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I'ronOie New York Courier anil Enquirer.
,\lr. Lejgkt's Appointment.— It 1$
cell uoificialiy announced by the Evening
Post, that ‘•William Leggett E*q. has
been appointed coiitidential agent tr* >lll this
roveruineut to the Republic of Central A
ITI >nca. In making this announcement, the
Post has the grace to attempt an apology
lor Mr. Van Huron's shameless duplicity in
pie discharge of Mr. L)e Witt, from his
diplomatic agency at Gauti nala, which led
to the melancholy suicide of that iiafortnu
ate gentleman, i’hat his death m iybedi
rectly referred to this unexpected and rude
dismissal from the sera ice of his country,
we are well aware that no doubt can be en
tertained; but for this Mr. Van Buret
tan,mt be held responsible, His eneinie
will not profit even by his own teaching, in
the art of making “|>olitical capital” from
the ashes o('the dead. But for the mean,
theidi charade ristic duplicity which atten
ded this dismissal, Mr. Van Buren is res
ponsible, rand for this he will be justly
held to an account.
Mr. De Witt was charge at Gantimala.
On the al eged ground that there was no
further necessity for such an official a
re-it at that place, Mr. De Witt was dis
missed, by Mr. Van Buren— s uddenly and
unexpectedly dismissed, without any itnpu
titioa upon his character, or the fidelity ol
], * public service The only reason as'ign
ciwiithit the President, had dftermiued
n ''dispense with the mission." But no
sooner “was Mr. Van Buren fairly rid of
Mr. Da- Wi't tlnri It ■ ri ids it. “necessary.’
-..according *o the Post -"Jo: a confiden
ts il it rent in Vie employ neat of our Govcrn
n-.nl 1 1 visit that country, in order to obtain
toe r mficatioo of a coin nereial treaty which
iiisb'cn recently negotiated, and explain to
1 i gor.ertnne.it the reason for putting an end
1,1 to; mission which h is hitherto existed.”
Wait »s to he, understood this by phrase of
“cn a.'i lential agmt”? Why so emplriti
eally confiden'ud! Are not all diplomatic
s;ei:s in are or less codi len'i tly? Or is
t ie phrase intended to convey the idea that
Mr. L’giett is more peculiarly in tltecon
ti leace of the government tliui any other
diplomatic agent ? In the Blue Book we
find a long list of consuls, commercial a
gents, secretaries of legation, charges and
niiaisters---!mr none that are “agon'” of our
- iv.erum ;nt fir obtaining the Smithsonian
1 :gacy, but the appointment was autlimi
■l.a 1 1 tile sal try fixed bv Congress.—-
\V 1 it is the s dary of a “confidential agent”
W i.ueiii is it intended that this “confiden
tial agency” should dili'er, except in name
from the recognized and established office
of dirge ! An 1 i!' the honest object of
i'Wdh'l mission is m srely to ‘ obtain
his riti'ie t tmi of a eotn ii‘*reial treaty,*’ and
[ > explain tin reasons for terminating the
inissi >n. how unseasonable and nowise was
the dismissal of Mr. Dewitt! Who was
best a;-pi.limed with the state of our nego-
I itio'H for ills treaty ? Who was the in Ist
suitiblc person to explain the reasons for
di-eoiiu.iuiug the present diplomatic agett
ev ?
We regnr! this mi-sion in the light of an
II Hutho: iz»*d and unjustifiable piece of j"b
rig, to piovj h; for an useful and long neg
-1 ■-t ■ ! pivti.vtti. There is nothing to be
done »t GLiatiur.tla which may not b- exe
•oitcj thro igh our consul there, more effi
i.-ntly tha 1 bv any special appointee,
w icibar he is designated as C rarg* or
•vntifid util! agent.” And while thegavern
■ it is in ih • way of jobbing, why does it
i. nit to sc 10 out an “interpreter ’ with its
“r.infideutiiil a gent,” Commodore Porter’s
<. .tgomiin is allowe 1 $2 509 per annum.
' lr. Leggett will have quite, as much need
ei sneh an assistant as the commodore, in
t discharge of his delicate mission: and
fir. Van Buren has just as much right to
x tary au interpreter, as a “confid titial a
gem.”
Oil' remark , have reference to the miss
i m. and n it to the incumbent. We have no
I articular objection to Mr. Leggett; and
a wed aware that he lias fairly earned
t o n til- a luiiiiistration some more substnn
l.tl hi il a of favor, Ihiitl the fag end of ntl
n ajb'ss and abolished a ;encv. We hope.
ii I'vover, tliat ourfriendi at the South will
’ 0 .i, f:o:n tins “eon'i litntial” employment
•'•) ar I it abolitionist to' place a due es
’ '•> ite on tiie .111 1 aboii'ion professions of
. Ir. V.i.i Bur-it. and to understand tint
'•'l’le he roar s the slave-holding interiit
;u the south, he courts with equal assiduity
i‘b -'i.iioij at the North.
A LOCO roco TRIO.
The editor of the New Oil ans Bee, (a
ii liter painrer in liis wav,) thus describes
spirit i of the Ada
' ition. Toe pie 1 ares are so well drawn
> ’ s ’i i laefs iary to sav far whom they ate in
'['he names of Blair, Kendall, and
’V o.i.lbary, invol.i itaiilv suggest tl ; etn •
ives to the reader’s mind as he jtrttr.-eds—
Th ‘ first, a scheming, ltu.i ;rv a i I no
tori. > .isly sli on Till partisan, a in ’re creature
■a venality, a being whose utmost energies
are exclusively devoted to th<’ defence of
ov a'v act of t ie administration, and to the
fa itu >.! aspersion and slander of the pure t
an I ixV'lest individuals of the countiy-~ a
naiU an l dangerous man, who, careless of
reputation and protected by his official
I h tious, nourishes amid filth and garbage,
ealuminiates without stint »r measure all
’■'lii dare oppose llie executive, an I covers
with JuU,mn) adulation all who have yet the
moral hardihood to adhere to him. The
re ton Ia wretched purler to power ; who
signalized his entrance into public life by
the desertion and abuse of his early bene
factor, who is the universal subject «f coni
pi lint throughout the commercial commu
nity, and who is maintained in office in de
fiance <d' the open murmurs of the people,
and the secret ill-will of the more respecta
ble members of the cabinet: a miscreant
win is suffered with impunity to bully the
congregated wisdom of the country, and
who has exorcised in the department over
which he unhnpnily presides, a system of
unsparing proscription, rarely encountered
in a country professedly governed by lib
eral institutions. The third, a function
ary whose s.le capability appears to con
sist in tin facility of mystifying his finan
cial reports by a labored tissue of prolix
verbiage that puts to nought the patience of
the m.mi resolute; an old time federalist
curiae ;tc 1 by fraternal, if net personal ties
"'i!h the ob.olitionist; a min who has
hitherto given no evidence of having a head
or a heart; whose vigilant supervision over
*h“ duties of his station . leadvs the
annual and 'licit of some millions abstracted
from the revenue by defaulting office hol
ders, and who is shrewdly and not unraesnn
ably suspected of having part and lot iti
•he enormous peculations bv which the
treasury lias been impoverished. These
are the councils and confidents ot Mr. Van
Burtu
One of the most glaring and objectionable
specimens of "Executive interference with
he freedom of Elections,” that we have ever
yet seen, is to be found in the Globe of Thurs
day las;, in winch the Attomney Gemkhai.
01 the United States appears under his own
-ign manual, in propria persona, as the
writer ut au electioneering paper intended
ior tiie feimemre market, wntten and sent
to a citizen ot that Sta e, to lie used in the
political contest now going on there, and
published now for the benefit of the party
generally. This article is an elaborate vin
dication of the conduct of Mr. Van Buren
during the late war, and a labored attempt
to prove him to have been a war democrat.”
Il tlf duties of Air. Grundy’s office, for
the performance of which lie receives a
handsome salary, are so light as to enable
•dm to devote much of liis time to ‘ inter
ference with the elections” in the States,
1 lie compensation ought to be decreased.
Vt any rate, we had thought that Mr. Grun
iv, now that tie is esconced in a comfortable
leitb, would have borne in mind his own
1 minus speech, in which he said that lie
“never saw an office-holder busy with elec
tions, that he did not think that he [the
iliice holder] was more concerned about liis
bread and butter than his couutry."—Alex
andria Gazette.
LET THE PEOPLE REMEMBER.
That while Martin Van Buren professes
the Southern State Rights doctrines, he has
tailed to practice a single one of them.
lie voted in the Senate of the United
States, for the “Bill of Abomination” in
1828!
lie voted for free t egro suffrage in the
New York Convention.
11c voted in the Senate of New York for
a restriction as to slavery, upon the admis
sion ol New State-*—the Missouri question
then pending.
He voted, 111 the same body, fora resolu
tion claiming for Congress the pow er to ap
propriate money for Internal Improvement!
fie has since professed State Rights doc
trines, yet as President of theUuited States
signed every bill making appropriations for
Internal Improvements!
He has recommended a National Bank
rupt Law, giving the General Government
authority to anna! the Charters of Bank
ing Institutions granted by the States, in
contempt of the Slates authorities.
He is at the head of a party claiming to
be the ft i ends of Reform, yet the expendi
tures ol the Government have been increas
ed from T irieen millions to Forty !
1 i e has permitted known defaulters to hold
office for years after their frauds were de
tected, whilst he has hurled honest and
faithful officers from their stations, without
no'ice and without cause !
lie failed to require an official bond fre tn
S'.vartwout for three years , in direct and pal
pable violation of law, by which millions
have been lost to the Public Treasuiv !
In short, he has administered the Gov
ernment loosely, profligately and corruptly.
Can tin- honest yeomanry of the country,
who despise fraud and falsehood, give their
support to such a ruler, or to men who sus
tain such eiiorii'iiie* ?—Richmond IVliig.
Doom of the Administration! —The most
casual observer of public events must per
ceive, and the most uncandid partisan ac
knowledge, that the doom of Mr. Van Bu
ren’s Adiiiinistr.ili ill is staled. The fol
lowing States arc either certainly against it,
or must be so classed upon the latest and
best evidence befoic the Public, viz : Mas
sachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Con
nccticut, New York, New Jersey, Deleware,
Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Lou
Diana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Ohio and Indiana. Doubtful Pennsylvania,
Virginia, South Carolina, Alabama, and
Illinois. For Mr. Fan Buren —Maine, New
Hampshire, Arkansas, Missouri and Michi
gan.^
We set down Ohio as certain, upou the
latest intelligence; the doubt which is felt
of t at State is a doubt of her relative pre
ference of Mr. Clay or Gen. Harrison, not
of her Whig supenoiity.
These sixteen State* embrace a large ma
jority of Electoral votes, and a very heavy
m ajority of the American People. It is
not probable that the Revolution is “to g<>
backwards,” or that any thing can occur to
shake the existing political attachments and
convictions of the People. Mr. Van Bo
ren has no hold on the imaginations of the
People. What popularity he has, was a
mere reflection at first from Gen. Jackson,
and has been sustained since by party stim
ulants. His Administration has been cal
culated to diminish and not iuctease it—
Richmond IFhig.
We support Mr. Van Buren because h“
is unti-Tariflf and anti-internal improve
nieni and the friend of Southern princi
ples.—Southern Argus.
Why do you call him “anti-Tariff?"
Because he voted for the Woolen’s Bill of
1827 and the monstrous Tariff of 1828 and
opposed the compromise of 1833 ? And
why do you call him “anti Internal Improve
ment ?” Because, as a Senator, be voted
for toll-gates on the Cumberland Road, and
as President, has signed every Internal Im
provement bill, without exception, that has
passed through Congress? And why do
you cal! him “the friend of Southern prin
ciples? Because he voted for the infam
ous Missouri restriction and exerted him
self in the N‘ov York Convention in favor
ol that most abominable of all conceivable
abominations, free negro suffrage ?
Louisville Journal.
A Mistery Explained !—lt is often ashed
how a remnant Tribe of poor, hunted, des
titute Indians, have been able to supply
themselves with Ammunition and Provisions
to sustain a sanguinary, ceaseless and pro
tracted warfare. This question, we say, has
been often asked, though we have not seen
it answered. But an officer who lias been
engaged in that War, to whom we applied
fur information, lias explained the mystery,
lie says that the Indians are secretly sup
I lied with Ammunition and Provisions by
Government Contractors and Speculators
who are making splendid fortunes out of
the War! The Indians, lie says, have no
means or facilities for obtaining Ammuni
tion, and m> time to »ais3 provisions. But
for the collusion of Contractors and Spec
ulators, who are interested in keeping up the
War, the ledians would long since have
been defenceless.— Alb. Eve. Jour.
The above coincides with information
which we have received, and almost incred
ible and atrocious as the reported conduct
of the Government agents is. we have reason
to believe them guilty of the practices
charged. It is notorious that the Black
!lawk war was got up and maintained as a
matter of a speculation; indeed, many per
sons at the west, acquainted with Mtc facts,
professed their readiness to take the war oft'
the hands of the Government, and carry it on
at half price. Had proposals been invited
there is little doubt that the contest would
have been brought to a much speedier
termination, and at half the cost to the na
tion. Since then the sharking speculators
have grown more astute. They have too
much sagacity to kill the goose, and the war.
we may rest assured, will go on so long as
Unde Sam sill furnish the means .—Buffa
lo l \i! riot.
THE MIRROR
Saturday, June 33,
For Governor ,
€IIARLES DOIGnERTY.
St’itr Right# .domination.
At a meeting of the State Rights Party of
Stewart county held at Lumpkin on Tues
day last, the following gentlemen were
nominated as candidates to represent this
county in the next Legislature; viz.
SENATE.
LOVER!) BRYAN.
REPRESFNTA TIVES,
WILLURD BOYNTON,
JOHN WEST,
JOSEPH WOOD.
"We have uot yet learned however wheth
er they have accepted the nomination.
The Southern Literary Messenger for
June is on our table. It is one of the best
numbers of that “best of Magazines.”—
Those who wish to enjoy Monthly a rich
intellectual repast would do well to subesribe
forthwith. We will take pleasure in for
warding their names!
Charles Ilavnes, who, it will be recollec
ted, killed liis brother in Muscogee coun
ty a week or two ago, and fled from justice,
has been apprehended, and we presume by
this time lodged in Jail to await his trial,
lie was arrested in Barbour county Ala.
opposite Franklin, and was carried, bound
and guarded, though this place to Colum
bus on Tuesday morning last.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTIONS.
The smoke cf the contest having blown
over, and the clamor, and uproar of the
Van Buren presses, throughout the coun
try having almost subsided, we will take a
look into the matter, and ascertain, as nearly
as possible the extent of the mischief. The
Van Buren Democrats, confident in the
success of their schemes and stratagems,
which they had been at so much pains to
concoct before the elections, could not res
train their ebullitions of joy, blit raised the
-bout, and cried out victory, even before
tiiey had heard the result. As on many
athcr occasions, however, they have been
premature in their rejoicings, and now find
that there is less reason for self congratula
tion than they imagined having as usual
“calculated without their host.”
The following are the members elected to
Congress.
Whigs. Van Buren.
Henry A Wise, Linn Banks,
John Taliaferro, Andrew Beirne,
R. M. T. Hunter, Walter Cowles,
John M. Botts, Robert '‘raig,
John Hill, G. C. Droomgoole,
Win. L. Coggin, Joel Ilolleman,
Chas. F. Mercer—7 Jos. Jones,
Jno. W. Jones,
Conservatives. Win. Lucas,
James Garland, Fr. E. Rives,
Geo. W. Hopkins—2 Lewis Steenrod,
G. B. Samuels—l 2.
The election of Win. Lucas Esqt- is
contested by his opponent Mr. Barton
(Whig.) with every probability of success.
Lucas’ majority was only four, while it is
said to be susceptible of proof that nearly
fifty illegal votes were deposited in liis fa
vour; two of his constituents alone voted
for him four times. Should Mr. Barton
succeed the delegation will be composed of
Ten Whigs ami Conservatives and Eleven
Van Buren men showing a loss of four from
the Admirnsttution ranks since the last elec
tion.
The Legislature will be composed of 80
Vhigs, 13 Conservatives and 74 Loco
Foeos, showing a majority of 17 on joint
ballot in favour of the Whigs and Conserva
tives, which will enable them to elect their
U. S. Senator, who, we have no doub t, will
be Mr. Rives, on account of his tnanly and
independent course during the last sessiou
of (fongerss.
DEMOCRACY.
This much abused word is, we fear, but
little understood, in these days of political
degeneracy. As the epithetol a party, its
true meaning is rarely, if ever referred to,
and cannot, therefoie, be considered an in
dex to the principles of a party, wluse lead
ers, knowing “the magic of a name,” have
assumed it, in order to dupe the unthinking,
but honest part of the people who, always
willing for others to think and act for them,
are apt to fall iuto the ranks of those who
make the loudest ptofeasions of patriotism.
Van Buren’s paitizans have, in the true
spirit of their master’s political tact, arroga
ted to thenwelves the specious cognomen of
(heaven save the mark !) Democratic Re
publicans.
Now, wc are entirely at war with this kind
of political blindfolding, and believe in no
thing so much as calling things by their
right names. The evil of sufteriog men to
mask themselves in false colors and become
the leaders of a party, has been sufficiently
felt and deprecated in our own State. Strip
from the leaders of the opposite party the
captivating name of “Union,” and give them
their proper appellation of Consolodatinnists
and Subinissionists, and what would be t’*e
consequence? Men, whose minds have
long been asleep in political matters, or who>
at least, Lave merely skimmed along the sur
face, without investigating principles and
doctrines, would be found throwing otf their
allegiance, and rallying around the banttet
of State Rights, the only true means of pre
serving the Constitution and the Union.—-
We protest then, against the propriety ol
permitting the Van Buren party to appro
priate to themselves a name which possess
a charm iu the eyes of the American people,
while their principles and practices are ut
terly at variance with the doctrines contain
ed in it. The following, from the Albany
Daily Advertiser, is an admirable summary
of the objections to Van Buren Democracy :
We deny the “democracy” of a party
which sustains ihe President of the United
States in the theory that the sole control of
the Army, the Navy, and the money of the
uation is vested in his hands, and t! at Con
gress cannot take it from him without a
violation of the Constitution.
We deny the “democracy” of the party
which asserts that the President is the
Representative of the People.
That his oath o f office is a source of
power.
That he is to obey the Constitution as he
understands it.
That power was ‘‘left in his hands” pre
cedent to the Constitution.
That he is right in superintending and
protecting the morals of the people,
That it is a legitimate use of his power,
to reward his friends and punish his ene
mies. a theory which strikes at the very root
of democracy, tor what becomes of freedom
of opinion if a man is to be “punished”
for his sentiments.
We deny the “democracy” of that party
which proclaims that all the offices of emol
urnetit and honor throughout the country,
are to be considered but as the “ spoils of
the vanquished," to be distributed solely for
the benefit ot the "victors." Such a theory
is at war with the practices aud opinions of
Air. Jefferson.
We deny the “democracy” of the party
which justified President Jackson's seizure
of the Public Aloney through the abrupt
dismissal of a conscientious Secretary and
the employment of a pliant tool.
We deny the “democracy” of the party
which justifies the abuse of the veto power.
Which strengthens unduly the executive
nnn at the expense of Congress and the
States— therein abandoning the ancieut
democracy and trenching directly upon the
old federal ground.
We deny the “democracy” of the party
which practically defines “Reform,” to be
an extension of Abuses—and "Economy" to
be unsurpassed extravagance.
*YVe deny tlie “democracy” of the party
which upholds and justifies the influencing
of legislation in Congress, though the offi
cial patronage of the executive.
In short, we deny that the professions of
those who arrogate to themselves an exclu
sive claim to democracy, are in keeping with
their practice.—They are widely at variance
aud although the professors are loud in their
clamors about Jtheir "pT.T.cylea" their
course of action lias a fliretd tendency to i
elevate to power and place, the selfish, the
mercenary, the venal, and the corrupt.
From the Tallahassee Star, ll th inst.
PUBLIC MEETING.
At a meeting of the citizens of Tallahas
see aud its vicinity, held agreeably to pub
lic notice at tbc Court House on Saturday
last, on motion of J.B.Webb, Gen. Thom
as Brown was called to preside, and S. S.
Sibley appointed Secretary. The object of
the meeting having been stated by the
Chairman the r nieeting was addressed by
William P. Du Val, Esq. in au animated
and eloquent speech on the subject of the
disastrous Seminole War and in relation to
the treaty, recently concluded by Gen.
Macomb with a few of the Chiefs, commu
nicated in tlie morning paper. Gov. Du Val
concluded by etferingthe following pream
ble and resolutions which were adopted
without a dissenting voice. On motion of
Col. Wyatt, the word unanimous was order
ed to be inserted.
PREAMBLE AND RRSOLUTIONS.
We, citizens of Leon county, (Florida)
have seen in th public prints with regret
and dismay, that a treaty is partially made
o\ the commanding General of the United
States Army, (Macomb.) with the Seminole
Indians, under the authority of the War
Department by which tho country is to be
assigned temporarily , as it issttid to the Indt
ans, but permanently, RS we shall noedoubt
experience—wilt include «dl th* l * P art
the peninsula of Florida, front the head wa
ters of Peas Creek which into
Charlotte Harbor, to the mouth of S.hark
river according to certain boundaries. As
a portion of this unfortunate, slandered
arid desolated country, we do most earnest
ly and solemnly protest against tins measure
and with full confidence in the wisdom, and
justice and humanity ofour national Legis
lature. appeal to them to protect us a
gainst a sacrifice so cruel ami wanton,
and to preserve the people of Florida from
such danger, and the countxy from such
disgrace.
At thii time, while this national disgrace
will be insured by lie treaty, ruinous to the
prosperity and danenrous so the safety of
Florida, the commander of the United
States Army, in person, as we are informed
has issued bis order declaring a suspension
of hostilities, while the Indians under this
hollow truce, are murdering our citizens in
the east, under the nose of this officer, and
in Middle Florida have destroyed several
families and fired their dwellings—the reg
ular troops at the several military posts
must, and do, remain neutral and inactive
uncler bis order.
We view it as an act of supererogation
on ihe part of this General, and ambassa
dor extraordinary to the Seminole nation,
to issue such an order, inasmuch as wc have
no reason to suppose that during the last
year and a half the regular treopsaltogeth
er have destroyed or injured, half a dozen
Indians by force of mines. We hive good
authority for sayiug that several of the
Seminole ]*>dianssent off from this country
to the far west, have returned to Florida,
and we believe that many of th:m are now
returning to this Territory. These Indians
have communicated trom Mi> anope and
Jumper, to the Indians in Florida, that they
have not land in the west assigned to them
sufficient to bury them. Under these cir
cumstances, if the contemplated treaty is
made, the Seminole emigrants and many
of the discontented Creek Indians will re
turn and locate themselves in Florida, and
in less than three years, the Indian force
will be much greater than we found it at the
commencement of the present disastrous
war. If the Senate should ratify such a
treaty, we shall be found in a deplorable
state. No prudent man will remove to Flor
da ; for if we ever have war with a foreign
power, utter ruin will fall on the country :
unite a respectable foreign force, with the
Seminole Indians—and not Florida alone,
but the States adjoining will greatly suffer.
With such guides—backed by a forraida
ble force, collected from the West India
emancipated inhabitants—the danger will
oecoine greater than we can now undertake
to anticipate.
If these Indians are located temporarily,
they w ill never hereafter be removed but by
exter.niuatinn—taor will our country be wil
ling to hazard again defeat, ami disgrace
by anoiher conflict with these Indian*
Ist. Be il therefore Resolved, That the
Governor of Florida be requested to issue
bis proclamation to assetnb'e tlie Legisla
tive Council on the first .Monday in Novem
ber next, at Tallahassee, and the Legisla
tive Council be requested, when assembled
to seud on a committee with their remon
strance and protest, against ratification of
any treaty that may be made, tn locate ihe
Indians in Florida, and that such commit
tee unite with the Delegate iu Congress in
iu opposing such treaty.
2d. Resolved, That we highly approve
of the sentiments roniaind in the letter of
the .Secretary of War, in answer to oncad
dressed to him by Gen. Jesiip, then com
mantling in Florida, rebuking him for sug
gpxting, the Indians might be r* ndered
Irienul”, by locating them in Florida.
3d. Resolved, That it is insulting to the
feelings of the people of the United States
and degrading to our character, to send
the Commander in Chief of the United
States to sue for peace, to a lew Indians af
ter a war offouryears, and in fact yielding
up to the Indians all they have ever requir
ed.
4th. Resolved, That the Seminole Indi
ans and the inhabitants of Florida, cannot
maintain peace, and live in the same conn
tty, anil if any treaty shall be ratified, loca
ting these Indiaus in Florida it will be a paper
treaty only.
Florida is the last, place in the limits of the
United Stales, wherein the Indians should
be permitted to remain for obvious rea
sons.
Ist. They have access to the Atlantic and
the Cull Stream, and are always accessible
to the enemies of the United States.
2d. In war with any foreign pow«>r, they
will be induced to take pa t against us, and
will guide our enemies through every part
of our country.
3d. If located in Florida, the runaway
slaves will find refuge and protection with
them.
4th- The contiguity of emancipated col
ored population of the West Indies, would
in a war with some foreign power place
Florida, and in lact the whole ofour South
ern States, in jeopardy. There is no pos
ition in which these Indians could be loca
ted, so dangerous to the peace and happi
ness of the Southern and interests of the
United States, asthe Peninsula of Florida.
6th. Resolved It is the duty of our citi
zens in every county in Florida, to assem
ble and protest against the location of the
Indians in the Peninsula, and wo call on
them to unite with us in opposing the rati
fication of any such treaty.
The Editors of the several public prints
in this Territory are requested to publish
these proceedings—and the President of
this meeting is requested, to send a copy of
the S4it!° to the President of the United
States, Secretary of War, the Governor of
this Territory, and IP our Delegate in Coa
trress".
THOMAS BROWN, Chairman.
S. S. Sibley, Sec’y.
The Seminole IVar.— Peace is proclaim
ed by proclamation of the American Gener
al. Will the Indians abide by it. We
think Genl. Macomb, would have gained
ti ore laurels if he had been whipt by the
Indians, than to have signed a tredty, cov
ering the whole country with dishonor.
Tiie war must and will be renewed again
—fire and water could as soon mingle to
gether as the relatives of our murdered
citizens, and the blood-stained Seminole.
There is no Peace ! there can be none while
a Seminole roams in the Penin-ula.
St. Joseph, Times.
§?,The Whigs intend running Mr. Tal
tnailge for the Vice Presidency. We ad
vise the supporters of that Paragon of
political chastity to build a temple to Diana.
Pa. Dem.
We would advise the supporters of R.
M. Johnson to build a temple to Dinah.
Louisville Journal.
* -"-in .■ ■ - 1 . »>'■■■" «
iftjfSgr* The Columbus E nquirer, South
3X£r Prn Recorder and Southern Whig
are requested by the Administrators’ on the
estate of Lewis Bond, deceased, to publish
until the davs of sale, the land sales of that
estate, to be found on the fourth page of the
Mirror, and forward their accounts to Starks
ville for payment.
pjtigf* 3 Th e members of the Florence I>e
baling Society are requested to meet
this evening, by early candle light.
June 22
feook at This.
THE subscribers are determined to bring
their business to a focus by the first
day of July. Those indebted will do well
to call and settle by, or previous to that time,
and save cost. ROOD 6c T A L M A N.
Florence, June 18, 1839 11 3t
A'olice—Rissol u turn.
THE late partnership existing between
the subset ibers in the mercantile bu
siness in the county of Stewart, in the State
of Georgia, has been dissolved, by mutual
consent, ever “ince the 4th day of the pre
sent month. Joho S. Rice is authorised to
close the business of said concern,
JOSIAH DICKINSON.
JOHN S. RICE.
June 11,1839. 11 6t
NOTICE.
THE SHERIFFS’ SALES of Sumter
county, will, hereafter be published in
the Georgia Mirror.
JOHN KIMMEY, Sheriff.
G M. WHEELER, D. Sh'if.
Americus, June 5,1839.
MASONIC CELEB HATTON.
> | MIE MASONIC LODGE NO. 13. at
■ Americus Sumter County, will cele
brate the tilth of Jnne iust. it being the
Anniversary of ST. JOHN. All brethren
of the Order are respectfully invited to at
tend. There will also be an address, suitable
to the occasion, pronounced by the Rev.
Thomas Gardner.
WM 11. PEGG Jr. ) Com.
JOHN HAMES. V of
JOHN H. BLOUNT. S Invt.
Americus, Juna 6,1839. tit 9
Tl IE Subscriber will attead to th« nolle*
tion of all debts di»* th* late firm *1
Gardner & Barrow, np to April, 1839.
Persons indebted to said frraa will please
make payment immediately.
A writ 30 H H BARROW
1 FOREWARN all person* of Georgia
and Alabama, from trading with Martha
Elizabeth Foster, on my account, as l con
sider myself do longer accountable for hyr
contracts. JOHN B. FOSTER.
Randolph co> June 12 10 3tp
UNEXAMPLED MAMMOTH
SCHEME.
THE following details of a Scheme of z
Lottery, to be.drawn in Decrtiiber next
warrants us in declaring it to be CNPAK
ALLED in the history of Lotteries. PRI
ZE- 9 , to the amount hate never before been
offered to the public, it is ttue, there are
many blanks, but on the other hand, the ex
tremely low charge of S2O | er Ticket—the
value and number of the rapituls, and the re
vival of tiie good old custom of WARRAN
TING THAT EVERY PRIZE SHALL
BE DRAWN AND SOLD, will, we are
sure, give uo.versat satisfaction, and espe
cially to the Six Hundred Prize Holders.
To those disposed to adventure, we re
commend early application being trade to
us for tickets—when the Prizes ate all sold .
blanks only remain---the first buyers have
the best chance. We, therefore, emphati
cally say—DELAY NOT? but at once re
mit and transmit to us your orders, which
shall always receive onr immediate atten
tion. Letters to’ be addressed, aud applica
tions made to
SYLVESTER & Cos.
156, Broadway, New York
(£?“ Observe the No, 15«.
$700^000!!!
$500,000!!
$35,000!!
SIX PRIZES OF
$30,000 ! !
TWO PRIZES OF
$15,000!
THREE PRIZES OF
SIO,OOO.
GRAND REAL ESTATE AND BANK
STOCK LOTTERY OF PROPERTY
SITUATED IN N. ORLEANS.
The Richest and most magnificent
Scheme ever presented 1o the public in this
or any other country.
TICKETS OJYMj 1* S3O.
Authorized by an act of the Leg
islative Assembly of Florida ,
and under the direction of the
Commissioners acting under the
same.
TO BE DRAWN AT JACKSONVILLE.
FLORIDA, DEC. 1,1839.
SCHMIDT 8f HAMILTON, Managers.
SYLVESTER*Co. 156, BROADWAY,
NEW YORK, SOLE AGENTS.
N9 COMBINATION NUMBERS!!
The deeds of the Property and the Stock
transferred in trust to the Commissioners
appointed by the said Act of the Legisla
ture of Florida, for the security of the
Prize-Holders.
SPLENDID SCHEME.
1 Prize. THE ARCADE,2B6 feet,
5 inches, 4 lines, on Maga
zine street; 101 feet, il in
ches, on Natchez street'; 1.6
feet, 6 iucliesoti Gravier street.
Rented at about $37,000 per
annum. Valued at S>7QO,OOO
1 Prize CITY HOTEL, P 2 feet,
ou Common street; 146 feet
C inches, on Camp stre°t.—
Rented al $25,000. Valued at 500,0(!o
1 Prize, DWELLING HOUSE,
(adjoining the Arcade,) No. 16,-
24 leet, 7 inches, front on Nat
chez street. Rented at SI2OO
Valued at 20,006
1 Prize do. Adjoining the Arcade,
No. 18, 23 feel front on Nat
chez street. Rented at SI2OO.
Valued at 20,006
1 Prize do. Adjoining the Arcade,
Fo. 20, 23 feet front, on Nat
chez street. Rented at SI2OO
Valued ut 20,000
1 Prize do. No, 23. North-east
corner of Busin and Custom
house street; 40 feet front on
Basin, and 40 feet on Franklin
street, by 127 feet deep in Cus
tom house street. Rented at
$15,00. Valued at 20,000
1 Prize do. No. 24, South-west
corner of Basin and Custom
house street; 32 feet 7 inches
on Basin, 32 feet 7 inches ou
Franklin, 127 feet 10£ inches
deep in front of Custom-house
street. Rented at SISOO. Val
ued at 20,000
1 Prize do. No. 539, 21 feet, 8 in
ches on Royal street, by 127
feet 11 inches deep. Rented
at SIOOO. Valued at 15,000
1 Prize, 250 shares Canal Bank stock
SIOO each, 25,000
1 Prize do. 200 do. Commercial do.
SIOO each. 20,000
1 Prize do. 150 do. Mechanics’ &
Traders’ SIOO each, 15,000
1 Prize do. 100 do. City Bank,
$l9O e.ich 10,000
l Prize 100 do do do do do 10,000
1 Prize 100 do do do do do 10,000
1 Prize 50 do. Exchange Bank,
SIOO each 5,000
1 Prize 50 do do do SIOO each, 5,000
1 Prize 25 do Gas Ligbtßank, SIOO
each, 2,500
1 Prize 25 do do do do do 2,500
1 Prize 15 do Mechanics’A: Traders’
SIOO each 1,500
1 Prize do. 15 do do do 1,500
20 Prizes each 1,0 shares of the Lou
isiana State Bank, SIOO each,
each $1,000) 20,000
10 Prizes, each 2 shares, of SIOO
each, each Pr ze S2OO of the
Gas Light Bank, 2,000
200 Prizes, each 1 share of SIOO, of
the Bank of Louisiana, 20,000
200 Prizes, each 1 of $100; of the
New Orleans Bank, 20,000
150 Prizes, each 1 share of SIOO, af
the Union Bank of Florida 15,000
000 $1,500,00X1
TICKETS S2O—NO SHARES.
The whole of the Ticket*, with their
Numbers, as also, those containing the Pri
zes, will be examined and scaled by the
Commissioners appointed under the Act,
previously to their being put iuto the wheels.
One w heel will contain tbe Six Hundred
Pi izes, and the first 600 Numbers that shall
be drawn out, will be entitled to such Friz*
as may be drawn to its numbei, and tbe for
tunate holders of such Prize* will Lave such
property transferred to tbtui immediately
after (lie drawing, unencumbered and without
any deductioni
JetuelS H tID