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tairdy re ad prod questionable by the peculiar cir
•cumstunc<s, and by the manner in which it is
done. If Mr. Ingham hud reason to believe that
hivfcould substantiate an offence of so aggravated'
a-character on those criminated by hint, was it
"not his duty to have remained and to have con-'
fronted the accused ? If he had no ground to make
•uch accusation, what apology will he offer to the
public for directing, like the flying Parthian,a
poisoned arrow at the individuals who had never
injured or intended to injure him, and whom it is
evident be feared to encounter face to face, and
tvait the result of an investigation ?
-Ao/e.—Mr. Ingham left the city at 4 o’clock,
-A. M. The letter was received by the President,
through the post office, at 8 o’clock, A. M.
June 22, 1831.
Messrs. Col Campbell, Treasuer; Major Smith,
Register ; Dr Randolph, Acting Secretary of
War; and Major Lewis, 2d Auditor —
Gentlemen : T have this moment received the
enclosed letter from Mr Ingham, dated the 21st
instant,and having immediately, on its receipt,
sent to ask an interview with him, I find that he
left the city before it reached me. I wish you to
state to me it you, or either of you, have had any
agency or participation, and, if any, to what ex
tent, in the alleged misconduct imputed in his
letter, herewith enclosed.
I surely have been deceived in your characters
if you are capable of so far forgetting the respon
sibilities of your stations as to participate in the
reprehensible conduct charged. To the serious
charges contained in Mr Ingham’s letter, which
gave me the first information that I have had up
on the subject of his difficulties, l wish you to
give a prompt and explicit ausw or.
Respectfully,
ANDREW JACKSON.
IVashington, June 22,1831.
Sib : I have had the honor to receive your Corn
tunica tion of this day, -enclosing a copy of a let
sir to you from the late Secretary of the Treasury
ofthefflst inst. complaining of an attempt to
Way-lay him on the part of certain officers of the
government, for the purpose of assassination, ami
charging m# with being in their company, amt my
room in the Treasury with being alternately oc
cupied with other officers as a rendezvous for
them while lying in wait. It might perhaps he
Sufficient for the purpose for which you have re
ferred this communication to me, for me to apply
to tin:-charges against me, a simple and unquali
fied denial. They are entirely destitute of the
least foundation in truth; but to show you more
-clearly how far 1 was from aiding or participa
ting in .any thing connected with this matter
complajped of, 1 will beg your permission to add
<he following circumstances. Thu late Secretary
of War, Major Eaton, never consulted me upon
the subject of his controversy with Mr Ingham,
nor did I even see him on the day in question,
.except in an accidental meeting of a few min
utes. T never saw the corresponence between
them until it appeared in the Telegraph; and al
though 1 had heard that a correspondence was
going on which might result iu a personal con
rlict, Idid not believe it was likely to take place
on that day, or even that Washington was to be
’the scene of it.
Trusting that these facts and explanations will
"be entirely satisfactory to you, 1 cannot withhold
the expression of my astonishment, that charges
so wholly uncalled for and groundless, should
have been made against me by a gentleman with
whom 1 never had the least cause of quarrel, and
With whom my official intercourse, since my en
trance into the Treasury, had uniformity been of
the most friendly character. I certainly had no
idea of arming against him, or of interfering
jtn his dispute with Major Eaton.
] have the honor to remain your most obedient
servant, JOHN CAMPBELL.
The President ol the U States.
Major Lcu-is to the Prcidcni.
* Washington, '2-id Jane, 1831.
Sir : Your letter of this morning has this mo
jtrent been received, and iu reply I have to say
that the efiarge made against me by Mr Ingham,
*jf having been engaged in a conspiracy against
him, is devoid of truth. Ifthere were any'’ such
conspiracy against him, as all edged in his letter
Jfo you of yesterday, it was entirely unknown to
me.
1 arrived at my office on monday mornino-,
20th instant about half past eight o’clock, and
•never left the building until half past two, when 1
walked down to the United States Bank to attend
to seme Bank business. Ait r seeing the Teller
fif the Bank, and informing him v.hat 1 wanted
Mono, 1 went to a barber’s -shop a little below
Mr Strother’s Hotel. On-my return I called at
the Register’s Office, a few minutes before three
o’clock, where I saw, unexpectedly. Mr Eaton—
it being the first time 1 had seen him since last
Saturday evening. I remained in the Register’s
Office about five minutes, and then walked up to
my own office in. company with no other person
than Mr Eaton. Mr Randolph was not there,
nor did I see him any where on that day, out of
the War Office until late in the evening. 1 nei
ther saw nor heard of Mr Ingham while 1 was at
the Treasury Department. 1 had no arms of any
description about me.
lain, very respectfully,
Your most ob’d serv’t,
YV B LEW IS.
~ ftTt. SMITH TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, June 22 d, 1831.
Sir Jn reply to yournote of to-day, enclosing
<ieopy of a letter from Mr Ingham to you, bear
ing dateffie 21st Inst. I beg leave to state, that
the charges contained in Mr Ingham’s letter, as
they relate to me, are wholly untrue. I have had
no participation or agenev, whatever, in the con
troversy between Major Eaton and Mr. In< r ham.
J have given neither aid nor succor to Major Ea
ton nor any. one for him. I have not walked
with him, nor near him. I have not sought Mr.
Inghaip, noy been in his neighborhood. 1 have
been- unarmed -constantly, and in all respects I
have been unconnected with any thing that threat
ened his safety. As to the charge that my office
was used for any such purposes as are named by
Mr. Inghant, itis noless untrue than the-rest of
the statement. Major Eaton was in my office
twice, once between ten and eleven o’clock, and
once about fifteen minutes before three; each time
he came alone, and did not remain more than ten
minutes.
1 regret, Sir, that Mr Ingham, in racking char
ge* cT-such grave import, J.*d V; thought
proper to rc-u.T the authority uptffi which h%based
his allegation, and awaited the issue before he
left the city.
With the highest respect, your ob’t serv’t
TL SMITH.
To the President. ' >
MB.'RANDOLPH TO THE PRESIDENT.
Washington, 2 2d Jane , 1831.
Sir: —Tn answer to your letter of this date,
asking the extern of my participation in the con
troversy lately passed between Mr Ingham and
J/ajor Eaton, and how far lam amenable to the
charges made by Mi Ingham against me, in his
letter of yesterday, I have to reply, that I had no
further agency in the matter than is shown in the
correspondence between those gentlemen, as .pub
lished in the Telegraph on Tuesday last. I was
not with .Major Eaton more than ten minutes at
any one lime between 9 and 3 o’clock on 3/on
day, on which day the charge of a combination for
the purpose of assassinating Mr Ingham is made
by him against me and others. Idid not partici
pate in nor did 1 know of any design to attack
Mr Ingham’s residence as is charged by him; nor
was I armed at any time during the hours men
tioned, having no apprehension of danger from
Mr Ingham, or those “ friends ” who he said sur
rounded him. A/ajor Eaton was alone when he
sought an interview with Mr Ingham, as will be
shewn by the certificates of two respectable indi
vidvals.
R expect fill Iy „ you ft.
PG RANDOLPH.’
The Washington Globe of the 24th inst. con
tains the following letter from Mr Eaton to the
editor of that paper :
June 23,1831.
Mr. Blair: —l owe it to myself and to the
cause of truth to solicit-the favor of offering a few
explanations through the Globe.
A strange letter of Mr Ingham is published in
your paper this morning. It charges me with a
design to assassinate him; and in having organ
ized a conspiracy to accomplish it. Why did I
not organize this band from trie War, rather than
the Treasury Department,—for most of the gen
tlemen charged are of the. latter ? The public
will not, I presume, give credit to such an accusa
tion; coming from such a source. Wantonly in
tuited, by Afr Ingham, with a view, as I believ
ed? to provoke an adjustment of our difference in
an honorable way, I adopted the course which ev
idently seemed to be invited by my adversary;
and which appeared to be the only alternative
that was left tome.
1 plead not guilty to this charge of Conspiracy
and meditated assassination. From the moment
I perceived that Mr Ingham was incapable of act
ing as became a man, 1 resolved to pursue that
course, which was suited to the character of one
who had sought difficulties, and shuned all hon
orable accountability. I harbored no design upon
the heart of one who had shown himself so heart
less. Having ascertained that bis sensibilities
were to be found only upon the surface, I meant to
make the proper application.
On the 19th 1 notified him, that unless the call I
had made upon him, was promptly and properly
answered, he might expect such treatment as I
thought his conduct deserved. My note of the
2‘Hhalso advised him of my intention. Accord
ingly it appeared matter of duty for me, to dis
solve all connection \\ ith the administration of
the Government. How then can 3/r Ingham sup
pose, thatl would involve those gentlemen in a
disgraceful conspiracy .against him; —orie-in
which, as public officers, they could not engage
even if inclination had sanctioned! Their own
characters are a sufficient answer to the accusa
tion, unaided by their positive denial of its truth.
I did endeavor to meet 3/r Ingham, and to settle
our difference. Unattended by any one, I sought
after, and awaited his appearance, during the ac
customed hours for business, openly and at pla
ces where he daily passed to his office. He Was
not to be found ! passed by, hut at no time stop
ped at, or attempted to enter his house nor to be
siege it by day or by night. 1 offer no statement
here that is not susceptible of the clearest proof.
3/y note of the 20th was written with indig
nant feelings, and under strong exeitement;
hence the reason why any reference was made to
a female. I regret it; although the letter was a
mere private notice to 3/r-Ingham, and was so in
tended. By me, it never was designed to meet,
nor ever would have met the public eye.
Respectfully, Ac. .1 H EATON.
Intermit Improvement.
For the Macon .Advertiser.
Vo the Citizens ofthe Central and Western Counties.
The commissioners, in whom are vested the
chartered rights and priveliges, of establishing
the Brunswick Rail-Road Company, have, thus
far, succeeded iu the disposal of their stock far
beyond their most sanguine expectations.—Com
plete success, in a speedy disposal of the balance
and a commencement of the work, is confidently
relied upon; and, also, that the stock will be
found more lucrative and valuable than the stock
of any Bank in the United States. ...
We need only advert to a few prominent points
to prove the certainty of such a result.
From authentic documents, we learn that eigh
ty thousand bales of cotton, will have descended
the Altaniaha to Darieu tlie present year:—Tire
freight and distance of which fo the Brunswick
Rail-Road, will be no more than to Darien :—But
when reshipped from Darien to Savannah, there
is. an extra freight and charges of ©50,000 on the
said 80,000 bales of cotton, and ©40,000, must
and will have been paid for lack freight, insur
ance, wharfage, drayage, storage and commis
sions, on goods, salt, iron, Ac. from Savannah
to Darien the present year.
This amount is now paid, by the growers of
cotton and otiier consumers in the central and
western counties, to get their cotton from Darien
to an export market, after it has arrived at Darien:
and to get their goods, salt, iron, Ac. from Sa
vannah to Darien. This ©90,000 comes out of
the ( and other consumers, which is en
tirely independent of the freight down and up the
Altamalia, the Ocmulgce and the Oconee.
Now, ii we can do the same business for the
people, on our Rail-Road to Brunswick, for
©15,000, and do it better, as to the order oi their
eotton and packages of goods in return —and do it
with greater dispatch,—and at the same time pay
all out expenses and cleat a nett profit, or divi
dend, of 12) per-cent per-annum, on our capital
stock, of ©OO,OOO, can there he any Aoukt ,of its
success and great public benafits to tlie people and
the state ?
Our Rail-Road, with an extensive wharf and
Ware-House at each <**'•— Lncomotiv? Engine
of Iff Imrse power, 13 cars, (to fore; 3 gnr.gs of 3
each) and every thing in complete operation, will
not cost over ©60,04)0, and being constructed of
Live Oak and Cypres, (both of which materials
are near at hand in abundance, and cheap,) will
.last thirty years, with very little repairs after the
first ten years.
. Our expenses per annum, for fuel, Enginere,
cierks, laborers, Ac. to load and unload-the cars
in the Ware Houses on each end of the Road,
ought 'not to cost $>7500; hut we will put them
all down at that sum,and then leave the Compa
ny $7500 per-annum: to jfoclare a dividend of
121 per-ceutupon their c.ipjd stock.
This can be done by charging only 10 cents
per-bale, on 80,000 bales, over the Rail-Road (of
only 11 miles and 19 chains in length) or more
j properly, from one Ware House, or wharf, to the
other; and by charging in proportion, for the Rail
| Hoad drayage, on the merchandize from Bruns
wick, bound for the interior; together with the
! income of passengers, Ac. Ac.
In this case, it will be observed that there will
j be no charge, by the Company, of wharfage, dray
[ age. storage ami commissions, for receiving mid
1 forwarding from one end of the Rail-Road to the
1 other; ail of which, the planter, the merchant and
j the consumers, bow have to pay in Darien an 1 Sa
vannah; besides the extra freight and insurance,
back and forth between those two places.
If we we£! to charge the same rates that are
now charged iu Darien and Savannah —that is,
wharfage, drayage, storage and commissions, for
receiving and forwarding each way, then we would
make more than 121 per-eeut nett dividend for
our stock holders, and charge no freight at all. —
We have said nothing-übout mending and repudr
ing in Savannah, which ou many lots average
10 cent per bale.
But suppose that, instead of wharfage, storage,
insurance and commissions, we charge only 10
cents per bale from the Ahamaha (directly op
posite of Darien) to Brunswick the first year, and
the second, advance to 15 cents per bate, and on
the back freight in proportion ?—Our stock would
then produce a nett dividend of 25 per cent pec
annum — the limit of our charter.
Our expenses will be no more the second year
than the first:—But, if, from the increase of cot
ton and consumption, in the Macon and Milledge
viile markets, which must result from the rapid
increase of population and the disappearance of
the forest in the inferior, it should he. found that
the ratio of 15 cen ts per bale, and the buck freight
in proportion, would over run the limit of the
charter, then, it will necessarily continue to los
seti the charge upon out llail-Koad, each way, in
order to keep our nett dividend steady and per
manent, within 25 per-cent per annum.
Tlie only question necessary to prove the
above result, is this : —Can the northern
Schooners, Sloops, steam, or other boats,
do all the business for the people and mer
chants of these central and western counties, from
Darien to Savannah and back, for ©15,000 per
annum, clear of wharfage, drayage, storage, in
surance and commissions ? ,
If they cannot, then Brunswick will Irrve the 1
decided preference for an exporting and import
ing market, upon the centre of the sea-coast of
Georgia.
By the route of our Rail-Road, Brunswick will
be within one hour as near to Macon and Milledge
yille (by river navigation) as Darien, and at all
times sate and certain : and vve can remove 20H0
bales of cotton per day, from one end of our Rail
lioad to the other, and at the same time an equal
number of car loads of goods, Ac, back to the
Altamalia, to be shipped on boats into the interior;
and that too, without wharfage, drayage, storage,
insurance, orcommissions, between the wharf at
Brunswick and the wharf at the Altamalia.
The above outlines are intended only to illus
trate the benefits that must result to the stock
holders of our Rail-Read, without entering into
the miuutia of the general benefits, which will
follow in their-train, to the agricultural and com
mercial interests of the great mass of the people
ot these central and western counties, who, in
comparison to their present tratnelcd and tributu
ryconditiwi, will soon-find an incalculable change
for the better; and in a few years, the great natu
ral advantages of Brunswick and our Rail-Road,
will give to every thing around—new life—new
prospects, and a tar more flourishing and
nappy era t.o the Planter, the merchant, the me
chanic and the people of the suite at large.
The long and erroneous expenditures, drawn
from the public Treasury, to gratify sectional en
thusiasts, upon the subject ot internal improve
ments in our state; and especially the delay of
fixing upon the most proper outlet for tire export
market of these central and western counties, has
been the primary cause of keeping their agricul
tumkand commercial condition, far, very for in
tne Back ground ; hut tor which, the .people would
now have boon in far more easy circumstances,
and more exempt from debts, judgments, exe
cutions Ac. Until the subject is settled, that
Brunswick belongs to these counties, of right,
as their chief emporium, the people wiii never
be clear of enthralments, internal discord, and
losses resulting from bankruptcies, and dilapidat
ed currencies ; which go to swell the list el'oal
agricultural and commercial depression.
Since it uifound that the Charleston Rail-Road
to Hamburg and Augusta will be completed, ma
ny of our western friends arc crying out, “ what
shall we do to destroy the enterprise and lawful
rights cl Charleston, and save Susannah?'*
We can see no harm that can result to the mass
ofthe people of Georgia, by the completion of I
the Charleston Rail-Roadif they should not I
find itto their interest to make use of that outlet!
to the sea-board, they will not use it:—but if j
they should find it to promote their interests and
advance their wealth, by the greater balance cf
the profits ofthe tradeialling to Georgia, than to
South Carolina, then it must increase the w ealth
of the State; because its wealth, is, and must he
composed of the wealth ofthe people.
We think that such criers and enthusiasts for
Savannah, had better adopt the old maxim uf
“chanty begins at homo," and cry out “what
shall we do to save the people of these central and
western counties, from agricultural depression
and commercial cupidity ?
We cannot darken tiietT condition and pros
pects, by opening Brunswick to their enterprise,
and giving that, port, a fair triul. Can any pro
ject lie adopted and carried into execution, that'
can compete with our Brunswick Rail-Road, a Id ,
at the same time produce an equal dividend to the !
stock holders, and such extensive benefits to tlie ■
planters and merchants ofthe interior? it will !
be only 11 miles and 19 chains in length, and that *
too over a hard level sur.ace, free from swamp.'
creek or lagoon, and at a cost of but ©60,090, in-’'
eluding two wharves; covered with fcub;7fr\>
Ware Houses, of 100 feet wide bv 200 f „ ,
Unsnne cars and every thing eomnlct t. oll *
these mistaken enthusiasts, who JL.,,'. ,J vo
the state tl Georgia in a never endiu.M a nd. !“ Tolv ’
ofr„ or 3 millions of dollars, tn ‘ lcdel)t
destroy the Charleston Rail-lio-? t acd
vam, the city of Savannah, ever vetmiH ,!> *
dollar tor the publication of their deS,? e ‘ rtel
Auctions ?-i is confidently believed 7
not. ult 3 1wt 8
It is a pitty such criers do not de-1
wi:h the people, and come out wifi, 7° fair
cause ol their alarm at the success n fn. iv ,ni
ton Rail-Road :—The GRAND Bl’f'i<i-Ti ,l - M * es *
—lt is the 3/other Bank ofthe Sfomir,
that they are so anxious to save
city of Savannah.” ’ JRd r “ ii.
Upon this important subject it ;. ,i ,
nate for Georgia, that we now have the m
offer the only way, by which that MaZZll U
tutwn may, toe most judiciously fo. ~ v ‘
and placed beyond the reach of diWo^bT'' l^'
aim tile rival commerce of that city— to
the people and the Legislature turn their 7*
110,1 ;uld enterprise to Brunswick for 17
emporium of Georgia—assist us in tin* 7 ': f
11011 ol our Raid-Road, and then remove the
il.unr to a far more lucrative mid permanent 7
fcibJLwrfiiSS
Brunswick is central upon onr sen-board -, i
as most ot the Branches of the Mother n 7
are dispersed in the con Ural and western e™ '" 1 *
•hey muy a ll he preserved, also, and the 2
Insulation managed, from Brunswick, with !t
harmony and prosperity to- the people Li u
©Lock holders, than by retaining the Moth* * n *
tlie depression ot the agricultural a „d c uuiuitrc j
wellar ot the whole state. L “
if the eastern location of Savannah, forth*
duel emporium, is, ul hist, found incompetent?
contend with the contiguity 0 f Charleston
U wise for the state to continue to throw \
money after had, till her Treasury is exhaust
and her people involved deeper and deeper ii
dent .—Or m other words, is it not time, and
nothing but sheer justice, that, if the liberality
of the Legislature is to befurtherdrawn upon for
objects ot internal improvement, that Jtirusswick
should come in for the next turn of their Le vs
lativepatronage and assistance?
.■She is a better i>o. t—completely Iqd^-lorl-rd and
a more heaithy’ and beautiful sire lor a large coa
liiercial city, than any other South of the Cipn
ot I irginhi, and as yet she h.us nqj’ec received tut
dollar from thv istate, to open her great ijbtu
rT advantages to the-true fiifotqst and. nroaptmr
oi the people its the interior. ,
Extract from Lieut. -Stccktorf’s report ofth*
survey ul that liar ami harbour, in.lHgti, for a N*a
vy kaid, by order r f Congress—“ 22 feet at tugh’
water, on the bar, aud in the main channel toted
l own ot Bruuswick, there is. water enough fur
any ship that can cress the bar.”—Hence,
will lie no necessity of applying to Congress for'
money, to clear but the navigation and deepen ih*
chamn’l, In tween the bar and the city.
Every other Town ami City—plan, phA and
project, of internal improvement iu the. State, byt
Brunswick, have received extensive Legislativij,'
and popular patronageand, so far,as tsamaali,
and Darien arc concerned, they have coiitintt-di
to droop and pine away, under ail the artitieijl af,d
forced trade, that has been bestowed upon them,
within the last ten years; and the baneful elbetij
of their decline, continues to spread throughout
these central ami western counties, in purport! it
to their connection and tributary dependence upc.it
those cities for export and import markets..
These facts cannot be denied; and would it 10,
just and honest to hide them from the peop'f,
when tlu'ir interests are so deeply involved!**
Should not the impartial mind and public spirit
of the citizens be awakened to their uwu inltrett,
and the great interest of ti'.e state ?
If the public money is to bo expended upon oh*,
jects of internal improvements, it would seem for
morn v ise, just., and Republican ; in principle
and practice, to spend it for the general welfare cf
the people, then tor their general depression and
commercial bondage. How are the people ts
1-now and realize the great natural advantages of.
! the port of Brunswick, if that place, in purlieu
\ hr, is to he forever suppressed and kept from
their view ?—whilst the very bone and sinew, of
their agricultural and commercial pursuits, ar*
drawn into a distant channel uncongenial to their
prosperity.
Is it just and fair to deal thus with suchapopttc
lous aud enterprising people, as those, in the
vicinity, and west of the Oconee and tlie Alta-*
tu all a ! ,
If V an Freemen still and as such, are entitled
to all the rights and blessings, which the land,
the livers aud the seas of bur country, offer us :
aud whilst new plains and vt-ionary projects, to
put down Charleston and her Rail-Road, with a
hope, of keeping the dying embers of Savannah
alive, yet a little longer, will only end iii rivitiag
rife chains of commercial tribute and agricultural
depression, upon the necks of these western free*
men, we now solicit their aid and’ enterprise is
the completion ofour Brynswickßail'-Koad.iiii the
most rational means of opening anew and prJr
in orient way, to the general prosperity and wealth
of these central and western counties.
We appeal, fellow citizens, to your jiresenV
condition and prospects —we appeal to your im
partial judgment, and to- your wtftm/*—we ap
peal to your patriotism and state pride, —and ’#
now solicit you to come forward and” subscribe
for a portion of our Rail-Road stock, for the per*
pose of promoting ycur own general lotfure.
We make this appeal in the most friehdiy stfo
cerity, and from principles of. the bightstregu
for the prosjicrity cf the state : —Out entmptia*
will cost but a small amount of money, 8‘..l? ros
portion to tlie great jntblic benefits'll will 'diilun#
among the people ofthe interior.
Feeling, tlierefore, as Georgians should
we first offer onr stock to our fellow ciutwiv,
whose best interests we arc endeavoring to J ir ' r
mote. _,
Although wc arc sure of success abroae, }<’
it would beau unpleasantduty to ourselves and* >.*
associates, to go beyond the. limits of our ova
State for the balance of our stock, and be oblige*
to say of our fellow Citizens, that they had ni
public spirit and euterprize enough, to assist u
j romoting their own lest interests ami that ol tv
hdatc.
A ■ this subject is one, which must continue
become, more and lnoro important to the P’ V
Sit' G- orgta, it is theufoio proper and nect-ssan,
at this time, that it should be treated withr q
;-vl wip-'ctiaHijr p apd vt ‘ l,, i '■
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