 guns, and 100 pieces of cannon.
The Grand Duke Ccnstanline was then at Bel
v<-d r, about three miles from Warsaw. The
light continued during the whole of the night,
and on the following morning the people re
mained masters of the city. The Regiment of
Engineers was the first to revolt. The French
tri-colored cockade was instantly adopted with
cries of‘Vive Lafayette,” the friend ot K-js-
wtiich m part will he found below.
The French Ex-Ministers were removed on ciusko, lorever! They went to the house o
to
and also compelled them to give their bond
in the sum of one thousand dollars, for their
personal appearance before his next court, to an*
sw r the charges of violating the writ finjun r
tion aforesaid. In custody they were retained
five days, paid the cost, gave the require '
bond, and did appear accordingly as hound h\
Judge Clayton, who dismissed th»’m on the
/round that the Governor of Georgia cou*- !
of b».com" a prosecutor in the case F-»rthe
unwarrantable outrage committed on thpir h
fiertv and persons no apology was made, and
the cost they ha<l paid was not refunded.
During the oast summer, a Cherokee was nr
rested in the nation bv nn officer of the Staff,
of Georgia on a charge for murder committed
upon the bndv ofano*h'*r Indian, in the said n*a
tion, and carried fo Hat! c uinfv, and placed in
jid, to await h’S tr'a! und r the taws of that
State. After some months cor-fi-i. m nf, h"
was taken out, and *ried hy the af rps.iid \ S
Clayton, and sentenced bvhim to he
nthe 2-llh December last. An api*5'r it h>p
wa« made to the Chief Justice of the United
States for a writ of error, in order 'Mt the
rase miVbf he hr ,ugh( before the Supreme
C -trl of the (Joined Stales, fo test the con
a f if uf ionalif v of the proceedings, and was oh
taine.i The arhbrurv manner in which the
citation was treated by the Governor and !,•••
'Uslature, then in «**s«:*on. are known fo v u
Flie resetution ad mfed to the occasion !» r,r n? he
a sp rit towards our nation ef wh*c.h we «il| not
permit ourselves to speak: suffice it fo siv,
• 'hcrefor'' that the writ «*f error h is beer* di«
regarded, and the unfortunate man executed
'trreeablv to the sentence ofthe .To brc.
One other case; A party of wmccl emn. ten
in number, from D >K Ibcouefy Ge-.r-ria. com
mitted numerous ou*rages under the pretence
of being Georgia officer-- as far as seventy-five
miles within the nat or*. They arrested a Che-
ruk**e w hhout cause, and - compelled him to pay
a horse for his release. Under forged claims
they attempted to arrest anoth r individual,
and, with him, his negroes, but failed: arrived
at the residence of another, in his ahsenc
they were in the act of driving his cattle • ff
when they were rescued by his neighbors,
• hough ! hey succeeded in committing some
robbery upon the house. At another place
tliev force*! from an Indian bis horse, without
ivon a pretended claim, and cruelly abused the
persons ot two aged Cherokees, one a female,
causing a fl *w of blood because they did not
quietly suffer themselves to he robbed of their
property Two of their children, who had felt
it their duty to interfere for the protection of
their aged parents from an insult and outrage
so h:ubarons were led captive into Georgia
and compelled for the.ir liberty to give their
notes for one hundred dollars, each, payable in
ten days! M r J
Many oth *r cases of aggravating character
could b<? stated, did the nature ef a memorial
»llow, supported by unexceptionable evidence
to convince the United States of our friend-
R'H* and devotedness t j treaty obligations
iho lOilt ult. :o Paris, in three carriages escor
ted by the National Guard. No disturbance
took placr-. They appear to be confident
of a favorable result. A private letter from
Paris, says there is no expectation that Poiig-
mic can be saved
During tha trial of the Mmisters, Gen La
fayette ivas lo command the National Guard in
person
The French Mini-ter of War has ordered
the Lieut. Generals to hasten the training of
’• »!6 rtMilV. nr ®**^ l ‘-' rc: * >n flark fr«im »»!l rurU <it
A letter from Bayonne, (in the Monituer,*.
says—“ It stems that a great movement i*
ow taking place among the troops on the
Apani-h Frontier*. The regiments it is said at
drsi received order- to proceed to the interior,
<ui have received counter-orders, and will be
reenforced. It seems to be the intention of
tne Spanish Government to form a cordon rea
iv to act at the first signal, which will extend
duntj the whole liue,
.Mr Btmj Constant died in Paris at the age
t tie French Consul in search of the tri Colored
fl .g, and having found if, although the Consul
(M Durand) was suspected of being a Con
gr<-gationest, and attached to the lallen dy-
nasty they joined the Pol sh while flag and the
tri-colored one together, and ho’St^d them in
that state Tht- Nat-onal Guard i* being ra ; sed
Paris, Dec. 15.—The Grand Duke Con
staiume was unable to cross Vistula at Warsaw
in order to effect his retreat by I'raga, upon
the road to Grodno aud Velna, as had been
stated in the first accounts «>f the Poli-ii in
>urreciion. i nc nrutge of boats over the Vis-
f 65.
There has been a gen‘*ral turn out hy the
Spinner** at Ashton under-Lme near Munches
or. They had assembled in great numbers
sear Ashton over 1000 of them having pistols,
-Xe. which they did not conceal The general
turn cut was to take, place on Saturday the 11th,
-vhen over 20 000 fier^oo* w.-re expected to he
' ? ut of employ. The polica and military were
ready to i-ct.
Express from Paris —Time* Office 3 o’clock
We have just received b\ express the
Gazette-tie France & Vlesvager d»*<- Oh.ambres
f-detl ye-lei>fhv, a >d the Momte-jr,
ind the other French p ipers of S.. o
*\;.i<.i» we have ordy room f>r lie f llon ing' ex-
ra«'ts:
INSURRECTION IN POLAND.
* A Courier w« o le»l Berlin ot> 11»<- 4* h inst.
has brought the loitowing nevrs fr- :;, Warsaw,
which coiTif.h fe* ;l»e intre'igecce gave ve«,
ferday of ti e r« c *n? et’eiws in I
Monday, tho 20 h N v
veni'.'g, ah inf.it-rection brok*~ om in Wa
ft
tula was destroyed. The Prince and his troop
were therefore obliged to retreat by the route
of Volbynia He was at Gera on the 4ih Dec.
It would appear, from the course ofhis march,
that it. is his intention to cross th* Vtstu
!a at Pulawy, and proceed on to Lublin, a Polish
city situated on the road to Volbynia and Lem
berg, tiie capital of sinudnan Galicia. This
retreat is the result of a Contention, and is ex
ecuted without any hostility between the Rus
sians and Poles.
It seems certain the Russians were not ani
mated by any enthusiastic feelings against the
liberty of Poland, and that they only fought
during the insurrection for the purpose of de
fending themselves. In point of fact those re
giments are chiefly composed of Velhynians,
L thuanians, and Galicians, all sons of the an
cient Kingdom of Poland,
Chute re i-Murlus. At n meeting of the
French Jn-upuie communications from various
parts of I he Russian Empire were made by M.
Mureatr ib* J annes, on the progress which the
lignana ! ChoS^tea-Morbus has mad;* in that empire, to
t n, iVorn which .VI de Humboldt added *om<$ very curi
ous tact', he had
travel-* in Asiatic Kusm ; his statement beg
with its first npp* aiance m the Bombay army,
in 1818, ir;>m whence in 1819, it spread-to the
Hie oi France and MedagasCar. In 1821 it
appeared at Brus- els, from whence it spread by
i ;—On! the Euphrates toSyrnt; it dmi nished in vio-
h- u! seven *n the e- j h-ice for three years, although it spread along
. 'k' fin in Warsaw j nearly the whole ol the northern coasts of Af-
began, it
their capture, and from their subsequent con
duct. no doubt, resolved upou their re
lease. For this purpose, they assembled in
force (between 50 and 60) early in the morn-
ing ofthe 16th, at Leather’s Ford, having as.
certained that the command with the prisor#
ers, would cross the Chaslata at that place.—
The first act of their hostility was indicated
hy their having caused a number of obstruc
tions >n the passage of the river with the view
of harassing the detachment and otherwise
perplexing and retarding its movements.—*
These were, however, avoided without any
great difficulty, a.id (he opposite shore having
been reached in safety, ’the van escorting the
prisoners, resumed ils line of march It hadr
proceeded but a short distance, when the Sur-
gent commanding tho rear, brought intelli
gence of its being attacked, to Col. Nelson.—
Having securred the prisoners (II in number)
with a sufficient guard he hastened immedi*
ately to the scene ot engagement. Upon hi*
approach, the assailants desisted front their at*
lack, witn the exception ol three, who con
tinued fheas-Hult with great fury, until check
ed by the bayonet. One ot these, the vi esC
of the viie, received a couple of severe
wound;*, believed at rhe time, to have been
mortal; but upon examination, i was found
that he was not likely to experience the fate
so richly merited by his infamous life, and still
nv.ro infamous conduct in this.affray. Trevi-
fiiisly to t lie recount cr, he had, 1 learn, pro
fessed the utmost contempt of Georgia, her
laws, her officers, denied her jurisdiction over
this territory, and encouraged those who were
inclined, to violate her recent enactments iu
relation thereto, with the prelection ol his val
orous arm. In the practical demonstration of
his prowess, he has learned a lesson, wipe it
may hereafter be serviceable to himself, and it
hint to ail others who may he disposed to in
vade our rights or infringe our laws. Its good
efficts have already been experienced, for I
understood, that no less than seventy of these
desperate and abandoned wretches have sud
denly disappeared from tin.ir former haunts
in the settfemenfs. F.vro betore the occur
rence ofthe iiffuir at the Ford, individual mem
bers of the guard, when alone, had been insult
ed, and menaced in a manner that evinced the
most inveterate and rancorous feeling. Aware
of their hostility, from what he too had seen.
Col. Nelson advised his men to a cautious
and circumspect deportment whilst passing
ihem. and to refrain fr*.m tny expressions or
observations in tbe mos-t remote degree calcula
ted to enrage or provoke them. In obedience
to this order, the command was proceeding
quietly and peaceably, when the ou rageous
abuse of this horde, elicited a reply from one
of his men. In an instant us if by pre concert,
the whole clan commenced gathering stones,
billets of wood, and every species ot missile,
discharging thrm at the guard.
ft
appear*. i" the military school of j rica
ensigns. Toe young men. loL-.t* number of the
!rom 500 to 600. took:up -arms, ;**;d spreading
fheaw.tves tbtough the town, railed th« citi
zens to arms A muhifde of Students and in-
habitants soon joined (hem. T.-iyy proceeded
tr. tbe barracks of the infantry and the arsenal,
whi 1 -ii was taken by ten o’clock. Tne immense
quantity oi muskets and sabres it continued
wore distributed to the people. The insurrec
tion had previously gained the barracks ofthe
infantry. The engineer was the first regiment
that ro-e, aud several other regiments soon
followed it. The Grand Duke Constantine,
on the point of being attacked or surrounded'
in his palace, effected his retreat upon Praga,
it was wdk
obtained during his recent the utmost difficulty that they were restrained
Rusia ; his statement began from returning this unexpected salutation with
a volley ot musketry—Again and again were
their pieces levelled, whilst the often repeated
order, “reserve your fire,” aiooe prevented
their discharge. Y ur Excellency will discov
er in this attack, a plan previously arranged,
and digested with considerable military tact.——
1 bey calculated that by engaging with the
a 1823 it appeared ou the borders of rear, that the front having charge of the pris-
i Caspian Sea, and made dreadful ravages i oners, would be necessarily called to its relief*,
Astracan, spreading from thence into central and that an opportunity w aid thus be present!
with his guard, two-Russian regiments and a
regiment of polish cavalry, who only followed
him from a sense ot military honor, but who
wiil remain neutral, if the soldiers do not dis
baud themselves, or join their fellow citizens
in a body. Tho exasperation for a long time
smothered, was so very considerable at the
moment of the insurrection, that some Polish
detachments, who at the commencement re
fused to give up their post of arms to the
people, were massacred as traitojs. Forty
one colonels or majors were killed in endeav
oring to ke *p tbe troops in obedience. It is
added that two aids-de-camp of the Grand
Duke were also slain. The opinion at War
saw was lhat the defection of the Polish army
would become general. The Chief of the Mu
mcipa 1 Police and two Russian Generals were
k.ilf*d The German Gen. ILtnch and Count
Asm, whence it was supposed to have been
brought by the caravans, which generally con
sist of three or four thousand men and camels;
[ hut this supposition, M. de Humboidt proves
hv facts could not have been the case. In
1829 it broke out on the Persian frontiers of
tne Russian Empire, from whence it spread in
to Georgia, where in one city of 20 000 inhab
itants only 8,000'escaped. On the 31st ol Ju*
fy. 1830 it again appeared at Astracan, where
21,000 persons died, from whence it extend
ed into the country ofthe Don Cossacks, and
arrived at Moscow, having spread over 46 500
square leagues of country. The official bul
letin published at Moscow states, that from
the 28th September to the 11th of October,
one in three of all attacked died. It )S also
stated that it has recently appeared in the
neighborhood of Constantinople; it was at O-
dessa on the 8th October from whence it is
feared it will gain Greece, Italy, and the touth>
ern parts of France, though its effects are
suspended by the winter.
Four young French Physicians presented a
proposal to the Institute, to request the Go
vernment to send them to the countries infect
ed with the malady. The Institute depreca
ted the present conduct of Russia in marching
large bodies ot troops from countries infected
with it to countries that are not, and more es
iecia!ly as it is historically known, that it first
appeared and was propagated in India hy Lore
Stanislaus . ■••Mpeureu ami was propagated in India t>y Lon
oianisiatis Iotosky were also killed tn seek-j Hastings’ army. Dr. Alexander Trumbul
opportunity w aid thus be present*
ed or effecting their escape in the confusion
which would ensue. The precaution of the
commanding officer prevented the accomplish
ment of this design. Having failed in their at
tempt, they next sought his arrest by legal
process, and accordingly a warrant was obtain
ed, demanding tbe surrender of himself and
command. Seeing the v ry improper purpose
for which this writ wa9 issued, he determied
that it should not prevent him from doing hie
duty, and accordingly marched to Gemesviile
with his prisoners, where eight of them wero
committed lor trial at the next court. Having
thus gotten rid of his charge, he declared that
it was neither his wish, nor intention, whilst
apprehending others for violating the law^ tu
oppose any resistance to it himself; that the
course he had pursued, was founded in a sense
of duly; if in its discharge, ne bad done wrong,
he was willing to submit himself !<? any tribu
nal having cognizance of his effoncCr The
bue and cry against the Guard for its conduct
in this transaction, has spread far and wide,
through ihe country falsehoods accusing them
of crimes ofthe the most attrocious and aggra
vated character, are daily fabricated and circu
lated for the purpose of rendering them odious
to the public. The motive for this is too pal
pable to be mistaken for a single moment.-—
The mines under the protection given them,
are no longer a source of profit und employ*
nent. Misrepresentation and calumnv have
busied themselves in exciting clamoqr; aud