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I.nig black vara’ Tr.ro >011:1,4 round ani nor
bow wore to windward in a straight lino w.th
<• ir vessel, and it was evident by tiic:r move
-1 rents that it was their intent to run ns down
unJ juur in a broadside. .Studding sails, spank
, 1 and stav sails, were spreading in all parts
‘of her wide extended rigging, and in a few
minutes cverv bi*v::i, mast, and stay, was cloth
ed in its respective rone of flowing canvass yet
for marly an hour during which si* • had gained
rtoiiflv on us, we continue,! our course without
addin"’’ a sail to those with which we had olear
, I the harbor. Our commander, who had hitli
, ,-to stoo 1 silently regarding the advancing vos
>.!, turned to the seamen wth t!ie usual premon
itory command ot ‘silence; in an instant tue
murmured hum which arose from the ship’s
deck, was hushed, and each ear sharpened to
catch the following order; ‘clear away the long
Tom“*
‘Ay, av sir!’shouted a dozen of the seamen
—and in a few moments, tic gun was prepared
for discharging and the men stood awaiting h:s
further orders.
13v this time, the advancing sain had ap
proached so near that her bobstavs and lanyards
were seen distinctly relieved from the dark and
massive hull ? men were observed clambering
the shrouds; crowding forward and stationing
themselves in the starboard chains, for the pur
pose of viewing anti admiring the saucy Yan
kee, who evinced no disposition either to run
awav or come to close quarters; still she swept
onwards, and in a few minutes the letters ot
her name grew legioly detached from the fore
netting, and the swelling notes of ‘Rule Bri
tannia” rose upon our hearing: yet our com
mand w stood motionless, attentively surveying
the noble B it >n us she swiftly advent and, dush
mrr proudly .i>i<l* tue white spray that gatln i -i
around li 1 1 >,v; not a word was spoken on
board of our ship, and every eye was bent on
the Englishmen, with absording interest: it was
u ■ most exril n : moment of my life, 1 fairly
held my br ath with the thrilling indescribable
feelin” that was awakened in my mind, ‘Stand
by th~ weather braces!’ shouted our command
i r, raid the rapes were disengaged from their
respective cleets; again an inteival of silence
uccceded as the captain again turned his gaze
on the ship in chase. ‘ Wear ship,’ shouted he
at th • top of hi- voice and the long yards of our
voss I w. re swung around, till her bow veered
gracetully to wind ward, this uianceuwas scarce
ly x vuted, when a volume of sOO ke issued
from tto bows of the slap in chase, and the
laud rep ntof a -unionrang upon 11 • breeze; in
nr* in t.i it, every eye was thrown .oft to dis
cover if their tire had proved If-gut., but all
above r main and untouched, the -ail tied passed
us iiar.nless i>v. ‘Keep her at mar,’ exclaimed
our ro.n minder to the man it the wheel, as our
ton culs w ere thrown aback and the vessel liv
, .oi: nless in the wind’s eye, then glut: ing his
eye along the gun, he pointed it to suit his aim
—tii-> pruning was fired—and the crack of our
can 1 “ii reverberated on the ears with its won
ted .t inning effect. • Huzza!’ shouted our sea
me*i, i tl; mizen top f tue Briton flew in
spit t rg and the top, top-gallant ami royal
mast fell over the stern, dragging along with it
the ( roud banner of England. For a moment
1 st >0 . regarding the lame vessel with a glow
of delight which can better be immagined than
described; national pride, and the • x iting thrill
of triumph swelled through my veins, and I felt
.at I could not breath other than an American.
1 turned towards the commander, he still gazed
at the vessel astern, while his eye was lighted
with a tierce triumph and his lips curled with a
grim, though not unpleasing smile. ‘Thus,’
.-aid Ii , addressing me, ‘shall Paul Jones ever
do homage to the p. nons of British tyranny and
oppression." —Then Sufi” ring the excitement of
bis count -nance to vanish, he gave the loud
command of‘fill away!’ Our vessel then swung
lound on her course, the saiis were again filled,
nntl again bounded forward through the green
wat- ra of the Atlantic. ‘Set the studding sails,
and crowd on all sail, exclaimed the command
ant, the light booms were speedily run out from
the extr mity of the yards and in a few hours
our antagonist and those of the ships of the
jtiadron were lost in the rotundity of the
.ocean.
* A iarpe and very efficient cannon which stands be
tween the Yjrce and main masts, and is worked upon a
pivot,
From the Nat. Intc’iigencc".
lit
.Iddrcss of Ihe Chairman of Ihe .Monumental
Committee, JMr. George !V. Bassett, to the
Presale,ti of the U. -Mutes, at the laying of the
Corner Slone cj tile .'non,uncut to the J\l tther
if Washington.
In the name of the Monumental Committee,
I present you, General, the plate which is in
tended to distinguish that stone just adjusteu
by the Master of t e Lodge as the Corner st n
of this pile. lam happy, sir, that he who ho
ciea-ied his country s rights when perilled in
the cause of freedom, iter cities when the
haughty so -, confident of success, pressed
eagerly to seize then- Beauty and Boot ,
has tiled for her, risked life, fortnn and honor
•:i her -ausc, is hereto add to the honors of this
occasion. V* ho so meet to make a pilgrimage
to this shrine of hallowed relics’ Who so fit
to seal the stor f winch crowns the corner of a
inonuninn’ of the Mother of Washington, as he
s ho occupies that exalte:! station first filled bv
‘lie •"•ju of that Mother/ Let the occasion, Ge
• and its circumstances, excuse this,
v w.-i turn to re* I, a k mor; immediately on
m : object of our present icgar. . fv. . io.k
:■> 11 > in::” of Ili story, or survey th.. r -tii, . -
•••’ monuments have i.i every age and ev ry
clime marked those spots di.sttnguished by ihe
. apnening of some great event, or risen as
:'if-iiior; :!.; c*. trio once ar t ve virtues ct denar—
’jd w<n!\. i *sui man is ever apt t forget tin
pas* an 1 seek r. w hope of pleasure in the f i
title. -1 *e sel.-loui luartis iroui the cvpcriencr
• ii” others the mean, of attaining- what lie aims’
at, and too ofi ta st.imbl.'. over anew, unbro
ken tr :ct, ußiiiind'ul ts tha brightest objects
bv which he might truce his read to those di
notion? after v.-.ii--!. natural desire so ardently
toils, lienee, enlightened posterity canonize
tii • lame of their ancestors by emblems the most
unfading ih-ir minds can devise or their powers
execute.
Such is our constitution, that the strongest
appeals to our better feelings are through the
medium of our grosser faculties. Unis Monu
ments are lasting incentives to those who view
them, to imitate the virtues they commemorate,
and attain bv their life and spirit. Glory and
Honor. Nations share in the common sympa
thies of nature, and participate in all the ho
nors heaped upon their mighty dead. In look
ing upon this Monument, (raised chiefly by the
munificence ol’a patriotic individual,) the citi
zens of these States will remember that they
are brothers. They will remember that here
lie the ashes of the Mother ol the “ bather 01
his Country.” They wil! acknowledge, too,
this just tribute to the merits of her, who,
early dep.i <>d of the support of her consort,
encouraged and fostered, by precept and ex
amnle. t! dawning virtues of h r illustrious
son, and nurtured to njatuiitv those noble facul
ties which were the ornament and glory of
her waning years. They will acknowledge
t the hallowed character of this romantic spot,
j ever to be remembered as the place chosen for
! her private devotions—the spot to which she
I often led her ofT-pring, and, pointing to tin
order and beauty o! the works ot Nature, here
so eminently display and, she guided their youln
ftil minds to contemplate the power end bene
volence of the great author of their being.—
Here she taught the attributes of God—that to
him, as their Creator, all praise belonged—
that to glorify Him was the object of their
creation, and to this end their every energy
should be devoted. Here she asked as a dy
ing request, that her mortal remains might
rest. Hallowed be this wish—sacred this spot
—lasting as Time this Monument. Let us
cherish the remembrance of this hour. Let us
carry with us hence, engraved on our hearts,
the momory of her who is hero intered. Iler
fortitude—her piety—her every grace of life—
her sweet peace in death—through her sure hope
of a blessed iminortalitv.
To which the President or the U. States
replied as follows :
Sir —To you and to your colleagues of the
Monumental Committee, I return my acknowl
edgments for the kind sentiments you have
e> •
expressed towards me, and for the nattering |
terms in which they have men conveyed. I
cannot but feel that 1 am indebted to your par
tiality, an 1 not to any services of my own, for
the warm hearted reception you have given
me. On this occasion, as well as on many
others, in the course of a life now drawing to
wards its close, 1 have found the confidence
and attachment of my countrymen as far be
yond tnv merits as my expectations.
H e are assembled, fellow citizens, to wit
ness and assist in an interesting ceremony.—
More than a century has passed away since
she to whom this tribute o: respect is about fi.
be paid, entered upon the active scenes of life
—a century fertile in wonderful events, and
in distinguished men who have particated in
them. Os these events our country have, fur
nished her full share ; and of these distinguish
ed men, she has produced a Washington. If
he was “ first in war, first in peace, and first
in the hearts of our countrymen,” we may say,
without the imputation of national vanity, that,
if not the first, he was in the very front rank
of those, too few indeed, upon whose career
mankind can look back without regret, and
whose memory and example will furnish themes
of eulogy for the patriot, wherever free institu
tions are honored and maintained. His was
no false glory, deriving its lustre from the
glare of splendid and destructive actions, com
mencing in professions of attachment to his
country, and terminating in the subversion of
her freedom. Far different is the radiance
which surrounds his name and fame. It shines
mildly and equally,and guides the philanthropist
and citizen in the path of duty—and it will guide
them long after those false lights which have at
tracted too much attention, shall have been ex
tinguished in darkness.
In the grave before us lie the remains of his
mother. Long has it been unmarked by any
monumental tablet, but not unhonored. “ You
have undertaken the pious duty of erecting a
column to her mcnviry, and of inscribing upon
lit the simple but ;, ~ rt ii-., words, “Mary the
Mother of Washington.” No eulogy could
•>: higher, and it appeals to the heart of every
\merican.
These memorials of affection and gratitude
are consecrated by the practice qif all ages and
nations. They are tributes of respect to the
dead, but they convey practical lessons of vir
tue and wisdom to the living. The mother and
son are beyond the reach of human applause.
But tho bright example of parental and filial ex
--lienee, which th. ir conduct furnishes, can
not but produce th-': most salutary effects upon
our countrymen. Let their example be before
us from from the first lesson which is taught the
child till the mother’s duties yield to the course
of preparation and action which nature prescribes
for him.
The address which wc have heard portrays
in just colors this most estimable woman.—
Tradition says, that the character of Washing- j
ton was aided and strengthened, ifnot fori.-j
ed, by the care and precepts of his mother, j
She was remarkable for the vigor of her intel- i
iect, and the firmness of her resolution. Left j
in early life, the sole parent of a young and 1
. numerous family, she devoted herself with ex
emplary fidelity'ofthe task f guiding and edu
cating them. With limited resources she was
able by care and economy, to provide for them,
find to ensure them a lespeetoMe entrance up
on the duties, oflife. A firm believer in the
sacred truths of religion, she taught its prin
ciples to her children, and incul ated an curly
obedience to its injunctions. It is said by those
who knew licr intimately that she acquired and
maintained a wonderful ascendancy over the
ar mud her. This true characteristic of genius
attended her through life, arid even in it> lire!
after hersonhad led iiiscountry to independence,
and had been called to preside over her councils,
I lie approached her with the same reverence she
1 had taught him to exhibit in early youth. Th
! course of maternal discipline, ‘>o doubi ic ‘-a
jed the natural ardor of his temperninei a*
I conlered upon him that power of sell cuiiiiohii ,
which was one of the must remarkable bails ol
his character.
In tracing the few recollections which can
he gathered of her principles and conduct it is
impossible to avoid the conviction that these
were clowly interwoven with the destiny of
her son. The gieat points of his character
and before the wield. He who runs may read
them in his whole career, as a citizen, a sol
dier, a i agisttate. He possessed an unerring
judgement, il’that term ran lie applied to human
nature; great probity of purpose, high moral
principles, perfect self possession, untiring ap
plication, an enquiring mind, seeking informa
tion from every quarter, and arriving at its
conclusions with a full knowledge ci the sub
ject ; and he added to these on inflexibility of
resolution which nothing could change- but a
conviction of error. Look back at the life and
conduct of his mother, anil at her domestic go
vernment, as they have been this day delinea
ted by the chairmain of the monumental com
mittee, and as they were known to her coteui
poraries and have been described by them, and
they will be found admirably adapted to form
and dcvolope th - elements of su-. ii a character.
The power of greatness was there, but had it
not b *ll guided and directed by maternal so- !
licitude and judgment, its possessor, instead ot
presenting to the world examples of virtue,
patriotism anJ wisdom, which will be pre
cious in all succeeding ages, might have ad
ded to the number of those master spirits, ;
whose fame rests upon the (acuities they have
abused, and the injuries they have committed.
How important to the females of our coun
try are hese remimscences of the early life of j
Washington, and of the maternal care of her
upon whom its future conduct depended. Af
fection less regulated by discretion, might haw
changed the character of the son, and with it
the destinies oi'the nation. Wc have reason
to lie proud of the virtue and intelligence of
our females. As mothers and sisters, and
wives and daughters, their duties are perform
ed with exemplary fidelity. They, no doubt,
realize the great importance of the maternal
character, and the pow. rial influence must it
exert upon the American youth. Happy is it
f"** them and our country that they have te
’ them this illustrious cxanvdc of mat “ lia j de
votion, and this bright r. waid of filial success.
The mother of a family who lives to witness ti e
virtues of her children, and their advancenie t
in life, and who are known and honored, should
have no other wish on this side the grave, to
gratify. The seeds of virtue and of vice are
early sown, and we may often anticipate the har
vest that will bo gathered. Changes no doubt,
occur, but let no one pla e his hope upon
these. Impressions made in infucy, ifnot inde
lible are effaced with difficulty, and renewed
with facility; and upon the moth -r th relore, must
frequently, if not generally depend the fate of the
son.
Fellow Citizens, this district of country,
gave Wth to Washington. The ancient Com
monwealth, within whose borders we are as
sembled from every portion of this happy and
flourishing Union, ronowned as she is for her
institutions, for her devotion to the cause of
freedom and for het services and sacrifices to
promote it, and for the eminent men she has
sent forth to aid our country with heart and
hand, in peace and war, presents a claim still
stronger than these upon the gratitude of her
sister States in the birth and life es Washing
ton. Most of you, my friends, must speak of
him from report. It is to me a source of high
gratification that I can speak of him from per
sonal knowledge and observation. Called by
the partiality of my countrymen to (he high
station once so ably filled by him, and feeling,
that in all but a desire to serve you, I am un
willing the opportunity should pass away with
out bearing my testimony to his virtues and
services. Ido this injustice toniy own feelings,
being well aware, that his fame needs no feeble
aid from mo.
I he living witnesses of his public and private
life will soon follow him to the” tomb. Already
a second and a third generation are upon the
theatre o! action, and the men and the events
l‘ le -•.evolution, and of the interesting period
between it and the firm establishment of the
present constitution, must ere long live only
in the pages of history. I witnessed the public
conduct and private virtues of Washington, and
I saw and participated in the confidence which
he inspired, when probably the stability of our
institutions depended upon his personal influ
ence. Many years have passed over me since,
but they have inert ased instead ot diminishing
my reverence for his character, and my confi
dence in his principles. His Farewell Ad
dress, that powc rful and affirtir g appeal to his
countrymen, that manual of wisdom for the
American citizen, embodies his sentiments
and feelings, May He who holds in his hands
the fate of nations impress us all with the con
viction of its truth and importance and teach
us to regard its lessons as the precious legacy
he has bequeathed 11s. And if, in the instabi
lity of human affairs, our beloved country
| should ever be exposed to the disasters which
| have overwhelmed the other Republics that
j have preceded us in the world, may Provi
j denee, when it suffers the hour of trial to come,
j raise up a VI ashington to guide us in averting the
l danger.
Fellow-Citizens: At your r, quest and in
your name, I now depisit.- this plate in the
spot destined for it—and when the Amercan
pilgrim shall in after ages, come up to this
high and holy place and lay his hand upon this
sacred column, may he recall the virtues of
her who sleeps beneath, and ih-part with his at”
factions purified and his pi. ty strengthened, while
li .uv'okc ibk-asings upon the memory ofthe Mo
ther of Washington.
Manufactures and Agriculture There is
engaged in the Manufactory of Cotton and wool
“296,000 people, using a capital of $11,7433,-
849, paying more than $26,000,000 in wanes,
working up ot raw, materials nearly $50,000,000 *
and annually producing fabrics worth at least
$87,000,000.”— Os Capital there is used in the
making of
Salt, $7,000,000
H als , 20,000,000
Shoos and Boots, 10,000,000
Manufacture ol Leather, 10,000,000
Glass, 5,000,000
Cabinet Ware, 700,000
Carriages, 6,000,000
Iron and Steel, 20,000,000
Saddlery, 5,000,000
Jewelry and Plated Ware, 10,000,000
Not less than 232,000 people are annually a
work with this $100,000,000 vested in all the
1 various kinds ofcapital used in all these different
classes of production.
There are 20,000,000 sheep in the United
States, worth $40,000,000, fed on 6,500,000
acres of land, worth $lO per acre,equal in amount j
to $65,000,000. The culture of the land and
care el the sheep gives employment to 194,000
men.
The whole number of persons engaged in the
manufactures, and the families dependent on
them, are supposed to amount to 2,872,000,
people.—The whole capital not less than 312-,
453,848 dollars—They furnish in various arti
cles n yearly mass of production of value equal
to $160,969,520.
The home market created by the American
j System for agricultural products in food alone,
is estimated to amount to $27,000,000 annu
ally.
The agricultural capital employed to feed the
manufactures is estimated nt $360,000,000. —
The persons employed in this agriculture,and the
families dependent on them are estimated at 3,-
500,000.
Five hundred and four Shares U. S. Bank
1 Stock were disposed of at the New York
Stock exchange Board, on the 4th inst. at
111 i-2 a 113-4
tV.i: WESTERN HERALD.
AURARIA, GEORGIA, JUNE 11, 1833.
£ CT* We are authorized to anoumo the name of Alaj.
JOEL CRAWFORD, ofHancock county, for Governor,
at the ensuing Election.
’
Golden specimen. —Then was a piece about one inch
and a half in length, weighing 15dw!s, and 15 grains,
of beautiful appearance, found a few days since on the lot
owned by Major Story, Hemphill, &. Cos. adjoining the
lot of Col. Cobb, and Samuel Gr.lihcr, in tbisdistiict.
——
The late Convention. —History does not aiTord a paralcl
for the proceedings of this body, and If the people do then
duty, by the entire rejection of every featuie of the meas
ure now proposed for their ratification and adoption, the
country, yes this country, which has long been the boast
of freedom, and one too, extending to its Citizens equal
rights, and equal liberties, wili yet perhaps in after ages,
be able to challenge the world for such a precedent, tVe
have long seen the great necessity of reducing the num
ber of members in the legislature of our state, we have
long since been urging its propriety upon the people, but
w - did hope and we did believe,that wheneverit was done,
that some respect would be had, to the rights ofthe people,
we did think that a system could be adopted upon the
same plan of representation, by preserving the federal ba
sis, requireing a greater number only, to entitle them to
a member, and thereby lessen the number in the house,
and reduce the senate upon some plan that would not be
yielding up too much upon the part of the stronger coun
ties, by which something like equality could have been
retained in the newly modeled system But how do you
find it, your fcdeial basis and population, literally used
up upon the one hand, and instead of ameliorating your
condition, your lines of demarcation, erased upon the oth
and your county attached to some otherof its neighbors,
to enable you w ith their aid, to send a Senator to°reprc
sCht you in hat department of your legislature. Willyou
as a slave holding state, give up a right as sacred as thi3,
which lias so justly been guaranteed to you; for depend
upon it, if you yield one single right m these struggling
times for power, you will yield it forever. The Constitu
tion of tile United Stales, has recognised this right ujion
your part; the Constitution of this State, has guaranteed
it to you; and w ill you abandon it to gratify a few time
serving political demagogues. Just as sure as you relin
quish it in the state, you will soon find attempts made to
deprive you ofits benefits in Congress; where you arc al
ready too weak to get any thing like even handed justice,
and your relinquishment in this instance, will be a strong
argument against you in the oilier, which in all probabili
ty, will settle the principle upon you and your posterity af
ter you, forever. Then you will not only huve to complain
of protecting systems, but you will find minorities over
ruling majorities, in your State as well as in
Congress, and the consequence will be, your power di
minished; your number lessened down to a few, and that
few cramped, and fettered to suit the contracted views,
and political designs of those who have brought this bant
ling of party manufacture before you.
Another difficulty presente itself to us. It is well known
to all who have resided in Georgia for the last ten years,
that party spirit has been too prevelcnt here, for the” good
of the country, and it is also well known that these
parties frequently arise from causes of very mi
ner importance, and magnify in a few years time
to such an alarming height, as to destroy a great por
tion ofthat friendly and social intercourse and feeling, winch
™ so 3Urc to P roduce those festering, rankling prejudices,
that you have not only seen in others, but felt tho dire
effects of yourselves. Lcttlie proposed system go into
operation and what will be the effect? Parties will rise
up in every ilirection, every county, no matter what may
be the odds against her in numbers, will start a candidate
fo* senate, and every man of that county will be prompted
by local causes, and sectional feelings, to support his
county man; no matter what his merit o'r qualifications
compared with those of his opponent, in the neighboring
county,composing l,is senatorial distric*, and you will have
■ m addition to the present number of parties in the State,
already too numerous, as many as there are counties com
-1 l in f _ r leS'tate. T'rvrtn- well iwon this subject; loot;rtlicn
I upon your situation; ace yuir people disunited j
certainly be in the event of the adoption of this uuhean* !
of proposition, and ask yourselves, wliut safety remains,. !
tho physical force of your populous, respectable, ajj
boasted state of liberty. You have frequently been ca 1,,..
upon to give up a partof;,our rights in order to maintainOn
rest; butthese calls arc becoming too I requent. Younaj.
submit until submission will notonly be askcl,bntit willbo
made a matter of right to demand it of you, and the provi
sions of the Bloody Bill resorted to, in order to coerce fiou
you: ail that is either asked, or demanded, and you m,..
yield and yield, until you have nothing left to posterity
ofthe glorious achievements of the heroes of the revo. ‘
lutionary struggle. But the boasted magnanimity and
bravery of your fathers, in acquiring liberty and ficodou,
amidst the roar of cannon, and the thunders of artiilicrv
and the shame, degradation and contempt of its beic
yielded up by you in small parcels, to subserve the wishes
of some political, designing demagogues. Ifyou aredispc
Si'll to give up your rights on this occasion; disgrace notyc., ;
j mothers by claiming to be the sons of those well tried, pure
and unpointed patriots, that have handed down to y ou
rights undiininishcd; liberty untarnished and Frccdou 1
unimpaired, when you have not neither nerve, nor know,
ledge enough, to see the pernicious effects of yielding to# |
much when asked, or positively and firmly denying when j
demanded of you,,but who are willing to destroy the fedr. i
ral basis of representation, and go in shoulder foremost so
tho proceeding of the late convention; none we believe 5
who willl take the troublo to make the calculation of loss :•
and gain; for the gain,will not exceed three cents per bend 1
annually,fur the representative population of G eorgia cv® 1
ifthcproposedaniendment should go down. And vriliam |
one,for the pitiful suinoftlireecentsseehisstate so distract. I
od and disunited; none hut he who is so filled with par, 1
spleen as to be forgetful of his country’s good; none bull, 1
who is so base as to sell his birth rigl*t,and yield the proceeds
to the elevation of names, in defiance of principle,
People of Georgia reject it, and with that sort of Roma i
courage, as to teach those attempting to heap it upon vou i
that you are not thus to be imposed upon.
Governor Lumpkin. —The presuraptious request of so |
gentleman to publish the late cm respondence between 1
himself and Lewis Cass, Eibcrt Herring, and others, was I
attended to ill our last weeks paper. The Governor head*
the correspondence in this kind of begging,and at the same ;
time imposing way. which seems to be bis chief hobbv t
whenever he finds it necessary to resort to his well known and
tricks and artifices in electioneering. He says, in order ‘1
to correct various misrepresentations, circulated tiiroug!i I
the press, and other cho nnels. I have to request nen spa- I
per Editors friendly to the great interest of the coiintr
and especially Georgia, to publish the following com; i
pondenco. Th? Governor then gcc3 on to say to Air. >
Herring, at tho office of Indian affairs, that he, a few da” 1
since addressed a letter to the I'resident of the Unite!
States, on the subject of cur Indian illations. Is there j
any thing strange in this, that the Governor of Georgia, !*
should write a letter to tho President ofthe United States, 5j
or that he should write lo JVlr. Herring, or to any body I
else. But ne says, lie writes this letter inclosing tho copj .
(of a copy,) of a letter received by him a few days since,
from a rcspc<table gentleman who resides near John
Ross, and that gentleman, with various others, informs i
him that Ross, is exhibiting (an indiscreet letter,) to the
ignorant Indians, and Indian countrymen, impressing a
belief on them, that he is authorized to say that the whites f
settled here w ill soon be driven out, fee.
Now if the Governor’s object, in publisliingjhis corns
pondenco, was whathe himself says it was,tocoriectmir
representations—why did ho, not say, circulated by John
Ross, instead of saying through tho press, and varium
other channels. For ourselves wo deny ever saying anv
thing about John Ross’ indiscrete letter, as tho Governor,
pleases to call it, and we aiso deny ever saying any tiring
in favor of the settlers of this country, being driven off’d
their land, but have always said when speaking upon tho
subject that we would resist such orders with force,^whence
er attemptcd,no matter from what quarter tliey were mace
to drive us,and vve recollect no instance of any press in tin
state having said one word about this indiscrete Utter oJJob:
Ross’ or in any manner having encouraged a belief that,
the people here would submit to be drove off” from this
country.
No tho whole t: uth is Governor Lumpkin, has got op
position, he expects hefore tire first monday in octotw j
next, to hear something circulated through Ihe press, anil
other channels about the discharge of the Missionaries,
and various other matters. And he wants to take a run
ning start, by crying out land, land, land, Cherokee land,
which the legislature of Georgia, has taken the liberty oi
distributing among her citizens by lottery, which Gov.
Lumpkin has had no more to do with, than any ot’icr
man would have had under similar circumstances, placed
as he was, in the Executive chair of Georgia, it is true
that the Governor says in ids mighty correspondence, tint
he has written a letter to General Jackson, and we won
der from the manner in which he has so complete!;
exposed his object in the very extensive publication oi
this correspondence. Under Ins ExcellenciesExccutiverc.
quest: that he had not hint:d to you a iittle more
plainly, than he did, by the publication, that because Ik
writes to General Jackson and Jackson writes to to
again that if you were Jackson men, you must sup
port him for Governor, but from our opinions of Governoi
Lumpkin’s course should we get into a difficulty about
this land, he would endeavor to smother over the matter,
as long as he could, and when lie saw danger approach- 1
ing, he would hollow submission then, as loud a3 he can
laud now. As an evidence of it—he turned the mis
sionaries out of tho penitentiarv, put there too under
a direct and positive statute of the state which be was
sworn to support and defend, rather than take upon
himself, the responsibility nsisting a decree of the
Supreme Court, ofthe United States, which he was then
led to believe would be made against us, in the Cbcro
kee case, by that tribunal of prejudice and corruption.
—■'zgagi'-
It is with painful emotions, wc have just learned that
ROBERT LIGON, sen. Esq. died on his way home last
evening, wiuthor his afflicted family were convoying Id*
nianglH, and almost lifeless body. His death was octa
’ sionod by a How on tlje head, given by one Jesse Bro”' n
. in $ .... pi. e* e*n Tuesday last. On an enormity so out 1 :
regions, w e iorbeai further comment, as tho communilj
1 are already sufficiently excited. Brow-n is safely lodged
in Gainesville joal.
The Obituary of Mr.Ligon, in our next.
-:2E22:
COMMUNICATED.
Preparations for celebrating the 4lh July et the C- H. Lump
kin County an Saturday, the Hih June, 1333.
A large number oi'the citizens of Lumpkin county “•*
present,-vvlien on motion of N.B. Harben, Jonn D. Fiefy,
Esq. was called to the chair,and Col. H. C. Tatam, appoin
ted Secretary; and the following resolutions were unanim
ously adopted;
Resolved, That the Chairman appoint a Committee! 0
select an Orator and a Reader ofthe Declaration of Indt
pendonce; and that a Committee be appointed to prep ar ‘