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jfclicral Wtman.
\Olii mil III—TI MBER as.]
MlLliEBGETlliLE, (Gl.)EEBRlIJlll\ 21, 1^31.
[WHOLE lOlBEft 341.
EDITED BY
JOS!? A. CfJTHBERT.
-...■SioN if i"'. i*l-u every Tuesday nt THIl EE DOLL AES
Th ' IT Fun:, .f not p-i.ll lie lore the end of
M ’ r ' -ry office is on lime, k Sf o“'t, oj.;>ositc the <*ourtHouse.
rt AlVAnvrUTI.-r.MrNTR i.oM1*l.crt nr th, n-Dial r.’Hes.
If. i; EiOhfi
••!e for Jett,
■ lift* 5 "
Mm
V DA vs nt:
• .. ar«.| /..!
strrtori-- for Debtors nnd Crc«!i-
i*« he puhlished SIX WEEKS.
ul Adtuiriiktrators must l»c ad-
rilrtTY l»AYr
lA.iryi
ic hv Kxe'U'dors and Ad ninistrntors for Lctte
he ,,ii:»l!>he,! SIX MON THS
is for F |HH|j ' "
ril H»’«le by Executor*. Administrators and Guard I
state i
Miahi
n real
FOUR MONTHS,
utorf. Administrators
IXTY HAYS before the day of sale.—
b#«»rs of t
fr*ni '
witrv i>a
- • ah i
yin p»"l .o cn11
be made nt the court house door between the
;e mornine and four in the afternoon. No sale
i \a1rd. unless so expressed in the advertisement.
•ourT of Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of
„iont) to make titles to land, must be advertised
8 :»t lea t.
ind- r execution* rocularlv granted by the courts,
»1 i illKTY DAY-"'—under morgago executions
lie (.f rerishable Property under order of Court,
- i '•eiieral!v, TEN DA YH before the day if «aie.
dverti-iements will he punctually attended to.
dirc«te< to this office, or the EJitor, must be
D t bKA 1,B SI1EKIFF ? S SAM:.—On tlic first
Tr"».!ay in Marc-li ni-it, will, within Ihe lioars,
Vr pnl.l, licfi.re the court-hullin' door in thn town of Decatur,
lisKalh county,
* hit no twenty-five in the fourteenth district of originally
J. . |, lrt uov. DcKalii county, levied Jon as the property of
Saimirl Teiijnc, to satisfy ft fi fa from Gvvinneit justices'
^nurt in lacor of William Morris vs. slid Teague: levy
_..i, -mil returned hv n eonstahlc: properly (minted outhy
Jamm Curlce. January *3. 1837.
JOHN W. FOWLER, therlff.
SlIEKiFF’S HALE.—On ib*» firm
'J’m^l.iv in April next, will, within Jpg.il hour*, be
noM before the court house door in tlie town of Sivainsbo-
fou^h, Kinannel nmniy,
Our met of Jam! lying in the fork of Canoorhrft river,
MmUining throe hundred acres more or less—levied on as
ike property of Edward Rich, to satisfy nn execution u-
*urd for liin inxes.
One improved tract of land, containing two hundred acre*
mure or lesn, whereon Asa Taylor now lives—levied on ns
the property «;f John Scott, to satisfy one fi fh in favor of
fi. J. Holton. .
One tract of land, containing thirty acres more or lees, ly-
in*r in the eighteenth district of the fourth section of the
Cherokee country—levied on n« the property of Cullen
Cowart, to satisfy an execution issued for his taxes.
One tract of land, containing forty acre# more or loss,
|*ing lot number three hundred and fourteen in the seven-
licnlli (Intrict of the fourth section of the Cherokee country
_ltvii*J on ns the property of James IS. Greene, to satisfy
sn sifcuti >n issued for his taxes.
One trail of pme land, containing tww hundred acres
mere or less, lying in Emanuel county—levied on ns the
property of Francis Wilkes, to satisfy an execution issued
Ut his tsxrs.
Oue tract of pine land, containing five hundred and xe-
fsntf-five seres inoro or less—levied on as the property of
John Williamson, to satisfy nncxccuiion issued fur his taxes.
One tract of land, coniamingtwo hundred and forty acres
more or less, lying on the waters of the Ohoopoy—levied on
i the property of William F. Thomson, to satisfy nntxe-
1 '■ r his taxes.
hundred ncres more or
rr**« k—levied on ns the
property ol i lioiuas urccns, to satisfy an execution issued
fur liis taxes.
One tract of land, containing throe hundred and twenty-
six seres more or less, lying on the waters of the Ohoopey—
It lied on a* the property of Charles M Colough, to satisfy
nn execution issued for his taxed. 9
One tract of land, containing two hundred and fifty acres
more or Jess, lying on the waters of the Ohoopey river—
le\in! on ns the property of Levi Sapp, to satisfy on execu
tion issued for hi' luxes.
One tract of hind, containing three hundred acres more
•r less, lying on the waters of the Ohoopey—levied on ns
th* property of Joshua Vickers, to satisfy an execution is-
iu«tl for his inn s. January 7, 1837.
HENRY DURDEN, dtputy sheriff.
cation issued lur his taxes.
One tract of land, contain
leu. lying on the waters of .
EVBV HllfiHIFF’.S KALE.—On the fir»:
Tuesday in March next, will, within the legal hours,
►or in the unroot M'Dun-
II
he vOnl, before ih? court-1
•ufh, Henry county,
Oic Nrgra i«:i» by the nnrne of Guilford, about twenty-
tlirceyosirsohl, levied i»n ns the property of Jesse ('rice, to
watisfy one distress warrant jn-favor of Garry Grice, and
aniitry stnul! fi. fas. issued from a Jtisiire's court in the six
hubdrcil and forty-first district, Georgia Miihi't, '*'• favor of
H Karlen agaiusi J«*s.<c (irice and Stephen firire lot |h ’ use
uf Sic;.fen, security for estate—the nhove properly polnxsl
out hv Carry Cri* v, one of the executors of the estate of
Ntspiien Grier, iliviuml, •
Fifty irrej ofiriml, lot No (US' one hundred and eight-
#••11, in the Severnh district, bung in the north-west corner
vi'mhI I.<i. in ljenry csonty—levied on ns the property of
IliirgeiN Jester, to satisfy two fi. fits, issirnl from a Justice's
S4»un m |i\or of O. VV. (Vx and Cnmslmw. Property
nwi>ned «mt hy Cox—h*vv made and returned to me by a
t'srutsliJr jaiiHiiry 1H, 1S37
ZVUOCK SAWVER, Sheriff.
A CARD.
MRS. Hl r SO\ informs her friemls, that site
is again the owner of the EAGLF HOTKVsy
in MiI!edg«vi!le—this house was formerly kept by
heiiclf, hut more recently bj Air. M‘Combs. Her patrons
are as.-ured, that nothing, on her part, shall he wantingto
render them comfortable. February 3, 1835.-31
G- LOS IS HOTEL, - *
IUIM.EDGEYIM.I?, GA. —
rpjRi SLDSCRIREU rrsporlfolly inforin. Wr fricnJ.,
O- mu) the pulilir, lluiltl.r lias rrmovril to that v«y con
venient etaml ami commodious ESTABLISHMENT,
fitrmcrly known ns the I'MOX HOTEL, and which
hne itcen occupied for some time l>y Mr. Aaron Starry.—
This establishment, including the otit-hiiildinga, will l>c put
in a slate of tlioronglu-cpair, and the snhscriher is well pre
pared ionrmmtnodat#B«A HDEffS, TRANSIENT
CUSTOMERS, and TRAVELLERS. Shesoliciu
a share of public patronage, of which she will endevvor to
render herself anti her establishment worthy, hy an ample
.lock of the best supplies, and hy the most assiduous atten
tion to the wauls and comforts of Iter customers.
Jnnusry 8. 1836.—28 NANCY J. GODWIN.
SAFETY, EXPEDITION AND COMFORT.
NEW ARRANGEMENT—January 1, 1937.
TIIK PIEDMOYT,
South Western •."flail Line,
Or
FOR WASHINGTON CITY.
W ILL hereafter leave JMilledgeville, Geo. EVERY
OTHER DAY, immediately after the arrival of the
Mail from Columhuw and Montgomery—-Through to Wash
ington City in 7 dm/s l'J hours, allowing si.Err rvF.itY
night when tiro Road* will permit. Pa»*engcr* by thi«
Line will reach
ILMiTIMOlir iri 7 days and 22 hours.
PH I L.VDELFIIIA 8 “ 6 “
XEW-YOilK 8 “ 14 “
Fare to Washington City, S-15 75 only—7 cents per mile.
Days of leaving MtUcdgeciUefor the North:
JANL’ARY, U, 4, 6, 8, to, 12, 14, IS, IS, 20, 22, 24, 26. 24, 30.
FEBRUARY, ?, 3, 5, 7, 9, II, 13, 15, 17, 19. «J, 23, 2*. 27.
MARCH, I, 3, S, 7, 9, ||, 13, 15, 17, 19, 2!, 23. 25, 27, 23, 31.
APRIL, 2,4. 6. 8, 13, 12, 14, 18, 13, 20. 22, 24, 28, 28, 30
MAY, 2.4, 6, 8, 10, 12. 14, 15, 19, 20, 22, 21, 28, 28, 30.
JUNE, 1,3. 5. 7, 9, 11, 13, \\ 17, 19, 21, 23, 23, 27 . 99.
JULY, 1, 3. 3. 7, 9, 11, 13, IS, 17, 19, 2!, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31
AUGUST, 2, 4, I. 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, IS, 20, 22, 24, 2S, S3, 30.
SEPTEMBER, I, 3. 5, 7, 9, II, 13, 15, 17, !3, 21, 2«. 25, 27, 29.
OCTOBER, 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, !!, 13, 15, 17, |9, 21, 2J, 25, 27, 29, 31.
NOVEMBER, 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, IS, 20, 22. 24. 26, 2S, 30.
DECEMBER, 9, 6, 8, to, Ji, 14, IS, IS, 29, 22, 94,95, 23, 36.
The year 1833. will commence with January l, (Mon«l»y.)
Th'.s Line, known at the North as the SOUTH-WESTERN LINE,
leaves Wamiiirton City for the South, (via Fredericksburg, Ya.»
PECK, WELLFCRD & CO. Proprietors.
This is the shortest route between .Miltcdscville .uni Wash
inrton Citv—The ilUTVrein-t* of two d ivu in favor of the Lower
Route, U owme to the sleep allowed cu this Line.'
50“ Travellers soutli of Milledgcville wishing to take
this lino should he careful not to enter to AUGH8TA.
YT1P Office at Ijifuyetle Hull, undone door south of Wash
ington Hull, Miiudgt title, Oa. 32
EA fiK OF JliLLEDGEYILLE,
January 6, JS37.
That the Cashier of the IPmk pub
M ^ lisii weekly, in two of the gazettes of this city, a
LIST of the STOCKllOLDEKS of this HANK,
noticing any change of alack which may take place, week-
ly."
In obedience to the above order, the following is a list of
I he Stockholders of this Rank.
NOTICE.
A N election will l»e held at thecoiirt-lioti*# in Mtlledge-
vilJp, Paid win county, on TUESDAY Ih“ 7th day
of M ARCH next, for CLERK of the INFERIOR
court of said county, to supply the vacancy occaaioneil
hy the resignation of Wir.Li am A. Cook, Esq. February
9, i837. CHARLES D. HAMMOND, j. i. c.
W. S. ROCKWELL, j i. c
41-34 D. IL MITCHELL, j. i c.
NOTICE.
YSriLLH.ll G. LANE would respectfully request
w ¥ all who are indebted to him,either hy note or open
account lo call and pay the same, or make some satisfactory
arrangement in regard to 1 hem. lie expects to leave lliis
place shortly, and it is very important lo him that hi* busi
ness should he closed before he leaves. His HOOKS and
ACCOUNTS are at the Store of Messrs. Line, Lump
kin & Hammond, and w here he may nt all times be found
ready to see his friends. * Milledgcville, Feb. 10, IS36.-3t-31
COMFORT FOR THE AFFLICTED.
r pllE subscriber infirm* tho public, and particularly
JL such as are laboring under Inc distressing disease of
the GRAVEL and STONE, that, in the course of his
travels through the t-nited States in order frt promote the
sale of the valuable improved system of IIOTANIC
MEDICINES, he lias obtained the knowledge of 3 File
INDIAN DISCOVERY which is a sure REMEDY
for this distressing complaint. By being taken in .the form
of decoction, it dissolves the stone in about twelve hours,
ar.d brings it away without otherwise injuring tho health.
Th», with other valuable discoveries, are added to thi# va
luable work, a third edition of which is ju*t published and
for sale ut the largo storeofsaid Books and Medicines, kept
hy Dr. Henry Howard, Columbus, Ohio, who is agent for
th© executors; and alsoMiy their agents in the different states.
Dr. BB\N£T IlARItlS, in Augusta, Georgia, is
appointed ilieir general agent for tlm Slate of Georgia and
adjacent parts ol South Carolina. Persons wishing to pur
chase said hooks and medicines, w ho reside in said district,
can he furnished by calling on him. Also, persons of good
character wishing to act as selling agents in this dialrict,
can he furnished with agencies and supplies of hooks and
msdicities, for that purpose, on liberal terms, by applying to
said General Agent in Augusta.
JOHN HOWARD, Sen.
Agent and attorney for the executors of Horton Howard, dec d.
BENNJ3T HARRIS would take this opportunity of
informing his frii nds and acquaintances generally, that, in
connection with the Botanic Medicines, lie has opened an
extensive and general DRUG STOKE, consisting of all
tho officinal drugs ond medicines, and m*wt of the approved
patent medicines and nostrums in general use, surgical in
struments, paints, oils, varnishes, w indow glasss, dyer's and
hatters materials, soaps, brushes, perfumeries, very superior
L*ia»-k ink* ink powder, shoe blacking, and other articles in
his line, all entirely new and of the very host quality, which
he offer* for sale on term* as accommodating as auy in the
southern markets.
His store is in Brond-strcet, south side, ccntro of the
square between M'fntosh and Washington streets, nt the
sign of the two mortars. He invites the people of his own
Stale and of Carolina to give him a trial.
Augusta, Feb. 1837.-3J-4t RENNET HARRIS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
first
iii=i»i the h'gnl flours,
i the town of Monti-
B A Si 1 LR SHERIFF 7 ?) SALE.—On
VP iii'xi .yiu Mar« h nert, will,
L* fold, h.»bire tho court-house door
csllu, J«*j*rr coiliitv,
C io iDvro w< man by the name ef Man , about thirty-
siglu venrh of age, and her child, named Hannah, about
>' f *ars of age—levied on a« the property of Jn* ob
II‘('lem:n:i, to sundry fi fi is issued from n justice's
«w-'t of Jaipi-r « oui'ty iii favor of Jam -h Ourself, v*. Jacob
Mflmdon and Luedy ihuT. and also Is satisfy sundry olia-
•r fi fi*M .igiuiht ihe soul APClemJon: levy nicue and roturn-
sd l(jiiie!i\ « constable. January fi, IS37.
WILLIAM RAMEY, sheriff.
rgAWIGGH rdiLf’.nrs SAr^E.-O.. the fint
E *i i. > . , ii, y.i.1 j- next, will, within the legal hours,
>»* »M, hr»'»rc the courl-huuse d*>or in the town of Marion,
Twice* outmt>,
Oi.e yoke uf even both of a brindled colour about six
yrair <.Id,o*ie jt cart, twelve hu«h *!s of corn more or less,
■utir Say nun* or ten years old, udo bridle, saddle and
'•hlaiil.oi—levied on a>* the property of William Wimberly,
in satisfy one f: fa issued from the interior court of Twiggs
county in fauir of-BoynWii *x' J{r«*tvn i*»- said Wimberly:
•propertv lNunisti out i«v V. i.lard lk*vnton. January 23
1«7. JAMES HAMMOCK, deputy siieriff.
UKTASniNfiTON SHEKIFFLS NALG.-On
11 the fir^I Tuesday wi .Mareh next, will, within titele-
4»l ‘4W
Ksriiicriiville.
Ou*» n^grt
ie\ i»d k
hfjr n f» fo it
ia.
>* rao hv a
vdd, Iscrfore the eourt-hoiise door in the town
Afusiiiogton county,
woman named Nancy, about fi*rty years of
i» ** the property of Doga Id M*DogaId. tosnt-
mn«l from a justice's court in faver of L D.
Dogald M* Doga Id: levy made and returned
tillable. January 27. 1S37.
JAMciS iiOATRKillT, sheriff.
Ktr Hoy re,
C. \ J. Beall,
Faridt Carter,
/•* F. J). lmma y,
Tomlinson Fort,
Seaton Or anti and,
Miller fSricvc,
R K. IJir.rs,
Sarah A. K. F. Ilinrs,
lb lcombe. Rich 4 Co.
He iry JI. Holcombe,
C. W. Howard,
A'i^-Ius Jarratt,
32-tf
William D. Jarratt,
Benjamin S. Jordan,
(irten H. Jordan,
Thomas Mounhon,
Mary M. Nubtl,
Nichols 4 Denting,
Richard M. Orme,
Thomas Ragland,
U illinm Sanford,
Thomas B. Stubbs,
1. R. St. J tftn 4 Co.
Leroy M. Wile,,.
T. RAGLAND, Cashier.
Is *. Vr
’ received—TlmcVt
:ng li lies, hy Mrs.
Pilgrim’s Progress. iviih ne
J ITSTr
Yo»:n
HOOIkS.
ides, »iy Wm. Smith; Letters to
Fi£ori,;v.y: LTe of Aaron Burr;
w ilJiixriauMTis; the History of
China and its Inhabitants; the Religions Opinions andCIn-
raefor of Washington; also, n fresh supply of beautitui Kn-
gli-'h Auntiflls fur 1^37, consisting of Heath's Book of Beau
ty, by Countess of Rleif«iDgtnn, with PJ elegant engravings:
the Orieuiiil Annual, Liies of the Mogd Emperors, with
22 fine plntes; Jenning’s landscape; Annual with 25engrav
ings; tiio Tonri't in Spain, hy Thomas Roscoe; the Keep
sake with id engravings, by the Lady Emerltne Stewart
Wortlcy; Heath’s I’icturesquT Annual with 20 large en
gravings Syria, the Holy Land, Asia Minor, illustrated in
a sene? a fi views, drawn irons nature; lihMration.s of Scot
land. and tiir Wnverlv Novels; the American Almanar, for
IM37; Scou's Infiintry Tactics; Life of Van Boren; the As
toria, hy Irving; tho Awful Disclosures of .Maria Monk.—
For safe*ai the CHEAP HOOK tiTOHE* atj lie sign
oft’ie Lvrge Leges., hy C. A. ELLS.
Mdledgf vdlc, February 13,1337.—34
lioTSEE YOLUMtTEEH^.
rgtHE nnd’eraign-ai, appointed a committee to prepare out*
Jo fit for th? company of mounted Riflemen of Putnam
county, commanded hy Cap?. David Ro»e, afterwards by
Capt. T.G. Sanford, ri the expedition against the Seminole
Indians in the year 133th having performed fully their duty
in paying a 1 ! the expenses of said expedition w hich was not
paid from tho public 'i rcasury, have an unexpended balance,
of tj»13l), w liich they vviil pay over to stu b members of said
company as claim their proportion, ifapplied fin on or be
fore the 1st day of April next. After that lime, the Cum*
n»itt«*e will proceed to appropriate w hatever balance may
remain to charitable purpose#.
JOHN C. MASON,
JESSE KING.
Feb. 14-31-2t HORACE T. SHAW.
ROCKWELL A KENAN,
.1TTORNE YS A T LA\V y
MILLEDGEVILI.E, GEORGIA,
11 ESSIOMAI. ISTE-
KIISTK. will niiend to ItiMiiirsa cnlrualwi lo ihem
in ill. tVimii,. nf ill. Ocuuili'i'i. Circuit, in tlie County of
JHunroi'k of 1*1? M-rthi*rn. Washington of the Miilille,
Jeicg»ini! I^siiri'ii. of tlie Simtli n rn, anil Honuton, llihh
anil Monroe.f the Flint Cireuit*: also in llio Federal Court.
ilieir iiflirris on the second floor of the Masonic Halt.—
J“'j ID, 1K3G. 8AMUF.I. ItOCKWELL,
i Sh J. KENAN.
PIIF. sul»
ATT COST.
eriber* otior thrir entire stin k of Goods, eon-
» »intin* of DUV GOODS, CUOCKEKY,
IIARDW AIIU, I! ATS, SHOES, &o. at cost, for
e*»h or npprored credit.
Al! per. n, jnih-hted to them Ity aerount, are retfiaalcd lo
rail ami settle hy note or otherwise.
, COWLES & WARD.
StUtJg'riUr, FtLruury 1?, 1837.-31
[ , AUt'\F,RSIll!>.
IS F Jj s 'US J EH LAI I AII HE \ LI. and 1JEXJ.Y-
* ^IN it. IIIA \OL]>S having j.uri*hawed the
; »rM..sr..GKEKX II. JORDAN and
the l„ ** ' ' 31‘GEIIEE in (he atoreof the undersigned,
■ I, " hi heieafier he conduetesl under liie firm |of
2, ,. ,V A ‘V *<"I REYNOLDS. .Milledge-
*' 1 ‘seemlier 30, H iG -2S JAS. H. -SHAIIAN.
rn,,. , , *RW GOODS.
I I " "I 1 ,77* ,,rr ■’** received part and is now reeeivin-
BRV JJ. a\d WINTER stock of
mg artirli, *, am * ,, 8 " hich may be found the follow-
V«n
!>■»■ I’.ro
mgs.
nine l.rtt in,.)...
SHlI-tnannik;;”
f'hulv* and Shall
ul h* difTcrent colors; Caa#imrtc# do ;
*:uc!-**»• Tiil^ia ‘ nii ^ figured Satiins; Silk ditto, a new
ditto- v plant and figure*!; plain black Isabella
figured and plain of ftl# best qualifies,
India and Sarsnctt ditto; Parisian
plain; salt in checked and figured
article, the French brocade
Merino
ricks of
fitted
RHe- S and
Ijtdis i 1!, ‘* Linen Cambrirk; Pongee.
JI 3n ,j.. 1 ' ‘fnj'lercd Linen Famhrirk Cuiaos and Pocket
Fur'fV,'^" Cnpis and Collars.
j-j. p r ‘ as ami riifis down, ditto.
■tv»«c« \\ ^lipp^rs, black and cofiired; newest
dittu ”l-‘V * ir r ,ln ^ bronze ditto; white and black 8*11 in
Hnu-r t r’r 1 ,i,oru ‘ « O and Krai village walking Shoes;
Kenf'rai n?l ^ a new article of French ditto; a
g**ntlsp'"'f*»f ladies, misses and childrens Shoes;
°P'* r 'i a-H " ^‘*’* “* ditto; gentlemen's fine calf-kin Boots;
ru n ^ d ,K, vy *^ llo i kid, inor«cco and prunell dancing
for the | .. n r , y ,,,,s i a new aritele, the trench hroct
<;, 0 j x { * r;mii an.] English Merinos and Mer
Cirras-ian Jarconal and Camhrictu
fe'.'V v' 1 ' niu<rK ' fe^in, figured, dotted, ond check dot
liiTn^r/-* 1 ’’ * ’ I,,K; - * 1,3,1 . Lin.'t»s; Sheet incs; 12-4 Lawns i
DLERv Kr - RV , HARDWARE AND SAD-
y’ LRi I MERY AND HTATIONARY.
R\ I Vi , - ,< L S< ' oU ‘ h CA Rf KTING7
f:«iv P A !° liDE CLOTHING—a large *n<J ex-
ta-’r\ i !' L rl '. u< n1, am *>rig-t which may Ue found, gentle-
lVui. , i , ^kiaks, Cloth Moluiirand Mackina Over-Coat«.
s . ‘ t rt * 8 ditto, ifeuinliHins ntid Vest*.
'' ,." I roni * and Collars, Merino and Cotton nett
a»«rt„“n, , | ’ raw ' > J*. flwm-l «Vn»i». STOCK>, a gnod
II u i i 1Al r ‘'»th, plain and figured Merino Cloaks,
to , . ' 111 respectfully ask the attention of PLANTERS
^LVNKiIt :,SSort,ne n ! ^ NEGRO SHOES and
Mi'lvr # , , as * ,f * has a large assortment of each and
T., T ‘ II: ». \r AvacsvA prices.’.■
in- ,i 7 1 '," '• 1"* v i ,i 't Milledgcvillr for the pnrpos* of hny-
"iil, * n, I "h.Uir •it| l |ilu« of dry gui-dh, lie woid'd,
l ra'i r ‘" ! ‘djmid i',p pnhlir. nioiit retpeitftilly invite thi*
• »nd eiaimno. Millerigeville. October 10. I«3A.
JAMES II. SIIAIUN.
FOR SAL2,
AT THE FEDERAL t'KIOX OFFICE,
A IHSTORA’ of the Detection, Conviction, Life and
De»ign« of JuIlN A. SIFUBli, ihrCr.nl IVrjf
era Lnnd I’iralr, together with his syaiem of Villainy,aad
plan of cvriiing a Negro Rebellion: also a ralal.guft ol the
Names uf liuir hundred and fifty-live «f Li« Myntir Clan
Fellmva and Follow era; and a alaleinent of their effort, for
the d-atnii-iinn of Viitcii. A. Stewart, the young man
who delated him. .
KT 'Phis interesting and valuable little book should be in
the bands of every owner of slaves
UOTAASCO-TIEOICAIi ISOOM.
or FKACTICE.
A FEW COPIES FOR SALE hy the nnd-rsigned.—
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From the Philadelphia Saturday News.
CITY WORTHIES.
BT JOSEPH C. NEAL.
SIMON SIIABROON,—tiie disconsolate.
There is something peculiarly exhili-
ratinw in the sight of new-fallen snow.—
a charm. The graceful eddying of the
The storm which brings it is not without
drills sported with by ihe wind, and the
silent gliding of the feathery Hakes, as
one hv one they settle upon the earth,
like fairy creatures dropping to repose,
have a soothing influence not easily de
scribed, though doubtless felt by all.—
But when the clouds, having performed
their office, roll away, and the brightness
of the morning sun beams upon an ex
panse of sparkling, unsullied whiteness;
when all that is common-place, coarse
?:nd unpleasant in aspect, is veiled for
the time, and made to wear a fresh and
dazzling garb, new animation is felt bv
the spirit. The young grow riotous with
joy, and their merry voices ring like bells
through the clear and bracing air; while
the remembrance of earlier days, gives a
youthful impulse to the aged heart.
But to all this there is a sad reverse.—
The resolution of these enchantments in
to their original elements, ly means of a
thaw, is a necessary, but it must be con
fessed, a very doleful process, fruitful in
gloom, rheum, inflammations, and fevers
—a process which gives additional pangs
to the melancholic, and causes valour’s
self to droop like unstarched muslin.—
The voices of the boy3 arc hushed; the
whizzing snow-ball astonishes the unsus
picious wayfarer no more; the window
glass is permitted to live its brief dav,
safe from ati untimely fracture, and the
urchin sneaks moodily home from school,
with his hands in his pockets, so chang
ed in his nature, that he scarcely bestows
a derisive grin upon the forlorn sleigh,
which ploughs its course through mud
and water, although its driver and his
passengers invite the jeer by making
themselves small to avoid it, and tempt a
joke by oblique glances to see whether it
is coining.
It was a time of thaw—a sloppy night
in January. Hours had elapsed since
the sun withdrew the light of his counte
nance, and went to rouse the antipodeans
to their labors; yet his influence had not
departed with him. There was an un
seasonable warmth in the air, and an un
wholesome haze dimmed the brightness
of the stars. The city, it is true, was
clothed iri snow; but it was melancholy
snow; rusty and forlorn in aspect, and
coping, as if in sorrow that its original
purity had become soiled, stained and
spotted by contact with the world. Its
whiteness had, in a measure, disappear
ed, ly the pressure of human footsteps;
wheels and runners had almost incorpo
rated it with the common earth; and,
is thrsut in a crowd, complain of the
jKiintediiess of his attentions, he may re
flect that even do his reasoning faculties
bore into a subject. When gazing in a
mirror, should his eye be offended ly the
view of lantern jaws and channelled
cheeks, and bones prematurely labouring
to escape from their cuticnlar tabernacle,
he may easily figure to himself the rest
less energy of bis spirit, which, like a
keen blade, wearctk away the scabbard
—lie is an intellectual cut and thrust, a
thinking chopper and stabber.
But these thoughts, did they occur to
Shabroon, would afford him no consola
tion. He would be fatter, if he could;
but, though sighing and grief blew Sir
John FalstafFup like a bladder, they have
a dint rent effect upon Shabroon. Worn
to the bone by such unsufeteQtial diet, he
is one of those, who boil away Jii the
cauldron of their own tears, and emerge
from affliction, fit to take their places in
the museum of a medical school. But lie
is a “worthy;” though a lialpless theme,
and future ages, when his tale is told
will put a drop in every eye.
The thaw progressed—the snow less
ened, ami the slackwater navigation in
creased, until its waveless surface over
spread the bounds and enrbs, which in
ordinary times, keep the kennel within
its proper limits, and preserve the trotter
from its profane contact. But Shabroon
regarded not its swelling approach.
Seated on the pavement, with his back
against the wall, he remained immersed
alike in slop and in reflection. The drops
fell from the eves with a heavy monoton
ous patter upon the roof of his tatterdd,
but picturesque chapeau, w r hieh being
pitched forward, shed the stream direct
upon his nnsal promontory, and made it
useful as an aqueduct. But swiftly as
the current leaped from point to point, it
did but run a me with the tears which
lrolled down his hollow checks. It was
in truth a melting scene, and to give, it
full effect, he beat a dull tattoo with his
bands upon the plashy ground, and ever
and anon, he heaved a sigh, the prepara
tory inspiration, being as if lie wished to
inflate himself like a balloon, and soar
beyond tlie reach of care, and the expira
tion closely resembling that which the
angry lion utters when teazing exhibitors
stir him up with a long pole to delight the
company. But, although the situation
was bail enough in itself to provoke such
expression of grief—especially to a man
of Shabroon’s inclination, who saw “water,
water every where, hut not a drop to
drink,” either of that, or of what he lov
ed better—yet he had other impulses to
such a'display of feeling.
A man with a yellow coat, a badge,
and other insignia of authority, halted in
front of the melancholy spectacle, and,
after regarding it attentively, observed:
“I guess nobody don’t own you—you
must have popped up like a musharoon
out of them bricks, and are waiting to
get found, like Amerikey was a good while
ago. Why don'L you lumber off’ some-
whercs?”
“Ilay?—oh!”—ejaculated Shabroon;
“Lumber off’!—where shall I lumber to?
—Tell me that, 1 ask you. Where can a
man go, u hen he a’n’t got nowheres to
go to, unless he keeps agoing round all
ihe while? Where should 1 go?”
“I don’t know where vou should go;
to make jackets for the boys. What’s to
become of me?”
“Why, when we have done with you,
there’s no reason why yon shouldn’t
make a werry good lantern, if yon were
pasted over with white paper—rigged up
athwart ships, you’d do splendid lor an
oyster cellar sign. Come, walk.”
“I can’t—all the walk’s troubled out of
me.”
A wheelbarrow was procured, and Si
mon Shabroon was trundled away. They,
who had an opportunity to examine, say
that his bones cut the barrow dreadfully,
from which it may be laid down as a gen
eral rule, that grief blunts every faculty
except a man’s bones.
but since you’ve been talking it lias struck
inc amazing bard where you will go.—
Now I’ve took a lunar, you’re sot down
for a sitivation under government—a post
in the watch’us—only you’ll have to pay
for your keep, and pocket nothing but
the credit of the thing. The fact is I’m
ashamed of aou—Who treated, and
where did you get the liquor?”
“Hay!—no—I a’n’t got none yet—I
wish 1 had. I a’n’t corned, unless my
own tears has pickled me. - Hcigho! it’s
trouble on ihe mind as makes me queer.
It sort of affects my hinsidcs, and that
bothers my outsides; and them that don’t
enjoy personal flummcrality with me,
and only lias a “how-dc-doo this morning
—pooly well I thank’ee ’quaintancc,”
suspicions me of coekingup my little fin
ger too often. But It’s nothing but trou
ble. My wife—that’s it—she’s what is
called an economical woman—a saving
critter—so she chased me out, ’cause 1
was extravagant, and wanted some sup
per. J comps a tortling in, bumping a-
bout only for want of ballast, and so she
ups foot and lets me have it, in sicb a
cautionary way, that I thought somebody
called me, and I couldn’t stop. So I’m
trying to get a snooze jist here. I hav’n’t
bad a bit to cat these two days—at least,
nothing to signify, but hidings, and hid-
k»l»«A m A Pwvrl ->nV liwl V.
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nn tlie above husinri-y, and being truly lUankfiil to hi* friends
in varioui par), of tin- Stale, for their liberal patronage licre-
tolore Ijemowed on him, he hope* lliev will not, with
the ritiz tmof i|ii* place, forget to cal! op;«isile Mrs. God
win’s Hotel, at the sign of the large LEGEK, where may
he found a large a-sorinu til of law, medical, miscellaneous,
and school books, globes, school apparatus, dissected ina|»s,
and mat's of ul! kinds, every orticie in theuse ol drawing,
gold paper and bordering, perforated patter, and cards for
baskets, and fi general assortment of fancy articles, musical
buses, accordions, pianos and piano music; the best quality
of knives, sti-ei pens, ever pointed ;iencils, carmine satterrs,
India and indelible ink, poeket hooka and purses of all kinds,
bred bags, Indies work and dress bines, gentlemen's shaving
cases and travelling desks, ink, quills, paper of all kfruls,
blank and record books on band and made to order; the To
ken, Gift, Violet and Religious Souvenir lor 1837, just re
ceived, and all the new publications received a» soon as they
are issued from the press. Greer’s Georgia Almanac fur
1837, by the gross or dozen. Teachers wil. be allowed a
libera! discount in furnishing their schools. Gentlemen pur
chasing for their library, accommodated on tbs most reason
able terms. All orders thankfully received and punctually
attended to. The auction business in this rluce will be con
ducted by the ah.- ve proprietor. October Il f. I83B.
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where these had failed in effectually do- ^
innr tho work, remorseless distributors of - , .... , ,
? “* , , - , v i „ .1 i It'.gs a r* i 7.'.:G:Coom6 1C
ashes, coal dust, and ponnu cxt j, 0sg( s s ant j young children,
lent their aid to give uniformity to the 1 J °
dingy hue. But the snow, “weeping its
spirit from its eyes,” and its body too,
was fast escaping from these multiplied
contumelies and oppressions. - Large and
heavy drops splashed from the eves; slug
gish streams rolled lazily from the alleys,
and the gutters and crossings formed vast
shallow lakes, variegated by glaciers and
ice islands. They, who roamed abroad
at this unpropitious time, could be heard
approaching by the damp, sucking sound
which emanated from their boots, as they
alternately pumped in and pumped out
the water in their progress. But, when
these ambulatory hydniuiions had chiefly
retired to bed, leaving their gallcgaskins
by the fire, and tying a dry stocking a-
b'out their nteks to keep all right in that
quarter, Simon Shabroon was still abroad.
Simon is the antipode of his precedent
“worthv,” and may be fill}' designated
as the fleshlcss one—not that he is by
nature of the Cassius breed—on the con
trary, lie is a lank and lean by circum
stance. Some there are who never knew
the joy of being fat. A man of this class
can console himself by the belief that
the physical sharpness, which renders
him a walking cherauz dr fr'usc, and as
dangerous to embrace as a porcupine, is
but the outward emblem of the acuteness
of his mind. Should a rude fellow, bet
ter in flesh than himself, airuinst whom he
When tcill wonders cam?—A late London
paper has the following:—
There is now residing in Oxford street,
London, an engaging little gill about three
ygars old. The color of her eyes is pale
blue, anti cn ihe iris, or circle around die sign frr not making a sonic?”
pupil, these inscriptions are seen:
Lrft El/C ‘Right Eye.
Napoleon. Emferevil
DOMESTIC.
MILITARY COURT OF INQUIRY.
Frederick, Md. Jan. 17/A, 1837.
Continuation of the Proceedings in relation to
tk? failure of the Seminole anil Creek Cam
paigns, conducted by Generals Gaines "and
Scott; Rnd ihe delay cf prosecuting the Creek
Campaign of General Scolt.
Capt. M Cnll’s Testimony continued.
Question by the Court.—“What was the
number of Indians that invested Camp Izard on
29th of February, and how many attacks were
made on said Camp?” .
Ansiccr.—“The number on the morning of
the 29;h was in my opinion between 1200 anil
1500, includingncgroes, judging from the .extent
of ground covered—-Ilieir fire and war whoop.—
On ihe morning of the 3d, their number although
apparently not so numerous as on the 29th,
were greater than auy subsequent period. The
Indians made 5 or 6 attacks and occasionally,
both during day and night, a few shots were
fired into the enmp by stragglers.”
By the Court.—“No sortie was made upon
the enemy; what reason did Gen. Gaines as-
Empereur. ’ Napoleon.
These are traced in the above sized
letters, although all the letters are not
equally visible, the commencement Nap
and Emp being most distinct. Tlic color
of the letters is almost white, and at first
sight of the child, they appear like rays,
which make the eyes appear vivacious
and sparkling. The accuracy of ihe in
scriptions is much assisted by the stillness
of the eye on its being directed upwards,
as to an object on the ceiling of the room,
«&c.; and with this aid, the several letters
may be traced with tin?naked rye. This
effect is accounted for by the child’s
mother earnestly looking at a Frank piece of
Napoleon's. It was given to her by her
brother, previously to a long absence; and
this operating upon her mind at a particu
lar lime in her life, has produced the ap
pearance in question. It was visible at
the child’s birth and has increased with
her growth.
Anecdote.—“We must be unanimous,”
observed John Hancock, on the occasion
of signing the Declaration of Indepen
dence, “there must be no pulling differ
ent ways; we must all hang together.”—
“Yes” said Ben Franklin, “we must in
deed all hang together, or we shall nil
hang separately."
Progress of Civilization.—A native of
\lexandria, Egypt, had attempted tocom-
mit suicide. This is said to have been
the first attempt ever known. The great
est consternation prevailed, and the Egyp
tian Taries attributed the enormity' to tlic
corrupting influence of innovating princ
pies.
Fattening Chickens.—The following pro
cess of fattening chickens, we see highly
recommended: Take rice and boil it over
the fire in skimmed milk until the grain
bursts. This food ifgiven to chickens five
or six days, it is said, will make them
plump and fat enough to grace an Aider-
man’s table.—American Farmer.
“So you make up the difference by
drinking?”
“I told you afore it was trouble on the
mind. Molly’s heart is as hard as my
fate. I can’t keep anything to drink in
the house, ibr she takes it, so I mayn’t get
smashed and respectable of an evening,
and she gives all the wittlcs to the chil
dren, to make me spry and jump about
like a lamp-lighter. But it isn’t no sav
ing. Look here how my lit)nos tear my
clothes. My coat is like a cullcndar, and
my pants like a map of the world. Old
Calving Edsing was fat to me. I’m all
edge, and when the wind blows agin inc,
you may hear it whistle.”
“Why don’t you 'resist, and be a real
boss—wallop the old lndv.”
“It isn’t perlite—my wife’s a lady, and
I’m- a gentleman. Perlite husbands al
ways lets their wives wallop them.”
“Well—perhaps you like it best that
way, but if flogging must be done, I’d
rather be flogger than floggcr.”
“But when a lady does it-
“Can’t say I sec the difference; but
what’s the use of talking out here in the
wet? Sharp's the word, Mr. Henpeck—
you’re my prisoner.”
“My wife’s a sword of sharpness.—
She cuts the throat of my felicity, stabs
mv happiness, chops up my comforts, and
snips up all my Sunday-go-to-meetings
From the Washington (Hole, ISih lilt.
Wrecks on the Coast and Revenue CMiter.
The collector of the port of New York on,
Wednesday received instructions from
the Treasury Department to fit out two
revenue cutters on that station, with pro
visions, stores, &c. Ibr the purpose of
cruising off the Hook, and relieving inward
bound vessels. In accordance with these
instructions, the cutters Alet, Captain
Bicker, and Rush, Captain Polk, will he
supplied with the necessary stores, &c.
and sail forthwith.—Pennsylvanian.
\\ e understand that the instructions
referred to have been sent to all the
collectors having charge of cutters north
of Norfolk. The following is a copy of
the circular addressed to them upon this
subject, so interesting to the commercial
public:
Treasury Department,
Januaryi 9, 1837.
Sir—In tho present inclement season,
it is thought proper lo combine with the
ordinary duties of the cutters, that of as
sisting vessels found on the coast in dis
tress, and nf administering to the wants
of their crews. For this purpose, I have
to request that you .will direct the com
manding officer of the revenue cutter
to prepare for an immediate cruise.
To enable him to fulfil the duties expect
ed of him, y ou will cause him to be furnish
ed, without delay, with an addition to his
crew, if necessary, and such quantities of
provisions, water, wood, and all necessary
supplies, as can be conveniently stowed
in the vessel, and direct him to cruise
, keeping as close to the main la ml
as may pc consistent with the safety of
the vessel. You will direct him not to
return to port, unless forced to do so from
stress of weather or want of supplies#—
You will instruct him lo speak all vessels
approaching the coast which he may fall
in with, and to afford to those which may
require aid or relief, such assistance as
may be adapted to their condition and
necessities, and as it may be in his power
to render. You will observe that nil sup
plies furnished under this authority are
d unaccounted for, and direct'the com
mander of the cutter to charge such as lie
may deliver to vessels requiring them, at
the cost value, taking the hills of their
masters for the amount upon the owners
or consignees. These bills will be placed
in 3’our bands for collection, and, when,
paid, introduced into your accounts as a
deduction from the current disbursements
for the support of the cutter. I will thank
you to hasten the departure of the cutter
on this service, and to advise me of the
time of her sailing. Should circumstances
oblige her to return within a le6S period
than a fortnight, you will promptly des
patch her on a second cruise with similar
objects, and will take care that she is kept
employed on this duly as constantly' as
the safety of the cutter will permit.
I am, very respectfully, your most
obsdient, LEVI WOODBURY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
To the Coikctor'of the C%yoms at
Answer.—"lip did not explain to me tils rea
sons, but my impression is that it would not have
resulted in any important advantage to .our
side?”
By the Court.—“Did no officer during the
siege suggest the propriety of a sortie?”
Answer.—“I did not hear any officer suggest
a sortie; nor did I know that any officer differed
with the General upon that point.”
By the Court.—“What is your opinion of the
forces being able to drive the Indians if a sortie
had been made?”
Answer.—“I have not the smallest doubt
they could have driven them off, but the na
ture of the ground was such—the hammocks
being very dense and extremely difficult of ac-
cess to troops, the Indians who were lying con
cealed would have been enabled to deliver their
fire, and owing to their superior celerity and
knowledge of the ground, passed through the
hammock and crossed the river beforeour troops
could have come up with them. Their facilities
for crossing being great and the troops without
tlic means of following them.
Gen. Gaines here arose and said that he
would submit a question in reference to a sub
ject which had been agitated in the public jour
nals throughout the North; and he thought i:
was due to himself, this time to allude lo it. Ho
said he had been charged with meeting the ene
my only behind breast works, and by this witness
he would shew that he had fought them for two
days upon the river banks and compelled them
to retire from (he conflict. He’ said that suffi
cient evidence had already been adduced to the
Court to prove the impropriety of his making a
sortie from Camp Izard after the pledge he had
made to General Clinch, or the commanding ofii-
cer at Fort Drone that he would not do so.
By Gen. Gaines.—“What par: of the f >rce
of General Gaines was out of the limits of Gamp
Izard cn the 29ill of February, and were not
several companies occasionally on the river en
gaged with the enemy prior to the (jtli of
March?”
Answer.—“There was one company out of
the limits of the breast work on the 29th of Feb
ruary, and several companies were engaged in
firing at the Indians across the river prior to the
Cili of March.”
Gen. Gaines proceeded the next question
with a few remarks in reference lo ihe opportu
nities which had been enjoyed by Capt. M‘-
Call during a long residence in ihe Indian conn,
tries, in making himself acquainted with the to.
pographyol ilmse parts, and the habits and cus
toms of the Indians while engaged in travel, or
with an enemy. He said that the officer who
was “deputed to relieve him in the command in
Florida, had stated, in an official communica
tion that he did not believe that more than 500
Indians had been embodied since ihe opening of
the war. That officer acknowledges that he
had met no parties consisting of more than 50
or GO, and ho protends io judge of ihe number
whoatlacked the command at Camp Izard fom
the appearance of the neighbouring ground.—
Gen. Gaines said that it was well known to some
of tiic members of the Court that large bodies of
Indians have travelle.d in times of war, from one
post to another, without leaving any evidence of
their st-englh—tin's he said was done by the In
dians by treading in the print made by ilieir
leader, and the only way the enemy could judge
of the opposing force, was by the depth of the
print.
By Gen. Gaines.—“What is your opinion as
to the practicability of ascertaining a week or
two weeks after a battle, the number of Indians
engaged in it; or the number encamped at any
one print; and do the Indians leave as much cv.
idence of their number in Camp as the whites?”
Answer.—“I think it would be impassible a
week or two weeks afier a battle to ascertain, by
the signs commonly left by Indians, what num
ber had been on the battleground. The princi
pal object of the Indians encamping in times of
war, being lo conceal their numbers; it would
be extremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to
make even a tolerable guess of their numbers
which occupied an encampment, unless they
had occupied it for a great length of lime.—
After leaving an encampment, the Indians do
not leave any thing like as much evidence of
their numbers as the whites usually leave.
Gen. Gaines here referred to a portion of the
testimony of Capt. Thistle. It will bo remem
bered by our readers, that the Captain staled to
tlic Court he had never heard of General Gaines
until he saw him in Florida; and never knew of
any dissatisfaction expressed by the Volunteers
rcu uncertain whether Gen.
Gaines could accompany mem . n. i,.f- fCCHC
in Florida. The Gen. said that he was in hopes
that Capt. Thistle for his own sake would reflect
again upon the subject and correct that part of
his testimony, inasmuch as the Capt. had gone lo
Florida from Now Orleans in the same Steam
Boat, and on the passage had frequently con.
versed with the same Gen. Ga.nes, of whom “he
had never heard until lie saw him in Florida.”—
In order however, to settle tho matter, Gen.
Gaines said, lie would propose a question to Cap
tain M‘Cali, which would be satisfactory to the
Court upon that point.
By Gen: Gaines.—Wlint were the sentiments
and Jcelings of the Louisiana Volunteers, as ex
pressed by them on board the steamer Watch-
man at Pensacola, relative to Gen. Gaines con
tinuing in command!
Answer.—On the arrival of tlic steam boat
Watchman at Pensacola on the 6th February it
was ascertained that the steamer Merchant, with
a battaliion of Louisiana Volunteers, under the
immediate command of Col. Smith, had sailed
the day before for Tampa Bay. On landing nt
Pensacola, General Gaines received the letter
ofthc Adjutant General notifying him that Ge
neral Scolt had been ordered to Florida, and di
recting Gen. G. to await for further orders at
New Orleans. On receiving this letter, Gener-
al Gaines remarked to me that he would go
with great readiness wherever his services might
be most useful to bis country, and he thought he
should return to New Orleans. 1 left him im
mediately, to attend to some duties. When the
troops learned the purport of the letter, maay of
the volunteers collected around me, and inquired
whether the General intended to proceed or re
turn. I replied that I believed he would return.
They expressed in Strong terms their regret at
this information, and tlte general opinion, as far
as t learned, was that he should proceed. After
this, the commanding officer of the battaliion on
board ofthe Watchman, Lieut. Colonel Lawson,
came to me and made the same inquiry: ( re
plied as before. He said that General Gaines
was hound to proceed to Tampa Bay, nnd he
would be severely censured if he relinquished the
command. At the same time, he asked mo !<•
urge him to proceed.
Col. Lawson spoke of thcconfusion that would
ensue, if he gave up the command. Col. Smith,
next in rank to Gen. Gninos, was willing,
through personal regard to Col. Twiggs, to waive
with that officer, for the purpose of giving him
the command of the brigade; but if General
Gaines relinquished the command of the expedi
tion, AInj. Foster,ofthe 4th Infantry, and Lieut.
Colonel by brevet, Would assert his right to coin-
mnnd the brigade, in virtue of his brevet com.
mission, which was senior to Colonel Twiggs
commission in the line: and contention for the
command have arisen, which might cause the
seperation of the troops, and in that way endan.
gered the success of the expedition. I saw Gen
ernl Gaines soon after and he told me he had de
termiised to proceed at least to Tampa Bay, an t
he would be governed by circumstances in his
future movements. On his way, he showed mo
the skeleton of a letter to /Jen. Scott, should he
find him in the field. That letter announced his
arrival with troops under his command, and pro,*
posed a co-operation with Gen. Scott. He nt
the same time remarked to me, that if Gen Scolt
preferred to take the sole conduct of the war, he
would without hesitation turn over the command
to him.
By General Gaines.—Wlint occurred »’
Dade’s battle ground to determine General
Gaines to go to Fort King?
Answer.—While the party who had boen de
tailed for the purpose were collecting the bodies
for burial, Genera! Gaines expressed to me his
anxiety to know where the enemy was, not
having met him, as'we expected, on our march
to that point, and his desire to know ofthe situa
tion of General Clinch. He stated to me that
tho surest men ns of acquiring this information
wn9 to proreed to Fort King, but he expressed
an unwillingness to draw any supplies from that
post, which perhaps might be slender. I then
remarked that I was informed that morning bv
the senior Quarter Master, Captain Shannon, TO
had been notified that large supplies had b^en
ordered to Fort King. The General expressed
satisfaction at this, and immediately sent lor
the Quarter Master, who produced a letter from
the Quarter Master General’s office, dated Kfih
January, stating that large supplies of provisions
had been ordered from New York to Fort King,
and thirty thousand rations to Sr. Augustine.—
On receiving this information, General Gai tes
expressed his determination to proce- d fiirth-
with to Fort King, and the order fir a march
was given tlic moment the funeral rites were
concluded.
Ey'Genernl Gaines.—On his arrival nt Fort
King, not finding the provisions and troops be
expected, wh it plan of operations did General
Gaines adopt?
Answer.—On nrrivingnt Fort King, nnd fmd-
UJg tho garrison consisted of only one company
of artillery, and a small supply of provisions,
which would only afford him two days rations,
he told me in the course of conversation that it
was his determina’ion to return to Fort Brooke,
where he had supplies, and should he not find
the ougmy <*n the route thither, be would then
operate in the direction of Tolopchopko, on
Pease’s Creek, to intercept the retreat of the
Indians toward the everglades, should they h-s
driven in that direction hy the troops operating
above.
By General Gaines.—Was it the intention of
General Gaines to make a sortie in the event
of hearing General Clinch’s, or Colonel Lind
say’s guns?
Answer.—The General observed several
times at Camp Izard, that he should net he sur
prised to hear Colonel Lindsay’s guns from tho
other side of the river; and if lie did, he would
cross the river and march to his a : d—or, if tho
Indians engaged General Clinch on his advance,
he would march out nnd support him.
The testimony of Captain .MhCaU here closed,
when Cap’ain Thistle was cnlh’d and sworn, but
his recital of the scenes which he personally
witnessed, being extremely uninteresting and
tedious, 4 have concluded to omit taking notes
of it. The Court then adjourned at 8 o’clock,
for the purpose of waiting on General Santa
Anna.
FitEncETcJC. (Md.) January IS, 1837.
-The Court went into session at the nsualn/iur,
and continued for a length of time this morning
in taking down the testimony of Captain Thistle;
in the course of which he stated that be never
thought the Indians were sincere in their pro
position for peace. General Gaines then sub
mitted the following question:
The witness has stated that he did not believe
that the Indians were sincere in their professions
on the 5th and 6th of March, 1836, in suing for
peace, nnd yet, afer the conference he asked,
and obtained permission to go out of the camp
with six of his men; the witness will now state
whether he would have co isidercvl it prudent or
safe in going from the camp witli six men unless
he had placod confidence in tho sincerity of.the
Indian’s overtures?
Answer.—I am ready to answer that. I did
consider it safe. I consider myself a first-rate
woodsman; nnd I have spent much time with
the Indians; and I have done a great deal of
trading v ith them; and know them ns well tnf
any man; nnd I think t am capable of keeping
myself concealed, if 1 did not wish to come in
contact with them.
Genera! Gaines observed that he was perfect
ly satisfied with the answer of the witness, nnd
nnd iiti fiirtbcr interrogatories to suggest to him.
The Court adjourned at 1 o’clock, having direct-
ed the Judge Advocate to furnish replies to
certain interrogatories propounded by General
Gaines which would supersede tho necessity .*4"
the General’s searching the cltr.otie mass of evi
dence for accttsutioris, which, he said, was “liko
looking for tiro finest insect in a lmy stack.”—
Some of the letters are so extremely long—I
wont to any they are as long ns from here lo
Miehilimackinaw—but I should think them
entirely too long for any officer to write, who
was so extremely anxious to hasten to the then-
tre ofltostilitics without losing a moment.
The General said that he would show to the
court from the evidence placed before them by
General Scott himself, that bis plans and mod*
of operation in Florida, were precisely like hi*
own, until he (General Scot;) d scovercd that
anothcr^ofiicer lo whom lie was bearing th*
most violent personal hatred, was in the field,
and then he cried aloud to the d qmrtment that
his plans wore upset, and his operations much
retarded. 1 shall also convince the court that
if my movem-nt, did at all, embarrass or de
lay General Scott’s, it was not more than two
days.
The President answered to General Gaines,
that his case would be laid aside until Monday
next, in order m afford General Scott an oppor
tunity to mad his defence, which he prouos- d to
commence to deliver tomorrow, but being some,
wlint enfeebled, he has deferred it until Friday,
I hear that it comprises about one hundred and
twenty pages, quarto.
A bill has passed the Legislature of'
Maine, authorizing the removal of the seat
of Government from Augusta to Portland.