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with the Troup Union men—and by
By constituting u now party,
j of Clark Union men, and Troup U-
'"r jesting on an implied compact, fideli-.
requires that aii former party dis.
on nc.t |0n
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men.
which
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,yl rn.Kshould be. merged in the general char. ■
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Id succeed i.i dissolving this par
's Union men to stand a
their triumphs
!ollC i’l"be snatched from them. Struggling in a ;
«? 1 thev would be trampled upon and j
down;* overcome by superior numbers,
l [°" would no longer be able toarrest the march j
taC i ; ca vi:igtire Clark Union
Sf««wW> brc “. o! ''
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ambition, to avert the
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oppression of'
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the
reflection which we can give to this j
, ct convinces us, that the editors of the Her. j
s i|, arC nullifies in disguise; arid this belief isj
SU .r r ni. i d by the fact, that they are received !
pfi fraternal alfection by the State Rights’
i'ik'I,and tlie Augusta Chronicle, and presses j
U a " sl n*i!ar stamp! We war not against their i
"o r s°, ,:, l pfesperitv, and we should not repine at •
]y r paving the four thousand subscribers de-
h r(( ji' 0 r them by Judge Longstreet, provided
kse subscribers are nullifiers. But the Union
|V should beware, how they warm in their
’wain, a viper which is attempting to sting them
o the heart.
The other parts of this subject we will take
o at our convenience.
\ CONTRAST.—The- Southern Recorder
J ms to congratulate itself at the discovery,
a among the Union members of congress
*rc has been a difference of opinion as to the
• oper manner of treating the abolition-petitions,
,| it even vindicates a part of our representa-
);; against our strictures. We thankfully ac-
this generous effort of the Recorder; we
- ratified that it is able to discover talent and
virtue in Union men, and arc proud of having
ken ourselves the occasion of this unusual li
berality in our opponents. But we perceive a
u .tb difference between the conduct of these U-
nion men and that of the nullifiers in congress.
The latter have attempted to browbeat all who
hid not fully agree with them; and this course
couM not fail to raise up enemies against th<-
South. They would not allow for an honest
diflerenceof opinion; but denounced and insult-
edevery one who did not believe in all of their
propositions, and support all of their measures.
Northern men who had honorably distinguished
themselves by their promptitude, and zeal, and
firmness in maintaining the rights of the South,
were treated by them as Vile fanatics. The
generous Beardsley, actuated by an affectionate
roganl for our rights, Imd broken up a conven-
:lun of abo'itionists in the State of New York;
and he is abused and scoffed at by the nullifiers,
an an enemy in disguise. Pierce, by timely,
and vigorous, and persevering efforts had en
ighteiu-cl the public sentiment of New Hamp
shire, and fixed it in strong hostility against the
abolitionists; and Mr. Calhoun, in his place in
the senate, read an article from an infamous ab.
edition paper, to prove this friend of the South
guilty of falsehood. The nullifiers seemed de
termined to produce mutual distrust, and resent
ment, and hatred, between the North and the
South, by representing the entire people of the
North, or a very large proportion of them, as
abolitionists; and by treating them as enemies.
All of this unreasonable, and ungenerous, and
wijust treatment was calculated to alienate our
northern friends, and to drive them into the arms
of the abolitionists. The funatics saw their ad-
vnutage, and continued to thrust in their wicked
petitions, in order to keep up this indiscriminate
warfare of southern men on the people of the
North. It was the obvious policy of the aboli
tionists to labour to unite the whole North with
them in a common cause.
How strongly contrasted with this, is the
course of those Union men, who voted for the
rejection of the abolition-petitions! Gen. Gins-
cock u represented ns pouring oil on the trou
bled waters; ns stilling those nngry passions
which threatened to disturb the peace of the
South, and to destroy the harmony of the U-
nion. Oursenator, in the speech to be found in
our columns, has made an able appeal, in bc-
bnlf of southern rights and the safety of the
Union, to the judgment, the prudence, and the
better feeling of the northcrh senators. In the
language of a profound observer of great emi
nence, “his manner was unusually impressive.
He differed from most of his friends as to the
proper vote to be given; but he did it in so re-
spectful, affable, and conciliatory a manner, as
to increase rather than diminish their attach.
BMt.” These men, in defending our rights,
enlarge the number of our friends, and strength-
m their attachment to us. In opposing the abo.
htiouists, they kindle a warmer affection be
ht'an the virtuous and patriotic, in the different
sections of our country; and thus they strength-
e ' those moral tics which alone can long pre- 1
R -rve the Federal Union. While we regret
ticirdifference of opinion from us on a single
point, wo feel that they arc sustained by the
pure and patriotic spirit, which manifestly ac-
ttuitas them.
CRINGING SERVILI TY.—Virtue is re-
• ardeej. Mr. Taney, rejected by a whig senate,
’cause ho removed the Deposites- from the
’- ' ini Stales’ Bank to the State Banks, is now
' :, t Justice. Judge.' White justified tin* act of
- 'licyfor which this patriot was condemn-
‘ by the whigs. T he Judge was not then n
■eiaidtitf* for the presidency. To please these
: ' rn '; whigs, he has voted against Mr. Taney’s
‘ppointmont as Chief Justice. What has pro-
5«ced this change in his course? Judge White
j’ j' lV a candidate for the presidency; and lie
.^envoi's to keep in favor with the whigs by
RINGING SERVILITY to them. Where
V 1 I j 0>v the honesty, and goodness of heart,
'• public opinion ascribed to him, while ho
», Content with the honor of being a senator?
, c is a man of weak character, and his virtue
a5 Vteltlcd to the force of temptation.
BANK —On the 21st instant,
cU , W ‘ PORTER Esq., of Madison, was
iiiv Cas hier of the Central Bank, in the
Ai'l 0 * MILLS Esq., resigned; and
t ’ , ^ M. NISBET Esq., of Athens, was
clerk, in the place of L. D. BUCK-
‘ ksq., resigned.
DE\’t P0INTments by THE presi.
m l ‘r l1 's reported, that Col. J. W. BUR-
of Ha ' 01 l>er, and ELI H. BAXTER Esq.,
have been associated with the
the ini provious ly appointed, Col. IIOGAN, in
^ !n m;» St: ^. a ^ on frauds alledged to have been
" ^ !n Jbo purchase of the Creek lands.*
THE VICE-PRESIDENT vs. THE ABO- j
LI I ION IS TS.— A drclaration of the senti-1
merits of Mr. Van Buien, on the abolition ques-J
lion, lias been recently called for by a friend in j
Richmond, Va., and by three gentlemen who
are believed to be political enemies, in North
Carolina. In answer to these calls, ho has
given a full, explicit, and most satisfactory ex
position of bis opinions and feelings, and of the
course which he is determined to pursue, in re
lation to the fanatics. We firmly believe, that
the rights of the South will be lar less subject
to violation under the administration of Mr. Van
Huron, than they could be under that of Judge
White, were it possible for this weak old man
to be elected to the presidency. On every vi
tal question, Mr. Van Buren will bring to the
aid of the South, the entire democratic party of
the North.
The correspondence will be published in our
next number.
ABOLITION-PETITIONS.—The Senate
has agreed to Mr. Buchanan’s motion, to “re
ject the prayer of the petition,” five whig sena
tors, and (we regret to say) one senator friend-
ly to the administration, voting against this mo
tion.
PORT OF M1LLEDGEVILLE.—Arrived,
on the 21st instant, the Steam.Boat, WAVE,
Captain While, with two tow-boats, No. 1 and
3, six days from Darien. Her trip, from Mil.
ledgeviile to Darien, and back to this place, lias
occupied only eleven days. She again left
Miiledgeville for Darien, on the 24th instant.
THE WAR IN FLORIDA.—February 5.
A regiment of mounted volunteers from South
Carolina, seven hundred and fifty strong, under
the command of colonel Goodwin, arrived at
Jacksonville. They are to unite with the regi
ment of infantry from the same stale; and the
brigade thus formed, is to proceed to Volusia,
under the command of brigadier general Bull.
Oseola, being informed of the approach of
general Clinch with a strong reinforcement, sent
a negro to the camp of general Gaines to re
quest an interview, and proposing a cessation oi
hostilities. He was directed to conic to the
camp on the following day, with a white flag.
February 0.—Oseola, agreeably to appoint
ment, approached with a white flag within one
hundred yards of the entrenchments (Fort
Izard,) and was there met by three officers from
the fort. He had stationed five hundred Indians
in order of battle, at the distance of three hun
dred yards from the fort. The interview was
suddenly broken off by the arrival of genera!
Gbnch’s army. The latter, ignorant of the
negotiation, immediately attacked the party of
Oseola, but was drawn off without delay, on be
ing informed of the negotiation, by a messen
ger sent in haste by general Gaines. Oseola
had retired to a neighboring hammock. The
army of Gen. Gaines was in a state of extreme
want. (For many interesting particulars, see
the account extracted from the Jacksonville
Courier.) In the evening Oseola proposed, that
general Gaines should send away his horse
men, and he, with his five hundred Indians,
would come up and surrender their arms. This
proposition was not acceded to.
General Gaines remained three days longer
at Fort Izard, without again hearing from
Oseola; after which, his provisions being nearly
exhausted, he led back the combined forces to
Fort Dranc. He there relinquished the com
mand to general Clinch, and set off for Tala-
hassee, on his wav to the western frontier.
By order of the Secretary of War, major
general M‘Comb has proceeded to Florida, in
order to prevent any injury arising to the service
from the want of harmony between general
Scott and general Gaines; with authority to take
the command of the army, should he believe
that circumstances require it. The statement
in our last number, that general Scott had order
ed general Clinch not to supply general Gaines
with men or provisions, was made on the au
thority of letters from Floi ida; but it has since
been contradicted.
Captain Ross, of the Putnam Cavalry, has
been eh cted to the command of the squadron
which intely rendezvoused at Hawkinsville.
General Scott has authorized General Wood
ward and Majors Watson and Flournoy, to re-
ceive into service for the Seminole campaign,
five hundred friendly Creek Indians. To this
end the United States’ agents are required to co
operate with thoso officers.
From the Jacksonville Courier, ITth ins!.
GENERAL GAINES AND OSEOLA HAD
AN INTERVIEW.
The news from the camp of general Gaines
continues to be of great importance. In our
last, we stated general Clinch with the Alachua
militia had joined him. We were then unable
to state correctly the particulars. The follow,
ing extract of a letter to the Editor, will show
the force, which accompanied the provisions.
“The force, which went to the relief of gener
al Gaines under the command of general Clinch,
consisted of four companies of mounted volun
teers from Alachua county, commanded by
captain Williams, Carter, Hern, and lieutenant
Dell, one company from Hamilton county, un
der captain Martin, the Richmond Blues, about
seventy friendly Indians, and seme regulars in
all about seven hundred men. Verbal reports
state that the Indians are getting short of lead.
With this force, genera! Clinch went to the
relief of general Gaines. The night before his
arrival, Oseola sent a negro to the camp of
general Gaines requesting an interview, and
promising to stop killing white men if be would
stop killing Indians. This proposition was
agreed io and Oseola was told to come next day
with a white flag, when they would have a talk
with him. The next day, in company with
another chief, he came to within about one
hundred yards of the Fort, waived his flag u-
round three times, and set down upon a log.—
Three officers lrom the camp went to meet
them.
Oseola informed them that general Clinch,
was on his way to join them with a large num
ber of horsemen. He expressed his willingness
that hostilities cease, and to give up his arms.
The officers required him to sign articles of h-
greemont by which he bound himself.to proceed
immediately to Tampa Bay, and there embark
for the Mississippi. Some say that Oseola ob
jected to this mode of removing, and wished to
go by land. Others that he would not promise
to go at all, but wished to five on the other side
of the Withlacoochce and to have that for the
boundary line between them and the whites.—
Their discussion was interrupted by the arrival
of general Clinch. During the course of il,
Oseola inquired how they were off for provi
sions. They told him, they had a plenty. He
stard he knew ihrv bed not, and if they wmffd
saiS
come come over the river, lie would give them
two beeves and a bottle of brandy.
As general Clinch approached, the friendly
Indians discovered the hostile Indians about
three hundred yards from the camp of general
Gaines, raised the whoop, which was immediate
ly followed by one from the hostile Indians. The
men immediately formed and fired a platoon.—
The Indians fled and were closely pursued. A
runner then came from general Gaines, order
ing them to stop, and informed thorn that Oseola
was treating with them. At first, those in pur
suit could vot be restrained; but the cry of
“treaty,” “treaty,” soon checked them.—
General Clinch then formed und proceeded to
camp.
The following extract of a letter, wiitten after
their arrival, contains some interesting parti
culars:—
Head-Quarters, Camp Izard, Florida, )
On the Ouithlacooc/ue, March 8, at night. \
“VVe arrived at this post on the evening of the
6lh,and found general Gaines’ army in a state
of starvation, eating horses, dogs, dec. Less
than a gill of corn was issued for a day’s rations.
We brought but a small quantity of provisions
with us, and I believe there are but few men in
camp who are not hungry at this time. We
found plenty fresh Indian signs two miles above
this on the river, and some of us wanted to pur
sue it, but the general directed otherwise.—
When we came in sight of the camp, the spy
guard reported Indians (five hundred) in battle
array. The war whoop commenced, and all
who heard it expected, and, I believe, were pre
pared, ready, and willing for it. I was ut the
head of captains Marlin and Carter’s companies,
the left flank, when we discovered a considera
ble body of Indians on our left. « We closed
op a little, faced to the left and gave them a
fire—two only returned it, (and one of the balls
struck near me.) they instantly fled into the
hammock; and it is said wo killed one and
wounded two; today the spot has been visited,
a considerable quantity of hides, some rice, &c.,
were found, so I guess they left in a hurry.—
They have had general Gaines completely
surrounded for several days previous to our
arrival; they had fought him all the day before
without much execution on either side.
Hearing the attack of general Clinch, the
officers in conversation with Oseola advised him
to retire into the hammock, while they went to
the camp.
On reaching the camp, general Clinch found
its inmates in great distress. They were literal
ly in a state of starvation. They had killed
and eaten several horses and dogs. One soldier
having stolen a dog and killed it, sold one of
the quarters for Jive dollars. For this net of
stealing, killing, or selling, or all together, he
received a severe flogging. One man gave six
dollars for a piece of horse’s entrails about a feot
long. Five dollars were given for a buiscuit
and the same for a quart of corn. We forbear
to mention many other acts, showing what
hunger will compel one to do, which are related
of these patriotic men, thus surrounded and
suffering in a savage wilderness. Yet there-
was perfect subordination, and every man was
prompt in the discharge of his duty. The
Aiachua volunteers cheerfully distributed their
biscuits and corn, reserving none for them-
selves. It was affecting to witness the greedi
ness and thankfulness with which they re
ceived a whole or a half biscuit from their de
liverers.
The evening of the day on which thoir inter
view was interrupted by the arrival of general
Clinch, Oseola sent word to general Gaines,
that if he would send away the horsemen,
(Alachua militia,) they would come and sur
render their arms. We know not whether front
suspicion or otherwise, the horsemen were not
sent away. After waiting three days to hear
more of Oseola, and not having provisions to re
main longer, general Gaines returned to Fort
Drane, at.which place Oseola was to have met
him, Monday or Tuesday last. After reach
ing this Fort, he transferred the command to
general Clinch, and left for New Orleans by
tho way of Tallahassee. During some of the
engagements, he received a wound; the ball,
passing through his lip, knocked out two of his
teeth, but its force being nearly spent, it did him
no further injury.
This movement of Oseola in requesting an
interview, when general Gaines had been entire
ly surrounded by his followers for several days,
is inexplicable, and seems to have taken alt by
surprise. Whether it was an artifice devised
on learning of the approach of a reinforcement,
to give time to make a safe retreat; or a strata
gem bv which, after introducing five hundred
Indians within the breast-work under the pre
tence of surrendering their arms, he intended to
make an attack with his main force, and, taking
advantage of the confusion, to massacre the
whole before general Clinch could render them
any assistance, or, as he says, he is really tired
of murdering white men; general Clinch’s arri
val sooner than was anticipated, prevents us
from determining; and time alone can now de
cide.
Though Oseola has courage and cunning to
plan and execute most any bloody movement,
we sincerely hope he has seen the hopelesness
and folly of further resistance, and that the In
dians will now surrender their arms, and pre
pare to abide by the stipulations of the treaty
for their removal. Should this bn the case,
general Gaines will receive a nation’s thanks
and a valiant general’s fame.
To the manner in which he has conducted his
part of the campaign, much credit is duo. His
alacrity in bringing to the theatre of action so
large a force, his inarch from Tampa Bay, and
the burial of the unfortunate Major Dado and
his companions, entitle him to the gratitude of
the citizens of Floiida, at whose cry of distress
he so promptly came, and of the afflicted rela
tives and friends of the unfortunate men, whose
bodies were strewed over tho plain, and upon
which the vultures were battening.
Captain John Watson, of Columbus, Ga. passed through
this place on his way to Fort King. lie goes we understand,
for tiie purpose of tendering to General Scott the services
of two hundred warriors of the Euchee tribe. '1 he Eu-
chees are tire hereditary foes of lire Creeks and Seminolcs.
Their bravery and miming has long renderod them a terror
to their enemies, though comparatively few in number.—
They have been restrained for many years by tho United
States from open hostilities, yet they have uniformly kept
aloof from nil intercourse with their old enemies—refusing
to participate in any of the national festivals, such as corn
dances and hall playing; and continued to brood over the
wrongs of their ancestors, which have been transmitted
from age to age, as an inheritance of revenge. This tribe
once possessed sovereign power over a vast extent of conn-
try, but by thrir perpetual wars, they have been reduced to
I heir present limited numbers. Their language is spoken by
no otner tribe, and has never been learned in a solitary in-
siance by a white person—il is not an articulate language!
it consists entirely of guttural sounds so similar that none
hut a native car can distinguish them. They understand
the Creek language, ami it is through that, they communi
cate with the whites. Their physiognomy is as distinct as
their language. It w ould bo a curious subject of enquiry,
to trace out flworigin of-this fierce tyhl unsaleable rVe of 1
men. They reside in Alabama and Florida. CaptainWar-: piKCS, in caucus, with Philip P. Barbour, as
son .s off r, \vf» hnvn no doubt will he nrropt-ctl. He i* a 1 • *j . , -
bravo officer, and distinguished himself a short time ago in j VICf)-pre$lu6Ht, W.iO promptly ttt:u peremptorily
ter with a very superior number of Creeks oh the ! refused tho no/utttalion, as opposed to ail tho
eiiec.— Tallahassee Floridian. 1 t i — • - ■ *
an encoiin
Chattahoochee, r attoftnwai tiondian. j principles of democracy, and to the desires of an
The Montgomery Advertiser of the 8:h instant, says— ! immense majority of the republican people.
“Our Governor, ever alive to his duty, has ordered out a j “Oth. By a caucus of the WDIGS of the
large force from the counties of Jackson, .'ladison, Lime-, v. *i n i- 1 • i . 1
stone, Lauderdale, Shelby, Je fferson, St.Clair, iliotinr, Wal- J -North Carolina legislature—who. wero in a
ker, Morgan, Bibb, Perry. Green and Marengo, tn be used { small minority ill that bodv, and had been dc- j
citizens of the counties where iheC!icrokecsareseuled,ihat j fy of the Virginia legislature ill a Caucus at
the Kuss party, which is opposed toa treaty without rcserva- j n ~ ’ ..
tions will untie with them, in case such a treaty should be ■ cmapo. ed ot the r.ri,, . ant. boo-
raade. A letter from Tuskegee, Cherokee cotmty, to a gen-: tail, partizans, that had always opposed general
lirman in this place,says: “a:i old Cherokee; triendly-tu the j Jackson’s administration in the Old Dominion,
whites, told me the Creeks would begin war, When tiie trees j
budded out. They are, generally, well armed ami amply !
supplied with ammunition.
TEXAS.
Hy the arrival of the schooner Pocahontas, from Maia-
moras, received files of the Mercado to the 7th instant, trum
which we translate the. following:
OFFICIAL TKIllMPII OF THE COUNTRY.
The commander in chief of those provinces has just se
ed ved an eipress from St. Patricio, hearer of the following
news:
S.i\ Pats trio, February 27, 133G.
To general D Francisco \ itnl Fern ntrlez:
!)n.\a Sir—After forced marches during several days
and nights in very coll weather, I resolved to attack tho ene
my,and by the following communication directed tothegen-
ertd-in-rhief, you will know the result. I5o kind enough to
informtliP generol government of it. I cannot say more, be
ing completely broken down arid exhausted with fatigue.
Respectfully, &<•. JOSE URIiEA.
1’. S. I have also captured a stand of colors.
“3tli. By a caucus of whigs. nullifiers, tind
straggling Jacksonnu n, held ut Tuscaloosa, and
composed of tho minority members of tho legis-
laturc, and a few citizens, of the town—who
presumed to dictate an electoral ticket, formed
partly of their own body, to tiso people of the
State; and that, in a few days after a large
majority of the legislature had “rescinded and
revoked” Itis nomination made the previous
winter.
0th, And lastly, By the senate of tho Ilimois
legislature, by a vote of 13 to 12, (one Van Bu
ren member being absent, and two members
violating pledges,)—all tho whigs voting for his
nomination. The house of representatives of
the Illinois legislature, at the same time, nomi
nated Mr. Van Buren for tho presidency, bv
a vote of 32 to 18, and ropr ibatfed m the strong
est terms the nomination cf Judge White, as a
wisries ot a tart
ma-
Army o? orKRATioxg, division or Comad.
Sir—According to information received after my leaving
Matamoras, 1 learnt that the insurgent forers stationed here
had sent their cavalry to wards Goliad, liir the purpose of j
making incursions. I therefore made an effort; I vanquished . yjolation of the kllOWtl
all difficulties: and forcing a march during three nights nnd | • , . .. . e
days, I arrived here at the dawn of daj’—not having with me j J°* ' l .Y people oi the fetntc.
more than one hundred cavalry men. 1 attacked the enemy, i “This synopsis of the various nominations of
who defended themselves with firmness in the houses that f,,,]™ White whirdi born boon mo/lo io.!io.t..«
served for barracks. But even there they left sixteen dead; . J U f 10 ' U lla ' 0 HHUCateS
and twenty-one taken prisoners or wounded—among whom ; Completely the position ho occupies before tilfi
were seme officers. There are five Mexicans among the ; people of'tho Union, and evinces clearly and
prisoners. All the arms with one hundred horses are in my i , • ■ , , , , • t-
possrsofon. conclusively taat he is but trio Nullification whijg
tom to effect their purposes.
“We shall in our next present our rc
idc To
with a synopsis of tho nominations that have
been made of Mr. Van Buren, and of their
true character and bearing.”—Alabama Flow
those with me rushed into the midst of the affirsy like ifon?.
and in a moment tiipy hewed the rebels in pieces, none of
whom escap'd from this city.
I have however lo lament the death of a brave dragoon,
who was slain; and also three other dragoons and a sergeant
wounded.
I am in search of Doctor Grant, who (according to the in-
fiirmation that I have received! is now in the neighborhood ( of Union.
of Mier, with fifty riflemen; and I know not what number j J
° f I I ?hail !, hereafter give you a more detailed account of the j J hc Reorder and Jackson's “Glory."—The
a flair; and conclude in assuring you that all ihe soldiers ' editor of the Southern JlcconJiT SGCfflS lO bo
composing this division are fraught with enthusiasm; and , vcr y much troubled because of tllO sllOUtS of
burn to distinguish themselves m defence uf the sacred rights ; , . . , , , , -, .
of the muionT God and liberty! ; exultation vvnieh have been raised from Maine
l am, <fcr ^ _ JOSE URIIEA. : to Louisiana, for the happy and “glorious”
Leper d e Santa . termination of our difference; with France.-
Anna, general-in-chief of the army of oyeraliuns. j 1 he Recorder Cannot see iOP the IllO of It, Why
Since the abo vd was in type we foam ihat colonel Grant,! it is, that millions of freemen are raising shouts
and major Morris, have boili been killed by the Mexican i 0 j* p ra j S e for tho brilliant .success which has
forcesniKjer Rodrigues, and their iorces dispersed, with the j 1 , . „ , , » • nu
loss of thirty-two killed, and four prisoners.—A r eio Orleans jerowned the efforts Ol OUT VCncmblC Uiliel Mag-
Rie, IG/A instant.
IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS.
Th? schooner \V. A. Turner, arrived yesterday in seven
days from Matagorda. Through the politeness of captain
Brook field, we have obtained tba particulars of the late
siege by the Mexicans of San Antonio do Behar, as ascer
tained at Matagorda when he left.
The besieging army was commanded by generals Sesma
and Coss. It consisted of forty companies of infantry, num
bering at an average of sixty or seventy men each; aftl of
about fifteen hundred cavalry under Folisnlos—with five
hundred mules arid baggage of nil kinds. These were seer,
and numbered by captain Dormit of the Tcxinn army,
vions to the engngeinent. The Textans in th? fort wer
istra'e to secure the just rights of our citizens,
and to maintain, in doing so, untarnished, the
honor of iho country. But thore are none
so blind as those who wont see. The Recorder
may close its eyes ns fast and as long as it plea
ses against the flood of “glory” which the late
controversy with Franco has poured in upon our
country—it may surround itself with tho gloomy
veil of prejudice, and wrap itself i;i the sable
mantle of envy, yet will thoso refulgent rays
unenviable sense—by the grossness of his mis'*
representations, and tho valgaritv and person
ality of his assaults upon members of congress
and upon the administration; nnd he may bo
regarded, possibly, as an opposition lender, of
the least scrupulous description, and among that
class of partisans may, for ought we knotv, bri
“distinguished:” but the demrieracj' of Virginia
and flic democracy of the Union, entertain for
him no oilier feelings, so far ns we have ascer
tained their sentiments, than rhu&c cf unniixctf
contempt.—Albany A rgtlj.
Geological Survey of the Stale—We refer
to the vote yesterday in tho Assembly, on this
subject, with pride and gratification. The bill
appropriating 826,000 per annum for four years,'
for a Geological, Botanical and Zoological Sur
vey of the Sla e, and providing for the appoint,
inent, by the Governor, of four competent per
sons lor the performance of theduty, Was passed
by the unanimous rate of the House. It is a just
response to the able and admirable reports on.
the subject by Mr. Clinch, at the hist session of
tho legislature, and by the Secretary of Stale
at the present; and will be regarded by the ci
tizens of tho State, we have no doubt, as a mca-
sure of tho highest utility aud importance.—-4-'
7nerican (Pa.) Sentinel.
e arc gratified to announce the ounlirinaliQn of the nom
inations oi‘ It. B. Tandy ns Chief Justice of ilia Utiitril
Slates; P. P.-Barbour as Circuit arul Associate Jin’g«', ami
Amos Kendall as Pasttuastcr General. The vote in lavor
of Mr. Taney, was twenty-nine; in favor of Mr. Barhou*-,
thirty; for Mr. Kendall, twenty-five. There were some ab
sentees, u ho, wo understand, would have voted for tin
nominations. The injunction of secrecy was ftiki n ofl, aril
we will, therefore, be enabled to jrive the vote from tho
journals, tomorroxv.— Washington CGhe, U' A instant.
The National Intelligencer, of the 17th instant, sr.ys, that
the following norfonationt-, heretofore made, were, yester
day, confirmed by the S.natc:
Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, to bo Minister to
Great Britain.
John H. Eaton, to be Minister to Spain.
Artiscr Middleton, to be tier, ret ary of Lrgntion to
Spain.
Richard IC. Call, to be Governor of Florida, vice J. II.
Eaton.
Steam-Brat ery.iofion—And melnm holy tors of life.—Ti
is our painful duty to announce tho occarencn of an acci
dent, month:! uiiji melancholy result. The steam-boat
Free Ttade, captain James Young, was on her passage from
Augusta to this city on Monday afternoon Inst, when about
five o'clock while thu boat was near Bone Maker Point, about
fitv miles from this city, one of her boilers burst, nud badly
scalded the captain, a worthy, industrious man, Who died
about six hours afterwards, and killed instantly one colorefl
man anti scalded two others, (colored) who have since died.
'J he Mate, Engineer, and three colored men were also badly
scalded, hut hopes of their recovery are entertained. The
Captain, it is said was standing on the boiler house, opposite
the boiier w hich exploded, arufwas blown Upon tho [tales oU
cotton in oneol the freight boats. The Free Trade herself,
ono of the Iron steam-boat company’s boats, was wo learn,
much injured while the tow-boats, containing the cotton, es
caped without injury.—Sacannah Georgian.
COTTON.
f piaitd. At Macon, 1C to 133 cents.
At Charleston, 15 ro 20> cent's.
JIAar.IEO, on Thursday tl>e loth instant, hr ti e Kev Hji .ni
Povrel. JIr. T " *
KING, ah of
pre
fatory nnd some cavalry for foraging expeditions under the ] continue to pKlj a) OUIld if, and to bless atld ilUOrn
command of colonels Bowie and Travers—numbering abontj tiro country, whether they reach or not the
two hundred. .
The assault on the fort of Alamo in tho town of S:tn An
tonio eoroaicnreU about three o’clock P. JI. on tho 28th of
February, tho Mexican army hoisting a black flag aloft as
indicating no quarters. The garrison being well supplied
with cightoen pounders pbwted on the fort, fnado them ply
with dreadful effecl, swooping companies of the assailants
before the shot. The Mexicans surrounded tho fort on nil
sides; baton all rides were they saluted with its artillery.—
This continued till seven o’clock, I*. M. when (he Mexicans
thought proper to evacuate tin town; and retire to an en
campment within two miles—after leaving five hundred of
their comrades slain foforoihe fort.
The
the eoi
dark rccesr of its own benighted soul. The
carpings of a soured misanthropy caa never
affect the “glory** of an administration, whose
deeds aro justly the prido of our own, and the
wonder and admiration of Foreign, nations.
We will not undertake the unprofitable task
of correcting that obliquity of vision in the
Recorder, which prevents it from sreeiog the
j dazzling “glory” achieved by Jackson and the
capabl,
or. But w __ ... -
prompt, and certain triumph, that when the order reached jo render its visual organs strong enough to bear
Mntagordn, not one third only but all ablebodted citizens j . , , ■ nS, ~ - , ° P „ .
volunteered. Numerous companies were immediately on the bright effu!_,(.nce ot the iis^n dtlV - t.ic
are happy
he, colonel Johnson and another were saved. It appears | useless. The “glory” achieved bv Genera
that Grant nnd some twenty or thirty others had gone on j T i •* i- > . ' • ,
nscouting parly, an.l had approached too near the invading ! JftCKSf ri L ttt ltlb hi .e COlit 1 o\Cl sy With
army. They were immediately attacked by a column of the j France, we Would hint to tho Recorder, (for it
enemy; and only three escap ’d ''—* — * l ' '
exhausted and almost 1
the Mexican c axal
re lmineaiamiy auactceu ny a eo.umn oi me j? rnuur, n u wumu mm m mo lvucorue
three escaped-Grant among the number, j mfty huvc ear3 to hear, if not eyes to s
most iani“d; as he was closely pursued by j r . . ... J
airy. Yet this is the triumph so bombasti- | mainly Oil two grounds. hirst, ll!S
see) rests
having
oaliy blazoned in the account of the gallant Nicolas Roilri- j compelled Franco-to acknowledge tllO justice
jruez, published in the C?e of yesterday. The document | ., _ , . . J
was genuine; butwe ‘guessed’ it was not authentic. | of tlu. e..ums ot our plundered Citizens a!)
The Texiacs have abandoned Copatio, and fortified La- j object which every administration for tiiC lust
hadie or Goliad, higher up. There are now seven hundred | y cars had sought, but failed lo effect.—
men stationed there, well prepared with nrtiilery and aminu- 1 « ,, . ° ’
nition; and disposed to play checkmate with the wing of the ! Anti secondly, Ins compelling her to pay over
Mexican army, under general Urrea, lately encamped at San ! the indemnitv StftOT such acknowledgment, with-
Palrab—A',„ O.W ft.. 17tkuMM. \ inv0 | vi „’ „, t . c „„„, ry ,;, 0 icto
“How does Jutlge. While tioio stand More tho \ 'Usenomteam th» country laboml so hard lo
viovle of tho Onion. ! precpOalo hor, rather Ilian hoahoiiU nclnevo
“He van nominated for the presidency— ! 8 lor V' "F ", l } cc " r<fer IW ,"’ of elsnot
“1st. By n caucus ofelevcn members of con. ! "> «»• 1»® "™“l* has be ™ u double one—
c J ... .- r% . , mi i. i a victory over a foreign power, which withheld
cress, from Tennessee, (in December, 1934,)! , , , c , 1
f ..I r* r-s i i r i u ii k ,i I and denied us a Hist right, and a victory over a
lieaded by Davy Crockett nnd John Bell, both , ; ,
. • , i i „i ’ t domestic faction «Inch had resolved that that
notorious opponents of general Jacksons act- * . . , ,,, . , ,
. • rri, ° : right should bcsncnuced, or t ic country n un-
ministration. The one an illiterate buffoon, » . , , r > ....
, . , , , „„ii ged into a war, rather than Jackcon shop cl have
with scarcely learning enough to write or spell ,, , „ ’ . . . , . u*uhu*d
, . - .7 N ,, A , the “glory of securing it lor his country.’—
his own name correctly—and the other a plot-1 & , , *, ■ . ..
ting and iutrigueing politician, and friend of the j r . 1C ‘ S ^ ai0 , 10 ‘ ,u ‘ ( p c J!rncr lor iUn ] 1 ; s
Untied Slates Bank. j frrcwb * ,1,c l,l, f « re ”"3
“id. By a majority of the Alataron Icgisln- i . tic has ncbly won them, ami will
/ i *.i r . , , . „if \vear tnem, m despite of those who aborodso
ture, (shortly afterwards) composed ot all the' 1
whigs and nullifiers in that body, headed by , ,,
James Jackson, and James M. Calhoun; the] an le ‘
u, fit lillitDUU.i mi: u- II 1U61.UII, '»> li t*
aOBEUT s'JCKI.LINGS lo Mfos ULIriA BEiTI L.O: I .-a
r Tail ot ccuufy.
DII'D, in M‘Dn:iou“h, Henry couiity,' on Wcrinesilnv pivnii”'
the 2d instant, Vll.LlA.H ItAGLAXti. 'F.;q. in tho frventy tji-t.
year cf bis ago. He was born Hi North:,mptt.n county, Norl.i
Carolina, and removed lo Chatham county, in’ that r-tate, Wl.i’ro
ho resided out'.I the year ISU, when > e r. tnin, ,i to Jasper i ,-,tt\ -
tv, Georpiit. and i'roni thenre to H< my.» T jwsids the riose cf tl.d
Revolutionary war, ullhoimh quite a yonth, roi w.is i^’tl.e service
of Ids count ry, ;.iwl was ia!:en prisoner, together with a ruml i r
of others, hy the 1 ories at coionel Aisfon's iioitse on Deep river.
tie was a kind and nffectirnate l.uskrua and purr lit, ant! Jan it.-
duljtenl master—humane and just in all his dealings '! inis living
and acting, lie was h.’Shly esteemed and respected wherever i n
resided and by all wtc- know him. A Urn: believer in ti.e Chris
tian Religion, he was fora great many years IrtJtore aiinfut lie
time of ins death, an acceptable member of tho MetkMist Episco
pal t luireii.and relied on tho hope of iiappiuets hcvonU the grave .
T IIC friends and acquaintances ol the late Krv. Charles
Malone, are informed that his funeral will bejjrf-a: li
ed in tho Mf'ilnidist Church in this place on ST73!T>A\ r
next. MilleilgevilJle, March 25, 13otr.
JEiVecuiive Depart inent. Get*
.)/ille.Igeville, March SI. lSi'fi.
fiJEALED Proposal* will be reeeited at ihe Exeeutiva
Office until the y«th AriSIJ. next, for biiildinan
liOL'SU for tho residence of the Governor. The Imild-
tiig to be of BRICK with a COPPBIl ROOF.—
Those wlio intend to submit proposals, nro invited toc-allajt
this office, where a plan of the building and the sprriSea*
tions may be viewed.
Bv order of the Governor,
5t-33 Ii. A GREE.NIv, seen lari’.
The Fvder ii I’ntofl. Southern RecoriW. Savannah Ceorcis"*.
Augusta Courier, Jl:won Telegraph, and f otnmbiis Sdfttinel,
publish the atove until tl.e soil, of April next.
f VTOllTY Boxes Raisins, (Malaga BCtncbj
FOUR Tierces Rice,
TWO Pipes Gogniac Brant’v
TWO Fijjps Jloilattd Gin,
FOUR Casks Madeira Wine,
TEN Bags Coffee,
Just received aud for sale low bv
WILLIAM J El’DANK & Cm.
fS. B. A few bunches BANAA’AS, and Boms of
SICILY OHANOES^ may be had os above.
~ T.I^AST CAIX!!, *
A LL person.: indebted to tho undcrsigneil'for the past
A year, are solicited !o make payment on or before the
first dny of April next, after which lime all nnliqnidnted [re
counts will bo placed in the hands of Messrs. Hines Ai
Barkis, forcollectiun. Milledgevillo, March 22, ikiG
£'J WILLIAM J. EMBANK * G>.
WANTED. "
V JOURNEYMAN SHOE MAKER, to whrtm
employment, and liberal wages will be given; none but
a first rate workman need apply. J. 1). PA JUS IT.
Decatur, DeKalb county, Ga. March 19, 1838.-4f-39
*.* The .Macon Teieeraph and Standard of t’nion. will insert (he
shove three rimes nnd forward their acccunts for payment-
hard to tear them lYorn his brow.—Southern
one a violent enemy, personal and political, of
genera! Jackson, and the other a nephew of
John C. Calhoun, and iike him an avowed nulli-
fier—assisted by a small section of the demo
cratic patty, who were deluded into tho belief
that the whigs and nullifiers were candid in their
professions and would have no candidate from
their own party. This nomination made in
January, 1835, was, in December of the same
The Quebec Gazette, a royalist paper, and
warmly opposed to the proposed popular reforms
in the provincial governments, quotes Mr. Wise,
for the purpose of showing the evils and t!m
danger of adopting our system of government.—
It pointsto the mischiefs of our “system,” as
illustrated by Air. W., and assures its readers
that his statements “are founded on facts which
cannot be controverted.” In order to give the
W ASHINGTON*SHERIFF’* MALE.
the first Tuesdnyjin May next, wig, within lilt
pal hours, he sold, before the conrt-hofisc floor in the ti
of Sandersville, Washington county,
i hree hundred acres of pine^.l.anfl more or leas, or
waters of Williamson's swamp,"adjoining William Tai
and o;hers—levied on as the prnperry of Jonnthmi Cord
to satisfy sundry ii fas in favor of l-ewis F. JJarris, bei
vs. John Cordcrv anil Jonathan^Cordery: levied on am
turned to me by a » unstable.
Two hundred acres of land more or less, adjoinin
Brown ami others—levied on as the property of Benjj
Barwick. to satisfy a la fa in favor of John Wicker, vs.
Bar wick: levied on and returned feme bv a constable
. -SHERROD SESSIONS, deputy skeri
March 13, JSSfl.
year, ‘REVOKED AND RESCINDED,’ by j greater force to tho alleged objections lo a
the same legislature, by a vote of forty.eight to ! democratic or republican form of government,
thirty-six. i this emty and impotent declaimcr is quoted as
“3d. By a convention of tl e NULL1FICA-! “a distinguished member of the democratic partv
TION party of Georgia, in the summer ol 1?35; j of Virginia.” Wc Imve not the least doubtlhnt
who at the same tunc, nominated CHARLES j Mr. Wise’s fustian, so fur as it can be supposed
DOUGHERTY, au avowed nuilifler, for go-j to carry witli it the least weight, is adverse to
vernor of Georgia, anti several other eminent j our system of government, and that if such is
nullifiers as candidates for congress—all of; not its design, itis copied and echoed by the
whom were afterwards beaten by large majori-! federal partisans in this country and by their
tics, by candidates friendly to Mr. Van Buren, royal adjuncts in other countries u iih such views,
the democratic candidate for the presidency, ' That his assertions are not founded on facts, and
nominated by a national convention of thu arc susceptible of contradiction, will not be
friends of the present administration. j denied where lie or they a?6 known. So far
“4th. By tiie legislature of Tennessee, the as they are deemed worthy of notice, they have
Slate cf iii.s residence, nnd linked- to him by ■ been Already exhibited in this light. But we
selfish, neighbourly and personal attachments j notice the matter, chiefly for tho purpose of
alone. The first democrats of ihe Slate, how. correcting any impression that may prevail,
ever, consisting of such men as PRESIDENT j either among the liege subjects of the Bank in
JACKSON, Felix Grundy, James K. Polk, j this country, or his majesty’s “conservative”
William Carroll, Willie Blount, and Cave John- sujccts in Canada, that Mr. Wise is “a di»‘in-
son, opposed It is nomination as improper^ dan- j guished member of the democratic party of
gerous, and fraught with injury to the cause of I Virginia.” He certainly occupies no such pos-
republicntiism. I it ion in or out of Iho house of reprfcihn tat: ves.—
“ijrh. RC-tt^nriitat.^i Fv the QcorgTa nVuli- Ifcmnv hare made bim&df fn n»
I NO F It:- A10.\ TflS after flatp, applii ation will ho made
to the inferior court of Jaeper eoiiul} r , when sibingfiir
ordinary purposes, for iravc tn sell three hundred ami -sixty
acres of land, belonging to the estate cf Ranlph Huff, fate
of Jasper couuiy, deceased. Marc h 3, 1836.
ELIZABETH HUFF, rCr'r.r.
I i'tOFR montlis after date,application evil! lie made u*
the honorable inferior court of Henry county, when sit
ting for ordinary purposes, for leave to srll all the negrora
belonging to the estate of Hiruni Harris, deceased.
ALEXANDER PRICE, culm or.
Marrh 11, lS2f».-3D t
I ?riFR MONTHS after dare application will l^mndo
to the inferior court of Delvnlh county, when sitling-for
ordinary purpose#, for leave to sell the land and negroa*, t>c-
; longing to the estate of Lewis Brantley, late of saidetfunir.
deceased. 3Ja;ch 11, 183<>.
39
JAMES \V. GIVENS, admor.
\ hli PERSONS having demands agailist the estate
A. of Lewis L»r.\n t ley, Into of Dclvalh eounty, deceased,
me requested to present them duly authenticated, within tlto
legal time, and those indebted to make ioirnediate payment.
JAMES \V. GIVENS,rulm'ar.
March 11, ISM.-39
GEORGIA, Jasper county.
W HEREAS, John Griggs applies for Tetters of admin
istration on the estate of of Sarah C. Cox, fate of
said county, deceased,
Tfiese are, therefore.-to cite and admonish efl and singular
the kindred and creditors ofsaid deceased to be aTid appear
at my office, within the time prescribed by law, to show
t a use, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand at office, this 18th March, 1836.
J. C. GIBSON, d. c. c. <t
GEORG1A , Jasper county.
W HEREAS, John Johnson applies fur letters of
mftiistraticn on the estate of Richard D. King
of said county, deceased,
These arc, therefore, to rite and admonish all and singt
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and app
at my office, wit Ivin the lime prescribed by law, to sh
cause, if dny exist, why said letters should not he gratae
Given under rrty hand at office, this 7th March, 1836
39- J. V GIBSON. »- c. c. r