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SAVANNAH.
THURSDAY EVENING. FEB. S.
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, We would.call the attention of our read
ders to Mr. Qlfmsr's speech op the Geor-
f a claims. It grill be found' to contain
masterly exposition of them.
it the Ansilrersay meeting of the Savan
nail Library Society, held nn the *d inst„
the following gentlemen were elected offi
cers for the ensuing-year.
Richard W. ltarbershum. Pres't.
Geo. Sphley, V. PresTi
Wo. Motel, Librarian.
kajvaokm.
J- P llehiy, J P Scriven,
I’m C Nicolf, M it McAllister,
E Fort.
Arrangements have been made for the
re-opening of tlie Bowery Theatre, New
York. under the oxclusive management of
Messrs. G ilfrrt & Barrett.
.Congress.—Mr. Hamilton, from the
committee of retrenchment.repoited intbo
’House of Representatives on the 37th ult.
0 bill which provides, that from, the com
mencement of the first session of .each
congress, the per difein compensation now
allowed to members of Congress, shall bo
paid until four calender months shall hare
((lapsed, should congress sit so long; and,
in case oohgress protiaet Its sitting after
the expiration of the sajd four months,
then, from and after that time, the pay-of
stach member shall be reduced to two dol
lars per Jay, , . ..
There are in it some other unimportant
sections which relate to mileage, stationary
Sndniwspspors.
Mr. Noah in noticing Col. Johnson’s fe
(tort on stopping the Sunday mails,imparts
the' following appalling intelligence—if
"It may not ho generally known, but sre
State it a* a fact, that a very, extensive sect,
do to number, wealth, and feipeolibjlity,
Bare llad in contemplation to attempt,V
SO diplant period,, tha establishment of a.
National, Religion) and ashen ah opening,
sSbilgo can bo siiccestfolly entered, so as
td enlist Congress in the project,some ulte
rior views msf be, exhibited. The t,u-
sn.ero.us,division of sects Is one great barrier
w such an'experiment, anil there are
strong footings' <jf one sect against apother
—there is a case, |n proof. Tlie editor’ of
the National Advocate, in speaking of,a
sect of Christians, called seventh day, bap
tists, says, they are “an inconsiderable and
igporant sect.suoh as doth often spring up
iq wild and new countries, with no definite
notions, either of religion,Taw, or justice."
f ,
A'bust of Lafayette, which has been pro
canted to Congress, by., some person un
known, is iMife described in the National
Intelligencer.' . . '
.The Bust.is .of fine .white martyr;, and 1s
the work ofP. J. David; of D’Angers, in
Franco. .- v
It is ofa size larger than the life;'aml
-exhibits a fine likeness of that distinguish
ed Apostle of Liberty. On ,.lhe frujit is
Geisz&az. LarAT^TTit,” and the name
■ittlVvesidence rifthe Arrjst.' with the .year
1*8*8] ofjts execution—On the left side
1 is an inscription indented in tlie sfoud, in
(lie following' words; , . .
"Lafayette's Speech iq, the, House of
Representatives, Dec. ..|0.‘ '1824-Wbat
better pledge caobcgiveo of a persevering
stations! love 6f liberty, whpajhoso’. bles
sings Me evidently the result of a 'virtuous
resistance qC oppression, and institutions
fimhatOftp tfie.R^gblf ofiitan, and there-
publtcin nrinclp^q. and uffcgorernm'eM."
■’ On the righisidc k ttnmlbsingt
.“LafayetteVI.-ist words In hia- answer to
rrcsidefirtfarewellapeech, .Washing
ton, Sept; 7, 1825—"Got] bless you, sir
aud ail wlio Mirround us. God biers tho
Ameriean Peoplo, nnd each of their
States, und life Federal Government. Ac
cept this patriotic farewell of nn overflow,
ing heart; and such will be its last throb
when it ceases to beat.” J
The last number of Blackwood's Maga
zine contains, hi the Necfes Ambrosiame,
the following |tigh compliment to Ihe. A-
merioanjirtisls Leslie, and Duiifortb, the
farmer of wltorq painted, and the latter en
graved tlie likeness of Sir Waltei Scott al
luded to. -
Shepherd,—But what fordidna you send
me out a’ tlw Annawals o' the year aa ydu
promised? I hate folk that promises and
ne’er performs. ( ’
, North,—Dy the'rule of contraries my
character to • tittle. I promise nothing—
end perforin every, thing. The Keepsake
I have not got yot—but I have. .Ms. Alaric
\yalts’. Souvenir, .fo iify pocket—there—
.well paugbl, ye cricketer—aye, you may
well tuns up your aytt in admiration—for
of all tho oinbellisbmentt, of all Ike engra-
ttings 1 (ter bthtlil, these am the most ex
quisitely beautiful.
ShtphtrJ.—Sir Walter! Ms faith) The
thing’s dune at last. The verra mats him-
tell, as ifjrqurwere lookin' at him through
the .wrong ond o’ a telescope! Only see
his hauns! Tho big, fat, shun'; firm back
o’ his Itauns! Hu.w are ye Sir Walter? How
are ye, Sir? I’ni filed to see yon. lookin'
lae weel, Now—am ha I a fule, Mr North
to lie speakiu' till an eeinage, ns if it ware
—Laird bless him—the verra leavin' glory
o' Scotland?
. North.—I request |Kmerlty io be inform
ed, that Leiiu's it thr beef tikauu of Sir
IKatter Scott ever achieved—forr, figure,air
manner—all characteristically complete.—
Leelie ie a genuine genius.
A late Dublin Evening Post says "We
feel ourselves authorised to state, with
tome confidence, that Lord Lonsdal£ .has
signified to the Duke of Wellington, that
If it be Ills Grace's policy Jo carry, the
Calholic tiuestiou, be will only not receive
from him any opposition, hut, on tho eon
trary support... We pari to add, that the
Duke of Beaufort has expressed himself to
the Premier in similar language, and fi
nally, which.may perhaps be considered
more important, that the Duke of Rutland
has declared his willingness to dnncedq to
any arrangements on the.Question, which
the head of the Government <*—• •or isa’
ble. . .. . ■ —
The London Times, in speaking of the
reverses qf |lu)Ru<siuni.,ntiuy. remarks—
Wba't influence this unfoward stare of the
Russian affairs mav hare oil the negotia.
tfoos. between England (with France, and
Austria at.her back) and the Court of St.
Petersburg!), during the winter, isaqnes-
tlos of Immense importance and anxiety.—
In our opinion the Duke of Wellington has
the bell at his feet—so far as coocerens
the resolrep ofthe Russian Cabinet.. The
British Minister need onjynowtri’sSy to
Russia, "Europe will be your guarantee far
the free navigation of the Dardanelles; but
,the. pnblie interest forbids that you should
ake one in eh pf ground from Turkey, or
advance a singla step beyond the Pruth.”
,lf not satisfied with this peacable assur
ance, there are other means of enforcing it
upon the Ministers of big Imperial Majesty
'whichmight be employed, at easily a# hin •
ted at, by any half dozen men of war in
the British navy " _ v
, The formal recognition of the oiaiins to
the throne, of the young Queen of Portu
gal, by his Majesty of England, mnst place
Don Miguel irf anaWkward predicament.
We should imagine that all intercourse be-
tweon jhese two governments foilst now be
finally cloud. The following aepount of
their meeting is from a late London paper.
Yesterday the young, Queen ofPnrtug.il
was received hy hii Majesty, at Windsor,
with.alj the honors beoomlng her rank,—
With all'the regard.and friendship do-< to
centuries of political alliance, and with all
the sympathy pptj kindness inspired by Iter
youth and'situatidn. To render tlie cere-,
mnny more imposing, His Majesty, was
surrounded with his Mfoiriers, .with tjio
Graifll Ofiicers of his Household, and with
the Princesses of the blood. The efforts
which Ilia Majey.iy made to plpase .his fair,
and youthful visitor, were sndi as hecame
rather his gallantry'and kindness of dispo
sition towards her. than , bis regard to Iris
ciwn very delicate health.' A
He led her from the entrance stairs, and
exerted himself to walk with her round
the apartments. He assured her that tile
delay in receiving her was not hi* fault,
bu.tthavofiiis health; he conrened with
Iter affably,, even using totns words of .Por
tuguese; he drank to her at the collation
which was gireu,as his y'oupg. ally, and
exhibited evBry symptom of an Infercst in
fiet fortunes,. In drinking' hfo^Majesty’d
health in return, the yoting" Qneen said,
with amiable gratitude, that in giving that
toast she only gave one which she drank
every day gt her o.wp table. Thus, what
ever may be'the future fortutjee of this in-
tyresting Princess, tire King Sc, |iis.Minis
ters have shown their respect to the.rights of
iigitiinapy in her,person by oclcuoivledging
her title, uiiii, honoring Iter , staiipn -;thus
replying' nobly .to the base insinuations ofa
portion.ofjhe.English press, thgt they
were about to abandon, her interests, and to
acknowledge as King ofPortugal the usur-
perof her tlircnr.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FntnAY, January 18,18*0.
Debate on thr. Hill for the tafottolMMnff thf
Citizens of Georgia, fbr depredations od
their property, committed J.V^tke Creek,
by
Indians, print to the ytat 180i.
Tlta House was In Committee of the
Wholet Mr Condict In tho Chair. • - -
The question was upon tha adoption of
tho amendment proptiitB I by Mr. Thoinp-
■OIV, to substitute, in tlie report of tho Com
mitteo fin Indian Affairs, the word dexpe-
dicr.t.” in lieu of the word "inexpedient,”
in relation',to the propriety of further ie-
gishdon on tlie lubjriot. ,. • . • r
Mr. Gilmer lenritrked, that after the am
pie discussion which the subjeot before the
cdinniittee hud reeelved, lie slionl.d content
himself with staling one or twii facts con
nected with it, and adding a few neoossary.
comments.
The first question,said Mr Gilmer,which
presented itvell for determination was, to
whom the . unexpended balance of the
*840,OOd-A belonged,•'after satisfying
Georgia claimants.' 118 bad no doubt
Ihst'it belonged to the U. Slates. Wlien,
however, ho admittod this,lie wished it n
be understood, that ancoidlng to his inter
pretation of the contract between tlie Unit
ed States, Georgia and tlie Creeks t all
parties supposed, that when that contract
wasfoithfoilr executed, there wot' *
probably bo ho balance whatavori
Mr. Gilmer, said, that thiematter would
be better understood by * knowledge of
the cficumstunccs under whiolt that con
tract was enterp^ lulu. In 18JI,Comin|s
•loners on tltb'inirt of the United! •States,
proceeded, to'tmikd a treaty with the Creek
Indians, for the extinguishment-of .their
tiliejo lands in Gobrgia, in pitrstoanco of
an appropriation of money specially made
by Congress for that- purpose. That ac
cording to inttructiona given to-lhose Com
iniisioners by lltfe War Department, (arid
here hd wished the Chairman of tlie Com
mittee on Indtaii Affairs, to correct him if
he wgs in .an Orrorrjtliny were not to exrrod
to cents per«crp in. price for. those , they
should acquire of the Creeks. That ac
cordingly, the Commissioners hod cnntrac
ted with thitt-tribe. that it should cedo to
the Uidted Hutevfor, the benefit of Geor
gia, 4 1-3 millions tif acres, for which they
were to receive |440,OOOi That after
these term* hxd.been agreet| upon, hut be
fore tho treat! had been signed, Cornells
sinners on. (impart of Georgia-presented to
tlie Creek Chiefs, claims of tlie citizetrs nf
that Shilfl against their trilm ambrintingto
tlie sum of 1318,000) and required that,they
should bo adjusted. It was then agrded he
tween the, severql parties that the Creeks
should receive of ills United State* ’fitOO,-
ooo in tiioneyXor their laddi and the re-
ma ining $Z40,000, vrliiclt • they were to
hare received, ahould be paid by tlie Uni
ted. Slates to the State of Georgia, for the
benefit of her citizens, .who, had rrcei/ed
injuries from the Greeks; subject however.'
to the investigation nniL determjq ition of
the President «f the STuttcrt States. Io
pttrs'.ence of which agreement, Mr. Gil
mer observed,., that-tlie Commissioners of
Georgia, gave to the Creek tribe a receipt
m full of all claims, debts, damages and
property, whioh thn citizens of that Stale,
hud against that tribo, prior to 1803. And
the the United States agreed to pay fo the
citizens of Georgia, those claims, debts,
damages and property. piovided the same
did not exceed JMn.ooo. Mr. Gilmer ob
sei ved, that each of tire purtieuo this con
tract seemad to have had eqnal reason to
be satisfied. The Indians, half'fold their
land for a larger consideration than usual,'
and with 8340,000 of the price, had paid
an account which the Georgians hurl a-
gainst ilicni of thirty years standing, most
of wliifch they had frequently acknowledged
to liejust, and amounting to the ‘sum of
8388,000. The Georgians were very much
pleased, because, by the construction which
tho United Slates had put upon the. Con
stitution, tlteir own State Government had
not the power of. compelling'the Creeks to
restore their property, or otherw ise to do
them justice; by which preyously it had
satined as it they were to have been de
prived entirely.of redress for their injuries.
most entirely driven beyond its limits,
the Creek Indians und their allies. At
its conclusion, feelings of hostility had not
ceased , to exist.. Uepoated Injuries tvoro
inflicted iipuu tlie frontier inhabitants,
which the weakness of the Slate Govern
ment rendered it iinablo to punish. At
tempts were frequently made to .concilium
the Creeps. Treaty after trinity was made
from 17*8 to 1700, they were, however,
broken as often as made, without tlie Gov
sionto do so, a considerable portion of tlie
Injuries received by the people of Georgia
nt tlie Creek Indian., previous totlieniAk-
Krniuant having the power to enforce them
The frontiers w'erpvery extensive, and the
population so scattered, that • the Indiuns
had an easy access info the country every
wlrete, for tliev purposes Of ^plunder., M’he
peoplo were compelled to protect 'them
selves by foriifiiatiorit of their owu making.
Block houses were erected by \hom, and
htannad by voluntary, sol-vice, ill order to
intercept and punish the predatory parties
of the Indians. This service was batreme
?y btltthonsbma to Inhabitants, Jus( arrived
nom distant parts nftile U. 8." nnd with
scanty means of support. Mr. Gilmer con
tinned to say,that the loss ufs*nvot, horses
and cattle, could not then Ire repaired In
the peoplo, as they could at tlie present
time. The value of such property was
far greater then than bf 1 present: The.
country was to be clearethrf its forests
to
And tho CoinmUston'ers of the -United. .conditions ofprsutfos.'.....
States were gratified, because they had
been enabled not only to perform the pur
pose for which they had been originally ap
pointed by procuring- a Valuable tract of
country for the State of Georgia, but alio,'
to rentier an esseqtlal serried to a large
class of inittred citizens. . There was atvoa
possibility, that by assuming the payment
of the claims of the citizens of Georgia,
with the powei given to the President to ad
judicate those - claims, that tlie (foiled
States might -have a less lupj to advance
tljan that which it would otherwise huve
been obliged to have paid to the Indian’s.—
It was to, be, .remarked, .toof Mr, Gilmer
said, that tl^e United Slates’ Commissio. -
ers hiftf tulfen carp that this Government
should not, in nny event, pay more than
two hundred and fifty thousand dollars,nnd
with a further beneficial proviso^ that wltal-
ever sum should bo found due, might be
paid in four annual instalments and with-
out interest. ’
Mr. Gilmer obierred. thnt if yhe' vie w
he.bad taken oTtlie contract between "all
the-parties was correct; lie thought there
could bo no difficulty as to the disposition
of what should remain of (lie-tWo hundred
and fifty thousand dollars-aftcr satisfying
all tlie GeOrgiZ cloinraim.
-Mr. Gilmer said’that lie would proceed
to show that die y. 8/ Government had
not done justice to the citizen* of Georgia
in its adjudication of their demands against
foe Creek Indians* They "had he*n to"d!
that they should be satisfied, because that
adjudinutloti was made by an arbiter- cho
sen by themselves.- Tire propet answer to
which Mr. Gilmet said, was that that cir
cumstance aggravated the feelings excited
by the injustice done them, especially ns
"nit arbiter had gained in proportion to
Sir, said Mr: Gilmer! th!< government
never can compensate tlie citizens of G4or
gia for tho. injuries they received (Vom
their' savage neighbours. Those injuries
Could not be estimated in money.
Mr. Gilmer anid that the most rigid rules
had boon impose.) by tlie Government dp.
on itself, in allowing the claims of the citi
zen*, of Georgia. He did not intend to
say tii.it tlie Government intended thoreby
th disinjustice to those,cilizens.lle thought
■bat tlie peculiar circumstances undfcr
"hicli those claims had arigfnatoil, hiid ne
vor been considered by tho 1 Gi.vurnnient:
Hud that been done, Ini believed it..would
l-ave been convinced tlrat the 825o,000
was’ a very inadequate satisfaction nf those
claims. Mr- Gilmer thon proceeded to
say that during lire revolutionary war, the
inhabitants of Georgia were at one time, al-
fit It'for ■cultivation.- Laboir was nbt to-be
lilted. There was no supplying the place
of n lost Itnrsb.or stolen eattltdiecnuse the
people in moving from Virginia nnd Ntfilh
Carolina, found It dilQculi to, carry sr-itls
them a sufficient •ripply for their dwn use.
The loss of entile, Air. Gilmer said, was
partlcuirly felt, because, thereby tlie peo
ple were deprived of their most useful and
cheapest means’of. subsistence. One of
tlie prioeipal inducementt to tho settlement
of the country, had b -en tlie advantages
which its extensive range presenlcd.aboiin
ding as it did with grass and cane.
The exuherarice of tho natural-’ vegeta
tion of the country, inflead of proving un
advantage to the settlers, was frequently
tlie occasion nf their greater.losses, by ex-
posindHteir horses und stock to the thlev
mg halms of the Indians.
Upttlie injuries, Mr. Ulllncr saidyrvtiicli
tire frontier inlinbitants-suffered by having
their properly plundered ’ and destroyed,
were accompanied by evils, the -extent of
which, could be only,, known to those who
hud-felt them. -He said; it was his fortune
to have been a native of tho country,which
bordered both oil tlie Creek itrtd'Cherokee
limiting grounds, lie could-yet rer'dloct
tho - horrid views of the'- Indian- scalping
knife, which-were presonted to him; In the
dreams of his childhood. From tha cour-
moncenfent of the lleVolatlbnliry' waif; tin
til 1704 end 4, and the Crock Indians con
tinued to commit uticnsional acts- of . the
. greatest barbarity upon tbe frontier peu-
.pie,' -rjt* ’ -A b
The Government had been either una
ble, or neglected to furnish the necessary
{ irotectidn to its citizens. After Z military
orce was finally authorized by thUGovepr
meitl, and Hoops had bean enlisted from
among the people of Georgia, it was a mat
ter of history, familiar to every member of
the Coannillee.ibat those troops had scarce
ly yet been pa'pl. For more Utan DO years
year ufter year, they had petitioned
vain, ■. i ri ■ >
Mr. Gilmer said that he Had’ attempted
to describe tbe-kind and peettliar value of
the property of which tlie Georgia claim
aids-had been plundered by the Creiek In
diansVlheir continued approliensiou Indian:
attacks, and tlie wanlof protection on’the
part of the governmeiu, in ortier fo ‘sliew
more clearly the injustice which Hath been
done them,, by the foannerin which (heir
claims had been heretofore adjudicated,
and ns the best commentary upon the rea
soning of tile Secretary of IVar and the
Attorney General. , „.
Mr. tiiltnef then ptocbuded- bftefiy'io
consider tho iliffereht claskei bf elahh)
which he supposed had been int|
rejected.. First, Jhat for property toetttoy
crl previous to' tho treaty ofNew York.-Se
eondly, Tliat for interest upon claims
which had been allowed: and Thirdly,
Tltat.for she Value riftlia Increase oftboyc
female staves wlio hall been taken by tlie
Creeks and not restored according to the
Asto’lhe class of claims'for property de
stroyed, which had been rejected, because
the treoty.pf New York did not provide for
them; Mr. Gilmer said, that the- treaty at
the Indian Springs specially contracted for
the payment of property destroyed pridr fo
1802. This stipulation of that treaty had
bteif prZssed.upnn fhfc-House wills its full
weight by his CJlI'esguesand’ oth'ei gentle
men,. It was not his intention to, 1 say any
thlhg more upon <hat subject. He was de
sirousof «ha» ing she.Connnitlee, that the
prdvilions of tlie treaty ofNew York ou'glif-
not to affect injuriously the clnims nf the
citizens of Georgia,, .That treaty, lie said,
lngof that treaty, wrro to remnjn tmredres
sett. Was it right for tlie Unltod States vo
lake advantage of its own wrong U-
The second class of rlahns n’nicii had
lieeu rejected bv the Government, consis
ted of llmso. the principal of which had
been allowed.,and upon which interest Info
been refused. Mr. Ollmor said, that lu
lled already cildeavdred to show ili.it ilia
mrtst liberal allowa'ifco'ought to be made in
favor nf all thtfoliiims before tlie Commit
tee.’ Ho dld’nnt consider the’ claimant* as
demanding Interest oflhe.Govempiep}, but
as Insisting Upon the eqittiiblo lleh tlmy had
ujion the fund in its hands, foV a flil laud just
edmpensation for Ijte injuries they had sns-
tglned. ’ He did not considbr that intevost
upon tlie value of tlielr losses from the (line
when their property we* taken ordestroyed
would iealiy.ee ample satistuetion to the
elniiriiinls for tho kind nfdepretlallon.couv
milled upon tlieht, but us I’ninlslifog flit
only fixed rule by which an uniform esti
mate could ho made. Tho claim of inter
est <vas upon tlie fund appropriated fur the
payment of the claims, and not upon the.
public Treasury. • The question really
was, whether the elafoiants/tslfosee do
mantis had remained unsatisfied far thirty
or forty yer«, hail not a more equitable lien
upon the Unexpended balancisof the 8*40,
800. for compensation to them for the time
they hntl lost tlie useofiltelr propery, than
nny rfjglft Wit on tlteir partofllfo govern
ment. That compensation to llio tffhim-.
unis had,however, beeif resisted litre tigll the
opinion of the Attorney General'. ' The
claimants would hasp been satisfied to have
had tlie justice ofcheir demand decided up
on by tlieo sense nf equity *Srr the chief
•magistrate of tlteir cuuntry, by whom, uc-
cnrdihg to compact, they wore to have been
adjudicated, than hy tlie technical rules of
tlie government's law officer. That high
ottebr. Iwd’ determined , that Interest did
not follow, n claim for unliqiiitzble dama
ges. Nominally ha was right! but substan
tially wrong. The olefins wore not for'un-
ih|Mtable damages but for speoiffp property
in the |rotsessino of the CrefZ.,'Indians,
whicii belonged to citizens of Georgia, and
wlftcli the Creek tribe, by.various treaties,
. liaiU fprisniiaed to restore to Us owners.
If the Indians could hnve been sued lu tlie
Courts uf.faw, the remedy for the Georgia
claimants would .have been nn milfoil af
Trover, itvwhloh'vhey worilit have been fen-
tilled to deliver their property, at he full
value in .lieu thereof, together with, dama
ges equal In tire value Of the use of
tlie property from the tinic in which it had
been demanded until the teVmituttiori of the
Suit. ' That was the law of the State with
in which both parties resided. , It was the
rtile of equHy; that foe compehsatiotf fbr
injuries should fee fully equal to the loss
sustained. Wavlhcre'nny reason why the
Gcorgia'clalmants shditld not Ituvo 4hat jus
tice (lone tliern hy’ their government, which
one citizen could compel.-the Creeks to
perform by the stlpujalio- sof their t eat es?
Ilnd the government dune its dut.,’the
Georgia claimants would have .bad their,
property restored to them .more than thirty
years bgo. ’ .
It’could'not be said; that' the State ’of
Geotgta had usgltcted. tho use of -any
means in its power to obtain redress for
its citizens;' Mr. Gilmer theft read'reso
lutions of the Legislature of that stJto, di
recting the manlier in wfoi.li tlie claimsuf
jtseftiaens should be proven, and demand
made of tlie Creek Indians. - Tlie Attor-
,nsy General had gLvun as a reason, why
interest sltohld not ’be. jlfoWl ujniu tlie
Georgia claims, that the property for wliicii
they fold been paid, had been esiiiimteilat
double its .value. In Hits, lie speaks with
out diilhority, and most disiespectrully of
tligoharacler.’of the Un.iled States Cotn-
-mlssioners, and the ivlinessbt', by wliose
oaths tliat valuation was made. Tjltre
were many .oilior most oDvious dhjec’tioos
to the opinions of the Attorney General.—
lie had determined,’ fit, reason, peculiar to
Itimself, not to urge that subicct any-fur-
ther. Ill, colleague, (Mr Wtlde) had per-
rormedth.it duty in (lie most satisfactory
manner. *
The third class of claims 'rejected, Mr.
Gilmer Mid. was that for the increase of
those female slaves, .’wlio had been taken
by tbe Crook Indians, from.thfe cltlzaiis of
Georgia, and not. restored according to
the oqndltiunS of their treaties with'that
Mate,and those with'the United ‘Stains.—
I here qUilrts were foundea iri that princi
ple of law^fev which tho issue of female
property followed the state of its mother.
Thfe right oflhe Georgia
slaves
muzensol tjeurgia, .. That treaty, he said,
was/ perhaps, thf first act’ 'of the Unitetf
States Government, which usurped power
which properly belonged to the States
It.was so eoti'sidered at (ho time. The first
voice heard in the Congress of the.Unjted
States agalnst the mtcrmicHmg, spirit ;o'f
Federal Drtininlon, wax fram'd icpreieu-
tative of Georgia.'In relation to thfe treaty
pf.New York;. By thin treaty, the Gov
ernment of the Uqited States, guaranteed,
to the Credit- tribe of Indianx.fiiitdx, wlilbh
that ttibe bad previously conveyed* to Geo!
■IS.; By It,The United States ojrta'ined
from the Creeks n stipunia'tion;' (hat they
wotild hold no treaty with Georgia! And,-
by tlie same treaty, .the U States agreed
that if-any citizen of GeUrgia should at-
finfpt to sottlu-dh lands,-claimed by the
Creeks; such citizen should he placed 'with
out the ; protection of She United States,
end punished us the Indians thought pro-
P« r - ;r j. '• ' jj .
- MV. Gilmer asked (he mamhers of Com
mittee, to examine that treaty and judge
for lheni*elves, whether the citizens of
Georgia oughtlo lose the right to have
'heir injuries redressed, because compensa-
fieri was not provided by it. Wliut right
had the United Slates Goverqinent to
place beyond its protection, .its citizens,
who by virtuo of grants'.qf (and made to
them by the Slatq ufi Georgia, within its
own liDins,'.and in payment to those citi-
Zens for revolutionary services, settled on
lands which the United States thought pro-
per tmeontider-Indian property? , By thnr
ti-eaty, n ettizfen Of the United State might
haveibeeniurnt nt the Indian stake, with-
mit the right of rescue by his^Jorernment.
» wasmado loo, by one Mc&lvray, the
•on Ufa Tory, andan Indian,,who felt by
inberitanDo, tlie<deepest ihfilignity & most
New York, their claims for
troyed? And yet, pe Jause' of their
treaty
i- —r,-»— elzitnants lore-
cover (lie identical slaves they had fo’sfiwas
acknowledged by all the treaties having re-
ferened to that kind pf property. The
itlpofutloits.-orell the treaties tVns.jlmt the
negroes token, from the citizens- of Geor-
8, ia ' efeould W restored, and not that they
shoulll be paid, for in moilfijr.-. If tlii} In
dians, whowfer* ip ilia possession-or the
Issue of female slafes, coidd have beeq-
sned’ln tbecourtof Georgia,by (heoriginal
owners of such female stages, the Georgia
claimants would -nddoubt have redoveled.
The claiinalits'contend for no right bur
what waisanctitfnrdby tlie taw. Tbe diffi
culty,had tboceeded from the Imob'ssibjlitv
ff conrpeTling tlmt liruncli of the GUVern-
mCnt which alone had tlfo ’power" Af re
dress in its hands to deforce that right.—
It was well knowritoo.il the SontHerrt gen-
tlcmen that femnlo slave property! which
was owried thirty years tgn, hail,- yielded
a much larger profit than any other equal
amount of capital whatever. And hence
it was. Mr. Gjlme; said, that tlie Georgia
claimants, who had lost such property a v
the tfets 'cf the Creek Indians, were enti
tled to the redress sought for them. ■
In conclusion, Mr. Gliutet repen(od,
hat by the treaty at the Indian Springs,
tlie Creek Chiefs had cqntracted to re’lin-
qutsh a certain quantity of land.to the Uni-
fod Slates, on criudifion Hint it would pay
to t]ieU| nep.fiOO in mohdy', and’satisfy the
oiaiins o((Georgia against thoir tril o, esti-
mated at 8340,000. That the value if the
lauds re inquished by tho Indians, was con
sidered by them, as worth 8450,000, thero-
fey making the’consideration, received by
Ifi! U i?t St ?o 5 & "* contract to pay
the citizens of Georgia, equal to the siim
of 840.000. The uSitdd Slates harinz the
liower to adjudicate the claims of® di,
*.ens, hairclrcimiicribed them’Within sue i
narrowdfounds. that the larger portion of
,ho funds appropriated by tlie Indraos for
died in,,e,,d of being Zp.
plied to that ppruOre, gopo Into, tho Las
"ry of the Uqitbrf 8 wte‘s. That t Was no
wi 'fe her charterer a. an arid!
er, and still more with the .national oharao-
tnr for. justiee, In deprive hef own'citizens
of a fond, which had been appronriateii for
is-, ‘fe* Pejfiient of losses sustained 'by them
under circumstances of peopliar hardships'
\ occasioned pat
tartly too, by 'foo nca ,
... want Uf power in the Covcrmne.it
protect them. He. therefore, confide’ni.
trusted that tlie CofiunUtco would
tlie motion of rif ltli colleague, and C
mine that It.wns expedient so hate (unL,
Ir-glslalioii In lavor ortho claims of th. -t!
tizens of Georgia. C1 "
THE FAIR,
bonefit of tile fomali-A
l^Xoliamyn
.For tlie f
him, will be held ht the ExoltangoW*
room on Tuesday the 10th Inst there fo,
public are generally lovltod. V
Tlta room will he opened at 4 o’pliA
. M. Ticketsof admittance 34 ccoti; half-
price for childreu, to be had at Mr. Drlt-
onll’s Bodk store or the door of the Er.
ohangfe.
COMMEUC1A I,.
Dates from Liver|mol-
" .Havre,.,
; -44th Dec,
18th Dec,
h»l
CHARLESTON, FxzauAat 8.
EXPORTS.
’Cleared nt tha Custom House.
bhifuice UoUe,d ‘ un—l0 *»wliole.lCo
ro*.G*dpjHer*d,-.Thb new. font, E*
gland roeeived by tlisJojin Jay, has lida.
-ad.the holders of FJmi’r fo advancctli,
a Some
ced the hdia ,r . of FJmir to, advance the
prUsb oftjiet Article. Some pretty Una
sales were, we lesrn, mstfo oh Saturday at
ft 42ft. fna.ll AA T. sLjIa «v f"'
8* *5, cash, und 00 ds ererlit. YeatcnL
it was held et ff* 74' to go,, hat .We foalJ
not learn ivotlior nny sales nf couicquame
were effected. The qtuiitlt j fo ntariket h
very small, compared With fit* slock no
haul at this,time last year.
.Tho London Prjpe Carnet of Dee ttih
S*y*«"ThO stoppage of the export ofwheat
in Franca, to wlUch wo.jin'udeil on Friday
to the operation oMhe Corn Ls» In
Z: iheoxport has been prohibited la
re foil
Frahr.e: .he oxnort haa been prohibited is
all ihe diu.ici-cxrept two, and <hes« will
close on sins 1st proximo."
TV letter from.Havre ofDeo Uth aiti.
"The packets llcuri IV and France. r«.V
York axe both detnincd by.head triuds^-
Tlio Cotton market Is dull, niTtl tlie »«.
’declined. New Uplands, |h so,,,. P ’
MARIiYB HHT.
■Pan,T-OF ri-Ay.ANWII. I
High luitar.ToinorroiVat Tyhee,..10 40.
dof' Savannah.. . .0 U.
ARRIVED.
Bates, Darien 3 di lit
Sloop Diilgo*.
bales Cniton to T Hutler fitco.
Stcppiboal Georgiy, Norris, Auguua I-
tvltl] lioati'2 & 8 in low, fo Steamboat I’c
to sundry, persons. t .
’. ’ ' sGl-ku THts DAT.
Ship' Lucan, Lnstal, Liverpool.
Sloop Ann, Selowich Sunbury.
CtZAMtO FOB THIS VOIT. ‘ |
At New Urleans SOtli ult sebr FrSnbil- |j
Ellison. -;. ,
From our CoR^ESPoNbENTd I
Offices bf the Gazette, Mercury and I 1
Courier. ‘ ? ■ »• ’ ’1 fj
CttASir.STON. I’eb 3—7 r.u. J
'■ ’ ’ As'atven.
Ship Alexander Barclay, Dunbar, Nc»
-Bedford 0 ds. 1st itist off ChirlcUoit Bil
spoke a new bark of Thomaatown Me fit
Sarahnah, ’
ds,
Ship S'pratoga, Bacon, Portland JH« ,fi
Brig Crawford, Lutlicr, New Odeut,
and If ds fin the Bailee. ” '
Schr U Stains,' Johnson, Key VVyil vl*
•lndinn Key 8 ds. _ ... .
Schr Geo & Mary,' .Gibbs, Ptoridsact
■via Newport, R 17 ds."
Schr Juno,‘Piko. N York 4 di.
Cl'd—Shlp Othello. Thorp" NfewYotV
Brig Ken|, Fraser,.Rotterdam.
Rrlg-ArlitM, Colburn, N Orleans. ,
Tlie ship Concordia. Ingersoll. finalh.
York, touched off the Jlnr /MterdeyUi el‘
Aertdin freights, aml procseded to Sen«-
For New York.
The fast sailing packet schr.
, Excel, ■ j
UtUiker , Matter, fyr poiskga haring sj- ■
pcrlor accoipmodationl. qjipiy. to eift fi
at Telfair’s wlturf or jo
J B HERBERT-
feb.5
FOR BOSTON OR PROVIDENCE
• .so. The fast sailing schooner.
-0$', \ Post-boy
Cupt. Rowland, lor freiglitur nanag«>P -
ply to .eapt R. at Boltons' wharf or to
- I j B HERBEKT.
fob s' ■
St. Andrew’s Society,
THE Members ofthe St Andre*’* &
ciety will nttend a Quarterly meeting
held 'at the'City Hotel on Saturday l
nine next at seven o’clbck.
WM.UOBERTSOV
fob 5
A V
fi An Ordinance.
L N ORDINANCE to aniorul the or '•
nonce for regulating the jWW
t in |hg.City of Savannah, and "PP^' y
Commiysioners to superintend tin * • ’•
Seel. Be it ordained, by the JJJJt
and Aldermen, of the City o( S* v '“ n .
gnd tlie ImmlctS thereof, and it i» "*. i
ordained, by tlie authority of tlte MW*
so mueli ofthe hefors recited ordinanc.
cd
uuineu, ny mo auiuoiiiy
— much ofthe before recitedI ordrnanM
requires the clerk of the market w
tlie same at sun rise, and to announa,
same by the ringing ol tlie boll, bo 011
same Is hereby repealed^ , , ... M
Sec 3. Ami be it further ordained,-
tlie clerk shall b# allowed the sum o' ,.
' ' every draft uuddr 80 lire, "trail h« *"
required to make such drpfl in t
■ Seo 8. Be it ordained by the •
aforesaid, that suoli ordiiianeos atjrt^
ordinances as jnjHtale- agtin*' ™ ^!.
Ho
nance be and the sv.rtii are
Passed in Council, Jnnuar^*8, l, ‘ !
. . W. T. WILLIAMS
(Attest) 'Mi Miens, o. c ;
I, Jlayo'-