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$3- Vft perceive by the eorrefpcndence of the An
9la Chronicle, da eJ Washington, December 13ih,
t it a great excxtemei.t prevailed in Congress, in con
i jc .cr J the motion of Mr. Adams, and his strene
o is and ill-timed effort to admit the petitions of frantic
< i:husias‘, against the admission of Texas into the Uni
on because of the existence of Slavery in that Territo
r,-. Grant them but this, and it does not require much
discernment to discover what will be the purport of af
ter petitions ; give them an inch, and they will not
cease until the w hole be gained, or otherwise, the most
(boisterous results to the whole Union. Mr. Adams de
clared his belief that “ the annexation of a Foreign Na
ti >n to the Union would operate as a dissolution of the
Union.” If ever this Union be dissolved from any cau
ses connected w ith this question, the awful sin mus: lie
at the doors of such Abolitioncsts as J. Q. Adams, and
H ot for extending the arm of protection, or admitting our
own brothers and children under the paternal roof.—
They are a people that are connected to us by every
tic, that should bind freemen together, a branch of the
g ca r Republican family, bearing with them to a more
congenial soil the spirit. f “ ?o.” He pronounced Tex
as to be a Nation “ damned to everlasting fame,”
(this hazardous prediction would sound more like trudt
if applied to himself,) by the re-establishment of slavery
after being abolished by the laws of Mexico. On the
contra y, Texas will live in the future historic page, a
glorious and chivalric nation, after her enemies and
evil wishers have sank into merited oblivion.
There seems to be a reckless, daring and determined
purpose on the part of these mad enthusiasts, to carry
out their project of Abolitionism, reckless of all conse
quences and careless of all results.
This feint of the Texas question is designed as a mere
prelude to effect more important ends. Has Texas
sent her agents to this Government praying with ben
ded k lee and supplicating attitude, for admission into
the Uttion, that this individual, with others, should be so
desirous of admitting petitions to be read before the
House, to prevent her. The ground of objections, we
opine, lies much deeper than this; it would bring the
interest of the South nearer to an equliibrium, which,
nothing short of fanaticism, could object to; a double
purpose will have been answered, a precedent estab
lished for receiving the thousand and one petitions not
oni} for the Abolition of slavery in the District of Col
umbia, but throughout the Union. This is the ultimate
aim and object to be accomplished, which when done,
tlie knell of repose will have been wrung throughout
these United States, our Eagle will have been torn
from his lofty eyre in the skies, and trampled in the
dust. The South has proclaimed in a loud and unani
mous voice, not to be misunderstood, that no power on
earth shall legislate away her slaves, unless it be her
own. And to this proclaim she will adhere until the
last cent of o tune, the last drop of blood, shall be spent
and the last spark of her honor extinguished.
The Bunkley Case.
Th : s very interesting case is now being tried by the
Superior Court in Clinton. We learn that the Court
has, at length, succeeded in obtaining a Jury, after Sev
ern 1 day’s being spent for that purpose. We shall take
sci early opportunity to give our readers a history of this
extraordinary case, the substance of which is, that an
individual by the name of Jesse Bunkley left Clinton
(his home) some eleven or twelve years since—without
having been heard of during the time except by uncer
tain report.
About a year since, an individual made his appear
ance, ca lling himself Jesse Bunkley, and laying claim
to an inheritance which had been considerably increa
sed by the death of a Brother. The Mother of Jesse
Bunkley is sti’l living, and has been married a second
time since tlie decease of Bunkley’s Father. She dis
owns this individual as being her son. There are ma
ny circumstances stated both for and against his pre
tentions, all of which tend to make it a very interesting
and very singular case.
He is now prosecuted as being an imp stor, by the
name of Barber, the parents of whom, with a brother,
reside in Gvvinett County, of this State, w’ho deny that
this is their son and brother.
The following gentlemen were nominated as
candidates fir Congress, at a meeting of the State Rights
delegation at Milledgeville, on Monday last:
Julius C. Alford , William C. Dawson,
Edward J. Black , Bichard W. Habersham ,
Walter T. Cokjuit, Thomas Butler King ,
Mark A. Cooper , E. A. Nisbtf,
Lott Warren.
£*l" The Peoples’Tress tells a very good story of ab
eentmindedness, as how an individual strolled into their
office, and voluntarily paid his subscription for two
years ! We think a circumstance that transpired in
our office yesterday morning is a more striking instance
of abstractedness, though not with the same results.—
An individual (unknown to us) walked in, and deman
ded to know his bill for advertising, naming the adver
tisement and when put in, and all with a very serious
business-like air. It was not necessary for us to refer
to our paper, or books, to see whether what he stated
be true, but promptly told him that we did not recollect
and presumed that he must be mistaken—upon which
lie gave us a look,that we were at a loss how to interpret
whether in anger or surprise. He then turned toothers
in the office as if appealing to them for justification of
his assertion, but meeting with the same repulse he
looked quite confused, and very discomposedly walked
cut.
Mr. Preston, of South-Carolina, and Mr. Cuth
he .-t,uf Georgia, have both taken their seats in Congress.
, Kr The splendid new Theatre in Charleston has
been recently opened, and with very crowded houses.
Miss Ellen Tree is playing an engagement there.
Mr. Forbes opened the Savannah Theatre on Mon
day last, with the play of the “ Honey Moon.”
Important from Florida :-«cheering prospect
of pence.
Fort Mellon, E. F. December 7.
TheCnerokee Deputation returned to this
post on .Sunday lust from their visit to the
Seminole chiefs, after an absence of six days,
distance sixty miles. Tiiey returned in much
triumph, with the white flag in front, borne by
one of tlie Cnerokees, and were met at Phillip
town by their agent, Col. Sherburne, Col.
Twiggs, Gen. Eustis, Col. Gates. Col. Bank
head, and many other officers of tiie army, to
gether with the stuff of the commander-in
criief, and escorted into camp, and were receiv
ed under arms.
They held a council of two days with the
Seminoles, at which was Sam Jones and three
hundred of the Mickasukees, under his com
mand. Micanopy, the principal chief, receiv
ed tnem with (as they say) much joy, smoked
tiie cuimut of peace and gave them a talk, and
concluded by saying, he would listen to his
Cherokee brethren, take their advice, and re
turn with them, he and his principal warriors,
to the camp of tlie white chief and listen to his
talk, &c, Accordingly, they arrived with the
Cherokees on Sunday, all mounted on ponies,
and followed by about thirty of their warriors
and squaws. Tne following are tlie names of
the chiefs, viz : Micanopy, principal chief, Lit
tle Cloud, (who commanded at the celebrated
battle of the Wnhoop Swamp,) Tus-ke-gee,
Yah-ho-100-chee, Poii-hoee, Yahale, Ilock-pos,
Yaiialo, Kali, Petal), Hodjo, Tus-ko-nah, Chi
na-toh-filseo, Ali-hah-lah-chuckee, Kal-schee
tus-te-nagee, (Sam Jones’ nephew.) Kah-chee
tus-te-nagee, Ko-chee-enah, 00-siyee, also the
chief Coa-hadjo, his sister, wife and three chil
dren. Sam Jones also agreed to come in, but
his chief persuaded him to remain and send I-is
nephew, and a favorite warrior, to enquire of
the Wiiite chief, if his uncle should be received
as the other chiefs, for tie said the white chief
threatened last year, if ever he caught him, he
would put him in woman's clothes and make
him walk through the camp. The General
prepared tents for them near his own, and gave
them in the eating way all they desired. Tlie
next day the Cnerokce Deputation were in
vited to tiie General’s tent, to render an ac
count of their visit; after which, Col. Sherburne
was with him, solus, for an hour; then the
Seminole chiefs for about three hours. Mica
nopy stated explicitly, his intention to abide by
tiie treaty, and go west; and some, it is said,
wanted to go with their Cherokee friends, and
make their home with them. They brought
:ii great numbers of dressed and undressed
dear skins, and furs. Application was made
by them, to the General, to send to St. Augus
tine for Oseola , and also to send kind words to
Sam Jones,by someone of the Cherokees,
with an easy led horse, that he might come in
with all his followers; that he was not only
very old, but had the rheumatism too bad to
walk. Also, many of the officers of rank
volunteered their services to go with the Ciiero
kees and invite Sam Jones to come in, among
them, was Col. G., but as yet the General has
not made up his mind how to act; and the
army still remains quiet here. Rumour says,
he intends to call a great council to-morrow.
Tlie council has been called, and lasted three
hours; at which was Micanopy and all the
Seminoles, the Cherokee Deputation, and all
the officers now at this post; and it was con
cluded that the Cherokee deputation should re
turn and bring in Sam Jones and his followers,
accompanied by his nephew ; and other war
riors were selected to go out and bring in the
women and children and warriors ; others to
bring in tlie cattle, &c.,&r.; and all hostilities
to cease for ten days. Gen. Jesup has left
here fbrGarey’s Ferry, on business as regards
receiving or discharging the volunteers trom
Tennessee, &c. All are now certain of hav
ing peace; and all is hiliarity here, with strong
expectations of the return of the Cherokee
deputation with another strong haul of Semin
oles and Micasukees and Sam Jones. Should
any thing occur worth writing about, before
the return of the messengers, you shall hear
from me. Until then, I must in haste close, us
the boat is aliout going off.
1 am rcspcetfully yours, &c.
P. S.—Gen. Jesup will send to Washing
ton, agreeably to instruction from the Secreta
ry of War, and under charge of Col. Sher
burne, Micanopy, King Phillip, Oseola, Coa
hadjo, and about a dozen other chiefs, as will
be hereafter selected, on a visit to their Great
Father, and have him confirm all that will be
done by Gen. Jesup—and give the President
*a Seminole song and dance, which they can
do in fine syie. Ten more warriors have just
come in to see their chiefs and give up their
rifles, and say more are on their way.
The chief Uchee Billy died, in the fort at
St. Augustine, on Saturday, the 25th ult.
Augusta Constitutionalist.
Canadian News.
Tlie accounts from Canada are conflicting
and confused, so much so as to render it difficult
to come to any conclusion as to the relative situ
ation of the insurgents and royalists.
The district of Montreal, and all the disturbed
districts of Lower Canada, were placed Under
Martial Law by an order of tiie 4tn inst.
In Upper Canada the out-break had assumed
a very serious aspect, and our New-York slips
of the 12th contains accounts of the capture
of TORONTO, the capital of that province, and
the seizure of the Governor and his Council,
by a three of about 5000 patriots, headed by
McKenzie, Bid well and Parker. Many build
ings having been burnt, and some lives lost.—
file governor & other prisoners were stated to
be pent up in the Market House, and the terms
j proposed to him were that he should dissolve
tlie present parliament—allow the people to
elect the legislative council-and that he should
leave the country in two weeks. The extracts
of the 13th inst. however, shew that the success
ofthe insurgents, was hut temporary. Sir Fran
cis Head, the Governor, with 1100 volunteers,
attacked and dispersed M’Kenzie’s force on
tiie morning of the oth inst., burning to the
ground Montgomery House, a large building
near Toronto, occupied by the rebels.
It appears that the immediate cause ofthe ex
plosion in Upper Canada was an attempt on the
part ofthe government to arrest Mr. M’Kenzie,
one of the leaders of the Libearls or Radical
party, on a charge of treason and sedition.
Governor Head has issued a proclamation,
offering a reward of £IOOO each for several
Others named. Charleston Courier.
Deaf Smith is Demi !
He died at Fort Bend on tiie 30th Novem
| her. I lis iron frame, says tiie Telegraph, sunk
I under severe fatigues and exposures, to which
Ihe has too willingly subjected himself. This
singular individual was one of those few men
whose names alone, bear with them more re
spect than sounding titles. Major, Colonel,Gen
eral sink into insignificance before the simple,
ordinary name of Deaf Smith;-that name is iden
tified with the battle fields of Texas ; hiseulogv I
is inseparably interwoven with the most thrilling
annals of that country, and will long yield to
their traditionary narratives peculiar interest.
Execution.—We learn that Bella, the ne
gro woman, convicted of the murder of Judge
Warren, of Effingham County, was, in pursu
ance of her sentence, executed in that County,
on Friday last. Adam, convicted at the same
time, for the same crime, has received a re
prieve from the Executive. Georgian.
The Savannah River was twenty-seven feet
above low water mark, at this place this morn
ing at seven o’clock, produced hy the heavy
rain of which we spoke yesterday. It has in
jured the wharves very much, and no doubt
done a great deal of damage to plantations
above and below. The rise was very sudden,
for within twenty-four hours from the time the
rain commenced falling at five o’clock on Sat
urday evening, the water had risen to twentv
four ieet above low water marie.
Augusta Chronicle ofTuesday.
&S- We aro authorized to announce Nathaniel
Eells, Esq. as a candidate for Alderman in the third
Ward.
93“ We arc also authorized to say that Messrs. C. A.
Higgins and Isaac B. Row land are candidates for Al
derman, in the first Ward.
Hall against the Field ! ! !
C"« EORGE P. WAGNON is a candidate for Alder-
JT man in the second Ward. Being Xlifted out —
runs on hisowm bottom.
December 23 9
t£ Macon Volunteers!
THE Drill Committee will meet
every Wednesday and Saturday
night, at the Court-House.
iHpsjr The old as well as new
IgD j members are requested to attend.
I JJ THE COMMITTEE.
December 23 9e
Pickled Oysters, &c.
JAMES LEWIS has just received a lot of fresh
Pickled Oysters ; and also, a lot of Havana Swee -i
meats. December 23 9r
I\TEW-YEIR CAKE, in the N< to- For* s’vle, for
sale at HIGGINS’ BAKERY. ;
December 16 8e |
BYTHE LATEST MAILS,
$3“ The New-York Express slip, of Monday last*
brought by last evening’s Express Mail, contains only
the following items.
At a public dinner at Montreal, Captain
Marryatt is described as toasting the Loyalists
who fought at Missisquei. The Captain’s loy
ally appeal’s to hare been very ebullient.
Lower Canada. —We have dates from
Montreal, ofthe 11th instant, but they contain
no record of fresh disturbances, if we except
the report of tlie taking ofthe Fort ofthe Lake
of the Two Mountains by the Patriots of Grand
Brule, with a considerable quantity of gunpow
der, arms and provisions.
The sleigh hells last evening were jingling
merrily in our streets, —the rain freezing on
the snow, making the side walks very slip
jp er y-
Kr Dr. Philip Syng Physic, the eminent fcfirgeon and
physician, and celebrated lecturer, died at Philadelphia
yesterday week, after a lingering illness.
&Cr The Washington correspondent of the Boston
Courier, (says the Charleston Courier,) states that a dep
utation of Canadian Patriots has arrived at Washing
ton, ready to ask for a recognition of their indepen
dence. ,
s!rCommodore Jones has withdrawn from the South
Sea Surveying and Exploring Expedition, iu conse
quence of bad health.
The Washington correspondence of the New-
York Journal of Commerce, suys :
Mr. Adams did not succeed in procuring and
Select Committee, to report on remonstrances
against the annexation of Texas. There is nol
man on earth who can so soon put the House
in an ungovernable rage. If the chariot of
tlie sun had been entrusted to his hands, instead
of devoted Phceton, he would have set the uni
versal world in a blaze in one fiftieth part ofthe
time tiiat it took the other gentleman to accom
plish that end, —or would have taken him if old
Jupiter had not interfered. 1 have seen Mr.
Adams now lor several years—in all seasons
and in all weathers—and 1 f ever saw him even
betray aught like the unbridled and fierce ex
citement which he manifested this morning.—
When he spoke of Mr. Lovejoy aid the bur
ning orgies at Alton, you would have thought
that all the maddening passions that have ever
stung or tore the human bosom, had seized him
for their victim. The ball has been set in mo.
tion—and where its progress will be arrested,
no man can tell.
A recent writer says, that Baalam’s Ass was the or
iginal progenetnss of Anamal .Magnetism.
Sank State of Georgia, )
Branch, Macon, 21st December, i837. )
PjPIIIS Office will be closed oh Monday next, 25ih in*
A slant. Paper tailing due on that day must be at*
tended to on Saturday previous, (to-day.)
NATHANIEL BARKER, Cashier.
December 23 _ 9r
Office Insurance Bank of Columbus. )
Macon, 21st December, 1837. $
jV^OTICE.—This Bank will be closed on Monday
1 N next, the 25ih instant, (Christmas day.) Paper
falling due on that day will have to lie attended to Sat
urday previous. CHARLES COTTON,
December 23 9r President pro tern.
Commercial Bank, f
Macon, December 22, 1837. S
HTMIIS Bank will be closed on Monday next, the 25 r h
A instant. Paper falling due on that day must be
attended to to-morrow r , (Saturday.)
J. B. CARHART, Cashier.
December 23 9r __
Branch Bank of Darien. >
Macon, December 23, 1837. $
'V'EXT Monday, the 25th, being Christmas, this Of
i* fice will be closed. All paper falling due on that 1
day must be attended to on Saturday, (to-day.)
THOMAS KING, Cashier.
December 23 9r
Central Bail-Boa and & Banking Company )
of Georgia- >
Savannah, December 11th, 1*37. J
A N election for nine Directors, to manage the affairs
iA of this Institution, for the next twelve months, w ill
be held at the Banking House on Mordav, the fir--f of
January next. The polls will he open from 10 A. M. to
2 P. M. R- R. GUYLER, Cashier.
December 23 9e
Oranges and Northern Apples.
4 FEW hundred fine Sweet Oranges, and a few
:V barrels Northern Apples, just received and for sals
at JAMES LEWIS’
Confectionary, Mulberry-street.
December 9 ?