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From the Macon Telegraph. ' :
A PARALLEL. '
Godwin, in one of his early works, makes I ’
his hero, St. Leon> to have discovered the JI
Philosopher’s Stone, so that he wftsvnnblctl '
to prepare the Elixer of 1 die, renew his wge, i ’
and live forever ; and with it the art of
transmuting the most common metals into j
gold, thereby increasing his wealth beyond '
nil bounds. I lis first impressions were to
help his friends and trample upon his ene
mies, but soon he found himself obliged to I
resist his oppressionami was driven from
his home to wander about the wide world,
making whnt friends he might by bribery
with bis gold ; hut after a while it was no
ticed, that he retained his age in so flourish
ing a condition, though without a single
personal friend in the world, that it began
to be whispered abroad that be was a body
without a soul, „nd that he had to do. with
the Devil. He interfered with monied in
stitutions of long' standing ; nt length all
Honest men were united against him, and |
, the government, at their request, drove him
as an unprincipled marauder from the capi
«Fnf the rhmitry. Ms however continued
roving about the provinces, utterly despi
sed by the iqhabitauts; he made an attempt
to rally, and'addressed L iters to one high
in authority, in whom he had never dared I
offer indignity, although many as high iu i
r hltce had beet) bribed to silence, or to take ;
active part in bis belialf, and had by this ■
.means, fur a short time, turned the heads
■of whole cities. From this patriot lie re
’Veived nothing bnt silent contempt, yet he
was never before known to be silent on anv
occasion, or from any quarter. The peo
ple, now aroused to fury, pelted St. Leon ,
wijh stones and drove him notonly from the 1
city, but from the provinces. He at length j
found himself, though wallowing in gold, i
’ ’destitute of home or friends, he retired to a
cavern and called on death to relieve him!
from a world where he received nothing but I
. curses.
Have we not something like the St. Le- i
on of Godwin, in the President of the U. S.
Bank ? In fact the resemblance is so true ■
one might well be led to suppose Biddle sat j
for the picture.
P. I
From the Macon Telegraph.
PORTIUS CATO.
Portim Cato raised himself many ene
mies by bis stern and indexible integrity,
and his severity in punishing offenders.
' He spared no man, nor was a friend to any
who was not so to the commonwealth. More
than fifty accusations were successively
brought against him ; yet, by the common
suffrages of the people, he was always de
clared innocent, and that not by power of)
his rtehes or the interest of his friends, but,
by the justice of his cause. Cato was also ;
ds w ise as he was just, for being’accused a- '
* gam in his old age, he requested Gracchus, [
une of his chief enemies, might alone sit
tin judgment iiptm him. This was granted,
the cause of complaint examined into, and,
Gracchus pronounced him innocent. From i
UTesult so corresponding to the noble con
fidence shewn Cato, he lived ever after in
equal glory and security. The boast of
Portias Calo that he had been fifty-one'
times tried and acquitted, though extraordi- '
nary enough, yet the charges brought by
the Senate and others against Gen. Jack-,
son will exceed that number, yet by the com- 1
mon suffrages of the people he was always
declared innocent. He sal out with the
declaration that he would demand nothing
hut what was right, nor submit to any thing
that was wrong. Having, in violation of
the Constitution, been accused, tried, and
convicted, without a hearing by the Senate,
Gen. Jackson offered a protest to be entered j
on the records of that House; when Mr.
Clay exclaimed, “ VVheie is there an in
stance of a culprit, having been accused of
a crime, tried, and convicted, that would
thus presume to offer a protest to be entered
upon the recordsof the Court.” The pro-'
test was not received. In the expunging
resolution of the Senate, the perfidy of this
Jesuit has found his reward.
Gen. Jackson now being accused, in his;
old age, he might request that the Wise !
man of Virginia, one of his chief enemies,
if possessed but of a tithe of the honesty of |
a Gracchus,knight alone sit in judgment'
upon him, that this last cause of complaint'
might lie examined into, and he would a
gain, as he will be, pronounced innocent,
and will live ever after, as did Portius Ca
to, in equal glory and security.
Treasury Department.
January 20, 1837.
Notice is hereby given, that under the
provisions of an act of Congress, appro
ved the 18th January, 1837, all coins of
the United States both of gold and silver, •
bearing the date ol 1837, and subsequent
years, will have the standard such that, of
one thousand parts by weight, nine hundred
will be of the pure metal, and one hundred
of alloy ; that the weight of the gold coins
will be the same as established, by the act
of June 1834, the eagle having the weight
of two hundred and fifty-eight grains, and
the parts in proportion ; and the weight of
the silvercoin will be reduced, so as io re
tain the same quantity of pure silver as here
tofore, the dollar having the weight of four
hundred and twelve and one half grains,
and the parts in proportion.
LEVI WOODBUBY,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Mrnulrmu stride of the Bank.of the Unit-\
cd Slat co.
The Sate of Georgia is in flames on ac- 1
count of a.new and daring act of this tie-!
mendous Institution. It has sought to ob
tain foothold, not by asking the content of
the State to establish a Branch or an Agen
cy mils borders, but by buying up for a
j.femmm of 100,000, another banking in
stitution, enlarging its capital to whatever
extent it pleases, and establishing as many
Branches in the State as it pleases, This is
monstrous and intolerable. What would
the people of Virginia say, if the Bank were
to play the same game upon us—and buy
the Bank of the V alley, for the purpose of
fixing its fangs among us? Let the reader
read the articles, and then judue of the
conrse, the alarming course of this inon
stroul Institution, which first claims immu
nity from the censure of the people.of oth
er States, by shielding itself under the char
•r of Pennsylvania, and then dares to trans-
(#•»!
gress the limits of another Stale, and to vi- I
olate her rights, by purchasing up a charter
which she intruded for very different pur
poses.
Thanks to the Milledgeville Rec order, |
which, though a Whig paper, has come out
boldly against the intruder!
liichmond .Enquirer.
ELECTION OF SENATOR IN
OHIO.
Our letters bring the gratifying intelli
gence of the llo\> William Allen, (late a
member of Congress front the Chilieothe
district,) as the successor of Mr. Ewing.
Mr. Allen signalized his term in the House I
of Representatives, as one of the sternest,
as well as a most eloquent opponent of the
Batik of the United States. The Bank
field immense power in his district, and ex
erted jts moneyed influence in aid of the fed- I
eral party, which has stronger hold in that
quarter titan in any other part of Ohio, to
prevent his re-election. It succeeded by a
! small majority, in electing Mr. Bond, the
collector of its bonds there. He may be
looked upon as the representative of repriev
ed debtors, driven to embrace federalism
against their will. (
The republicans of Ohio have nobly re
united Mr. Allen, and honored the cause of
i Ute people, by electing him over Mr. Ew
| ing, a Bank beneficiary, who obtained at
! one time, as is well known, $20,000 to spec
ulate in a laud scrip created by bis own le
gislation.
What dreadful havoc the people have
made in that citadel of their strength, the
Senate, which was toasted at every Bank
I festival throughout the Union, as the only
I barrier to restrain the usurpation of a des-
I potic President, and save tile country and
I Constitution from utter ruin! In Maine, af
ter in vani instructing, the people were com
; pelled fairly to annihilate from his Senator- ,
j ship the Hon. PELEG SPRAGUE, who 1
stood for a succession of days in one spot, I
■ and prophecied against the President, and
i preached up the Bank as lire ark ofourpo-;
lilical safety. The virtuous John Holmes >
i had preceded him, and led the way to his j
I Curtis-like self-immolation. That sancti
monious gentleman, Mr. BELL of New-
Hampshire, who came in on pledges to obey
! instructions, went out cursing them. Mr.
i ROBBINS of Rhode Island, saved himself
> by obtaining a re.election from a Legisla
ture whose term had expired, and who per
petuated their poaer by their own vote, af
ter they were condemned by a qote of the
people, for the purpose of electing him.
This proceeding was sanctioned by a report
from Poindexter’s committee, supported by
the Bank majority of the Senate. Mr.
KNIGHT, his colleague, secured his place
jby the vote ol a mutilated Legislature, a
' full body not being returned ; add now lliat
> the people have succeeded in getting a full
! General Assembly, these Senators find thetn
! selves the direct antagonists of the conslit
; uent body. Connecticut has disposed of
i her brace of panic Senators. New Jersey
I has voted Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN into
I retirement, and Mr. SOUTHARD into in-
significance. Virginia has settled her con
tested rights with Messrs. TYLER, TAZ
WELL and LEIGH. North Carolina has
' asserted her supremacy over Mr. MANG
' UM’S magniloquent dictation. Alabama
! is relieved from the Calhounery of GABRI
,EL MOORE. Louisiana has quietly laid
i Mr. WAGGAMAN on the shelf, and po
litely, after the fashion of rye French, re
lieved itself of Mr. PORTER’S- bothera
i tion. Mississippi is redeemed from the
POINDEXTER abomination, and will
soon be rid of all its Black sheep. And
though last, not least, Ohio has dismissed
her panic maker to solitude. Fifteen con
demned Senators in regular succession, cer
tainly may be considerad as affording a
good lesson to apostacy. [G/o6e.
of
'•The friends of the Union are our friends,and its
enemies, our enemies."
__TUES»AY MOKNING, February 7.
JNDI AN II OST I LIT! E s’’
A rumor has reached us, that the Troop from
, Franklin county, which passed through this city a
few weeks since, has had an engagement with the
! Hostile Creeks—but no particulars as to the result.
It will be seen from the following extractor a
letter from the Editor of the Constitutionalist, that
his establishment has been placed in great jeopar
dy, and consequently in much confusion, by a fire
which originated near it.
Constitutionalist Office, )
Augusta, Feb. 3, 1837. j
At abqut half past one to-day, a Kitchen
building, in a lot back of our office, and in
. the occupation of the workmen of the Rail
Road Company, was discovered to be on
fire. The building was consumed. The
wooden houses adjoining were saved by the
exertions of ottr citizens and the fire engines.
• Our office, which is a large brick and fire
proof building, escaped also, though the
; shutters were at one lime on fire. The ncci
i dent has, however, put our office in ex-
I trerne confusion. It will not be in ottr pow
' er to issue a paper before Tuesday or Wed
nesday next. The issuing of our weekly
i paper will be retarded a few' days.
THE TARIFF.”
Ihe bill now before Congress, to reduce the
tariff, has placed the nullifying members in “a
precarious quandary."
ft is very amusing to read their speeches, and
particularly, when we recollect, that a few years
since, they demanded a total repeal of all protec
tive duties, as the sole condition upon which they
would consent to temaiii in the Union. Then,
the tariff was unjust, unconstitutional, and op
pressive beyond all endurance,and it must instant
ly be reduced, ortho Union dissolved.
This was the hobby upon which Mr. Calhoun
expected to ride into the Presidency of the United
Htatcs.or of a southern ccnfederacy to be estab
lished for his own especial benefit ; and so it went,
"ntil defen, i„ mi, |„.,..„ H(! npp!lr( . nt? and
until the voice of publie opinion became so deci
ded against the tariff, that its overthrow was cer
tain, through the peaceful and constitutional ac
tion of the government; tind nothing prevented
its full and final cousunmiation, but the odious
compromise of 1833; a compromise which actu-|
ally increased the burdens of the system, and left \
the people in a worse condition than they wore;
before.
Down with the tariff was the cry of Mr. Cal
houn ttntl his followers every where! It cannot,
it must not, it shall not be endured—but it was
compromiscd ( at last. Now that a substantial reduc
tion is proposed, the very quinine of anti-tariff, the
champions of the “rightful remedy” areas quiet
as you please, and seem to he in very great doubt
upon the subject. Mr. Calhoun seems to think
the tariffis not exactly what it ought to be, but
then itwouldnot be right to break down the manu
facturing intciest, by suddenly withdrawing from i
them all protection—nor would it be considered a i
very clever act "to disturb the compromise” which
he had uegociated w ith that intciest ; so that up
on the whole, if there is any party in Congress,
who don’t care what course the tariff takes, it is
the nullifiers; and we entertain no doubt, that if
Mr. Calhoun by becoming its advocate, could so
far advance his own interest, as to reach tire Pres
idency, he would far outstrip Air. Clay, and Mr.
Webster, in advocating its justice and its policy.
Who that remembers the scenes of 1831—2
and 3, can doubt it. Who that contemplates those
scenes, and compares them with the present course
of the nullifiers upon that subject, can believe in
the sincerity of the men, who blew up that excite
ment ?
This is a season in which we can look calmly
at the past. The excitement has gone by, and
reason is in her seat; and it is in seasons like this,
that the characters of men are scrutinized, and the
judgment made tip, which is to go down to poster
ity.
Air. Calhoun is now upon trial He stands be
fore the great ordeal of public opinion, and must
abide its award. That part of the investigation
which relates to his windings and doublings upon
thetariff question, will furnish much curious and
; interesting matter, and will present him in even'
; attitude of friendship and hostility *o the same
j measure, and prove him beyond all doubt, to be
the most conspicuously inconsistent politician of
his day. We shall talk on this subject again.
INDIAN HOSTILITIES.
The apprehensions for several weeks entertain
ed, of the hostile intentions of the Creek Indians,
remaining in the nation, is now fully realized.
The following letter from Capt. Page, com
manding at Fort Alitchcll, leaves no doubt that
[ those deluded wretches are determined to do all
j the mischief in their power, and no alternative
| is loft, as regards the course to he pursued by the
i whites. They must be exterminated, or there is
no security for the lives of our fellow-citizens.
An adequate force is now in pursuit,and we hope
to learn in a short time, that they have put the
red sticks beyond the power of further depreda
tions.
FORT MITCHELL, Ala, >
3d February 1837. j
Sir : —Since the depredations commit
ted on Dr. Battle’s plantation, I have the
honor to report, that another family has
been murdered by the hostile Indians. His
name was Peul, and his overseer and five
negroes were also killed. They burned his
houses ; also the house of another planta
tion, after the family had made their es
i cape. A company assembled and went to |
the spot where the murders were commit
ted, lor the purpose of burying the persons
killed, and were fired on by the Indians, and
two of them killed and five wounded.
General Wellborn who commanded a vo
lunteer company, and mustered into the
'U. S. service, trailed them up, and the In-:
dians got into his rear and opened a dre
on him, and disabled three men. The bat
tle commenced, and lasted al out a half an
hour, one man killed and five wounded.
. Among the wounded was Gen. Wellborn,
slightly, having the end of his finger shot
j off. At the commencement of the battle he ■
had but twenty-orc. officers and men in the"
action J eleven of his were killed.
1 have sent to his relief a company ofVol
uit'.eers from Franklin county Georgia,
and another from Tallapoosa county Ala
bama. The three companies united, are in
full pursuit of the hostiies.
This battle occurred in the middle prong 1
of the Cowiza. After the battle was over,
I they trailed them six miles to the north prong
of the Cowiza, in the direction of this place.
! I am daily expecting anotner company of
mounted men from Chambers countv Ala
bama, and one of Infantry, which I shall
■ muster into service, which will make in all,
I four companies of mounted men, and one
infantry. Gen. Wellborn thinks the num
ber of Indians, he had to contend with were
about sixty. As I stated in my former re
port, lam inclined to think these Indians
are some returned from Florida, and pro
bably joined by some few that fled from
Echo Harjo’s camp, that have been loiter
ing in the edge of the Swamps, and would
never came forward to be enrolled.
So soon as 1 receive Gen. Wellborns re
port, I will forward a copj. I have stated
the facts as have been reported to me by a
person who was present after the battle was
over.
With respect,! have the honor to be
Your Obedient Servant.
JOHN PAGE, Capt.
4th Infantry commanding.
His Excellency, William Schley,
Milledgeville, Ga.
“LOOK ON THIS PICTURE, AND
ON THIS !”
We publish extracts to day, from the
Messages ofGovernor Marcy of New York,
and Governor Rilner of Pennsylvania, to
the Legislature of their respective States.
Governor Marcy is a Jackson man—a
Van Buren man—and a democrat. He
denounces in the most decided terms, the
fanatical course of the abolitionist’s and
maintains with talent and energy, the rights
and interests of the South.
Governor Ritner is a Whig—alias a Fed
eralist —alias a Nullifier—alias an aboli
tionist. He is the enemy of General Jack
son—of Martin Van Buren, and of De
mocracy.—He is the friend of Daniel Web
ter—of John C. Calhoun—of Henry
sClay—of General Harrison, and Arthur
Tappan, and is ready to explode the Union
in the cause of the fanatics.
Can the most inveterate prejudice still
THE STANDARD OF UNION
shut its. eyes, or close its ears to the truth ?
or can there be a virtuous citizen of any par
ty who loves the constitution, or regards the
rights, the peace and security of his coun
trymen, who is willing to recognize Gover
nor Ritner in atty other Sight, than a politi
cal incendiary ?
1‘ acts are stubborn things, and against
all theslanders which have been heaped up
on the head of Air. Van Buren particularly
on this subject, the truth is every day com
ing to light, that the main body of the abo
litionists are attached to the whig party.
Let the people read and compare the setf
timents of Marcy and Ritner—let then look
into Congress and the State Legislatures,
and they will find forty-nine out of every
fifty abolitionist, to be a whig and opposed
to Jackson and Van Buren.
John Quincy Adams is a whig—Daniel
W ebster is a whig—and most, of their whig
followers, are like themselves, decided abo
litionists !
Yet with all these facts staring them in
the lace—Webster is praised, and the right
hatidot fellowship is extended to him and
his fanatical brethren by Southern men,
boastingof State rights.
We have much matter in hand, which we
shah prese. t from time to time, in support
ot tie assertion, that the abolitionists are
wiiigs.
Fzteactfrom the Message of Governor Bitner
of Pennsylvania.
T> ascertain what have been—nay, what are
the doctrines ot the poople of this State, on the
subject ot domestic slavery, reference need on
ly bi made to the statute book and journals of
the egislature. Thoy wi.-l there be found im
pnaed in letters ot light upon almost every
pagt. In 1, Smith s Laws, 493, is found “an
act or the gradual abolition of slavery in Penn
sylvania,” with a preamble that should be prin
ted n letters ot gold. This is the first act of
the iind passed in any part of the Union, and
was nobly put forth to the world in the year
178 1 ), in the midst of the struggle for national
freedom. This just doctrine was, through a
long course of years, adhered to and perfected,
till da very ceased in our State. And, finally,
in 1(527, the following open avowal of the State
docsine, was piefaced to the act “to prevent
certain abuses of the laws relative to fugitives
front labor:” “ The traffic in slaves, no.w ab
horred by all the civilized world, ought not in
the slightest degree to be tolerated in the State
of Pennsylvania.”
Not only has Pennsylvania thus expelled the
evil from her own borders, but she has on all
properoccasions, endeavored to guard hervouh
ger sisters from the pollution. On the 19th of
Dec. 1819, the following language was unani
mously made use of by the legislature, and ap
proved by the Governor, on tho question of ad
mitting new States into the Union, with the
right of holding slaves. “ That the senators
and representatives of this State, in Congress
of the United States, be, and they are hereby
requested to vote against the admission of any
territory as a State into the Union, unless the
further introduction of slavery or involuntary
servitude, except for the punishment of crime
whereof the party shall have been duly convic
ted, shall be prohibited, and all children born
within the said territory after its admission into
the Union as a State, shall be free, but may be
held to service until the age of twenty-five
years.”
The preamble to this resolution, too long to be
cited at large, is worthy of all consideration at
the present juncture.
On the much discussed question of slavery
in the District of Columbia, there never has
been any thing like hesitation. On the 23d of
January, 1819, the legislature passed a resolu
tion instructing our representatives in Congress
to advocate the passage of a law for its aboli
tion ; and the voice of public opinion, as ex
pressed through the press, at meetings and in
petitions, has been unchanging on the sub
ject.
Thes tenets, then, viz : opposition to slavery,
at borne, which, by the blessing of Providence,
has been rendered effectual; opposition to the
admission into the Union of new slave-holding
States ; and opposition to slavery in the Dis
trict of Columbia, the very hearth and domestic
abode of the national honor ; have ever been,
i and are the cherished doctrines of our State.
| Let us, Fellow-Citizens, stand by and maintain
them unshrinkingly and fearlessly. While we
I admit and scrupulously respect the constitution
( al rights of other States on this momentous sub
ject, let us not, either by fear or interest, be
1 driven from aught of that spit it of independence
I and veneration for freedom, which has ever
characterised our beloved commonwealth.
Above all, let us never yield up the right of
the free discussion of any evil which may arise
in the land or any part of it; convinced that the
moment we do so, the bond of union is broken.
I’oi, the union being a voluntary compact to
continue together for certain specified purposes,
the instant one portion of it succeeds in impo
sing terms and dictating conditions upon anoth
er, not found in the contract, the relation between
them changes, and that which was union becomes
subjection.
Extract from Governor Alarcy of New York’s
annual Alessage:
At the commencement of the last session of
the legislature, the public mind was much dis
turbed in several of the States by schemes then
on foot for abolishing domestic slavery. Some
undoubtedly embarked in them with good inten
tions; but it is now more evident perhaps than
it was then, that many of the agitators were
prosecuting political designs under the mask of
pretended philanthropy. As soon as the ex
citement ceased to subserve party purposes, it
began to abate. Although these fanatical pro
ceedings have not been entirely discontinued,
they are not now of such a character as to at
tract much public attention here, or furnish any
just cause for alaini elsewhere.—The mass of
our fellow-citizens, without regard to party dis
tinctions or religions sects, reprobated them, and
united in urgent and strong appeals to the agi
tators to forego their mischievous designs. It
was then a matter of sincere regret, that any
had given their sanction to measures tending to
disturb the friendly relations among the members
of our Federal Union ; and it is now a subject
ot congratulation, that, rebuked and citcuni
scribed as these proceedings have been, and I
trust will continue to be, by the vigorous and
healthful tone ol public, opinion, there is no lon
ger any cause for disquietude on this account.
To the Editorof the Standard of Union.
Siu:—Permit me to say in your paper, that as
many of my constituents feel that they will not be
hilly represented unless the Supreme Court is or
ganized, a thing for which I cannot vote, in the
present shape of the bill, J shall not be a candid
ate f®r a scat in the next Legislature.
MOSES AHJR.PHEY.
Decatur, DeKalb Co. Feb, 3d, 1837.
Columbus, Feb. 3.
THE HOSTILE CREEKS.
Since our last, daily occurrences have ta
ken place, fully confirming all that we have
previously anticipated and said, in relation
to the Indian disturbances in the Creek Na
tion. The war has actually begun with a
vigor and desperation not surpassed at anv
period of the last campaign. Fifty warri
ors have gone out of thecamp, undercharge
of Lieut. Sloan—in all, about twohniulred,
men women and children—the women have
killed their children, and prepared to take
care of themselves—this is the strongest de
monstration of hostilities. A cainp has been
discovered on Pee River, in Barbour coun
ty, numbering some two hundred, who, it is
ascertained have never struck their flag,
but have been hostile from the very com
mencement. To this camp belonged those
Indians who murdered Air. Pugh and his
tiegroes, a confirmation of which we have
ina slip, received from the office of the
Alontgomery Advertiser. Reports leave
no room for doubt that a number of Indi
ans have returned from Florida, and that
they are daily re|urning—all these circum
stances, and facts, when taken together, fur
nish just ground for alarm. True, there are
a few brave fellows in the field—they are
fighting—they have fought, and fought
bravely—but their force is too weak to en
counter the enemy with success.
Capt. Wellburn, with twenty men march
ed from Irwinton, and commenced scour
ing thej Cowaggee Swamp, “unaid
ed and alone, “on Sunday last, they were
attacked by a party of Indians from one
hundred to one hundred and twenty in num
ber, and were of course overpowered and
obliged to make goo 1 their retreat; but not
until Lieutenant Paterson—a brave and
iworthy young man, whose untimely death
is deeply deplored by all his friends—bad
been literelly shot to pieces, and jive of the
company severely wounded, As soon as
this news reached Irwinton, another band
of volunteers, numbering jour, started
to join their comrades and friends; besides
these troops, a mounted company of vol
unteers, from Franklin county, (Geo.) are
in the Nation, some eighty in number ma
king in all, only one hundred and thirty
five or forty white men to contend against
perhaps three times that number of savages I
Thus it will be seen,, we are again cursed
with an unequal, a harassing, a destructive
Indian war I Which should have been
ended long ago for the peace of the coun
try—injustice to the citizens and for the
honor of the nation. The whar-whoop
was sounded early last summer—property
was destroyed—blood was spilled—thou
sands of soldiers were marched to the
scene of action—there was a wholesale dis
play of mi.itary pomp and an immense ex
penditure of money to sustain the war.
Tne whole Summer was consumed with
I this affair—the (all approached and the In
dians were ordered to be emigrated—the
contract was taken, and a portion of them
were removed, but unfortunately and crim
inally, a party was left behind and most
ridiculously six hundred Creek warriors
were taken to Florida, to whip the Setni
noles as though six thousand United State’s
troops were not a fair match for fifteen hun
dred half starved indians II! Here was
the grand error—and to this circumstance
is attributable the disturbances which at
present surround us. When the emigra
tion commenced, it should have continued;
until not an Indian, from old Neah Micco
down to the youngest child, could have
been found on this side the Mississippi.
Want of room compels us to defer further
remarks on the subject till next week.
LATEST FROAI FLORIDA.
Augusta, Feburary 4.
From the Jacksonville Courier ofthe2Btl.
tilt, we larn that Lieut. Smiley, of Capt.
Ried’s company, was shot by the Indians
on the 24th while stationed at the Mineral
Springs, near the house of Mr. Sykes, his
father-in-law.
Lieut. Smiley was was about a 150 yards
from the house, engaged in cutting wood,
w hen he was shot. Three balls took effect
—one in his body—one in the head—and
one in the arm. He was killed instantly
and scalped.
Air Sykes was in his corn house—hear
ing the shots and the yell of the Indians, he
ran for his house amid a volley of shots
from the enemy. He closed the door.—
The Indians made a furious attact upon the
house conluining Air. and Mrs. Sykes and
Airs. Smiley and child, and two or three ne
gro women. Mr. Sykesdefended the house
by keeping up a fire on the assailants, sup
posed to be from 25 to 50 in number. The
attack was commenced at half past three o’-
clock P. Al. and continued till after dark.
The house is litterally cut up with bul
lets.
Alter dark Mr. Sykes raised a plank from
the floor so as to get out a negro woman
whom he sent to the springs to notify the
men there to come to his relief. She suc
ceeded, and a party of nine men reached
the house by eleven o’clock. The Indians
had retired. None of the inmates of the
house were wounded, although bullets pass
ed through the cloths ofsome of them. Mr.
Sykes is confident he wounded or killed
four.
Air. S. states that he was confident he saw
a white man with the Indians—for he had
so fair a view of him as to be able to denote
that he wore blue cloths and a white hat.
“ Can it be that there is in existence and
inhuman Devil with thefortnand lineaments
ol a white man, leading on the Indians to
murder his brethern and attack their dwell
ings ! then ought the incarnate fiend to be
suspended between earth and heaven, there
to hang till his flesh rots off, and his bones*
shiver in the wind, till blown joint by joint
and scatterd over earth by the whirlw ind.”
The body of Mr. Rooks was found on
Thursdy near the place where Mr. Dell’s
negroes were captured—two bullet holes
through it—scalped and plundered of its
pantaloons.
Gen. Jesup is on a trail of Indians leading
towards the VVacassa country, and intends
to proceed till he overtakes them.
An Indian was taken prisioner by the
Alabamaians on the 19th ult. on the west
side of the Withlacoochee, while in the act
ofskinninga beef,
[Georgia Courier.
Agency.
THE UNDERSIGNED will attend to the
Discount and Renewal of Notes at the
Central Bank—to taking out and forwarding
Grants, and to the preparation and transmission
of Records and Documents from the several
Departments in the State House.
Terms.— One Dollar for each note discounted
or renewed at the Central Bank—One Dollar for
a seperate Grant, and fifty cents for each additional
one.
For preparing and forwarding records and docu
ments, the compensation will be in proportion to
the time and labor employed.
The money for renewal of notes, grants, fees, &c.
must invariably be forwarded, and the postage of
letters on business, must be paid in all cases.
BOLLING 11. ROBINSON.
Milledgeville Ga, December 29, 50-—ts.
The Southern Recorder, the Columbus Sentinel, I
Southern Banner, Georgia Constitutionalist and
Savannah Georgian, will give tho above one in
sertion and forward their accounts to this office
for payment.
Agcsscy.
FWHIE UNDERSIGNED will attend to the
discount and renewal of rfotes at the Cen
rai Bank—to taking out and forwarding Grants,
to preparing and forwarding Documents from the
teveral Departments, and to furnishing Maps and
Lists of Districts, for the usual competisation.
Being engaged in the State House, he will be '
always ready to attend with promptness, any bu
siness entrusted to his care.
CHARLES E. IL HAYNES.
Milledgeville, “th January 1837/
Tll2 Columbus Sentinel, Miner’s Recor
der Athens Banner and Savannah Geor
gia t will give the above two insertions.
THE undersigned will attend to the Renew
al of notes in the Central Bank at the usu
al tee of one dollar for each renewal. They will
also pass through the several offices and forward
Grants at one dollar for a single Grant, and fifty
cents|each, where more than one is requested.
Communicatio.ai addressed to them jointly or
separately, post paid, will be punctually attendee
JOHN G. PARK,
PETER FAIR.
Milledgeville, April 26 15 ts
Card.
FMXIIE undersigned being located at the seat of
Government, will be ready at the shortest
notice, to furnish maps of Counties, Districts and
sections; as also, lists of the names and residence
of persons who have drawn land in any of the
Lotteries.
wm. McMurray.
Milledgeville, 22d. Jan. 1837. 2—ts.
A Card.
FWXIIE SURVEYOR GENERAL finds it ne
cessary to remind the public, that the in
creased applications to him for the passing and
forwarding of grants, involves an amount of labor
and pecuniary responsibility, he is disposed no
longer to bear without adequate remuneration.
In future, the usual fee of One Dollar for a single
Grant, or fifty cents each foi more than one, will
be required for such service—and to ensure atten
tion, this must invariably be remitted free of pos
tage. Milledgeville, Ga. December 52, 50—ts.
GEOItC<I A:
A Proclamation
By WILLIAM SCHLEY, Governor of said
State.
WHEREAS, I have, as directed by the
act of the General Assembly of this
State, passed the 11th day of February, 1799,
entitled “an Act to regulate the general elec
tions of this State, and to appoint the time of
the” meeting of the General Assembly,” ar
ranged and counted up the votes given at the
election held throughout this State, on Monday
the second day of this (January,) instant, for a
member to represent this State in the House of
Representatives of the Congress of the United
States, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the re-t
signation of the Hon. George VV. B. Towns,
from which it appears that Julius C. Alford has
the highest number of votes.
I have therefore thought proper to issue this
my Proclamation hereby declaring, that the said
Julius C. Alford is duly elected to fill the said
vacancy in the House of Representatives of
the Congress of the United States, and notify
ing hhn to signify his acceptance of the said ap
pointment, and to produce the requisite proofs
of eligibility in the time prescribed in the a
bove mentioned act.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the
State, at the capitol in Milledgeville, this twen
ty-third day of January, eighteen hundred and
thirty-seven, and of the Independence of the Uni
ted States, the sixty-first.
WILLIAM SCHLEY,
By the Governor, •
William A. Tennille, Sec'y. S.ate.
Jan. 30. 3—it.
OA IIAAO,
RECEIVED BY SUNDRY BOATS.
HUD’S. St. Croix Sugar,
20 “ Porto Kico “
10 “ N. O.
10,000 lbs Prime Green Coffee,
5,000 “ “ Java “
20 bbls, double refined Loaf Sugar,
15 “ single “ “ “
100 “ |Canal and Howard st. Flour,
10 casks Rice,
50 bbls. No. 2, Mackerel,
50 “ No. 3,
50 half bbls. No 1 and 2,
100 bbls Irish Potatoes,
100 “ Phelps and Barber’s Gin,
75 “ N. E. Rum,
50 “ N. Whiskey,
10 “ Monong. “
3 pipes Cog. Brandy,
5 “ Holland Gin,
20 half and quarter casks Wine,
(various kinds)
2 puncheons Jamaica R«m
100 Demijohns ass’d.
200 kegs Nailsand Brads, ass’d.
50,000 lbs. Sw’eeds Iron, ass’d.
3,000 “ Plough moulds,
1,000 “ Nail Rods,
1,500 “ Band Iron,
1,000 “ Hoop Iron, >
1,500 “ German Steel,
1,000 “ Eng. & Am. blister du
10,000 “ Eng. Castings, ass’d.
200 kegs pure White Lead,
1,500 gals. Linseed Oil,
20 hhds. Molasses,
5,000 bushels Salt,
40 boxes Sperm Candles,
30 “ Tallow do
100 Window Glass. Bby 10, and 10 by 12 I
• 50 bags Shot,
1,000 lbs. bar Lead, &c.
30 casks Plaster Paris,
And for sale by NICHOLS & DEMING.
February 7,4—ts.
"MTOTICE is hereby given, that the honorable
-LM judge of the Superior court of Baldwin
county, State of Georgia, has appointed James
Doyle trustee for Lodiska E. Brown, a minor in
place of George W. Murray, deceased. All pet
sons indebted to tho said minor, by note or
otherwise, will please to settle the same immedi
ately. JAMES DOYLE.
Milledgeville, Feb, 7.4—ts.
Notice.
A GOOD WORKMAN is wanted immediate
ly to construct a BRIDGE across tho High
tower River, in Cass County, at Pitne.i’s Ferry.
Application to be made to Stephen Mays, at Cass
ville, either in person or by letter. A liberal price
will be given, and the undertaker to commence
immediately. i
Jan. 30. 4—lt.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE—Agreeably to
an order of the inferior court of Telfair
county when sitting for ordinary purposes, will
on the first Tuesday in March next, within the
legal hours, be sold, at the late residence of the
Hon. John Coffee, deceased, in Telfair county, all
the perishable property of the deceased, consisting
of Corn, Foddei, Horses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep,
Goats, Household and Kitchen Furniture, a new
Poll Boat, and many other articles too tedious to
be mentioned ; sale to continue from day to day
until all is sold ; fur the benefit of the heirs mid
creditors of the deceased. Terms made known on
the day of sale. P. IL COFFEE, admr.
January 19, I—tds.
i ? or Sale.
THE House and Lot formerly occupied by
Mrs. Jenkins & Moore, and recently by
Wm. W. Carnes, as a Public House in this place.
The buildings have very lately undergone the most
thorough repairs and alterations, and are now in
good order, and can accommodate a large num
ber of boarders. There are several lots attached
tw the premises; also, furniture of every descrip
tion, necessary for the business. This property
will be sold upon a credit of one, two and three
years, and unquestionable titles macle to the pur
i chaserand immediate possession given. Any per
son disposed to engage in this business would do
well to call and examine the premises, and make
the purchase in time to open the House for the re
| coption of members and others, the ensuing Ses
| siou of the Legislature.
ELIZA J. CARNES, Adm’x.
Milledgeville August 30th 33—ts
for Sale.
IWLLLSEI.Lto the highest bidder, on the
first Tuesday in March, a valuable tract of
land in Baker county, formerly Early, first num
ber eight district, drawn by Francis Hill, Blount
district, Warren county, Georgia. Terms made
known on the day of sale, at the court house in
Baker county. ROB’T. lilLL.adm , r.
January 5 51—tds-
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—On the first
day of February next, will be sold, at the
. late residence of Wm. Ruff, deceased,
i till the Perishable Property,
lof said dec’d. Sale to continue from day to day,
until finished.
Also, at the same time and place, the LAND
and NEGROES, belonging to said estate, will be
rented and hired. Terms made known on the
day of sale. Dec! 6, 1836.
REBECCA RUFF, > . . ,
MARTIN L. RUFF. $ Ad,nl s ’
• Dec. 22. • 49—tds.
WILL BE SOLD.—At the late residence of
William Chambers, late of Wilkinson
county deceased, on Wednesday the 22d of Feb
ruary next, all the perishable property belonging
to said estate, sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors. Terms ma<|e known on the day of sale.
SAMUEL BEALL, )
JESSEE PEACOCK, s Executors.
JETIIREW DEAN, *)
January 19, I—tds.
EXECUTOR’S- SALE.—Under au order of
the Honorable, the inferior Court of Co
lumbia County, when setting for Ordinary pur
poses, will be sold, at the Court House door, in
Baker County, on the first Tuesday in March
next, two hundred and fifty acres of Land, being
lot number three hundred and sixty eight (368.)
in the eigth District of formerly Early now Baker
County. Sold as the property of Stephen Day,
late of Columbia County dec’d. for the benefit of
tire heirs.
Terms made known on the day of sale. Dec*
15, 1836.
JOHN DAY, Ex’r.
By his Attorney, JOSEPH DAY, Sen’r.
Dec. 22 49—tds.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.—Agreeable to the :
last will and testament of John Woodall
deceased, will be sold, on the first Tuesday
February next, within the legal hours, before the
court-house door, in Decatur Dekalb county, nine*
negroes to wit: Peggy a woman about 60 years
of age, and Suckey, a woman about 60 years of
age ; Duke, a man about 38 years of age, a first
rate blacksmith ; Bob, about thirty years of age ;
i Patsey. a woman about twenty-seven years ofage
Susey, a woman about twenty years os age',
Anney, a girl about seventeen years os age, ami
her two children ; Warren a boy about five years
old ; and Samanthy, a girl about eighteen months
old ; also, a small tract of land, containing sixty
five acres, it being part of two fractionss no 340,.
241, in the 6th district of Gwinnett county, for
merly, now Dekalb, Terms made known on the
day of sale, 14th Nov. 1836.
JOHN DOBBS, ?
HASTEN D. PALMER, ( Exec “ tor »-
December, 1. 46 tj s .
NOTICE.
AGREEABLY to an order of the Inferior-
Court of Waie County, when sitting for Or
dinary purposes, will, on the first Tuesdayinl
March next, within the legal hours of sale, wil
be sold, before the court house door, in the Town
of Franklin, Heard County, theLotNo. 19, in the
14th District of originally, Carroll, now Heard
County. Belonging to the Illegitimates of
Pinington, sold for the purpose of Perfecting
Sittes. December 13th, 1836.
WILLABy ADAMS, Guardian.
Dec. 22 49—tds.
THE subscriber offers for sale, six hundred
and seven acres, first rate Corn sud Cotton
Land, with one hundred and twenty acres fine
land, under good fences, all fresh; which will
produce from twelve to fifteen hundred pounds
Cotton to the acre, and from thirty to forty bushels
Corn, there is on the premises, a double log cab
bin shingle rough, and other out houses, and two
excellent Wells of water, which never fails; the
above lands all lie in the fifteenth and twenty
eighth district Lee, now Sumter county, all join
ing ; which will he sold on a credit of one, two
and three years; persons wishing to purchase,
would do well to view the premises, and call on
the subscriber in Milledgevilo during the present
session, or <it my residence in county, af
ter the cession.' BENJ. B. SMITH.
December, 7, 1835.
THE SUBSCRIBER offers for sale on ac
commodating terms, his settlement of good
Oak and Hickory land, lying on the eastern side
| of Monroe County, three miles below Brownsville,
[ comprising six hundred & seven acres, one half of
which, is now in cultivation, and under good fence.
Convenient to every part of the farm, is a very
comfortable two story dwelling, a gin house, and
every other house necessary.
GEORGE TAYLOR.
August 2d. 1836. |29 ts.
THE Subscriber very respectfully informs his.
friends and the publick generally that ho
llas located himself at the Marrietta Hotel, Cobb,
C. 11., where he ollcrshis services to search out
and test the value of Gold and Land lots, and to
make a true return to applicants in the counties of
Cobb, Paulding, Floyd. Cass, Cherokee and For
sj th; at the low rate of five dollars per lot; at the
above stated place, reference may be had to tho
State and Check maps, the quality Book, and nu
merical list. Patronage in the above business
wil) be thankfully received by
„ DANIEL MAY,
Marchll. 1835. 61 ts.
•Notice,
THE subscriber conteniplating to remove
to the west, offers far sale, the Eagle
Favern, in the town of Warren. It is the
littlf-way-house between Milledgeville and Au
usta, is the stage house, and one of the bes
gauds in Georgia, It is quite probable tha
st arm us the rail road from Augusta, to Athens
anl he constructed to this place. For terms
wilch will be liberal and accoinmodatin g, ap
whito tho subscriber,
I JOSEPH C. HARRIS.
Sept. 20, 1836, 36—ts.