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WWW Uliilf. MMWWWW E&BBL €rSMCS- : fljTOtAli AN® MERCANTILE INTEEMG-ENCEH. printed and published on Tuesdays and f ~ , • ' nutdufce J. Slade* at Five Hollars per annum , payable in advance. yoL. i. TO THE PUBLIC. ON the 17th September last, I received from Doct. William C. Danicll, the first* letter which led to the Correspondence now published. To the last paragraph in that letter, the readers attention is particularly called, that it rnav be determined, if it contains a challenge from Doct. Daniel to meet him out of the State, to fight a duel- For reasous disclosed in the correspondence and from a sincere desire to avoid doing an act which I felt would be a violation of the relations, which 1 had sustained for a long time to the Government and people of Geor- y la an d with a hope that our correspondence remove hi* mi aeon ©option* of mv con in r <rurd to the appropriation made by ( Lvrma *fo' clearing out obstructions in fla, CongrMCK w tl , e c ity, 1 neither nccep. vannaiz-- * challenge, having deter ♦ednor refused in? 2 ‘ ° . c I linc 4 not to do eithet ’intri >Y toSa -11111 , w. . unless.the papers Scdijicrlnrc. A.W ' vd here as 1 heard ot the return t pia lr ’ c ‘ u " ; .oL>r. *■*'. k.tefSteSi (Kf uppe r countrv of tins iMato, X Duress S..*"• * m >± i l8 o, (\o. it) and when jt was giver. t<J - Ui > | friend Mr. Thomas S. Wayne I directed fall?* 1 ,i i) r . DanieU’s reply to it should not be an mi- f equical withdrawal of his challenge—to say v. the challenge was accepted and to proceed to I | make consistently with the convenience of Dr. Danicll arrangements for our meeting m South Carolina, having also give?! to Air. Wayne a carte blanche, as to weapons and mode of fighting. When Dr. Darnell's reply ; dated 9th .May, No. (18) to my letter of the j 30th April, was handed to Mr. Wayne by Dr. Illi char drone, the conversation between them, j was ended by Mr. Way no, distinctly stating j ito hr. ltich;irdsone, that he considered Dr. j IPs reply a perseverance in his chal- ; lemre, that r was accepted and that be should expect. Dr. Kichardsone to meet him ’o make preparations for a meeting b- tween the prin cipals. They par- and. On the same day Dr. j Richardson wrote the following note to Mr. Wavn< • Savannah lGth Nay, 1531. Sir —l have just returned from yeer office end as urgent business ea 11s me away 1 have begged Mr. Stupes to give you tats. I saw Dr. Daniella few minutes since and he has requested me to state, that in his first com munication tin * he requests Judge Wayne to appoint a place beyond the limits of the state where a caallenge could be sent. You will be good enough to see Judge Wayne and inti mate to him where this shall he—att!; n same tune claiming the rieht of time for his making t requisite prepnra’ions as he supposes J ..Igt- Wayne li.is, before sending his last communication itepectfuliv, Are. ' C. P. RICIIARD.SOXE. To this note Air. Wayne addressed to Dr. Richardsone on the next day the following reply :—- Savannah, llth Nay 1531. Sir —The demand made b,y Dr. Daniell in his communication of the !7'h of September last, cannot be misconstrued : the challenge therein contained has been acceptod. I shall now proceed to make such preparations as I think prop, r and shall grant the demand icadc by l)r. Daniell for a “ meeting beyond tin.' limits oi this state when it suits my con* * onitr.ee. As to the right of time you claim x-r making tile requisite preparations! 1 have "i 1. to say it is one which it is optional with tue to grant or not. Jlcspectfuilv, Ac. yours, TiiOMAJS & WAYNE, ucDr. C. P. Richardson r. Alter this reply had been received by Dr. Dujiitdl, Mr. Wayne called iij.on Dr- Rich, ardsone, and mentioned to him, that he had repeatedly called before and had not met him, as ho understood that Dr. Daniell and him* f, y i: had been out of town and lie also inform ' and b;. Richardsone that his principal wijs ready to tight. Dr. Riclirdsone lr. to receive a notjj. frotn tlfin. lie i answered hecCuM r.ot'do so, without being] iufornied what it contents would bo. Dr.; -uchardsone then *ai<3 lir. Daniell was nnx- ! low;; *o light and had desired liim,Richardsone ] to address a note to Mr. Way no, requesting j hnn to get Judge Wayne to appoint a place j oeyond the limits of the State, where a chal lcngc could be sent. Mr. Wayne refused to do o, saying it was too late for Dr. Daniel! •ogive such an interpretation to the last pa ragraph of his lcit* r of the I7tli September, A Unvoted him also to sav to Dr. Daniell that be would be posted as a coward, if ie porsc v red aft t his challenge had been accepted; i\i his declaration that it was not meant to be •uiq, .. ngc, ami particularly as it had been , 'j *-f, as a chain nge throughout the corrcs- D idf-tn'e whieli !iad been slietvn to a gentle-! friendly to Dr. Daniell, who had stated °P !v in -conversation that Dr. Daniell hod i’e-ut Judge‘Way in. a challenge with much in *’dt; and that it had not been accepted. Mr. Wayne also asked Dr. Illcluifdsone whether ho did not consider when he delivered Dr. Daniel’s letter of the ITtli September, that it contained a challenge to light a duel. He answered that he did. On the following day Dr-Richardsone called upon Mr. Wayne and sa ul that Dr. Daniell had waived the point of "ot considering his first letter a challenge nnd that he would fight. And at this inter view, when ?,Ir. Wayne and Dr. llichflrd ff-ne began to discuss the articles for the c.rdiat, the hit. r (jaiti tp Mr. Way icq j ot* as second of the challenged party haven riirlit to determine the first article and of course, will choose the weapons, las second of the chal lenger have aright to fix the second article and claim a right to fix the distance. He was answered you shall have it and the fob lowing articles, which had been drawn up bv Mr. Wayne lor this meeting were given tdl him to read. The parties shall meet in South Carolina at . The weapons shall be broad swords of equal length. The parties shall fight un til either be so much injured as to prevent the combat from being continued with swords when immediate resort shall be had to Rifles Uliyyjercussion or flint and steel locks at tae <*p*©ivof viuier party) wiuen neither of i theymm ipals shall have ever seen'until they arc to be used. The combat with Rifle-shall be conducted in a way which shall not be communicated to eithej ofthe principals until it ic about -to, be begin). In the event of cither party being wound j vd in the combats with s.Wiuds or Rifles and : there being a disagreement between'the sec -1 ends as to the propriety of its conti ntVanbeglu | toss up of a dollar once to determine it- They j were read and Dr. Richardsone handl'd to Mr, W ayne, the following note and refusal ! to light. “ 1 as second of W. C. Daniell refuse to gUV * r him to meet Judge Wayne, with the wctif/V.' 1 * Tm % c "\ vne has selected, as being one ho* tisual on such occasions. C. R. KICHARDSONE. To t. T> i>yy nc > -E sf i- I)r. Richardse-no.tv'' 1 having taken with him a copv of the Articles it>. M -bew them to his prim cipal, Mr. Wayne was to f, irmsh him a copy—-which he d>! ••—and O ,vait two days before he called to know if thF *-otermina tion expressed inti)'- fore;; -i.pg riot*. "-tflfci., At the expiration of the time, h* dC■■ u ’ - received a positive refused * .'.ghr. In regard to Dr. Dar : is alledged cause 1 of complaint against me, I have only to" V i that I acted throughout as the representative j of constituents who made calls upon me to in- 1 | quire into tin: expenditure of the appropria- 1 tion for “ clearing out obstructions in Savan- j nahriver bs-lotv the city.” In December,, 129, a letter was addressed by a gentleman j ! from this place to the Rreswlejjt pf the Uni- j I ted States accompanied h ..r: * survey- - copies j of which were sen t -to v/htfch it was stated, “ that up to v hot tub smallest improvement has beer fta.de hi the navigation of Savannah river.” Of this Doctor Daniell was informed by the sth Auditor on the 24th December 1829, and as the writer of the let ter made no secret of id ; having written, his ; name I presume has long been known to Dr. | Daniell. In a little time a fit r, the certificate below of mine of the pilots of this port to the j same effect v. *r hsAi’ev. to me. j State of Cror.-T.v. ) j Chatham County. S | We, the undersigned pilots for the bar and, river Savannah, Certify unto all whom it may < ; in any wise concern, that \v* are well aerpnin-! j ted with the navigation of the raid river, and j j also with that branch of it which --operates j Fig from Hutchinson's Island’—Mo certify I | that the bed of that branch of the river ip] I composed almost wholly of quicksand, and | that no dam m- other obstruction can be j la- j teed in that branch of the rivet to p:< vent the j ; passage of the wuters, and to resist, p< rqtp | nently, the waters, unless it be co.-iw.rucßd iof stone. That this certificate of opinion is ; founded on an intimate knowledge na- ] ■tore of that branch ; and we certily-fiiat the I quick sands'in raid led are soopefa'cd ea by I the tide* when any other than of i .-tone is placed in it, thutrdny other than a dam or obstruction oii stone mud infailib'y yield to the force ofctbc water-:. We further cpffify that we sounded the! channelol- river on and about the j wrecks the excavating machine ha.-. ] beetitlM'Tc' al work, ami that we do not find] Uigt file said channel, in or about that spot, | Jihs been deepened or improved by the labor j of the said machine* WRIGHT WHITE, JOHN LOW, JAMES I\ DENT, J. 11, FF.M MENS, THOMAS HARDING, LI KE C'HRINTKR, JOHN JOHNS, LOTHROP FOSTER, DANIEL PRATTER. T hereby certify that the person?, whose names are affixed hereunto, are pilots lor the ear and river of Savannah. JNO. G. HOLCOMB. Secretary Commissioners of Pihtagt. Savannah, 9th February 1830- I thought it my duty to net upon such in | formation, and did o—so far as to requev ■ that no further expenditure might be made I | until the works,and the plan tor them had] | been enquired into, i corresponded with the ! cominUsiom rs of pilotage as a public body ] and my letters with their answers are npdu : record. 1 never did hold a private column. : iiieafion with tlioni or either of them upon j this or any other business except in one case depending in Court, and concerning their powers as commissioners over the pilots— and in which I advised them to ask the legis lature of this state, to I ; sen tlios* powers by an alteration of the statutes lor their ">-.*-r-.;- 1 inent, as I thought the jur> sdtetion fix ( f j them unsnited *o the ni'-s ot r-;j>uhii . 5 ' over the citis ii am! imcon-titutio.ial in its ! rxct'ise. In t!i( - ' rov r ; m 1 • •*• thelatft MACON : FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 1831. | commissioners of pilotage and Dr. Daniel!, j ! never had any agency nor knew any -filing j that had been written by the fonnor, or any jOne ot them, or that anv thing had been I ' vritten ut'tij it was published. Nor did j I ever until after I had been challon* up and by Doctor Daniell, converse with either r hose gentlemen concerning him; and cer. tainly not since in such a way to cither of them as to make him party to our quarrel. In short whatever 1 have done in regard to the appropriation, was done ujion the call of con stiuentsand the interest which was felt in this community concerning the expenditure of th<f appropriation is shown by the resolu f hiins nddreoo-wl v -1., r the*'*/. w.iloiiU tne commissioners of pit.,ruga requiring i r> - funnation upon the sub ject. After receiving a copy of tlu- letter to tile president and the j certificate of the pilots ju?t mentioned, my ex amination in'o the subject induced me tft biink tliat in the tlnm exhausted state of the i appropriation .the strictest economy was no-1 ce.s. ary to comp! fe half of the work origin- i ally begunupd-promised to be done bv Dr. j Dtig 1! anrFas “ but about £5000,” remained j ot the appropriation-of fifty thousand, i re-i t oiinncnd* and that the further disbursement of i i F ,( - fund, should b intrusted to the conunis- j j smqers of pilotage, whose superintendence I , ] was assured would be given without charge. ] I I r-commended a discontinuance of further j expenditure upon the dam between Hindi- ] in son and Fig Islands Until its permanent cf j iiciency to aid in deepening the river hail been j scrutinized and reported upon b\ -an < nginetr j and because the tqyney already, expended up j on it, the worUnot being more than • i j tljirii? . done, -had exceeded by smural : iiousand dol !ws. the estimate made by Mr. Gill for its! Ii oin| lefion. 1 also - tmos-tiy roconnherided to j U”" *• ;• oftheTn asurv ItialfheHTancv appropriation should be exclus-ivelv , | applied to the removal of tlie ohsitruetions at : ■he w and suggested nr, examination of i flic suitableness of the dreadge ! f>at for oj>o ravons on our river; th.P, if it were in any reg.it,! not so, I might ask for a; appropria- ] ttou fVoTi.’ Congress, to mak o it so as R was ob-1 v: :its to m-, ‘Jrom the j reVjous eparges and* expense of woiiiing it, that the *SO(TO re-j mairdng of the appropriatitva was not. more j than enough, if it shall prove suflieienf, tot deepen the'Waterover the wrecks four feet. The Secretary determined that the work ] should be examined, and when Dr. Danp li excepted to the Commissioners of Pilotage and their report, an account of impasted hos tility to him in some of them, with my entire concurrence, as the Secretary was good enough to ask me if there were any objections to them, after their nomination by-'ColoncJ 1 Troup, a commission was form, and,, consisting : of Richard W. itabershaifl, W:j>f B. BuHocii ] * nd John 11. Mond, a fur her examination of war'; “rkta”y pc ' formed in r moving in Sa vannah River, under thr superintend nee of; William C. Daniell.” ; ~tVhat was th. result j of the investigation?;"' The Commit donors j mifilie. their report'in Ancust last, and by the, subjoined letter from the Secretary of the [Treasury to the sth Auditor, which was sent; t-‘Dr. Daniell on the sth September I bad S the satisfaction to boinforrocs that all which 1 thougjffit my duty to urge would be done, ! and that my original views of a hat work had | hern done, and that which should be here-] Differ done, corresponded with twhich J tho Secretary of the Treasuay had collected ! front tile report of Messrs. Habersham, Dul j I.' !i and Morel. n -r- 1 X KEASCIIY 1 itprAETMENT. 3d September 18b0. i Sir:—A careful examination of tret vi-! donee in tins case satisfies mo that *!o shoal] over the \vr< -ks has been ysrr iaily do< pch-| cd by the op "ration of the dr(- ■ oig n. ch;t> . : hut. not of sufficient width or L ngth to juuti- j f’v tlie pilots in attempting to take over ves-j sols ot deeper draughts titan formerly. I an* persuaded, however, that what is proved to t have been done, exclusive of the weight of tiie opinion of nearly all the witnesses m fa vor of the continued use of the dredging aw chine,tlearly justifies t;* ■ comtnisioners mtle application of it, acd require? that it s.tould j be resumed with as little delay as possible. ‘ As to the dam from Fig Island to Hutchin- ] son’s island* that measure app. ars to have j been regarded by the commissioners of pilot- j age many years since, as one means of deep- j < uingthc south* rn e.hanm 1 ; if was also re- j commended by the l nited States’ engineer] employed to examine the river, and propose a ] plan of improvement ; which plan was adopt- 1 edby the Treasury Department and Dr. Da-' nidi, the snpcnnt* ndant directed to execute ] it accordingly. Wnnt* ver of judgment; may have directed the expuniitnre ot the ir.onev in making such a dam, Dr. Danielles not amenable to censure on that act odnt— Tim elocution of the work m not complained of j it appears from the testimony to be well built' blit in the persuasion that‘here > in* 'certainty of any benefit to be derivi 3 from ii completion, r.ad ‘.list the v.-ori,rr State, is less liable to dilapidation from the j force of the corn nt,than if the cl\:'\r.n were ■ 1 closed up, and rnor :;• e.lly n:: f bare re I mains but about *SOOO of th apprr yiv.ior i not more than sufficient, perliar- • l the necessary work to be don •. j choal, i think the work at ‘ . | to b< r- c-ined : bit i :■ and i pristion may be <xp re! ’• :a w : ,!r> dgu.g Riacriui ■ at tit- v. r : - ■. But, in order to avpi-i' . ■ r } borious investigstioni- it: x‘." '• ! test tase and - r •• : cvu:w-v'.ot! I' t' "f fixe-.I object, (lik a free, or if there he none a pile driven info the ground) opposite to the shoal, lrom the level ot' which mark he will sound the depths of the channel throughout the wholes pace on which Ijq may determine to work, caiA a drawing of the bottom of tin river to be made from such soundings, and a copy of it sent to the <lej*a.rliuent ; tins being done in the presence of, and attested by res pectably persons, and the record of the .sound ings preserved, pill preclude allthflioulty in determing, hereafter, what may be the uTeCt ofthe work. w 1 an< respectftyH-, your < Ixl’t serf, ►S. D. INGHAM. rt'tnj \y' thp n* v so^ton. Ksq. I learned, also, with equal pleasure, that Dr. Daniell had written to tin 6th Auditor on the 21 st September, 3 Hyland -said, “It is not my intention fy} make any ciiarge for my la ture servicessh. removing of tiactions in JSa yah River;” .ind the public will judge if ms, future services, should not be gratuitous, as j he had then received upwards ul six tlious- j and dollar- for his superintendence, besides a son-i for the use of his dwelling as a’n oliic.. I My letter of the 26th March IfebU, to the Secretary of the Treasury, is now given,Thai the public may know in what manner my agency in this matter was done, the spirit wilieh it manifests towards l)r. Daniell him--: self, and how far it sustains his charge in his letter to me of the 17th September of nr ha ving made misrepresentations te the - isln-rcs ; tary ofthe Treasury. • . 1 t II op si: or Rnr-KEsrx-iATtVF.s, March, 23, 1830. Sin :—I received this morttiag the, euelo -1 sed correspondent between, tip late S< r, - tarv of the Treasury and the Com mission is ofl'ilotagi of Savannah river.- It will be seen' by an examination of the expenditure ol the apj)ropnati(?n to remove obstructions in that, rnh-r below the .city, tint, if tne offer ofthe Commissioners to superintend the w ork am: | disburse the fund, had bo nr accepted, there; would have been a saving of mare than five j thousand -dollar.;-, which has b.cn paid f*r the ] last two yt at.-, as a per drem ajlcw.mce to th*• j Loniinis-io r, Doct.'Dam li. li. mg nr. self that sycii antop-cuitmi ntwas n>r ,rn -. c id, and that, in Adi present .um ofthe work and exhaust, condition ofthe appro;, rinthm it? cfintuieancc-ls 'idiogrtlur i ; r.;, r. and urged by a very refj>t.i-Utbh: portion of my constituents wiui arc ipunciiiateiy int rested, , to make o-uch arepn sentation. I recommend that further disburD incuts !.v i’er the present j dFc-iOCfimh.il, and tliat its faUire application, be Under the Conitnh-sioners of Pilotage. 1 also suggest the propri* ty of an exaipiriiitiou J of.the woek wl.ieli i.- beer, done, and a sur vey upon the ur* -Igi.ig taachun-, to a?n Haiti its present cos- lii oii --ml smt dd-ncss lor op- j rvatinn inS; na!triv.: - ...-'it ‘t)>e first 1 do’ without intending (o tuate my thing a-] gainst the Commic-nf.ner Do**. Daniell, as 1 appreht ird it will . found, if the money ex pended promise-• te i e p-ro-iu *?ve of no bene-! fit, it will arise ;ee- 1 from dcf. ct iri the plan of tin ’ '■!. • Commission-1 cr’s inotte . : * 'cution-. Of his : agency i* 1 u>- *a . • -eut. The a <!upt -n ut -n:m- for future [ ope-fat.ons - . ,e c .ly be known ;by a i-.rv. . ow the ob structioi -id the depth of | v.ti’f-r i • iligiv- me pluasute to 1 call t‘ • ’ .out upon the subject when ; ever ;t - com i-nient for you to give mo !an inter.. w * i.n, .r, with F .lucre resoect.Your ob-.ltsr’t. JAMES M. n AVNE. ; To the lion. Samvel I. Ingham. Secretary of ttec 'l'rcaxcry. I It. is well also for me to in* ntioic, tnat on the day the report of the CVmvn.u jc on Claims on Rargy’s petition was made to the House < f Herts entaHytsHi print, as it. con ' lined -xprcHons which Tcttaid not approve j that 1 rent twp copies of it to Dr. Daniell, and! :-o far did suppose myself from having dime any thing to cause any enmity to me, that 1 w rote him a letter shlreiting information upon tin subject. Tins letter, if he shall please to do so, he can give to.-tbc public ; find as he • vidently desires t>> impress a L-ehtl of-mv having ecnli-t,neiny,*siiiu ha ving used my offici u'-piade to do him injury'', 1 am reduced to fhe n< ci-sdity to declare, that I never did an act which could, by malignity itsi If, be perverted into a desire upon my part to do him hatm, f und that 1 never did* un til after ills ch.Ucnge was sent to me on the 17th Scptcmbetlast, u*-e un expression-ton corning Urn to any person,'nWt eveh to my most co-iivt ntl .1 lrienm, Which could be iv : e-j.i.ed to ■ y the most delicate honor. My ; mutative is now with the public, air I v hen [ Dr. DanielFg shall be made it will judge if I ! 1 have done my duty to this community as a ! Representative. i A duty to my -If" remains to Tie done, at Is. ; i-:g out of tho or a vat ions i liave received, 'a’idirom tl:<- ir.q r- *• r use which has been j mail, and which may tc made of the- edrres , end- • • -tween Dr. 'Daniell and myself, ' -dl v ii- -ircssiny opinion very briefly of ! -hkv. point.- <>: !<i- character. I ?/•• a tie.- rt‘ *• from his political party r : -.- became the paruetit , ■ .'nr • whom he had vilified before ; tin - oli/u ‘iied place ( is a slanderer,who set k th- ictr to protect him from the personal .con ■ s of lis i lutnnij ; a bally, when he : thl-ibs he ecu b< .-avith impunity, end is too : much if a error: to peril his life, in support ■ . ./7u ■ honor, if t shall hare tr be done by en j ratmlering a danger which he does not anti• cipn*e when /.- iwndsa • hultenge • 1 Juno 2d. 1831. JAMES fif, WAYNE. CORRESPONDENCE. (No 1.) Savannah, nth September, 1830. t r —ln your letter to the Secretary of the Treasury, dated 25th of March last, under an affectation of public duty, you have indulged your pcjfeonal hostility tome, and to place inc ihen-ore completely in your power, you have assumed to he the exclusive Representative in Congress, of the place of my residence when in truth you have six colleagues— thereby defeating one ofthe best provisions ofthe general ticket system. M ithout giving me the slightest intima tion of your intentions, you have made mis* • vpicsenrations to the Secretary of the Treasu ry, lor the purpose or roitio, lug me, n.im th c appointment which I held under him, J iu have presumed vty disqualification for the discharge of the duties assigned to me.- Did you have assumed rhe qualifications of a yof in,-u (the Cuyunfssio.; rs of Pilotage) who.; tail ute to remove the obstructions iu our river, during term of upwards of forty are with morq than double the amount of funds assigned tome, for the execiilion ofthe i-iie object, has long been a subject of noto riytv here, where you have always lived* Fooling deeply injured by vour unprovok ed and unfounded attacks upon me, I have to ask that you will appoint some early dav fora met ting witlmnt the limits of this state, where without violating her buys I can de mand personal r. dress at your hand?. My friend Dr. 1! I'diarusone who deliver)) you this, will receive ymir answer to if. 1 have the honor to be Sir, 1 our very hunibh servant, T ANARUS„ . W. C. DANIELL. Flic IK>n, ■. '.I. Wavni:, Present. (No 2.) •Savannah, l*tk September, 1830. Sir—ln vyur not- of tfie 17th inst. handed to me by Dr. Ri -uankon, there is this para graph—“ Without giving to me the slightest iiiimvititu) of your intentions, you have made, ; isre re; cutations to the Secretary of the I rci-.-nryv for the purpose of removing me,' from the apjiointinont which I held Under - im. ll is due to myself as a Reproscnta tn : ofthe people of Georgia, th.-g I slionld distinctly know from you fVimi whom you have received such a declaration and wh’n I c lab be informed, ,t will lie time enough, to t'*ko my rncarurea in regard to the last para giaph of your lefti r. 1 am Sir, veurehd’t ?crv't, •james m. Wayne. To Dr. Wm. C, Danxem. (No. 3.) Ft. .:ih, September, >839. r . ir— -1 have received your note of this date inquiring from whom I recrivi and the declara ’td e. quoted by you from my letter of yestcr uay>~Hj'the inquiry had b-:cn preceded by nn ".xjdicH denial of the correctness ofthe charge | I would have felt myself bound to refer you ito my authority for the declaration —for if mv ] information is correct, it cannot be a matter i of any moment from whom it was received. j If however you pronounce it erroneous, I I will give you the information which you call for. 1 liave the honor to be, Your verv humble servant, W. C. DANIELL. The llgr. ;. ai. Wayne. (No. 4.) Savannah, 1 -Mi September, 1830. Sir—Frotesting against your right to call upon me *o answer a charge, not founded up on your own knowledge but derived Roitl an other, until you shall have furnished me with the name bfydur informant; neverthelehr as you have in reply to ihynoto of this date sta ted if 1 would pronounce thq declaration quo ted in my note from yours of yesterday to be erroneous, that you Would give the informa tion 1 called for, I do pronduoce that declara tion to be fal-c, by whomever it may have been made. I am sir, yOurobd'f . servant, JAMES M. WAYNE. T# Dr- Wm. C, Daniell. (No. 5.) Savannah, September 20th 18"'0. ftlr—Your protest will be In time when ] tin- ease which it supposes shall have arisen, i It has not yet- I am indebted to yourself for the in forma-! tion upon which I -tat.i and in my note of 17th | in-st- that “without giving me the slightest in timation of your ii i tent ions voii have mfide inisrepfcseiitatirins to the Beef* tary -<'f the Treasury for tlie purjmse of r'-inoviijgme from the appointment which l held uud rr him,*’ — as you will perceive by referring to your -iet t< r to tl-u; Secrot.-try ofthe Tre;rsurv,of 25r!i of Mrtirch 1 asw, to which 1 had the honor of call irtg ydiir attention in my note of the 17th inst. 1 have the honor to he sir, Your verv bumble servant. W. C. DANIELL. The lion. J. M. WaVxl'i No. G.) Savannah, September 20 th 1830. f ir—Yonr letter of thi3 date in reply to my feeond ol the lfcth intt. has been handed to n. • The information it convey* is certainly i ‘ ffefi a I had sunosed from your letter of ti" s t'h inst. that 1 should have received.— Having however re furred me to my official letter to the Secretary of the Treasury of the 25th March 1830—as tb . .source from which ! you have inferred what was stated by you tu your letter of the 17th inst. it is proper for tne to say, that such an inference as you have drawn is not warranted by the letter itself and that it is no more than an impartial dis charge of public duty upon the call of con stituents transmitted to the President of the United States as well as to myself. I am, sir, your obd’t. servant, JAMES M. WAYNE- To Dr. W ji. C. Daniell. (No. 7.) Savannah , 21$t September, 1830. Sir—There is nothing in iny letter f 18th i inst. to authorize vouto suppose any thing in. 1 consistent vvithThe purport of that of yester day, as is implied in vours acknowß-d'dnn- tho 9th of if. . F- e ° I beg leave to recall vom attention to tho la:t paragraph of mv not,r<jf 17th inst. 1 have the hqnor.to he sir, Your very humble servant, VV. u. DANIELL. The lion- James MU Wa\xu. (No. 8.) . Savannah, 22d. Septerr.' •>, 1830. Sir—Whether there l/e any thiug i neon si:-. tent between your notes ofthe lctth inst. and which are replies tf’a direct, call from mi. for ml'orination, will be Inr others to determine, less interested in tin ir inti rpre tation than yourself—Ndt does your denial of it in your note of the 21st inst.' at.d rccal of my attv ntioti to the last pafagrapli of your h t tcr of the J 7th satisfy me that it would be proper to allow myself to be precipitated into the acceptance of a challenge, for an act growing out of a discharge of official duty, A, which whatever may lie tho event of it, might interfere with its further discharge, should my attention be officially called again by any one of my constituents to the subject of The expenditure ofthe appropriation for clearing out obstructions in Savannah river below the city. The atntudn which I have taken in our correspondence and which your charge ot" misrepresentation has forced me to, and that which I have hold throughout your cnnlrovc*. sics with others, make it necessary lbrmc to have documents wfliichare at Washington-; A for copies of which I shall write immediately. Without therefore at this time, rejecting er accepting the invitation conveyed in the last paragraph of your letter of the 17th ins'ant, I shall hold any obligation I may be under <o adopt the latter course, to bo increased, ii af ter the receipt of those papers, I shall not sue. need in shewing from your proceedings and in the application of thVpubl,: funds enough, to have made an enquiry very proper into the progress of the Work you were ruperintendj* ing the preparations lor completing it and for recommending that the remnant of th-* appro priation should lie disbursed by the commis sioners of pilotage, who would charge noth ing fordoing it. I am sir, youtobd’f. servant, fSAMEs M. WAYNE. To Dr.. Wm. C. Daniell. (No. D.) Savannah, 21th September, 1830. Sif—Dressing business has prevented an earlier acknowledgement of your letter of 22d inst. An investigation into the conduct of a pub lic agent is always “Very proper,” so far as ho is concerned; an 1 upon that principle, I aib mit that the enquiry into mine was very prop er., This admission will render any delay on your part for papers from Washington unne cessary* I have indeed never objected to, nor complained of, the investigation. So far from that, I have every reason to he thankful for it. It has justified rro to the government, whose agent I was, and placed my Conduct beyond the influence Of the Calumnies of my enemies. I thank you for your vofy geu'le* manly and delicate allusion to my controver sies with Others. They certainly are aline demonstrative of your skill and illustrative of your taste* When you show your ignorance of the in competency of the Commissioners of pilot age for the duties which you proposed to .*•. sign to them, by removing mo, and furnish your evidence of their qualification, upon which you recommended .hem—and when you Show that you received their offer to su perintend the W'ork without charge lefor-. you proposed to appoint them, I Will admit that you had the Same right to recommend them that you would have had to reCamnfcnd any others under similar circumstances. No man more fully than myself recognizes the rule which you adopt, that u Representa tive if* no! responsible personally for whatev er he may do in if: official character. An official character, however,Cannot shield him from responsibility When he prostitutes his station and his trust tc his private resentment. You have made misrepresentations to tho Treasury Department to the end that I should be removed from office. This I will here • ter present specially to your attention. Whilst however I recognize your right to get up an investigation into my public c-u -. duct, I claim for myself all the rights and priv ilege.’, which I carried into appointment. T am not less than a citizen, bemuse 1 hav ; had the disbursement of public money! l have as much right to a hearing r.sVrvv accu sers have; and when an investigation ia order ed, I have a right to be judged of by honest* upright and Impartial men. Let me apply these rules to the facts that have occurred, In referring, aj.X ehall j rf- NO. 16.