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THE MIRROR
Saturday, i\ov. :tO,
For Prroilrni,
GEORGE M. TROUP.
COTTON.
This article at the present time commands
but a small price to that which has been cus
tomary for several years past. Ia Macon
we petceivethat trom ex'rente
of tiio market. In Columbus it commands
from t to / Many oi the planters prefer
to store however, than sell at the present
prices.
Mr. Rotters, of the F derai Union, was
on Friday last elected Public Printer for the
next Legislature.
J VMF.B TE VJ PL ETON.
A correspondent at Miiledgeville in
forms us tli ,t the bill for the pardon ofjtis.
Templeton, (w!io is now under sentence ol
death in this county,) passed the Senate on
the 22,1 inst. by a majority of 13 votes. It
only waits the sanction of the House and
the approval of the. Governor, which, as a
mattor of course, it will receive, and Tem
pleton will be released.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Nothing ol very great importance is at
present before the Legislature, oilier then
tli it which we have already noticed. We
have seen nor heard nothing more of Mr.
Tarver’s Alleviating bill, save the i • marks of
the Georgia Journal, which says that it had
“obtained an unenviable notoriety and ex
presses the belief that a large majority of the
Legislature is opposed to it.
Mr. Glascock’s Hank bill, is said to he fa
vorably received in both branches, and but
little doubt exists in relation to its adoption ;
we cannat sec, however, that it will bring
any relief to the country, or enable the hanks
to aflor-J any facilities whatever. 'l hie ruin
ous resolutions of Mr. Lewis of Muscogee,
in relation to the suspension of the Hanks,
it is said, receive hut i tile favor in the eyes
~fa uiaj >rit y of ‘the R 'presentatives of the
p ■">. *1 A hill hash-mu presented to esrab
listi anew Inna of the State, to-be entitled
the Centra! B snk of Georgia, ant! to do a
way with the old hank entirely, after the
te st -I iv of .laa iary mst. Another bill has
b ten brought forward, providing that the
Legislat or • of 1841, be pei mine I to reduce
the number of the members of the Legisla
ting. Many bills have been presented,
vr’iich we have not time at present, to enu
iif.-rate or notice next week we wit! etidca
v ,rto give a foil .' tad of the most nnpor
t-lit actings and doings of the “assembled
v istloin” of the State.
•\fter a long and almost unprecedented
drought, we have been visited lately, with
h-ivy rains, which still continue—the Chat
tmoorhen has consequently resumed her
|- 1 - ltd majestic appearance, and her mighty
v 'fers m iv ; steadily and briskly onward
.Steamboats begin to walu over her waves,
a i l by their appear nice giving assurance
t lit business will again commence in a few
dis. On Wednesday last our ears were
s doted iv the puffing ol tli- 1 steamer Oconee,
La if. Harris, Ironi Ap ilacliicola, and on
yesterday evening the Siren, Capi. Leonard,
was making her way downwards for the Hay.
A PROPOSITION T') CLOSE THE
Florida war; i
We have been, lor sometime, so entji-elv
disgusted with toe disgraceful manner in
'vhich the Florida War lias been conducted
°n the part ot those in power, that we have
ceased to pay any attention to it, ami should
not even now, were it not for the purpose of
bringing forward a proposition, by which it
'LI) HE CLOSED, an I unfortunate Flo
rals relieved of the troublesome Seminoles,
and her people restored to peace ami liappi
less.
The proposition is this Col. HENRY
W. J ERNIGAN of our torn (whose vigi
lance, patriotism and noble darm g, saved our
own country from devastation, an I rescued
our citizens from danger ami death during
the late Creek War.) will enter into a bom- 1
of ONE MILLION OF DOLL VRS, with
the best security Georgia can afford, (and as
much of it .as may he desired,) to B RING
I HE \V Alt lO A CLOSE, within ninety
days from the period he enters the enemy’s
country, and support his own men timing
that time; ptuvided, the Government will,on
its part, bind itself to nay him ON E TH I RD
of the amount it has already cost the United
States.
As this wir has been made a matter of
speculation by those who have had the man
agenient of it without any risk on theit
parts, this proposition may not be consider
ed strange nr startling, save in the fact inn
any risk, whatever, should be taken. |r
would, it seems to us, be sufficient, tli it the
proposition should be acceeded to, without
any band at all, and the price freely paid,
prov ded the war was closed and the honor
of th • country redeemed. If Col. Je-nig ni
were in Florida, with enough of just such
men as were under his c'lum iml during tin
Creek war, (and it would not require a very
great many to const.lute a sufficiency,) we
might confidently rely on his success in e>
termmatiiignr driving from that lertitory the
enemy that has hitherto, so successfully tri
umphed over the arms of ilie U. IS. and scat
,f-red the arrows of death and destruction
” er that ill-fated and distressed country.—
And. until some such man has command,
,v, ‘ s hall continue to hear, for days to coine,
ul savage cruelty and Indian massacres, and
before these horrid sounds shall cease to
>eal upon our ears, the war will cost tiieUo
er. intent four times as much ns heretofore,
.m.ess we acknowledge ourselves conquered
> nl give the country up to the ravages ol
he Indians.
folia Ross is said to be in rather an ugly
'<• He says if lie delivers up to the hand
p Justice, the imrlercrs of Boudinolt and
■ - Ridges it will cost him his life; the
•'ermii snt replies, that it will u.jst him his
* ‘ij he docs not.
DOCTRINES OF THE OLD FEDER
AL PARTY.
First. “That the States, of which this
Confederacy is composed, never had a sepa
rate existence : for that, from the moment
they ceased to be dependent ou Great Brit
ain, they formed one nation, and have so con
tinued ever since.”
Secondly. “That the present Constitu
tion was adopted in order, amongst other
things, “ to firm a more peifect Union," than
that of the Confederation; and that, as no
perfect Union can be predicated of a gov
ernment, which is dep-ndmt for its exis
tence on the local interests, the party spirit
ot a State, or ol a prevailing taction in a
State,” (rtz ; a majority of the people of a
State ) it is clear, that "even if there iceie no
express provision giving supremacy to the
Cons'itutiou and Laws of the United States
over those ol the States,” such supremacy
must be inferred."
Thirdly. “That the States have no Con
stitutional right to secede from the Union,
under any circumstances whatever, inas
much as secession w ould destroy the unity oj
the nation
Fourthly. “That the people of the twen
ty Six States, constitute one people."
Fifthly. “That the members of Con
gress are representatives of the United
States, not repr- sen la tires if the particular
Stale from which they come, and that they
•re not accountable to it for any act. done in
the performance of their legislative Junc
tions."
Sixthly. “That the States have not re
tained their entire Sovereignty.”
Seventhly. That the allegiance of our
citizens, is due to tho United States “in
U-e first instance” and not to their State
Governments.”
Eighthly. “That the several States bear
the same relation to the general government,
that tue counties, or other local divisions
of a State, do to the State itself”
Nin lily. “That the Supreme Court is
the proper tribunal to decide Constitutional
questions arising between tlie States and
the Government: or in other words, that
the vovernmeut shall be the exclusive judge
and the Constitutionality of its own acts.”
Tenthly. “That the general government
has llie right to coerce a Stale into obe
dience.”
File intelligent reader will readily recog
nise the above quoted doctrines, to be those
of the old Federal Party, among whom
some of the most piomincnt, were Adams,
Pickering, Harrison Gray Otis, Daniel
\V' bster, Maishail, and others who were
so vehement in their opposition to Mr. Jef
ferson in 1798. These propositions were
deduced from Jackson’s Proclamation of
the iOtli of December 1832, and were
hailed with exultation by every member of
the old Federal Party, to whom the Presi
dent’s previous principles as expressed in a!t
his messages, were adverse. The appear
ance of this document sptead dismay
throughout the Republican ranks, and
kindled aflame of joy in the breasts of the
Federal* who were still writhing under
their successive defeats of ’9B and 1812.
Public meetings were held, and ihe greatest
revulsion ever known in public sentiment
immediately took place. Daniel Webster,
who, up to that time had been one of Get;!.
Jackson’s bitterest opponents on the flour of
the Senate, declared it to bean effort of
patriotism, and a correct understanding of
.he constitution for which he was willing to
forget all his former differences. And du
ring the ill health of the President which
shortly succeeded this amazing effort, the
same champion of Federalism was heard to
express a prayer, that Providence would
spare his life, in order that he might carry
outtlie revolution he had so gloriously be
gun. Truly, it was aglourious revolution
tor the friends of a consoludated govern
ment. Harrison Gray Otis in addressing a
meeting at Boston, burst forth into a fit of
enthusiasm which lie did not pretend to con
ceal, and pronounced the Proclamation a
“delicious quintessence, cf Federalism ;”
Doubtless, it was a sweet nu-rsel, to be rol
led under the tongues of those, who had
been labouring to invest the government
with unlimited powers. Chief Justice
Marshall one of the fathers of Federalism,
declared that “the Pioclamatiou upheld the
doctrines he had been lighting forever since
’96.” It must have been highly gra’ifyins
to this veteran champion of Federalism, to
find his favourite doctrines receiving stich
powerful support at the hands of a Presi
dent,--who had eiven them so little promise
of what he would do, and whose personal
popularity from having been previously as
sociated wi h the Republican oar'v, was
destined to work out for them a powerful
ascendency. In short, the whole party,
from the St. Croix, to the Sab no, sent up
their devout acknowledgments and appro
bation, and instantly gave in their adlit sion
to Genl. Jackson’s administrution The
old Republicans, among whom were Leigh,
and Tyler, and Troup, and Poindexter, and
Bibb and a host of others, around whose
tames are gathered a thousand patriotic
i-sociations, beheld with consternation this
undreampt of attack upon the sovereignty
of the States and wisely determined to
check if possible the mischief that threat
ened to subvert our liberties. The question
./as not, whether South Carolina was justi
fiable, and should be sustained in the pu
sit on she had chosen to occupy towards the
general government, but whether the oc
casion of South Carolina’s resistance to
what she deemed sn oppressive and uncon
stitutional law, should be made a pretext
for fastening flown upon us a dangerous
precedent, and under colour of restoring
quiet to our distracted institutions, covertly
giving them a stab from which they might
never recover. Many who were not pre
pared to recognise the constitutionality of
the measure adopted by the gallant, little
State, for the protection of her eitizens.
neverthless saw ample cause to dread the
propagation of such doctrines as were
couched in the “ Brutum•,J'ulmen” with which
Genl. Jackson attempted to stay toe hand
of nullification, that had been raised by an
oppressed and insulted people. It was the
beginning however, of a great political rev
olution* and thousands, even of those wav
had professed the Republican faith, wer*
found ready to avail themselves of the ladder,
which such a state things always holds
out, to ascend to political power New
parties were formed, in the scvcial States,
or at least remodeled upon anew basis.
The old Federal party and those pretended
Republicans who through Genl. Jackson’s
influence became united with U em, adopted
the Proclamation and Force 81l as their
text book and Vade Mecum, while the un
changed Republicans still adhered to he,
principles which had carried them through
iu ’9B and ’99, and which were embodied in
the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions
drawn up by thos- mas'erspniis of democ
racy, Jefferson aud .Madison. ISucii at
least was the case in Georgia, and the
Southern States generally. In Georgia
both parties into which the St ate had for a
long time been divided, were united in sup
port ol Geul. Jackson’s administration until
the appearance of his incinorible Procla
mation. when the Troup party, with the ex
ception of those who had a hankering after
Executive favor such for instance,as Forsyth
and Wayne, refused to accept of the Ami
Republican doctrines therein contained, and
immediately withdrew from the support of
an Administration which Ind assum 'd
hostile aud dangerous a position towards the
rights aud Sovereignty of the State.—
“Stale Rights and Sta'c Remedies" became
their motto, the Jeffersonian principles oi
’9B, being regarded by them as alone calcu
lated to preserve the parity of our institu
tions against the insidious attacks of Fed
eralists and those who would convert our
Republic into a Monarchy in fact, if not in
name. The Clark parly, with the excep
tion of a lew honest and iiighmiiuied men,
who possessed independence enough to think
and act for themselves, through their polit
ical meetings. Legislative Resolutions, 6ct.
gave in their adherance to the doctrines of
the Proclamation Mi l Force Bill and adopted
them as their “comessious” of political
“faith In fact, these documents were de
clared to contain the fundamental principles
of their party. Byway however, of etilis
ting tlie prejudices of the ignorant, and at
the same time intunaiing that the naUifirs,
as they were pleased to term their State
Rights adversaries,were resolved on the
destruction of the Confederacy, aud its in -
volvemeut in a'l the horrors ofeivil war,Jtliey
ingeniously dubbed themselves the “Union
party” of Georgia, and donned the odious
doctrines ol their creed under that captiva
ting title. This device had its full meas
ure of effect, until the excitement of the
times was over, and our people began to in
vestigate the character of the government,
of whose nature a large proportion of them
had previously been ignorant Wherever
a correct exposition of the Constitution,
and the Compact, found its way, this shallow
atl l lice gave wly before the powerful voice
of reason and truth, ami the state ot the
patties in Georgia began to assume a very
different a. pect. Finding that an exposure
of Hieii principles, or lather a comparison
of them with the Repub'icau principles ot
the .State Rights party, would inevitably in
sure their downfall, the self-appellatcd Union
party, neverwttliout an expedient, at length
announced the important, but astounding
fact that they too were in favor of Stale
Rights, and were moreover disciples of the
Jetl’eisouiau School. The declaration did
them great service, notnwitlistaudiiig the
want ol faith that accompanied it. It was
nothing bit: an empty profession designed
solely lor the use of those honest but hu
pretending men, who have just enough of
intelligence to know that our government is
a cotnoact between Sovereign Status, with
out being sufficiently intimate with toe na
lianal and political history of the government
to know how far that compact extends.
Did an} one ever observe, how studiously
the leaders of the Union party, retrain from
all allusions to the Virginia and Kcduckv
Resolutions, eve-; when they are loudest
uqd most clamorous in vauutmg their Dem
ocratic and Jeffersonian pnuc’ples l Pretty
Democrats ificse, who boa I the name, and
refuse to show its application to themselves!
Fine Jefferson ions, who claim to be of the
faith, and yet cannot, (or at least will not)
explain whit that laitli is! Beautiful Re
publicans, whose fundamental doctrines,
aie ihose °f the old School, broad constiuc
tiun. blue, light, Hartford Convention, Fed
eralists! Away with such hypocricy and
humbug ! Would Union men make us be
lieve, that they aie what tlicy now pretend
to be, friends to the rights of the Slates,
let them repudiate Hie doctrines of the
Proclamation, which they still unite in eu
logizing to the suics; let them lot malty re
cant the heresies with which they set out as
a parry, and proclaim in terms that cannot be
misinterpreted, that “Slate Rights, are val
ueless without Slate Remedies,” ami that
the Union is not worth preserving without
incse be first preserved. Until then, let
them bl one us not, that we regard their
professions of friendship for State Rights,
and their claims to the title of Democrats
as faithless and inane.
The following article which we extract
from an exchange paper, is distinguisucd
for its truth arid point. We p .b)i> . it, in
hopes K may tickle the lancy of some of our
kind friends who are ia arrears.
THE PRINTER’S SOLILOQUY.
* is strange, 'tis prodigious strange,
That our subscribers are so careless grown
In paying their arrears. They cauuot
think
That we alone, who publish to the world
News r roni all nations, and delight to
spread
Useful instruction through our spacious
laud,
Can meanwhile live on air; 'tis flesh and
blood
That works liie press, aud turns the black
en'd sheet,
vV eil stored and ready for their eager eyes*
■l uis flush aud Diood must be recruited oft
As well as theirs, or else tho press must
stop;
This calls for cash. And then how many
reams
Os papes are struck off mil scattered wide.
For which no length of credit will begiv
en,
If given at all—besides the type and ink,
Aod many things required by those who
print.
For which our money must be answer
able,
Oh ! that our readers would consider this ;
And while they, laughingly, looking our
paper o'er.
And gather information from its pages.
“Do I not owe for one, two three or lour
Years past the printer who supplies me
with
Tits sheet 1” And, oil! that he would
only add
“I will go even now ami pay him.” So
should we
Well pleased receive, and with light heait
pursue.
Our useful toils;while conscience wool
applaud
Their conduct, »ml give relish to the rest
We may prepare. Come, then, good
friends, and soon.
FDR THK MIRROR.
Tlie Album. No. 4.
Hut fill their purse, our poets' work s done.
Alike to them, by pathos or by pun.
Pope.
Side by side, with William Cullen Bryant,
to whom the first place on the rollof Amer
ican poet-, has been assigned, stands Rich
Aim 11. Dana. Though wanting in the fin
ish aad regularity whicn constitute a distin
guishing trait in the poetry of the former,
there is yet a strength and grasp about tin
ntovingsof Dana's intellect, which no other
American poet has yet evinced. He has all
the elements of a great poet; quick sensi
bility, strong conception, great force and fa
cility of expression, united with a “burning
fancy.”
•F nicy, that, from the how that spans tjie sky.
Brings colors, dipp’d iu heaven, that never
die.’
His chief performance, “the Buccaneer,”
is by far, the most original and powerful po
etical composition ever produced in Ameri
ca. By this extraordinary and picturesque
story, lie has (ilaced himself on a level with
some of the best poets of that “proud old
world beyond the deep;” at least, it belongs
in a class with the “Old Grimes” of Crabbe,
the “Peter Hell” of Wordsworth, and the
“Ancient Mariner” of Coleridge, ami exltib
its the same power in the “deliuiation of the
mysterious workings ol tile passions and the
imagination.”
After this remarkable exhibition of his
strength mil power ns a poet, Dana is doing
great injustice to himself, as well as to the
native literature of his country, by continu
ing siient. His pen should not he permit
ted to rust, while giant thoughts are cours
ing through mind, anil his genius is but wait
ing to take another flight into the realm of
song. Hcisthc best calculated of all our
poets, to produce a great work, which shall
elevate the character of our national poetry
—and yet he is si'.rnt—perversely silent.—
Doubtless, he is engaged, like the rest of
his “brethren of the lyre,” on this side of
the Atlantic, in the very unpoelic enit>loyn>ent
of Svri'ping together tlie pelf of a miserly
world.
\ short specimen of his lighter style, and
a very pretty one too, may be lound in the
following lines to,
THE LITTLE BEACH BIRD.
Thou little bird, thou dweller by the sea,
Why takest thou, its melancholy voice 1
Why with that boding cry
O’er the waves dost thou fly ?
O, lather bird, with me,
Through the fair land rejoice !
Thy flitting form comes ghostly dim and pale,
As dr ; v r; by a beating storm at sea;
Thy cry is weak and scared,
As if thy mates had shared
The doom of us. Thy wail—
What does it bring to me ?
Thou call’s! along the sand, and haunt’s! the
surge,
Restless and sad ; as if. in strange accord
With motion and with roar
Os waves that drive to shore,
One spirit did ye urge—
The mystery —the word.
Os thousands thou, both sepulchre and pall
Old < >cean art .’ A requiem on the dead,
From out thy gloomy cells,
A tale of mourning tells—
Tells ot man’s woe and fall,
His sinless glory fled.
Then turn thee tittle bird, and take thy flight
Where the complaining sea shall sadness
bring.
Thy spirit never more :
Come quit with me the shore,
For gladness and ;he light,
Where birds of summer sing.
Is Hillrodsk dead ? He. who was wont
lo inspire us with the hope that a star had a
riseu in tire west, which, by its brightness
and peculiar lustre, was about »o shed a halo,
around our poetic literature, such as the ra
diance that illumines the literary atmos
phere, where Millou ami Cow per, and I‘ope,
moved in their magic circles. It is long
since he ha, favored fl’e public with the cre
ations ol his genius. Perhaps he is collec
ting s»is forces for a concentrated effort, to
storm tho "eternal temple,” where dwell the
memories of Spencer, Young, Cowley, aud
that immortal host of worthies, whose names
“Shall “ever wither, tho’the earth
Forgets her empfics with a just decay.”
This w»rn worthy of him ; and indeed if
the spirit of his earlier productions may ho
taken as a criterion, there is every reasen to
auticii ate an eminent share of success to
stteii an effort. It ts to be feared, however,
that he too, his committed a breach of trust,
and is squandering the glorious gilt of poet
ic power with which nature so liberally en
dowed him. Hut 'hough he should never
again put a thought on paper, he lias written
several pieces which entitle him to be re
membered as an American poet. Speaking
of the influence which retrospection yields
to the sensibilities of age, aud us its effect
upon the feelings,
That heart, inetiiinks.
Were of strange mould, which kept uo cher
ished print
Ofearlier. happier times, when life was fresh
Aud love aud innoeeuce made holy.lay:
Ot, that owned
No transient sadness, when a dream, a
glimpse
Os fancy touched past joys
Gcomik D. Prentice is another one o*
those gifted “sons of song,” who, having
drank deep draughts at Castaha’s Fount, re
‘iSOS to be guided by iis inspiration, iu -
Iv life, be displayed a pbxstoti for pdetry,
which gavei-sel ve'ut in numbers that would
have done honor to riper years, liis fl,s
productions contained, perhaps, a supera
bundance of imagery, but they possessed a
l>ower ami a pathos which gave bright prom
ise ot future fame to iheir author. Nor did
they token falsely. The efforts of his ina
turer years are in the deep spirit of poetry,
and carry with them the irresistible conclu
sion, that the mind from which tli«.y emeua
tej, is yet capable of greater uun_x. Nei
ther American nor English literature, pos
sesses a purer gem, and one of more tran
scendent k auty and (tower, than Prentice’S
celebrated Imes upon the ‘ Close of the
year.” ‘‘They are burning thoughts,
which nought but the poet's most snbliiua
ted fancy could conceive—in them, there is
genius in the highest inspiration.” Would
that their gifted author could be persuadt U
o resume the high voca'lon for which Pro
videuce has so justly prepared him. But
no; he is dimming the pure fires us his in
tedect amid the dust and smoke of political
contention; wasting his powerful energies
in newspaper combats with nuin skull edi
tors, and perpetrating (inns upon .spiring
demagogues, when lie should be lifting high
the “golden bowl," and filling the realm of
song with the heaven born music of his
ly r a.
There is something which touches the
lr art in the following lines, and brings up,
vividly before our svp ithies and our imagin
ation the “pale brow ’ of the consumptive
*>eauty, destined to an early grave.
LINES ADDRESSED TO A L\DY.
Yes, lady, thou wilt die. That lip of snow,
And that pale brow, foretell thy early lot ;
Tin - wing ot death iso’erthee—thou wilt go
Where broken hearts aud blighted flowers
arc not:
Thou art too beatitifjl lo linger where
The rainbow brightens but to melt away ;
And the sweet sounds that wander on the air
But swell the dirge of sorrow and decay.
Yes, thou wilt die. Thy spirit soon must
leave
This dark cold exile for its place on high,
An l like a brig t cloud on a summer eve,
Melt in tile deepest glories of the sky ;
Thy home will be where liiucr skies are
glusst <1
In brighter streams, ’mid Love’s undying
bowers ;
And where he w inds ofautliinn never passed,
Nor serpents writhed 'mid passioos swe-t
--est flowers.
Ay, I Inn wilt die—and i shall linger here,
When all i he blossoms of my heart are fF-d,
To muse on thee and mourn with bitter tear
'Lite cold, the lost, the beautiful, the dead ;
Ami as life’s stars iu loneliness dejn rs,
Thy memory still, amid the deeptning
gloom,
Will shine upon the ruins of my heart.
Like a iuiie fire ttv on the mid-eight tomb,
LAURIE.
From the an,n/ and .\ary Chronicle.
FLORIDA WAR.
The season for active operations having
returned, and tlie public mind, in the arinv
as wcil as out ol it, being somewhat agitated
by the coritradictoiy nature of the reports
in circulation, we have made inquiry that
we might inform our readers what measures
are contemplated in the approaching cam
l-Vign
vtai). Taylor, by the zealous and inte.lli
gent discharge of his duties, having given
satisfaction to the department, will continue
in command.
The troops now in Florida are the third
regiment of artillery, a portion of the second
dragoons, the fi st, second, sixth and sev
enth regiment ofinfantry. The third artil
lery having been much reduced will be sent
to the North, and be relieved* by the first ar
tillery, wh'ch has been recruited and is now
lull. The companies of the second drag
oons that arrived at New York iu the spring,
being now full also, will letuiiito Florida;
aud the regiments of infantry now there will
remain.
It is intended to drive the enemy out of
file settlements by occupying the coun’ry
within and north oi a line drawn from Pilat
ka to the mouth of the Withlacoochcc, in
cluding Fort King, thence along the western
coast, to the Appaiachicoltt; and by main
taining posts as low down as the month of
the With ..cooehee. The inhabitant* will
be armed, and the defence of their firesides
and neighborhoods confided to them, with
such assistance from the regulars as occasion
may call tor. The i osts ou the Atlatitic
coast and at Tampa Bay will be continued,
with suck others as the commanding gener
al may find expedient.
Experience having mournfully proved the
impracticability ol forcing the Indians from
their swamps and hammocks, so familiar to
them but inaccessible to us, no farther at
tempts will at present be made; leaving to
time and the gradual spread of the settle
meiitsthe ac omplishment of an object un
attainable by arms.
The report so extensively circulated, of
conferences between the Secretary of War
and Major Generals Macomb and Scott, are
entirely ivhhout foundation ; no su- li con
feiences have been held. Equally unfoun
ded is that of sending seven thousand troops
to Florida; if all of our regulars, now out
of the territory, were taken from their pre
sent stations, they would not amount to the
number named. The Northern. Northwest
ern and Southwestern frontiers arc q tile as
much exposed, aud stand as much in need
ol defence, »s does the Territory of Flori
da. There has been no design entertained
heretofore of -sending the Bth infantry into
Florida, its presence being considered essen
tial to the neutrality on the borders of Can
ada. The fourth arti lery wili be stition
between Cleveland, (Ohio.) and Foil Grati
ot; and the second artillery will be divided
belween Fort Niagara and Buffalo.
It is believed additional small
vessels will be built or purchased, and sent
to the coast ot Florida, to prevent depreda
tions by tne Indians upon wrecked vessels
and their trews.
The approaching campaign then will par
take more ol a defensive than offensive char
acter, as it will be confined to driving th.
Indians from the settled portions of h lorida,
where th> y have committed depredations
almost without check. It having been |ouod
itipossible to lorre (lie Indians from their
fast nesses, any fmher a .tempt to effect that
object would only tie attended with a need
less sacrifice ol life and money.
"These remaiks were prepared fur the
Chronicle of October 24 ; but since they
were written, information has been received
which rentiers it inexpedient to withdraw
the tirst artillery at present Iroin the Cana
da frontier. The third will remain in Flor
ida until the exigencies ol the service at
other points will ai ow of its being relieved.
Names-— Emina is from the German, ami
signifies a nurse ; Caroline from the Latin,
iioble-iniuded; George front Gree , a far
iner; M irth■ from Hebrew, bitterness; the
beautitul though common name Mary is
Hebrew and means a drop of salt water, a
J tear \ Sophia from Greek, tvisdomy £<usai»
from Hebrew, a lily ; Thomas from Hebrew'/
a twin ; Robert from German, famous m
crunch.
■■ mmmumt
Harried,
In this county, on Tuesday evening
at the residence, of Mr. James Armstrong,;
by the Rev. Janies S. Lunsford. Mr ion#
F. Giles,to Miss Mart Xn& Armstkoixo,
all of Stewart county.
In the City of Macon on the 19th inst. by
the ReW. >lr. Bragg, Mr. Makti.n L. Har
ni.«, to Miss .Sarah E. Macon, all of that
city. ... .
On the 21st inst. by the Rev. George F.
Pearce, Mr. Joskfii A. Whiie, to Miss
Martha % Baldwin.
Ou the 24ih inst. by the Rev. Mr. Flli
son, Mr. Gkokgk Jewett, to Miss Ec*
Mrs xan. , [
FOR sale.
\PRIV \TE Lot in the Town of Flor
. ence. cle .red, b t unimproved, w< If
situated fora family residence, on low and
accommodating terms. For futher partic
ulars enquire at ibis office.
Nov 30, 1839. 34
NOTICE.
LIST of rotes lost or stolen, belonging
to John Pollot k formerly of Randolph
but now ot Baker county. One large Kul
Skin Pocket Book containing one note on
Dsic Boyd for sßo# given In January 1839,
tine the 25th of December 1839 or the first
of January -‘uJß>3o notes, and a 524
note all on James Garret of Stewart Count v,
given abiut 'n; 25th of December
1838, and due about the 25th of December
1839. one note on Samuel Peiers for .13 70.
Given about tne first ofJanuarv 182 , nd
due about the 25’h of Decemb' r 1839- I
the above desc ihed notes made p y bio to
the Sub eriber. Jt >HISPOLLOCI\.
April 15. 1839. 31 3t
Sit.vitCk* SiierilT Sale’s.
\TTILL be sold on the first Tuesday tn
Tt JANUARY next, beiorc the Court
House door in the Town of Americas .Sum
ter county, within the usual hours of sale
the following property to wit.
Two lots of land. Nos. 92, in the 27th
disl. and 167. in tli- 26th dist. all of former
ly Lee now Sumter county, levied on as the
properly of James Harrison to satisfy one
ii fa from Snmtei Inferior Court, in favor of
Sh ickcltord, Boag & Cos. vs. said 11a.li
son.
Also. Lot of Land No. 70, in the 27th
dist. of formerly Lee now Sumter county,
levied on as the property of John H. Weav
er, to -auitfv one fi fa from Sn inter Inferior
Court, in favor of George Walker, vs. John
H. Weaver and John T. McCraVy, security
on the stay.
Also, one Town Lot, No. cot known,
whereon James Lynes now lives, in tl e
Town of Americus, and the improvements
thereon, levied on as the property of ilie
said Jomei Lynes to satisfy one fi la from
.Sumter Inferior Court, in favor of George
Walker, and oilier fi fas against said Lynes.
Also, Lot of Land No. not known, in ilie
27ih dist. of formerly Lee now Sumter,
county, whereon Stephen Herring now
lives, levied on as the property of said Her
ring, to satisfy one ti la from Sumter Su
perior Court, in favor of John G. Echols,
vs. Stephen Herring principal, aiel John J.
Britt, security on ap|ieal, and Hemps v J.'
J list ice, security on the stay ol Execution,'
Also, Lot ot Land No. 145. in the 27th
dist. of formerly Lee now Sum er comity,
levied on as the properly of John J. Britt,
1 lo satisfy one fi la from Sumter Inferior
Court, m favor ol Edward Montgomery vs.
, John J. Britt.
. ALo, one Lot of Land No. uotknown. in,
the 30th Dist of formerly I.ee now Sumter
county, whereon Jesse Edwards now live*
levied on as t lie property ol the sail Jesse
Fdwatds. to satisfy one li fa from Sumter
Superior Court i" Dior of fiandad Mast in,
vs. said Edwrils.
Also, two Town Lots No. 3 & 4. under
letter H- in the Town of Americus. aud
also, 12 acres of Land more or less adjoin
ing said Town Lots South, it being p ut of
Lot No. 115, iu the 27i1l dist. of loiim rly
Le now Sumter county, levied on as the
pr.qierty of Richmond B. Goar, to satis'.y
three ft fas from Sumter Inferionr Court,
one in lavorof Je emiah Lampkin, and one
in favor of George Walker, aud one in la
vorof Davis Smith, all vs. said Goar, and one
fi fa from Sumter Superior Court, iu Ia -or,
of David M. Scarborough, vs. Riclanoutf
B. Goar.
JOHN TINER, D. Sh’ff.
Nov. 3«. 1839.
Also, will be sold as above.
Lot of Land No. 197, ip the 29ih dist. of
formerly Lee now Sumter county, levied on
as the properly of Richard Pickett, to sat
isfy two fi fas from . uniter iiilenoi Court,
one iu lavorof Rigley At Han. vs. Richard
Pickett, maker, and Edmond I’earce. en
dorser, and one in favor of John Martin,
vs. Patrick Brady and Richard Pickett, -se
curity.
Also, Lot of Land No 252, in the 29'h
dist. of I'ormeily Lei now Sumter county,
levied on as tho property of Joseph Minis,
to sa’tsfy sundry fi las from Sumter Superior
Court, on" n. favor of Harrison Jones and
Joseph Bond Administrators ol Lcaisßond
and against Joseph Mims, and Rich til
Pickett, aud other fi las in favoi ol others
agaiusi Joseph Mims ami others.
Also, two Lois of Laud Nos. 1 18 and
141, iu the 27th di*t. of formerly Lee low
Suiuter county, levied ou as ii» property
oi Reuben B. Pick< tt, to s tisl'y one li fit
from Sumter Inferior Court, in favo. of
Edwin F. Birdsong, vs. said Pickett, pro
perty poin.ed out bv the deft nd.int.
JOHN KiMME Y, Sheriff.
Nov. 30. 1839.
Abo, will be sold as above.
Lot of Land No. 227, iu the 27th dist. of
formerly Lee now Sumter county, icviej
on as the property of Marshall Covington,
to sathty sundry li fas from a Justices Court
of Marion county, in favor of Loved B.
Smith, vs. Marshall Covington property
pointed out by Edwin R B own, levy m;.do
j and n 'timed to me by a C instable,
j Also, Lot of Laud No. 52, in the 27th
I dist. of formerly Lee now Sumter county,
levied on ns the property of A lam !l i rdiu.
! to satisfy sundry fi fas issued from a Jus
! rices Court of Su liter county, against said
Hardin, pro erty pointed out by Arthur A,
Morgan, levy made anu returned to me by
a Constable.
GREEN M. WHEELER, D. Sh'ff
Nov. 30, 1833.
! A1 )M iNISTItATORS’ SALE
WILL be sold on Friday, the 20ih *»
DECEMBER next, b tween the u
sual hours of sale, at the late residence of
Silas Mercer, the perishable property of Si
-1 las Mercer, late of Lee county, deceased
; consisting of horses, hogs, rattle, two horse
wagon anJ harness, household and kuehen
; fund; re. Also, ai rhe same time ami plats
will be hired, two likely negroes, and tiia
plantation rented. Terms mads known
the day. ANK ,\LBKC£jl< Adm’l*,-