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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,