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siftunilcJ before the lioafs touched the water* and
<*nch steers as judir^ment dictates in regard to tnc
3upnv>8od course 01 the whale. To-day the L.q>-
tutii s Im><>t was within a short distance when the
whale made its appearance’»nd every neive tvas
r trained to get aSom?«ide heiore it sounded. “Full,
m / good fellows, pull a wav l” was often repeated.
-Lav hack, every manl A few more like ibis chap
ahead, and we will hid adieu to the Pacific.
. Stretch Isird, every one of you; a few more strokes,
laid sly* is ours; pull hard, I tell you.” . .
At this momentous time, every one feels the im
portance of strict obedience. Some, who have not
been accustomed to the deadly battle with the mon
ster of the deep, pull with heavy hearts, dreading
the moment of attack, while those who ha ve been
long in the business feel less dread—although a
Htrauge sensation creeps through ev r cry bosom, as
tho sea looks black with the bulk of an unwieldy
monster, who g»>es (low’ll to tlw* oozy ocean caves,
then rises to the regions of day, and spouts out his
{fecit breath towards heaven. A chill of dread
Sanies over the hardiest l>osoin:—
\Vfic riisc* up mighty rvp ftfrftid j
By ronron of hreakittrrs tlipy pur-.fv themselves.
. The sword of him that laye'.h at hiai cannot uolu ;
The sp<\v, the d irt, nor the harbergeou.
J In estcemeth iron us straw,
And-brass as rotten wood.— -Job.
But—the boat gains fast. Is now alongside.—
’The word from the Capt. to the boat-steerer is
♦‘stand up !’* which is done, his hands resting up
on his harpoon. Nowr he rases it, an if he would
phmge it deep into the whale, but a motion from the
Captain deters him. The whale lies spouting, with
htf» motion. The boat’s head is laid towards him;
the word is given— 1 “Give it to her, solid, my boyr
Two harpoons were darted into the whale; itreai-
?d, nlunged, find was lost to the sight.
The other boats were seen coming to our relief,
and the whale rdhe again in sight. ‘-Haul line—
Tumi line—haul; I tell you ; we will kill her before
thfe other boat? get up,” says the Captain. Eve
ry mail hauled as for lfw life, the whale going
through the water very vapidly. "We had ap
proached our object within a fetv feet, and the Cap
tain was in the attitude of darting his lance, when
the whale made a sudden halt, which brought, the
boat in contact with his head. In an instant the
law was elevated ami ns quickly fell again, which
Stove tlie btrat in pieces. While the other boats,
which were at some distance, approached for our
relief, we were some of us clinging to the shattered
fragments of the boat, and sr.ne of us swinging in
the water. W e were rescued, and immediately
tarried to the ship. One of 1he crew, a young
man from Netv-IIampshire, had his leg broken in
three places, and the flesh torn and mangled in a
horrid manner.
After our arrival at the ship, and our first care to
to the wounded man, whom wc placed in as com
putable situation as oUr circumstances would per
mit, we saw the waist boat engaged in n perilous
conflict with the enemy who had wrecked us. Af-
-,er a bloody battle of two hours, they succeeded
in killing the “old soldier”. I will endeavor to
give in my next a description of the process of
cutting and trying.
'On account of our wounded man, we leave this
for the Sandwich Islands. It will be a miracle, if
he should survive. From this accident our voyage
•Will be lengthened at least lour months.
J. C. P.
DOMESTIC.
' Tor all who have any interest in the happiness and pros
perity of our common courisry.
. Yv ith sentiments of regard,
1 am Dear £>ir, Y'our obd’t serv’t.
join; Howard.
(COPY'.)
KiECUTlVE DEPARTMENT,
JlUlulgcrilie, 1st September, 1831.
Her. Sir—I hare just received your letter ol‘(he Ut+th
ulu m wiiieh you call my attention to the publication in
the Advocate arid Journal, of the 12th ult, upon the sub
ject of the conduct of the Georgia Guard. I thank you
tor the direct course which you have pursued in the Mat
ter and the freedom with which you have expressed your
teelings and opinions. I have no desire to aviod any
scrutiny w hatever into my official conduct.
McLeod’s statements, concerning the orders winch
1 have given to the Guard, arc wholly destitute of
truth.
Immediately after the passage of the law which made
it criminal for white men to reside among the Cherokees,
without license, after the first of March, I caused one
hundred copies to be published and distributed among
those upon whom it was to operate. By tltis means eve
ry white man who resided among the Indians, was in-
lermcd of the provisions of the law in time to make up a
deliberate resolve whether lie would obey it or not. Be
tween two and three hundred persons have continued
their residence by taking the oa'h to support the laws
and obtaining licenses. A few have left the State. The
Missionaries alone have publicly denied the power of
the State to extend its jurisdiction over them, and ex
pressed their design to disregard the law and abide its
penalties. One of them was arrested and discharged by
the Superior Court, upon the ground that Missionaries
were agents of the Unitt il States government, and there
fore not liable to arrest. This person was a Mr. Thom
son, who knew at the time that he was not an agent of
the government, as he 1ms since acknowledged in a let
ter to me, The decision, however, furnished an excuse
for the Missionaries to continue their illegal residence.
I procured from the United States government proof
that the Missionaries, as such, were not agents of the go
vernment. Instead of ordering Col. Sanford to arrest
'hem immediately, as would have been lawful, and, as I
think, justified by their conduct, I wrote to every Mis
sionary, notifying them that they would be arrested, if
they did not remove from the State. Orders were given
to Col. Sanford, that if they shewed no disposition to oj -
j»s«* the policy of the government to treat them with
kindness and liberality and permit them to remove as
might be most convenient 'and agreeable to themselves.
I received an answer from Worcester and Butler, deny
ing the authority of the laws of the State, andgjetusiner
to obey them. Copies of their answers wore se nt to Col.
Sanford, wiih directions to spare no exertions to arrest
them, that they might feel the full weight of the law,
since such was their choice.
There has been ao expression or intimation whatever
in any order or letter, or otherwise from me to treat
those who might be arrested in any other manner than
the law directed. You cannot regret, so much Ido
that any members of the Guard should have been so
much excited by the improper conduct of these men, as
to put them into chains. That they were in the constant
habit «f speaking in the most opprobious terms of our go
vernment, laws, and public authorities, I have positive
proof. And t he account of Mr. McLeod himself shews
now far lie w as disposed thus to act, Although l cannot
excuse the severity with which lie was treated, it is cer
tain that the Guard acted under excited feelings, created
by the abuse of those under whose orders they were act-
“‘g*
But you, my dear sir, and many others, are entirely
mistaken ho'h as to my power over the Guard, and the
manner of its organization. It is composed of citizens of
I then hurried on to Greek Path, to attend my
quarterly meeting,, which whs held on the 2d and
3d ins. "This meeting was held in that part of the
nation where Methodism was first established a-
moag the Cherokees. The holy "Sabbath was a
sacramental occasion, dh which many happy souls
rejoiced in God their SaviouT. Methodists and
Presbyterians on that day met in Cliristain love
and union aroad the table of their common Lord,
and with mournfully glad hearts commemorated
the sufferings and death of God’s eternal Son and
man’s ever oless^d redeemer. It was truly a re
freshing season, and my own spirit was revived a-
rnong those unwavering disciples of Jesus. I ob
tained another school for the llev. J. YV. Hanner
within the charter of Alabama, who, the second
time had to leave his station at Salobuoye to avoid
an arrest by the guard. •
On the 7th inst. myself and the Rev. Martin
Wells, from the Chatooga station, reached the res
idence of Brother Trott, when we were informed
that he was again arrested by a detachment of the
guards on the proceeding day for the same offence,
and had left word for me to cotne and see him.—
Early on the 7th, I and brother Wells started in
quest of our captured brother, and about 10 o’clock
we met the guard, with the prisoners, on a line of
march for head quarters, having in company with
brother Trott the Rev. Mr,-Worcester, a Pres
byterian missionary^ arrested also for residing with
in the charter ofthe State, and dragged offfrom a
sick family. These two brelheren and an Indian,
chained by the neck to the baggage wagon, were
driven on foot before the mounted horsemen, as a
part of their punishment inflicted on them for what
the guard call their obstinacy. I rode up to CoL
Nelson, sub-commander ofthe Georgia guard, and
politely asked permission to speak to the prisoners*
He told me I cold do so as they advanced, provided
I talked loud enough to be heard by the guard.
In our conversation I asked brother Trott if he
had been chained the proceeding night. lie an-
Georgia. May the Lord susfain us until the
storm blows over!
Your brother in the bonds of a persecuted Gos
pel, D. C. M’LEOD.
From the Western Weekly Review.
Williamson County, Tenn. July 26.
Mr. Editor:—Through the columns of yoOr pa
per I wish'to communicate to the public an unvar
nished statement of facts, in relation to.the late ar
rest and subsequent treatment of several missiona
ries in the Cherokee Nation, under the authority of
the state of Georgia, and by the military guard of
thaj state.
It is perhaps pretty generally known bv the rea
ders of vour paper, that the last session ol the Geor
gia legislature passed an act enjoining an oath of
allegiance on all the white citizens residing in the
Cherokee Nation within the cliartered limits of that
State, or a removal therefrom by the 1st of last
March. The penalty annexed to the act, in a non-
com plia nee with its requirements, is not less than
four years hard labour in the penitentiary. There _ _ . _ „
is but little doubt that-the main design of this act Until my trial I supposed that the ostensible cause
was to remove the missionaries from the Nation, of my arrest, was what I had said to Mr. Trott, as
who were considered by the law-makers of’ the before related, knowing that they only wanted
State, as exercising an influence prejudicial to their I some pretext to punish me: But on my trial, I
poliev with regard to the removal of the Cherokees, learned otherwise. The Col. told me if he had
I
We were marched on as before described in tla;
case of Mr. Trott’s first arrest, and immediately
forced into the filthy prison.. As we went into the
proson, Brooks still followed him with-his curses, of*
which he had by no means been sparing duringoiu', P
march. Said he, “Into this place shall all the ene- ' *
mies of Georgia go, and afterwards into hell!” But
we had the consolation to know that although he
had the power to put us in the former, he had not
the power, nor the right to send us to the latter
place.
On Tuesday the 12th instant, after having re
mained in prison nearly two days and nigh is j and
been prisoner five days, I was called to appear fc t -
fbre Col. Nelson, (the same mau who had me arres
ted) when he, in quite an austere manner, laid se
veral things to my charge, none of which he could,
prove. The most prominent charge was, “that he
had been informed tfliat I had moved my residence,
but was still proYvling through the nation, trying
to oppose the operation ofthe Georgia laws.' 5 1
told him my general course, which I was able to
make appear, would prove this charge fallacious.
and the acquirement of tlieir country. To avoid
serious difficulties, as taking the prescribed oath
was entirely out of the question with them, some
of the missionaries removed out of the limits of
Georgia, while others resolved to remain and con
tend for their right to preach the gospel in the Che
rokee Nation as well as in any part of the United
States. Those who remained were the Rev. J. J.
Trott, Methodist itinerant missionary, and the Rev.
f*. A. Worcester, and Dr. E. Butler.
About the last of May past, tlie Rev. Mr. Trott
was arrested by a Georgia Guard, marched on foot
before the mounted horsemen, in a circuitous route
considerably more than a hundred miles; chained
any law to chain a prisoner when they have suffi
cient reason to believe that he would not Tun
away?” IJe said, “I suppose they have no law for
it; but such are their orders,” adding that the
guard were more inclined to lenity than even their
Orders would allow* then:. I told him I had no
doubt or that, but remarked, “It seems they act
more from orders than from law, or that when they
want a law they can make one, quoting in the last
expression what I am informed was the language
used by Col. Sanford, the chief-commander. Some
of the guard then began to threaten me with an
arrest, if I did not mind bow I talked. I told
them I had simply expressed my opinion as a free
man, without any design to reflect on the present
guard, who were executing their orders; hut that
il I hud said any thing criminal, I was in their pow
er—they could arrest me. Col. Nelson and Sear-
geiil Brooks, hearing the guardrtalking largely,
galiopped up front the rear with much apparent
rage, and inquired what was the matter. On be
ing informed what I had said, Col. Nelson bitterly
cursed me, and ordered me off immediately. I
told him that I had said nothing but what I believ
ed to lie true, hut bad not designed to insult the
. guard.—He, in a more angry tone, ordered me
the State (lorty in number) who have been employed «u> flank off quick, v,’» and backed his order with
a ^ a 7 lcu!ar d /7- r y r T a threat ‘l then turned off, android the
assistants to m il officers, and are substituted for sheriffs 1 — - ’
Copy of a Letter from Governor Gilmer to Colonel Sent ford.
Executive Department, (
JfTttedgevillc, 17 th Jo nr 1831. S
Sir.... I enclose to you, copies of letters fiom Samuel
JL Worcester and Elizur Butler, two ofthe white men,
Missionaries among the Gheerokees, in answer to mv let—
tens notifying" them they would he arrested if they con
tinued to disobey the law’s of this. Slate, by residing a-
jnomg the Cherokees without taking the oarh to support
its constitution ami laws, and allowing them to avail
themselves of that notfication so as to avoid the punish
ment to which they had rendered themselves liable.—
Yon will perceive ’fuit these two men denv the authority
«>f the State to pass laws to govern them, not with stand
ing their residence wjtliin its lim’ts, and express the de
termination to abide its penalties. Let them fuel their
foil weight, since such is their voluntary choice. Spare
no exort: ms to arrest them, and all others 8imularly situ.- , . ,, ,
ttfod, and offending. If they, are discharged by t} ie 1 r.^ve not been compelled to desert their religions labour by
- ‘ * r each repeated HnyCoiJnct ot the autlioriiics of the Govcmment, but by
dieted like other citizens. 1 have no authority to punish ! conduct. Col. Nelson* and 'Brooks then followed
them whatever may be their conduct. My power ex-j me up with much abusive language, ordered me
tends only to the appoimnent of Uie A^um or Commis- j to-stop. Nelson asked me where I lived* I told
sioupr (as the Commander is called in the law.) and to j him, “In tVest Tennessee.” I was then made to
organize the Guard. The Agent, himself cannot pimwh j dismount—lw^ther YTelLs ordered off—kelson and
a member of the guard tor disorderly canauct or <r e, tqjreok g svVearing that I was “the Vei'V fellow thev
If dot” After going a
Ld is not MISWCTO'.IO for it. ' Worcester, To.l t end | tew sleps, my horse was taken from me, and sent
other.®, were Krrested whilst he was in Miiledgeviile in back IO brother Y\ ells, while I was made 1o run on
♦fie discharge of his duty making his quarterly report.—
He did nonreturn until after the persons arrested had
been con fined for several days, at his station, waiting for
the evidence which he had in his possession, lo prove the
missionaries were not agents of the government.
1 must refer you to the publication in the Georgia
Journal of this day, for further evidence of what 1ms been
my official conduct..
In con dusion, I would observe that the Missionarir
Courts, <>r give hail, continue to arrest for eacn re)
wt of residence in violation of the law. If resign nee i*
Tiiirfo. call upon the militia of the counties. Although I
£>■1 disposed to execute the laws with tho o'most forbear-
tui - e noon our Indvtn people I owe it to the sovereignty
<)f the State, to punish with the utmost, rigor, the injuri
ous a»d Hisolent conduct of the whites who deny its pow
er mil oppose its authority. YTur du’y is laborious.
h\i 1 know your zeal in support of the just rights-ofthe
J5ui'o. and hope that your efforts £n sustaining them may
ati soon rewa-ded with the most complete su<*ees«.
Very ResiiectfUlly, Y'ours, f.-.e.
GliORGE R. GILMER
J^oL John YV. A, Satjfofd.
From the .Wncco.Mverliser.
Mr. Slade:
In vour naper of the. 30th instant, T noticed a ]in r a-
grao’: ex’racted from a letter addressed by Col. Sanford,
.wmmvtder f the Geonria guard in the Cherokee Ter*
litere, toOovernrw Gilmer.
In n-liic’i the C-d. States—“Two white men have
fy.arrested f>r illegal residence within the Territory,
fno. f *hem is &.!Sfethndist Preacher by tlie name ufT^t,
t had been d : scovnten<u\ced by his o;v« Conference
for his offigious a>ul over zealous interference in Ind*»n
-polo;,nd whose denunciations against Georgia, v-err
eunh during one offiis noliu'cal sm-mons a« created a-u.m-
<3oas of unsTK-ukable horror in one. (D-. Bntlc.rl himself
pot in ihe least remarkable for his charity and brotherly
Jfove towards us.”
In your strictures upon the above extract, yon have
fiistlv conde mned such eondne! as is attributed to the
Wv ’d. Mr. Trot whilst yo>\ have kindly awarded to his
Church, its fullest share of merit.
Col. Sanford in reporting Mr. Trot as a “dismmtirumc-
c<l minister of his own £!urfer**nee M has rtou?«»!«s S
ijnon such informotion as he deemed entitled to file ful-
credit.
Big I assure you Sir, R? one who claims to know
/something, of tire usages of the Morbfd'sf Episcopal
Church, he could not have l»een legally cmnloyed by
die Bishop, or bv any Presiding Elder whilst he sus
tained such a relation to his conference as is ascribed to
lion by Col. Sanford.
Bv reference to the Rev. D. C. MvT,cod’s l«t*er dated
the Ifi'h July, and published in the Christian’s Advocate
(tnd Journal of the 12th ult. you will find that. Mr. Mc
Leod as liis presiding Elder recognizer h:m as a i>rc-:ichcr
i ;1 goad standing on the Con'tsua?* Orctrif. from which
I am bound to believe that Col. Sanford for ir mt of cor-
"reel iv formation has virtually fixed upon the Tennessee
O^nfo'-ence the charge of placing upon one of ]ior sta
tions a degraded Church Officer. Haviiw thus for rc--
fpreaed a duty which I folt conscientiou.-'-ly bound foVfis-
A-Iia’gc in IjeKalf of mv church—T would now M-. Editor
fo- a few moment- d : rcc« vour at'an* ion to the content.-'
4/f »i'e Rev. Messrs. McLeod end M r crc*>?ter r s lettc.-s
•piihfsficd or>. *ho 12’1> and 90rh days of las* month, ; i
the CVi<e.ain Advocate and f fie Charleston ^^bse-ve - If
the statements of those Rev. Gentlemen, are worffiv of
their imprOfaJ* connection with political parties, and re
fusal to obey thf :s r*R. Had they submitted to the juris
diction which rightfully belongs fn the .State, tlu v would
have received its protection, end h<fd my lxist wishes for
their success in enlightening tlie Indians".
Tlie law does not punish missionaries for residing a-
n\ong fhc Clicrokccs, but every white man who so re
sides contrary to its provisions ; and if missionaries will
ac» illegally they must suffer tlie consequences.
Very Respectfullv, Yours, fire.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
Rev. Jojrx Howard.
(COPY.)
Executive Dpcaptmevt, G*.
• Sept. 3d r8Sl.
bbn—A few days ago I road in the Cherokee Phoenix,
statewemp from "VVorees cr and Trott, charging Colonel
foot to tret up with the other prisoners. A furious
storm of human vengeance was beating ujion me
in all the violence ofiufuriated oatlis and horrid in-
j precations. I was told it I opened my mouth, I
I should i »e run through with the bayonet; and Brooks
I urged (hat I should receive a hundred lashes! j
was driven through mud holes and branches for
some distance; but when their anger cooled a little,
I was sufftrcU to have equal privileges with the
oilier prisoners
Brother Wells met the Rev*. Mr. Thompson, a
Presbyterian missionary, and turned back with
him, leading mv horse along. When Col. Nelson
saw them following, he ordered Wells to keep out
of sight. He then fell back seventy or one hun
dred yards, but still kept moving on slowly. Nel
son then got. down, cut a large club, remounted,
rode up tO Weils, and asked him why lie did not
obey his orders giving him -a severe stroke on the
| held with the stick. Brother Wells then told him
lie was travelling on a public road as a- freeman,
j which he should continue to do, and went on after
I the guard until lie got as far as he designed to go
[ that day. The Colonel was armed with, sword,
I pistols, and a club, and thus displayed his bravery
in striking a defenceless and unoffending man incre-
~n'« run! Journal, contauiinsr a letter from a iVJr. MVT eod
nothcr
the
, alk
by the side oJ a mounted soldier until it became so
<v.n-nhnvn??np- tlie fte.rount.pvehby YVorrrstcr and Trott, i d^ r khis life was in imminent danger every moment.
Tfie c’ia-auter of t lie cwemRirnt nrh tfip g-nod of that j was then placed behind 1 lie soldier, the chain
Tvn-tion of the public service, committed to vonr partica- j fastened around his neck With a padlock, and the
lav c’nvve. -emirves ifiat ffip faets should be enquired in.ro ; other end locked to a rope around the horse’s neck,
nod -T found to tie true efficient means used to proven* j In this station foe horse lull backwards on both his
then- recurrence That you may know how to direct riders into a gullv, which came very near killing
you.’ enquiries, 1 have enclosed to you the papers wlucfi them l Kith. Twd or throe ofthe soldier’s ribs were
contoin th** p» blica*ir>n to which I have referred. ! T ., . , . . n n . . . ,
Yon ore v equlster! to enquire porticnlariv into the fort. I . + / r l a1 i,? r ' Butler pmed US
v.-lie^r- irons were ured *o confine the prisoners arrested j u , . ’effimt'er . and ho, Mr. ore os ter, and I were
by the eiiaV—<}.p necessitv wJ-Jch existed f • tlie use of! c - ,atn cd together lor the Night and brother Trott
such mcar?.—the causes winch led to the of M-~ • v* as chained to tlie Indian prisoner. On Sunday
T.eod d the severe f-en’men* of le'nvwdf and others, j evenh-^jj, loii., atw tone!, fiuuj Brook ’ 7
I am a*»*arp that these things occurred "
ah, durins* vour presence in Millcdpev
'' Tt e wn" r „,v i - vith dnim’and fife in quite martial styfo/and im-
I he tiipldy effificnt and honorable manner m winch ! medintolv d,,.# ,,r, a * "
vouhave executed the sen-iecs which has been assicned j ,. P we were enter-
ufficient security, that u ‘- the ^’^rable and filthy pris
swered in the affirmative. Said I, “Have they I and locked every night but one, conducted into
1 ■"* 1 *“ : i— i in bead quarters in martial order, forced into a miser
able place called a prison, kept there four or five
days, and then conducted under the Guard into
Gwinnett county, tried before a magistrate, and
found guilty of residing, as before named; w’here-
upon Mr. Trott gave bail for his appearance at the
ne^t superior eourt. He then received orders to
leave the limits of the State within ten days, and
returned home to his family. On the Gth inst. the
Rev. Mr. Trott was again, arrested by a detach
ment of the Guard for continuing his residence at
the same place, and dragged from a weeping and
almost heart-broken wile, to encounter worse hard-
sliips tliatf before. On the 7th, the Rev. Mr. Wor
cester was arrested at his own house ami dragged
off as a ielon, from his wife, who has been long ly
ing on a bed of sickness; and on the same day Dr.
Butler was attested, chained around his neck, and
made to walk by the side ofthe l to unted horseman.
When it became very dark, he was placed behind
Ihc soldier on the same horse, one end of the chain
fastened around his neck with a padlock, ami the
other end locked to a rope around the neck of his
horse. In this situation, it btiri|hvery dark, the
horse, fell backwards into a gutter, upon both his ri
ders, and remained on them until he was pulled off
by others of the Guards. They were both badly
hurt, and the soldier had two or three of his ribs.;
broken by the fall. At this time I was in the Na
tion attending to some appointments previously
made. I was frequently informed that the officers
of t bo Guard wore threap Hi? to arrest me also, ai-.
though in compliance wiui me Act of tlie Itvisia-
ture, I had removed my residence t'rom the hauls
of that Slate, about the 10th of February last. On
the 7th I reached Mr. Trott’s residence and learned
that fie was arrested the preceding day, and that
be had left special word lor me to gd and see him,
provided I would not be afraid of an arrest also.
Knowing that they could not lawfully arrest me,
I determined on going, and was accompanied by
the Rev. Mr. Y\ ells, a Methodist missionary resid
ing in the Alabama part of the Nation. ' About 10
o’clock on the 8th inst. we met the Guards with the
prisoners, on a line of march towards head quar
ters. I rode up to Col. Nelson, the sub-conunand-
er of the Guards, and asked permission to converse
with Mr. Trott. He told me wc could do so as
they advanced, provided I talked loud enough to
be heard by tlie Guard. In our conversation I
asked Mr. Trott if he >.ad been chained the preced
ing night, to which he answered in the affirmative.
Said I, “Is it agreeable to the laws of Georgia- to
chaiu a prisoner when there is every reason to be
lieve that lie would not run away?” lie said he
supposed they had no law lor so doing, but font
their orders were such, adding that the Guard were
inclined to be more favorable to the prisoners than
even their orders would allow them to be. I told
him I had no doubt of that, ami did not intend to
censure the Guard for executing their orders.
“But,” said I, “they seem to act more from orders
than from tar.” At this expression some of the
Guards became insulted, and threatened me with
au arrest, if I did’nt mind how I talked. I told
them I had, as a free man, simply expressed what
I believed, without intending an insult; but if what
I iiad said was esteemed criminal, I was in their
power—they could arrest me. About this time
Co!. Nelson and Serj. Brooks rode up from the rear,
and inquired what was tlie matter. On being in
formed what I had said, the Colonel ordered me
instantly, oil.—I undertook toexplain myself j but in
a more angry tone, he told me to flank off* quickly.
I told him at his command I tvould go, and as I
rode off, I obser^d to. him that perhaps he tvould
“hear from me again;” meaning that I would give
tlie public a statement of his conduct towards me.
He and Brooks then followed me and ordered me
me: But on
The Col. told me if he
known at first that he could not have “made a
case of me,” (i. e. put me in the penitentiary,) he
tvould most certainly have made his men strip
me, tie me to a tree, and give me fifty lashes! I"
Was then discharged, ordered to quit tf.e limit? of
the State os quick as possible,-and not suffered ta
return to tell my brother prisoners farewell. I left
the missionaries, a white citizen of the nation and a
Cherokee, in prison, awaiting their trial.—The
substance of the above statements is vouched fu-
Mby own name, and can be proven by lespecta-
bUPstimonv. Without any comment, the readcj:
is left to make his decision.
Yours respectfullv,
D. C, M’LEOD.
Note—To thasc who may not be in possession cl ih»
fact, it may be necessary to mention, that the writer of
the allot e statetemem is the Superintendent of die Meth
odist Mission in the Cherokee nation, and in connexion
with the Tennessee Annual Conference.—Ed. of lt, vie<c.
K
FEDERAL UNION.
MILI.E9GEVILLE, SEPT. 15, 1831.
OCTOBER ELECTION. ~~
’ FOR GOVERNOR,
WILSON 1 LUMPKIN*
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Candidates to represent Baldwin countf*
FOR THE SENATE,
JAMES C. WATSON.
FOR THE HOUSE,
EZEKIEL E. PARK,
vru-L-fAN W. CARNES.
Great military preparations are making in lul
rope, apparently lor a general tvar.—WeliaVc m.; 1
room for the details.
GEN. NEWNAN.—At a proper time this orr.*
tleman will reply to Mr. Crawfords charge of ih$
“purloined” letter.
CHEROKEE TERRITORY.—We publish
to-day a correspondence between the Governor and
others, on tlie subject of the arrest and treatment
of the Missionaries in the Territory, by tlie Geor
gia Guard. The documents are too voluminous to
he published entire. Our readers can form tlieir
own opinions from these documents.
W e are decidedly of opinion that it tvould be-
lietter at once to survey and occupy the Cherokee
Territory, than to leave it in its present, state <-l
confusion, disorganization, and undefined govern
ment—a government which seems to partake of a
mixture of civil and military despotism—not sul>^
ject to the knotvn rules of either. Such we are in
formed, by good authority, is also the opinion of
Wilson Lumpkin.
It is high time the Indians and their white resi
dents should be undeceived. The poliev of the-
general government, and of the Stairs, is settled
on this subject. They must either submit to the
laws, or remove from the territory. YYliile thev
remain, however, the honor of the State requires
that they should enjoy the benefits of tlie laws de
signed for their protection, whether prisoners cur
not.
mmsalt and ooif.rs. *« *»union fivuj Brooks
vl if they orenred at j hard marching on loot until I and brother Trott
IgraviUc, in the dis-/both failed, we tvere marched into headquarters
you, and your own o!i a raster are s
you have not sanctioned any unauthorized oppression of
premiers.
Yon are requested to report ’ >o<h the conduct of tho
ynard and of the Prisoners arres’ed.
ft will fie proper for you to in^'rurf the rrnard, that in
the arrest, of ’hoee who may have violated the law, their
duty is confined to the certain deliuerv of their prisoners
to 'he ciri! officers, and that no other nifeans are atifh'iri-
zed by tlie. Iavq but what may be necessary to effect that
object.
Very Resoeetf llv yours, &e.
G*v»RGER. GILMER.
Cob .Tony W. A. San^csc.
^ t'-p Christ*' jp AdYvoate an4Jotimnh
MORE MISSIONARIES ARRESTED.
th" Cnrresp'in'Hns; Secretary of the Mission-
cr-p, “7'r ; rny Soewl’1 ofthe MetMME&dmd Chunk. ..
^n»l nrumptly to<aifnt« guefi pnou.rcs os wdl throw the i . , aon
pr^nef amount >-f censure upon Officer* who could so fii- I n n ^ ENN - T'l'' I??®*,
transcend the bo*thds ofinuDanr decorum and *ramr !e | Hear Brother:—The present state of affairs it
%ci ter foot ‘fie sabred rights of freemen A - a citizen of. ^ ie bounds of the Cherokee mission mnkesitne-
Or. '">-ia. I f'd for her a* home and her rc,T»?cfa*i c^sary to hasten on this mv third quarterly re-
%‘h'»y abroad—and verily if such accusation* as are laid aj.: port. Receiving the painful intelligence, while on
rjaims of Iiuman justice.
If those missionaries have rianderei the ^lficr.rh ^f our
(j’.ate Government, because they have executed w ;<fi
^ieh'V, the e.rde s of the Ex^eptwo who-*i «-/> -u \ r ,y, n f r
lo.V>e a »r'»* an.’ ‘•••mr-* Wnrfv ;•••—tli-a ^i-, *fi« .
Jjfef ty fouf
fort for bis release from prison, and adopt such
measures ns were in mv power for the support of
the mission fi these perilous limes. When I got into
f V r- ' -m brother Trott bad g vep l«i!, and re-
foe tfotic* his dm rge,
. . on > Brooks folknv-
ca us until his curses, saying, “Into that place and
into hell all the enemies of Georgia shall go!” On
that holy evening tve joined and held a praver
meeting in foe prison, and felt that the God of
Paul and Silas was with us.
On Tuesday the 12th, I was called to appear be
fore the haughty Colonel, when he laid many
heavy tilings to my charge, none of which he could
prove. He used strong and sharp words to alarm
me * He said it he had known that lie could not
have made “a ease of me,” he tvould have made
the soldiers strip me, and tie me to a tree, and give
me fitly lashes ? He even seemed to regret that
he had not pursued this course with me. I was
told by him that I should not preach within the
charter,ol the State, and ordered to leave it us quick-
,!y as4>pssible.
1 left nlv brother prisoners in jail, without having
the privilege of bidding them farewell. I liave omit
ted many particulars which will yet be made pub
lic. 1 am prepared to prove that in the present hos
tile measures of the State towards the missionaries
in this nation and other white citizens, policy pre
vails over law. Colonel Nelson told me that their
orders front the Governor tvere ic let the Missiona
ries feel tlie heaviest weight of the law: and that
to stop. The Colonel asked me where I lived, I
told him “in YVest Tennessee.” I was then made
to dismount, my horse taken from me, Mr. Wells
ordered off, and my horse given Yip to him, while a
storm of human vengeance was beating upon me,
in all the voice of abusive language, threats, and
horrid imprecations. Brooks urged that I should
receive a hundered lashes forthwith, and I tvas told
if I replied to them in any wav, a bayonet should
be run through me. The Colonel stvore he would
“make a case of me,” and that I tvas “the very fel
low he had been wanting to get hold of for some
time.” For some, distance I was forced through
mud holes and branches, but afterwards allowed
the same privileges as the other prisoners. The
Rev. Mr. Wells tvas following at some distance be
hind the Guards, leading myhorse, in company with
another gentleman, a Presbyterian missionary-. On
coming up with Col. Nelson, Mr. Wells tvas told
by him not to come in sight. He slackened his
mite, and fell back 70 or 60 yards from the Guard,
but still continued to move on slowly. Col. Nelson
then got down, cut a large club, rode up to Mr.
Wells, and asked liira tvhy he did not obey him*
and gave him a severe blow on the head with the'
club. Mr. W. then told him he was a free man,
travelling peaceably on a public road, and would
go at the risk of his life, which he continued to do.
I lie Cm. was well armed with sword, pistols, and
club, while the preacher had no weapon of defence
not knowing that he ever tvould come in contact
tvith such a brave man. The onlv provocation
was Jus being a missionary, andfbllotvmg the Guard
wiih a prisoner’s horse.
At ni^lit I was chained to two others, the Rev.
MR. LUMPKIN—It. affords us great pleasure
to see that our friend of the Democrat is disposed
to do justice to Mr. Lumpkin. We knew thatfe
could not go into The support cf our opponents—*
and tve are convinced that he must have regretted
to see his opinions so eagerly caught at and circula
ted by our political adversaries. We regret, too
that tve had not been earlier put in possession of*
Mr• Lumpkin s particular views on the repeal ef
the 25ih section—though tve never once doubted
that his vote was susceptible of die most satisfac
tory explanation. Under this conviction, tve wrote-
to Mr. Lumpkin and requested bis explicit opinion
upon that subject, and the reserve of die gold
mines—they tvere given tvith the utmost candour*
and free of all reserve.
YV e can further state for the satisfaction of the-
Democrat and our other friends, that Mr. Lump
kin, on a previous occasion, wrote to us that lie was
“neither Trouper, JS'ullifier, Seceder, ncr Disunion-'
ist.”
Mr. Ljimpkin is opposed to Clay—
He is, &. always has been, the advocate ofJaelcsoi/i►
He is opposed to the reserve of the goldmines.
He is op]x>sed to Indians testimony against white
men.
He is opposed to Nullification end Disunion
He is opposed to tlie repeal of the 25th section
ol Jthe Judiciary of the United States. *
is opposed lo the present disorganized state
ol the Cherokee 1 erritory.
The great difficulty haring been removed from
the mind of the Democrat, we hope to see him fight
ing side by side, with us, for Mr. Lumpkin, as” he
has in other respects, so ably advocated the cause,
of the people.
H
Mr. Worcester, and Dr. Butler” before named’
are, as I should have mentioned, both Brock,,’
they, did not intend to show them any mercy.—
YV hat will be the result of these measures is hard
to foretell Liberty of speech and of conscience,
tvho are, as l should have mentioned, both Presbv’
terian ministers, and Mr. Trott was chained to the
Indian prisoner. After a toilsome march of three
As tvE expected.—The Journal is out in Pivot-
of the RESERVE of tlie GOLD MINES, it
soya—“In relation to tlie reservation of tlie gold
mines, which forms one ground of charge aroiiint
the Governor, he expressed tve liave no doubt hi s
honest convictions of what teas right—-convictions
tv Inch are approved by a majority ofthe quiet reflect
ing people of the State, whenever they let thdii-
resmi have the sway.’—Uthe Governor should re
commend the Legislature ta poke their heads into
the fire, it seems that he would be upheld in it hr
some individuals.
We therefore ask the people or Georgia sefiota-
ly, if the Governor’s advocates will go thus far to
svffor^ hm t what tvmjk! no* p omjjbrty Vf