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b;x:i;u-ou.\. This was al the commencc
ijic-ui in ihe last century, jr.st ns the old
gent <n an had taken his hands iron' liis.
pockets to applaud iny first and last speech,
a discourse upon Absence of Mind . The
■balloon-year’ is also quoted in our annals. I
and it indicates the time when the whole!
family, closely pa ?ked in tlie covered
wagon, came to the city to see ihe ascent
of a balloon, and went back disappoin
ted. These are to me hotter than siivor
«>r gole, for they recall the forms of those
that 1 shall never see again. When they
lived, 1 neglected to return their kind
ness, and now, when they are no more,
1 tiiirik of my ingratitude with unavailing
regret. But they have all their epitaphs,
in which their virtues are not omitted :
and over ITicJc Hugh is the semblance <>i
a sable three-cornered heaver, and a le
gend, purporting that he who slumbers
below may he well called the hast of
the Cocked Hats."—«V. E. Inga line.
Lrgal I’l'craalion.
The late Lord Clonmel, who never
thought of demanding more titan a shilling
for an affidavit, used to lie well satisfied,
provided it was a good one.i In his time
the Birmingham shillings wore current,
and he used the following extraordinary
precaution, to avoid heiitg imposed upon
by taking a bad one :—“You shall true
answer make to such quest! ns as shall b<
demanded of you touclrin? this aliiilu-r
so help you tiod. Is this a gpo I shilling
Are the contents of this affidavit true ! D
this your name and h.ind-wrißVig ?”
A happy instance of presence of
mi-id.
It has been related of (Odio ( Secundo
Curio, a distinguished reformer, in the
time of Crammer, that when tpursued by
the familiars of the inquisitions at Koine,
he was sitting at dinner in an inn ; and
the captain of the papal baud, called in
Italy Barisello, suddenly making his ap
pearance, commanded him, in the pope’s
name, to yield himself as a prisoner;
Curio, despairing of escape, rose to de
liver himself up, unconsciously retaining
in his hand the knife with which'he had
been carving. The Barisello, seeing an
athletic figure approaching him with a
large carving knife, was seized with a
sudden panic, and retreated to a corner of
the room ; upon which Curio, who pos
sessed great presence of mind, walked de
liberately out, passed without interruption
through the armed men, who were sta
tioned at the door, took his horse from
the stable, and made good his flight.
M'Cric’s History of the Reformers of Italy.
The pleasure' of madness.
A remarkable peculiarity in many
eases of insanity, is a great rapidity of
mind, and activity of conception, a ten
dency to seize rapidly upon incidental or
practical relations of things, and of ten a
fertility of imagination, which changes the
character of the mind, sometimes without
remarkably distorting it. The memorv,
in such cases, is.entire, and even appeals
more ready than in health ; and old as
sociations are called up '.villi a quickness
quit? unknown to the individual in his
sound state of min I. A gentleman, men
tioned by Dr. Willis, who was liable to
periodical attacks of insanity, said that he
expected the paroxysms with impatience,
because he enjoyed, during thorn, a high
degree of pleasure. “ livery thing ap
peared easy to me—no obstacles present
ed themselves, cither in theory or prac
tice. Aly memory aaquirod, all of a sud
den, a singular degree of perfection. Long
passages of Latin authors occurcd to my
mind, in general, 1 have great difficulty
in finding rythmical terminations, hut then
I could write verses with as great facilitv
as prose.”—“ I have often,” says Pend,
“ stopped at the chamber door of ant.ran
gentleman, who, during Ida paroxysms,
appeared to soar above the uiedioerit v of
intellect that was peculiar to him, solely
to admire his newly-aequhed powers of
eloquence. He declaimed upon the sub
ject of the revolution with all the force,
the dignity, and the purity of language,
that this very interesting subject could
admit of. At other times lie was a man of
very ordinary abilities.”
Dr. .Vtcrcomb c.
Travellers Differ.
The visit to the afitiqurties was not
effected without attracting tlie curiosity of
the inhabitants, csjieeially of the female
portion. One of them, a beautiful girl,
apparently about seventeen, followed me
at'some little distance. On my turning
round, I saw her with a veil in her hand.
The moment our eyes met, she threw it
over her face with well-acted confusion,
her object being, evidently, ns much to be
seen, as to see. It is the fashion for trav
ellers in Turkey to speak of tlie horror the
women have of being un veiled before men,
and especially before Christians. My own
observation leads to the opposite conclu
sion: I consider it as a general rule, that
no Turkish lady, having a convenient op
portunity, objects to show her face, al ways
provided that she considers her face worth
showing.— Major KeppcVs Journey across
the Balkan.
A Dramatic Incident.
One of our party had been employed
against the Pubeus (rebellious moun
taineers, whose chief, Kelmelmiet, is a
sort of Robin Hood.) He told us
a ehf.i t timo ago, a horseman staid to
breakfast at a neighboring village, and
consigned his steed, in the meanwhile, to
the charge of one of the villagers. On
remounting, the stranger asked him what
he should give him for holding his horse.
“ Oh I" said the fellow, *• I would not have
charged yon anything, but I am a poor
man and «m obliged to leave mv holds
uncultivated, to go in pursuit of that scoun
dr*l of a Kclmohmot.” *• But what harm
has tic done you?" “Tlie trouble In
give* foe i ; quite harm en'ngii; and if I
GEORGIA TIMES AND STATE MIGHTS' ADVOCATE.
I catch him, I pronrse you.l’ll kill him."—
j Don’t believe he’il la* such a fool as to
| allow himself to be caught,” said the stran
ger, as he pressed the horse’s sides, and
set off at full gallop. He was scarcely
out of sight, when a crowd entered tlie
village in pursuit of the Melmehnict. By
the description it was discovered that tlie
Febee chieftain was the identical horse
man who had Just quitted the town on the
opposite side.— lbid.
An rpri;i!it Jiutsi*.
In the time of Judge Holt, there was a
riot in London, occasioned by the practice
of sending young persons to the planta
tions, who wereconfined in a house llol
born, tiil they could he shipped oik Notice
of the riot being sent to Whitehall, a nar
ty of tlie military were ordered out; hut
before they marched an officer was sent
to the chief justice, to desire him to send
some of his people w ith thesoUieis. Holt
asked the officer what he meant to do, if
the mob refused to disperse. “M v Lord,"
replied he, “ vve have orders to fire upon
them.” *• H ive yon so V said Holt; “then
observe what I say. If one man is killed,
I will take care that you and every sol
dier ofyour party shall be hanged. Sir,
acquaint tim e w h > sent you, that no offi
cer offniue shall attend soldiers; and let
them know likewise, (hat tlie laws of this
land arc not to he executed by the sword.
These things belong to the civil power,
and you have nothing to do with them.”
So * lying, he dismissed the officer, pro
ceeded to the spot with Ids tipstaves, and
prevailed upon the populancc to disperse,
on a promise that justice should be done,
and the abuse remedied.
• Biographia Britonnica.
A Bni<2 Experiment.
The Missionaries had for several years
endeavored to produce a change ot reli
gion in the island (Otaheile) by explain
ing to the. natives the fallacy of their be
lief, and assuring them that the threats of
their deities were absurd ; Hcttotte at
length determined to put their assertions
to tlie test, by a breach of one of the strict
est laws of his religion, and icsolvcd cith
er to dio under the experiment, or to em
brace the new faith. A custom prevailed
of offering pigs to the dcitv, which were
brought to the niorai and placed upon
wiiattas, or fautas, for the purpose. From
that moment they were considered sacred
and if afterwards any lum.ian being, tlie
priests excepted, dared to commit so great
a sacrilege as to partake of the offering, it
was supposed that the offended god would
punish the crime with instant death, llct
totte thought a breach of this law would
be a fair criterion of the power of the dei
ty, andaccordiiTgly stole some ot the con
secrated meat, and retired with it to a
solitary part of the wood,to cat it, and per
hapsto die. Having partaken of the food
he expected at each mouthful to experi
ence the vengeance he had provoked, and
he waited a considerable time in the wood
in awful suspense ; until, finding himself
rather refreshed than otherwise, by his
meal, he quitted tlie retreat, and went qui
etly home. For several days he kept his
secret, but finding no had effects from his
transgression, he disclosed it to every
one, renounced Ins religion, and embraced
ebristionity.
[lherJuy a voyage to the Pacific.
Solomon :i:«Queen Sheba.
The power of Solomonliaving spread his
wisdom to the utmost parts of the known
world,Queen Sheba,attracted Hv the splen
dor of Ins reputation, visited the poetical
king at his owa i .f7tTPt. T)>cm> > <anotl‘iiv,tnoK
ercise tlie sagacity of the monarch,Sheba
presented herself at the foot of the throne ;
in ca ll ot her hands she held a wreath,
one composed of natural flowers, the oth
er ol artificial. Thefkrist, whoever he
was, had so exquisitely imitated the real
natives of the garden, that at the distance
it was held by the queen, for the king's in
spection, it was deemed impossible for
him to answer the question she put him,
which wreath was the production of na
ture and which of art? The sagacity of
Solomon seemed perplexed. 'Flic honor
of the monarch’s reputation for di vine sa
.gacity seemed diminished, and the whole
i.v.vish court looked solemn and melancho
lia Ai 'expedient presented it
self to tlie king, and, h ,'.yus't 1,0 confessed,
worthy of the natural philosopher.
serving a cluster of boss hovering about
a window, he had it opened ; the bees
rushed into the court, and immediately a
lightcd on one of the wreaths, whilst not
a single one fixed on the other. The baf
fled Sheba had one more reason to he as
tonished at the wisdom of Solomon.
[We have read ofanotfier test to which
the queen put the wise man’s discernment.
She selected the most effeminate looking
hoys she could find, an 1 intermingling
them in female dresses with the same num
ber of gills, asked him, us he sat a dis
tance, “which was which." Solomon or
dered balls to be put in the hands of the
young multitude, and that every individu
al should throw them at some object, one
by one Tlie different manner in which
this action was performed, enabled him
to pronounce on the sex.]
From the .\atioiwl Intelligencer.
Our rtadr.rs may recollect the Letter, which
wc published a week ago, from the seat of
Government of the State of Ohio, show ing, in
the case of the election of Speaker of the
House of Representatives, a derangement of
the Caucus machinery. It seems by the
following that Ihe damage thereby has been
rcpa rcd, in a manner consolatory to “the De
mocratic parly
Harmony. —Some little excitement pre
| vailed in tlie Senate, and was somewhat fcl
-1 hi llic House, at the change of Speaker.-*
I This hits been, howci'. r, < fiectually cured by
Mr. Duncan mugiiutiitnously resigning his
place of Speaker, and Mr. Disney, though
hesitatingly, consenting to accept it, by n
re-elect’on, i ud by id! the gy rubers of both
parties wit lid rawing all opposition. Both
.Messrs. Duncan and Disney, are from Hamil
ton county, arc Iwlli distinguished friends ot
the present administration, and dislinguisd
for legislative talent and tact. It is tvjih
pleasure we assure our friends abroad, tliil
tileir Representatives at Columbus will ii>!
sow discord among the democratic party.
Ohio Monitor.
TIVi:.\TV-TCS 2KO COXGItLS.%
FIRST SKSSICX.
IN SENATE.
\
Mox’dav, Dec. 2".
Joint Black, from Mississippi, appeared,
was qualified, and took his seit.
Mr. Poindexter presented fhc credentials
of John Block, elected a Senator from Mis
sissippi, for the term of six years, frbm the;
tih day of March last.
Mr. Wright presented a petition from
Hardware Mcrchai’s ot New York, praying ■
a repeal of the duties on certain articles spe
cified, which was referred to the Commit let
on Manufactures.
Also, the petition of certain importers of
Hardware of New York, praying a modifica
tion of the tariff act of ISfftt, which was re
fern ai to the same Committer.
Mr. King presented a memori 1 of the I
State of Alabama, concerning the settlers on !
tie Public Lands, w hich was referred lo the j
Committee on public lends, and ordered to lie !
printed.
On motion of .Mr. W ilkins, the rcsolutii i, 1
offered t>v Mr. Moore, of Alabama, some days J
since, and laid on the table, on Thursday !
last, uas taki n up.
The resolution wits then modified by tin
mover, as lo read as follows :
Resolved, That the Seen tary of Var com
municate to the Senate the correspondence
between that Department and the several
agents, and other persons, who have been
employed in the removal i or in the arrange
ment for removal of the Indian tribes since
the 28lh of May, 1“!}!). Also, all corres
pondence between Ihe depart.:.: nt and other
individuals on the subject of Indian Affairs,
including the naan sos agents, .or other per
sons, who have been engaged in unking
Indian Treaties, in the removal of Indians,
taking tlie census of Indians, nr in locating
the reservations allowed by treaties lo In
dians; with a statement of the several sums
disbursed by each, shewing the amount ex
pended, tho persona to whom it has been paid,
and the specified service s in consideration
or which they have been paid.
The following resolution offered bv Mr.
Webster on Thursday, was taken up for con
sideration :
Resolved, The tho Committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed to •iqnire into the c.\-
ncdicncy a passing a law for preventing , as
far as may be, accidents to vessels employed
on the foreign or coastwise commerce of the
L'. States, from explosion by steam.
Mr. Webster addressed the Senate
Mr. Renton moved to amend tlie resolution
by striking out tho words “ uaval affairs,”
and inserting 'the judiciary.’’
'file amendment was negatived, and the
original resolution was then agreed to.
Special Order
The Chair then called the special order, viz:
The bill to provide further for the collection
of the duties on imports.
Mr. Calhoun then rose and moved to post
pone the consideration oftiie bill until Mori
day, the 6th of January, and to make it the
special order for that day.
Mr. Forsyth said lie understood that it was
the intention of the Senator from South
Carolina to pr. ss this bill through the Senate
without going through a committee. In that
ease, it was Ins wish that the Senator from
South Carolina would lay before tlie Senate a
copy of the ordinance of the State of South
Carolina, relating to the hill before the
Senate.
Mr. Calhoun replied that ho had not tar
document.
Tnc morißfi To'postpone was then agreed to.
Ptj’jlic Dcpo'iles.
The Chair having called the second special
order being the Report of the Secretary ot’
the’Treasureon the subject of the Public
Deposites—
Mr. Clay rose aid expressed his regret
that he was under the necessity of asking a
postpone..lent of a subject on which the un
exampled pressure upon the pecuniary in
terests of tlie country, rendered prompt ac
tion and early decision, so important. He
had made a call last week for some papers,
which lie considered to he indispensable: and
he had hoped that the information asked for
then, and under a previous call, would have
been furnished before to-day, cspcciliy as the
documents had been commented on by the
Secretary of the Treasury, and must, there
fore, be in his possession. The information,
'■oivcvcr, had not yet reached the Senate,
alt!.on-!.' ‘ ,lf! from the Department to
the Capitol hat! i fII SA much improved.
Regarding tire correspondent? *'' r ‘ * ra '•
ford as necessary to a full elucidation ?! *he
subject was compell.d to make a further
postponement.
Mr. For>‘ th* said a few words in reply,
-fating liiut he thought the Senator from
Kentucky would find a,? lie required in tlie
printed documents, and adverting to the
groat space covered by the ca'l, a» an excuse
for the delay in furnishing the information.
Mr. Clay stated that lie hail looked tliroiign
t great deal of the correspondence win h
was printed, without finding any p;s
sages to Lear out the constructions of the
Secretary. On tho contrary, lie had Arum!
imieh bearing a totally opposite construc
tion; and he thought it lint fair that The
Secretary should have an opportunity to
communicate tho letters to which he had re
ferred. lie wished to proceed to-morrow, or
Christmas day, if the information should he
furnished ; but as the S- nate would not sit
on Christinas day, he would fix on the day
after Christmas.
The order to postpone until Thursday was |
then agreed to.
HOI'SE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
A variety of petitions and memorials were
presented and referred.
On motion of Mr. i'tiluioic, of New York,;
is was,
Resolved, That the Commit! e on Military
Allairs he instructed to inquire into tie ex
pediency of so mollify ing the existing iw in
relation to the militia of the several Si in «, a "
to permit each Slat •, in time of |ieare, ;u the
discretion of i's legislature, to rcqu.ro no
person to bear arms under twcntv.iv e or i
over fjrty yoatp of aga, and tn permit 1 -. it
speefion of arms to betaken by companies
instead of regiments or hattaliions ; and also
into the. propriety and justice of providing
arms and accoutrements, at the public ex
pense, for these liable to bear arms ; and that
they be required to r. port to this House by
bill or otherwise.
-Mr. E. Everett submitted tlie following
resolution, which under a rnler of the House,
lies one day before (sing acted upon:
Resolved, That (if the Senate eonciii
therein) wh. n the two Houses of Congress
idjourn to-morrow, they adjourn to uuvt on
-V2o i lay next.
Tlie removal es the Deposites.
The House having resume.* the considers*
j : ion of tile question of reference of the re
port ofihi 8< ct’y. of the Treasury on tliercino
• a! of Public I Jepasiti s from the Rank of the
M •S. with Mr. McDuffie’s motion to jn-
I struct that Conmiiitee to report a hill for re-
I storing the Deposites to the said Rank.
Mr. McDuffie resumed the speech which
;be began on Thursday last, in support of
j his motion.
Senate Commit to#*.
A idler from Washington says that the An
li. Administration party appointed every
Chairman ol CoinmtUeess that they wished,
r.ed erery man upon every Committee they
l wished, except in two unimportant instances.
POLITICAL.
State t;i£bt>.
“ The liberty of the Press is ottr only re
j source : it will command an audience w hen
'.Very hones! man in the (government) is ex
cluded.”—J IN ICS.
V.V present our readers today w ith the Ad
dress ot the Central Committee of the State
Rights Party of Georgia. It is an impor
tant dornment, anff exhibits in a very able
and lucid manner, tHe causes w hich gave rise
i to the present Association, and induced its
j in --inhers to abandon antadnunistratiou, which
! had first abandoned its country. The ad
j dri ss, however, tlors not forget the scrv.iccs
: which Audit w Jackson has tendered the l'n
. ion, and the early attachment w hich lie f vin
| ecd for south:Tn tights. These are reviewed
; with a diguiff <1 impartiality, ami the inectl ol
honor and p is bestowed where it was
due. But those acts which have lowered his
government in the estimation of every true re
publican—acts, unconstitutional in their na
ture, dangerous in their tendency, and if car
ried out ;ction, ruinous and despotic in
their operation—those acts, ivesay, are right
eously and patriotie.ili. reprobated,nndexhih
ited to the people of G. orgia in all their mo
r and obliquity and politi -al deformity. It isa
hard struggle to put aivay those attachments
which we, have formed for a man, who has, on
more than one occasion., signalized hi: .self,
by a patriotic devotednees tc his country.—
But as all history and experience teaches us
that no man ever forfeited the confidence of
his country before lie possessed it—however
we may lament the cutises which demand ot
nsa separation from one whom wo “delighted
to honor,” his delinquency has ceased to sir
prize us, and in tearing asunder the cords
which once hound him to our hearts, the
painful t motions which we felt, is subdued
by a consciousness of duty. In making this
assertion, however, it is not to bo understood
that we will oppose such measures of his ad
ministration, as arc calculated to promote the
interest and happiness of our common coun
try* On the contrary they shall receive ottr
most cordial and energetic aid, so long as he
remains in office. But uo cannot refrain
from expressing our conviction, that he has
deputed from the orthodox principles, whicl*
so brightly illustrated the opening of ids Pre
sidential career.
I hen, I tus lie up and doing. Our cause
is a good cause, and it must prevail, for it is
based upon our glorious Declaration of I.inc
upjvlauAA* —i meet ny trio immutable prin
ciple sos truth; supported by the pillars of our
Constitution; and sanctified !>v the .blood of
cur illustrious fidalcstnen’am! Patriots.
• [Ni/c. Itc’Kibriban.
of7~ Pv >37 CRIP r:—We stop the press to
eimiuinci the assemblage on yesterday even
ing, of the'most numerous meeting of the
Pioplc of Richmond ever known, called to
express popular feelingqn the removal of tin
Deposites. C hnpm-.m Johnson, R#q. was
calhd to the Chair, when .Mr. Jlenj. Watkins
Leigh submitted a String of resolutions, con
detuning, unqualifiedly, Executive conduct
in relation to the Deposites, as illegal and un
constitutional, deprecating the dreadful con
sequences of that measure to the industry,
and prosperity of Ihe whole couutrv, and re
commending their immediate restoiatiou as
equally a measure of safety and justice.
IBs resolutions having been read, .Mr.
Leigh addressed the meeting at large, re.
viewing tliegtonduct of Governm nt, exhib
| ding iis unconstitiitionality and lawlessness,
and depicting its injustice and tyranny, in a
j strain of lofty and indignant eloquence, of
which'!.? gliding showed its sense, by fre
quent and long continued rpnlause.
ITis resolutions were tlier. unanimously a
dopted—a circumstance, the importance o'
the occasion and the numbers in presence,
considered, without precedent.
Such is the temper of this City—such will
in a short time,be that of the entire Common,
wealth. Tile wise and the moderate Chap
man Johnson, in his address on taking the
Chair, viewed the crisis as presenting the is
sue of lib i-rly or Despotism,
Proceedings will immediately be publish
ed at large.— P.ichmond Whig.
Tb -collar picas are in extacies because, as
they allege, thine arc only one hundred mem
bers in tim ilons'! of Representatives who
consider the claims of a party. The Kitchen
Cabinet it is supposed lias a majority of thir
ty.s.-vvn, upon which they relv for the sne
ers ful accomplishment of their nefuriou.-.
and iiiiqnilods selu-in s. In this crisis the
Philadelphia Commercial Herald recommends
that the people should assemble in genera!
meetings—that in vii w of the alarming stall
of the country ,aud the advance of corruption,
they should move in defence of their rights
ami interests. It is indeed I igli time tlinl
the public voice should thunder in the cnrsol
llie popular representatives—and frightm
hark the wandering, and the selfish, a id tl.i
corrupt—to the path of honest legislation.
The 11,-raidsays emphatically to the people—
“fill meetings nter into resolves—
speak intbos, who reproach you, like Free
men. Tell llieni of the evils that exist; and
of ihcMi tint Ihrealwi--demand their tat. r
viutiun to save von. Merchants, Mechanic*,
Manhfacturers, Operatives, of all classes,
stand forth—;,ri ss to the rescue —Congress,
enctmrag and bv such hacking, and hv tin
voices of the free, will throw over you the
mantle of its preli ction, and place a shield
between yoicaud vour property. Lose not a
moment. —The national councils are already
engaged in the discussion —send tln in your
greeting—an(i ail m iy v- t be well.
[Albany Ado.
\kCp~ We do not \i ish to be ill-natured, but
Mr. Noah’s showing up ol Mr. Cains ( us*
sms Cajnbri long, is so humorous, that vv»
cannot withhold it fro m the reader.
The Editor of the N< w York iStar has the
subjoined touch at the characteristic elo
quence of .Mr. Canihreleng : we do not know
how true the sketch mav he—we give it ti
lt comes to 11s. — *U. S. O.iz.
“.Mossie’s imitations of our great men at”
>\ashington are so good that v.e regnt that
iiedoesoof show upour“commercial repre
sentative”w!lh the rest, There are b w things
things more amusing than the great Premon
itory primed and loaded with a regular spcecii
Poor Cain ; llie very recollection of it,(brows
us into a fit of imgener-as laiigblir. I low
lie straightens himself up, Iris to Magnify
bis little body, tbioivs out his chest, cocks
out his chin, and then, turning his voice in
an old sort of falseoo, declaims away his well
elaborated, second hand scraps of finery,
mixed up with hap hazard statistics, and a
most plentiful sprinkling of “1, -Mr. Speaker”
—“.Mr. Speaker, I “JTy commercial experi
mice”— My commercial know ledge”—“Cell
tlemcn mils' pardon me if I;” and so on will?
i and my tolhe end of the chapter.
Cam owed his first reputation'to the good
nature of the southern members, whom he
imposed upon most successfully. Not that
lhey were taken in hv his mock-heroics—they
are too good judges of eloquence for that;
hut being out of the way of commercial infor
mation, they were happy to have somebody
ready to support their favorite free trade doc
trines with facts; and Cam came upon them
with such a prodigious mass of fuels, just
suited to whatever was required, that limy
took him as was natural—for a prodigy of in.
formation on all 'subjects relating to trad,'.
“Mr. Speaker,” would Cam say, “my com
mercial knowledge enables me !«> state that
lasi vear the single port ol Archangel, alone,
exported of this article (no matte r w hat i
might he (twelve millions three hundred
thousand four hundred and sixty-nine or
cheat. ami a half, which, taking the rouble
at par, and caleiiluting'tlic roped; at (lie legal
rale, and the pound sterling at -3170, sold lot
ten millions and fifly-six.dullar.; and sixteen
cents.”
This was beautiful as long as there was no
body to contradict. At last .Mr. Kennedy.-
of Bilgnioju, took hold off”.tin’s figures ami
statistics,and showed that lo eo no any where
near the Until, you must divide ins millions
and billions by a hundred or two, or p. rliaps
a thousand. Another day, -Mr. McDuffie,
with a thump of his argumentative fist upon
bis desk, smashes all bis finances anil bank
ing statistics lo pi-.-ees. Since that time
Caro’s figures, u lie'hcr rhi toric«l or aiilomet
ieal, have been in bad repute at the South.
Still we owe it lo candour "to say, tint our
Bremoiiitory is a great man, a vr n great
man. in Iris way. In puffing up a r i;-rone
stock, or in running it down, according lo
big interest, lie is without his equal.
Alabama.
I'xia.fTtvß Dkpartjii xr, j[
Tuscaloosa, l!<r. VJO, ISSI.
With iny aniiirii message ol til Itfiu ulti—
too, I tnnsmitti and to the (•• in ral A-s. inldy,
sundry documents w' ir-li had been received
Irom the Hon. P. T. Harris, showing' that tin
prrsons indicted fur the murder of ilanh man
O.veii were protected by the commanding ol
rtcer nr rnrt .xmcnntt; anti Unit lie bad placi. a
at di lime.' tile o.Tic rs .and process of the
Circuit Court of Russell county.
I did not hi line that the l’resish nt would
sanction thi.se nduct, mid in this opinion, I
hai not been disappointed; for, on tie r. -
ceipt of letter at the War D.-partmi nt, of I lie
•Jsih Sept; mhc-r, ord rs ygu'u issued to Maj.
.Mclntosh to submit to all civil process, and
lo afford every facility for its due and proper
execution. This will ho more fully prre iv
ed from the letter of the Secretary of Warm
November, and the documents which
accompanied it, which are herewith sent, for
the examination of the L gislaturc.
Francis S. Key, E-up a gentleman equally
distinguished for intelligence and for his
frank and honorable character, arrived at
Tuscaloosa, at an early period of the presem
session, with instructions to communicate
fully, the vigws of the l’r.-si.l nt in relation lo
the settlers in llie Creek country.
With .Mr. Key I have held several conver
sations, the substance of w hich is contained
in his letter of the Kith inst. in answer to a
note from me of the same date. Copies ol
this correspondence are herewith laid bcfori
the General Assembly ; from which it will In
seen, that the settlers in the new counties an
lo remain in the undisturbed possession ot
their improvements, and that the orders of
tllC Hecretary- of V\ ;,r arc to ho confined ex
clusively to tun locations which were reserved
for the Indians by the treaty.
The principal o'jeet of this unpleasant
controversy with the General Government
being obtained, hv asserting anil vindicating
those great principles, which were establish
ed by the Constitution, for the security of the
people, anil for the protection of the States,
m the exercise of their rightful jurisdiction ;
t cannot fail lo he a source of the highest
satisfaction to our fel'ow-citizcns in these
new counties, that the calamity with which,
at one period, they wr re threatened, has been
averted, and of pride and puristic exultation
to our people, errry where , that the supremo.-
ey of (hr civil, ever the military avtho: lly, has
been successfully main nine:!.
It is believed Unit the plan which lias been
adopted by Ihc Gen ral Gov. rriment, and the
exertions they am making to purchase the
reservations, will efii dually jft vent auv “fu
ture collision. Howivir this may hr, it is
no less the right than u is the duty of the le
gislature, to pass all such laws as will protect
inu Indians in the rights which have lie n s
- tired to them by the treaty. Laws should
be made, particularly with a view lo prevent
Iri'-epass. a upon tbe.r lands, and to secure
'lieni against all 'fraudulent contract', in re.
Lit ton to renting and leasing then pr< mi.-a s.
I’ll' sc people have lii e.imii ciii/. ns of tin
State, and have pieced tin ms<lv< s tmdi r tin
prot< i linn of our laws, by their own co: sent.
freely art! voluntarily {>l vert, .in Iws am call
id upon by every consul, ra.mn ol
humanity, to guard them against L L""* 1
turns lo which they will be consla„X
1,1 fr,,,n tlieir ancient habits n Ht j ,i le f r p ° ! '‘
anon of our laws, JOHN GAY,'^
FxECfTI YK r-fl'AßT*l:x T J
-otu.r to deliver, on your arrival, *t«“, .f?
p‘ VL ~ l, ‘ <"Hy in the views nf
-be 1 iesidcnt, iii relation i„ Hie p.m . f
Whirl, have arisen from ihc orders of
miner,t, fir the „ ii.oval of the t , ‘ £
«l»c t. rriiorv cu!* «l hv the Cr<« k Ii r ° m
March I«:W. I an, L,,-fi e 7‘C
h:, ‘ e co, * lniu ",cati and with frank,,.ss a d’whT
out reserve, in Ihc several conversit,
have had on the sul j. ct. |,„ n ‘ i"**'
lay bt-fore the Legislature, i Z
session, nil the information I have r * "1
,Ul,! r:t “ ol, ! ain 1 a "d will, a view, and 'on,
vent any misunderstanding which might
ceed from a want of areuiarv in me',
I hive to request that y„u wi ,“
'•es.e, rln tlllo note, furnish me I, •’ !"
stance ot the explanations v „„ have l r
li'vun, and also with anv oilier inteiU V
.“u may think pn.p, r to cor„m, m ,-av ie
connexion with the existing oodroveTfl *
010i inalion has heel, received th7oun.fi ,l lf ,
medium of the puldie journals of Wash Tm-ton
lly, that ten companies of the United States*
troops are marching to Fort Mitchell, f (ir l ?
purpose of executing the orders of the <m r
o "T'l r,h.° of Ihe si tilers front
J c C,:dn ‘ l u * rr »«w.V- Statements of this kind
"re not usually r, lied on. but uncot,
1- IIU.-.IS I ,y tbe Globe, ,t I,as obtai, lC( | „ rf| .
ra ciedenee, I,as already produced r \ t s O .
hcitiid* and some exeifeineut in the countie.
Mluatcd in the Crei k country, anil will / a „
prebend, if true, disappoint,' in some d’ J.'
I 1 "’ l ’> lv htell you ns well as mvself
nine been encoring,-d, that this unpleasant
unsiness would lie bmught lo a speedy an,l
satista story termination. I trust von have it
"i your power to allay the anxietv’whid, t 1,,,
supposed movement of the troops has pro,lnc.
ed, and i shall le gratifi, and m learn that it h s
no connexion with the pending eontroversv
1 have the honor to lie, will, gr. a t respect
loirr obedient servant, *
P e- r ~ JOHN GAYLE.
i-- * Key, Esq.
Ti-siwt.oosa, IGifi Dec. 1833.
-is : J have just n ceived your imte of this
moriiuig. and will proceed to slate the sub
stanee of the communications I have had the
i ii.uor to ni.ike ycurtiiuce n.y arrival, as lothe
ii ws if the Urisidcnt in relation lo the or.
and, rs you mention.
I infi-i id you that I had seen Colonel A
h rt nt the Creek rouutiy, who was engagnl
in locating t!m Indian r, s, rv itions ; ihal he
" : : the r- ... slants, w „
toexp'dii , the discharge c that duly, and
i" in veil it would be completed by the |s,|,
Jannnrv.
From the manner in which Col. A licit and
Mr. Bright we e instructed lo proceed, the
In ds ir.tendtd for the Indians will he laid off
(• - far ns consistent with llie provisions of the
■ reaty ) nulled in large luutids, leaving the sub
•divisions among the individual l -dians, to be
made hcreafitr; thu- showing the position of
the reservations.
By this menus all rlmse portions of thece
d, and it rriiorv, lying without the reservations,
w II be designated arid released from the stip
ulations of tlie treaty, and the orilt rs lo the
Wurshail w ill not operate upon the scttlerson
those lands. Those .unong the settlers, who
may be found upon the Indian res nations,
will have it in their power to purchase (he
rii'lil ot the Indians whose land they occupy,
a ; I an agent will be appointed by the Presi
dent. who inay he daily expected, to certify
.11 such contracts, according to the provision
of the treaty. 6*l that every settler, so situa
ted, will have the orition either to purchase
'be Indian’s title and remain, or leave Ihc
land for others lo purchase.
I e.vpf ssod to you the Presidenl’ssolicituilo
'n make arrangement for the purchase, on
the part of She government, of the Indian re
serves and for the removal of the Indians,
and that I had been instructed to take mea
-tires for the accomplishment of this purpose
which I hoped won! ' be successful; hut the
Pres dint was convinced that ibis measure
'vis necessary for the preservation of the In
dians. and 0 1 every account desirable to the
people of Alabama ; that in reference to this
-object I had satisfactorily ascertained that a
large proportion of the Indians now willing
lo sell and leave the state, and that I bad writ
ten lo li e Secretary of War that I believed
ihc Indians owing the reservations would bp
disposed to sell and emigrate as soon as a
gents were .sent out with authority forth**
mirposc. I also staled to you that Colonel
Abort had informed me that many of the set
tiers l ad called upon him,since he came into
ihc Slate, to nr- rt in (lie roerse intended to
be taken bv the government, f6 whom he bad
fully slated' thes;; views, and that without ex
ception, they had <-vTossed their satisfaction:
that, as far as i coil'd judge from the confer
nations I had held with many persons in the
Slate, I believed th« same satisfaction very
gcncially prevailed.
I repeat the hope nm! belief, which I de
rived from these crrciinistanc, ?, and express
ed in our conversations, that few, if *".V ll *
(!m settles, who mav he'found on these re
sort alien?, wen fit, if left lo • nrsiic their own
course, he so unreasonable as lo r* fuse either
to buy c.f the Indians or remove from then
lands and let them sell toothers. I showed
you a copy of a letter I had received si ||W
my arrival here, from the Secretary of " nr ''’
Colonel Abort in answer to enquires made V
that officer, which stated the course the > re
sulciit would think proper to adopt ''t c* (;r '
cising the power, given him by the ••**••*'"'
tide of the treaty, of directing the maiiae' "*
which these tracts, to he laid otl fer the
diaus, may lie conveyed by them, and •'
proving such contracts. By ibis it a|'P* a
that the President, will not consider any co
tract with an Indian for his reservation 8
made on a fair consideration, as require' J
the article, unless the price is equal * 0
minimum price at which the public
-old. As it is intended that the reserva'">J
will lie so laid o(T as to give them land ••
qual to the average quality of the
land, it is not lo he presumed that a l e,s
would be 11 fair price. He will "I so
111 • w 111 fy i ngr agent to take proper
In h ue undoubted evimlnce of the actU* |”I
incut of (lie pupilmN) money. j; jj
The President’s v icw * are also cx|<n |
that letter as to a specie* ol rontrae'i ' 1
• t is gt-nersl)/ is: J, hss been rc*vt*cu