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mblic career, and found nothing to condemn. .
lad Mr. \ r an Buren been obnoxious to the J
harges which are made against him by his tot- i 1
ner supporters—had he been guilty of till the •
iffences against republican principles prior to 1
832, which are now arrayed by the selfsaim 1
ion, does any man who knows (Jovei norTronp,
elievr for a moment, that he would have sanc
ioned his nomination at that time, or have sus
lined him in Georgia as the favorite candidate
f the Troup part) 1 No! die suspicion of s:t< I.
course, would boa libel upon his character.
Did those gentlemen who attended the Balti- .
nore Convention in 1832, as delegates from the ,
tate of Georgia, acquaint themselves with the ■
•haracters of those whom they nominated? 1’ ;
meh men as Augustin S. Clayton, Richard 11.,
Vilde and Daniel Newnan, go blindtl 11 into ■
ho nomination of candidates to till the higher
iffices in the gift ot the I u on ! V. ere they tin- i
teqnaiateil with the claims an 1 qualification ,
lit I the political course ot those whom they ree
>minendt*d to the confidence and suffrages ot
!u> people ? To say that they acted in the dark,
flat they nominated men of w'i >m they km w
tothing, regardless of all consequences, wmih
ie, to impute to them, a mass ot' ignorance, than ]
vhich, nothing could be more mortity ing to tlu ir (
eelim's. But on the contrary, if thev were
mnveisant with Mr. Van Buren's public acts,
ind those acts were as criminal as they arc not !
vpresented to be, by the parly to which thes< (
;entk meu belong, then the conclusion is irresist- ,
ble, that a most outrageous imposition was prac- I
iced upon the people.
If the acts of Mr. Van Buren from his fu st ,
intrance into public life, to the year 1832, were
if a character so repugnant to republican prin
riples, where was the public press ? by did it
lot thunder forth its maledictions upon his head !
Did the presses of the Troup party speak out
it that time and warn the people against ini- f
rending danger ? No! but on the contrary they j
touted bis name at the head of their papers, and (
‘xtoMed him for all that was pure in principle ‘
ind virtuous in action. Did they then, as they : !
Io note, bring up in judgement the charges and ; |
iccusations which they arc exhibiting against. J
tim ? No! they thin repelled every attack ,
»liich was made upon him, with ail their ener- <
[ies. Were the Troup Editors ignorant ot Mr. &
fau Buren’s history ! It cannot be. Their in
elligence forbids the imputation; and yet, 5
Grange as it may seein, some of the selfsame J
Editors who at that day, were exerting all their
towers in his support, are at present bitterly op
rosed to his election, and are going back for
learly twenty years, to rake up exceptions to
lis public conduct, and to blacken his charac- i
er for acts which were known to them in 1832,j
md which, at that time, fotmed no objection in j
heir minds, to his elevation to the second office ;
n the Government. They accuse him ofoppo- 1
ition to Mr. Madison’s election, some twenty !
rears ago.—Why did they conceal it in 1832- .
I'hey condemn him for alleged opinions upon t
he Missouri question, nearly as long ago.— , t
Vliy was that kept secret in 1832? They de- Ij
louuce him for voting in the New York Con- i 1
ration, in 1821, to allow the free negroes to j'
otc, with a freehold property qualification of i *
wo hundred and fifty dollars, which was us well ,
mown to them in 1832, as it is now, but at that
ime, not a whisper was heard upon that sub- ;
ect; but on the other hand, nothing was heard '
rom them, but praises and commendations. I
iViU the people look to these things? VV ill they ' '
•lifer themselves to move at the beck and call j j
if a set of politicians, who first gain their sup- I j
>ort to a candidate, by flattering his talents and • ,
lis principles, and in the next breath, call upon ,
hem to withdraw their confidence from him,; (
lecuuse he is unworthy of their support ? There '
s too much hard, old fashioned sense among the i
>eople of Georgia, to telerate such open and
inblushng inconsistency. The men of princi- ■
>le and independence who supported Mr. Van I
}>iren in 1832, must be convinced that they ;
verc misled at that time, and tiiat those who ,
lUstained hi* cause with so much apparent z ■ ii
rere actually deluding and deceiving them, be
bre they can abandon him.
As a furt’uer and more conclusive evidence of
Mr. Van Buren’s claims to the support ami con
fidence of the people of Georgia, we have only ,
lo turn our attention to the Electoral ticket of j
1832. The gentlemen who composed that ,
ticket, were selected, for their talents, their
probity, and their knowledge of political affairs t
ind public men. They ail voted for Mr. Van
Buren, and found no reason to distrust him as a j
itatesman and patriot on account of any act of
his previous life.
With all these facts staring them in the face,'
is there a man in Georgia, who has heretofore
becti the friend of Mr. Van Buren, who will de- ;
sort him in the present contest, upon the stale I
accusations, and vamped up stories which arc !
now going the rounds against him ?
Men will think and act for themselves.—
They will not be hood winked and led and driv
en about by designing politicians. No! There
is a pride of independence among the people of
Georgia, which scorns dictation, and there is a
virtue and intelligence; a freedom of word and
will as unconquerable and uncontrolable as the
winds of heaven.
•DEFENCE OF THE FRONTIER.
‘We publish below, the letter of General Jes
sup to the Governor, by which it will be seen,
that prompt and efficient measures have been
taken to protect that portion of our frontier,
where danger is still apprehended from those
parties of hostile Indians, who have been for
some time past, making their way through
Georgia, from the Creak Nation <o l lotida.
As soon as Governor Schley was informed
iofthe movements of timse parties, and the ex
posed situation of his fellow-citizens, he imme
diately called upon General Jessup, now in com
wand of the southern division, for an adequate
force to defend them against the hostile move
ments of the savages, and to expel them from
Mir borders. This requisition has been com
fdied with, without delay on the part of Gener
leuup, and tivery arrangement made, to give
"ectirity to the people and their property —and
such has been the derided anti energetic course
of tin,- Governor from the commencement of
hostilities in Florida, during the past winter, to
ro the present time.
! His conduct during the wars of the present j i
year, has been such, as to assure every unpreju- ''
i diced < itize >, of his devotion to the best inter- ! I
•sts of his country, and ofhis efficiency, prompt- 1
ness and decision in times oi the greatest enter- :
gency.
Head Qt’Aßir.its, Army of the South, )
Fort Mitchel, Ala. Sept. 20, 1836. )
, SIR:—I have had the honor to receive vour | 1
Excellency’s letter id the 15th iust., and iu re- j
p!y, have io inform you, that for the protection I
ot the southern counties ot Georgia, i have or-I
dered .Major Dearborn with two companies ot
I uited States Infantry to occupy a position iu ,
i Lowndes or \\ are county, and have authorized
j nim to call into service any militia or volunteer ,
1 companies which he may consider necessary to
1 the entire protection of the citizens at-.d their j
property.
1 shall direct .Major Dearborn to communicate
! frequently with your E.cellencx, and to keep
■ you informed of every matter connected will) :
liie stale oi the country, or the mditary ope- ’
I rations. i
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, (
vour obedient servant,
TUGS. S.JESUP.
I
' Extract fi\>::i General Jesup's Instructions to 1
Major l)i arborit.
The Commanding General desires that you 1
report to Head Quarters your movements and '
measures—tile slate of tin-country—theuumbei ‘
md resources of the Indians—'.he necessity, in
) nr opinion, of keeping up a military force, i
an 1 the best manner of obtaining supplies, &c. [
il • desires you to report on these points, and ,
also, on any other which von may deem of im- t
i>m ance to his Ext e'lency Gov. Schley, at Md
k'dg» ville; and lurtiter, that you communicate >
| to li< ad Qa u’ters, as well as to his Excellency, ’
I any intelligence which may reach you from the
seat of war in Florida, deemed of importance. J
Head Qvaktkks, \rniy of the South, ?
Fort Mil ke f l. Sept. 2Hth. 1836. ji "
Adjutant Genirars Ojjicc.
ORDER—No. 90. *
1. In consequence of a requisition fiom his Ex- ?
ccllein y, the Governor of Georgia, Par. ti, of No. I
83 is mourned. 'I hat part of the regular troops v
will be detached to Lowndes and are counties. | t
Ga. for the protection of the citizens from Indian j g
depredations. Major Dearborn, with two com- I s
pauir's of Infantry under his command, is assigned • i
to that duty, lie will call into service such com- i t
panics of volunteers or militia, as, iu his opinion. .
may he necessary for the protection of the south- (
ern counties of Georgia, lie will take the neces
sary tneasu es for the prompt and efficient supply
of his command. f
Ho will receive from the Adjutant General, de- *
tailed instructions for his government. I
P. 2. The Medical Director will designate a <
Medical Officer to accompany Major Dearborn’s 1
command and will remain with it during its con- t
tinuance. j
By order of Maj. Gen. Jesup.
(Signed.) HENRY STANTON,
Lt. Col. &, Adj. Gen'l. Army of the South. ,
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT 1
JacliSuncille. East Florida, Sept. 17.
Courier Office, ‘
Saturday, 5 o’clock, P. M. ) (
INDIANS--BUTCIIERY—PURSUIT i
ESCAPE.
Our Townsmen who went day before',
yesterday to the rescue of Mr. 1 iigginbo-1.
tuani’s family as stated in our last have j,
just returned—themselves and horses ja- <
ded and looking as if they had a hard pur- 1
| suit. They are the best and bravest of our «
j men, and went with the expectation and t
i det< rmiiiation to pursue and overtake and !
destroy daring ladians.
Maj. Hart, to whom we are indebted
for the follow ing particular, reports, that on '
Thursday about 10 o’clock, they reached >
the house oi Mr. Higginbotham, which ;
was attacked. There they found the two] i
j men (one of whom was sick) and tlie two j t
i ladies on guard w ith guns in their hands. ! 1
! The Indians had not re-appeared after their!
i being beat oil’ before Mr. Higginbotham i
j lift to report to us in town. On a slight!
| examination they saw a immber of bullitj
j marks in the house, made by the Indian’s i
| shots—and saw tiie clothes of the younger j
I lady, through which the ball passed, gazing j
! the skin of her person. She had arisen
’ early and gone out towards a branch for
j water, w hen the attack was made upon the <
house, between which and iiei self were the
! Ind a is. The Indians fired at hi*, and 1
one bail passed I.er side so close t.s to cut:
through all her clothes but touched not her
body. She ran to the branch secreting
herself therein, and subsequently made her
way into the house, past the Indians in
! safety. Alter a little time spent iu search
i the party under Maj. Hart, found where
tlie Indians encamped the night previous
' not three-forths of a mile from the house,
| and also tiie spot w here the horses were tied
! while tl e attack was made on the house.
From that spot onr party took the Indians
j trial. It struck the Tallahassee road, and
’: these daring Devils kept the roatl for near
10 miles, riding at full speed as their trail
( J showed, till they came to Mr. McCormick’s
>! house then occupied by Mr. Johns and
(wife, on the road IS miles from Jackson
ville. Oar party in pursuit reached this
house about 4 o’clock P. M. It was a
j smouldering pile of ruins. On examination
j Maj. Hart stales, that they found the cal
cined bones ol’a human being burned in the
• house. A peice of the backbone was found
j with someJlesh upon il. The skull was to
i Le seen, but at the touch it fell in arid crum
, bled to peieesi The bones were mostly re
j dticed to ashes. Near th: house was found
a quantity of hair, to apenrance that of a
female. Thence the trail seemed to be still
on the road, am]our men ptisued on with
increased speed an anxiety, to overtake tin
j murdering Indians. They expected to do
- j so at tlie next house (Mr. Lowder’s) 7 miles
5 ! ahead. On arriving there they found the
j! house abandoned by the two females and
j their children who lived there, but unvisted
’j by the Indians. The inmates had evidently
! lied in alarm, as the dinner they were pre
r i paring was still at the fire and warrn.of whi< h
‘‘ ourparty partook—and then, doubtful of
I the trail the were on, set out for Mr. Sparks-
41 man’s, 4 miles distant. It was ofter night
- when they reached Mr. Sparksman’s no:
- was it possible for them to determine
. whether they well on a trail or not. Great
~ distress filled the house of Mr. Sparkman.
There was Mrs. John-—her arm laid open
with a rifle bullet—a ball shot through
" her neck—and her scalp co far as the hair
extended over her head, most horribly and
‘ mangiingly taken off-—and she stillalire! !
'' Good Go(l! who can hear the bare recital
1 of such a deerl, and not feel honor-stricken
i< at tiie cold-blooded barbarity ! Who
f can hear, and not feel a thirst to revenge
rj such outrage ?
She was aide to stale the circumstances
' ot’ the attack upon herself and husband. I
They were about twenty yards from the
house, between 10 and 11 o’clock Tliuis
dayn ornini’wbenthe Indians showed them
selves by the corner of' a fence close to them,
the Indians fired und wounded Mr. Johns in , .
the left breast. Both ran for the house, en- ',
I ten d and closed the door. The Indians
I came up and fired on the house. Tiiey cal- ;
led out in English, ami told them if they b
I would come out they should not be hurts '
1 I'he Indians looked m through the crack.
(the house was made of logs) and told Mr.
Johns and his wile to come out ; but they
did not consent to do so, but begged for j
their lives. Tlie order was given in En-I
glish to charge the house. The Indians
burst in—shot Air. Johns through the Lead i
—he fell, and his wile ieli upon his body.
An Indian dragged her to the door, am
said to “ hi-e-pus-cha,” “ go.” She asked
whe ek l.e pointed tow arils tlie head of Black '
Ureek. At that moment she saw another in
ti an c. e! Ins rdl.—she threw up her arm—
die Indian fired—ami the bail culling
Ln thwise through the filesh oi' her aim
passed through her neck. She fell.—
I’lie Indian came up—dragged her into
the hall of the house (the house is w hat called ; t
a double log-house) and then taking out her !.
comb and tearing the string from her hair, I
scalped her. He did not tear the scalp off,
but cut it as butchers take the skin from a
beef. Dining this operation Mrs. Johns
was sensible of what was doing. She saw
the Indian’s scalping-knife, and says it
w as a round pointed common butcher-knife. .
She lay as il dead.— Fhe Indians plundered r
the house, taking a pair of portmanteau con- (
tabling $ IUO, and every thing of value—set fire
to the house, and one Indian applied the torch j
to her clothes—left the house—-gave a whoop,
and hurried oil in the direction, she thought from
their noise, of tlie head of Black-Creek. She
felt the fne of her clothes upon one leg, and as
soon as she dared to move so much, grabbed in
her hand a quantity of her own clotted-blood,
with w hich she put out her burning clothes. And r
then, when the Indians were out of hearing, she 1 <
got up saw her murdered husband’s body un- |
scalped and unmoved from the position in which > s
he tell except tho Indians had put one foot up H
on the edge of a table. The house was on fire
—she made her way out of it, fainting every
few minutes.---She reached the edgeol a swamp
—got some water and there lay down, unable to
get farther. There she remained till 2 o’clock,
P. 2d., when three men, Mr Johns, the father of t
her husband, Mr. Lowder,and Mr. McKinney J
came along. They saw the burning house all t
fallen in except the corners of the logs, the bo- i
dy therein burned—and discovered her, whom I
they took to be an Indian at first, then a squaw.
On advancing to her, what must have been the
feeli.i> s of her father-in-law, to recognize in the
butchered, bloody, almost lifeless woman, his
d lughter-in-law—and to know that the burned
human frame in the house, was that of his son !
—These three men carried her to Mr. Low dekr’s ,
and giving the inmates of the house the alarm, (
and taking them, the two females and their chil- .
dren, went on to Air. Sparkman’s—xvhere our •
party in pursuit of the Indians, found them as
above stated.
It was the trail of these men that was mista
ken for that of the Indians. The Indians were
all mounted, and the trail was therefore easily
mistaken. Mrs. Johns saw eight Indians and
one negro—the negro was naked, except a wol
len flap he wore. She saw no horses and prob
ably there were more than eight Indians, as ,
they would undoubtedly bo very liki ly to leave (
some with the horses. It was now ascertained .
that the Indians had taken five horses from Air.
Eubank, on., from Airs. RatciilT, and three from 1
Alt. Johns whom they murdered, and also that 1
our party was off their trail. It was not possi- !
ble to follow the trail of their horses in the night, I
and therefore our men encamped. Early in the
morning they set out, and supposing the Indians ,
turned from the left of the road, they struck in
to the woods in order to come upon the trail ,
■ without loosing the time of retracing their steps
i to the house where Air. Johns was buiied.—
. I’hey struck the trail quite early and followed
iit with all the speed possible. Thev found
i where the Indians stopped to take a lunch as
: was supposed. They continued the pursuit to
the head oi Black Creek, where finding that the
j Indians, having, as was known, six hours the
start on the day before, had travelled in the
! night, and that too, with great rapidity, as the
! trail showed. Our townsmen with those wl.o
‘joined them, making twenty in number, came
: io the conclusion, that further pursuit would be
1 useless, and witii disappointment and regret and
reluctance, gave up the pursuit, it being near
night, and on 1 riday they turned for home, and
reached here to-day.
The Indians rode with all the speed of their
horses. Those they took were among the best
in our County, and able to bear pushing. Our
party had good horses and they pushed them in
tiie pursuit all that their speed and bottom would
bear, but il was in vain. The enemy expec
ted pursuit and therefor a directed their rapid
iliglit lor tiie Nation, where it is supposed they
arrived without s opping. It is presumed they
made for Payn’s Piairie—we had hoped th; t
tiiis daring party would have been rash enough
to attempt to drive cattle before them. In ihat
case, our men would have pushed on till they
overlook them. These Indians came in tlie
same direction they took on their return. 'l’l ere
were plainly to be seen here and there the
remnants of a trail, especially in the grass and
by the Palmetto leaves gathered in several pla
ces where they stopped and probably encamped.
It is thought they came in lon days or two
weeks ago—during which time to the present,
tiny have been lurking about Brandy Brandi,
where Indians have several times been seen.
They have undoubtedly spied out this whole
section, ami arc now gone to report their intel
ligence, taking with them nine stolen horses
ami a woman’s scalp. It is true this party of
Indians were well mounted on fresh horses, but
still the issue of the pursuit shows how almost
impossible it is to overtake them, in their re
treat after committing depredations. If they
have a few hours only the start, thev can reach
the nation m safety and mock pursuit. In truth
a good portion of tlie movements of the army,
■ (there are some bright exceptions) have failed
I of effect through tardiness and through want o*
| .i sufficient number of good spies.
That these cursed butcheries, so bold as to
- come within seven miles to ccmn.it their depre
i dation,should escape from so ready, rapid, and
[ hot pursuit, and that too, from men of known
. bravery and perseveiame, and determined at
, every hazard to overtake and chastise them,
gives us great mortification and p.iin. They
did ail tbit men could do, except running,
only 20 strong and without food ami forage, in
-1 tn the nation after tliem, which would hate been
• folly and rashness.
1 Upon the arrival at Black Creek of the cx
-1 press sent to Maj. Pierce, he immediately or
dered out three companies in d fierent direc
-1 ions to cut off tlieir retreat. The Indians un
/ douhtedly passed near Kingsley’s Pond. We
| understand a company went to flint pass on
t i ridny evenin'/, but saw nei her Indians nor
their trad. The companies returned Friday
, night w i 11..nt making any discover.' Wp are
informed that on Saturday morning, Alajor
Pierce, at the head of 50 men, went again to
s strike, if pmyilde, their trail, in consequence of
THE ST ANDAR II OF UNION.
the report of the mail carrier from this place,' ■
who arrived Friday night.
We piny that Major Pierce, to whom great !
credit is duo, for liis prompt and vigorous exer
tions to intercept this banditti, may fie able to
fall in with them. A letter to the Editor, under •
date of the 16th iust., late at night, from a 1
friend, a Lieutenant, whose metal has been
proved to he pure gold, thus closes:— i
“The mail carrier for whose fate we were ;
quite anxious, has arrived, and information re
ceived from him lias determined Major Pierce ,
to set out in the morning at the head of 50 men
to scour the country in ti e direction of Santa-
Fe and New River. Be assured that every ex
ertion in the power of man w ill be made, to cap
ture or destroy those savages. If we ever strike '
the trail they are ours.”
God grant that the next intelligence from that |
quarter may be, that this party of desperadoes :
is cut off; but the speed of their flight forces us ;
to suspect that they have escaped, in spite of |
all the exertions made to overtake and inter- ,
cept them.
From the Charleston Courier.
OFFICE BOARD OF HEALTH, | '
Charleston, Sept. 24, 1 o’clock P. M. j
The Special Committee of the Board have to
report for the last twenty-four hours, 12 cases 1
of Cholera—l white, 11 blacks and colored, 1 I
dead—the others under treatment. Os theca- I
ses reported yesterday, one more death have ’
been icturucd. Bv order, ,
THOMAS Y. SIMONS, M. D.
Chairman Special Committee.
A. G. Howard, M. D. Clerk.
’ (
September 25, 1 ('clock F. M. i
The Special Committee of the Board have
to report for the last 24 hours, IS cases of Chile- •
ra—s whites, 13 blacksand colored, 1 dead—the ’
others under treatment. Os the cases reported t
yesterday one more death have been returned. ,
Bv order. [
THOS. Y. SIAIONS, M. D.
Chai.man Special Committee. ,
A. G. Howard, Al. I>. Clerk.
i
September 26, 1 o'clock, P. M. *
The Special Committee of the Board have to >
report for the last twenty-four hours, 34 c ises :
of Cholera—7 whites, 27 blacks and colored, 4 }
dead—the others under treatment. Os the ca- (
ses reported yesterday, 3 more deaths have
been returned. By order,
THOMAS Y. SIAIONS, M. D. ’
Chairman Special Commmittee.
A. G. Howard, Al. D. Clerk. '
Sept. 27, 1 o'clock P. Al. *
The Special Committee of the Board have to ‘
report for tlie last twenty-four hours, 44Cases of
Cnolera—ll white, 33blaeks and colored, 9 dead. I
the others under treatmei. Os the cases reported |
yesterday, two more deaths have been returned.
By order,
Thomas Y Simoxs, AT. D.
Chairman Special Committee. '
A. G Howard, M. D. Clerk.
September 23, 1 o’clock. P. AT.
The Special Co nmirtee of th ; Board have to |
rtlport for the l ist twenty-four hours, 39 cases of ; '
Cholera—fi whites, 39!>!aeks and colored, 5 dead :
—the others under treatmet. Os the cases r.'porr
yestetday, one more death have been leturned. ;
By order,
TITO ATAS Y". SINONS, AT. 1).
Chairman Special Committe.
A - G. Howard* M. I). Clerk.
“ Sztiifc for Ihe Goose, is sauce for the
Gander.”
The Hon. John Tijler, the candidate for !
the Vice-Presidency, of the Nttllifiers of I
Georgia admits the Constitutional right of
Congress to abolish slavery in the District
of Columbia. This is not bare assertion,]
nor da ueq rot from m.nury, nor will we
pervert his language, nor garble the resolu
tion oli'ored by him, wi:en a Senator from
Virginia, in the Inst Congress. This is the
resolution —it shall speak for itself.
Resolved, That to alter, change or abolish
the rights of property in the District of Col
umbia, witlnuit the consent of the owners
would be unjust and despotic, and in viola
tion of the Constitution of the United States.
Now, Nir. V an Buren says he has great
doubts of tiiis right of Congress, and in any
event he would look upon the exercise of
it as highly dangerous to the South, and 1
believes it would be a violation of tiie com- (
pact entered into between the States, and I
that he would be tiie uncompromising op- 1
ponent to any attempt that shor'd be made
to effect such purpose. What more could
inan say? But lliis wont suit cur friends ;
the Nullifirrs. But the admission of this
jiower in their candidate is cotninendable, ‘
although if’ Mr. Van Buren has a doubt up
on this subject, it is a damnable heresy.
“How beautiful is consistency.—Strv. Creo
DEATH OF COL. BURR.
We copy frotn the New York Commer
cial Advertiser ol Sept. 14, the following
information, respecting the death of Co).
Burr. j
“ At last the eventful and long protrac
ted life of this remarkable man has reach- ’
■al its termination. He died yesterday, at
Staten Island, in the 81 st year of bis age.
For some years past, it has been said and <
believed, that after hisdeath, the veil that
lias so long shrouded his recollections of e
x ents and times, whii h are known to most
of those now ii ring only as matters of histo
lical narration, and but imperfectly even
as sue!), would he withdrawn ; and high an
ti< Ipations have been former! of the nature
and extent of the rcvelaiions thus to be
made. Whether these anticipations will
be realized orn' t, we are without the pow
er to decide ; hut there can be no doubt
that if Aaron Burr has indeed employed
the last three or four years of his life in pre
pari: g the materials for a full and unreser-
> ved disclosure of his own lustory, in connec
tion with tlie history of the years through
which he was a prominent actor on tiie
t ige of public events, a work of almost
unprecedented interest and of great value,
may be expected.”
Front lheJa :k.i >n T.:nn23see Truth Teller.
Lost Prairie, Ark’s., 1836. :
Mi-s. David Crockett,
Dear Madam:—Permit me to intro
duce myself to you as one of the acquain- i
t uice ofyour much respected husband, Col.
Cro< kett. With his fate in the fortress oi
San Antonio, Texas you are doubtless long
since advised. With sincere feelings of
sympathy, I regret liis untimely loss to your
■ family and self, F ()1 . if among strangers
' he constituted the most agreeable compan
ion, he, doubtless, to bis beloved wife mid
1 chiidren must have been a fax orite peculiur
, (>( prized. In liis loss, Freedom has been
, di priveil of one of her hrayest sons, in
r whose bosom philanthropy glowed with as
, | genial warmth as ever animated the heart
Ilof an American citizen. When be fell, a
soldier died. To bemoan his fate, is to pay
a tribute of greatful respect to Nature—he
seemed to be her son.
The object of this letter, is to beg that
you will accept the watch which accompa
nies it. Yon will doubtless know it when
you see it. And as it has his name engraved
on the surface, it will no doubt be the mure
acceptable to yoil.
As it will probable be gratifying to yon
to learn in what way I became possessed
of it, permit me to state, that, last winter,
(the precise date not recollected by me.) ;
Colonel Crocket, in company with several
other gentlemen, passed through Lost Prai
r eon Red River, where I live.) The com
pany, excepting the Colonel, who was a
little behind, rode up to my house and
asked accommodations for the night. Aly
family being so situated, from the indisposi
tion of my wile, that 1 could not accomo
date them, they got quarters at one of niy
neighbors’ houses. The Colonel visited
me the next day and spent the day with m .
He observed, whi st here, that his funds
were getting short and as a means ofrecru
ting them, he must sell something. He
proposed to me to exchange watches—-he
priced his at 30 dollars more than mine,
which sum I paid him, and we accordingly
exchanged..
With his open franknes, his natural hon
esty of expression, his perfect want of con
cealment, I could not but l.e very much
plyased. And with a hope that it might be
an accommodation to him, I was gratified
at the exchange, as it gave me a keepsake
which would often remind me of an honest
man, a good citizen, and a pioneer ill the
ause oi Liberty, amongst his suffering
brethren iu Texas. ‘
His military career was short. But though .
I deeply lament his death, 1 cannot restrain j
iny American smile at the recollection of the
fact that he died as a United States soldier
should die, covered with his slain enemy,
and, even in death presenting to them in
his clem hed hands, the weapons of their
destruction.
We hope that the day is not far distant,
when his adopted country w ill be freed from 1
a snvage enemy, ami afford to vcurself and I,
children, a home, rendered in every wav ;
comfirtable, by the liberal donationsuf her
gov ermnt nt.
Accept, dear madam, for yourself and
fiiiii'l,’ the most sincere wishes for you future
happiness, of
Your most obedient servant and friend,
ISAAC N. JONES. (
DIED. ]
On the tnoruin* ol tlie 23d instant, at his resi- i
•fence in Telfair County, General John Coffee, |
lor many years, a prominent citizen.
! T ong honoied with tlie confidence of his couu
: try, as a State Senator, and a member of Con- !
js- i'es-. Genera! Coffee lias proved himself a valu- 1
I able rejneseutative, a patriot, and an honest ami :
upright man.
I n ali rhe relations of life, he has endeared him
self to his countrymen, those lofty and ennobling
virtues which exalt the human character.
A< a husband, a father, and a friend, lie has
filkd the measure of his highest obligations, and
grmeilow-ti to the grave, with their blessings and
ben. dictions upon liis head.
St. JtiVISFTSii.V
Wi!,L attend to the renewal of notes in the
Central Batik, and to passing grants thro’
| the ciihereiit offices, tor the customary fee of C ! ;i;
I Dollar.— Letters enclosing note and money for re
iieival, or for griuts, (postpaid,) will be puuctu
i ally attended to.
inilledgeviile. October 4, 1836.
GKdIiwTAT
V ILLIAAI SCHLEY', Governor of said
State.
To th? Honorable, the .lustic'3 of the Inferior
Courts of tiie respective count') sos tiiis State.
; • CHEAS, a vacancy lias occurred by th;:
& death of the J’on. JOHN COFFEE,
elected on tile first Monday jn Oelolier, 1834, a
Representative from this Slate, in the House of I
Rtpresentarives of the Congress of the United 1
States, sot two years, from and after the 3d day 1
of March, 1835:--Now, inorder that said vaean- ]
cy may be filled, and in pursuance oflaw. I have 1
thotrzht proper to issue this my w rit of election,
lieivby requiring you, the said ju tices aforesaid,
to cause an election to be held on Aloliday the
seventh rlsv of November next, at the several pla
ces of holding elections in your said county, giv
ing due notice thereof, for a Representative to fill
the aforesaid vacancy. And fdo further require
you to make a return of said election, to the Ex- ’
ccutive Department, in the time proscribed by j
law.
Given under my hand and the creat'seal of the !
State, at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this. )
the first day of October. Eighteen hundred
and thirty six, and of the American Indepen
dence, the sixty-first.
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
B>i the Governor:
Wii.i.iam A. T'/.xxille, Scc'ryof State.
Milledgeville Oct. 4. 38—3 t. ,
ff/j’All the papers in the state will give the a ,
liove three insertions.
GEORGIA, Forsxth county.
HE’.tEAS, Robert Kogers applies to me
# for letters of administration, on the es- 1
are of David Cordery deteased, late of said
county.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said dec.
■ o be ami appear at my office, within the time ;
preset ibid by fuxv. to show cause, (if any,) why
said letters should not be granted.
Given under my hand, this 26th day of Sept. 1
1836.
D. McCOY, C. C. O.
Oct. 4. 38—It.
EORGIA, Crawford ci uiity.—James Wil
son of the 529th district, G. M. tolled be
ore me, Johnathan Ross, a Justice of the Peactq 1
one iron grey horse, six years old. blind in the left
eye, w ith a long switch tail, appraised by Lew’is
iiolt ami Samuel Dukes to $lO 00. - |
WM. McGEE, C. I. C.
September 28th 1836. 38—ts.
•i iistt JS.£ec«i
Cili.r.Sl'., PORT WINE, Almonds,
Smoked Beef, Bologna Sausage &c. for sale
by N. B. JITHAN.
Milledgeville Oct- 4th 1836, 38 ]t.
Wine.
I Dozen Bottles CLARET WINE, for
i sale at $6 per doz. I>y
N. B.JUIIAN.
Milledgeville, Oct. 4th. 1836. 38—ts.
. I Leonard Burns 1 Libel for divorce in
' t vs. > Pike Superior court,
JMarth.i Burns. ) January Term, 1836.
f IT ! M’por.ritig to said court that the said defeu
dant has not been served with the usual
>’ process ; and it appearing she cannot be found,
s 11 is therefore ordered by the court, that she ap
. pear nt tip: next Superior court, to be held in and
I for Pik comity, on tliefirst. Monday iu March 1836,
and then and there answer to the above suit,
" Ami it is fiirtiio.' ordiTod by the court, that service
lof this rut -be perfected, by its being published
a cnee a month, for three months, in one of the
. public gazettes of this State.
! A true extract from the minutes, 61h Scptem
’ bcrlß36. EGBERT P. DANI EL. c. s. c.
i Sept. 20. 37—mlm.
Pl' Si as €hSj
miiE SUBSC'K ißi lR S have corninunced ro
B cciving a very l.Hgo assortaKPi of
fancy aiiii Ab'HcScm,
suitable for FALL A.xD WEhi'l.R. I'KADE,
which they intead offiaing on such terms as to
give general satisfaction. Among their assort
nient may be found,
Rich figured and plain Satins and Silks, Mei i
no Grodenap, Merino Cloihs 'and Ciicassums, ol
fadmmable cohos; Paramelto Clolh: i>!,tek Bora
bazet; figured a>.dplain poplins ;B> iilimit i'ongec;
Ra.tinet; red, white, green and yeilow Flnmels, ol
various qtnili’ies ; ,8.;l;-hury il.'-; Green Baize;
3, 1,5 tin.! ;>-l Cotton .'heelin', i.ml Hhirimgs ,
Linen Shoetiiig; Ladies black, an i while ri bed-
Silk Hose , plain ami op. 11 work white ami coli.r
ed do.; Eilfee Thread do.; white and hlnek Meri
no do.; white mill black Worsted do.; Gentle
men’s Worsted and Merino Hose; white- mid
brown Cotton and Merino :lull I'ose, Black ami
White Sdk .io.; Ladies mid Geiitk tiien’s Glows,
of’various qualities . Misses mid Boys <l<»-; Ladies
Kid ami I’.iiuell'i .Slippers; iTuDcila ami Gaulier
Boots; Ladies I'lumlla an I Velvet •>. atc-r Proof
Boots and Slippers; Gentlemen's Shoeset
description ; Gentlemen's Water Proof Boots ;
Gum Elastic do.; Opera .Io.; Fine Moiocco and
Prunella Danc'ni"; I’uinps; Mi.s.s and Boys Sim. s,
of various qualities; Gentleman's and Youths
fashionable Hats; Fur and Cloth Caps, oi xa .-
ons sizes; superfine Broad Cloths and Cassimiros.
Also a large assortment of
Keady ??2adc UToililials’;
Consisting ot Ladies mid gctillmm'n’s Cloth
Cloaks; Ladies figured ami plain Merino and
Circassian do.; Gentlemen's Camblet do.; Misses
and Boys Cloaks ; Over-coats; Gentlemen ami
Boys I ’rock ami Dress Coats ; Pantaloons ; Vests;
Stocks ; Linen Collars and Bosoms , Cotton,
Flannel and Merino Shirts and Drawers. ,
tTrsr'zfrv, JSiecrsl-ivare t>‘ SlaieonariJ.
Red ami black Linseys, for Negro (Tlothing.
ALo a large lot of NEGRO SHOES A SI) ,
DLANKF/PS, which will be sold at Augusta :
prices. On hand, i
ICO Pieces Cottos# Uag'g'siTg'.
They respcctfiilly invite their fiiends and the pub- ,
lie in general to call and examine,
LANE, LUMPKIN & HAMMOND.
Millledgeville, Oct. 4 38—4 t.
MEwiHWDSr j
HE subscribers have received their assort
iril-l't of FANCY AMD STAPLE,. FALL AMD -
Wi/TER goods, consisting of
Fg’d, satins,, fig d. pou de sone. silk.
Gros tie zim, I'biiil and fig’d. ciialL,
French and English Merinos, and ;
Merino gros de naps, Liplies satin (
embroidered cravats. Gloves,
Ho-iery, Cheneal and embroidered
Merino Shawls. A great variety of Fiend:
worked caps and collars.
Gent’s, and Boys Fur and Cloth Caps; Car
petings, Rugs &e. latest jiattm'iis. They invite
[ilanters t< call and examim th ir assortment o'
NEGRO doths. Shirtings, Shoes, /fats &<?., ns
they are determined that prices and quality shall
please.
Consisting of Gen’ts., and Ladies cloth Cloaks.
Over coats, Pauls. Vests, Collars, Stocks and
Bosoms.
CONSTANTLY EXPECTED,
2G, 3'oo Clieesei
WANTED,
BAGS OF COTTON, for which !
XJ? the highest market price will be
paid.
'j'hankful for past patronage, they pionuse to
merit a ceir.iiiuanee of the same.
Milledgeville Sept. 22d
CUV. LES & WARD.
Se|>t. S7. 39—ts.
HE owher of Lot No. 77, in the first district
_K_ of Irwin county, draw nby William Wells
of Clark county, is fieri by informed, that he can
sell it for a fair price, on application to the. sub
scriber at Copeland's Post Gfilee, Telfair county.
JAMES L. WILCOX.
Sept. 20. 37—ts,
SN consequence <>f some family disagreemetits
between myself mid my wile Elizabeth Wt.td
law, Ido heteby caution all persons against cie
diting her in any way, on my account, as I am '
deteimined not to pay any of her contracts, as a
portion of my proj>er:y lias been settled in the
li'iiids of trustees lor bar ben lit, in the State ol
South Carolina.
JOSEPH WARDLAW,
Putnam comity, Sept. 20.1836 37—4 t.
ALL persons are hereby cautioned
dmg for a Note of Hand given by myself to |
i.amuel J. Li.-iiier, of Lincoln coimty, Georgia, :
for '1 wo Himdred Doliai’s, dated about tiie kCth
Augu.,t, 1836, and payable to myself. It was
given for Lot of Land, No. 226, in'the 28th dis- .
trict, and third section, formerly Cherokee, now i
Walker county. 1 went with the said Lcsuier to
Milledgeville, where the titles where made to me
by him, agreeable to contract, and 1 paid him the 1
said Two Hundred Dollars, that said Note was
given for, and we forgot to exchange back the
•Xote ami Bond which lie gave me to make me
titles at Milledgeville. The Note is now without
consideration. 1 have left the Bond with Col.
Widiam Hardin, of Cassville, where lie is invit
ed to send the Note, and receive his Boud. 1
know not where to send his Bond to find him, or
who to authorize to receive the Note, mid hand
his Bond.
ROBERT CROSS,
Os VV alker Coimty. Ga.
Oct. 4 ’ 38—It
Ti e Georgia Journal, mid Standard of Union,
are requested to publish this once.
INCE the entire destruction of Rotmoke, in
Kj Stewart county, the undersigned have pur
chased a beautiful sil<v about three miles above,
upon which they propose to establish a town to
be called LIVERPOOL. This place is very ad
vantageously situ.tfrd, upon a high dry sandy
bluff, w hich has proved to be healthy from the
I’—* ' '
I*"
I
■ himdred shares, a portion of w hich may ho taken '
at 150 per share, if applieatiuu be made beforo !
the sale.
HENRY’ W. JERNIGAN,
ASAPH R. HILL,
, J AS. E. GA CHET,
GUSTAV US DELAUNAY.
BEN.I A. WHITE.
FRANCIS V. DEL.AI'NAY’,
j THOMAS B. STUBBS,
JOHN 11. HOWARD.
’ The Columbus. Macon, Milledgeville, At’gustn,
I Savannah, and Montgomery. (Ala) papers, will
publish the above until the clay of > ile, and for
ward their accounts to 11. VV. jermgaii, I.nnipkui
Stewart cmiiifj , Ga.
I September, 27. 37—tus.
NEATLY EXECtITI.p,
AT THIS OFFICE
N. B. JUIiAN.
38—It.
N. B.JUIIAN.
38—if.
AiJilidleyeville i-*rs<:«s Cu.mwaix,
CORRECTED WEEKLY.-
COTTO.N, - - . n a 1 17 •
w Seed, Pet. Gulf,’.bush ai none
111!)::5....bry, - . . u, ! c l 7
y<i W
GLA.-ib, l.» by 12. French'm ' a 6.00
do 8*• 10, Amer, j: do | j 4 5U
UANDI.ES, Sperm. ... ij lb, j a ! 43
Cieo. pjuukl, : Iu I a
CHI ESE I; lb jn J 121
< L’Ahft. .M 17 00 a iVO. U 9
DEMIJOHNS, . . . I >sialLAo
LOi R, Best C:ma] t . . |!i.b». | j.<] none
stones, . . .ib 35 1
IRON h lb 5 i 4i ! 0
lb: lv V 12
SIEM,, German, ~ . Jh j 16
<0 English, Bis. i lb; 16:«j 18
do American,. ..' lb j V i a l 10
NAILS, 4d. to 20d. ...H Ib 1 L j 9
CASTINGS, English, It lb I I ! R 4
''o American, ;Ib ! iu' *1
‘Udil L'lisk 5 00 L 800
UAUhEREL, No. 2, I'iffiJ. j j«|HCO
. 'b* “ 3, ;:bi»i. 1 i<ilo 50
n i A V Sr ’ S ’ M 60 «
OILS, Linseed |:g f J| !1£0! a | T t!2j
/b’, S I"T.V. in. Strain'.; gall ; j a > I £0
FLUSTER PARIS, , - easkjlO I J
PORK. Prime Il.bl, I i u 25
POTATOES i,bl. j a 3 00
IJC.XD, White, x e g >375 |j 4 (J)
J?. E; “’* • • . i «l> i JO '«( 12*
f Log. Brandy,4 th proof'gall 2 50 lu* 3 GO
. Gin—Holland, .. . .igall 125 | u 150
A “ American, . . ilgall 70 ja 7S
L. , Jamaica R tin ., . . . j “5 j a I 50
X I *''*'■• England, do. . . hgall 60 Iu
I Wbwkey —Baltimore, gall <<o I a B2*
I “ Mmiong. gall 75 la J b'O
I Peach Brandy. . . gal! 125 I a 150
as f Porto. Rico, ’...., j ]|> ja J 4
St. Croix, j 11, a F 3
,z •! Hnvatmah—White, jlb a U-*
s Loaf, Ilb 20 j a 22
(Lump Jlb -la 16
WlNES—Madeira, . . . figall 350 ! a 5 00
do Te ierilD, L, P. jgail '175 < a 2uu
•Io Malaga, .... ; gall j 65 a J
do Claret, j gall a 1
„ d o Port gall |2soa 4<w
SOAP, bar, - .... lb I 10 a ’ 2 4
SHOT, . . - ... '-bag j a 275
SALT, Ijbushi 874 « 100
to zVfccEiEasiest
WILL be let to the lowest bidder on M«n
day. the 17th instant, the BUILDING OF
A NEW B:IH)GE across Buffalo Creek, known
l .’ ; Long s Bridge, on the -dividing line between
ILv.icock and Washington Counties. The letting
w ill take place at the site of the Old Bridge. A
plan, and the terms will be furnished to the bidders
on the day of letting.
R. P. SASNETT,
SHADRICK TRAWICK,
FREDERICK TRAWICK.
SAMUEL STANDI A’,
WM. HITCHCOCK,
Hancock County,
B. BROOKINS,
R. BULLINGTON,
M. POOL,
STEPHEN MILLS,
JAMES R \Y r ,
H’a.diington County.
ON the IGth iust., a large red Morocco Pock
book with three pockets, eentainiiig the
following papers, xiz : one note on IL 11. Mor
gan, ii:r two hundred mid seventy-seven dollar*
mid forty-three cents, bearing-date’ some time in
Jamia y last, and due on or before the tw enty
fi th of December next, made payable to myself
or bearer. 1 our notes on Josiah ('.ulpepper, An
ted. I believe, on the 7th iust; three -of them fop
th.-ry dollars each, and one fortw cuty-dollars, auJ
sixty-eight ; ini three fourth cents, all made r ay,
able to myself or bearer, and due on the twenty,
fifth <.f December next; nlsd an account on Jess#
for four cfolfcrs and fifty cents, besides sev,
eral other accounts, and several receipts. Tho
said pocket-book also contained a five dollar bill
of the Aim cn bank, ami several change bills on
difi’ercnl banks not particularly recollected, apd
also some few pieces of silver change.
All persons are hereby forw arned from trading
tor any of she above notes, and theinakers there,
of are forwarned from paying the same to any
other person than myself. Any person who may
find the sail pocket book, and shall deliver the
same logethqr with its contents to me, or shall sq
contrive that I < c et them, shall be suitably rewafr
ded. ' L. B. L. CANSEY,
Sept. 20. 37—31.
zi Teacher wiaEfitod.
FTpIIE Trustees of the HILL ACADEMY,
_EJ_ in Monroe County, are desirous of a
Mala Teacher the ensuing year.
Tiiis Institution is within a mile of the Macon
and Forsyth Road, seven miles below the latter
place, End the neighbourhood both agreeable
and healthy.
None need apply unless he can bring unques
tionable testimony of moral character,industry,
and capacity to teach tho mixed and solid
branches of English and Classic Literature.
Communications addressed to the Trustees,
at Stalling’s Store, w ill be promptly attended to»
M. VV. M’CRAU, j
BENJ. BRANTLY, I m t
THOS. DYSON, f T, ' usire3 -
C. Y. CALDWELL. J
October 4, 1836. 38—ts.
$ 20 REWABIK
ANA WAY from the subscriber, on the 31
|.|t. ( a Negroman named BERRY, about
25 or 26 years 'if ago, about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches
high, very black, and has a down cast look whei;
spoken to. he has followed the river from this
place to Darien, on about for Messrs. Nichols
Deining,3or 4 years; whoever will deliver liim
to me in -his place, or lodge him in any safe Jail ;;i
this State, so that 1 can get him. shall receive
the above reward, and all reasonable expences
paid. PRYOR WRIGHT.
Milledgeville, June 14, 1836. 22—if.
OUR MONTHS afterdate application will
be made to the Honorable, th? Inferior Court
of Dooly Coimty, when sitting fur ordinary purpo
ses, for leave to s< H lot of land No. 201. in the
, for the benefit of the
in deed, this 21 st July
SANDERLiX, Adqi.
29—4m ft
IOIL.S*,
*s thankful to Ids
T oi general, lor past favors in
S ius line of business ; and hopes to merit a cou
t tinuance, by his strict and imdcviating attention
j of self and family.—His houses ate very ex
tensive and commodious, with upwards of fifty
fire places.—lt is the nearest to the
State House—it is well known t)te best tho
country affords, he will have forlijs '(’able —and
lot terms try Old Sain once more dpt.
SAML. BUFFINGTON
Sept, 20. ‘ 4t—36.
' FljiNHll SUBSCRIBER respectfol-
i Jy infmins bis friends and the
- public, that he has opened a house ot
Ar'l/A.-iA' entertninment in the Town of Ltiw-
> i.i., cvii’e, Gw'iniKti t 'ounty. Georgia, w here be
flatters himself those who may favor him with q
call w ill find every thing provided which can con
tribute to them comfort and coiiycniciiee.
JOHN F.MARTIN.
* l.tnvrev.ecville Dec. P, 1835. int;tiG—
Sept. 20.