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Lt!GiSLATlIRE OF GEOUGIA.
CL.itliani, Van Landingham, Petit, Clayton,
Schley, Chandler, Lumpkin, Bonner, Dough
erty and Tarver a committee to join the com
mittee appointed on the part of te Senate, to ;
report a bill for the establishing a Court for.
the Correction of Errors.
an equal footing with all other citizens for the
most exalted offices of the country.
I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
THOMAS II. BENTON.
AS,
JACKSON CHEESE.
Yesterday were exhibited in our village, ten
- 1 of tiie most splendid cheeses ever manufactured
■ in this state, or in the nation. Their aggregate
highly ornamented with
IN SENATE.
Thursday, Dec. 1, 1835
The President appointed as a committee on
the part of the Senate, to join such • committee
as nmy bo appointed by the House, to report a
bill to create a Court for the correction of Er
rors—Messrs McAllister, Walker, Taylor,
Freeman, Faris, Alford, Reese, Smith, Ruth
erford and White.
The bill to incorporate the Iron Steamboat
Company was read the third time and passed
The Senate took up the report of the com
mittee on the hill to he entitled an act, more
distinctly to mark out the period of occupancy
of tlio Cherokee Indians on the lands reserved
for their use, within the boundries of this State.
Mr. Dawson offered a substitute for the
original bill, which, after discussion the Senate
refused to accept, hv a vote of 48 to 27.
Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Mr Dawson moved to reconsider the rejec
tion of the substitute offered by himself on yes
terday, for the original bill, in relation to the
occupancy of the Cherokee Indians; the Sen-
ato refused to reconsider.
The unfinished business of yesterday was
? hen resumed, to wit:
The bill more distinctly to mark out the pe
riod of occupancy of the Cherokee Indians on
the lands reserved for their use, within the
boundaries of Georgia. An aimated debate
ensued, in whidi Messrs Wood of McIntosh,
Dawson, Alford, Reese, .Nisbet and others took
part; the bill was finally lost by a vote of 39
to 37.
Those who voted for its passage are Messrs.
Baker, Barker, Boggoss, Brown, Chastain,
CJavton, Cochran, Cone, Cooper, Dunagan,
Faris, Harden, Hemphill, Hepburn, Hutchins,
King of Fayette, Liddell, Leggef, McAllister,
McConnell, McDonald, Murray, Obarr, Paulk
Pike, Polk, Powell, Rivers, Rogers, Saffold,
SenteD, Sheffield, Smith, Steelman, Stvaim,
Walker and Wood of McIntosh.
Those who voted against its passage, are,
Messrs. Alford, Avery, Baber, Blackman,
Burkhaltcr, Cowart, Dawson, Floyd, Freeman,
Gibson, Gordon, Harris, Heard, Hemingway,
Hines, Kellum, King of Glynn, Lamar, Law-
hon, Lawson, Little, McCall, McDaniel, Mit
chell, .’•'cClenmti, Moselv, Nelms,' Nisbet, Pat
terson, Powers, Reese, Rutherford, Scarboro,
Stapleton, Surrency, Taylor, Walthour, White
and Willis.
JLaltsl from Texas.
. Intelligence has been received at Nej Or-[ we .* g *J t « as S1 -a0 lbs . j
leans from the seat of war in Texas, to the 1st,' U P°“ J® b - C tS
and from the city of Mexico via Vera Cruz, to ,!lem ’ "‘ter.ardcd with appopnae Justoncal
the29th ult. There was a skirmish near Bex- an(1 statlst ! cs of a
(or San Antonio.) The Mexicans to the Tl,e ®amniou* cheese measuring dwee fee
number of300 cavalry, and 100 infantry at- mn * inchc J i ™ * a,netcr » l?, d to Andrew
, , , i r i i i. I n > weighing 1400 lbs was superscnoecl to Andrew
tacked an encampment, defended by Col. ^' Jackson, President of the United States. It
repelled. There'was ^i" considerable 'iiiimber I a PP ears an account ’“gj*
oAho assailants » a„d ,o ; ,,,„cd a„d son,a - 'Stfgg*re X
prisoners. Tl,e Tex,ana lost only one man. | ^ ^ „ l0 sdm
™ mam body of lhe Texians advanced, and A ^ ^ Wo received,ho Ban-
,1,0 cnomy rcnrednuoSan A,[Mn,o «*;■“- nor too l„,o lor i,Jno r tion, bn, It appear, about
forccmeiits to the number of 500 men have , ._* , ’ , . • ‘..
since arrived at the Colonial headquarters. I S L X ^ & ,ra ^ misesue e P 3j nroceed
The intelligence from the Mexican States is SIon ’ wcrc . V \°u^
, ,, , . i upon the canal via Syracuse, Name, Utica,
not very definite. Protests and remonstran- : g£ lienectad T alH j Albany, thence to N.*
ces against tho centra system have been pub- , -/’f ^ ch places the citizens will
hshed in various quarters, and the whole conn- , * . !
try appears to be in a ferment. It is intended | Imve an opportunity of seeing them.-Osir^o
to send 3000 or 4000 troops to Texas front
.... ^
REDUCTION.
hlr Chandler’s bill, providing for the call of a
Convention to amend the Constitution ol this
not ^satisfactory, there tvill not bo;
voice in the United States to the innnedime ^'
solution of all intercourse wi*K her, and ■
mediate preparation for WAR, lost shf, !) 1
State so as to reduce the number of the mem- j meet suc h a stop by an appeal to that a |t
bers of the General Assembly, we observe has j tive.” *'- r iia.
been lost; and we almost despair ot the con-
Vera Cruz, and rumour says, that Santa An
na himself is to lead them. Alvarez is becom
ing powerful in the South, and may keep the
Chief at home to protect himself in that qnar-
ter. The Texians are in correspondence with
the Federalists of Mexico, who are in resistance
to the Consolidationists.—Mobile Pat.
Texas.—By an arrival at New Orlcan, pa
pers have been received from Matamoras to
the 12th Nov. Tiiey contain a proclamation
from the Naval and Military Department of
Mexico, signed Torncll to the authorities of
the State of Taumalipas, calling upon them to
arm for the subjugation of the Texians, whom
it describes in the blackest colors; and a circu
lar of the same character by Guerra Comman
der in Chief of Taumalipas, addressed to the
citizens and soldiers of that department, as it
must we suppose, be now denominated, instead
of State. 9
The-New Orleans Bee of Thursday, con
tains a report, direct from Texas', via Nacog
doches, which if It be true, is of the highest in
terest. The information is derived front a
traveller recently from San Felipe do Austin.
When he left, lie understood the army of
Cos to he in destitute condition, hemmed in by
the Colonial troops and effectually shut up from
all continu ideation with the country. While at
Nacogdaclies he learned that Cos and all his
forces had surrendered, and that the Texian
Deputies had in concequence, returned to the
Consultation which had been adjourned by the
presence of the enemy. The Bee confidently
believes this report, and with some misgivings
as to its accuracy, we must be content just now
with expressing onr wishes that it may be true.
Intelligence of equal moment to the perma
Observer.
Prom the Columbus Sentinel.
Emigration of Hie Creek Indians.
We notice a statement in several of the pa
pers of this State, that John W A Sanford has
resigned his office of Emigrating Agent for the j , ...
Creeks. This is a mistake. Gen. Sanford So t,1!U thu btock 13 >ncreased a htde, compar-
.1IACOA j
Thursday, December lO, 1835.
COTTON 13 cents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS.
“ Doctur Billy Downing” should have let the
money accompany his card. Don’t care a-
bout taking pay for printing in steam.
Prom JLircrpool
The ship Koscoc at New York sailed from
Liverpool 25th Oct.
Nothing of great political importance is fur
nished by this arrival. Nothing decisive bad
transpired about our relations with France, but
there were many rumors. French funds had
been advancing, but retrograded.
Cotton selling fairly, blit at declining prices.
A letter of 24th says, the decline of ihc week
was 1-8 a l-4d.
“ Liverpool, Oct. 24.
“ The sales have been fair this week, and to
the trade they are about equal to the consump
tion, but the import is more than the outgoings.
s-itution ever being altered in this important
featuve—we fear the number of the members
can never be reduced. Which ever party hap
pens to be in power, will not adopt any meas
ure that will have tho effect to lessen tnat pow- j lot.
er—kind die party that happens to be in the mi- I 11*° Advertiser says .
ALABAMA.
The Montgomery Journal says: “ Th 0 p
sident of the Senate and Speaker of the J[ **
arc both White men. It is thought tbre°' U ’ S
majority for White of at least 20 on iJm Ba
11 J u * ul
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
k Monday, Nov. 30.
On motion of Mr Bates, the House agreed j nent success of the Texians, is also received,
to reconsider so much of the Journal as relates
to the Biennial Bill.
BILLS reported.
Mr Ash : to alter and amend tho 26th sec.
of the 10th division of the Penal Code.
Mr Stallings: to incorporate the Augusta
Importing Company.
Mr Nightingale : to incorporate a Volunteer
Company of Cavalry-under the name and style
of the CV/r/ssrwrs ofHorse of Camden county.
The House adoted the following resoluton,
on motion of Mr Tarver:
Resolved, That the President and Directors
of the Central Bank of Georgia, and all other
Banks in which the State may own stock, to
report to this House without delay, the number
of Notes, Bills of Exchange, and Drafts due &,
running in said Banks, with the names of the
makers and endorsers on each ; and how ma
ny notes said Banks have shaved w ithin the
l ist 12 months, and how much money they
have placed in the hands of individuals to spe
culate upon, and what amount of their funds
have been used to operate upon public opinion
or control the elective franchise.
The bill to incorporate Franklin Institute
in Liberty county, was read a third time and
passed.
The bill to transfer and relinquish the debt
due the State from the town of Columbia, to
the county of Muscogee, for the purpose of con
structing a Court House and town Hall, &.c.—
was read the third time and lost.
Tuesday, Dec. 1.
On motion of Mr Flournoy, the House re
considered so much of the Journal of yester
day, as relates to the adoption of tin* resolu
tion culling on the Central and other Banks Of
(he State to exhibit the number of notes, &c.
running in said Banks, &c.
Mr Black of Scriven, from the majority of
that the principle of the Texian resistance is
becoming extensively popular in other states,
and that the general cause of liberty in Mexico
is about to be identified with that of Texas.—
In various quarters there are open insurrections
against Santa Anna and his central despotism.
General Mchia is in arms, and has attacked
Tampico; with w-hat success, is not yet known.
Several influential officers of the army, former
adherents of Santa Anna, have also declared
for the Federal Constitution, & in consequence
great alarm is said to prevail among the Cen
tralists. Zavala, the military commandant of
Texas, has addressed to the Mexican govern
ment and -people, a spirited defence of Texas.
These signs show a growing concert among
the opponents of Santa Anna, in Texas ami
the rest of the States, and give encouraging
prospects of a general and successful resistance
to Santa Anna'throughout Mexico, upon the
principles avowed by the Texians.—Mobile
Reg,
Extract from Mr Benton's Dinner Letter.
Cincinnati, Nov. 13, 1835.
The kind and indulgent terms in which you
speak of my public services, cannot be other
wise than grateful to me; but the great work
in which we have been engaged, and to which
you allude, is not yet accomplished, and much
remains to be done, both in the State Legisla
tures and in the Congress of the United States,
before those who oppose “all monopolies," &
who advocate “ Constitutional rights of tin
American people," should intermit their exer
tions or repose from their labors. We have
has never been the Agent for the removal of
the Creeks. Ho was once an Agent no certify
contracts made by the Indians for tho sale of
theirlands, which office he resigned last sum
mer. He was subsequently interested as a
member of a company who have entered into
a contract with the Government to remove the
Indians. That company is composed of seve
ral gentlemen of high standing, who are' all e-
qually interested in the operation, and who
have undertaken to remove rhe whole of the
Creek Indians for less than half the price per
capita, which it has heretofore cost the Gov
ernment. Gen. Sanford is, or was a member
of that company, and equally interested with
the other members of it and no more. We un
derstand that for sonic causes, (no doubt satis
factory to himself,) he has withdrawn from the
company; we are authorised to state., however
that the causes have not originated with tho
company of contractors, but that he has with
drawn in consequence of some supposed impo
litic and improper steps on the part of Gov
ernment itself. The balance of the contractors
are going on in the performrnce of their con
tracts, and we are happy to learn, with every
prospect of success.
We have just seen one of the members of
the company, who has returned from tho Na
tion, and who informs us that a party of Indi
ans, consisting of upwards of five hundred, have
just left the neighborhood of West Point, for
their homes west of the Mississippi, under the
guidance of Doct. Ingersoll and Mr Beattie,
contractors, and Lieut. Dees of the Army.
They expect to be joined by another party
beyond the Tallapoosa river, making in all,
some six or eight hundred. The contractors
inform us that there is now a very gcueral dis
position among the Indians to remove, and that
there is no doubt but that the whole tribe will
go off in the course of next year, and a large
number eariy in the Spring. The contractors
do not intend to carry on their operations any
farther this winter, except so far as to enrol the
Indians for an early removal next Spring. The
only obstacle which they are likely to meet
with, in the speedy emigration of the whole
Nation, arises from the action of the Govern
ment itself. The sales of the Reservations—
the correction of alledged frauds—tie certify
ing-of examinations and rectifying of contracts,
necessarily create great confusion, both among
the Indians and purchasers, and tcrid to pro
long the stay of this unfortunate race among
tiie Whites, where they are constantly exposed
to impositions and injuries. If the Qovcrn-
. inent would bring these things to a Close, and
let the Indians understand so, they would go off
at once, and wo should get rid of a society
which has harrassed us not a. little, & is likoly
ed with that of last year at this period, we have
an increase of near 100,000 bales; and of which
excess 40,000 consists of American descrip
tions. The trade have taken less so far this
year than they did up to this time in the last, by
about 50,000 bales, and it appears to be their
intention to follow up their plan of merely buy
ing for immediate consumption, so that if we
have any improvement, it must arise from ac
counts of damage to the crops, and that too of a
decided nature.
“ P. S. The sales today are 2500 bags, in
cluding 200 for export, in some instances rath
er less has been accepted.”
From JfMilledseville.
The Central Rail Road bill has been lost in
the Senate ! We cannot find words to express
our astonishment! The time has arrived, Tor
Georgia to swim, or sink. If she refuse now,
when sharks are around her, on every side, to
put forth her strength, and use her paddles, she
is gone ! The crisis has arrived ! The question
is now put to her: will Georgia pursue a course
of policy that will impoverish her soil, starve
her towns, drive industry, enterprise, talent and
capital from her borders ; or will she pursue a
policy that will attract all these benefits to lier
bosom, build up her cities, and towns, and
become as she might the most important State
in the South ? The present Legislature must
answer: on their heads rests the awful respon
sibility !
An esteemed correspondent at the seat of go
vernment, a member of the Senate, writes us
as follows:
^ “ Milledgcvillc, Dec. 6, 1835.
“ Since my last, the groat battle has been
fought; and, with feelings of the deepest, humil
ity do I announce the fact, that the friends of
Internal Improvement have been vanquished !
not in manly combat, but by a system of politi
cal legerdemain, revolting alike to the feelings
of the enlightened statesman and devoted pat
riot. No Georgian can envy, that man or par
ty of men who boast of such a triumph ! I fear
that our beloved Georgia is destined long to
move In the wake of her sifter States, and while
her legislators under the dominion of local, sec
tional and party principles lose sight of her
great interests, her neighbors on the east and
on the west by a wise and judicious policy will
drain her of all her resources ; and. we shall be
made emphatically hewers of wood and drawers
oi water. The scheme of the Central Rail Road
is a grand enterprise, and if accomplished, like
ba].
. McClung could n
• - i i,„ I have been elected Speaker had lie nnt I,.,. .
ae principle, cannot be expec-| 7 / * . U01 naveoi.
1 , .. . ven a written pledge to five Van Huron J
a measure that would forever —( w ho objected to Phelan on account of
youth,) that he would carry out all the Van k”
ren measures. Depend on it, we have a c 1 U '
majority on joint ballot, and all test questio^
will prove it. Noses have been counted and
are as follows : Van Buren men 58 • lL;
White men 34; Nullies 22.” ’ 011
The election for State Printer has resulted
in the choice of Meek & McGuire, the able a f
efficient editors of the Flag of the Union the
organ of the Van Buren party in Tuscaloosa,
nority, on the same
| ted to sanction
keep them in the minority, however beneficial
it might be to the country. Hence the pros
pect of uniting all parties sufficiently to carry
so important an alteration of the constitution,
is exceedingly remote.
There is a plan, however, it strikes us, by
which the constitution might be amended with
out a Convention ; and we here take the lib
erty of suggesting it to the present Legislature.
It is : to leave the details of the bill to a sub
sequent Legislature to that which alters the
constitution. Our views are briefly these :
The Senate to consist of uot less than 32,
nor more than 40 members.
The -House of Representatives to consist
of not less than 100 nor over 120 members. ‘
The NEXT legislature AFTER the pas
sage of the act, shall proceed to apportion the
Senators and Representatives among the seve
ral counties of the State ; which apportion
ment shall so remain, until altered by law.
It is not necessary that the constitution should
go into all the detjiils of legislation. As well
might it enumerate the duties of every petty
corporation, or the metes and bounds of coun
ties and captains’ districts, as the apportion
ment of Senators and Represcntatiues. It is
the great principles, only, that require to be
fixed by the constitution.
By taking the details of the apportionment
out of the hands of those who make the reduc
tion, and leaving them' to a subsequent legisla
ture, it appears to us, that many of the difficul
ties, the fears, the jealousies, that have here
tofore been brought to this subject may be kept
away from it; and that a Reduction may yet
be made—which we look upon as a matter of
more importance to the welfare and prosperity
of the State, than the completion of any or all
the Rail Roads ever yet proposed in it—and
we are no enemy to Rail Roads.
Information for Abolitionists of the V.S~.
The Jamaica Chronicle says, no vessel scarce
ly arrives without a fresh importation of pn^.
chers, psalm books and bibles, and yet even
day the negroes are becoming more licentious
and corrupt. Singing psalms at the chapels is
made an excuse and cloak by the apprentices
for laziness. They do not many of them work
over two hours a day. The streets of Kings
ton, once famed for their orderly quiet, are
now nightly the scenes of drunken debauchery
negro drumming and dancing—much of it un
der the mask of preaching and singing at the
evening conventicle. “Jamaica” says the ed
itor, “soon promises to become as pestiferous
a sink of vice and corruption as the roost lib-
ertine enthusiast can desire.”
CONGRESS
Assembled on Monday last. A few days will
bring the President’s Message.
, . . , 8 ^ j , tered on the discharge of his duties before lie : Senate supported the bill with
l T J? n, r n 7 I - njUrK 3 i° 1 *i ^ went off to Mobile, & has been absent forsome The Senator of Chatham made one ofshis great
who live by their own, and not by other pco- j time _ on , y two are emp l 0 yed to certify 1 efforts-:
*.j 1 cx j 1 contracts, and they keep their offices in the up- j I never l
,in< j per part of the Nation, at a distance very in- j with the
got the upper hand, for the present, of one
great monopoly; but the States abound with
the select Commit tec, to whom was referred ) other monopolies, just as much at war with the
the Governors communication on the late do- rights of the people as that great one was, and
predations of the Creek Indians on the citizens each, in its sphere, capable of inflicting great
of Stewart, Lee and other counties, made a
report thereon—Mr Gordon of Chatham, from
the minority of said committee, made a counter
ri ,j )or { both reports were on motion of Mr. j elusive privileges, are the legislative ev.., er
Kenan laid on the table for the present, and the opprobrium of the age in which we live.— i ^ eI "
300 copies ordered to be printed. J On no point have the powers of legislative bo- j
BILLS repoted.
Mr Adair: to alter-a ad amend tin 3d aec., uu* imuw uncus so mucu error *uu QUIU ~ j reservation lying below Columbus. The Gov-
of the 7th Art. of the Constitution of tins State, j s,on prevailed; on no one is there such need j onunont f lt f t secnis t0 us> t0 have an agent
Mr Tamrti of Jones : To permit Attornies i lor among the people, and for united, L a . j
wr wowuoi JOULS / , i 4 . r m r i • i 1 1 . - 9 to accompany ihe contractors to the diilerent
of tho.State of Alabama to plead and practice a.tkful vigorous and persevering exertions on j ( wi ‘.h authority to certify contracts, so
in the several courts of law and equity m this the part ol those who defend: their rights. The ^ w ’ hon thcv an / rC ady to move, they will
State. Judiciarysi'.ould be the guardian of the peoples fiml no difficu j ty in the sa j e of their lands.-
Mr Gordon of Chatham : to extend thei rights in this case as well as m others; Iju J ! Such m course Would facilitate the operations
•Wtcr of the Planters Bank of the State of d.c.ar.es are too often “the tlave of precedent ^ contractors aud do justice to the Indian!.
Gcoraia. and refuse to do right because the “precedents ' J
the Savannah Poor [ are iq favor of wrong. In this case the rerne-
to give us trouble as long as they stay amongst > the great artery of tjie human system which
us. The Government owe it as well to the : convoys the vital fluid to its extremities, im-
cotuitry as to the contractors, to hasten the in- I parting heat, life and animation ro the whole
vestigations which have been undertaken into J frame. I know of no better metaphor to illus-
thc frauds which are supposed to exist in the ! trate the influence this work would have upon
sale of many of these reservations, and not on- 1 onr State, giving life and animation to business
ly to remove all obstacles to the removal of the j every where. My poor fancy would not allow
Indians, but to co-operate strongly and strenu- 1 me the power to depict the manifold blessings
ously with the contractors in the accomplish- ( that would accrue to our State, our whole peo-
ment of an object so much desired by all. We ; pic, if such works as the Central Rail Road and
think the Government has been very tardy in ; the Georgia Union Rail Road were completed
its operations upon this subject; it should have j and in successful operation. The commercial
an agent engaged constantly in the investiga- j advantages would be incalculable ; and our
tion , and others with authority to certify.— i State would take her rank amongst the prou-
Wc icarn that Col. Hogan has been appointed j dost of her sisters of the great political family,
to investigate frauds, but that lie scarcely cn-] The friends of Internal Improvement in the
great ability.—
THE FRENCH QUESTION.
The plot thickens. Anxiety is alive to know
the upshot. Another week will probably re
move or confirm our fears on the subject.
We learn from a good authority, (says the
Boston Mercantile Journal,) that a letter has
been lately received by a gentleman in New
York, from Gen. Bernard at Parig, stating that
in his opinion a war with France is inevitable.
The king and his ministers had taken umbrage
at some sen timents expressed by Mr Livings
ton in his speech at the public dinner given him
in New York; and Louis Philippe had also
changed his views with regard to the policy of
a war with a foreign power. He thought that
such an event might strengthen his govern
ment.
The N Y Daily Adv. says : “ There is con
siderable stir from the fact that extensive spec
ulations in French goods have been made. The
holders now require higher rates. Whether
these operations are fouuded on any knowledge
of the contents of the Message, or the views of
the Executive in relation to France, is at pres
ent conjecture. Tw o years ago extensive sales
of U. S. Bank stock were made three days be
fore the Message was received. • The knowing
ones then made no mistake ; stock fell nearly
20 per cent, in consequencc^of the severe at
tack made by the President upon that institu
tion.”
Tiie N. Y. Mercantile Adv. says : “ A spe
cial messenger was despatched to France, who
left in the loth Sept, packet, with instructions
to our Charge d’Afl'airs at Paris to demand the
payment of the indemnity. The packet which
carried these orders had not arrived at.our last
ANTI ABOLITION MEETING.
Henry County, Nov. 21,1835.
According to previous notice a Meeting was
held by a respectable number of citizens of
Henry county at the house of Jesse Johnson
Esqr in the 723d district G M to take intocon-
sideration the subject of the recent proceed
ings of the Northern Abolitionists, when Rev
Wm Mosely was called to the chair, and Jas
II Starr appointed Secret ary.
After a brief statement of the object of the
meeting by the chairman, it was agreed ca
motion, that the chair appoint a committee of
seven, to draft a preamble and resolutions,
when the following persons were appointed
said committee : John M Ponder, JesseJolm-
son, Charles Jordan, Aaron Turner, David C
Eidson, Esqrs. Capt A Devick and Dr James
II Starr.
The committee after being absent a short
time reported a preamble and resolutions which
were unanimously adopted:
•The citizens of Henry county, and especi
ally those in the 723d district, view with deep
concern the course pursued by an association
of men in the non-slaveholding states known
as abolitionists; and we consider it our right
and duty to adopt such measures as in our o-
pinion w ill most successfully ward off its evd
effects. Nor do we believe they arc led to the
course they are pursuing through any philan
thropic motives, humane or religious : but that
their object is to effect an immediate emanci
pation of the slaves in die Southern Staid
with all its attendant horrors; and if they are
permitted to proceed in their unprincipled and
njfarious designs, our peace, happiness sad
safety will be endangered. We believe tiieir
acts to be in violation of the letter and spirit
of the constitution ot the United States, and i;
persisted in, will be more likely to disturb ti»
peace of our common country than any tiling :
which has hitherto threatened its repose.
We earnestly’ desire, that the States iuwhich j
Abolition societies are formed, and inccndiaiy
publications issued from the press, will use the*
exertions to arrest the progress of tills alarming
evil, and thus prevent the effusion of human
blood. Our object in asking this, is, for our
own safety and tho perpetuation of a good un
derstanding with our brethren of other States;
and we can but hope that the publication and
circulation of incendiary papers will be discoun
tenanced and suppressed, both by r the contm-
iiii - '^.i j - -.i- " ! time—only two agents are employed to certify t efforts—a more eloquent and patriotic appeal
pie s labor. Chartered companies, with ex- , c J anA t ,„f v L . nnn ; n tlm j T nf>vnl . before hcai 4 Bm if * hc had 8 ”fen
i wiui me tongue of an angel and the father of
I convenient to the lower Creeks, in conse- ; seraphs, it would not have availed. An hono- Tfr , . . , . , , ,
.. , . . , -- . 1 quence of which it is very difficult to procure ralile Senator who supported the measure with *. lance las positive y in ica c ici
dies been so strangely misunderstood as on , > t t ^ ^ and ^hase of an Indian | much zeal and ability in answer to the oppon- t0 ™I u »' e a P™gy. Congress may
this; on no one lias so much error and delu- J * k,„ 'n,„ I „ii { hcir proceed to act at once. If no negotiation has
accounts from France,"but from the long inter- ued m;inifestatio ^ of ’ !ar assemblies, aid
val that has occurred, an answer to them may thc stro arm of k . ( ^| at ; ve authority,
be daily expected, and is looked for with much For A. nr . :in > fntlire nrotc ctioD and
anxiety’—as thc future movements of our gov
ernment w ill be grounded probably on the iutcl-
igeuce they may thus receive.”
The Ricmond Enquirer says: The public
prints arc teeming with reports; but no one
appears to be distinctly informed of the actual
relations between the two countries. Until we
have ascertained what has really passed, no j tings in oiir
For our present and future protection:
safety, we
Resolve, 1st, That we will give neither rs-
couragcment or support to preachers or test
ers whom we find advocating or entertamac
opinions in any manner favorable to einan 0 *
pation.
2d. That we will not sutler any Negro m ee ’
district or county to take pl ac J !
owledse. but will give our
hear those
opted. Who can say, what the President ou’t j every privilege of going to
to recommend, or how Congress should act, j preach the gospel among the whites, a
unless be is informed of the events that have
Also, to incorporate
n*.ate owners
Nt-
House an<l Hospital
Mr McKinley : to coni]
(slaves, hung for crimes.
Wednesday, Pic, 2.
Mr Lewis of Jcncs > moved to reconsider so
much of tho Journal of yesterday as relates to
the printing of300 copies, of the report and
counter report made from the select committee
jo whom w is referred Ills Excellency the Gov
ernor’s communication, on the subject ot dep
redations committed by Crook Indians on the
citizens of Stewart, Lei agd oilier counties,
tipon which motion a lengthy aud animated de
bate ensued, the motion to reconsider finally
.prevailed hv a vote of 7-1 to f»S.
'flu- Syewlvt r ayyo.infc
I dy is with the people, and their redress must I THE ABOLITIONISTS,
of! be found in an independent press, in their own : The abolition gentry (say's the N Y Courier
votes nt elections, and in the perfect sttbordina- ’ and Enquirer,) do not seem to be driving a very
tion of their representatives to tbeir will. \ prosperous business at tho Eastward. Some
In tltanking you, gentlemen, for the honor reverend propagandist, by the name of Thurs-
wiiich yon have done me, I take the opportuni- j ton, we believe, undertook to deliver an aboli-
ty to congratulate y r ou upon the unprecedented tion lecture at Bloomfield Me. on the evening
and unexampled prosperity which pervades cv- ! of the 7th hist. A great number of the most
cry part of ourcountry, and blesses every por- I respectable citizens sent him a respectful ex-
dou of our community, whirli sigmdly dis- liortation to relinquish his design, but the re
appoints all the vaticinations of woe and mise- quest was disregarded, the meeting was open
ly JVcmg President Jackson’s Administration, ■ ed, and the lecture commenced—but not end-
and which, among a thou ind other beneficial ed. Tho good people of Bloomfield would not
effects, is rapidly expelling tho cloud of prejn- suffar sedition to be preached among them, and
J to 6S. j dice which was lately existing against military the uproar became so emphatic that the revet-
d Messrs Gordon ofj chieftains and is putting our military mop upon j end Mr Thurston found it expedient to decamp
ents of tho measure, after obviating all
difficulties, and refuting their very subtle and
ingenious arguments, said bo would not remind
gentlemen of the dog in the manger ; nor would
he tell them of Haman’s anguish at Mordecai
the Jew’s sitting at the king’s gate.
It is thought the Senate will reconsider the
bill on Monday; and if its friends will accept
the amendment proposed by the aristocracy, it
may pass. Of this however I am doubtful.”
The Legislature of the Territory of Arkan
sas is in session. Both houses are almost uan
them to worship God according to the
of their own consciences as regards ordma.
ces * m-
3d. That wo organize ourselves into a
transpired, the question will present a different! niittcc of \ igilance for the purpose ol en ^ nfj< .
attitude. All that we can determine on posi- more rigidly the patrol laws; and je *
tively, is, that if the question be not settled one i fy request the officers both civil andnw ^
way or the other, Congress ought to appropri- 1 0lir district and county to be
ate, immediately after its meeting, tlm sums j discharge of their dutic-s respecting the ‘
that may be necessary for extending our forti- I 4th. That we as a committee wi
fications, navy, &c.
Any thing like an apology to France is out
of the question. As the Norfolk Herald (a whig
paper) correctly says : “ Mr Livingston’s letter
keep 1
we as a comnimec ^
strict watch over the conduct °f th®
our respective neighborhoods, and s ^
passing to and from and through ,a< ! * 4 «
whose business is not apparent or ”^ ^jj
goes as far iu the way of explanation as one ho- I us 5 and if any member or niem t-’j* ^
norable nation ought in reason to expect from ; committee shall have knowledge ol ^
another and beyond which our government will 1 ° r while man, .whose conduct excites'
imous in favor of a State government. A hill »ot, and every citizen of the United States will j and who cannot give a
for authorising a Convention to form a state go- sa Y u llof > France insists on a- himself, or who may be found so ^
vernment is now before them, and will proba- ; n y further amende honorable than an assurance ot discontent among slaves,
bit' pass immediately. Arkansas and Michi- ! )( 1 ° 1 rcs Hlent s approval of Mr Livingston’s conduct^ whatever ten mg ber or® 1 ^
gan may therefore apply, and be admitted to- cttoi,she will dishonor herself in making the ; s h<' | i be the duty il ,r nd( . r fortli"' 11 '”,* • i
gether, at the present session of Congress. | ? should be immeasurably | bet* to,apprehend-8Uch-offi»^ |e w bc &
be admitted to- letter, she will-dishonor herself in making the h shall he the i
)f Congress. ' demand, and we should be immeasurably bers to apprcHe
° ! dishonored in listening to it for a single moin- ■ take him before the legal triL
What her determination is on this point, | with as thc law directs. ,
ie thing is certain, 5th. That we will not support an)
riven by Mr Liv- j candidate for office who isfotim- ;1 ‘
.. _ ’resident, she does favorable to the abolition ot s £l '^ c( dj
resignation of the Rev Dr Goulding. j not pay the indemnity, on tho plea that it is l 6th. That a copy of these fi' 0Cl
The Rev. C. C. Jones of Georgia has been I ent.
elected to fill the chair of Ecclesiastical History i we are not informed ; but one
and Polity’ in the Theological Seminary at Co- j that if, with the explanation ^., T _
lumbia, S. C. which had beep vacated by thc j ingston and'approved bv the President, she does j favorable to the abolition of slave 1- )’’