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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 ppiy lor sal : y Jitfii r l. r 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*?-;