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. , jthout shedding any light what
vcriron the present question. lan,
„ ,!io:. that in a strict and legal
! "I | utnv you cannot be constder
’’Tlrnm! iurnw. until! you are regu*
- -iv ‘installed into office, consequent*
’ ~.,t urn are not bound to present
i ‘Violation of the lew coming to your
? nv'ed -e previous to your being
. ‘ r xhis opinion 1 conceive is
lupriull v fortified by the language ot
” ’ JJ, that “You shall vs ell and
and true presentments
lU ake (dull such matters and things as
,11 he (riven you in charge, or shall
: oinc to vou r know I edge.” Not such
< come to your knowledge. You
H.nurstionably possess the power ot
‘ l(| ‘ u i r in- into and presenting offences
,indited previous to your being
.worn, and in cases of a very aggrava
ted nature, or such as arc calculated
to aflect society in general.it is per
ip> really your duty as go or! citizens
o evci'ci.se that power, though you are
vot espicsslv bound to do so as grand
‘til or*. . , i • ii
‘ 7’l ere remains one subject which 1
, n ata loss how to approach but it is
ore in which vour county is so deeply
■jiterestcd that I cannot consent to
pass it over in silence. I mean the
situation of vour county, and the pros
pers before you of erecting suitable
public buildings. That every county
diould have at least a decent and com
fortable court house, and a strong and
secure jail will be readily granted by
all. Inasmuch, therefore, as those
buildings for Bibb county are required
lu law to be erected in the town of
jlacmt, a place destined to rise far
above any other town in the Flint Cir
cuit, and perhaps to a state of equali
ty with most of the principal towns
Within the State, it is much to be de
bired that her public buildings should
be erected upon such a plan and in
fcucr style as not to create a degra
dir, i, .parity between them and the
an’ ripated splendor of the town. —
Bi i the great difficulty is in providing
tlm ways and means for the accotn
pl'shment of this very desirable ob
ject. Ir. die organization of new
counties, it has been usual for the Le
gislature to grant to the Inferior c ourt
the power of purchasing land, laying
off a t :>v n, anti selling out the lots for
the purpose of raising a sufficient
fin■. tm county purposes. According
to est information which I have
bee- abb to obtain, the fund thus rais
ed by ‘te different counties in this
section of the state, would about ave
rage m\ thousand dollars to a county.
This power, however, has not been
granted to the county of Bibb, on the
coin ary the Legislature has emphati
cally iquired that her public build
ings should be erected within the towu
of d'acon, and no provision, or at least
w> adequate provision has been made
for defraying the expenses. By this
policy, the value of the public lands
upon tin- reserve is greatly enhanced ;
and by this policy, the county of Bibb
is likely to be greatly impoverished.
‘Unit by locating the county buildings
in the town of Macon, the town itself
will be greatly aided in its growth ;
that the town lots vvili sell higher, and
that the public lands upon the reserve
“ill be more valuable, must be obvious
toail. it must be equally obvious to
every candid mind, that as the county
ol bibb is not very large in its geogra
phical limits, as it does not hold a very
dense population, as much of the valu
able land within its lin its is the pro
perty ot the State, and of course not
subject t< taxation, as the county con
tains a considerable portion of pine
baneii, which never will yield any re
temie cither to the state or county,
mui as the county from her peculiar
■situation must always be at very great
expense iri the article of public bridges,
ll ‘ V, H not he possible for her, in seve-
J, “ . vt; ‘!s to defray the expenses of her
public buildings, unless by the impo
sition of grievous and oppressive taxa
-10,1 u l u>ll her citizens. Inasmuch,
men, as the state of her own benefit has
pelted the county in this impleasant
Sit"at,nij, j \vou| ( | respectfully suggest
o V(> ■ the propriety of inquiring into
T | is business, and of instructing your
members to the next Legislature, to
l' l,l ’ Ut ‘ SUt 'h a course in relation there
” “: s nia }’ in your judgment best tend
t 0 the public good. *
L,M| rlusion, I beg leave to assure
p m i, 11,1 in the enforcement of all
aws ii(,{ incompatible, with the coti-
Su tu(mn o| die United States, or the
‘‘institution of the State of Georgia,
• ‘ l l Ul ‘i of all times have the prompt
‘!“ cheerful co-operation of the
t /,/ of a letter from Col. Leaven -
Ul>r d’, commander of the Ihcuree
({ C dition to Brig. (Jen. Jltlclnson,
‘dniituiud<r in chief of the Western
apartment.
. * have the honor to inform
ini’ ! la ‘the troops who lately v isi
• 1 ,l * Hicara Towns, returned to
‘ ,s post on the 27th inst.
-p e a 'ti\cd lie lore the Ricara
nJ on the 9th of the present
month. The Sioux Indians, who
were w ith us were met by the Ric
aras a short distance from their
towns, and a skirmish took place
between them. The Ricaras main
tained their ground, or rather,drove
the Sioux back, until the regular
troops and General Ashley’s men
arrived, and formed their line.—
Ihe Ricaras were then immedi
ately driven into their towns. T he
Sioux were so much scattered in
front of the troops that the latter
were unable to deliver their fire,
without killing some of the Sioux,
and therefore did not fire.
Our boats arrived subsequently
during the evening of the 9th, and
our artilery w as disembarked.
On the morningof the 10th, Capt.
lliley, with a company of riflemen,
and Lieut. Bradley, with a com
pany ol infantry, were oidered to
take possession of a hill above the
upper village. They immediately
took a position there within one hun
dred steps from the town, and in a
situation which screened them from
the fire of the enemy from the
towns. At the same moment, Lt.
Morris, with one six pounder, and;
a five and a half inch howitzer, com
menced an attack on the lower town. \
Serjeant Perkins, with one six
pounder, was ordered to report to
Mr. Vanderourg, of the Missouri
Fur Company. This six pounder
was placed above the upper v illage.
A brisk fire was continued upon
the towns until 3 o’clock in the af
ternoon. The Sioux were, in the
meantime, busily engaged in gath
ering and earning off the corn of
the Ricaras.
At eight o’clock Major Ketch
uni was also ordered to the upper
village with his company.
Between 3 and 4 o’clock the six
pounder and the troops opposed to
the lower v illage were withdrawn,
and our whole force concentrated
below the lower village, and the
troops ordered to form for the pur
pose of collecting corn for their ow n
use, as Genrt'Ashley’s men had then
been destitute of provisions for two
davs. At this time, a party of Si
oux, and a party of Ricaras, both
on horseback, were discovered
holding a parley on the hill beyond
the upper town. It was also dis
covered that the Sioux were going
off, though they had given no inti
mation of their intention to <io so.
Th e Ricatas sent out and begged
for peace. T hey said that the first
shot from our cannon had killed the
celebrated Chief called Grey
Ev es,” who caused all the mischief,
and that we had killed a great ma
ny of their people, and of their
horses. T hey were evidently ve
ry much terrified, and completely
humbled. Beingconvinced ofthis,
and supposing that the government
would be better pleased to have
those Indians corrected than exter
minated, and as the Sioux, amoun
ting to about 7 or 800 warriors, had
left us in aver) strange and unac
countable manner, it was thought
best, under all the circumstances
of the case, to listen to the solici
tation of the Ricaras, for peace, es
pecially as it was understood that
our round shot were nearly all ex
pended , consequently, a treaty was
made with them, a copy ol which is
enclosed.
In restoring to General Ashley
the property taken, it was thought
that the Indians did not perform
their engagements on that subject,
as well as they were able to do, and
they were threatened with an at
tack. Their principal chief, the
Little Soldier, came tons, and beg
ged peimission to withdraw his
familv from the village before we
attacked it; and he gave us the most
conclusive evidence ol his friendly
disposition towards us. It was now
late in the afternoon of the 12th ;
the 10th and 11th having been spent
in action and in negotiation, and
interchanging visits, our men fre
quenting the towns for the purpose
of trading for mocassins, &c. and
the Indians manifestingeverv symp
tom of having been thoroughly
brought to a sense of their interest
and duty. It was concluded to
postpone'the attack until morning,
and the troops were dismissed horn
been ascertained bv me
that the Indians were so much al
armed bv our threntning again to
attack them, that they would pro
bably run away and leave their
villages. This, it was tho t, would
have an unfavorable effect upon
the Indians, and make them more
inclined to commit depredations
upon the traders; and, as t.te Lit-
tie Soldier soon after sent out, for
General Ashley, a few more buffalo
robes, with a message that lie could
not possibly do mote, and beg
ging that we would have pitv on
them, I sent him word that I would
not attack them ; that it was not
their property that we wanted; —
to make his people feel safe, and
conduct themselves well, and they
should not he hurt.
Fatly on the morning of the 13th,
we found the Ricaras had left their
towns during the night.
Major Ketch urn, with his com
pany and company E. commanded
by Lieut. Bradley, and Lieut.
M erris, with one six pounder, were
ordered to take poesession of the
tow ns, and to suffer not the least ar
ticle to be taken away, orthetowns
to be injured.
A messenger was sent to call
back the Indians if possible, and to
induce them to take possession of
their villages ; but they could not
be found. It was now evident that
our artilery had been served with
very great effect.—’l he towns had
been completely riddled. We found
31 new graves, and we found that
several old ones had been opened
and the surface set thick with prick
ly pears to conceal the new dirt.—
We know that 10 men, who were
killed by the Sioux in the skirmish
on the 9th, were buried in five
graves ; and we know also, t>hat
more than one was buried in sev
eral of ihe other graves. From the
best evidence which we could col
lect, it is supposed that more than
50of their people were killed, and
a great number wounded. Our
messengers returned on the even
ing of the 14th without having been
able to find the Ricaras.
On the morning of the 15th, we
; placed the mother of the late chief,
, Grey Eyes, (an aged and infirm
! woman, whom, they left in their
1 flight,J in one of the principal lod
| ges of the lower v illage, gave her
[ plenty of provisions and water, and
; left her in the quiet possession of
i the towns, and the property left by
! the Indians, except some corn
which had been taken for the sub
sistence of the men. At about 10
j o’clock,on the eveningofthe 15th,
, the troops were embarked to de-
I cend the river, and our guard with*
: drawn, and every soul removed
| from the \ illages, except the vvo
i man before mentioned. All the
! boats were got under way nearly
iat the same time. Before we were
! out of sight of the towns, vve had
j the mortification to discover them
ito he on fire.—There is no doubt
I but they have been consumed to
! ashes ; nor is there any doubt but
j that they were set on fire by c>ne
1 M’Donald, a partner, and one Gor
don, a clerk of the Missouri Fur
Company. Had not this been done,
■there is no doubt, there is no room
lto doubt, but that the Ricara In-
I dians would, in futui e, have behav
ed as well towards our country
! men as any other Indians on the
j river. It is now my deliberate opin
ion that those Indians will be ex
cited to further hostilities.
It is understood that this Com
pany (the Missouri) have with-1
drawn their trade from above the ;
Sioux country. Not so with Messrs, j
Ashley and Henry; they have ai
small number of men and large,
amount of property at the mouth
of the Yellow-Stone river and they
were deeply interested in the cor- 1
rection and pacification of the Ric- !
aras. Their zeal and efficiency in j
aiding to chastise those Indians 1
were conspicuous and highly honor
able.
YVe found the Ricara Indians in
two villages, the lower one contain
ing 81 dirt lodges, and the upper
village 70 dirt lodges. Each village
was enclosed with palisades,or pick
ets, and a ditch, and a greater part
of the lodges had a ditch around
the bottom on the inside. 1 hese
works, however, had been represen
ted to be much stronger than what
vve found them to be.
During our operations we sus
tained no loss in men, and had but
two wounded, Hugh Johnson, of
Gen. Ashley’s command,and Smith
a private of Maj. Ketchum’s com
ply- . .
Our officers ancl men have re
turned in fine health, and spirits,
and it is well for those left here are
nearly all sick. Capt. Fowle arri
ved here with 85 men, (recruits,) on
the 28th inst.
Our spring wheat has done well,
and all our crops are very good.—
No material losses will be sustain
ed by cur absence, In ascending
the river, we lost one boat, and se
ven men, drowned, and had another
boat sunk by a storm We lost one
swivel and some ammunition, and
some provisions ; a particular ac
count of ail which shall be soon
forwarded, together with a state
ment of every ittm of expense.
1 have been highly gratified with
the officers and men of the regi
ment, and also with Gen. Ashley
and his command of 30 men, and
intend to do myself the honor to
make a more detailed and circum
stantial account of all our proceed
ings, and of what was done by each,
ancl hope that what has been done
will meet the approbation oi our
superior officers, and of the gov ern- .
ment.
1 have the honor to he, respect,j
fully your obedient servant.
11. LEAVENWORTH,
Col. Commanding 6th ieg'l.
firiir. Gen. H. .ilkinson,
Commanding West. Dep t.
From Ihe St. Lou.s Republican.
Arrived here yesterday morn
ing the Rambler, capt. Bruce, from
Fort St. Anthony, (upper Missi
sippi among the passengers, lieut.
Russel of the sth infantry. Also
two Swiss families from Farl Sel
kirk’s establishment on the Red Ri
ver of Hudson’s bay. We learn
that the agriculturalists, Scots and
Swiss, located in that colony, by
Lord Selkirk, will evacuate the
country by every opportunity.—
They complain of the extreme se
verity of vv inters, and short sum
mers, having hardly a day exempt
from frost; these, with a constant
dread of outrage and bail treat
ment, render life in that dreary re
gion, almost a burden.
\Yht*. the United States shall
possess the country of the north, a
lucrative traffic of provisions, in
exchange for rich furs and peltries,
will be carried on. Even at this
time a trade is carried on by the ci
tizens of the upper counties of this
state with the settlements near Hud
son Bay. Not long since 200 head
of neat Cattle were driven to that
place and sold at 30 dollars a piece
making the journey out and home
in five months.
We are informed by Capt. Bruce
that a short time before his arrival
at St. Anthony, an engagement took
place between the Sacs and Soux
Indians. The Sacs had 7 killed
and 12 or 15 wounded, the Sioux
lost 11 killed and 12 wounded.
Capt. SeddaUo again. —By the
| following account of the robbery
of the schr. Junius, Capt. Chastcau,
arrived at Baltimore, it would ap
pear that our old acquaintance Se
dullo, has now determined to “ go
thr whole,” as he has not only cap
tiued a bonafide American vessel,
but has even violated the orders of
his own gov ernment.
The Junius left Oma, (Hondu
ras,) on the 13th of July, with a
cargo of cochineal,indigo and leath
er, shipped for accouut of the house
of Lasselle & Cos. of New York.
On the 23d of July she was chased
bv a small schooner off the Colora
dos ; and the weather being calm the
! chase swept up to her. When vvith
'in musket shot captain Chasteau
I and two men went on board the
| chase, which proved to be the pri
| vateer Bella Issabella, captain Sed
allos. Capt. C. and his men were
detained on board the privateer,
; and an officer and eight men put on
j board the Junius Capt. C. deman
ded that the captain of the priva
teer should examine his papers
before he took charge of his ves
sel, but this the letter refused to
do. Both vessels then proceeded
for Mnrgaretta. The men belong
ing to the Junius were kept under
the hatches, and a guard placed over
them with orders to take their
lives should they attempt to come
out. Two days after, spoke the schr.
Echo of Boston,from New Orleans.
When the vessels arrived at Mar*
garetta, the Governor disappro
ved much of the capture of the
Junius, and would not permit her
cargo to be landed. By his order
the hatches and papers of the Jun
ius were put under seal and the
vessel (Captain Chasteau having
previously come on board) ordered
round to Cuniuia for aujudicati on.
After leaving the port of Mar
garetta, the Captain of the priva
teer, still retaining possession and
command, tacked about and made
sail for St. Barts. When off that
port he shewed the Junius under
Colombian colours. After dark a
pilot and merchant of St. Barts came
on bonul, and the Junius was taken
to the Five Islands. The nex.
morning a sloop from Barts
came with orders to proceed to Dog
Island whei e the Junius was taken
and run ashore. On the following
morning three sloops came along
side, and took out ihe cargo of the?
Junius, when they all set sai’ and
left her. Next morning the priva
teer captain forced capt. C. to sign
a declaration that he and his men
had been well treated—he retained
all thepnpeis appertaining to the
cargo. He then paid capt. C. the
freight of his vessel and got her un
derway for the Five Islands, where
he and all his crew, except two
went ashore. Capt. C- then resu
med the command of his vessel,
and r, i) his arrival it St. B.
morning made a representation ot
all the circumstances to the Gover
nor, who promised ta os’ his best
exertions in obtaining the restora
tion of the cargo, should it tie land
ed there. ■ne Junius then set sail
for Baltimore.
The two priv steersmen who were
left on board the Junius at the Tive
Islands, were brought in, in her,
and have been committed to prison
in Baltimore. The cargo of me J.
was insured for upwards of one nun
di ed thousand dollars.
COTTON.
The amount of Cotton sold at
Liverpool in three of the weeks of
the past month is truly remarkable.
25,00 G -16,300 10,000, in all, 5 1 ,-
000 bags ; add to this the quantities
sold in London, in Glasgow, &c.
the total is immense, and for a sin
gle month! The manufacturers
also admit a wonderful extent of
orders, and that goods are brought
up in most of the operative dis
tricts as soon as ihev are finished.
London has furnished no inconsid
erable quota ro the general ma^s—
about 18,000 hales in one week,
upwards of 7,000 in the following
week, &c.; these quantities be
speak an activity of manufacturing
powers, as veil as a vivacity of fa
vorable speculation. 1 his article
must rot be quitted without a hint
at the extent of shipping necessary
to import toe raw commodity, ancl
to convev the finished goods to all
parts of th< \v rid , vhere they
find markets to which must be ad
ded, the etryi. me n given to die
various branche attached to this
interest, tot;,.’ rsu and others . ’e
whole is ,i spectrxiC calculated, to
excite astonish nent and astonish
ment it does excite.
From Ifemerara —Accounts from
j Demerara to the 24tii . A ug. ‘ l ’ eri
i rect ved at Norfolk The I’ .-t ac
tive measures bad been purged to
quell the insurrectiot on that 1 1 Mr’ —
martial law had beui prc'lait.. *u —
the regular troops ami mdiha bad
marched through die bisturi’t 1 set
tlements, and after con site rable rTir
mishing in which about 509 of ti n in
surgents were killed, had sue.
in dispersing them—Great alarm iovv
ever still prevailed and executions
took place frequently. A Fanatic
Preacher (a white man) was at the
head of the conspiracy, and worked
the ignorant blacks into a state of in
subordination by assurances, that the
IGitisli parliament had passed a law
for their emancipation. He had been
arrested and confined in a dungeon,
and no doubt existed that lie would
meet with his deserts.
DIED—In Macon, on the I!>th imt. after n
painful illness of It* days, Mr Issachar Hates,
aged 2i* years—late of Thompson, Conn.—His
Remains were committed to the ground with
Masonic honors, in Fort Hawkins, on the 21st.
In Columbia county, on the 6th inst. the wife
of Dr. Lewis French, (formerly Julia Ann .New
ton of New Haven, Conn.) aged 27.
iVWimstratov’s Svi\c,
UinLli be at the house of
7 V VVm. P. Hardwick, in Jefferson
county, on the Ist Saturday in Decem
ber next,
JAW l\\c pcvsoiuv\ pvopertNf
belonging to the estate of George I.
Sloan, deceasod.—Terms of sale, cash.
Win. P. HARDWICK Adin'r.
October 15, 1823. *tdsso
Writs, Sheriffs Deeds,
common do.
Sheriffs WiWs of Sale, J
Juror’s Summons,
Justice’s do.
do. VI Negations,
Sub\>ce\vY7, Gamuts,
Vor sole nf this office,