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VOLUME 2—XO. 2.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GV. THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1831.
WHOLE! NUMBfSK 54.
EDITED BY
j. G. POLIIILIj & j. a. cuthbert.
—op l sinS is published every Saturday at TTIRTT. DOLLARS
' njjnuin, in advauce, or FOUR, if not paid before the end of the
U r Tin 1 Oifire is on V:<\ ue Street, opposite McCombs’ Tavern.
J A !l ADVERTISEMENTS published at the usual rates.
N H. Each Citation by the Clerks of tlie Courts of Orlimrv that
Aoplicatioii has been made for Letters of Administration, must be
published THIRTY DAYS at least.
* Notire by Evecutors and Administrators for Debtors and C'redi-
fhrs to render In their accounts, must be published SIX WEEKS.
Sales of Neemes by Executors .and Administrators must be ad-
^Titised SIXTY DAY ei before the day of sale.
Sales of personal property (except negroes) of testate and intes-
fate, estates hi' Executors and Administrators, must be advertised
TORTY DAYS.
Applications hv Executors. Administrators and Guardians to the
ron rt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must be published FOL K
MONTHS.
Applications by Executors and Administrators for Letters Dismis-
T*>ry, must be published HX MONTHS.
Applicatlonslior Foreclosure of Morttrarrcs on real estate must be
Advertised once a month for SIX MONTHS. -
'Sales of real estate by Executors, Administrators and Guardians,
.must he published SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. These
rales must be made at the court house door between the hours ol 10
'in the morning and 4 in the afternoon. No sale from nay to day is
•Valid, unless so expressed in the advertisement.
Orders of C ourt of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy or t.ic
Oond, or agreement) to make titles to land, must lie advertised
'THREE MONTHS at least. . . . _
Sheriff’s Sales under executions regularly granted by the courts,
fnu-t l«e advertised THIRTY DAYS—under mortgage executions,
HlXTY DAYS—sales of perishable property under order of C ourt, I
jnust he advertised, generally, TEN DAYS before the day of sale.
All orders for Advertisements will be punctually attended to.
-.•All letters directed to this Office, or the Editors, must be poet-
jiaid, to entitle tliem to attention.
MILLEDGEYILLI? MASONIC HALL
“HOW OH YEYER.’’
O N tlie oO h «iay of the present month, the Fifth and
'an dAy’s Drawing of the MILLEDGEVILLE
MASONIC HALL LVfTERY will take place, after
depositing_the following capital Prizes, viz:
1
PRIZE OF
$30,000,
1
1,000,
1
46
900,
1
44
800,
1
44
700,
1
44
600,
1
fafa
500,
1
64
400,
1
44
300,
1
* 44
200,
POLITICAL*
LETTER TO MR. INGHAM.
mere force of example, not less valuable to the
cause of human liberty and happiness throughout
the world. Thiswork, so far as it depends on the
Treasury department, has low been committed,
his own motives, it might seem impit/per fo. a
now to anticipate tlie explanation, which, as none
is above the reach of public opinion, he wiii no-doubt
think it his to make of these transactions to the
Sir : A number of your democratic republican I. trust to abler hands, and I devoutly hope it may American people. But if it be thought .that l have
- — * —*’— - 1 : * 11 incurred any responsibility in th $ proceeding, I
have only to say, let tlie facts be invcstjgateil, r.nd.
the veil which now envelopes this matter in sc n.vch,
mystery be completely removed. If all is rigid; tlie
public mind will be satisfied; if any thing is wrong*
the people only, who are sovereign in such cases at
least, can appiy the remedy. It is the boast cf our
system that none are above the power or beneath
the protection of this tribunal. Upon their intelli
gence and virtue depends tlie maintainance of all
the preservative principles of our government. Is
is their sawed duty, as well as right, to scrutinize
the acts, and scan the motives of all who arc con-
fellow-citizens of Bucks county, learning that you tueet with the attention and success it so well de-
were expected to return among them this day, have serves.
assembled for the purpose of giving you a cordial •* * n *ue desire to discharge with fidelity to tlie
welcome home. " j country, and satisfaction to those more immedi-
Regretting, as we do, the existence of that in- ately concerned and under the pressure ol great
auspicious influence, whatever it may be, that has i anxiety to prepare for the high objects I have just
caused you to leave ihe elevated station which you j referred to, I have not mingled in the partizan
have filled with so much advantage to the public i operations which, whether intended for good
and honor to yourself, we heartily congratulate or ^ or evil, are usually found about tlie sources ol
W E are requested to announce the name of w 1L-
LIAM D. SCOGGIN, Esq. as a candidate for
Sheriff of Baldwin county, at the next election for coun
ty officers. Nov 6
w
OPi.r.t
E are authorized to announce Capt. WILLIAM
F. SCOTT a candidate for Sheriff of Baldwin
a* tlie ensuinsr election. July 5—mfe
W E are authorized to announce Y\ 1LLIAM W T .
P( )OL, Esq. as a candidate for Tax Collector of
I3ald \. in county, at the ensuing election. July 7
W it. are authorised toannouncc BARKADELL P.
ST L BBS, Esq. as a candidate for l ax Collec
ts, or Baldwin cwunty, at the next election. June 23
W E are authorized to announce GEORGE G’
MILLER, Esq. as a candidate for Receiver of
Tax Returns for Baldwin county, at the ensuing clec-
tion.July 1
A SCHOOL WANTED.—A young man who has
Uecn for several years employed as a Teacher of
an English School, would be glad of an engagement.—
Apply at this office. May It)—tf
H ARGROVE & AVAL l’HALL are practicing Law
ill connection. They will attend the Courts in the
auiouung counties. Z. B. HARGROVE,
TURMAN WALTHALL.
50—tf
Covington, Newton co. June 23, 1831.
- La AW KKP OUTS.
T HE subscriber has ootained from some ol the Judg
es, ami others a number of DECISlt INS made in
Important law cases. lie expects to enlarge his Collec
tion; and so soon as the subscription will authorize, to
■publish them in a plain, cheap style, in pamphlet form.
The object of this undertaking is to awaken among
Hie people a sense of the importance of a
Court for the Correction of Errors.
The Judges, Solicitors, and Members of the Bar,
throughout the State, are respectfully requested to fur-
cnish authentic reports. To those who may do so, ft rea
sonable allowance in the price of the work w ill be made.
1’tility alone, and not profit, is the object of the under-
•faking. And with this view he solicits warmly the co
operation of thr Bar and Bench, llis situation as Rn
editor will enable him to print the work more cheaply
•than other perrons. JOHN G. POLHJLL.
JMiHedgevillc, April 21, T S31. 41
N. B.—A prospectus will soon be rut.
A PROCLAMATION*
JSy William i*. Dcvall, Governor oj tut Tcnitory of
Florida.
“Bli r HEREAS it hath been duly shewn to me tliat
Tv JOHN BEMBRY, late of tlie county of Leon,
in this Territory, stands indicted, in the Superior Court
of said county, for an assault and battery on one LIT
TLETON BRYAN, with intent to kill said Bryan; and
with stabbing said Bryan with a knife, and whereas,
since the finding of said indictment, sab: Bryan hath died,
4Cssup]Kisi d of his wounds—And whereas, said Bembry
bath fledfrom this Territory, and is now a fugitive from
justice, and it appears to my satisfaction tliat the offence
>s one that deserves the vigilant and rigid enforcement of
the laws: Now, by virtue of the authority in me vested
by law, I hereby offer a reward of TWO HUNDRED
HOLLARS for the apprehension and delivery of 6aid
Bembry to the sheriff ol Leon county, or bis jailor; and
ell sheriffs, constables, and other peace officers, in thib
Territory, are hereby required to be vigilant in the ap
prehension and sale keeping of said Bembry.
In testimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set my band
.,,*+*+*.4 caused the seal of the snid territory to be af-
*L. f4. J fixed, at Tallahnssee, this 29th day of May,
fa***.*** A. D. 1831, and of the Independence of the
United States, the fifty fifth year.
WM. P. DUVALL, Governor of Florida
J5y the Governor:
James D. Westcott, Jr. Secretary of Florida.
Making, in addition to fire prirrs rntr in Ihe Wheel, a
most SPLENDID DRAWING, ffir richer than any
which have preceded it.
The ichole to be drawn in one Day! ,
Tlie Commissioners having fully redeemed their recent ■
pledge to hasten tlie Lottery to a conclusion, if. is confi- !
demly believed that, the present rich state of the wheel, 1
in connection with the speedy determination of the Lot
tery, will invite many new adventurers to a participation
of the wealth so soon to be distributed. Tickets are still
sold a? t’-e nri<r : nn! j - ; ce.
WHOLES $10—Shires in proportion.
Address orders (post-paid, inti wnhoui delay) to
RIIODOM A. GREENE,
Secretary to Commissioners.
Millcdgevifle, July 7ih, 1831 4-4
yOu that no one has been able to cast a shade of
reproach on your moral character, official conduct,
or political course.
Such being the fact, we confess a strong desire
for some explanation of this extraordinary measure
which has shocked the public mind, and broken up
the elements of party throughout the country.
We now, sir as a testimony of regard for you,
invite you to partake of refreshments with us, and
the democratic republicans now assembled at the
Bear tavern.
power and patronage, I shall be excused for hav
ing no leisure for such employment, even if I had
had a taste for the associations of this nature,
which existed at the metropolis. Nor was 1 en
gaged, as has been insinuated by some who seem nected with the public service, and guard with a
to speak by authority, in arranging plans for the i vigilant and jealous care against every exertion of
selection of a successor to the Presidential chair.— power, which, by weakening tlie influence of virtue
CUTHBERT & POL.IIIL.L.
H AVE opened their L.dW OFFICE at the Com
missioner’s Hall in the market-1 louse, Milledge-
ville, Georgia. One of them is always to be found there
ready to attend to professional calls.
They will practice in the following Counties and Cir
cuits ;
{ BALDWIN,
JONES,
PUTNAM,
WILKIN SOJf.
1 BIBB,
MONROE,
HENRY.
Chatahoochie Circuit.... TALBOT.
Southern Circuit | TELFAIR,
.Middle Circuit WASHINGTON.
Milledreville, June 23, 1831
0cmxdget Circuit...
Flint Circuit.,
ARP* The undersigned, the
father of the deceased, Littleton Bry
an, will give the additional sum of one hundred and fifty
tioiltrrs to the amount offered by the Governor of Flor
ida for the apprehension of JOHN BEMBRY, by
■whom his son was cruelly mmdered w hile protecting the
fights and property of his father.
Publishers of papers in the Southern and Western
States, and in Texas, friendly to tlie cause of justice will
please notice this reward. MOSES BR\ AN.
Tttlla! lussee, May 29, 1831. 50
$2* REIVXm "
K ANAWA Y from me subscriber m AliUedgeville,
on the 3d or 4th instant, a negro man by the
iuuiie of JIM, about twenty-five years of age, about,
six feet high, well made, light, complected, not a mulat
to, but a light negro, speaks without hesitation when spo
ken to, wears small whiskers, he may have on a half
worn wool hat, a black silk velvet vest, with black but
tons, and a new pair of shoes peculiar in their make, liav-
'ing no seam in tne upper leathers, and a blue round-about
of twilled homespun. He was recently purchased of
ilezekiuh Hunt, of Columbia, South Carolina, w ho said
-he had purchased him of William Johnson of Euneomb
county, North Carolina; he may probably attempt to re
turn to North Carolina.
The aUivercward will be paid for the delivery of said
'jpcirro in Milledgcville, Georgia, or tw enty dollars lor his
apprehension and confinement in any safe jail in the U.
States,so that I get him. MARCUS D. HUSON.
Milledgeville, July 9, 1831. 1—3t
The editors of the Greenville Mountaineer, S.
fk* Knoxville Register, Tennessee, Columbus Enquirer,
Montgomery Journal, and Huntsville Democrat, Alaba
ma, will give the above two insertions and forward their
accounts to the office of the Federal Union for ]>ayment.
EORGIA, PULASKI COUNTY.—Whereas
^J|~ Daniel D. Sturges, administrator on the estate of
Archil aid Young, deceased, applies to me for letters of
dismission on said estate:
These are therefore to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors ot said deceased, to be
and appear at a Court of Ordinary to be held on the first
Monday in January next, in and for said county, then,
and there to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters
should not be granted. Given under my hand, this 12th
d^V of July, 1831.
JOSEPH CARRUTHERS, Clerk.
July 14 , 1 nn6m
53* Just Printed and for %ale at
this Office, an assortment of BLANKS—embracing all
of, gcnerel use in th$ Start©*. Orders attended to with
"promptness;.. Jtyrij -7.
NO TARIFF OF PRICES!
FKEE TR ADE.
H1UTHM-W IKE,
LOOKING-GLASSES, kc.
T HOMAS J. BARROW, &, CO. Importers, ss,
Water-Street, New--York, otter for sale, the lar
gest and most complete assortment of Earthen-ware,
Giass, China, plain and gilt Looking-Glasses, &c. which
the New-York market will afford, comprising every
style and variety of the newest patterns. They return
their most cordial thanks to their friends in the Southern
States, for their support in the persecution now carrying
on against them, for their refusal to join a combination in
fixing one tariff of prices for Crockery, throughout the
trade. It is mainly attributable to the influence of mu
Southern friends that we have been enabled-to survive
thus far, in this most trying situation ; exposed to the
combined influence and capital of the whole trade,
endeavoring to effect our ruin and expulsion from busi
ness. We pledge ourselves to our friends to give them
every satisfaction in our power as regards the quality of
our goods, the excellence of our packers, and lowness of
our prices for cosh cr city acceptances; and in return,
solicit from them a continuance of their patronage, and-
particularly request those who have influence with their
friends to exert it in our behalf, as we trust the cause is
one they are. all interested in, and much benefit will ac
crue to us from ihc-ir friendly acts in this w ay. It has
been said, the Combination was broken up. As it re
gards prices, this is true, and all, we think, friends or foe-
will all aver that we have effected this cliangfe; but we
do assure our friends, tliat at no period since we com
menced our system of unshackled prices were w-e in grear-
er want of assistance than at the present moment. Thr
combination of men are leaving no means untried for ef
fecting our ruin, that they may revive the old system; ou:
credit and character are assailed in every shape, our im
portations waylaid and stopped in every instance when
threats are sufficient to intimidate the manufacturers from
supplying us.—In fine, no vexation or trouble which the
malice of men could devise, has been neglected in this strug
gle to subdue us. W e once more call upon every friend
of a free trade to come up to our support, and pledge our
selves to give them no cause to repent of t heir liberality.
T. J. EARROW T , kCn.
88* AVater-Strect, above Old Slip
July 14 2t
PROPOSALS
For pullishing at Gainesville, H Li county, Georgia, a week
ly neicspaper, to he entitled the
GAINESVILLE ADVERTISER.
Devoted to Intelligence...Commerce...Agriculture...Science....Sound
Principles, aiul the perpetual Union of the .States.
I T is not designed by the subscriber to make any pa
rade as to the principles of the. Gainesville Adver
tiser. It is sufficient to say that, its political principles
will be based upon what he conceives the true Jefferson
ian creed, as understood by Drayton, Livingston, Madi
son and the friends of the Union in the South—the per
petuation and stability of which Union will be its grand
end and aim. . . .
While the subscriber thus announces his political faith,
it. will be his exertion to conduct the Press in the spirit of
that, forbearance and liberality* not. inconsistent with in
tegrity of principle, and inflexibility of purpose.
CONDITIONS.
The Gainesville Advert iser will be printed upon a me
dium sheet, at $2 50, payable in advance, or jjt3 50 at the
end of each year. Advertisement s will be inserted at the
usual rates.
The Advertiser will be issued so soon ns the patronage
will warrant—of which the undersigned has flattering
assurances.
The exertions of his friends are respectfully solicited.
N. B. JUHAN.
Communications to the undersigned, must for the pre
sent, be directed to Milledgcville, post-paid. N. B J.
April 7
INFORMATION WANTED.
A YOUNG GENTLEMAN who now resides in
Lincolnton, Georgia, is particularly desirous of ob
taining information relative, to to the place of residence of
W 7 1LLIAM DOUGHTY, who removed some years
ago from Gates county, State of North Carolina, to some
where in Georgia.—A line aodressed to the Post-Master
in Lincolnton, giving the necessary information will be
thankfully received. April 23
Samuel Smith
Francis Baird'
John Buckmao
Wm. Purdy
Samuel Kinsey
Jesse Johnson
Joseph D. Murray
John Davis
Joseph Scarborough
Win. McHenry
Lewis S. Coryell
John Hart
W. F. Swift
Henry Chapman
Wm. Smith
Andrew Heller
Samuel Daniel
^7. T. Rogers
Jonathan Delaney
Joseph P. Wilkinson
Joseph Morrison
Moses Armstrong*
C. Blackfan
Joseph Archambault
Michael Dech
Daniel Y. Harman
Wm. Carr
Joseph Dunn
Charles E. Du Bois
Charles H. Mathews
Wm. H. Powell
M. H. Snvder
Isaac W. James
Philip Trumboweri
My correspondence with you, my friends, limited
as it was, will ^>ear strong negative testimony at
least to this fact; but if it he not satisfactory, I
take this occasion to absolve every person to whom
I have written a letter, from the date of my ap
pointment to that of my removal, from every obli
gation of confidence on that subject, which is usu
ally deemed to belong to private correspondence,
tliat the proofs of this charge may be given to the
world, if any exist.
You must not suppose that I am about to pour
out complaints for private griefs. 1 have no pri
vate griefs. Mj"judgment has never wavered for
a moment.
as to the course which duty and honor 1
and patriotism, may impair the moral energies of on
republican system. Entertaining these vievA, but
for the reasons I liave mentioned, I would unhesita
tingly have responded to your request, and commu
nicated to you, while time and strength permuted,
all the lights which I possess as to th<Twhole subject.
But I am the more reconciled to declining a com
pliance with your wishes, seeing that so man) chan
nels are open for communication between the people
and their agents, through which they may have
direct access in this case to the responsible agent.—
I have only to add, that as to myself personally, 1
' neitherseek nor avoid the scrutiny—if done at all, it
t should he on public account, and the object should
REPLY.
J\Iy Friends and Fellovc-Citizens :
It is impossible not to feel deeply sensible of this
manifestation of your kindness. It has been my
good fortune to have been long connected with
you in all the various relations of social and polit
ical life. I am indebted to the generous confi
dence of my fellow-citizens ol' the congressional
district, and especially of my native county, for all
the numerous public employments in which I have
been engaged lor the greater part of the last twen
ty-five years: I have received from them, and from
you in common with them, innumerable favors
which can never be repaid, hut from the overflow
ings of a grateful heart; but this scene imposes a
deeper obligation than all the rest: it is impossible
to find language to express my feelings. I can,
therefore, only return to you my sincere tlxinks,
and assure you that it will ever be remembered
with the most profound and unwavering gratitude.
From the kind partiality with which you have con
templated and spoken of my public services, I can
only offer you additional thanks. Between us, the
heart and not the tongue is the organ of communi
cation, and it speaks its feelings best, in silence.
When I resigned the trust which the citizens of
this district last-conferred upon me, to engage in
another of greater hazzard and responsibility; you
wisely permitted me to enter upon the new scene
of probation, without indulging or exciting expect
ations—you felt as I did, the undertaking was haz-
zardoas, and you sympathised in my anxiety for
the consequence. It was known that the depart
ment committed to my care, had recently been
charged with heavy additional duties and respon
sibilities, in which a vast amount of the active cap
ital of the country was closely connected ; that
the laws lor the execution of these duties were de
fective in efficiency, and obnoxious for their rigor;
that jealousy and hostility had sprung up in *he
various sections of the Union, as well in regard to
the disposition of the public lands; as the great and
disturbing question of impost revenue; that the
Treasury department was the point of contact, in
fact, the battle ground of these contending and ex
cited interests. It become me not to say how this
duly has been executed. I can only assure you,
that every faculty of my mind has been constantly
devoted to my official duty; that for the last two
years the midnight watch has seldom found my
eyes closed insieep; not eniragcil in the dissipa
tion of the gay metropolis ; but alone, in the dry,
arduous, and severe investigation of the various
subjects presented for decision. You will excuse
me for thus alluding to matters so personal to my
self. I could not have done it, but tor the peculiar
relation which exists between you and me, and the
.persuasions that you had been informed of the same
facts, through other channels; public sentiment
having done me more than justice in these respects.
It had also cheered me with the hope, that the
confidence thus kindly reposed, might have been'
employed in promoting other and higher objects of
public good, in which I was zealously engaged.—
It ought not to be disguised, that the final extin
guishment of the public debt, which is very near at
hand, will present a new crisis in the affairs of our
country. The public mind should therefore be fa
miliarized to it, and preperation, made in advance
lor the event. To continue permanently upon the
people, taxes equal to ten million of dollars, the
amount of t he present sinking fund, more than will
prescribed, in the relation I bore to the President j he the public interest. W hen this is undertaker, Go<t
ami other members of the administration ; and sus- : forbid tliat I should interpose any obstacle to a cxru-
tained by an approving conscience as well as many . tiny in which the purity and integrity of public men
evidences of public opinion, and most especially by j are to he called in question. Unless these virtues
your generous and kind countenance on this occa- are cherished, this beautiful fabric of Government
sion, 1 should be unfaithful to mv own character will soon become a melancholy ruin, and the exe-
anda heartless ingrate, il’I could entertain, much ! crationsof millions yet uni torn will, while‘the page
less express, a sentiment of private grief. Although of history lasts, lie poured out on the heads of thofl^
stripped of the attractions of power, and exiled from who shall have contributed to its destruction,
the public service by tlie Chief Magistrate, for I When Mr. Ingham had concluded, Judge Fort-
whose character you and 1 had entertained so high > rose, and addressing Mr. Ingham, said, that many
an opinion—lo be thus met and greeted by such a j of his fellow citizens present, had a great desire to
crowd of my fellow-citizens, among whom I see,-know the facts connected with the attempt to ns*
attended by their sons, tlie companions of my child-! sassinate him before he left Washington, ami na
hood, the associates, friends, and confulants of my ! there was much anxiety to possess correct informal-
riper years, and more than all these, some venera-I tion on the subject, he requested him to relate to
hie relics of the revolution, of whom God be praisUdj I his friends assembled, such facts, as would er>
there are yet a few among uf-—I say, such a meet- j able them to disseminate correct information o»
ing as this, is a reward infinitely more valuable than
tfie possession of any favor in the power of the
Cliiet’ Magistrate to confer. But even without
these consolatory evidences of the good opinion of
those, whose good opinion I value more than all
tlie world beside, because you know me best,—I
say without these, I would be deeply mortified if
any friend of mine should suppose that I was an
object of sympathy for private grief. On the con
trary, I regard the moment in which my separa
tion from the public service was determined on, as
the most propitious moment of my life ; and al
though it might now be difficult to persuade those
who partake deeply of the prevailing passion for
office, of the sincerity of this declaration, yet I per
fectly know that the time will come, when it will be
readily believed. A3 to pecuniary loss, (if am
think of this) much less labor than I should have
bestowed on official business, well directed, will
easily {procure something more than a hare sub
sistence, which all know is scarcely afforded by the
salaries at W ashington,—I can have no cause of
resentment therefore on this account. It will not
be thought profanity, I hope, to say that the Presi
dent is but a mortal; subject to all tfie infirmities
incident to human nature: his' displeasure or de
nunciation is not directed by an omnicient eye,
nor do they carry with them political or corporeal
death—And even, as he suggested in his corres
pondence with me of the 20tli of April last, I was
intended as a sacrifice to propitiate public opinion
for others whom he loved, and whom it severely
threatened, that of itself is not good cause for resent
ment. It was not the ancient custom even in idol
atrous sacrifice to select the worst of the flock for
those purposes. But whatever may have been the
motive for my removal, I shall enjoy the effect, and
I feel like a mariner who has safely returned from
a long, toilsome, and somewhat perilous voyage,
to receive the joyous greetings of iiis old compan
ions and friends.
Among the American people, the public judg
ment alone can. fix lasting disrepute on a public
man. There is too much independence in the
press, for truth to be successfully perverted, or the
public mind to he permanently deceived by the arts
of the servile and mercenary part of that body.—
I cannot he mistaken however, in the indications I
have seen, that whatever may have been the
motive for dissolving the cabinet, that object is not
deemed to have been fully accomplished by it; and
:t is very apparent tliat a corps editorial has been
organised, ready to let off their poisoned shafts at
whomsoever, and whenever directed by the mas
ter of the signals. Some of these, perhaps too ea
ger for the chase, or perhaps in obedience to some
private signal, have some time since commenced
their attacks upon me. I could not mistake their
connexion, but I heed them not. The foremost of
our temporal duties is that which we owe to our
country, and with this guide for a polar star, whoev
er makes careful observations can never mistake life
wav. The treatment I am to receive from the
be required for the current expenses of the govern-! corps I have adverted to, will depend not upon the
ment, will, I most conscientiously believe, hazzard characl
C 1 EORGIA, WARE COUNTY.—Whereas Jas.
W Wan! applies to me for letters of administration
on the estate of Joab Ward, late of said county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite the kindred and creditors of
said deceased, to be and appear at my office, within tlie
time prescribed by law, to shew cause, if any they can,
why sa>d letters should not be canted. Giuen under my
hand, tliis 6th day of June, t831.
DAVID J. MILLER, c. c. o.
June 30 M 5t,
H enry county, Georgia.—whereas
Ruel Ed wards applies to me for letters of adminis
tration on the estate of James Baxter, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar,-the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law,
to shew cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted. Given under mv hand, this 16th June,
1831. GUY W. SMITH, c. c, o.
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the existence of this union; &. the more we disregard
the complaints of those who think themselves ag
grieved, the more rapidly will that great evil he
hastened? What can compensate for the breaking
up of a confederation, which is the highest and
may he the last hope of liberty ? On the other
hand, sudden and indiscriminately to reduce the im
post duties to the scale of revenue for current ex
penditure, would cause a scene of ruin which can
not he described. I have no doubt but all these
evils may be averted, and instead of multiplying an
tagonist interest and exciting animosity and hatred
throughout the nation, marked by geographical
character of my services to the country, nor on their
benefit or injury to the administration, hut upon the
meekness and silence with which I shall submit to
what they deem the greatest of all grievances, the
loss of office. But, as they and I place a different
estimate upon these thing3, and this loss is deemed
to be a gain, I shall have no opportunity of making
a merit of my meekness, or commending myself to
their favor by their self-denying silence—ll shall,
therefore, pursue "the course which duty to the
country shall seem to prescribe, perfectly convinced
that all patriotic minds, when fully informed as to
the history of the two last years, will come to the
same conclusion—until then, it is due to prudence,
boundaries the mo6t dangerous of all, that meas- as well as justice, to forbear a definitive judg
ures might be adopted,which would preserve every
interestof the country, in the operation of which,
every section would be reconciled, and which would
in fact draw together the different partsTwith bonds
of affection founded in mutual, personal, as. well as
ment.
You liave been pleased to express a strong de
sire for some ‘explanation of the extraordinary
measure which has shocked tlie public mind, and
broken up the elements of party throughout the coun
political interests. The successful adaptation of j try: 5 alluding, as I understand, to the dissolution of
these measures to their end, will require not less of the cabinet. It is reasonable to suppose that there
the spirit of patriotism and of compromise, than
knowledge of the condition, and skill in the ar
rangement of our diversified pursuits. The sys
tem is complex, and simplicity can only be restor
ed by slow degrees, and the time is at hand when
the work should he in progress. The difficulties
are great, hut they are not insurmountable, and
the object is worthy of the highest effort of human
intelligence. To establish more firmly the Ijonds
of this union, not by physical power, hut by means
of moral cements, mutual affection, and mutual in
terest, is a work of the most exalted character, and
when accomplished will perpetuate an undisturbed
possession of our rich inherit ance, not only to our
posterity, but render it at no distant day; l*y the
was an adequate cause for a proceeding so uncx
ampled in the annals of our country:—measures of
this kind are not very uncomon in those governments
wherp it is held that the Chief Magistrate “can do
no wrong;” but this doctrine does not belong to
our system, and it must he an extraordinary case
which could render such a step expedient. Of this,
however the people must be the judges in the last
resort; and, before it is "drawn into a precedent
Which might be used for undefined and dangerous
purposes, they have a right to be fully informed.—
I do not, therefore, object to your request, as im
proper ; but when it is considered that the proceed
ing, so far as I am concerned, was exclusively the
act of thfc Pre&fccBt,' who’ alblatf Cftp perfectly explain
this interesting subject.
Mr. Ingham in reply, observed, that he could not
refuse to comply with the request, hut he would
much rather, for ihe character of the government
and the nation, that he had the power to bury the
whole transaction in oblivion. This was not novr
practicable, and he would state the material facts
as minutely and briefly as he could.
On Friday evening, the seventeenth, about tert
o’clock, I received a note from Mr. Eaton, by the
hands of Mr. Randolph, then chief clerk in the War
department, demanding an avowal or disavowal of
a publication in a newspaper, without any other con
nexion with the paper being suggested, than that
it was supposed to he friendly to me, and was pub
lished in the city where I resided, f could not
doubt that such a demand was a prelude to a
wanton and premeditated quarrel, and although I
did not understand whether it w as the fact stated
in the paper, viz: that my family had refused to
associate with his, or the authority to publish,-
which I was called upon to disavow: I cl ose to
avoid a prolonged correspondence, r,nd gave hifn
my answer in each alternative. You have proba
bly seen the correspondence and T need nor he nior*
particular. On tlie same day that my note was
delivered, I received a challenge, viz. abort three
o’clock, by the hands of Mr. Randolph, tie chirp
clerk, now. acting Secretary of War.—Having
company to dinner, and until iafe in the even ng,
I sent no answer that night; the next morning,
Sunday, the same Mr. Randolph intruded hires* l?
into my room, and threatened personal violence if I
did not answer the note. I informed him iliatl
should take my own time to do it, and showed him
the door. On ihe follow ing morning I replied to
Mr. Eaton’s note, and went out to tak£ leave of
some of my friends in the city, which occupied mo
till after one o’clock. On my return to my lodg
ings, I learned that Mr. Eaton had been at the
Treasury department in the morning, inquiring
when I would be at the office, and that he also in
quired for the Treasurer’s room and went into it f
since about ten o’clock, in the lower rooms of the
Treasury department, occupied by the Register
and Treasurer, and that he had been seen in com
pany with those officers, and had been for the grea
ter part of the time stationed in a grocery store
about half a square from my lodgings, during
which he was occasionally visted hv Mr. Randolph,
and by a Mr. Vankleck, another clerk in the War
department, who appeared to act the part of vi-
dettes. From the information I received of the
movements of Mr. Eaton and Mr. Rondolph, I ex
pected the assault to he made by them, and pre
pared myself for that purpose. Colonel N. Tow-
son had been invited to my lodgings, and Went with
me unarmed as a witness, and to prevent a surprise.
Three other young men were in company, hut di
rected to follow at some distance behind, to pre
vent or resist an attack by superior numbers. My
son, being the only person whose life I had any
right to expose in such a conflict, was hv my side,
both of us well prepared for defence. I expected
the attack in the passage of the Treasury depart
ment, as Mr. Eaton had not long before entered
that building, and after having taken so much pain*
to obtain a meeting, it was scarcely to he exp* cied
that he would then avoid it, and as rrv approach
could easily hav e been observed. We passed in,
however, unmolested. I went into the second s:0-
ry to the room I occupied, and finished wl at little
business I had to close before I finally left tlie office,
which had been previously fixed for that day. I
learned, while in my room, that Mr. Eaton and Ma
jor Lewis, whose offices were in another building,
more than a quarter of a mile distant, weni out of
the Treasury department in a direction towards
the President’s house, where Major Lewis lived.
I was also informed that they came out of' one of
the_Register’s rooms. Nothing further occurred
worthy of notice till evening.
Soon after dark I was informed by several per
sons calling in to see me, that Mr. Eaton, Mr. Ran
dolph, and a Mr. Overton, the latter a clerk in Ma
jor Lewis’ office, and near relative of Judge Over-
ton, of Tennessee,'who was thereon a visit to the
President, were seen apparently armed, passing to
and fro on the street, not far from my dwelling, ahd
sometimes passing my door. On one occasion,
while thus passing, Mr. Eaton stopped at the door
and looked into the passage; and while standing
there, prudently hesitating in his purpose, a gtms-
tleman in one of the lower rooms, (Mr.*——-,)w1iq
resided in the house, stepped into the passage in
time to see Mr. Eaton standing at the door and ro
tire from it. I received many tenders of personal
service for the night, one of which I accepted, and
the gentleman slept in the house. Sometime he*
tween ten and eleven a highly respectable
fant of the ofty informed rcto that 1* met M*. Hfej