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Georgia, and admitting that a band of
robbers had existed, no! more disgraceful
to (lie red than the white men; and upon
t },is point he requested the reading of cer
tain documents by the clerk, which were
read. These documents consisted of the
applications of Ross and his brother, Gun-
ton, and others, to become reservecs and
permanent residents under the treaty of
ism-
Mr. WISE proceeded^ for a short time
longer, when lie yielded the floor to
Mr. McKENNAN, on whose motion,
the committee rose and reported.
The SPEAKER having resumed the
Chair, and the message having been read,
On motion of Mr. HOWARD, Mr.
OWENS moved that it, with the accompa
nying documents, be postponed till Friday.
' The subject was then postponed with
out further remark, aud the House ad
journed.
State Rights and United States’ Rights.
**T»s the star spanned Innner,oh, lone may it wave.
O’er theland ofthe fre© and the home ofthe brave,"
federal union
M n,i,ES><;n v, LUE, June 5, 1838.
Union Democratic Republican Ticket,
for CONGRESS.
n. C. CAMPBELL E*q. of Bibb,
GEN. B. CHAVES of Newton,
JUNIUS IIILLYER Esq. of Clark,
HON. ALFRED IVERSON of Muscogee,
DK. J. G. M‘\VIIORTER of Richmond,
(JEN. CHARLES II. NELSON o/ Cherokee,
ROBERT \V. POOLER of Chatham,
COL. J. S. PATTERSON of Ikirly,
Persons indebted to us, in the counties
of Ilcnry, Fayette and DeKulb, will please
avail themselves of the opportunity, and
oblige us by settling tjjeir accounts with
Mr. William S. Rogers, one of the edi
tors of this paper, who is now absent on a
tour to those counties, for the purpose of
making collections and receiving subscrip
tions for the pnpei.
THE CHEROKEES.
Our readers are already in possession
of the late communication from the .Secre
tary of War, which was laid before Con
gress by the Executive, and are apprised
also, ol'the emotion that it excited in the
mind of everyone. We publish* d that
document in our last, and therefore deem
it unnecessary again to insert it. A large
portion of this paper is devoted to the de
bate and proceedings in Congress relating
to the Cherokees and the treaty with them,
because we believed it to be the most in
teresting matter that we could lay before
our readers at this time
We are so fully anticipated in the views
and feelings entertained by us on this sub
ject, by the Constitutionalist, whose arti
cle we extract, and by the able, indepen
dent and manly remarks ot Mr. Cuthbert,
in the Senate, and of our Representatives
Messrs. Glascock, Dawson and Towns,
in the House, that we decline makingany
comment on the measure at present. \V e
earnestly invite our readers to an atten
tive perusal ofthe remarks ot their Sena
tors and Representatives in Congress.
They have fearlessly and correctly repre
sented the rights and the feelings of the
State, in opposing and denouncing the
proposition to grant a delay in the removal
of the Indians; and if we mistake not, all
parties in Georgia, are united in opposi
tion to this astonishing course of the Gov
ernment in relation to the Cherokees.
The remarks of our Senator, Mr. Cuth-
bert, and of our Representatives, who
took part in the discussion in the House,
will meet a hearty approval from the whole
people of Georgia.
The firm and able stand taken by Mr.
Cuthbert, in the Senate, and the decisive
hikI manly vindication ol the character
and rights ol the State, by Gen. Glascock,
Col. Towns and Col. Dawson, in the
House, are expressive of the feelings and
opinions of every Georgian. We cannot
believe there is one to be found, who
would reflect upon the unpleasant and
painful consequences, both to the State
and the Cherokees, which the document
would likely produce, who could for a
moment, Ik: so recreant to humanity and to
the rights ofthe citizens of Georgia, as to
justify such a course. It is fortunate, in
deed, for Georgia and for the Cherokees,
that the timely and efficient measures
pursued lip the commanding General, has
prevented any further prospect of a collis
ion between the Slate and the United
States Government, in regard tothese In
dians, The fanatics and the Virginia
dad-man, WISE, will, we have no doubt,
be much mortified to learn that it will not be
necessary to have Georgia castigated, for
refusing to violate the laws and Constitu
tion of the country.
Col. A. H. Kenan one of Gen Scott’s
aids, immediately from his head quarters
in Cherokee, and who left before the in
structions of the Secretary of War had
been received by the General, arrived in
this city on Saturday last. We learn that
Col. Kenan brings to the Governor the
gratifying intelligence that the whole ot
(fee Cherokees within the limits ot Geor
gia have already gone, or have been taken
to the stations appointed for them to as
semble at, and are now under the control
of Gen. Scott, ready to be sent ofl. I hey
will not be permitted to return.
The citizens of Georgia are left in the
peaceable possession of the lands granted
to them by the State. As they would
do in Mr. Wise’s attempt to castigate Geor
gia. They will as State Rights men main
tain the possession oftheir lauds, and assert
their liberties and rights, under the Con
stitution as becomes a free people; peace
fully whilst their claims are respected,
or investigated under the sanction of
the charter of rights. And when infringed
Hy brute force, their chivalrous bearings
and valorous resistance will test their re
gard for State Rights, and evince their
mode of nullifying miscreants, who at
tempt a castigatiop of them for maintain
ing their rights.
SPECIE PAYMENTS.
The late Bank Convention in Charles
ton have agreed upon the first of January'
next for the resumption of Specie pay
ments by ibe Banks of Georgia and South
Carolina. Our Banks agreeable to their
1 eclarations and the reports given, show
and acknowledge themselves as able and
ready to resume specie payments now, as
they ever were, or ever will be. Why it
is they are unwilling to do it then, is to us
surprising; but the pretext now is, that the
condition of the people as to indebtedness
&c. requires they should continue the sus
pension and enable the farmers to receive
the benefit of another crop, to be pur
chased by T the merchants at better prices
in consequence of their ability to furnish
the means to them to buy and to expand
their issues by being permitted to continue
the suspension. This is all plausable
enough to the mind of a Bank director or
stockholder, but to those who are not to
share their profits it is difficult to see how
the community are to be benefitled be
tween thii and the first of January, by hav
ing to pay the balance ol exchange, alrea
dy ten per cent difference, on their bills
and the bills of the Northern Banks, which
have resumed Specie payments, and
which must increase the rate ol exchange
in their favor against this community hold
ing bills of non-specie paying Banks. Is
it as likely that the Banks ol'Georgia would
be impaired in the confidence of the peo
ple by now paying specie for their bills
while they have the means, and when
their circulation is less and in the hands
ol but few, than if they continue the sus
pension, increase the doubts of the people
as to their ability to resume, and expand
tlieir circulation by loaning large amounts
to wreckless speculators to buy the pres-
sent crop, and subject themselves to heavy
demands for specie when they do resume
in January, if indeed they should then do
so. Would it not be better for this com
munity, who have now the fullest confi
dence of their solvency , that the Banks
should now resume, and furnish the ne
cessary change for the convenience ofthe
people, which would probably be all the
demand at present, and by fall, having
secured the confidence of all, not only
as to their ability but willingness to fur
nish the specie necessary for the ordinary
business, (which is all they ever will do,)
then toexpand their issues and afford the
funds for the purpose of buying up the
crop at a fair price, and enable the plan
ters to extricate themselves from their in
debtedness to them.
Thus, having reinstated tlieir credit, and
having been useful and in some degree
answered the designs lor which they 7 were
created, we might hope to see some sta
bility, and be bonefitted by a resumption
of specie payments; but if postponed until
January, there is no telling how long it
will be postponed, and how many will
become insolvent from their over issues,
and great anxiety to fill their pockets at
the expense of the other branches of so
ciety. We know this may not answer the
views ofthe Banks because it would now
perhaps defeat iheir calculations, as to the
profits making and expected to be made
by them upon their transactions with the
merchants and others indebted at the
North, who are compelled to pay this in
creasing difference of exchange to obtain
funds which will pay their debts due and
payable at the North. The reports of
our Banks exposes the trap they have
set to make their profits. They are, it will
be seen, the largest holders of Northern
funds and creditors of Northern Banks,
upon which they can draw in favor of the
debtor there, who will necessarily have to
be shaved ofthe amount of difference be
tween their bills and the bills on Northern
Banks; and it may not be entirely unrea
sonable to conjecture that our Banks may
be induced to a speculation upon cotton,
and enter ihe. field this fall themselves
to purchase it at their own prices, hav
ing witnessed the wonderful profits made
by Mr. Biddle from his speculation in this
manner last year, they may hope to be
as successful. Will any one pretend to
gainsay tlieir willingness to accumulate
an increase of the amount of their divi
dends? Can any one now doubt their
disposition and capacity to shave the peo
ple of their earnings? The Banks are
now, from the great spirit ol speculation
that exists, and the opportunity afforded
them during a suspension oi specie pay
ments, more or less inclined to profit by
the advantages from shaving. Some ol
them are scarcely entitled to the name of
Banking institutions, but are more proper
ly shaving shops.
We would beg the attention of our read
ers to this subject, and particularly those
who were active last year in calling upon
our Banks to suspend specie payment.—
And we would also ask ot those gentle
men, and of the people of Georgia, wheth
er it might not be proper to call meetings
to invite the Banks to resume specie pay
ment, now that the New York Banks
have resumed payment of all demands,
and those of Philadelphia are preparing
to pay all shin-plasters of less than one dol
lar.
The people of Georgia have, during the
troubles of the past year, manifested to
wards the banks the highest spirit of foi-
bearanee and patience. I he first of May
last, or when the Northern Banks resumed,
was then promised them to be the furthest
day oft - that the Banks could desire to
enable them to resume. That season ol
forbearance has passsd away. And the
people havea right to claim, in return, an
honest, hearty and immediate resumption
of specie payments. It is useless to rely
upon the action of a coming Legislature,
to secure this object. The history ot the
past proves what their course will be in
bringing them into subjection to the will
of the people. There is no such thing
as enactments to be expected to be pas
sed bv our Legislature, to effect the inter
ests of the Banks, while they hold such i
immense influence and are so closely
banded together—having the community
in debt and exercising such power in secu
ring the election of interested stock-hold
ers and the like. They will always thus
effectually succeed in baffling the power
of the people, through the Legislature—
and avoid the necessity of paying their
debts, or of confessing their inability.
The “ Hyena,” is the name of a new paper
in Texas, and the “ Lobelia” is one just set up
by some steam doctor*.
From the Constitutionalist.
OUR CHEROKEE AFFAIRS.
We must admit, that in the letter of the
Secretary of War to the Cherokee delega
tion, it is explicity slated and intimated, that
the rights of Georgia are to be respected, and
her consent to a postponement of the remo
val of the Indians must be obtained, before
the arrangements proposed may be carried
into effect. We admit, that in the letter of
the Secretary of War to Gen. Scott, the same
statement and intimation are expressed. But
the President and the Secretary of War
should have known, that the extraordinary
policy adopted hy them, would defeat the
plan of. inducing the Cherokees to emigrate
without resistance. The policy now adopt
ed will strengthen the belief, that, if they can
remain a few years more in the territory they
now occupy, an expected and almost certain
change of administration of the Federal gov
ernment, which must be more favorable to
their interest, and less disposed to respect
the sovereign rights of Georgia, will have the
influence and power to maintain them on this
side of the Mississippi. The Cherokees be
lieve, that they have nothing to lose by a
change of administration. They are well
convinced, that should Mr. Clay or Mr.
Webster succeed in defeating Mr. Van Bu-
ren at the next presidential election, they
will have friends at the head of the govern
ment, and enemies like themselves of the
people of Georgia. I11 fact, what have we
beheld, and what do we now behold?—The
opponents of the administration of General
Jackson condemning the Indian policy, re
commended and pursued bv that adminis
tration; and the opponents of the present ad
ministration, with Mr. Webster and Mr. Clay
at their head, condemning the policy hither
to pursued by Mr Van Buren, and declar
ing the treaty of 1835, a fraud on the Indi
ans. And are we certain, that John Ross
and other Cherokee Chiefs, have not been
advised not to emigrate, because in a few
years there would be a change of adminis-
tration'* Are we certain, that the enemies
of Mr. Van Buren and of Georgia have not
assured the Indians, that Georgia would nev
er attempt to remove them by force, without
the sanction ofthe Federal government, and
the co-operation of Federal troops? If the
Indians have been so deceived, as we firmly
believe they have been, the dreadful conse
quences which must inevitably he the result
of a postponement of the execution of the
treaty of 1835, will have to be ascribed to
the efforts continually made by the opposi
tion party in the United States to place them
selves in power, by defeating the present ad
ministration in all measuies, calculated to
promote the peace apd welfare cl the coun
try.
The President and Secretary of War, in
recommending the policy of giving more
time to the Cherokcesto emigrate, have been
entrapped into the snare laid for them by ihe
enemies ofthe administration. We are sur
prised that Mr. Van Buren should have let
himself he taken in so easily by his ene
mies The numerous petitions presented
to Congi es by the leaders of the opposition,
against the treaty of 1835, was a device to
deceive and entrap the administration. Those
leaders knew, that if the President could be
made to listen to the prayers of the peti
tioners, he would involve himself with four
ofthe Southern States, in which he had nu
merous and influential friends. Those lea
ders knew, that if the President could be
prevailed upon to adopt the policy of delay
in the execution of the Indian treaty, indi
rect opposition to the well known wishes, and
settled policy of the States interested in the
removal of the Cherokees, a state of things
would be brought about, which would im
pair the popularity of the administration with
the citizens of those four States, and render
the prospects of a successful teimination of
the next presidential election, less flattering
to those now in power. Mr. Van Buren has
been caught in the snare: let him extricate
himself from it as well as he can: we shall
not assist him in the attempt, unless he re
traces the steps he has recently taken. In
the mean time, the policy adopted by the ad-
ministiation, may produce a bloody war.—
The Indians will now be more bold in their
resistance to emigrate, by the expectation of
a change of administration in three years; by
the concession made to them by the govern-
m nt to remain where they are for two years
more; and hy (lie presence of a military force
of the United Spates, to protect them against
the measures that may be adopted by the
State of Georgia, to obtain the occupation
of the lands now in possession of those
Cherokees. But the President, the Secre
tary of War, and the Cherokee Indians, de
ceive themselves if they believe that the citi
zens of Georgia will tamely submit to the
arrangements recommended to Congress. If
ihe pc >ple of Georgia determine to take the
treaty of 1835 as their guide, in the present
condition of our Indian affairs, the military
force'of the United States now stationed in
the Cherokee counties of the State, with the
Indians themselves, will not deter that peo
ple from taking possession of the land in
the occupancy ofthe Cherokees at all haz
ards. The people of Georgia will not cal
culate the consequences; they will maintain
their rights, their sovereignty, and their hon
or, at the risk of tlieir lives.
Humanity to the Indians .-.hould have pre
vented delusive hopes from being placed be
fore them, by northern petitioners, and by
the policy recently recommended by the
President. Humanity to the Indians should
have dictated another policy. The fact is,
th.e Cherokees will have to abandon the ter
ritory of Georgia; and they will have to do
this without resistance; for, if they resist,
they will lie exterminated, though at the cost
of much Georgian blood. Ever since 1802,
the State of Georgia has been urging on the
Federal government the necessity and sound
policy of freeing this section of the Union of
the burden of an Indian population.—Deaf
to all entreaties, it is only by pressing efforts
on the part ol Georgia, and by her own ex
ertions. that the Federal gov rnment dis
encumbered our State ofthe Creeks. And
we much fear, it will be only by our own ex
ertions, and our own determination, that we
will succeed, in disburdening ourselves of a
population which, without safety and peace
to themselves, have more than any other
causes, retarded our State, in its march to
wealth, prosperity & influence in the Union.
The peace of the State, humanity to the
Cherokees, and the enjoyment by both, the
whites and the Indians, of their customs,
manners, and habits, call loudly for an im
mediate removal of the Indian population
from the Territory of Georgia, to one which
they will occupy in peace and safety, and
where they will be protected by the strong
arm of the Union.
From the Augusta Constitutionalist, 20th ult.
We submit the following facts in support of
the position wo have assumed in tho controver
sy which has arisen between the Federal Gov
ernment and the State of Georgia.
In December 1827, the Legislators of Geor-
gt adopted a report and resolutions relating to
the lands in the occupancy of the Cherokee In
dians. Among the resolutions adopted were
the following:
“Resolved, That the United States, in failing
to procure the lands in controversy, ‘as early’
as the same could be done upon ‘practicable’
and ‘reasonable terms,’ have palpably violated
theircontract with Georgia, and are now bound
at all hazards and without regard to terms to
procure said lands lor the use of Georgia.”
“Resolved, That all the lands appropriated
and unappropriated, which lie within the con-
ventional limits of Georgia, belong to her abso-
lately; that the title is in her; that the Indians
are tenets at will, and that she may at any time
she pleases, determine that tenancy, by taking
possession of the premises; and that Georgia
lias the right to extend her authority and laws
over her whole territory, and to coerce obedi
ence to them from all descriptions of people, be
they white, red or black, who may reside with
in her limits.”
“Resolved, That Georgia will not attempt to
improve her righis by violence, until all other
means of redress fail.”
The above resolutions were adopted eleven
years ago.
In December, 1828, the laws of this State
were extended over the territory occupied by
the Cherokee Indians.
By an act passed on the 21st December, 1835,
the Cherokee Indians were allowed to the 25th
day of November, 1836, to remove from the
territory occupied by them in the Stale of Geor-
gia; and by an act passed the 19th of Novem
ber, 1836, the time of removal was extended
* d to the 25th of May, 1838.
Can Georgia consent to a further extension
of the time for the removal of the Cherokees?
More than eleven years ago, Georgia solemnly
declared that she would take possession of her
territory in possession of the Indians by force,
wher. all other means of redress have failed.
Georgia has waited eleven years for the action
of the Federal Government: she can wait no
longer.
0^7" By yesterday evening’s mail we receiv
ed the following documents: The message of
the President; the letter of Mr. Poinsett to the
President covering his letter to the Cherokee
delegation, and an official copy of a letter from
the Secretary of War to Gen. Scott.
To the House of Representatives, of the United
States:
The accompanying copy of a communication
addressed by the Secretary of War to the Che-
rokee delegation, is submitted to Congress, in
order that such measures may be adopted as
are required to carry into effect the benevolent
intentions of the Government towards the Che
rokee nation, and which, it is hoped, will induce
them to remove peaceably and contentedly to
their new homes in tho West.
M. VAN BUREN.
Washington, May 21, 1833.
War Department, May 21, 1838.
Sir: I have the honor to submit to you the
accom|ianyng communication addressed to the
Cherokee delegation now in this city, in order
that, if it meet with your approbation, it may
he laid before Congress. Very resjiectfully,
your most obedient servant.
J. R. POINSETT,
Secretary of War.
To the President of the United States.
[official.]
Copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to
Major General Scott, dated,
Department of War, May 23, 1838.
Sir: You will receive, herewith, a copy of
proposals made by the Department to the Che
rokee delegation now m this city, which, it is
believed, will be accepted by them. You are,
therefore, hereby authorized to enter into an
agreement with the agent of the nation for the
removal of their people. The expenses atten
ding the emigration of the Clierokess are now
fully ascertained by past experience, and it is
presumed you will find no difficulty in making
such an arrangement as, while it will secure their
comfortable removal in the manner most agree
able to their chiefs and head men, will effectu
ally protect the interests of the United States,
and prevent all unnecessary dultn, or useless
expenditures.
Whether tiie removal of this people is to be
continued by the military force under your com
mand, or to be conducted by their own agents,
care must be taken that it be carried on contin
uously and as speedily as may be consistent
with their health and comlnrt. It must com
mence in that part of the territory which has
been granted or sold by the States to whose ju
risdiction it belongs, in order that the several
proprietors of I lie hind may be put in possession
of their estates with as little delay as possible:
These proposals have been laid before Congress
for the purpose of obtaining such legislative pro
visions as they require; but it is not intended
thereby to retard the execution of the treaty,
& you will therefore pursue the measu res you have
already adopted, until the agents of the nation
are ready to take charge of the future emigra
tion of their people; nor will you then permit
any unnecessary delay in their operations
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. R. POINSETT.
Major General Winfield Scott.
Athens, Tennessee.
(k?7"The following is the official letter trnns-
mi'tod by the Secretary of War to the Govern
ors of the slates interested in the removal ofthe
Cherokee Indians to the West.
[official.]
Copy of a letter from the Secretary of War to the
Governors of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama,
and North Carolina.
Department of War,
May 23, 1838
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith to
your Excellency, a copy of a proposed arrange,
ment with John Ross and other chiefs, and head
men of the Cherokee nation, now in this city.
Your Excellency will perceive in these propo-
sals that the Government, while it seeks to pro
cure the co operation of the delegation in the
peaceable removal of the Cherokees, has care
fully abstained from compromilting the rights
and interests of the States concerned in the ex
ecution of the treaty. It is not supposed that it
will require so long a period as two years to re
move the remaining Cherokees to their new
homes west ot the Mississippi, but whatever term
of time- may be necessary to their comfortable
emigration, the Department relies upon the gen
erosity ofthe states interested not to press tlieir
clauns so long as they are satisfied that duedil-
igence is used bv the agents of the nation to ef
fect this d s ruble object us speedily as practi
cable.
Very respectfully.
Your most obedient servent,
J. R. POINSETT.
To the Governors of Georgia, Tennessee, Ala
bama, and North Carolina.
From the Ohio Pher. nix.
STEAM BOAT RACING.
About four months ago, the Senate passed a
bill brought in by Mr.Grundy on this very impor
tant subject. It was gent to the House of Rep-
resentntives, with a request for immediate action
on it—but it lies there unacted upon, oral least
undecided on. The Federal Whigs in the
Ilnuso have been too busy in raising questions
upon the discussion ofthe report of the commit
tee on the late duel, in order to protract that
question, so ns to prevent the murderers of Mr.
Gilley from being brought to justice. For more
than twenty days has that question occupied the
attention of the House, and the result has only
.been to print the report and evident!* giv*n bf-
£>re the committee. A new question was
brought up on Friday last for printing an extra
number of copies, but was not deposed of;
therefore the twenty-first day has been expen
ded on this subject, but how many more may be
! required, we cannot guess. The bill from the
Senate, on the subject of steamboats, may be
brought on in July or August next, and most
probably postponed to next session, as it is a
subject which the gentlemen of the decency
pnrtv cons der as very unimportant—better
5000 lives be lost in steamboats than that Graves
or Wise, the mtirdprers. should be brought to
punishment. Among others, we find a mem
ber from Ohio, of the name of Mason, who
shows great anxiety to shield these infamous
wretches from the punishment they so well de
serve. He objected to printing the report of
the committee, because “in speaking of Mr.
Cillev, it dealt in superlatives, by speaking of
his high character, noble bearing, and fine feel
ing, when nothing of that kind was said of the
other.” Such was the reason given by the
Whig from Ohio for objecting to have that re
port laid before the people. If there was any
well grounded objection to the report, it wa9that
the conduct of Wise and Graves was not utter,
lv condemned and placed in the point of view
which their blood thirsty course so well merited.
This member was called to order by the spea-
ker, on the ground that the merits of the case
should not be then discussed. In reply to this,
be said, that as the “ Globe had said they had
been twenty days discussing a question without
going into its merits, he thought he might then
have been permitted logo into its merits a lit
tle. What pity that Orator Mum had not the
liberty of pronouncing an culogium upon the
worthy murderers. No doubt he would have
“ made the worse appear the better cause,” and
would have proved that Cilley was only a man
to be shot down with impunity, and that his
murderers were angels of light, and that the
shooting of him was a special act of justice to
the cause of whiggery. We do wish that this
genius may have an opportunity for spouting
for two or three hours, if he could muster as
many words, to hear what Ohio Whigge, y can
say in extenuation of the most foul and barba
rous mnrder ever committed in the character
of a duel.
From the Mississippi Free Trader=
As faithful chroniclers of the times it becomes
our duty to give their “form and pressure” as
we find them now existing. Against the banking
institutions of Mississippi, we find the voice ol
thuirformer warmest and most devoted friends
becoming loud, indignant, and d enunciatorv.
Every day only increases public imprecations
against their unscrupulous swindling. There
is no milder epithet to express popular feeling,
and we therefore use it as we find it in the mouths
of the most intelligent men in the country. At
our own doors we are compelled to give from
50 to 100 per cent, on our bank paper! and
whed ii is borne in mind that our banks have
the sironges' foundation of any in the United
States, and Could at once raise their money to
par with that of Louisiana and the adjacent
States, it is not surprising that popular clamor
should increase. When men are robbed ol one
halfoftbeir earnings, they a*-* not apt to speak
in the mildest accents: and e ery one who buys
a dollar’s worth of any comtr.'4'ly, or who puts
his foot on a steamboat, wilfsr >n find that he
had to pay 50 cents of every doMar he expended
for the benefit of banks and bank officers.
We tel i the banks of this State that they have
played too “strong a game;” that the people, are
not disposed to bear their exactions much lon$
er, and that they will endeavor to find a metho'
of making them act honestly—making them act
for the people, for whose advantage they were
instituted, instead of the favorod fow who control
them. They must raise lire value of their pa-
per, and they must do it soon; there is no time
to be lost. They managed to smuggle a large
nnmberof their officers into the last Legislature,
and succeeded in getting a bill passed for tlieir
relief (as they thought;) after this, they “snap
ped their fingers” at the people, appointed anoth
er hatch of the members of the Legislature to
the directory, and then declared that they would
not draw on the North this year. Suddenly
tlieir paper depreciated; all wanted to get clear
of it at any price; and :.s the banks themselves
were alone able to purchase, as they aloue had
northern funds, the paper has been reduced to
its present degradation. Bank officers are said
to have sold eiiecks in this city at 30 per cent!
and we have heard of bank officers buying plan
tations and negroes, and paying up the cash for
them.
How can this be done these times? We owe
a duty to the public nnil the banks, and we
must speak out. We will not say how it is
done, but we will tell how it can be done. A
bank director says he wants $150,000 for a fesv
days; he gets-it, nnd drawschecks on the North
to the amount. He gives out that the banks do
not intend to check during the year, and the
paper falls fifty cents on the dollar. His agent
or himself buys up the paper, and in ten days he
goes back and pays the bank the $150,000 lie
borrowed, and then he goes into Madison, Hinds,
Warren, or any other county where the sheriff
is pressing, and buys up a plantation and negroes
with the balance.
Suicide.—Mr. E. Sigourney Norton, for
merly' Alderman of this city, yesterday
morning committed suicide, by cutting
his throat from enr to ear with a razor.—
We are not apprized of the circumstan
ces which led to this unfortunate tragedy.
His friends, who were in the house seem
ed to have no intimation of his bloody
purpose, until they were aroused to his
condition by hearing his death struggle
in the adjoining room, when it was too
late to save his life. The fatal instrument
had been used too successfully. He lived
but a few minutes after the wound was
inflicted.—Columbus Enquirer.
Negro Suffrage.—The House of Rep
resentatives of Connecticut, by a vote
of 16-5 to 33, have refused lo recommend
the expunging ol the word '■white' in that
clause of the constitution which specifies
who shall be entitled to vote.—
Extract of a letter to the Editor, dat'd,
“Columria, May 27.
As far as l can gather the sentiments
of the legislature, from the members who
have come in, relief will be granted to
Charleston, in the shape of an ad lit ion of
two millions to the capital of the bank of
the State. I believe no other plan will
reconcile conflicting opinions and dispo
sitions. The idea of placing the funds
in the hands of the commissioners, meets
with no countenance.”
Charleston Mercury.
The legislature assembled or. Monday, and
appears to be animated with the most commen
dable spirit in regard to the object of its meet
ing. The special Joint Committee has reported
“a Bill for rebuilding the city of Charleston,”
which provides for raising by loan two millions of
dollars, to be made part ofthe capital of the Bank
ofthe Slate, and to be lent out on suitable securi-
ties and provisions, to rebuild the burnt district,
the Legislature will probaly ndjourn on Fri
day.—Columbia S. C. Tellescope, 30Ih ult.
Gold.—The importations of go’d into the
United States: from the 1st of January to the
present time, (four months and a half) amount
to $7,039,674,
Heavy Cotton Crop —We see it stated that
the wife of a Mr. Cotton, up in the cotton grow
ing region, has recently presented her husband
with three little Cottons ail at one birth. We
hopethat Mrs. and all the little Cottons are do.
ing well.
Cost or the riot at Philadelphia.—The
cost of the Pennsylvania Hall, which was a new
building, purposely erected for a sort of Aboli-
lion college, is computed at $40,000. Add to
tliis, contingencies, and the expenses of a law
suit, perhaps, and tjnll it $75,090, which the
city, it is said, must pay.
Philadelphia—More rioting.—A riotous
disposition manifested itself at Philadelphia
throughout ihe whole of Saturday, and in the
evening awoke out into actual violence. An at
tempt was made by a mob to excite the popu
lace to destroy the African Church in Sixth, a-
bove Lombard street, but the energetic conduct
o( the Recorder, Mr. Rush, sustained by a gen
eral cry of citizens, “ support the law ! support
the law !” was happily efficacioes in preventing
another serious and disgraceful event in the city
of Penn.
NEW ORLEANS, MAY 25.
Texas and Arkansas Boundary.—The ad
justment of this question is near an amicable
consummation, according to the statements
of the Arkansas Oazctte. The Texian Min-
isterat Washington professes a disposition to
conciliate and to compromise. He is only
awaiting instructions fiomhis government,
in order to enter into a treaty that will settle
the dispute and put an end to all difficulties.
The treaty, we presume he alludes to, is that
which is to bring about the annexation of
Texas to the United States. This is the only
treaty which should ever be known between
the two people—two people in name, but
one in language and blood, in institutions
and character, and they should be one in
government and in destiny. “Whom God
has joine,d together let no man put assunder.”
—Bulletin.
Blockade.—The long continuance of the
blockade of the Mexican ports, is much to
be deplored. Its effects on the commerce
of New Orleans are disastrous in the extreme.
One of our most lucrative sources of traffic
is completely shut up. This must of course
seriously affect the commercial interests of
the City. Another consequence to be equally
deprecated is the cutting off specie impor
tations from the mines of Mexico. They
were never in more request than at the pres
ent time. All these mischiefs taken together
have had their influence on the public mind
and led to a general wish for the speedy
adjustment ofthe quarrel between France
and Mexico.—lb.
Texas.—Our files of Texas papers are to
the 12th inclusive.—The proceedings of Con
gress on the subject of withdrawing the proposi
tion for annexation are interesting, and we sub
join them.
Annexation.—The joint resolution to withdraw
the proposition for annexing, was taken up, the
house being agreed to reconsider the vote of
yesterday, the votes were again taken on the
resolution which was lost.—Ayes, 13—Noes,
14.
It will therefore be seen that the proposition
to withdraw from the Congress of the United
States the petition for annexation has been ne
gatived by a majority of one vote. Tke late
hour at which we received this welcome intelli
gence, pcecltitles u. from adding any conruneniK
save the expression of our entire gratification.—
N. O. Transcript.
The New Orleans Commercial Bulletin states,
on the authority of a letter from London, of the
15th of February, that the Independence of
Texas is about to be recognized bv England.—
“Application has also been made,” says the let
ter, “to the French court through the Represen
tative at London, where but litile doubt is en
tertained of the immediate, acknowledgement of
Texian Indedendence by France.”
OURANG OUTANG.
An Ourang Outang rect.vCiy imported into
Salem, in the barque Governor Endicott, was
was sold by auction a lew days since, by Mr.
John Tyler, o Boston, for the stun of $1090.
A correspondent of the Boston Courier gives
the following description of this remarkubh an-
imal.
This animal which is now in this city, is the
only surviving one of the three, which were
procured on the Island of Borneo, in June <1
1837. They were obtained at the request ol
several physicians in this country, who wished
to examine minutely the structure of the ani
mal for the benefit of the medical science. It
was the original intention to keep them tiil an
opportunity occurred of sending them to Amer
ica, but the owner being under the necessity,
of taking the tour, brought them with him, l o-
ping that one or more might survive the passage
for the gratification of the admirers of nature.
They were about one, two and three years old,
the last a female, and lately from her native
forests, and on that account an cxcel.ent subject
tor the purpose. The other two were very do
ciic, having been some time in the hands of the
natives. They were fed at first on boiled rice,
with occasionally pieces of sugar cane; but, on
observing their attention, especially that of the
wild one, was excited by the smell of animal
food, they were tried, and found to be fond of it.
It being supposed that they were exclusively
eaters of vegetable food, they were allowed the
bones from the table merely to satisfy them.—
At one, time, however, some fowls were placed
near, and this same wild animal was almost ra
ving to get to them, and though a man was
watching them with a huge cane, she succeeding
in biting off a pait of the fowl, showing her car-
niverous propensity even when the flesh was in
its raw state. They had pieces of fish ocasion-
ally, and salt, but seemed hungry for flesh.—
In this way they continued till December, when
the wild one began to droop, and about the mid
dle of January died, having eaten nothing for
two or more weeks.
About six weeks after, the next largest died
in the same way. Their digestion had been
bad for some time; and their stomach and bow
els became so irritable that they could not take
the blandest fluid except water, paragoric even
being almost instantly rejected. The third was
evident going in the same w ay, when it was com
menced giving him regularly a small bit of beef,
either boiled or raw. His digestion soon became
good, his health improved, and he endured the
cold nnd stormy weather on the coast, and is
now apparently as hearty as a buck, and is be-
coming more nnd more interesting every day.
The description given of an animal of this
kind in the Advertiser of the 8th inst., was
doubtless correct, but that was a full grown
animal, and this is but a child, and its actions
are childish. The female adopted it for her
own, and treated it as such, usually sitting with
one arm around him, while he grasped her with
both his, and at night they slept each lying in
the other’s arms. When any thing was seen
in his eyes or nose she would suck it out, and
with all the affection of a mother would kiss
the little one many times a day. The surviving
animal, is now in this city, is about two years
old, stands two feet high when erect, will drink
from a cup, taking it by the handle, will pull
off his coat at night, nnd making hiabed will
cover himself with a blanket. He is iitry gen
tle in his manners when pleasant, thoughiriolent-
when enraged, and will often sit for hours on the
floor, tmusiog himself with bis p'aythings. H*
is very affectionate to those who treat him kind
ly, but to colored persons lie manifests the
greatest contempt, and even hatred, fie is very
observing of things and actions, is fond of hi*
clothing, especially if the colors are gay. He
coughs, nnd sneezes, gapes and hiccoughs,
laughs and cries very much like a child about
one year old. Ho is acknowledged by many
to be the greatest curiosity ever offered to the
public in this country.
Admirable i> script ion fora Weathercock.—
Near the Richmond Hill House, in the eighth
ward, st. nds a tall white pole, surmounted with
a weathercock, bearing this inscription: —
“WHIGS OF 1834.” A stranger in the ward
inquiied the other day of an old resident “wheth*
er the whigs were at the expense of playing off
so capita! a joke against tlieir own party, or
whether it was tlie work of some roguish dem
ocrat?” “Joke, joke!” w as the reply, “there is
no j. ke about it. Why, sir, that is the Whig
compass, nnd the party ean tell by it what are
the orthodox principles for the time being, as
easily ns you can tell the time o! day by a dial.
When it points to the northeast they know that
the wind is from Nova Scoria, and accordingly
profess the principles of those patriarchs of tlieir
parly who fled thither during the revolutionary
war. \\ hen it points more easterly, then their
principles veer about to strict blue-light fed
eralism. If it point to Philadelphia, then each
whig knows ho is to think precisely ns Mr. Bid-
die thinks. And if it turns to the West, than
Henry Clay is tlieir oracle till the wind change®.
When it points due north, they all go for aboli
tion. When it changes to the South, they
take a bold stand against abolition, r.rxi rally
around their godfather Webb, for the purpose of
mobbing abolition preachers, and tearing dowa
negro meeting houses. Joke, indeed ! why the
whigs would be comp let 1 !y lost without it!”
Nets York Era.
Mind.— The m nd is like boJy it inhabit*—
exercise ccn strengthen, as neglect and indo
lence can weaken it—they are boih improved
by discipline, bo'h ruined by neglect.
TAILORS TAKE NOTICE.
T ftE subscriber offers fur oil" T. OLIVER'S im->
prnvement on the SHOULDER XEA81RK
system. Tliis is something emirely original. '!h*'
measure is token round hoih shoulders, divided into a scmw-’
which used in conjunction with anew fashioned Protrae-
lor, is most certainly one of ihe simplest and heat ever of
fered to the (mile. Numerous certificates accompany the
system, which shows that it is used nnd approved of br
many of the principal 1 ailors in liie United States. The-
price is TV\ ENT\ HOLLA R.S', and it can be conveyed to-
subscribers hy mail. I have obtained an AGENCY for
TEACHING 1 I’; likewise to gel subscribers for OL1—•
VEIl’S REPORT OF FASHION'S, wni.-h will
be published SPRING and FALL, at Eire Dollar*per
annum, to subscribers. Persons wishing this Fall Report, -
will send in their names hy the middle of August. J bum
likewise Agent for A Ward's and F Mchan's system tor
drafling garments.
N. H.—Pariicnlnr attention will be paid to Military wort-
entrusted to his care. Orde rs respectfully solicited
Junes, 50—if JAMES llt.RTY.
15 A TON TOY I'cJIA LU SCHOOL.
T H E semi-annual examination of the young la lies of this'
School will lake place on Thursday nnd Friday tha
lltli and 15th in-t. Parents and others inerested in the
cause of education, are respectfully invited to attend.
JAMES \V. ARMSTRONG, Principal
June 5th, 1833.-d0-2l.
J ONES SHERIFF’S NAJLK On the first
Tuesday in August next, will, within the legal hours, •
bo told, before the court house door, in the town ol Clinton, -
Jones county, the following properly, to-wil:
A negro woman by the name of Sally, and her child Mi-'
nerva, one yoke of oxen, one wagon, two cows nnd calves, ■
fifteen head of slock h-'gs, one hay horse, household and
kitchen furniture, auu many other articles mentioned in,-
the fi. fas.) levied upon as flie property- of Joseph W. A.
Newsom, to satisfy two mortgage fi. fas. issued fro in til*
Inferior Court ok Jones county in favor of Daniel McCloud, •
against raid Joseph W A Newsom.
NATUT. S. GLOVER, d. sherif.
June Jst I838.-50.
VALUABLE LANDS FOR SALE.
At'ltES, in St-wart and Sumter conn- ■
mMJrWMP ties, is oil. red f. r sale on accommodating •
terras silua oil on Kinetiutooua, Lannatia-see and Chocla-
harhy creeks, forming settlements to suit purchasers, from*
one to seven squares in a body, some of them well impawn
ed, and is second to none in iStewart county, irfl level cruek
lands, and rich
TEEMS easy, and made to suit purchasers Persons
wishing in purchase laud, eiilier Pine, Oak and Hickory, or
Hammock, and will call on the subscribers, m the 26th 1
District of Sumter Conmy. ran get any kind they shall*
call lor, if it should be land that will make *2000 Iha.Cotli.rr-
per acre, if well cultivated. Hammock lauds will taka
more than one day to look at lie m.
JF.PTHA PICKETT,
, P. B PICKETT.
June r >th, 1338 50 —lOt.p.
WAITED fi .VIXI £i>fi A TEL V.
A ^ Apprentices to the Tailoring business—five or six'
X\. boys ot fifteen or sixteen years of age. Boy., of the
above nges ol good moral character and industrious habits*
may find a good situation by early application to the aub-'
scribers in Mimtirelln Georgia.
STILLWELL, MARSHALL, & C».
May 24th, 1S3S.-50-H.
SPARTA FENALE OT. SCKOOL.
P ROVIDENCE permitting, the pupils of this inatitu-"
tion wi'l give public recitations on the 13th and 14ib
June. June 5.-2t S. TAYLOR.
MILLINER AND MANTUA MAKER,
. RF.S PF.CTFL’LI.Y in-
forms l he Ijuii'-s of Mil-
leilgrviil • arul if* viriiiitv,
thni 8 - lio lias permanently
locnlPt! lier.sHf in MIL—
LLDGKYILLK, %&
IlANroUK-Nirefty nieorfy '
uppos*ite thp rourt-linus*,)
where she intends mt*j-
iion the above business
in all its vanoiii hranche*,'*
nnd hop**s hy her assiduity *
ond attention, to m«rit a *
liberal snare of patronage
She has now on hand a beautiful assortment of BO if— *
NETS* trimmings, <i:e. of the latest fa>hioris. Lsriie*
wi>hing articles in her line w ill plesHe favor her w ith a call.
All orders executed with nearness, promptness and I#hi-
patch. March 13, 1833. f»t-3S
A DMINTSTR ATOR^ SAIF -Will be sold
in the town of (ireenshorough, Greene Co , on the flrsl
Tuesday in August next, bet wen the usual hours of sale, pur
suant to an order of the Inferior Court of «*aid county, sitting
for ordinary purposes, all ihat tract or pared of land lying in
the county of Greene, adjoining lands of Hdrrison and
Grimes, and the town commons of ft reenshorotigli, one hun
dred and thirty-five acres more or less, it being part of the *
real estate of J nines Lumpkin deceased, and is the sama
place on which ihe said Janies I.uinpkin lived at the lima'
of his death, sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors
DICEA LUMPKIN. Administratrix
June 5, 1833. oO—td».
(vKORbI A, DeKulb County.
W HERE AS, my wife Amanda F. Hopkins lias left
my bed and board, without any provocation, all
persons ore hereby cautioned not to harbour, or credit her
on my account, as I will not h«» armiin;able for any debt*
of her contracting, tliis 25lh May 153S.
,/hne 5, 1833 ^ f>0—3t. B. F. HGl'TMNS.
F OUR MONTHS after date, application will h«
made to the inferior court of DeKalb county, w hen eii- *
ting for ordinary pnrposep, for leave to sell all the lnrH»
belonging to orphans and heirs, of Henry and Nancy
kins,deceased, for ths benefit of the heirs of «fwd deceased■„»
this 26th May 1838.
WILLIAM MILLER.) „ .
50 LEAN DIE BJFFLE. ( Z' 1 ™ 11 ™*-
F OUR MONTHS after date, application will be
made to the Inferior Court of Jones County, while*
sitiing for ordinary purposes, fur leave to sel* the land be- '
longing to the estate of Amos Aleohrook, lateofsaid county
deceased, excluding the widow’s dower.
June 5, 1838
ISAAC C. HARRIS. >
>OK.j A ' 1m "
WAf. J. ALSOBROOK.
F OU R MONTHS afmr ilatp, npplx ntiun will be made
to the Infnrior Court of Jones rourity, whil- .riinpr
for ordinary purpose,, for leave lo sell the land, belonging
to the estate of William lame, late of said coumy deceMeo, ’
excluding the widow ’s dower.
ISAAC C. HARRIS.;
June 5, 1S38 50 Lone Adm’r on Lane's Estate '
1 NOUR MONTHS sfter date,application will be made '
’ lo the inferior court of Jasper county, when sitting'
for ordinary purposes, for leave to sell lot No. 138 in the'
9th district of originally l>*e now Randolph county for tha
benefit of Feriby, Susannah, and Maximilian Smith, iHe-'
gitirontes.
SIIADRACII McMICIIAEL, gvorXsn:
GEORGIA. Jmpcr county,
W HEREAS, Charles ll. Stilwc!! apply for letters of
administration on the estate of Ensign Whiutkar,
late of sanl county, deceased,
These are, therefore, lo cite and admoni-li and singular *
the kindred and etcdilors of said d-reased, to he and appearr
army office, within the tiro» prescribed by law to show
cause, if any exist, why said letters shutiUi not lie grunted.
Given tinder my hand at otfire, this i»t Jun-\ 1S38.
50 RICHARD FLKMIS I ER, c. c. o.
GEORGIA, DeKalb county.
W HEREAS, Mose- Kimble applies to me for letters of
Adnunisiration on the estate < f John Kimhldlate of
said county, deceased,
Tit -so are, therefore, to cite and admonish nil nnd «ingu*ar
the kindred and cn-dilors of said dee.-nseil to be nNspnrii
at my office, within the time prescribed hy law. lo show
cause, if any exist, why said letters should not he granted.
Given under my band at oitiee, this ‘ifitli May 193*.
S3 E. It. REYNOLDS, a. eta.