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military operation, the United States sueing tor peace and abandoning their treaty, and the country acquired by it. What an ex ample lor the world! \Vhat a precedent tor the 60.000 warriors on the borders o' Missouri ami Arkansas!!—Tiiis is done i" the lucent the declarations of the late Pres ident, that lie could whip all the Indians west of the Suwanee with 50 women! A Major Genera' is now hunting Sam Junes to ask for peace, under orders from tin t;i.rem ittent !!! It is too farcial to be a subject for the Drama, aud we shall hardly have another Pontiac. We have seen a. total derangement in all the departments of government. Defalca tions are too common even to merit a pas sing remark. No one is deemed worthy of office until lie has distinguished himself by sonic partisan service, which, in some measure, disqualifies him from its accep tance. In the purer eras of 'lie republic, public confidence was considered an indis pensable qualification lot public employ meat —now, ■ ersons, are appointed just in proportion to the want of it. Kvety man who looses the confidence of the people at home, ri-es iu the estimation of the powers at Washington. A failure to elected by the people, is his recommendation to Execu tive appointment Gentlem'ii it cannot lie disguised o-d ■ nieil. tit it this Government, under the pre- Tassions of D .onoeraev of the men m pow er, has ma le alarming strides tow ards mon archy. The G iverwnent is this dav more absolute t i principle and practice, than any one of the th>'ce eo'tstituiio nil in anarchies of eh i rope. By the theory and practice of the British and French Governments, a vote of the Leg islative chambers will diive out of power any ministry noon any important question of national policy. Here, they defy the o -utile a id their r 'presenta'ivos. How long would Levi Woodbury have s'ood in any otliei country after his blun ders, failures, mlscalcul t'io s .ml stupidity? We now see a l»ati'tru"f treasury, and an insolvent *overnnieni, warring lot party, and experimenting upon the people! 1 — Some ol their doses are like tlmse of the qu <ck whu presented alcohol iu high fever- We a.c gratified to learn from various sources, in relation to the approaching elec tion for Governor, tha! the prospects of our success are every wav filtering. Indeed, there can he no reason why they should not be so; the two last elections having shown ns to In; in a clear an 1 decisive majority of the people of the State, and oor candidate having ever been one of the strongest men in the State in point of fhionhirity. .lodge I) i igheriy has ever Seen a favorite with the Slate Rights pirtv, a predilection eminent ly deserved by his ability, independence, firmness, and unwavering stability as a poli ti 'ia t. an 1 his plain, unostentatious, and re publican simplicity as a man. He is indeed one ol nature's noblemen - ; frank, generous. Social, yet dignified; calm, self-porscssed, vet not trrogait ; firm a a I unbending in his j> i t.-iples, nor vet intolerant; hlendin" u.j. 1 g tV-r a clearaess :n 1 intellect, e ptal to tp.j' -rn'iiVl. an ] i s'erncss of intoa ll . v Worthy of rt oonff lenett, he is literally ti man n: 'll * ncoole, an 1 one <>f the niftiest son..ioieas of the true Ante;Jem citizen lie I* ins! s »oh a man as w ; delight to ho b't"-V>'l sno iort. a l I just the man whom we di'ibt not the people of Georgia will honor via the Ijrst .'I ii lay in October. Aiiy. sentint\> T. L E CTI ON m \ V. \V3. NonTil 0 vanity \. — II iwkins, Shpppnrd. Tlvmim. Tan Buren. and Stanly, Whig, c- Ici.'te I. th'* other districts not heard from. A i,acyMA.—Three Administration, and two Whigs, th'llef. Wing, is elected in the Mobile dlttri. t, Lewis in the Montgomery district. We have not received a paper from Ten nessee since the election. We fear they h ive fought the battle of the Kilkenny (’.its, mid tetotally used each other up Eny. t'rrtm the Geoiai.i .tuunut\ SINGULAR INCIDKNT.—THtJ TEN NLSSKK .MOTIiKRS. Sum ft-.v years ago, a young man left his home in rlie State of Tcnties-e, with a horse tlrover. Car the purpose of assisting in driv ing .1 lot of horse* into the *G mrgia market.' The Tennesseean. meeting with a sale for <d l it.s horses anil not wishing to retain one t i carry the young man home, advised Lint to remain i:i Georgia, anJ seek cinploytuotit is laborer on one of our rail loads, sta'Jitg tint it i a i a j-n ft able business, l.v pursuim* which, lie could not fail to make money. Nititrally a simpleton, the young man fol lowed the advice of the individual who t-h till I hive protected him. and who en'iced hint trial it is lit ne, and sought employment 01 tiie Mi a roe rad road. Here he was most Unfortunately thrown into bad com piny, and was induced to forge an order, a tn utping to about forty dollars o i a store for goods. The forgery discovered, he was indicted, tried, convicted, mid sentenced to • lie Penitentiary li>r live years. His trial took pinto at tin .March term of the Supe rior Court, in Monroo county, |S'ih. since w hich time lie has been confined to hard labor in the Penitentiary. His mother, an old lady of sixty years, re si ling 1 of) miles from Milledgeville, ho ning ot the unfortunate condition in which Imr soil was placed, and knowiug-the i.nbectliity <>( his mind, with alia mothers aiTection, determined to proceed at once to this place, and to make his true situation known to the proper authorities. But alas ! how was a poor and lonely woman, w ithout money or friends, having no conveyance of her own to get to Milledgeville With a resolution truly heroic, this old lady dele mined to travel on foot, the whole distance, and ac companied by a sister ten years younger than herself, site walked the extraordinary distancS of four hundred and fifty miles, to petition the Governor to pardon her unfor tunate son. An investigation of the caste induced the Governor to extend to the un fortunate youth a remission of his sentence, and we had the melancholy pleasure of seeing the old lady, and her sister, together with tile son, slowly wending their way back to their home in Tennesse. What will not a mother's affection accomplish! The incident, n the ‘Heart of Mid-Lothian,’ ol Jeanme Dean’s trp to London, for the pur pose of procuring a pardon for her sister, bears no comparison on the part of a mother to an unfortunate son. Mly hey all reach their homes in safety, and tnay the young nun, under the guardianship of his aged mother, be restrained in future, from the commission of crime! The drover who enticed him from home, and left him to suf fer in a land of strangers, knowing his im becility. should supply his place in the Pen itentiary. The Chcrokces have embodied themselves near the Sabine for I lie purpose of preventing the erection of a fort authorized by the gov ernment of Texas. The pcop'e were pre parid for a conflict with the Indians. THE [MIRROR Kilinrtias', Angusl 17, l For Prcviilt'iit, GEORGE M. TROUP. For Governor, Charles FOR THE LEGISLATURE. SENATE, LOVERD HR VAN. REPUESENTA TIERS, WILLI AHD BOYNTON, JOHN WEST, JOSEPH WOOD. (T!/ 3 Several articles have been unavoid ably laid over, which we intended to have published in today’s paper—among them an interesting letter on Phrenology, that shall appear in our next. I' rotn an oversight in us, we have neglect ed to inform our readers, that, on the -2*l inst. Gustavus DeLaunay, Esq. was elected a Justice of the Inferior Court for this coun* ty, vice John Brooks, Esq. resigned. Col. J. W. A. Pettit and J. W. Mann E>q. have been elected to represent Barbour county, Al a. iu the next Legislature of tha: State. In speaking of this election, the uNepen thes," a Van Buren concern, published in Irwinton, says, ‘ tfC looi upon it as a signal Whig victory." We are pleased at receiving ’his lavorable news to th? cause of State Rights from Barbour, as we had feared that th <t county was bound hand and foot to the car of the little Magician. But so it is, we were deceived, and that agreeably, and when thus deceived wc scarcely ever shed a tear. Go ahead, Barbour, you are right. We perceive that the Hon. C. C. Cam nveleng, of N<uv York, so lung Mr. Van Bttron’s faithful and obedipnt servant in the House of Representatives, but who was de feated last year, has gone to Euiope It is •supposed, that in order to repay him for his funner faithful services and console him in his deleaf, Mr. Van Bitten has given him a mission, w hich will letainhim in that conn try some conside-able time. Those who go to Congress and act ••up to their integrity.” as the Vans say, find they lose nothing by their faithfulness, even should their eonstit uen'a become disgusted at their conduct — for, uo sooner do the people nut ime of these political panjets down, than Mr. Van Byren raises him up, In closing our editorial remarks last week on the doctrines and principles of the two contending parties, in this Epte, we prom tsed to renew the subject from time to time in order if possible to. cary into effect onr object when we first set out, viz : to bring the parries back tq.there original land marks and define the bounds existing between them; threfore, in obedience to that promise we fepew again tile subject, that our former Hint tt ks may be more fully understood atiJ explained. We asserted list week, in round to-ms, that the, so-called. Union parly were Con solodationjsts and Federalists, and as they most stenuuusly deny the appellations and endeavor to cast all their odium upon the shoulders of their opponents, we deem it necessary to prove our assertions and put the ui ittcr to rest. We bad hut little doubt when they were penned but that they would receive a palpable contradiction from those who arc more anxious to keep their princi ples concealed than that the peeple should know the whole truth of the matter and see the position they occupy; while we were equally convinced many an honest hearted Union man, would be struck aghast at hearing such doctrines asserted as rh e relief of those to whom he has hitherto been casting his suffrages, as he thought for the good of his. country ; arui well may he have been astonished as their is but little doubt they preach one dacrine to the hon est and ignorant, while they practice arm believe another. But* tu the point—wc promised the proof that they were Federal ists and Consolodatiouists. The terms are som.euthat synotiimous and what constitutes one constitutes the other. A consoloda tioi.Wls believes that this is ‘‘one great na tion" over which Congress and the Presi dent have supreme control, that there acts are binding and, obligatory upon the people and that there is uo power to control them save the ballot-box, —the Supreme Court, (a creature of their own formation and one of them) —that tire only remedies, save these, for unconstitional laws and acts, arc petitioning, remonstrating and piotcsting.ziA when these fail we.must submit or be hung as traitors. These constitute the belief of the Union party and these constitute them the Consolodatiouists and Federalists. But says same one where is your proof—you have given us your own opinions as before and yet there is no evidence that this is so, as taken from any of the acting* anti doings of the Union party ? 3e not alarm ed, —we have the proof at hand and such as you are bound to receive—we find it in your awn books—in the architves of your parly, where it is kept in sacred remember* auce ~ we find it emanating from an author ity you dare nut dispute —issued from tin throne of power aud sent forth as an edict to make those who dare believe in State Rights •State Sovereignty and State Reined es, leai and tremble,—we find it in the text book ol your party, emanating from your sacred and enmiaculate law giver Andrew the Ist, in his celebrated proclamation of '32, iu ch.uac lets too plain to be misunderstood, and in language too pi tin to be misconstrued. Do you wish an extract or two, you shall have it, and if you have never believed this doc trine before, you must believe it now, or for ever renounce the pr rty with whom yon have hitherto acted, and who also, have the hardihood, with such a faith and text book to call themselves State Rights men. But hear toe “Old Roman” that “greatest aud best:” “The people of the United Stales formed the constitution, acting through the Stale Legislatures iu making the compact, to meet and discuss i's provisions, and tu tii.g :n separate conventions when they ratified those provisions; hut the terms used in it* consti ucl 10ti show it to bp a government iu which the people of all the States collec tive! v are represented. We are ons. p t o ri-‘ in the choice of the President and Vice President. Here the States have no other agency tl an to direct the mode iu w hich the votes shall he given. The c m li.iates hav ing the majority of all the votes, are chosen. The electors of a majority of States may have given their votes for one candidate, and >et another may he chosen. The people, then, and not the States, are represented in the Executive branch. In the House of Representatives there is this difference, tha* the people of one State do not, as in the ease of President and Vice I resident, all vote for the same'officers. The people of all the States do not vote lot all the members, each State electing onlv its own reptesenlativ s. But this creates uo material distinction. When chosen, they are all representatives of the United States, not representatives of the particular State from which tney come. They are paid by the United States, tint by the State uwr are they accountable to it for any act done in the performance of their legislative functions ; and however they may in prac tice, as it is their duty tu do, consult and prefer the interests of their particular con slituents, when they crime in conflict with any other partial or local interest, yet it is their first and highest duty, as repreftenta* tatives ol the United States,to promote the general good.” Uetc is a position UWlimed aud arguments brought f«»r:v*rd to prove that this is a con sulodated Goveinxnod, because the people act as one people in tho citoice of President ant! Vice President and that the Represen tatives in Congress “arc the Representa tives of the United States and not the dis if rent States from which they come.’* Was ever argument more di ctigenu u ? was ever doctrine more petucious ? We tvi il not insult the community by endeavoring to prove that these doctrines are riot true— that this is not a Cousolodated Government; they arc convinced of that already—wc only wished to Listen these docrines upon our opponents because they have been endeav oring to throw them off; but this they should never he allowed |o do, until they renounce the Proclamation i;i round and open terms and acknowledge that in suppor ting Gen. Jnokso ii they have acted in bad fauh to the principles of the government and the liberties of the people. But as they have claimed al.-p, to he Jes si f-om.tns and Madisoni-ms as well as Jack sonian?, let us see how the principles of Madison and Ja kson, as expressed above will correspond and then observe th? consis tency oC those self styled Union met) in cal ling themselves Mudisonians. Read she following extract from Mr. Madison, con 'a’tued in « Resolution of the Virginia Leg islature of '9B. “3 hat this Assembly doth explicitly and peremptorily declare, that it views the pow ers <’f the Federal GhtoenvAr.nl as resulting from the Compact to which the Stales are par ties, as limited by llte plain sense and inten tion of the instrument constituting that rom pact, as no further valid than thru are author izsd by the grants enumerated in that compact and that in case of a deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the Stales wlo are parlies thereto have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting ihe uropress of the evil, and for maintaining, with in their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties, appertaining to them." How then can the Union party claim to believe in the doctrines of Madison, and at the-mine time contend for and support the principles of Ja°kson, when the latter con tends for unlimited powers for the General Government, and the former asserts these power only :vt limited— when] Jackson asserts this as one great consoludated nation and every word used by Matlson, goes for to condemn anti spurn with indignation such a construction ofthe Constitution. People of Georgia, we call upon you again to reflect; ponder well ttic principles of the two contending parties; for be you well assured that the original doctrines arc the only ones that should govern us in cas ting our suffrages and. supporting our liber ties and independence. If the doctrines of the Consolodationists are sustained, our ! liberties are not worth contending for; onr i md. petlence is an idle tale, and our govern ment is a Despotism. Let us then sustain the principles of ’9B anti ’99, the principles, of Madison and Jefferson, and we shall con tinue free, happy .and independent; otherwise if‘wo sleep at our posts and are not awake to there inaintainance, our opjyments will cotne upon us as a thief in the night---our all •’will he stript from us and wc shall be worse than slaves —the abject menials of an ab solute government. \Ve publish today, the following letter front our esteemed friend and fellow-citizen. Col. D. P. Ilitlhousr, upon the subject of the late Cotton Circular. His ac quaintance with the commercial operations of the country, and his experience in the ba siuess of which the circular treats, entitle h'S opinions to the careful consideration of and wiio feel any interest in the matter, or have the Welfare of the country at heart. We cordially unite with Col. liilllioust* in urging upon ihe planters and citizeus gen erally on the Chattahoochee and Flint riv ers, the necessity ol a full representation in the Cotton Planting Contention, recom mended in the circular, to be held in the ci ty of Macru, on the 82d of Ootober. But tine moment’s reflection must convince everv sensible man, it seems to us, of the necessi ty of such representation, anti we hope on citizens will .see and attend tt* the matter it time, as things hare arrived at that crisi when it is absolutely necessaiy something should he done, and done speedily. We perceive from the letter of Col. Ui’l house, that Gen. Joins Hamilton, of S. (!. is the agent spoken of in the Circular, as having the confidence of the Southern plan ters then in New York, to visit Europe for the purpose of making preliminary arrange in 'nts with the houses in Liverpool and Hn vrp, lor effectually carrying out the recoin, m ends lions contained in the Circular, should they meet the approbation of the contempla ted Convention. I his must be truly gra’’ tying lu those who feel interest *d iu the mat* ter, a* no man could be sent to Europe, who would carry more influence with him, aud be of m..re sc vice than Gen. Hamilton. Albim, N. V. July 30, 1839. Messrs. Gardner ty Bull, Gentlemen ;—I have been traveling about tu the interior parts of this and adjoining States, so remote from any public prints that I have not seen, until today, the publication ol a circular addressed liv a committee of southern planters, Ro which mv name is ap pended,) from the city of New York on the • r,, h inst, it would have been niy wish to have written to yon at the time ol its atlop tion, informing you of the reasons that in dueetl that committee to the measure pro posed by them; but it was deemed inexpe dient to make any reference to it, until tbe citizens ol Macon had acquiesced in the re commendation of that committee. I per ceive those citizens have very promptly and heartily responded. It is said, here, ‘hat many of the “\Y all street gentlemen, ’’ of New York, disapprove of the course advised by our committee, that they reprobate any thing like a Cotton f J inl i ug Convention.-' ut the mauiiesto or remonstrance of the j tuition spinners in England, lately brought to us by the arrival of the Gicat Western, is satisfactory evidence that our course and counsel has been legitimate and prudential, at least. They charge that there is an ex cessive price demanded for the raw maierb.l ol cotton, bv a combination of banks and monopolists against their interests. lEc nl- Ictlge that the very haste with which our shipments in Hmrope have to be disposed of, (to release weak consignees from the respon sibility consequent upon partial advances.) subjects us, planters and shippers, to an un necessary sacrifice of the a-iiele of cotton, which sic ifice, we think, may be avoided by (he establishmei t of mutual and able friend, and fac,tots on this side and on the other of the Atlantic. How, and w here thin credit may bo established, a convention of delegates from those districts immediately interested in this subject, (as the Committee nropose at Macon, Gn.) may determine.— The objects contemplated Jjy ns, are, cl *ar!y proper ami just. Onr purposes do nnl assail, nor do they prejudice any interests of nnn ther party, but propose to secure equal acd exart justice to all. Therefore, f hope the planters aud others, on Chattnlmorhee and Flint rivers, an I such other sections of the State as constitute the finest and hrsl ct.(ten growing portions of Georgia, will sanction the propriety of having themselves well rep resented in the proposed convention at Ma con, and promptly respond to the invitation of the committee appointed in that city, up on that subject. * Gen. I times Hamilton, of M. C. is the agent WC If’VC authorized and recognized, (in the latter portion of our circular,) to confer with foreign houses, u ill be interesting to our southern friends, you may communicate it to the public. From the commencement, to the conclu sion of this letter, twenty-two hours have passed, in which I have travelled, (with two cf o r distinguished fellow citizens. Col. Gamble, and Col. McAllister, of Ga.) one hundred and eighty miles, and had a rest of nine hoots! on the llud,on and Lake Eric Rni! Road. As my company and stagp are in waiting, I must hastily subscribe myself, Your Fellow-Citizen, D P. HILLHUUSE. The Columbus Argus says: “Since the camp meeting in this county, which com menced on the 26 it tilt, there has been much religious excitement in this city, chiefly we hchevc in tire Methodist Church. Preaching and prayer meetings have been held daily, and* with much good effect. Many of the old members of the church seem to be greatly revived in their religious feeling* and stirred up to new zeal; 71 * bites and 65 blacks have we understand been ad ded to the cuurch. FROM FLORIDA. We have been kindly favored, by a friend, wi.h the following ext.acts from a private letter, received in this place, from Tampa Bay, which give a terrible, and no doubt, true account of the manner in which affairs are conducted in that distressed Territory. The conduct of Gen, McComb, and the other officers of the United States’ army, has been so disgraceful atul outrageous, that lan guage fails in holding them up to that indig nation they sq justly merit. We Have not time nor room for further comment, the letter will, however, speak for itself. Tampa Ray, July 30,1839. About two weeks since, tilt Indians made an attack upon a trajn of three wagons pas sing from Fort Fanning to s-une post 20 miles distant. The result of which, one teamster was killed, also, two trules, the oth e s made their escape, and gat back safe to the Fort on foot, leaving the wagons and Government stores in possession of the In dians, which were loaded- entirely with sub sistence. Some few days after they in or dered a family near Tallahassee, and made their escape without being overhauled. This warfare has been conducted sifter a most scandalous inode, aud finally, matters have gotten into a most bo-rid state of af •airs. The loss of a lew citizens, and also, the lives of the troops taken by the savages, tlo not appear to cie.de the J, ast excitement among tlie officers of the army that are at this | lost. Whenever they pear of such tliiuys they aretr* a-ed with the slightest pos sible feeling or energy, in any uLe calcula ted to render themselves efficient to the ser vice. In the first place, the General, now in command is a perfect old granny, w iio nevei possess'-1. at any one time, two original ideas, only as is dictated to by some two or three upstarts,.or squirts, if i should lie allowed to apeak my mind candidly, who think mote of the squaws that are at 'he post than pe*- '•vering with that energy they should do, •or the security of our citizen* in the coun ry. and also, lor lln-ir own noi<ps. For m •t nice, some six weeks dim f Col. Il.oney, of the U. S. Army, wi’bad la- iinient of kC Iragooqs mounted, prot e. de l troin this place about 30 milt s so itli of this, and rs • aklished a imst on me coast, at ihe month •tl the Synabell i.ver, to receive the Indians iliat had gone ovi r the line according to the treaty with Mi C. nib; and I suppose 50 or GO Indians rime into meet them, who were received sud treated with more cordiality than our citizens ever were by the military in !• lurid.i. And on Tuesday morning last, the 24th inst no person can tell from what cause, the Indians, just at the dawn of dav, had surrounded the camp of Col. Ilarnev anil his troops, while asleep, and immediate ly as day appeared, they rushed into his eamp and coniiu -ncetl cutting the throats of the troops while in theirtents, and mangling their bodies at a most desperate rate. Im mediately the alann w s given, the soldiers began to squander in every direction ; at the same time the Indians raised their savage veil and commenced firing upon the troops, aud they, not having any pickets erected, and no refuge for defence, ran in evety direction, some into the water, and others into a most dense hammock in the rear of ilieir camp. Cob Harney made his escape by running up the river, while tlie soldiers had run down stream, and was fortunate in li ding a canoe on the bank, and got into it, which enabled him to get on board a fishing smack, that lay at anchor in the harbour, and (lie only vessel of any description in port. Tho number lost in this most horrid massacre, was 13 U. S. Dragoons, J. B Dal lam trade, his clerk, and three citizens, mechanics, whom lie hat! in his employ, ma king in all, 1H persons killed, and the bodies mangled in a most shocking manner. Those who escaped, left all their clothes, except wlnu thov were sleeping in. Two of the wounded have been irought here, the most pitiful older.in J f>ver Satv—one shot in the thiMi and the other in the face. ' The smack which Col. Harney boarded lay ir. full view of the river and camp. lie states lie saw the Indiaiisfor two hours after daylight, carrying the goods front the store nows the river iu canoes, and suppose them to have been 250 in number. The dead bo dies me still op tho ground, not bmied.— Col, Harney went on shore after the Indians had left, ascertained the number killed, hut did not think tt advisable to remain to bury rhe bodies of tin-dead. Ilon.d, oh, horrid ! Would that we had a second Jacksou at the head of nfl'aiis in Florida. We have a few Indians at this pi# who are permitted to go out gunning st vt i id days at i time, and even alter we received the nt-we nfthis massacre, Gen. Taylor ordered some several days rations issued them, and iier mitted them to go out, and we have no doubt here but they have a daily communication with the hosiilcs. Judge Sirelc and myself, arc now erecting a substantial lib ck house in our y irtls for seir defence, for we do not feel safe since the Indians have boldly threatened this place, and we know so w ell the inefficiency of the officers at this post, generally. We eh; !1 have it finished tomorrow, if possible. TROUBLE AMONG THE INDIANS. A Great Slaughter.-—The St. Louis Re publican states, on the authority of a letter (Vein Fort JSnelltng, dated July lOth, that a most unhappy stale of affairs exists be tween ihc Souic and Chippeways, and, that the latter have been slaughtered iu great number*. The following is an extract ofthe letter. The St u:.\ and Chippeways have had a brash at Iw o different points on t lie Si. Ci •nix and again abiiHt thirty miles above the Falls of St. Anthony. The Chippeways, just before leaving the Pillagers, l believe, had killed, at Lake Calhoun, a Sonix Brave, an hour nr two after stturise. The news having spirad like wild fire, the Souix about two hundred strong, left the Falls. Hale in-lhe day, a Chippi way Chief, had pushed on with his party* and was not overtaken. The Souix who left the falls came across a jiarty of the Rum Riter Rand, attacked them about sun rise the next morning and killed one hundred and thirty three men, women and children. TUis was above the Falla. Big Thunder, a Souix Chieff cros sed the country in pursuit ol the Stronu Ground Band of Chippeways and overtook and fought them at St. Croix. Big Thun der told the Sioux not to fire where tho whites were, (Messrs. Aikinsund McLoud's party) and a? the *( !hippoways hunted rn jnd the whites many at ilicui thusescaped. Not withstanding tho Souix killed thirty-six men of the Chippeways parly, and some wo men and children. There will, no doubt, be a general, engagement between the Souix and Chippeways before many months more. Ilale-in-tlie day is a chief not to be trifled with, and the Souix are consolidating under Bail Hail, a first rate warrior, who lias been to Washington. From the Neic Orleans Bee. IMPORTANT FROM TEXAS. Battle between the Tcxian Trogps and Indians. —The following highly interesting letter to the'•editors of this paper, was re ceived yesterday by the steamer Velociprdr, from Red River. Natch it»i hi:s, Ju!y 25ilt, 1839. Gentlemen,— Inclosed you will herewith receive an official ropurt of an engagement which took place on the 15th inst. and a loiter from General Rusk, dated the 17th inst. seventy-five miles north west of Na cogdoches, Texas, between • large body of the Cherokee*. Cadtlues and other Indians, and the troops under rhe command of bdg idier general 11. !v. Douglas; from which it will be seen that the euctnv sus tained a "heavy logs, Taken from the Red Lander, a newspaper published at San Augustine, Texas, dateil July 20th, 1839. Hfad Quartki.s, ? Camp Carter, July IGih, 18JJ9, y To the Hon. Sidney Smith, Secretary of War: Sir, —On yesterday, the negotiation on tho part of the commissioner's having failed under your order, the whole fi rce was put' in motion towards the encampment bl* Bowles, on the west side of the Neelies, and 'marched up the river, tlie regimen! un der Cotoncls Burleson and Rusk moved directly to the camp of BowleS, U| ,(,n reaching it, it was found to be abondoned. Their trail was ascertained and pursuit fmao’e. About six (Mies nitre il.cir en campment, in the vKii.ity < I the villare. at ibeh'ad ol a pen it , ilty wri« | discovered by tbe vjy tinpny aides Capt. J. Carter, and a.rfrts.il n.tr.toi 25 n tn ln.ni C..pi. Todd’s company, ltd on ly Gen. Rusk. The enemy tiuqluyed j,, ln ,j e point of a bill- Ct t rial l.t T nll ci.rd to i them to con.e on—liny advanced, and fired lour t t five linn s, unu in miti.a.Ht ctcr.j etl a thicket aid ravii e on the Itli. Ah we advai ct d.tl e lines wtre in mediately loitried, and the action became gential. '1 be ia vioe was inMar.i!} cha pe ~cd flanked on the left Sy Col £urleM>u, ; r.d a part of his regiment; the rest ol Buileson's legin,. nt w<ie led Ly LitliKnant Colonel Wont!l ft. A poll inn of Cen KusL’s regiment charged at the same tin e— „nd aoi.tl i r portion took a position O:; a point of a bill io the rig Ir, and drove a party ul.oattro | ted to flank us imm that quarter. r J bus instant:} driving the enemy from the ravine aid ti inlet, leaving 13 dead on the field, that have been fi-iind, inti carrying off’ as usual, their woun ded. as wa? seen by our men. Our loss was iho I.died, ore wounded’ mortally, ar.d five sliglnly. Col. Ii ndium •vas net a'le. having ro m-eh farther to march, to participate in tl e ei gegr ment, Int lias been ordered to join this morning. All behaved so gallantly ilia? it would be it v d ious to particularize. The action t, m menred about a hall an bom left ic turner, "'bit'll | reverted | ur.-ti t Mist ol tl eir baggage was captured, 5 lags cf |<waer, 250 lbs. or lead, nr.d mat y horses cattle, corn, and other j ropertv. Bv « rdt iof K. H. DOUGLAS.*!, I?rig. (ion. Cent. T. A. Jas. S. MxrriFi.il, Aid de Camp. A letter from Con. Rusk, dated 17th inst. has also just reached this place, in ulit/s he remarks ;—-We lave had another en gagement to-day with the Intli ,ns. w ho oc <ti pied a very s'rong pos-tinr. The , notes t in=ted » n hour and a half, when ue charged and drove them fr.nn their station, in « hii h however tin > mis;, lined fcnso'cr.-Lle loss, the amount ol which is not yet ascenained. • Bowles was found amongst the dead. Their numbers were very considerable, 1 think fi'e or six hundred. Our loss was two men killed and upwards of twenty wounded amongst whom are my brother and Major Augustine, ol San Augustine cointy.” We are happy to learn that every prrtantu n has been taken to cur off the retioat of tl e enemy, and thereby prevent a protracted war. We shall anxiously await further in telligence from that quarter, and widen* deavor to keep our readers promptly and Correctly advised on this important subject.” I’. S.—All the above news is corrobora ted by persons direct from Nacogdoches, (Texas lo this place. From the Globe, Cotton.--As an illustration of tl e effects which quantity has on prices, w e give below the number of millions of pounds of cot ton exported iu each year from 1819 to 1839. and also the average price. Our authorities for all the years preceding 185 G, are the letters of the Secretary ofthe Treas ury. dated February 26, 1636, and tie an nual renort on commerce and navigation lor 1836, ’37. and ’3B: A ear. Pounds exported, Piicererlb. 1819 ’ 8.000,000 24 cents. 1820 128.000,000 17 1821 124.009,000 16 1822 144.000 000 16 1-2 1823 173,000,000 11 1824 442.(00 000 15 1825 176,000,010 21 182 G 204,000.000 11 1827 294,000,000 9 1 2 1928 210,000,000 10 1-2 1829 264,000.000 10 1830 298.000,000 10 1 31 277,0< 0,0( 0 9 1-4 1832 322,(00 000 10 1833 324,600,000 n 1834 394,000,000 16 1-2 1335 423,000 000 IG.B 1836 414.000 000 14 14 1837 5jt5.00Q.00Q 10.3 I>icd 4 In this place on »be 14th inst. of tlio w-orrn fever, O iver B. sun of Cnl. Oliver Crawford, l;*te ol Maine, agtd fiie years ami i-ix months. 1 be M unc and Massachusetts papers at© request- and to | nblish the above. IB- State Rights Party of Lee county " are requested to meet at the Court House in Sti-rksvile on Saturday the last day t f August, instant, lor the purpose cf nominating suitable candidates lo represcut t hem in the next Legislature. VOTER. August 9, 1639. lfl 2t ALL persons are lorwarncd from hading . for two notes of hand given to James Harrell, one for §25 and the other §2O due ob the 25th day of December next, dated some time in May or June last, signed by the Subscribers. As the consideration has failed, we do not intend to pay the same un less compelled by law. , MICAJAH S. DARBEY, FA AIL ADAMS. August 14. 1839. 19 “LOOK Ol T. ~ RUNAWAY firnui this place John Ed rfiflgton a club fisted man with a large scar on bis lace aged about 5u years, and John S. Holland a stout well built tn; u. very much given to sti tiering in talking, sandy hair, about 35 years ol age. They have left their bed ami l-oard, under a very siting suspicion of debt. Anyierson npj rtheo di g sa.d men shall be wt II paid lor their trouble, besides Ten Dollais rt ward will be giveu for their delivery at this place. f i he community would do well to watch these no.!(tivous fellows as they aim to (.heat aud defraud the public at large. \\ r . B. HARVEY. G. POM ELL. August 16. 1839. 19 A LIM IN ISTrRATO R’SS A LK. AGREEABLY to an order of the hot orable the Inferior Court cf Stewart county, when sitting for t-rdivr ry purposes’, will be sold, on the. first Tuesday iu NO- A LMBF.R next, within the usual hours of vale, at the court door of said county, the PLAN’! ATI ON belonging to the estate nf A. 11. Shepherd, deceased, situated iti raid county, near the town of t lorence, con taining 30<) acres of fraction land on tile riv er and 100 acres adjoining above, and four lots pine land, first quality, lying broadside. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and credit ors of said estate. JAMES M. SMYTHE, Adm’r. ANN E. SHEPHERD, Adm’fx. AHgust 12, 1939. 19 ffJAHE Subscriber will attend ttTtheYbllec I. tion of all debts dm the late firm of 0 miner <V Barrow, up »o April, 1839.- Persons indebted to said, firm .will plr make pavnteut immediately Anril 30 HR RARE Blank FOR SALE AT THIS r Ol