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Twenty-seventh Congress.
THE CASE OF McLEOD.
In Senate, Thursday, June 10, IS41.
Mr. Rives once more renewed Ins motion that so
much of the Presidents message as relates to our
driven within a marine league of the American coast,
ail further acts of hostility towards her must have in
stantly ceased,_ or we, as the neutral power, would
have been wounded in the most sensitive point name
ly, that of our sovereignty.
I shall not here argue to prove that in this case
there has been a gross violation of our national so-
foreign affairs be referred to the Committee on For- \ vereignty, because on that point no gentleman, I am
eign Affair
sure, does or can entertain a doubt. That being
Mr. Buchanan thereupon rose and addressed the i clear, the American Government at once remonstra-
Senate, observing that when he had first read the cor
respondence between the Britidi Minister, Mr. Fox,
and the American Secretary of Stale, he had at once
determined to make, upon the first fit opporiunity,
some observations upon that coirespondence in the
face of the Senate and of the country. He regretted
ted in strong and forcible, and even eloquent terras,
through our Minister abroad. The letter of Mr.
Stevenson on that occasion, does him great honor,
indeed. Repeated attempts were made to introduce
the British Government to answer this remonstrance,
but all in vain. It is true that it has been stated in the
?r ! . This letter is the more imposing from the fact ! « rILl he sold before .he Court House door,in the City €
lat il was not Mr. Fox’s own composition, but is an I vtlle, ou tils first Tuesd.iv in July next, the follovvi;
that, in finding a fit opportunity, there had, contrary j British House of Commons by one of the British Min-
to his own inclination, been so much delay; but having
at length found it, he would accomplish his original
purpose, and would do it with as much brevity as pos
sible; premising, however, that he should not have
thought of such a proceeding upon this mere motion
of reference, had not the example been set and a pre
cedent established at the last session of Congress bv
the present Secretary of State.
He must be permitted to make one remark by way !
inters, that the American Government bad finally giv
en up the question, and did not intend to insist upon
an answer. The pretence for making this statement
Iris most probably arisen from a custom too common
among us of publishing diplomatic correspondence,
whilst the negotiation to which it relates is still pend
ing. Mr. Stevenson, in his letter to Mr. Forsyth of
2d July, 1839, employs this language:
‘•I regret to say that no answer lias vet been given
of preface: and that was, that if he knew himself, lie j to my note in the case of the Caroline. I have not
was not actuated, in this matter, by any thing like party j deemed it proper, under the circumstances, to press
political feeling. He trusted his construction of some the subject without further instructions from your De-
portions of the correspondence in question might prove j partment. If it is tie wish of the Government that I
incorrect; for though lie acknowledged himself to be j should do so, 1 pray to be informed of it, and the de-
a party man and strongly influenced by party feeling, j gree of urgency that I am to adopt.”
it had been his endeavor never to carry that feeling j To which Mr. Forsyth replies under date ofSep-
with him into the Committee on Foreign Relations, | tember 11, 1839, as follows:
“With reference to the closing paragraph of your
communication to the Department, dated 2d of July
I comejiow to the letter of Mr. Fox, and such a let
ter -
that u was not iVlr. l ux’s own composition
official communication from the British Government.
This fact appears from its first sentence, which is as
follows:
“The undersigned, her Britannic Majesty’s En
voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, is
instructed by iiis Government to make the folloatng
official communication to the Government of the Uni
ted States.”
It is ilien an official communication from the British
Government themselves. It is not my desire on this
occasion to excite either here or elsew liereany feelings
which should not be excited. Jl merely state facts.
To what is this letter an answer? If to any tiling, it
is to the letter of Mr. Forsyth addressed to Mr. Fox
on the 20th December, 1840. I will not trouble the
Senate to read that paper, they may find it in docu
ment 33, page 4. And what is the character of the |
letter of Mr. Fox? It commences with a perempto- I
ry and conclusive settlement of the whole matter so i
far as the British Government is concerned. It is not!
sufficient for that Government to say that they take
U. S. Marshal Sale:
COJf STIT UTIOff
trout an expression of liie popular v r
v 0 is necessary that the meeting of the General As. 1 j’ !!
should he biennial—And whereas, a part of the third
ol the first Article of the Constitution declares that ‘-the f J‘° a
ate shall he elected annually,” and a part of the seventh** 8 '
tion of the first Article declares that *‘the Representatie, 1**'
be chosen annually,” aud also apart of the twelfth seep!
the first Article declares that *‘the meeting of the General
sembly shall be annual.”—And whereas, a part of theft-
to wit:
i One tract of laud, lyin" un the Oconee river, in the county
i son, known n- BoudsLsLn plantation, containing two thousand acre
i more or less—Also one tract, containing one thousand acres, more or
J ie«s, known as Bonds Mill trtet, adjoining John, and other-, in the
county of Wilkinson, levied on as the properly of William F. Bond, to
satisfy a fi fa li on? the Sixth Circuit Court of the United States for .he
district of Georgia, in favor of Strother F. Sinurr vs \\ itham 1-. Bond.
POSTPONED SALE.
Will he sold at the same time and place
I.ot No. one hundred and seventy-six, (170) in the twenty-seventh, j
(27) district and lot No. two Iiurjred and seventv-fonr i the twenty-j , uin-s
eighth, (28) district ot Lee County, end one lot in the town of Danville; , section ol the third Article of tile Constitution declares ih
levied on as the property of John W. Cowart, to satisfy three li las from “there shall be a state’s Attorney and .Solicitors a>m ' ' ia:
ih- Sixth Ci.ci.it Con,t of the United States, for the jh-tn.:t. of Ocor- J , , {je l jK »j sl;lture ant | commissioned by the Goverw' 0 '? 1
£ia,one in favor ot W oou, Johnson IKirn t. John li. bljt.nt *x lo. ; .,, . i . iX * r . .. L| nur, \\\.
one in favor of Shipmans & Co. vs John H. Blount & Co. aud one in *-*«»•• t«Vir oltlces for the term ol three years, unless P .
favor of the surviving partners of Fort Townsend and Mendenhall vs
John 11. Blount & Ce. property pointed out hy John H. Blount.
Also, eiirlil huudrt-d acres of land in the county ot originally Lee, now
Sumpter County, adjoining Zuchariuli Daniel and others w ith a good
Saw and Grist Milt; levied on as the property of John W. Cowart, and
two lots in the town of Americas Sumpter county, known as tots
.No. 0 and 1 in so u a re letter li. levied on as the propeity ot John it.
Blount, lo satisfy two Executions ficiu tl:e Sixth Circuit Court, ot the
United States for the District of Georgia, one in favor of Farrar and
flays, vs John H. Blount & Co. and the other in favor of Swift Sc
Nichols,vs John H. Blount & Co. pioperty pointed out by tire defen
dunts.
W J. DAVIS, Marshal.
i • - » - » Hlljg$s -
moved by scHtouce on impeachment, or by the Governor
■cneral ,\l
on
en
the address of two-thirds of each branch of k the (
sembly.” Aud whereas, also, a part of the fifteenth se.
of the fourth Article of the Constitution declares that, ‘ «(
any such bill shall be passed in iheuiautieraloicsaid, the
shall he published at least six months previous to the 5 * 8 *
ensuing annual election for the members of the General ^
l sembly.”—-And whereas, the before recited parts of the Jv j
- clauses of the Constitution require ameu-lntenf; to the ***
therefore— fD<J >
Skotiox 1- !i. it enacted hath? S
Jtcr, on the 24th of April, arguing a question which
llte British ministry bad settled six weeks before.
They do not say surrender McLeod and the question
of the Caroline shall be left open. That would not
be according to the manner of John Bull when he
puts himself fairly in motion. He docs not stop to
argue, but at once cuts the knot without the trouble
ol giving any reason. Mr. Stevenson had remon
strated in the most urgent manner, and had submitted
to the British Government at London a mass of testi
mony-, but no notice whatever was taken of Iiis com
munication, and no reasons given lor their determina
tion.—Mr. Fox, or rather I hat Government, in half a I ^yiLi
sentence settles the question. j
“ The transaction in question, (says the letter,) j
may have been, as her Majesty's Government are I
Union Bank of Florida, anil the Bank of Hun kinnvillc
TAKE NOTICE, tint whereas at a Marshals pule foi the District of | shal
Georgia, on the first Tuesday, in .May inst. certain property ol Jeremi
ah Lnn.pkin, levied on bv virtue of fourteen fi fas, issuing from die sixth
circuit court of ilia United States, for tiie Di-trict of Georgia
of Wolfe. Bishop Si Co. and other plaintiffs, was sold, and noth
. .. , pasveu agree
ably to the requirements ol the Constitution, the folloni D »
lie adopted in lieu of the parts of the above retired r |- n , 8
, ses ,,! tl,e Constitution, to wit: In the third section of the fist
favor ! Article: the election of the Senate shall be biennially 1
the seventh section of the first Article- the l!e„.• u
du^ notice.
Mat 28,loll.
(of which he had for many years been a member,) and
he trusted that he bad given sufficient evidence of this
by' his course on that committee, let, as lie was j last, it is proper to inform you that no instructions are
firmly convinced that a proper regard hir the Anted- present required for again bringing forward the ques-
can character, both at home and abroad, required that tion of the ‘Caroline.’ I hare had frequent conver-
some commentary should be made on these papers, sations icilh Mr. For it: regard to this subject, one of
he had, upon reading them, determined, at once, that a eery recent date; and, from its tone, the President
that commentary should be made bv him without frarj expects the British Government trill answer your ap-
but with respectful regard to the feelings of all parties, plication in the case, without much further delay."
He had been asked, what objection could be made , The Senate will thus perceive that there is no fiiun-
to the letter of the 24th of April last, lately published dation in this correspondence for the pretext that the
from Mr. Webster, our Secretary of State, to Mr.
Fox? There was little, indeed:—much, very mu< It,
that it contained, had Iiis cordial approbation; but,
rmfortHiiately, that letter had little or nothing to d<>
with the substance of the matter. It did not make its
appearance until nearly six weeks after the important , ren pursued its remonstrance with suffieent energy j forth that the avowal of McLeod’s act, should it be a>-
business between the two Goveramen s had been ! is not for me to say, although I believe they did; but I sumed by the British Government, so far from doing |
transacted. It was the letter of the British Minister! that formes no part of the question now before the Se- I away w ith our ground of complaint, went only to in- YYT1LL
of the 12th of March, and the instructions of the S>c- j nate. it seems th it, from the conversation of Mr. I crease it. It was cumulative, not exculpatory. Whilst!
r ‘ ' Fox, Mr. Forsyth was induced to believe that a spec
. . , of the first Article: the Keoresem-V
hold the proceeds of sale, subject to the order of the court, was served j s J la n | )e chosen hietiuiallv. I tt the twelfth section c
by tin* Attorney of the Bank of Hiiwkinaville—the Union Bank of Flor- I . .. . . , . euioii of the first
iiia, Pevton Reynolds ami William Rankin. And whereas bv the rules j Article, the m^etm^ of the Genet al Assembly shall be bieii-
Iti the third set tion ofthe third Article: there shall be
of said Court, it is necessary that the plaintiffs in execution, should 1 nial.
come forward and show to the Court, that said judgments, are actually , State's Attorney and (Solicitors appointed by the Legislature
subsisting and unsatisfied. Therefore the parties inlerested_ will take j an J commissioned 1>V the Govemo ' * “ • °
U'M. J. DAVIS. Marshal
19—1m
United States Marshal Sale.
POSTPONED SALE.
he sold before the Court House door in theCity of A.iile.I rft-
ville, on the first Tuesday in July next, the following property,to
wn :
One house and lot, No. 13, in the town of Marrietta. Cold) county,
containing one half of un acre of land, more or less, with a small
improvement of a new framed dwelling, and nth. r out houses, nd-
American Government bad abandoned the pursuit of. tort/," fyc.
this question, unless it maybe by garbling the note j Our remonstrance, when this haughty reply was
of Mr. Forsyth and suppressing the sentence w hich I i written, had been pending for three ytars.
of opinion that it Was, a justifiable employment of * Ir ’ ,J, ? ck on the east, ami situated mo tii-onst of the court
4' . r ,t r t *' t • ri • • ' nousp square—levied on as the property oi * James J». Waller, ne-
JOrCC JO) tflC purpose of (Icjciiuiug the lintis/l tcvn* I ceased, and II. K. Foote, .Administrator of said deceased, to sat-
have just read
Whether the administration of President Van Bu-
Mr. F orsytli, in his letter of 2Gth December, IS 10, ! and sixty acres more or 1c
bad argumentatively stated the whole case, setting
isfy a li fa issued from the District (.-onrt of the United States ji»r
t!ie District of Georgia, in favor oi the United States ol Amer
ica, vs Ifezekiah R. Foote, administrator of James I». W ailcr,
deceased—also lot number three hundred and thirty-one, in the nine-
nth district ami third section of PauldintTy rontniuiu? o?i»* hundrctl
?; prrtpertv pointed out !>v said Foote, ad
ministrator. JOII.\ A. I*RKFDLUV r E, i>. 3iarshal.
June 4, 1841.
Uulaski Sheriff Sales.
dined to believe that the vain boasting of this man,
as to Iiis presence and participation in the attack
<>n the Caroline, has occasioned all the difficulty
retary of State to tin; Attorney General <if the'United
Slates, tff'tbe lath<}f life same month, which contained dv answer w ould bp given,
the tfrue merits of ilie care. It was that letter of in-j On the — of November, 1840, this unfortunate
structions, a copy of which had doubtless been com-j man, Alexander McLeod, came voluntarily with-
mnuicated to the British Minister, and had been openly | in llte jurisdiction of the United States. I am in-
referred to in the British Parliament; it was these in
structions, especially, which lay at the root of the
question. On these two papers of the 12th and 15th
March, public opinion had been formed and must be • which now exists. I rather think he was not pre
formed as well in England as here; and the Secreta
ry’s last letter w hich came limping along six weeks af
ter, however just and however eloquent it might he,
could exert hat little or no influence either in Europe
■or in this country.
To understand the merits of the case a brief tera-
pitulation of facts was necessary. A rebellion, said
Mr. B., or, if yon please, an attempt at revolution,
existed in Canada; during ihe course of which the in
surgent took possession of Navy island, in (lie Nia
gara river. A British militia f rce of two thousand
men embodied at Chippewa on the Canada side of
the river. The American steamboat Caroline, after
sent at the capture of that vessel, and this fact, if
it bad been wisely used, would have afi'orded the
means of adjusting the difficulty to llte satisfaction
of both parties. But be came upon the American ' t
soil, and, in the company of American citizens, 1 " 1 Slm * e * et a,Si
openly boasted that he had belonged to Drew’s
capturing squadron. In consequence of these as
sertions, he was arrested by the local authorities,
and indicted for murder. This state of tilings gave
rise to a correspondence between Mr. Fox and Mr.
f orsytli, from which I intended to read a brief ex
tract. The correspondence resulted in this: that Mr.
Forsyth expressed it as bis opinion, and that of the
it would not relieve McLeod from personal responsi- !
bility, it would seriously implicate the British Gov
ernment in his guilt. And how is that argument an
swered ? In ibis bail!y imperious sentence :
“ Her Majesty’s Government cannot believe that
the Government of the United States can really in
tend to set an example so fraught with evil to the
community of nations, and the direct tendency of
w hich must be to bring into the practice of modern
war atrociiies w hich civilization and Christianity have
long since banished.”
Here is no argument attempted, no authority cited,
nation put forth in the strongest
terms as to the “ atrocity” of the principle for w hich
the American Government had been seriously con
tending. But the crowning point of this insulting
letter is yet to come ; and I undertake to snv that it
contains a direct threat from the British Government.
I am not extensively acquainted with the language of j W
diplomacy, but I certainly have tint seen any tliii)"
bn .cold rn the fir.-t Tuesday in July next, before the court-
on.-'e door, in the tow n of ilawkinsville, Pulaski county, within
cl hours of sale, the followiiur property, to-wit:
Three hundred acres of land, more or I s-. No. not known.hut known
as Robert N. Taylor’s plantation, where Wni. A. Berry now lire?, in
the fourth district of originally I tooly, now Pulaski comity, lev ied on ns
ilie property of Robert N. Tuvlor. to satisfy a li fa from Puiasui Supe
rior com l—Washburn A Lewis, vs Ilai-ted, Taylor <& *'<>.
Also, lot No. 9o, in the Uth ili-triet ol originally Dooly, now Pul.e hi
countv, levied on as the property ot Green G. Graham, tosati-fva Ufa
from Pulaski Superior court—John Rawls vs Green G. Grab; m ; pro
perty pointed out by defendant.
A iso, two lots of land, No. I>9, end d0, hing end being in the eighth
district of originally Dooly, now Pulaski county, containin'; oath, two
' hundred two nod one halfacres more or less, levied on as the property
of Win. B. Brown, to satisfy sundry li fas, from Pulaski Superior com r;
Jeremiah It. Brow n, vs Will. H. Brown, Stephen .Mitchell, vs Win. il.
Brown, Thus. J. Wright and George Br.iimnd, vs Vv'm. B. Brown,Ro
bert McCotuh, vs Win. B. Brow n.
Also, one bay horse, levied on a= the property of Jacob Swain.to sat
i-fv a li fa from Pulaski Inferior court—the Bank of liaw kinsviiie, vs
Jacob Swain ; propertv pointed out bv dtdend.unt.
Also. I(10 acres of land, more or less, in the twelfth district of oriizi- I
Daily Houston, now Pulaski county. No. not known, hut known as the j
place where Jarrat Bray now lives, levied on as the property of Jarr.at 1
Brav to salisfv a li fa from Pulaski Superiorcourt—Edward St. George, j
vs Jarrat Bray; property pointed out bv plaintiffs.
JOSEPH OARRUT1IERS, r h’tV.
who shall hold their of-
j fi"cs tor tin? term of four years, or ittiiil their successors shall
j be elected and qualified, unless removed hy sentence on ini-
J psachinent, or by the Governor, on the addtessof two-third*
j of each branch ot the General Assembly. And in the lifteen li
j section of the fourth Ariiele: and when any such hi!! shall lie
I passed in manner aforesaid, the same shall he published at
j least six month.-; previous to the next ensuing election fin-
j members of the General Assembly.
CH ARI.K8 J. JENKINS,
Speaker of ihe House oi Representatives
THOMAS STOCK8,
President ol the Senate.
Assented to 23d December, 1840.
GIIA R LES J. Me DONA Lb, Governor.
April, 2 1841. 10 6m
DR. HAYNES’
Anti-Dyspcptic and Anti-Bilious Pills.
rtjlHESE justly celebrated 1
S. eminent pnpularitv, are
aperient, or active
Physicians in Georgia, }>.
periencP in his private praclii
and iiavintt, whenever they h:
other articles ol similar form.
Us. which .ire winning their waytopre-
lited to all cases requiring either mild
athartic operation—jnepared hy one of the oldest
trreatlv
fresh s
superior, t
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Hilt’s
j
BIT J’KR.S. The p rfeetiy safe,
almost every species of di-ca.-<
MEDK TNE--5, is no looser a nri
rie.ucc of mail'. thon-ar!d patient- w ill s
present month alone, nenrlv one hundred
“'en tested hy, more than tori \ears' ex.
h -lore they were offered to the public,
e had a fair trial, been preferred to nil
I’liey are conridentiy recommended h*
se, lo every other known remedy. A
- the box. bv
L. At. ( OWLES,
BREEDLOVE ItF.RRY,
itlt. LITTLE,
at l.A FA VET I E IIA1.L.
36—tf
fe Pills uiul Phoenix
. uai rring, and snecessfnl treatment ol
.• hy the use of MOFFAT’S DIE
fdoubt, as a reference to itie expo-
itorily prove. Durins the
- have come to the knoal-
Pulaski SlicriiT ?Sales.
Jjaving carried provisions to the insurgents on Navy j President ol the U. States, that under the law of rra-
isiand, (for I believe that xvas tiie fact,) together with ; lions the avowal by the British Government of the
probably a single cannon, lay at anchor, after her
crip, fastened to the wharf at Schlosser, a small village
notoriously within the jurisdiction of the U. States,
under the sacred regis of our protection.—And that
country must be recreant to itself and to its citizens,
which would not, until the very last, maintain and j
vindicate its own exclusive sovereignty over its own
soil against all foreign aggression.
There lay this vessel in American w aters, under the
guardianship of our sovereignty and of the American
flag; but these afforded her jio protection. What
happened cn the night ofthe29thof December, 1837? ;
Colonel Allan McNal), a name famous in storv, wa« ;
in command of the body of militia at Chippewa. Un- \
derliis auspices, a Capt. Drew, of the BritiMi Navy, i
who, 1 believe, has since been pensioned for his gal-:
lant exploit, undertook to raise a body of volttn-,
capture ol the Caroline, should such an avowal he
made, would not free McLeod from prosecution in the
criminal courts of the State of New York. Its effect
was merely cumulative.—It did not take a-'ay the
offence of McLeod, hut added thereto, and made it n
national as well as an individual offence. The legal
prosecution of McLeod, and llte application to the
British Government for satisfaction, were indepen
dent of each other, and might be separately and sim
ultaneously pursued. But whether this were the true
principle of national law or not, Mr. Forsyth very
properly said that the question must he decided bv the
judiciary of New York, and that, if the position of
Mr. Fox were well founded, McLeod would have tiie
lull protection of that doctrine before the court. He
coo’d plead that his act had been recognised bv the
British Government, and if the plea were allowed, he
ILL I»e pold nn tiie first Tuesday in July next, bnfore tiie Court
sc door, in tlio Town of Ilawkinsvillc, Pulaski county, within
the|i»cral hours of sale, the following* property, to-wit :
i , . . . . | ... | Also, lor of lam?, No 184, in the 21st district of oHginallv Wilkinson,
l\C this threat in any OIIK ial (‘omiminiranon between , now Pulaski countv* levied Oil as the propertv O) John \V. BnrkwolL
civilized and friendly nations for the last fifty years. I f. j-uisy ,„mtry tiYa from i*..ia«ki Si.parior .-Wt-Uoilirr, Brnceweii
• - «V. (,o. vs .1. \\ . Iwirkwell. Ucuis |>. Drown, \s Jonn \v . barkvvell,
1 hope 1 may 1)C mistaken it) my view of ihe lan-, Robert M. .McCurdy, vs John W. Dark well; property pointed o.it hy
defendant.
Also, 300 Acres of land, more or 1 numher not knuv.-n, hut known
as tiie. plantation whereon Malinda Willis, now lives. !\ inin the twen-
tv-first tli<trict of originally Wilkinson, now Pulaski countv, levied on
as the pmprrtv nf A7.*»1 in«I•• i illis, to s;> iy a !i I t from Pulaski ^Supe
rior court—Benedict*.^ Wetmt»rc,vsJlalimln illis.
18 J A MRS DVKES, D. Fit* lT.
leers, and, by way of characterizing the nature of i would be set at liberty. That was the position of the
the service they were to perform, declared that lie
wanted fifty or sixty' desperate fellows, who would be
ready to follow him to tiie devil. Under the authority
of this Col. McNab, now Sir Allan McNab, (for 1
understand he -lias since been knighted bv Queen
Victoria.) this body of men, with Captain Drew at
business at the close of Mr. Van Bureti’s administra
tion; and a happier, safer, and more secure position
ol the question for American rights and even for the
honor ol England, also, could not have been desired.
Vv hen the trial came on, McLeod would have two
grounds ol defence: first, that he Itad not been pre-
Ailminist rator
N pursuance to an order nf the li:f»?ri«
tv, when sitting f«>r ordinary purpo?
8 a 1 c
(’on
of Washington coun-
polil nn tin- first Tiins-
Unv in August next, at the ronrt house door in Fwainsboro. EnniMr-1
f ounty, within the legal hours of sale, one hundrcil and fifty acres of
land. 1 ving in the r otintv of Etna line I, on the waters of the Little Oboo-
pie,adjoining lands ot Tarver and others, belonging to tbe estate of
Jordan tsmitii, dec’d. Sold for the benefit of the heirs. Terms on the
davofsaie. WM. SMITH. ? . i >
JORDAN K. SMITH,)
May 4, IC*1. ic— tds
Adininislrator’s 8alc. *
their bead passed down the Niagara river at the dead sent at the capture of the vessel; and next, that tlii
. i i i capture had been recognised by the British Govern
ment as a public act done under its authority. If,
in this state of tilings, there bad been a little prudent
delay, the question would probably soon have settled
itsell lo tbe satisfaction of both parties. But inquiries
had been addressed, in Parliament, to the British min
isters on this subject, and a high excitment had been
■hour of midnight, without previous notice, and while
the people on board of the-Caroline lay reposing un
der the protection of American laws, and made an at
tack on unarmed men, who were private citizens, not
connected in any way with the resistance to British
authority, and murdered at least one of their number
within the American territory.—These barbarians, re
gardless of the lives of those who may have remained produced throughout the British nation.—This can
on hoard, unmoored the boat, towed her out into the
middle of the river, where a swift and irresistible cur
rent soon hurried her down the falls of Niagara, and
to this hour it is not known how many American citi
always be done in tnat country ott every controversy
with America, because our side of the question never
appears in their public journals.—I have been for
years in the habit of reading some of the English
zens perished on that fatal night. This is no fancy j journals, and, so far as I have observed, our side of justly said :
picture.
the question, even in relation to the northeast botin-
Now, as to tbe principle of the law of nations which : dary, had never to this day been presented to the Bril-
applies to such a case, that pure patriot and eminent i Uh public. No Englishman can obtain from anyone
jurist; John Marshall, has expressed it with great.force j of these journals which I have seen, any distinct idea
and clearness. He sa3's that
whatever as to the ground insisted upon hy us in that
“The jurisdiction of a nation, with its own territo- ! controversy,
r}’, is exclusive and absolute. It is susceptible of no : An excitement had been raised on the McLeod
limitatioE not imposed bv itself. Any restriction, de- question, and loud defiances had been uttered on
riving validity from an external source, would implv j the floor of the House of Commons. Threats had
a diminution of its sovereignty to the extent of that j been made, in case the American Government should
restriction, and an investment of that sovereignty to ■ dare to retain McLeod in custody. An attempt had
the sameextent-in that power which could impose such been made on both sides of the water, to produce the
guage, but here it is
“ But be that ;ts il may, her Majesty’s Government
formally demand, upon the grounds already stated,
the immediate release of Mr. McLeod; and Iter Ma
jesty’s Government entreat the President of the Uni
ted States to take into his most deliberate considera
tion, the' serious nature of the consequences which
must ensue from a rejection of this demon !."
What consequences? What consequences?—Af
ter the denunciations we had heard in the British
Parliament, and all that had occurred in the course
of the previous correspondence, could any thing have j
been intended but “ the serious nature of the conse
quences which must cnsue”/ro7« war with England?
And here let me put a case. 1 am so unfortunate as
to have a difference with a friend of mine. I will
suppose it to be my friend from Souih Carolina, [Mr.
Preston.] I know, if you please, even that I am in
the wrong. My friend comes to me and demands an
explanation, adding, at the same time, these words:
If you do not grant the reparation demanded, I en
treat yon lo consider the serious consequences which j
must ensue from your refusal. Certain I am, there is !
not a single member of this Senate, 1 might say not IS/ r U.L be sobl agreeable to an order of the Inferior Court, in r.nr. fo
... . . ..... iii’ , , ! If thecountv of Pulaski, when sittiti" for. ordinary purposes, nn tue ;
an intelligent man in llte Civilized world, who would | first Tuesday ill August next, before the Court Iloti-e door in sni-i
not consider such language as a menace, which must , roamy,four-fifths of three lmndrednnd thirty acres of land, situated in
. ~ ° . | said eountv, number not known, but known as tiie place on whu h Ir-
be withdrawn or explained before any reparation j win Willis now lives, sold as the property of David Simpson, deceased,
could be made. It was the moment after I read this j Solt, fortllG benefit 11,5 heirs of said deceased, l eras on the day.
sentence that I determined to bring the subject before : Junej,istl.
the Senate. A thought then struck me which per
haps I should do better now to repress ; but it was
this. I imagined I saw that man whom Mr. Jeffer
son truly denominated the old Roman, as President,
sitting in Iiis apartment and reading this letter for the
first time. When he came to this sentence, what
etlgooi’Mr. .'Moft'ar, u hurt* flic piuient lia.=, to all appearuncc, e tier ted a
neruiniiPiit cure hy tii»* exclusive an 1 judicious use of the Life Medi
cines—su.’ne eisrhf or ten of these had been considered bevond aii hope
bv their medi-ai attendants. tSucli happv results are n source of [Treat
pleasure u> Mr. M. and inspire him with new confidence to recommend
the use of hi* medicines to his fellow citizens.
’heLlFH MUDICUXFS are a purely VUG ETA I>LE preparation,
rii- v arc mild and pleasant in their operation, and at the same time
I thorough—acting rapidly upon the secretions of ihe system—carrying
! nil ail acrimonious humors, and as<imilatin? with and ptirifting flio
! blood. For this reason,in ntrravnted case*ot Dyspepsia, the Fife Mrdi-
j fines will ffive relief in a shorter space of time than any other prescrip-
i ;ion. In Fever and A car 1 . Inilauunatory ithcuinatisin. Fevers of every
description, Su'k Headache, /leart-ourn. Dizziness in the Head, Fains
in tiie U'liesf, Flntn lency. impaired appetite, mid in even disease arising
from an impurity of the blood, or a disordered state of the stoma eh, the
tisf of these Mfdieinos Jn? always proved ftt be lexoud doubt, greatly
sujTrior to any otlmr inode of’trentmpnt.
All that Mr. Mof'tt m-ks of his patients to lie particular in takiner
them strictlynccordiiu: to the tlirection -. It is not by a newspaper no
tice, or by any tliimr that lie hi.iist ifim.-y sn v in fli. it favor,tbr.t he hopes
to gain i-redit. It i- alone hy r!ie r. s.il:- of •. fair trial. Is the render nn
invalid.anti d >-s he\\:-h toknow uliethcr the Fife Medicines "ill suit
his own case ? If so, let Ir-m ersi! or semi to Mr. Mo Bat*? acent in th i
place.ami procure a • c._v of the Jlcth* al Mnnue!. desiirned as a Domes
tic Guido t-*> IRa'ith, published gruiMiiou.-Jv. He will t!iere find ton-
merated very rm
netlv similar to
R mat 1 way.
These Vulnah
■xtraorninarv rr»
own. Moffat's
October <
M0.
•tire; and perhaps some ex-
•-tl Office in New Vork,*i?j
3J. H. HOWARDS, Agent.
37 Iy
Life Pills and Phoenix
;; t'tn-se exrellent Medicines hav«
iso to which tiie human frame is li-
- t every intelligent person. They
rood works have testified for them
I
HTC pursuance to an order of the. Inferior Court of Vv'ashincton r.oun-
3 tv, when sitting for orUiuar? purposes, will be sold on the firs l Tue'-
i dav in Jn'v next, .it the Court House door in Snndersville, Washintr'or?
roiintv. witliin the local hours of sale, one tract of land, ly ; n£ and be -
I inc in the county aforesaid, on l'io waters of the Little Ohoopie, ad-
■ joining Smith and others, containin'; two hundred and seventy-five*
acres more or less,bolontrinEr to the estate oi Jordan rimith ti ’c’ii.—
.Sold fortiic benefit of the heirs. Terms on the dav of sale.
WM. SMITH, ? , • •
JORDAN R. SMITH,) A< ‘"’ r:i -
May 4,1841. Hi—tds.
ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
WILLIAM W.
MAYO, Adni’r.
19—td
NOTICE.
A LI. persons indebted to the estate of David Simpson deceased, are
' A herehv required tomakepayment,and those havinrdemnndsagainst
said estate, are requested to present them in term? of the law.
WILLIAM W. MAYO, Adm’r.
Pulaski county, June 4, 1840. 19—4t
would be bis feelings ? What indignant emotions
would it arouse in bis breast ? Of him it may be
NOTICE.
•'U7'ILL be Fold on the first Tuesday in July next, before tiie ronrt
T T house door, in the town of Blakely, Early comity, tiie following
propertv, viz : two nrpro boy?, one hundred ncres of land, part of lot.
No. 406, in tho 26th district of Early caniity, l>cionging to the estate of
John I’orter,dee’d. riold for the benefit of the heirs and rrcditnr?.
JOEL L. PORTER, Adm’r.
Mav 14,1841. 16—tds
GEORGIA, Pulaski County.
“ A kind true heart; a spirit higb.
That could not fear, and would not bow.
Is written in his manly eye,
Aud on his mnuly brow.”
\xr it. , i « j . » i WHKREAS. Robert A. Hardwick administrator on the estate of A«a
Would IH? not lutvo resolved Pr to mnke Jiny CX- , Alford, late of ?ai<l county, deceased, applies for letters ofdismis-
planation under such a threat ? Would be not have ! sion from said administration.' *
. .. . -ii ■ . j ■ | These are therefore to cite and admonish and singular the kindred
required It to be withdrawn or explained bel'irc Stty ;andcreditor?ofsaHld€crased,tofilctlieirobjeciioi!?,ifarivexi-it.with-
aid letter? should not be granted.
iile. Fehrnarv 12th 1841.
JOHN V. MITCHELL, c. c. o.
answer whatever lo Mr. Fox’s demand ? In this pos- i n the time prescribed by law, why said leti
.... ... r. o Given under mv band, at office, in Maw)
sibly be might have gone too far. Our secretary,
however, has passed over this threat without adverting
to it in any manner whatever.
GEORG I A, J fash i 113; ton County.
\yHEREAS, As t P. Peacock, applies for letter* of Administration
restriction.”—7 Crancy, 116.
And again:
belief that war was impending; and so far with success,
that the American fleet in the Mediterranean, or at
Every nation has exclusive jurisdiction over the ; least a portion of it, has actually returned home, while
waters adjacent to its shores, to the distance of a can- j our vessels in that sea had passed the straits and
non shot, or marine league.”—I Gsllis, C. C. R. 62. j gone into the Atlantic. Some people here even, oth-
According to the settled law of nations, if the Caro- j er than the ladies, became afraid that the British fleets
line bad been a vessel of war, on the high seas, be- ! would be upon our coast and lay our cities in ashes,
longing to the insurgents, and after an engagement; A marvellous panic prevailed for a time among those
B’ith a British vessel had been pursued within a ma- j "ho had weak nerves, and then, to crown all, came
rine league of tbe American shore, our national sov- j die letter of Mr. Fox to Mr. Webster. The British
ereignty, as a neutral power, would immediately have j nation has, I freely admit, much to recommend it, but
covered her, and a hostile gun could not have been j we all know that their diplomatic policy, unlike that
fired against her without affording us. grounds for just j of other European nations, has been of a character
complaint. If, for example, the British and French j bold, arrogant, and overbearing. John Bull has ev
ictions had been at open war, and a French vessel, j er preferred to accomplish that by main force which
in living before British pursuit, should h ive been : other nations would have attempted hy diplomacy i
nn th#* estate nf Haywood Peirce, late ot said county, deceased.
1 hese are therefore to cite and admonish all and sinsmlar th n kind
red and creditors of said deceased, to Hie their objections i; any why let
ters should not be granted. Given under my hand at office in Sanders-
vile, this 30th March, 1341.—10 Ij. A.JERMGAN, c. c.o.
I U/^Mofi'tl’s \ cgctable
■ BITTERS. The hL r h celebrity wl,
i acquired, in curing aluuiFteveri di ;
I able, i? a matter thmiiiar with aim-
became known by their fruits—their
—thev did not thrive by the faith of the credulous.
in casos of Costivencs?, Dyspepsia, Billions and Liver Affections,
Asthma. Piles, Settled Pains, Rheumatism, Fevers and Agues, Obstin
ate Head idles, Impure Mtnte of she Fluids. Unhealthy Appearance of
ihe Skin, Nervous Debility, the Sickness incident to Females in Itcli'-at*
Health,every kind of WT.ikncs? of the Digestive Organs, and in aligi.--
neral <I»»r:uigenietit* of Health, li; -se ,’ti-dicines have invariably proved
a certain and speedv remedy. They restore vigorous health to the most
exhausted constitutions. A single trial will place the Life Til's and
Pho -nix Bitters beyond the reach of competition, in the estimation of
every patient.
Prepared atidscld; wholesale and retail.at WM. B. MOFFAT SMc-
dicaljOflficc,375 Broadway, New York.
N. B. None are genuine on!.;?, they have tiie fac simile of John 3Iof-
fat’s signature.
03=Tlin Life Tills arc sold in boxes—Price, 25 cents, 50 rents, am |I
each, necordineto the size; and the Phoenix Bitters in bottles; at $1 er
S2 each, with full directions.
FOR GRATUITOUS DISTRIBUTION—An intercstine litt’e
pninpidet. entitled “ .Moffat’s Medical Manual, designed as a Dome?! e
Guide to iie-ilth—L-ontaiaineaccurate infoi Ha-tion <-r,c< ernine ihe i c-t
prevalent-lisense,and the most apiirov ,i remedies—by WILLIAM
MOFFAT.” Apply to the As-ms.
Q3= ]-he above medicine? lar sale, by JL E- LDM ARDS,
Millede'eviilo. October 6. 1849—37—tv A sent.
JMoffat’s Vegetable Ijifc Medicines.
rnHESE Medicines are indebted for tiieir name to their manifest and
A sensible action in purifying the springs and channels of life, and en
duing them with rene wed lone and vigor. In many hundred certified
cases which have been made public, and iu almost every species ot dis
ease to which the human fr-ime is liable, tile happy effects of M'fr •
: FAT’S LIFE TILLS AND THCENIX BITTERa have been gratelui-
iv and publicly acknowledged by l'nc person? benefitted, «rd who were
pretiouslv unacquainted with the beautifully philosophical principles
upon which they are compounded, and upon which they consequently
! The LIFE MEDICINES recommend themselves in diseases ofevery
form and description. Their first operation is to loosen Iron, the coats
<»t the stomach ami bowels the various impurities and cru« i J 'a . •-
stantlv settling around tiiem :“nd to remove the hardened 1
collect in the convolutions of the smallest intestines. Other tuediciti;
only partially dense these, and leave such collected mnwe* behind m
to produce habitual costiveness, with all its train of evi s, -
arrhtea, with all its imminent dangers. '1 h:s tact is well Pno t *
i regular anaiomisis, who examine the hurian bowels after dea.ii.-*-
hmi'-e the prejudice ofrhose well informed men asainst quaeK m>-cic .
—or medicines prepared and heralded to the public bv ignorant perscr.-
i The second effect of the Lif-.Medicines is to cleanse the kidneys-ad W.
bladder, and bv this means, the liver and the lungs, the healthful a-twn
of which entire!v depends upon the regularity of me urinary or so..
' Tiie blood, which takes it? red color from the agency of the liver and --
Lines before it parses into the heart, being thus purified by them,
nourished bv food coming from a clean-inmacli, courses .,-eIy throws
. I be veins, renews every part ofthe -y stem, and triumphantly nioants me
i banner of health in the blooming cheek. •
Moffat’s Vegetable Life M. dicioe« have been-tboroughly tested, « ■
pronounced a sovereizil reined' for IfvspejisiJ
. ‘ . . . > Nu-.i-r. Mirn niirt
Flatulency, Palpitation
Diarrhoea,
Two strangers recently visited Bunker Hill, and i
asrended to the top of the Monument. After they j
had asked a number of questions, which the superin-
tendant answered very politely, he told them it was ,
customary to pa.V «l small Slim (or ascending tile 3Ion- j Jane Haskins, minor and orphan nf fcvivnnup Haskin.**, I
— At this they were Highly indignant, and said I county,deceased. gcurgf. martin, g
ument.
they thought it was a free country and this place, jr^QiTR MONTHS after date application win be made to tbe „om r
should be free to all they would not be gulled out Oil (I abieihe Inferior Court of Pulaski County, when sitting for ordin-
o f thev monev bv a Yankee : an Enelishman onellt ' «V purposes for lea veto eell all the real estate belonging to
F OUR months after date, application w ill be madetotb'e Ilonora
bie the InferiorCourtof Pulaskicountv, when sitting for Ordina
ry purposes, for leave to sell all the real estate, beioneing to .Mary-
late of said
Guardian.
—Ini
.March 3d. 1841.
of they monev bv a Yankee ; an Englishman ought
to be allowed to go free to such public places, See. ; deceased.
Tbe snperintendant bowed very politely, and said,
“ I wish you had mentioned that you were English
men before, for they are the only persons we admit
free; we consider that they paid dear enough for as
cending this hill on the 17th of June, 1778.”
l Ste-.en?, orphan and minor of
March 6,1341.
Milif dge Stevens. late of said county
LUKE STEVEN S, Guardian.
Ill-temper Xnxictv. Lan/uor nnd .Melancholy, Costiveness, Diarr
Cl^iera Fevers of all kinds. Rheumatism, Gout, Dropsies of al! p-f
Gravel Worms. Astiima aud Conaunyrtion,Scurvy, Ulcers, Inverer- ,
Sores, Scorbutic Eruptions and Bad Com pie x ions, E roplive <■ n mp.«i?-
Sallow- Cloud v, .--r.d otherdisae re ealde Complex ions, ft ait It he um. r.
iioelas. Common Colds and Infiuenza, and various other complain
which afflict the human frame. InFF.vEP.and Ague, particularly.'-
Life Medicines have been most eminently successtu!-, so mueu 50 ' ..j
n the Fev er and Ague districts, Physicians almost nniversai.y preecr- -
AiltLat Mr. Moffat requires of his patients is .to be particular
inc: the Life Medicines strictly according to tiie directions- . *’. I! C " f
a newspaper nofiep,or by anything that he him=e!t may pay in fnaff
that he hone?, to eain credit. It i* alone by the results of a la.r r--
MOFFtT'S MEDICAL MANUAL, fieriLred a- a demrstn- . ■■■■
health. Tin’s li'tie pamphlet, edited by \V. B. Moffat, -S7o Bros •
York, ha? been pi Wished for the purpose oi explaining more J
v of diseases, and wifi be found highly .nterest.n? _ «
— Mr. Moffat'?! 1 /:
P OUR MONTHS afterdate application '
b -- -
i'l be made to the Honora
ble the Inferior court of Pulaski county when sitting tor ordinary-
purposes, for leave to sell all tiie lands and negroes beionging to the
estate of Aaron Scahrough, late of said countv, deceased.
ADEN SCABP.OrGH, Aa’m’r.
Mareb 12.1341. 7 ~ 4m
and t*
persons seekins health. It treat? upon prevalent *’
causes theaeof. Price, twenty five cents—forsMe by Mr. Mofia. = =
generally.
*T* h r- = A IT
Th^se Valuable Medicines are for sale . y
M/E. EDWARDS, Ar*?-;