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MACON liBOBGIA TELEGRAPH
THE WARS.
ST. AUGUSTINE, April 12.
From Mosquito.'—By the arrival of the sloop Splen
did, from Mosquito, wc have the following intelli
gence.
On Saturday, 1st. inst. Gen. Hernandez and forces
arrived inside of the bar and anchored for the night.
On the morning of the 2d landed and formed an en
campment at New Smyrna. On the .'Id one of the
sentinels gave an nlarm, and reported that he hod seen
throe Indians very near him, one of whom was iment-
iy watching another sentinel and was in the act of
raising his rifle to his shoulder when lie was tired upon
by him. This report was, however generally discred
ited ; during the night there were seven alarms given,
winch proved fit lie; on the 4 th, about 10 o’clock, the
reports of three rifles, within a short distance of the
camp, and scouts were sent out immediately, and it
was discovered that an U. 3. soldier who had gone
out of camp to cut tent poles had been shot and scal
ped, he was found dead, and on examination it was
found he had received three balls, one in his head and
two in the side, and his skull driven in with the hatch
et he had been using. He was brought into camp
and buried. Nothing again occurred until the (ilh,
wnen a negro showed himself dunig the time in sev
eral conspicuous situations. A white Flag was hois
ted assignat of peace by order of (jen. Hernandez.
The Splendid a ailed again for Mosquito on Sunday
last, and returned this morning. W e learn that nothing
further had occurred up to y ester av. Scouts had
been outin every direction and no fresh signs had been
discovered. It was the opinion of many that these
Indians were coming into camp iu a peaceable mari
ner, but prevented by the imprudent conduct of the
sentinel.
An express had been across to Volusia, and returned
■ without seeking any signs of Indians. Another was
to have gone this morning.'
A good substantial bridge lias been built across
the Ocklawalia, on the road leading to the Wilhla-
ooochee.
Major Ilarlle, with three companies of South
Carolina Militia arrived here from Picoluta on Friday
last.
A detachment of 33 U. S. troops wont down in the
Splendid for Mosquito.
Two companies of the South-Cnrolina Battalion
inarched this morning on a scouting expedition to Un-
head of the Matanza*.
On Saturday night last we learn that the house of
Mr. Andres l'acety. Sen. abont two miles north of the
post at Wcaiman’s was fired as was supposed tiy so.ne
straggling Indian nr negro, and entirely consumed.—
A detachment of mountej men was promptly sent out
by order of C:ipt. Brown, who w :s in command of
l;ie post here, with orders to scour the country in that
direction thoroughly, and endeavor if possildc to dis
cover the trail and follow it up. Srr»t. Miekier. of
Csjit. Hanson's company with a detachment, went out,
ana ou returning reported that lie saw no indications
of any person having been there for some time hut
that there was reason to believe that the house had
taken tire f. o n the grass winch probably had been set
on fire by some hunter.
babe, was almost devoured, and the arm of the moth
er eaten oil', by hogs!
What a scene was this ? What a duty, a heart-ren
ding duty to be performed by the husbaim, the father!
To collect the mutilated bodies of his. wiffc and five
children, four of them ltis own, and place them in a
corn house until he could go eight miles Air assistance
to bury the dead! Breathes the mad Willi heart so
cold, as not to sympathise with the afflicted and suffer
ing of East Florida!
We have not heard any thing of General Hernan
dez at Tomnkasiuceoar last.
From Tampa Ray we hear that between ton and
twelve hundred Indians are there, drawing rations—
that Osceola and Philip had not come in on thellth
inst.
A party of 460 Cherokee Indians, among
whom was the distinguished ciiief. John Bulge,
passed Tuscuinhia, AS. «n the 16th nit. mi the
wav to their nniv homes beynud this Mississippi.
The Alrtbmiiah, printed lit Tuscumbi.i, sty* that
the deportment of these .niliaus •• was perfectly
correct, and their nppturriiire indicated ilie en
joyment of much comfort.*’— ! lie ittentlon whirli
is paid to thr wnnis and necessities of these peo
ple, and the parrirniar kindness manifested to
wards them on all occasions, reflect g -e it credit
upon the Cherokee Commissioners and riaper-
inf.'ii lent of ihe KctuoVaSs. Wa have been pain
ed to learn that iu roatn-my instances, ;i -imnnfiil
iudiflerenre to the comfort of the ertiigfniii* has
been noticed iu toe conduct of the agents who
had charge of the affairs and removal of r'te
Creeks, and oilier hidinu tribes} hut the g"V-
crnineut has taken care that there shsll he no
just cause of Complain; ou this subject hereafter.
In rolatmti to the'Cherokecs.w e feel fudy'iva ra >t-
ed in saying that uo'lliug will lie omitted by the
officers of the Government which will contribute
to the health, comfort and satis far lion of every
man, woman, rmd child, of the tribe. Wc uu-
derstiimi that another large party of Cherokee*
will start for their future homes in the early part
of the approaching summer.
DOMESTIC.
From Mosquito—By the arrival of the Sloop
Splendid, i Inline*, jfrmn Mosquito on Suuilay last
wc luaiu that tin Indian, had been seen about the
neighborhood of New Smyrna, within the past
week. Capl. Ilansou with his company, have
scoured thu country in every direction hut discov
ored no traces. lie hits been down as far'as In
dian river, and saw at a distance a boat with
three perrou<;n it. The limit was afterwards
taken with all their cooking utensils and des
troyed.
It was reported in camp that an Indian moun
ted on a fine horse, made iiis nppearanre in the
vicinity oftho camp. Pursuit was ordered, hut
tin traces could be found.
Every thing wears the appearance that the
Indians have left that part of tho country.—Bt.
Augustine Herald 10/A instant<j ,
LATE FROM TEX Vri.
Wc have received tegub r file* of the Velasco
II m aid up to the Jdth, and the Telegraph to the
11 ill inclusive.
It appears tint the Mexican squadron has bo
"itn operations iu earnest. By reference to our
shin news, wili bo found sonse particulars quite
interesting. 'The squadron consists of the Vittci-
dor del Alamo, General Teran, Libertiidn. (»enl.
Warren, all brigs of w ar. and thu Gettl. Hidalgo,
an armed schooner. At the very moment when
From the Richmond Enquirer.
THE DISTRESS.
We arc now in the midst of one of those spasms, to
which the United States seem to be periodically ex
posed. Mr. Gouge has noted these various eras in his
admirable book on the Banking System. The con
vulsion was tremendous in 1819, and nothing so es
sentially contributed to its production, os the Bank of
the U. S., by its sudden contraction succeeding to its
enormous expansions. The year 1825, witnessed a-
notherof these phenomena ill the commercial world.
The present crisis was foretold last year. Intelligent
merchants and others who conld read the signs iu the
Heavens, saw then the lowering cloud, and predicted
the tempest which has buret upon us. A wild rage
for speculation seems to have affected almost every
porti in of the country, and almost every species of
property. There has been a general over-dealing nud
over-banking. The States would not take warning
by the events which had succeeded the dissolution of
the old Bank of the United States—but, they have
gone on establishing various Bank Institutions, and
among them the Bank of the United States itself, with
its enormous capital of 35 millions The whole bank
ing capital, its circulation discounts and debts have
swelled to an alarming amount.—The importations of
foreign goods have been immense, and our own mer
chants have fallen considerably in debt to Foreign
Merchants, while the very productions with which
these debts were to be discharged, have astonishingly
depreciated in their value. Our great staples have
felt the shbek. Tobacco has fallen beyond all calcu
lation. Cotton is down from 7 to 10 cents a pound—
Instead.of exporting any brendstutfs, we have been
compelled by the scantiness of otir harvests to draw
noon the granaries of Europe. Where one link in
the chain of connexion suffers, the others are also af
fected. The Northern merchant who imports the
goods; the Western merchant who is to pay him—‘the
planters of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, &e.
who pay the mercahants of the interior;a!l suffer from
the fall of the staple articles of the West.
Then again the factors of N. Orleans, Mobile, Ac.,
whd make advances to the planters of tuuds to pur
chase sometimes their land, and sometimes their la
borers, and sometimes advance on the very cotton
which is not planted, cannot obtain reimbursement
from the cotton which is shipped.' The single article
of Labor has involved some of the planters in heavy
debts. In Alabama, lor instance, the amount is stated
tol»e immense; as wc may judge from the Report
which was presented to an adjourned meeting of the
citizens of Mobile, on thc5th inst., by Sir. Gwathmey,
from their Committee. He reports, that "The fact of
tire indebtedness of the State having been adverted
to, the question naturally suggests itself, how does this
arise? The answer is plain and obvious, such has
been the productiveness of the State for sev
eral years past and so large tire returns of slave labor,
that the purchases of tliat species of property from
other States since 1833, have, it is believed, not fall m
Tennessee paper so purchased. When public opin
ion can thus put dowu unfairness and treachery, it is
in a wholesome state. YYehope the people of Louis-
ville will escape the ravages of tho present storm.—
They deserve an exemption. . ....
Wood used for steamboats along tho river has fallen
to three dollars per cord, but there will shortly be no
boatsto purchase it at even tliat price When the
Inrgest class boats are daily bringing dowu from 50 to
100 tons of freight only, the prospect is indeed
^ Such are som« of the principal items oi nfivvs from
the interior.—True American.
we are making demands for spoliations. .Mexico . ... .... - , „ .. ... ..
. . . , . 1 short of ten millions of dollars annnallv, while the av-
is committing ne w depredations upon cur com- „j ue of our exports has probably not exceeded
will Aud b^rselI in auiuvuia she ■ millions, thus leaving an amount for other ex-
ST. AUGUSTINE. APRIL 25.
From Tampa.—Wo have advices fiom Tampa
to the lOtlt inst. Private Accounts state tin.une
Indians come iu '-slouly hut surely.” On the
9th, 1200 rations were issued to Indians in camp.
Ou iho 5th , General Jcsiip issued an order
prohibiting all white persons, not in tile service
of the U. r>. from goinv south of a line drawn
east ami west through Fort Drntie, from tile St.
Johns River in the Gulf of Mexico, mid all vessels
mere©
least expected, for this-country will not permit its
vessels to ho captured trailing wiih a people whose
independence >thas recognized; unless our ves
sels of war will protect them, ail the vessels that
have sailed hence for Texas, will fall prey to the
Mexicans. Mr Grawforii, the English Consul, lias
gone to Co'untbia, having been i tuJcd at the
month of the lit assos, by the Hr brig of ivar Racer.
The Mexican licet had captured t':? ?cit - Vigilant
; heme for Mdlagorti ;, laden w..t intis aau am
munition. and se..t hei to iMatamovas.
Deaf Smith h-is had a brush with tit- Mexican#
near I .oredo. With twenty men he defeated forty
cavalry, and took twenty horses, hilling ten of the
enemy. Learning tliat there was in tuwu a greater
force, he made good his iry to Bexar.
TheTexiatt army. 240(1 strong, was ou the L'-
Ahaco. in fine health, and anxious for fightiug.
Our hopes are, that the Natchez has driven the
Mexican squadron from its cruising ground-—
y. O. True American.
The sehr Wm Ryrue reports Ur brig of war
R.icer with the Eug oh L'ousul, W Crawford,
lying off ihe Rrassos river; brig Sami Houston
ashore on the Brasses liar, with loss of rudder,
had discharged her cargo nud will probably he
goi off; schr Flash ashore on Galveston Island
supposed to have been chased ashore by U Mex
ican man of war. Sunday, 16th ; 5 p in, river
arriving at Tampa Bay, are to he immediately J hearing u w, distant 80 miles, heard a
searched aud uu persons permitted to laud unless j heavy cannonading from that diroc iou. Tcxntu
upon business with .lie military department* ou
shore.
All negroes, the property «f white persous cap
tilted during the war. will lie sent to fit. .Marks
undet the charge of Lieut. Vinton, where iht tr
owner# will claim them.
This order In* created much excitement here
Qitd a public mjcliug was called ou Monday Inst
to t iko into consideration the propriety of rctneu-
strattug against it. A committee nai appointed
and remonstrance reported which was adopted.
Tha proceedings will lie published iu ouruext.
Messengers It id (teen sunt to the Micasuktes.
who returned ind report ibat they loiind them
much scattered, and tli.it they were afraid to
come iu.
A rumor was brought by tin* stcamlioat Charles
ton from Black Creek, that Philip hud gone iu
with about -Mi) Indians. It is said to have been
brought to Jtiuck Greek by a soldier front I ort
D ole who left uu the 12th; letters from Fort
Hi le. have been r-i erre.l in town of that date iu
which no inottUou is tnndu of this fact.
SAVANNAH, April 24.
I.ATE FROM FL'HHDA.
We learn from an officer of the Army, who arrived
h;rc yesterday morning from St. Augustine in the
ste.nn packet Florida, C*pt llebbard, that all the chief#
except i’o.veil and Philip, had come in at Fort Draue
on me loth i.tst. the day our informant left that sta
tion.
Philip was to Rave bean in on Ihe 15th Jlis son
had been in several time#. No person in the army
delet'd dial all too Indian* would cn.u • iu. hut many
arc of opinion tliat they would defer longer than is d •-
air-ible.
Micauopv, Jumn -r, CloiiJ, et id omne genus were in
—Powell i# considered, ii> tiio words of our informant,
nobity bv all tha chief#, lie is only n sub chief, it is
now .-aid, and the Indians have pledged themselves to
bring him in by force, if he does not come of hi# own
accord.
Gen Jesitp has issued an order to a portion of the
troop#, to the effect, that if the Indian# eonlinu td to
in ihe tli ir cattle a pretext for not coming iu, to s illy
forth and destroy them.
t):i tha Ui.lt inst. a large party of Indians wtw to
leave Tampa, in transports for the West,
A portion of'the Army will probably be detained in
Florida nt Instihful positions, during the summer,
should all the Indians mil conic in. t
Gen. Jesup is, wc are gratified to learn, indofatiga*
Me in his exertion.#, and rtands high witli the army un
der hj* command.— Georgian.
SAVANNAII. April 25.
penditure* entirely inadequate to meet them, and this
wdl be the mure evident when it is considered how
large an amount has been expended both in the in
terior and in this city iu making improvements.
“It would be imposiblc to form any correct estimate
of indebtedness of the State, but it is confidently he-:
lioved, that the proceeds of the next crop of cotton
will leave us comparatively fre# of embarrassments;
for, iu the present year, engagements of every kind
are upon a decreasing scale, and imports, as well as the
introduction of slave labor, by purchase, will be greatly
d’minished. It is deemed proper to add, that though
embarrassments exist iu the State, arising lroni the
cause already referred to, her productive capital is in
a state of progressive increase, aud that tliat increase
the past four years, may be safely estimated at one
1 burnt red millions of dollars.
••While then the circumstances in wl ich we arc
placed, demand great circumspection, and naturally
give rise to much present anxiety, it is evident that
our resources, if called into action and judiciously a|>-
plied, arcjamply adequate to the existing, or eVcn a
lunch more fearful crisis."
The unprecedented sums too which have been in
verted in purchase of thepublic lauds during the last
year—the 24 millions which were paid down to the
Government, in ch of which was borrowed by tiie
speculators, and alinnst all of it now locked up in lands,
which arc not cultivated, aud cannot he sold without
a sacrifice, account in a great degree for the pressure
whirli prevails in the West.
It is in vain to attempt to shift the burtheru of blame
from others to the Administration of the United States;
Was it Gen. Jackson, who established all these Banks
in the States ? Did he not warn us against their mul
tiplication ? Did he not enforce in prophetic terms
tile necessity of gradually reducing the operations of
the 8t*te Banks; of abolishing the small notes; and
of mixing in the general circulation of the country,
n larger and larger portion of gold and silver, ‘-the
constitutional currency of the country ?” Was it he
wlio established at one coup de main the 35 million
Bank of Pennsylvania ?— Besides, the Distresses of
'he Times are not confined to tlie United States.—
■gree almost in Eng-
ritates. Tb ey have ck-
Gcncral Jackson, or Mr.
Van Bnren, to be held responsible for this general
pressure f
NEW ORLEANS, April 28
Some facts tire beginning to transpire, that lead
Ui to doubt whether the policy of the Government
be not correct- By a strange anomaly the pres
ent dynasty has blundered ou a measure that by
the 1st of October uext. if persisted in, will bring
England aud Frauce at our feet- We have the
specio, and all wc have to do, is to keep it, as a
hasis for our Banking system. If Eugland get
not specie from America, She will be bankrupt,
and revolution must ensue. We shall etilargeon
this topic tomorrow. Meantime, the resolution
to refuse paying the Custom House bonds, till the
specie Circular be repealed, will only benefit this
country, ruiu the merchants themselves, and eu-
able our government the better to carry out its
plans. If Mr. Van Bur it would issue orders that
nothing hut gold'or silver be received in paymeut
of dues to the government, he w ill secure his point
keep the specie here, aud preveut excessive im
portation,—the bane of our true prosperity.
These doctrines may ho considered as heterodox
by ntauy, hut we are anxious to arrive at the truth
in financial matters without reference to political
feelings. The subject should be canvassed, stud
ied weighed, and well considered, in every coun-
ing house; every'place every hamlet in theUni-
iou, for our deepest interest, are’coucoiucd. It
shoutd be remembered tee have no national deb to
labor underTrue American.
It was rumored iu the city yesterday, that the
ritizeus of Yazoo county. Mi., bad torn down their
Court house & compelled the sheriff to resign, and
also that serverdl of the adjoining counties fol
lowing the example had held meetings, and in
sisted upon a like resignation of their sheriffs.
If this rumor be true, what a horrible state of
things does it unfold- Law set at defiauce, aud
the obligation of contracts invalidated by tramp
ing under foot a't the provisions of government.
We hope however it may not be so. Certainly
■ lie inhabitants of our sister State would never
proceed| to such rash disgraceful & anarchical
measures to scroeu themselves from the just op
eratiou of equal laws.—Wo will uot believe un
til We hear further.—A’. O. Bulletin.
From the N. Y American April 25.
POSTSCRIPT
One o'clock.—Every thing looks brighter to
day. The stocks, though they have risen a little,
fail to indicate how much confidence is reviving.
\V> have reason to think the Banks will con
sent to the proposition detailed iu another columu
respecting State Stock, which is very important;
aud what is scarcely less so, the Jirgt icavt of the
returning flow of specie from the west reached U3
i/esterday in the shape of fifty thousand dollais
from Michigan.
Tho tide once set this way, will flow till the
equilibrium is restored.
Courage then, mutual aid, and geuerous con
fidence and what may yet he saved. u>ilt be.
Thursday, JTIay 4, 1837.
O’ Clianffo.
(CP After this week the Macon Telegraph will be
published ou Tuesdays instead of Thursdays. Adver
tisements must be handed in by Monday.
Receipts of Cotton in Macon up to 1st May, 1837!
81,105 bales.
On hand 16,602 bales.
Receipts same time last year,
Recipts 1st May, 1835,
Increase in two years
77,510 bales.
58,721 bales.
22,385 bales.
Times have changed very little for the better, since
our last Advices from Liverpool to the 24th March,
notice a slight improvement in cotton, and that the
money market was a little easier. It however wili
have very little effect upon the currency in this coun
try, where want of confidence is so general, and the
panic so great. The failures are still going on in New
York and Philadelphia: They have also commenced
m Boston. At the South and West t*"ngs are no bet
ter.
In this State, with the exception of the stoppage of
the Chattahoochee Bank, aud the run upon the Bank
of Hawkinsville, nothing has happened to lessen con
fidence in the stability of our merchants and banking
institutions. With respect to the Hawkinsville Bank,
that institution has thus far been able to sustain itself,
and we have no doubt will continue to do so.
Nothing is doin' in the Cotton maikct—but little
coming in, and nobody wishing to purchase.
Nearly 15,000 bales are in warehouse in this city;
and probably an equal or larger amount in the neigh,
borhood.
Nothing will save the country, but a planting oflus
cotton and more corn! If as much cotton is made this
year as last, it will not be worth next fall 3 cents a
pound! and if as many hogs, mules, horses, &c. &c.
are purchased froiq abroad as usual, all oar money
will be carried out, and the State will be bankrupt!—
The people should in time see to this, and lay au em
bargo on the specie, by voluntarily agreeing amongst
themselves to purchase no more negroes, horses, mules
or bacon raised out of the State.
army encamped on the La Baiaca, 2400 niQtt, iu
good health and well provisioned.
The schi Louisiana, of and from New Orleans
hound for Matagorda, Texas, when iu lat 28 05,
on the coast of Texas ou the 4tb April, was
brought too and boarded hv the Mcxisau squad
ron. consisting of three brigs under the command
of Com. Lopas The Louisiana’s papers were -ae i tmesare i,°i connnea to u*
!».«»- EZEEfZZSnsSisS
gers were ordered to get their baggage toady to ten d v d nka to Franco. Is Gene
go on hoard au Am. sehr. (which hau been bro t — ....
too previously—she was from Mobile, loaded with
lumber, for Matagorda). The lumber schr. was
then permitted to proceed. A prize crew was
then sent on boatd the Louisiana, and she was
ordered for Brassos St. Jago—on the 8th April
arrived at that port, aud cattle to anchor near a
Mexicatt brig of war. On the 9ih, at 7 a in. the
U S ship of war Natchez hove in sight an i a
a boat ou hoard of the Mexican brig, and due 0 of
t.onr.i of the Louisiaua. As soou .is the com
mander of the Natchez learnt the particulars 0 |
the capture, he look charge of the Louisiana and
scot the prize crew on board of the Mexicali her.
’The master and ciew i f the Louisiana w.isirea-
ed with the utmost politettess by the rotiimaud-
nud officers ot the Natchez, also by the office
fit tit.- Mexican squadron. Iu lat 28 50, loti 25
n the IGibiiist. was hoarded by a boat from the
ex in armed schr. Tom To’iy aud treated polite-
The Am schr Champion was captured by
the Mi xican squadron on the Bd April, aiui sent
to Brassos St. .logo, where she arived on thcsth,
ai.d went in over the bar the day the Louisiana
left—A T - O True American.
The Heir to the Rusion Throne.—The ’Ccs.aroviica.
Alexander Nieotnvilcn, the Emperor's eldest son, at
tains bis twentieth year the present month, as we learn
from the Gazette de France. His constitution t» ro
bust, bis figure elegant, and Ins presence noble and
expressive. He goes through most of the manly ex-
eresrs with grace, llis education has been most care-
fuliy 'attended to, and the lima is approaching when
lie i# to set out up.-iii his travels to foreign countries.—
From these France is by nani** to be excluded, but be
will go to England, as if England the great hoi-iwd ot*
llts great ancient and inextinguishable reroiutiotiary
contagion was not to be found. The Ccsarovitcli
will, however, go to LuglnnJ, a# generals tty to attain
a tin nee,at an cncuiy’s camp; to study their tactics and
prepare themselves to defeat llicm.
Uihh Siteri/I Suit.
VlHfIl.L be sold on Hut first Tuesday ta JUNE
-Vj/« brutal Murders.—The steam packet George j vlu next, at thr court hoase m tin city of Macon, be-
Washington, CaptNock, arrived tiii« morning from iltcuMbe usual hum of sale,
/lacksail«dlo, (A F.) To CaptN wo are indebted for.j lbB w ‘'“ erD rnn S'* of Maco " reserve,
tjiu Coiiriar of T.ursday last, from which wc make
till subjoined Extract#, the first of winch is painful and
burrowing to the feefings of every reader.
A slight mistake occarred iu onr jesterd.ty’s notice
of Florida intelligence, furnished by an odicer of the
• army, which it wouid be tut writ toconect. The
* chiefs liad cwno in at Tampa and not'at Fort Dram. 1 ,’
as suit'd.—Jj.
From the JaehsoneUie Courier, April 20.
•-MORE MURDERS BY .STRAGGLING INDIANS.
On the 8fn nisi tho home of Mr. William Cle.u-
mon#, ij.uated on the road (rout Alligator to Leving-
•tou’s Ferry, on the Suwannee, about twenty t (ifes
from the lifter place, was aituckcj by Indians. The
iutniuii, consisting of Mrs. Cieunnons ami four chil
dren, and a little orphan lad living wiih Mr. Clemmons,
wore inurJjr.'d! Mr. C was from home at tha time
this awful visitation «vas nude upon his family. He
returned on the 10th inst. tin second day after the hor
rid transaction,‘and thu fir.-t intimation of the calam
ity tliat had tiefihan his wire and little ones, was the
d ;*olata snpoamnee of his home, nud then the bodies
«l In* wit t nuj children, fifty or inure yards from the
house. They h id been shot while attempting t« ca-
cape, asit would seem from tha position in whicn
the bodies lay. Titer were utiscalpcd The children
were shot in the head, and so near were the guns whe-’
discharged, that the beads of these unfortunate chil
dren were literally blown to pieces ! And to arid to
tha horror of thj sight, nud anguish of the bereaved
husband and father, the body of the youngest child, a
containing ten acres more or le»», to satisfy two ii fas
from it lift Superior court :aeU in favor uf Jonathan
tjewett v» Oliver 8age,.said iut-d levied on us ihe
property o! said Oliver Sage and pointed out by Wtu
B I 'iiiw.
Also, one bouse and lot containing four acres more
nr le.#, lying ou the left side of the road leading o
Columbus, one unle from Macon, where Grorge W
Mallary now lives, to-satisfy two ft fas omi from Bibb
Superior court in favor of Lewis Fitch vs George W
Maiiari, the other from Bibb Inferior court in fiivnr
of ( Itarles Campbell vs George W Mnllaty. levied ou
as bis property nud pointed cut by Charles Campbell.
Also, one 4 acre lut aud improvement* on west Ma
con reicrve, olte mile from Alacnu on the road leading
from .Macon to Columbus, opnsite uhete George W
dinari' now lives, it beiufc theplaco where Joseph
Bennett formerly lived, levied on a* his property to sa
tisfy one fi fa front Bibb Superior court in favor of Jo
seph Yavior v* Joseph Bennett. Property pointed
■nit by IVoiB Cone.
May 3 31 BENJ RUSSELL, D^ff.
POSTPONED SALE.
Three negroes, to wit; one woman Celia and her
two chili ren Anna girl 4 years old, Frederick, a-boy
two years old, levied on as the property of David F
Wilson, to satisfy one uiortgaeo Fi Fa from Bibb iufe.
rior court in favor of Daniel Gunn vs David F Wil
son, said negroes pointed out in the mortgage Fi Fa:
said mortgage giveu to David F Wilson to secure him
as an endorser for another individual.
May 3 31 BFNJ. RUSSELL, D. Sh’ff
NI.W-ORLFANS, April 26.
The news from Alissi.-sippi is ol the most dishear
tening description. Iretters from gentlemen of the
highest statioiug in various quarters of that Slate tell
of thing# that would not have been dreamed of 2 mouths
ago. We shall endeavor to give an abstract of ;he
information now in our possession, iu order tliat the
real state of things may he known.
Negroes that three mouths since cost $1200 to
$1500each, can he li-’iiglit in any part of Mississippi
lor $250 cash. This description of property, whose
increased Value depended entirely upon the iate
exorbitant prices of cotton, has there come down to
a level with the present depreciated nites of tile great
staple, leaving the unfortunate purchaser minus thou
sand*. The loss on this kind of property alone is
enough to bankrupt the State. But the misfortune doe*
not stop here
Tlie planters had anticipated their crops, and receiv
ed and expeuded three-fourth* oi their value mouths
ago. On the delivery of tjie cotton so bought and
paid for. they naturally came forward and expected to
mortgage as it were their labor, tapital and time for
the next twelve months, in order to procure sufficient
ol'thc necessaries of life for the support of their ne
groes, and to get means fur cairying on their planta
tions, pitching their crops. tVc. jcc. To tLeir sur
prise, the 4lb of March and its attendant destruction
came upon all their expectations, and crushed them
iu an instant. They are now left without provisions,
and the means ol living and using their industry
for the present year. In. this dilemma, planters
whose crops have been fiom i00 to 700 bales, find
themselves forced to sacrifice many of their slaves in
order to gel the cotuftion necessaries of life for the
support of themselves and the rest of their negroes.—
Iu one instance, a small planter, whose hope* ran
high last winter, and who owned twenty-two slaves
sold threeofhis best men, for which he had actually
paid #3200, for§850, to Jtuy pork and corn for file
remainder. In mauy places, heavy planters com
pel tiieir slaves to fish for the mean.* of subsistence,
raider than sell them at such ruinous rates. There
are at this moment tlioil-and* of slave.* in Mississippi,
that know not where their nex t tnorscl i* to come from
The master must be ruined to save the wretches tirooi
being starved.
The currc.icy of ihe State is in the worst possisble
.condition We see the Banks refusing to juiy silver,
and proposing to shave their own paper. A gentle
man the other day at Natchez, having $3()tMI of the
Planters’Bank demanded the specie for the same —
It was refused. United,States paper at I per cent
nreiniiitti.or English sovereigns valued at $5 andomr-
rent for $4 87, were offered- Thus is the honest debt
or compelled to use the depreciated rags of the
Bank, or forced to pay an exorbitant premium for
that which i* couvertable into par valu-. We do not
know what this means hut it savors verv strongly uf
preying on the vitals of the public at a moment when
the greatest distress prevails, caused too by the impro
per management-.f those very institutions.
Our Louisville correspondent writes that flic Bank
of Keutucky has made an arraugeincnt to take at
par the notes of tlie Planters’ Bank of Tenues.- oe,
payable at the Bank of Louisiana. A singular cir-
cnins'ance connected with this step on the part oi’ the
Bank of Kentucky, will show how apt men are
to step beyond the rules of propriety in evil times.—
A merchant ofhigh standing bought up nearly $10,-
000 of (lie Tennessee paper at a heavy discount, a
day or two before the.declaration of tlie resolution of
the Bank of Kentucky to take it at par. One of the
firm to which this gentleman was attached, was a Di
rector in thesaid Baukandsosoon as the determination
was made known, the sellers of the Tennessee paper
saw the object of the purchaser. A great excite-
ment prevailed,—so much so as call forth fnm the
Bank Director a disclaimer of any knowledge of the
affair, and to produce a prompt refunding of the
From the N. Y. Daily Express, April 25.
Busintss in Boston.—The Atlas of Wednesday
says: there h ve been during the last ten days
five or six large failures in this city—all of them
of houses esteemed two mouths since not only
perfectly solvent, and atiiiudanily able to meet all
their engagements, hut removed from all appre
hension of disaster, ol credit undoubted, and re
sources unlimited.
The failure of these houses created much sur
prise—but we understand that most of them show
a large Autouiit of property which, in ordinary
times, would oe amply competent to the payment
of their debts, aud leave them with a considerable
surplus.
BY THE EXPRESS MAIL.
By the arrival at New York of the George Wash
ington from Liverpool, later intelligence front Eu
rope was received, up to the 24th of March. A let
ter from New York to a gentleiitui iu this place date t
21th April, suys:
•‘We have received Liverpool account* to tho 24th
ult. hv the packet George Washington, which convey
intelligence of the Bank of England haring concluded
an arrangement which would afford assistance to
certain leading houses engaged in the American
trade. This has inspired more confidence, aud a
affairs generally wear a more cheerful aspect.
“The sale* of Cotton front the 18th to 23d Marcli
inclusive, were 17,040 bales, of which.7,100 bales
Upland at 6 a 8d; 1,160 Alabama, Tennessee and
Mobile, 5a 7): 5,890 Orleans, 6 a 9;70 Sea Islands,
22 a 23d: The import was 2.590 bales, and. the
Stock 248 900 halo#, of which 124,000 bales were
American, against 97,990 bales of same description,
at same time the previous year ”
The following ate extracts from the New York pa
pers of the 24th.
The American merchants Have joined in a bond to
tha Bank of England, whereby they have obtained
the requisite relief for the present emerae-tcy.
It i* understood that the George Washington brings
back protested bills only to (lie amount of about £30.-
000. •
LIVERPOOL, March 23.—On the I3tli and 20th
instant, our cotton market became more depressed,
than it had previously been, aud prices fell 4 per lb.
Since then, prices have been steady. The demand for
the article has improved, though it lias been freely
met. '(’he sales from tlie 15th to the 23J instant, in
clusive, amount to 17 050 h«les. of which 3000 hales
(American) have been taken on speculation. It is
understood that the packet carries an authority to the
Bank of the United .State- from the Bank uffttiglund
to draw upon it for two millions sterling.
Cotton.—On Saturday and Monday, our market
was very flat; but since then the demand ha* im
proved. We do nut think it nece**ary to make any
alteration in ourquotations of American this week.
The interior qualities of Periiam* and .Haraiiliatns
are Jd. to Id, per lb. lower. 30,030 American have
been taken on speculation, an J 350 American, and
100 Surats lor export.
Sates ol the lleek.—7100 Upland at 6jd a £d; 5890
Orle.ms5Ja 1 Oil; 1160 Mobile and Alabama Gjd n
7jd: 70 Sea Island at 22d a 23d : JO Stained do lOd.
a 15dj 670 Pernambucos 8Jd a lOd; 390 Marat)ham
7j a 8d, 610 Bahia (i.jd a 9d; 340 Egyptian 9j a ltd;
190 Madr,>s 7Jd; G7t) Surat 3.}il a O^d; 30 Deme-
rara 13£d Total 17,040
Arrival.* from the|18tli to 23 March—1 from New
Orleans, 1871 bales, 1 from New York 562 t from
Berhicc.9l ; I from Smyrna, 20.—Total ,2544.
LIVERPOOL. March24—Lower rates for Cot-
.ton have again been submitted to; prices have been
accepted .this week below any which have heyu
eoi rent here since I33J, and with a farthing to three
eight per lb. of the lowest prices of that year. The
wants and fears of some olour holder# have hurried
them along to a state of desperation such as we have
rarely wifessed. The chief sales made in Upland
have been front 6] to 7j, in Orleans from 61 to 7d,
and in Mobile front 6| to 74 We of course reduce
onr quotation*.—still the reductions is much short
of that which was in some instances, submitted
to |
Thelratiort of all sorts.of Cotton into the Kingdom .
since the 1st January, amounts Iu20f,00 bal-s, against'
355.000, and of American separately we have receiv
ed 22,000 against 206.000 received up to this period
lust{Vunr. The stock of nil kinds at this port os at nre-
sent estimated, amounts to about 244,000 against
150.500 hales; and .of American Cotton, we appear
to 120,000 against 92,000.'
his party because he was not made the nominee oft),
party for the Executive Chair. If I am not grossl
mistaken it has, not been many weeks since the wholi
of the State Rights or Nullifying phalanx of the edito.
rial corps were hurling their thunders or anathemas
against the editor of the Federal Union. Ha
certainly more obnoxious to the pprty than any U n j 0Q
man in the State, the Teller of tlie Central Bank not
excepted. And it is a reasonable presumption, f ron)
what lias already been demonstrated, that although he
has become the subject of Grand Jury presentment*
and will, I venture to predict, receive tliat kind of 0 ol
toriety from the grand inquest of Glreene, Oglethorpe
and all the strong Nullify ing counties in the State, y,.' t
if he could be seduced from his friends and abandon
liis party, he too would be canonized. These tert.
cious editors would speak of his lofty bearing and man-
ly independence.
It must be manifest to all that no humble individual
like William N. Bishop, would create so much excite,
nicut were there no other objects to effect than his de
struction. Disappointment to the station of Teller in
the Central Bank must be charged to Governor Schley
whose popularity must be affected in order to change’
the powers that "be, and place in authority the NuOj.
fying dynasty. And although Col Rutherford, one of
the directors of the Central Bank, and a State Ri.ht,
man too, affirms that his excellency had no agency i n
making the appointment, still the enemies of t(ic (Jov.
ernor are urging this as one of his Heinous ofijenr.es.-!
I am not the apologist of any man, nor am 1 disposed
to join in an unholy crusade against an individual, be-
cause a few politicians, fox vile party purposes, traduce
and slander, and get honest men to join them, as was
the case in Putnam tlie other day, when Mr Foreman
Hudson succeeded in getting up a presentment pre.
tendedly against Bishop.
Is there a Union man in Georgia who does not see
through the visor, and can he contemplate such con
duct upon the part of a political adversary with anv
other than the most vindictive feelings ? Col. Ruth,
erfurd informs us that he was opposed to the appoint,
ment of Bishop as he was lihaoquaiiitcd with him, and
had heard no doubt,' unfavorable representations ot'hi s
character and conduct. But with a candor and hr,,
nesty so characteristic of tliat gentleman, lie states that
Col Bishop is au unassuming man, and a good officer
And sir, a gentleman of tlie first standing in this cou t
ty, who visited the seat of government a few da v «
since, and who was opposed to tiie appointment of
Col Bishop, assure* me he is one amongst tlie bt--.t
bank officers in the institution, as he seem* to he cool
and dispassionate—never confused by tlie bustle an,I
stir on discount day, when hundreds are applying f or
their portion of the distribution.
Col. Bishop is an enlightened, well informed man,
of uiild, pacific disposition and polished manners, y tt
when assailed of most undaunted courage He j Mw .
sesses a warm, generous heart, and fei Is that devotion
to his friends and his principles that the sordid ami
selfish never knew.
Col. Bishop has been held up to public gaze as a
monster—as tfie fbmentcr of strife and the author of
all the outrages that occurred in .Murray comity. I
on wnom now does all this odium rest? Was there
ever such disgraceful, vile conduct perpetrated in m,v
country as that which took place a few weeks since,
and which was published to the world by <1110 of Geor
gia’s most illustrious citizens ? Why have not the
Nullifying presses noticed this savage and cruel out-
rage upon the people at Spring I'lace; that feat of
chivalry wirere women aud children were driven from
their habitations, and the public arms made a bonl.re,
and private unoffending citizens dragged from their
homes to be incarcerated in a dungeon ? No. Eishoji
had quit the county, the affair* of Murray county
longer'concern them, they must pursue him—he u.tw
be prostrated—they .never can forgive him—he vws
the devoted friend of'Lftmpkin, nud aided ereallr in
his elevation, lie has ever been a Jackson man—in;d
the worst of all tiis emiriiiities is, that of Hippi rt:i«
the presept eulighjeiivti statesman now at the head of
our State government.
A.WESTERN UNION .MAN.
atBCtagaia
Ram well Court-House, S. C. March ‘>7.1817.
Sir: Wc, theundersigned, hequ.titit-wiresnmlfriri:’,
of Dr. S. J,. Strinrfellovv, formerly of this (dace, have
seen witji humiliation ai d regret, two pieces in lie
‘•Macon Georgia Tclegrat’lt,” calculated to injure li<
character and standing among those who have imtilic
pleasure of his acquaintance, and at the seine time. In
prejudice an tinsusjieifting jm blic against an ingcni-
ous, honest, and pntvrprizing member of society. The
first of these communication* is anonymous, and the
second has the signature of Air. Wins Cr Heuligtin,
with an attached ' corollary lie stvted 4 -qijictii*,” it-
getber with an ostentatious display of paoplictiral.r>
well as pecuniary powers. As for Mr. Hoiightomfcr
is a stranger to its, and and we dare say, to the |wopl,
at large; moreover vvg are unacquainted with !i»
power.-t, either intellectual, physical, or fiscal; nnrer.
wc possibly', as much. lavish an inordinate nnrictvti
to die 111 Wc hope in future, should lie venture ba
the cnlnmps (if a circulating jonrn«l, he willv. iil ih.ui-
his mind fropi the high state of intoxicated rli.i|.>i(h
in which it appears to have been enveloped, andk'sv
ing the oriental volcanoes of iiis •‘•Archimedes.” mi
ce titrate such of his organs as were intended by ‘'Ns-
ture’s God," for the happiness and blessings ul'iini-
kind; and should Jje think proper to engage once tint;
with “I , erpetualM’otihn, n (as lie names it) it would U
advisable to take cure in following this mighty “uictt-
or,” tliat lie keeps close behind it, so that in cn-> «!
its bursting he jnay lie able to discern iiis wav thru’
the darkness and surrounding "hogs'’ in which lb
scene will be laid, and not lie forced to deem to lb
“ignis fatuns” or phosphoric exhalations of bis mi*
Which he so imirn dfcspises in others. As to tlicim-
onyinous letter, there is to our knowledge, au tvidcB
error in it; vve allude to that part in which a coit)|~v-
ison is made between the instrument of .Mr. II. asdtbt
of Dr 8.. as regards the time they will continue it
motion. It appears to be generally admitted that J.'r.
II’s will doiitintte it* powers of motion in four hone:
on the contrary, Dr. (S's has been lucked up in a
vale house hero; and vve have been in posscss emi
lie kcv. and after-having been absent abont9 Iw’
This venerable biddy bobbles about amongst or n .!'? r 'I,'* 1 li ,T’ T W“- vLsitcd u '; lC
’• 0 machine, and Imimi it moving with the same cyuc-
brium force 111 which we left it. As for the roulukt"
nty of a “concealed individual” in the “closet,’ sp-
ken of the Telegraph, “twirling with his fingers lb |
machinery,’’ and imparting to it motion, this vvi
entirely satisfied, is a positive error likewise, and uoih-
ing more than tho fantastic hallucinations of a (ireju- j
diced imagination. But, Sir our object is not to de
fend this “selfimoviiigniai bine.” of Dr. Striugfelln'' •
but the man''him8eli'. Wo wish to screen Froin th# J
foisty calumny contained in tliat paper; Ijis person I*
is willing and aide to protect. As to the machine, f
neither know nercarc much about it. It is ccrta't'i 1
a beautiful and well constructed piece of lunrhinen
Wc have started itnn.d stopped it, iu hi* absence, SIJ '
again set ii in motion; and had vve not been tatig!'
during the interesticc of our crxdie and manhood. teF
lievc tlie invention of perpetual motion ininracW 1 *
we should assuredly consider ltr. S. a .-having disco*-
cred it. This gentleman we have been well acq't j:r
ted with for several years; heretofore we have km" 13 |
hint in a state of adversity, creditable snsu 11 '
ing Iiis family by honest and energetic incanf
Wo have traded to large amounts with him, an J 37
ways found his word good iu every particular. "
have known him indebt considerably beyond hi# f° ff '
or of payment at the time, and have had tlie satia
tion to see him cancel these encumbrances. • •
large discounts, but by paying both principal and la;' I
I'nl interest. We feel, and always have felt f- o! l '
The Georgia Journal says: “It will be borne in
mind by our readers, that a CONVENTION to nomi
nate a candidate jor Governor, ou the part of the Rut
publican* Paktv, will be held in Milledgcviile, ou the
third Monday in May next;” and then enumerates a
number of XuUifitrs, alias State Rights men, alias
Whigs, alias Wlii e men, who have been appointed
delegates to attend said Convention.’ Why does the
Journal call a party thus represented, Republican ?
We thought it abominated every thing Republican!—
Is its last cognomen worn thread harp, and has it bccu
re-icAtfc-vvaslied, and re-re-christened ? or does it
change its name just for the fun of tiie tiling, as tlie
snake changes-its skin? Wonder what it will call it
self next!
The Legislature of Mississippi have been called to
gether to devise ways aud means to meet, the present
crisis in money matters. The citizens of Mobile as
well as those of New Orleans have held public meet-
.mgs and passed resolutions recommending and urging
the assembling of tlie Legislatures of their respective
States. v
Times arc getting very squally iu Georgia—one batik
and a ini'mbqr of merchants have stopped payment-
cotton is low—money scarce, and worse times expec
ted. Could nur Legislature, if in session, do any thing
to avert tlie storm that is approaching, r to mitigate its
violence ?
Wc don’t know that it could: tlie question lias been
asked, and the suggestion is thrown out for what it is
worth.
A Venerable Pullet! We saw, tlie other day, at Air.
John Iiertington’s, iu Houston county, a Hen, which
we were assured could not be less than 1G years old !—
Though blind in one eye, and almost sightless iu the
oilier, she picks up corn vyith considerable facility—
sometimes, however missing the kernel she aims at,
and sticking her bill,'which is almost \yorn off, into the
ground.
her numerous progeny, and a* they cluck, cackle, and
crow in her presence, she rustles her feathers, rolls up
her eyeballs, and assumes an air of vast consequence.
This aged bird, has in her time laid a prodigious num
ber of eggs, and reared more warriors, vve venture to
say, than any lien in Georgia. Last year she laid four
or five eggs, which however had no shell; and since
then has given up laying as well as hatching. She is
still a favorite outlie land, aud is nightly assisted to her
roost, from which she descends late the next morning.
Pretty good for Houston. We were shown a Corn
stalk a tew days-ago, of last year’s growth, raised
within a mile and a half of Ferry, Houston county,
which measured six and a quarter inches in circum
ference ! Will your Mississippi bottoms beat this 1
Take care! That old scoundrel, Jack Frost, vyas
seen providing about these parts as late ns Thursday
morning last, *27tii April—nipping cotton and cucum
ber plants, and leaving his tracks all over the.corn
fields! If he stays about here much longer, a little
more Lynching will be seen.'
“Drat my eyes, if you aim a leetle the slickest pack
er ever I seed I”
“How so 7” . •
“Why, yon’vo put three bushels salt into this ere bag
which never would hold more than two before !"
Abolition of the Stave Trade by Portugal.—A decree
of the Queen of Portugal, abolishing the skive trade
within her dominions, together with vie report of die
Secretary of State, on wliicii it was toundi'd, lias, been
communicated to the Department of State 111 this
country by the Portuguese Charge d’Affaircs. The
report and decree are published inextenso ir. the Globe
The latter containing numerous penal provisions tor
its enforcement.
The Department of State has published In the Globe
a statement of the sums refunded by the Danish Gov
ernment. for a duty called Mudding, or Muddexpenge,
collected from American vessels, by officers of the
Customs at Copenhagen, aftet the 11th of August,
1827, when said duty ceased by law to be payable.—
The Department calls on those interested to apply for
payment. Tlie statement shows the trade of Boston
with the Baltic to be pretty extensive.
t*OR THE MACp.1 TELEGRAPH.'
slightest disposition to question for one moment,
as-ertioii he would make, but would receive it I
entire cotifidensa. We take pleasure in nckt; own
ing that vve arc highly grutigad aud rejoice at bis l ,rr
pc jl ly ' L..
tsmee writing tlie above, a .copy of your pap* 3 °*
been handed us, of the 2tjd iust. in which vve obser^
a communication of a similar nature to tins, «i“* I
deem further notice of the former pieces nothin?-' 1 ! I
of supererogation. If Mr. Houghton is a gentle* 1 '^ I
and wc very sincerely trust lie is he will have efV
to do now in attending to his own affairs, il In' 3 ‘ I
vve beg the indulgence of onr fellow citizens l , r .. I
ing noticed hint. His observations in the public pi* |
concerning Dr, 8., to soy tha ieasi, nre bastv
decofous. We arc very resivectfulfy V" ,,rS ' ^5;.-
DUNC AN & ROBINSON.
B. II. BROWN.
L. B. BANNON,
L. P. COOK,
L. DUNCAN AU&.J
xr. rr< • n * i 1 have never seen Dr. Suiugfeilow’s uiac*.i"':
. 1 La it or It is really a source ot amusement to" concur in npiniou with the other gentlemen t»
itness the course of the States Right or Nullifying to hi* #1..^.^ irevivn# < i’RRAN'NW
Party. . No inconsistency, however absurd or gross,
when a party or political object can be effected, jwili
deter them from its adoption. Surely the optics of
your neighbor of the Messenger lias.been' greatly im
proved recently, as he has ali of a sudden discovered
such pre-eminent and sublime traits in the character
of the late editor of tlie Federal Union. What has
Col Cuthbert done to merit such unbounded praise,
such a fulsoin eulogy ps that pronounced upon him in
a late Messenger? It must be some recent achieve
ment, or the Argus-eyed Messenger would have dis
covered it ere this. I am wholly at a loss to account
for it, unless he has heard that Mr. Cuthbcrt is unwii-
lig to support Governor Schley, and is offended with
BANK OF HAWKINSVILLE- , jrt .
This institution lias .sustained lor the last dnrtf ^
tlie heaviest run that any institution of the ku “ _ ( I
sustained for a long time. The news from . I
that the run is on the decline aud confidence retur ^ I
To us it is a matter of wonder, that the solveW^ |
this institution should ha vs been at any time a | ^ u< ,‘ #
with any one. By its charter the stockh°’“.®” ) fjj I
bound for the redemption of its bills, pnd tbe“* I
stockholders has but just been published. ^
men of the most unquestionable wealth and ri I
Federal Union.
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