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sa A&iDif n ttaaaHL3LaHiHpai B f an y brotherly < r christian-hke l 1 ISV ! unfortunate Aborigines. ■ 1 "1 . l'mpnt tJiat such a politically un m 1 1> ‘; ..j’ckrically irreligious opposition, ■ t l ‘j m3( ],. against us, by a few wan ■ ■ R al ,j irresponsible individuals. ■ r - w uni only as an advocate for the laws I 1 "■ J.ut as an advocate for the laws o ■ bavo both been impious, y and B^' 1, ■" ' ..filed Hut the correspondence I e andMr.H. will redeem our ■ . l ‘ ; the gtirrma which has been attempted B ! " ‘ in m tier. After reading it, it must m- Br„ Ui l sensibility, or a most obtuse un ■ ?,,lauding, that cannot feel, or will not B ' .iTori'-biators of the most mischievous outlaws, which the State has ever -Ttpcuutrr. ■ .India"'this article, we must however ■ .y comluci which is attributed to some ■ Tie it honest indignation was no ■ f?l ' ul on the occasion; but still they had I l! \ °■v to maltreat the prisoners committed ■ ) GovofnorGlLMEU has insti- B' U ' S enquiry into this part of the * rr’'d he u ecu in his letter below, con ■T!'instructions to the Commandant of the ■ ; „• aKV farther evidence were wanting of M : uev's disposition to scrupulously avoid ■ •rof injustice and cruelty in the adminis ■‘.,7,: /jaws, ho has here furnished it-. ’lf B, ,‘jhave ceuuuitU'd the offences charged ■ m , witlioat sufficient provocation, they ■"n st assuredly be punished in an exemplary ■m r' but their conduct, whatever it may be, ■mt 'initiate in the least degree, the heinous ■ ■; .V f the Missionaries, or scarcely elicit Bvaipmhy in their behalf. Executive Department, Ga. ■ *" 'Mii/ritgeril/e, September 'id-, 1331. few days ago I read in the Cherekee " statements from \\ orcester and Trott, 9 !„' t ’ r Nelson and some of the Guard, I HuVe of irmis in confining them and other Hfi ml unitecvsnarily severe treatment. The ■ t . r i;„iiml comil Ot of those two men in ■ l ‘ lu ’ c !0 ‘ di-cr* Jit them. 1 have since, how ■ ’ recfi.'ctl through a friend the New York H',‘.(. lUU I Journal, containing a letter from B ■' Mchm-.i, corroborating the account given ■ toesfer and Trott. The character of the fl M t. and the good of that portion of the ■ tif"'service emnmitted t< your particular B. c> „ ; :j r e that the facts should be enquired B ,nour.fi to be true, efficient means used ■- ( vrnti;.i ir reemrence. That you may know tn direct your enquiries, l have enclosed to ■ the papers to which 1 have referred. B ' i, qr.esU dto enquire particularly into whether irons were used to confine the fla rs by the Guard—the necessity | B.j, existed for the use of such means—the whir'll* Ato the arrest of McLeod,and the | treatment of hiinsell end others. 1 ami ■ jre that these tilings occurred, if tliey occurred j ■ ill, during your piusence in MiUedgeviile, in I •liseharge of your duties. ■ „ hi-'idy efficient and honorable manner in I cli you have executed ti.e service which lias H Pi us.-.igned you, and your own character, are j security that you have not sanctioned Hi unauthorized oppression < f prisoners. Hi ..uk rcqrn sted to report both tlie conduct of H lirard and of the prisoners arrested. H : mil o< prop* r fir y>.i to instruct the Guard, ■ j,-, fiie re rest of these who may have v iolated B 1 b", their duty is confined to the certain de ■ i of tlu'ir prisoners to the civil officers, and H i,o oilier means are authorized by the law, but mny he necessary to effect that object. ■ Wry respectfully, yours, &c. I GEORGE GILMER. John Yv’. A. Sanford. H ( nitHi; _____ For the 3lacou Advertiser# GOVERNOR’S ELECTION". HA ti. wof the comparative merits of Bp two candidates for office, taken front HM;r documents, anil arranged lor the Bj i tl inforimition of tlio.se who are not Bili icntly in the habit of reading to he BpaUc thereby of avoiding the necessity B hiking the bare statements of others. HTlie principal objections to the inemn- Hnt are—lst. That lie is not the impar- Hd officer requisite for tlie Governor of H l ' fwplf- for that in bis various Execu- Be appointments, there arc a greater I limber of his friends promoted than of I iscnomies. Secondly and chief ij, that I fi'etninniendcd in his message, the re location of the gold mines, for the use II the State. To the first objection I I 111 sw ' •> good ground for the charge, I d*wen bis most inveterate enemy does lot nor can be pretend to say, that tlie I '“"a have not licen peaceably, quietly, B ml efficiently adminivt ‘red—that being ■>' first duty of a Governor, it is with ■misetl to select such persons as be is H posetl to confide in, to assist, him ■herefore admit tlie fact, as charged, for ■e sake of argument, (which 1 by no ■eanscan) and w hat does it prove —that ■f trust reposed has been abused ? B 7 10 geeat body of the people arc ■' Gang injustice by bis administration? Bj rtail *-.y n °t* But simply that the few ■lire seekers who expected a reward for Birservices i;. l electing him over Mr. ■'luylbrd two years since, have been dis- H'pdinted. The Loaves and Fishes have Ipt ooni distributed so profusely as their Bs’iiue imaginations indtmed them to S*M‘ v( t- In short, disappointe>d ambition ■ ne venom w hich rankless in the bo- B ini tllo se who are loudest in their tie- ■' against Mr. Gilmer. I *" m ' s, ’coml, 1 liaveto reply that the r n| niiiicii(l tl |i, )ll f () |. ;l reserve of the gold | ll s s, '“hih to have been in his opinion a If.f (ol ‘se—it' he thought so, it was! if ). v suggest it to the Legislature, il l U,L f "und by his oath to act, he did so. L ( Legislature thought otherwise, Passefl uI vw i Ol . the distribution of the l“"’ ’ Mr. Gilmej* gave his assent [T it, thereby pro’, ing conclusively to eve- Imi ' l l : ll ' , ' o '' l,,lia '’l mind, that his maxim is |j f / ( "!? should be adopted hy every officer lim' r s Hven nent, (to wit.) that a I 11 ll( ‘‘i’ Should fearlessly give his I j 1 ■in upon all matters touching the ■ ' lor woe of the country, and finally I f p oV( ‘tned hy the will of a majority il oie so—the law for the distri bution of the Lands is passed, it bears bis signature—then how can bis re-elec tion effect it in any way ? But for the sake of being better able to take into this view, the public character of both the candidates, 1 w ill assent to the argument as urged by Mr. Gilmer’s enemies, that it is dangerous to elect a man to govern us who is in favor of reserves, and to what conclusion can the people come ? that of electing Mr. Lumpkin in his stead ? Most assuredly not : for 1 think I shall be able to shew by the extract from the journals of this state, and by the letter of Mr. Lumpkin, that lie is decidedly the most unvary-: ing advocate of large and ample reserves, of whom the people f Georgia have any knowledge. I expect also conclusively to shew that bad his course been pur sued, we must inevitably have sought refuge in some other state to have escaped the weight of taxation im posed by our laws. As a proof of this position, I will shew that at the session of 1803, for the disposition of the lands obtained by treaty, at the city of Washington, concluded 14th of Novem ber, 1805, with the Creek Indians. Ist. That Wilson Lumpkin, a mem ber from Oglcthorp. voted for Mr. Craw ford’s motion, to reserve, in addition to the fractional surveys, every £tOth lot of Land. It was lost. 2nd. That be voted for Mr. Flour noy’s motion, to reserve every 30th lot. Also lost. 3d. That lie then voted for Mr. Bibb's i motion, to reserve every 40th lot. Which was lost. 4th. That be then voted for Mr. Bibb’s motion, to admit those who bad drawn Lands in a former Lottery to draw, a gain, iT they had not taken out Grants— thus giving the same person an opportu. j nity of draw ing in two or more Lotteries I and taking choice of tlie Lands drawn to the prejudice of those who bad not drawn.: thus artfully, throwing out a bait to the people to refrain from taking out! grants until they had drawn a second or , third time at which time, the party mak-: ing the selection, would be necessarily! compelled to relinquish the land, draw n by him, other than the lot selected, and thereby w ould Mr. Lumpkin have suc ceeded in a great measure in accomplish ing his favorite project of reserving Land to the State and that without letting the people see his object ; but here again he was defeated, for the motion was re jected. sth. lie then voted against Mr. M il clier’s motion to exclude persons having a fee simple title to 500 acres from aj draw, so as to give it to those who were poor and needed it. 6tli. He voted against a motion to give the receiver of draws in the Lottery 12 1-2 cents per each draw, hut voted forgiving 6 1-4 cents as compensation. ! rth. He voted against reducing thoi fees on grants from Sl2 15 each on the square to $lO 12 1-2 cents. Bth. He voted for Mr. Hall's motion to lay a tux on all the land’at the follow ing rates: tor first quality of sw amp land 12 cents per acre, making $24 30 cents per square: for second quality swamp land. 5 cents per acre, making $lO 12 1-2 j cents per square: for 3d quality swamp : land, two cents per acre, making $4 05 ! cents per square: for first quality oak and ; hickory land, 10 cents per acre, making j S2O 25 cents per square: for 2d quality oak and hickory land. 3 cents per acre, making $G 07 1-2 cents per square: 3d quality oak ami hickory, one and one halt cents per acre, making S3 03 3-4 cents per square: and on Ist quality pine land, 2 cent s per acre, making $4 05 per square. By whic h rate it will appear from actual ! calculation, that a man who happened to I own the very poorest lot of oak and hick ory land, would have to pay within a small fraction as much as the owner of j 10 slaves does at the present rate : the i owner of a tract of 2d quality as much !as the tax on 19 negroes : the owner of a Ist quality tract a fraction over the tax ot 6G negroes ; the owner of a first quality tract of swamp land, a fraction over the! tax for 70 slaves; A. the holder of 2d quali ty swamp land the taxon 34 slaves ; and the owner of a pine wood tract, first quality or swamp tract, third quality as much each as the taxon 12 negroes. These are facts, of which every man can he convinced, by simply making the ! calculation from the facts contained in j the subjoined extracts from the journals ! of that year, 1806. and which the warm est friend of Mr. Lumpkin, will not deny if he has any regard for his own reputation. I now give the Lxtracts. At a session of the Legislature in the year JBof>, Mr. Wilson Lumpkin took his scat, as a member of the House of Representatives from Oclethorpc. on the Kith ot June. On the 17th, die House went into a committee of the whole on the bill to dispose of '‘.ld.stri bute the late cession ot lands obtained fro,.the Creek Indians by Henry Oearhorn, Seen Vary at War bcinsr specially authorised therefor, by tI. e US Of lh, VuitcH ,?>•■ ■■“ ? concluded at the City ot W ashington on the 1 L.i Mr. Whitaker reported the bill to the Hom e from the committee of the whole, with amend. inenis, which report was taken up by paragraphs- Mr. Cranford tnoved to amend the ri port by in serting after the word “boundary,” in the-Hu sec tion, “together with owe twentieth tract m each "'nv'lll, section sets apart the fractional of surveys fgr the redemption of the public debt. The motion was therefore to reserve one twen tieth tract in each district, in addition to the irac- I tious! , ~ . j The motion was rejected, yeas l , nays .j I Mr. Lumpkin voted for it. i Mr. l’'iour>wy then moved to amend by in <rt -1 injr “ together with one thirtieth tract in cachdis -1 * rl ßjected. yens 18. navs 35. Mr. Lumpkin vo te 1 l r it Mr. Bibb then moved to amend by inserting “every fortieth trnetin such district. Rejected, yeas 17, nays 3d.— Mr. Lumpki i vo ted for it. .Mr. Ilibb moved to amend so much of the* re port as excludes the fortunate draws in tlie State Land Lottery from a participation of the lands ob tained by inserting “except those who iiave not and strait not take out a grant or grauts for the same.” Rejected, yens 10, nays 43. Mr. Lumpkin voted for it. Mr. Wfhher then moved the following prov iso; “ And provided no person seized or possess ed, in his or her own right, ot 500 acres of land or upwards in fee simple, shall ho entitled to a draw.” Rejected, yeas 6, nays 48.— Mr. Lumpkin vo ted against it. It was then moved strikeout “ six dollars per 100 acres,” as the sum to he paid by the fortu nate drawers On his grant and insert the sum ol “five dollars per 100 acre —Rejected, yeas 20— nays 3:2— Mr Lumpkin voted against strikingout. Mr. Hull then moved the following enacting clause “That for the purpose of discharging the debts due by this State, and the completion of our public buildings there shall annually be levied col lected & paid into the treasury of this State, on all lands beyond the temporary boundary line, and the Creel; nation of Indians, as expressed and de lineated by ilie treaty entered into at -or near Fort \\ ilkinson, and comprehended by the treaty made on the 14th day of Nov. 1805, except the fractional parts of surveys of land reserved for sale, tlie following sums of money, that is to say. On all low grounds of the first quality, 12 cents per acre, and of the 2d quality 5 cents per acre, and of the 3d quality 2 cents per acre. On all oak and hickory lands of the Ist quality, 10 cents per acre, of the 2d quality 3 cents per acre, and on the 3d quality 1 j cents per acre. On all pine land of the Ist quality 2 cents per acre, until the amount thereof, together with the amount of the sales of fractions in the counties of Wayne, Wil kinson and Baldwin, together with those which may be in the late acquired Territory shall be sufficient to discharge and to answer the purposes above expressed.” The question being put on this paragraph it was negatived—Yeas 14, Nays 39. Mr. Lumpkin voted for it. The bill was finally passed on the 18th of June, yoas IG. nays 8. Mr. Lumpkin voted for its passage. From this it appears to me, that I have fully redeemed my promise to shew that x\ ith his (Mr. Lumpkin,) rate of taxation our government would have been intolerable : also, that he is in favor of more extensive reserves than any oth er public mar. now among us. It only re mains for me to shew that his opinions from the year 1806. up to the year 1825, a term of 19 years, engaged in public life, w ere unchanged. For this purpose, I w ill quote a part of his letter of 31st March, 1821, addressed to Governor Clark, from w hich it appears that lie was again elected to the Legislature, and a deposi tion w as again to be made of public Land. In tendering his resignation of a seat in the Legislature, he says : “I feel myself under great and peculiar obli gations to inv fellow citizens generally, and especially to those of the immediate vicini fies or neighborhoods w here I have resided, for the uniform kindness, confidence and sup port, which they have manifested, reposed, and exercised toward me from time to time. In making a disposition of the late acquired territory, as a member of the legrlature, I should feel myself under obligations para mount to every other consideration, to set apart and apply a sufficient portion of the lands, or raise funds therefrom, by laying a higher price upon the grunts of sue fortunate drawers of good lands; adequate to tho es tablishment of a permanent fund for the mu tual benefit of the whole people of Georgia, ; with a view to carry into effect the great and j important objects of Internal Improvement and Free Schools —embracing in one object; the improvement of river navigation, the con- i structingof canals, and making good and per manent great market roads.” He then concludes— “ Permit rne in tendering my resignation, to as sure you that 1 am not influenced to ibis step, from a want of public feeling, or solicitude for the wel fare of the state : for 1 really decline a service, which would in every respect be. peculiarly agree able and pleasing —it I conceived that I could dis charge it to the satisfaction of the people, and at the same time to the approbation of my own con science.” 'l'liis letter written thirteen years after the session of reservation and taxation. I (as it may emphatically be called,) goes fully to shew tliat as one of the reasons influencing him to resign, he cordd not conscientiously dispose of the Lands, as he knew and says, tha great mass of the people wished. No he could not be guilty of an act so prodigal, as to give the people all the Land, and raise no large fund for the execution of his very plausible schemes, either by setting a part a sufficient portion of the Land, or raising the price on the grants to good Lands ; and what says Mr. Lumpkin in a publication made by himself, 10th September, 1825, in giving his opinion with regard to the distribution of our public Land he says for a fair dcvelope ment of my opinions, with regard to the distribution of our public Lands. I will present to your consideration the! following letter written by myselfto Gov- 1 ernor Clark, and published in the Geor-| gia Journal of the 10th of April, 1821. And in the same publication, he says, al though in favor of the Lottery system, I) was disposed to raise from the fees on j grants of fortunate drawer, of good Lands or from reservations or both an ample fund to carry into effect, the ob jects pointed out in my letter, there you have the evidence before you, which in my conception is altogether sufficient to convince any unprejudiced man in this community, that Mr. Lumpkin, from the Year 1806, up to the year 1825, ton i tinned to urge upon the authorities of ! Georgia, the necessity of establishing a i large monied interest in the state, had I Mr. Lumpkin succeeded in his views.— ! Let me ask these plain, simple question, j Who are the persons benefited bij large ■monied institution ? Is it the fair-deal : in?, industrious farmers ? Is it the in ! digently poor, or is it the keen, wily speculator, who has sufficient wealth and popularity, to control the capital ? And from whom was tliis capital stock to be raised? out of tlie farmer or fortunate drawer ? or nut of tlie stave-holder and merchant ? 1 should answer, that it is from tlie farmers of our country, that the fund was to be raised ; for although the tax upon land was enormous the reserva tion amounting to one-twentieth part of the whole territory. There was no at tempt to raise the tax on slaves, or upon merchandize of any description. The conclusion, fellow-citizens, is then ir rcsistable, that the present declaration of Mr. Lumpkin's o; possition to reserving the gold mines, has been handed out to von by his friends, (he says nothing about it himself) for the purpose of e lh iting your support in the approach!ng ing election, and that too at a time when the gold mines are already disposed of. a id arc to go the people by Lottery, un der Mr. Gilmer’s administration. Then go to the polls on the first Mon day in October next, uninfluenced by any other consideration but that of freely, fairly and honestly exercising your right of suffrage— v right, the judicious, im partial and unbiased exercise of which, alone can save us sooner or later from from falling into the bands of some am bitious leader, whose administration may be such as to sap the foundation of our liberties, and place us in that state of anarchy which has loudly proclaimed from the earliest periods of political his tory, the downfai of each anil every re public which has gone before ours. Read and examine for yourselves, and cooly deliberate upon the course you are to pursue. If you arc urged by party considerations, ask yourselves wliat you are ts gain by the election of a Troup man or a Clark man? Will it advance my interest one cent! Have I any grudge to avenge ogainst Clark or Troup?— Ought I to seek my revenge at the ex pense of my free-born rights and dearest privileges? Let these questions be an swered by your consciences—by unbias ed judgments. 1 have written this piece solely for the consideration of that class of citizens of Georgia, who are not engaged in political transactions about the seat of govern ment. (because those engaged there know it already ; if they do not. they ought to) and keep it, concealed in order the better to deceive you and elicit your support. You will perceive that I bring no proofs but public documents, and Mr. Lumpkin’s own letter. UNCONTROLLED SUFFRAGE. THE MISSIONARIES. For flic Macon ActvertiHcr# Alr. Slade, —-As an act of justice, to his Excellency Governor Gilmer, I beg that you will publish his letter herewith sent, it being an answer to one, which I had the honour to address him, on the 28th ultimo. With the political strife of the country, I have nothing to do, nor did I for one mo-. ment contemplate the elevation ot depression, ! of any candidate for office, when I solicited i the publication of my communication in your | paper of tho 2d instant. My entire object was to secure the charac ter of my church from the censure which was likely to fall upon her, from a misapprehen sion of her policy, with regard to the appoint ment of her ministers—and to show my fed low countrymen, that I had inherited from my Father, a sense of my rights and privile ges, as a freeborn citizen of the United States. I strongly conceived, that the notice which Col. Sanford, had taken of the Rev. Air. Trott, in pronouncing that “Ae had been discounte nanced by his own Conference" —ami yet found at the time of his arrest, an accredited minister, under the supervision of the very authority by whom it is said he was degraded, was to me such an anomaly, in the history of Methodism, that in my humble view, it cal led for a speedy explanation. I wished it distinctly understood, that if the Tennessee Conference had sent Air. Trott to his circuit, as an accredited Alis-sion ary knowing he was guilty of “officious and over zealous interference in Indian politics ” and in the habit of preaching political ser mons, that they had acted altogether witiiout usage ami in direct opposition to the accus tomed practice, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The public has doubtless perceived by my! letter already before them, that I never inten- i ded to advocate opposition in any form to the 1 properly constituted authorities of the land, but entirely to the. reverse —with the Chart of Methodism, before me, 1 am constrained to witness, that obedience to the powers that be, is an essential too prominently laid down, to he overlooked by any of her patriot sous, and especially by men so sacredly related to soei ety,as those, who minister at her Altars. Col. Sanford 1 am sure will excuse me, for the use of his name, when his own sense of propriety, shall have scanned the motive which urged it upon me—to him I have in tended no disrespect, and if I have been so unfortunate, as .vo to impress him; I am con scious my present declaration will rectify the error. For the officers commanding the Georgia Guard, at the time of the Ret. Mr. McLeod’s arrest, 1 still entertain the feelings of unaba ted reprehension, provided they have been truly represented, and if they have been slandered,! hope they will spare neither time nor pains in holding up their persecutors to merited indignation. With Governor Gilmer’s explanation con tained in the letter herewith presented to the public, lam fully satisfied, and for myself I have no hesitation in believing that he is stjll | entitled to the highest confidence of his l'el i low citizens. With high respect 1 nin Dear Sir Your obedient friend JOHN HOWARD. Executive Department, i MiUedgeviile, Ist. Sept. 1831. Rev. Sir, —I have just received vour let ter of the 29th ult. in which you call my at tention to the publication in “the Advocate and Journal” of the 12th, upon the subject ol the conduct of the Georgia Guard. I thank yon for the direct course which you have pursued in this matter, and tlie freedom w ith which you have expressed your feelings and opinions. 1 have no desire to avoid any scrutiny whatever into my official conduct.— Mr. McLeod’s statement concerning the or ders which 1 have given the guard is wholly destitute of truth. Immediately after the passage of the law which made it criminal for white men to reside among the Chero kees without license after the first of March, 1 caused one hundred copies to he published and distributed among those upon whom it was to operate. By this means, every white man who resided among the Indians was in formed of the provisions of the law in time to make up a deliberate resolve, whether he would obey it or not. Between two and three hundred persons have continued their resi dence, by taking the oath to support the laws, and obtoining licenses. A few have left the state. The Missionaries alone have publicly denied the pow er of the state to extend its jurisdiction over them and expressed their design to disregard the law and abide its pen alties. One of them was arrested and dis charged by the Superior court upon the ground that Missionaries were agents of tlie United States government, and therforc not liable to arrest. This person w’as a Air. Thompson, who knew r at the time that ho was not an agent of the Government, as he has since acknowledged in a letter to mo.— The decision however furnished an excuse for the Alissiotiaries to continue their illegal residence. I procured from the United States government proof that the missionaries as such were not agents of the government. Instead of ordering Col. Sanford to arrest them immediately, as would have been law ful, and as I think justified by their conduct, I wrote to every Missionary notifying them that they would be arrested if they did not re move from the State. Orders were given to Col. Sanford that if they shewed no disposition to oppose the policy of the government, to treat them with kindness and libc rnlity and permit them to remove as might be most convenient and agreeable to themselves. I received an answer from Worcester A Butler denying the authority of the laws of the State and refusing to obey them. Copies of their answers were sent to Col. Sanford with directions to spare no exertions to arrest them that they might feel the full weight of the law since such was their choice. There has been no ex pression or intimation whatever in any order or letter or otherwise from me to treat those who might he arrested m any other manner than as the law directed. You cannot regret so much as 1 do that any members of the guard should have been so much excited by the improper conduct of these men as to put them in chains. That they were in the con stant habit of speaking in the most opprobi ous terms of our Government, law sand public authorities, I have positive proof. And the account o r Air. AlcLeod himself shews how far he was disposed thus to act. Al ‘.hough 1 cannot excuse the severity with w hich he was tr ated, it is certain that the guard acted under excited feelings created by the .abuse of those under whose orders they wt re acting. liut you my dear Sir, and many others arc cn tircly mistaken, both as to my power over the guard and the kind of authority which has been conferred upon the guard and the manner of its organization. It is composed of citizens of the state (forty in number) who have been employed upon wages to perform a particular duty. They are but assistants to the civil officers, and are substituted for sher iffs and constables, only because they can act more efficiently. They arc neither sol diers nor subject to military law. If they vi olate the rights of any person whether Mis sionary s or Indians, they are liable to be sued or indicted like other citizens. 1 have no authority to punish them, whatever may he their conduct: my pow< r extend* only to the appointment of the agent or commissioner (as tlie commander is calle din law) and to organ ize the guard. That agent himself cannot punish a member of the guard (or disorderly conduct or o'her offence, not even by dis missing him without pay. However improp erly the guard may have acted Col. Sanford is not answerable for it. Worcester and Trott and others were arrested whilst he was in Milledgeville in the discharge of his duty making his quarterly report. He did not re turn until after the persons arrested had been confined forte vend days at his station wai ting for the evidence which he had in his possession to prove that the Missionaries were not agents of the government. 1 must refer you to the publications in the Georgia Journal of this day for further evi dence of what has been my official conduct. In conclusion I would observe that the Mis | sionarics have not been compelled to desert their religious labors by any conduct of the authorities of the government; hut by their improper connection with political parties ! and refusal to obey the law s. Had they sub mitted to the jurisdiction which rightfully belongs to the state they would have receiv ed its protection, and my best wishes for their success in enlightening the Indians. The law- does net punish Missionaries for residing among the Cherokees, but every white man who so resides contrary to its pro visions, and if Missionaries will act illegally I they must suffer the consequences. Very respectfully, Y’rs&c. GEORGE R. GILMER. Dicil, In Woodville, Alabama, on the 26th July, in the 24th year of her age, Mrs. Tikksa Marga ret Booth, consort of Mr. John P. Booth, of Apalachicola, She has left a husband and three small children to lament her untimely loss. She’s gone to the land and the home cf the blest, In the glow of her youthful emotion, I The clods of the valley are cold on the breast, Once warm with the glow of devotion. I She's gone to her God. and wc may not forget, I That a child of the skies was born, j We mourn for the star, which so early has set To rise in eternity’s morn. The United States Branch Bank of Utica, | (N.York)has established an agency at Bing hamton, to loan money and act as a rival to the Broome County Bank lately established at that place. The agent has a brokerage on the business he dors ;sa compensation for bis services. This makes th c fourth branch of the bank hydra in <hestate of New A r ork. If the charter of the U. S. Bank should be renewed, probably every State bank in every State would find ahead of the monster beside to suck no, vain pyre like, its existence. “A poet’s kand and prophet’s fire, Struck the wjkl-wa things of his lyre.” THE ROARING LION. j ruble. A donkey once, of worthless breed, Put on a lion’s cast-off skin, And makes his fellow’s think indeed, lie had a lion’s soul w ithin. They, being an extensive rare, And obstinate in their belief That no mistake was in the4r.se — Elected him to He their chief! Scarce was lie in the pomp of ’tite, ’Ere be began to play Ids tucks; Ilis gate was'net, a lion’s gate, Nor were his kicks a lion’s kick’s, Swift-gliding rumours soon were heard, That he w r as net what he appeared ; And some mysteriously averr’d That lion’s never were long eared. At length a circumstance fell out, W hioh clearly to tlie public shew, Beyond the shadow of a doubt That rumor’s voice, for once was true. Th: creature, in an evil hour, Resolved to make his friends dismayed ; And in the vanity of power, lie tried to roar—and only brayed ! Then did they, when lhatcaine to pass, Sec how they had been taken in By one who plainly was an ass, Though covered with a lion’s skin! WHAT A SERMON SHOULD BE. It should be brief; if lengthy, it will steep Our hearts in apathy, our eyes in sleep; The dull w ill yawn, tlie chapel longer dose, Attention flag, and memory’s portals close. It should be warm; a living altar coal, To melt the icy heart and charm the soul; A sapless, dull harangue, however read, Will never rouse the soul, or raise the dead. It should be simple, practical, and clear; No fine spun theory to please the ear; No curious lay to tickle letter’d pride, And leave the poor and plain unedified. It should he tender and affectionate As his warm theme who wept, lost Salem’s fate; The fiery law with word of love allay’d Will sweetly waru, and awfully persuade. It should be manly, just, and rational; W isuly conceived, and well express’d withal; Not stuff’d w ith silly notions, apt to stain A sacred desk, and show a muddy brain. It should possess a well adapted grace, To situation, audience, time, and place; A sermon form’d for scholars, statesmen, lords, With peasants and mechanics ill accords. It should with evangelic beauties bloom, Like Paul’s at Corinth, Athens, or at Rome; YY bile some Epictetus or .Sterne esteem, A bleeding Jesus is the gospel theme! It should be mix’d w ith many an ardent prayer. To reach tho heart, arid fix and fasten there; When God and man are mutually address’d, God grants a blessing; man is truly blest. It should be closely, well applied at last, To make the moral nr.il securely fust; Thr u art tlie man, and thou alone will make A Felix tremble, and a David quake! \Mursdtn, C Cents Metrord Ij*Oß the return of one Benj. Terry, to Macon,. . so tiiat 1 can bring him to justice, for break ing into the jail of Bibb county, on the night of the 4th inst. He prof.-uses to be a boot and shoe maker, and formerly worked for A. C. Parmclee, in Macon. B. FEW, Jailor. Sept 9 41 ADMIMSIRA TillX SALE. Will be eold at the Court-house !u the town of Macon, on the first Tuesday in November newt, V NEGRO man named Tom, about 25 years old, a valuable boat hand. Terms made known on the day of sale. Catharine F. Hammond, Adm'x. Of E. Hammond, dec. Sept 9 41-tds Wanted to Dire. * VGOOD COOK, for which liberal wages will be given. Apply at KNOX, CASTE NS & Co’s. Coachsbop, Corner of Walnut and Fourth str'ts . Macon Sept. 7, 1831. 41-3vv AI) MINISTRATOR’S SALE: VITILL he sold on the first Tuesday in Decem v v her next at Forsyth, one Lot of Land No 118 in the seventh district of Monroe County — sold as the property of Catharine Dansey, late of Jefferson county, deceased. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased. GEORGE W. COLLINS, Adm’r. Sept. 5, 1331. 41—60ds Four months after date, A PPLICATION will be made to the Inferior XjL Court of Bibb county, when sitting for Ordi nary purposes, for leave to stjU the real estate of the heirs of Hugh McLeod and Joseph Clark, dec. for the benefit of said heirs. ISABELLA CLARK, Guardian. May 9 7-lm SHERIFF'S SALES. For October Pike *>alcs. Will be sold at the Court-house in the town of Ze bu lint, on the first Tuesday in'August next, ONE negro man by the name of Sam, about 4 years old, levied upon as the property of Ca tharine Ragan, to satisfy a mortgage fi fain fim r of Sowcl Woolfolk vs. said Catharine Ragan. J. R. CULPEPPER, I).S. 8188 SALES. VmriLL be sold, at the Court-house in Moron, V * Bibb county, on the first Tuesday in Octo her next House and ground on which it stands, occupi ed by Rufus R. Smith, as the property of Peter P. Rockwell, to satisfy afi fa from Bibb Sup rior Court, in favour cf Anson Kimberly, admini* • trator of Nathaniel Cornu ell Uec’d vs. said Rock well. Also, one mahogany side board, one pair gi l ’ mahogany card tables, one mahogany dining it hie, and ends, one fine sofa, one do-ien fine gi't chairs, and one mahogany stand—levied on at. the property of Win. J. Dauelly, to satisfy exe cutions in favor of M. D. Huson, and others, is sued from Bibb Superi r Court. WM. R. CONE, Shrrif.