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would simply suggest to
‘ 1 ho dcnv the power of this contedera
lbo- to protect, by the energy
led rcc3 oftlie whole nation, a Croat
and tne L ' !l( , |is ive but not universal interest,
sJiCan i„i cr est most deeply
tii jt diL‘ re B ro(ectcd by the constitution and
Jn ir ° w n \ l 0 u„ited States, and effectually
Is"' 3 , b t ), cl o alone.” These remarks
troteete . (Chairman, to be misappre
irC m ''and’it is in vain to disguise from our-
K ’ nl C i' reality of onr present condition. —
'fives b’ c “tj,g weakness of childhood to
I'- vfoU '"j.. l{ “coining events” c;;n be obvi
-suppo=° ‘‘ our eyes upon them. But,
ded 'i j , r ust in God that the catastrophe
iif ’ V ' l reference is here distinctly made,
lo gmen L i cannot hut remind the nvn
■nU " C ', e \° t ; te responsioility will be placed at
or ity til, - 1 tbe j u( ] ffrnen t of the, world and
J l6 , ’if such should be the result of
f controve rsy. Let tliose who
“Je Lo'eloquently oh the manifold ad-
Ses of the Union, address themselves to
C majority who may now hold in their
lands the destinies ot that Union, iho riii
odtv are as utterly powerless here, on tins
Sion, as if they had no representative on
Z floor; and it now only remains for them
I make this last solemn appeal to the justice
; “d,Ktoi, -ml. 1 '
Udcce of theiT oppressors. No man can
ace a higher estimate than l do upon this
i'nion, while .ts burthens are equally d.s
iributed and its blessings equally diiiused,
Ln the principles of that sacred covenant
which is at once the measure of our rights
‘ i pur obligations under it. But, sir, 1 must
ic allowed to say, that it is for the majority
’ “ r .,iculate the value of the Union,” while
■he minority are driven to the painful alterna
liie of calculating the value of what which, in
t j, c j r >• just estimation,” is fur “above all
,ricc. r "The question for the manufacturing
•totes to determine is, whut |>ortion of your
unlawful gains will you surrender to save the
Union ! ~That for the Southern States—what
jartion of your unalienable rights will you
clinquish to' effect the same purpose !
And, sir, l will take the liberty of suggest
li‘r to the Northern gentlemen, that inde
icndent of the value of the Union in a politi
•al point of view—a value in which we all
mve a common interest; its pecuniary value j
would be by no means inconsiderable to the
manufacturing States, even uniter the pro-!
posed arrangement of the duties: while the
neermary interests of the Southern States
would feel nothing hut its burthens. But, |
sir, with the people of the Southern States, i
this is not a pecuniary question of profit and ;
loss, but a question of constitutional liberty, I
Ifthev were voluntarily to surrender, to ant
irresponsible majority, the unlimited right of j
appropriating their property to its own use,!
they would be the slaves of that majority ; for;
'■ no man has a right to that whicii another
man has a right to take from him.”
“ Mr. Chairman, 1 feel that I occupy a
position of great and awful responsibility,
which imposes it on me, as a sacred duty, to
speak to that majority in the plain language
of truth and candor. With those personal
feelings of kindness which 1 entertain for all,
and of’ attachment to many of that majority,
1 will tender them the counsels and adniotri-j
tions of friendship. I now stand up before
you, sir, as a witness, and I give testimony
in the presence of this assembly, and in the
presence of that God to whom we are all re
sponsible, that l conscienciously believe, that,
if tins question he not adjusted during this
session, Soutli-Carolinawill not submit to the
Tariff five months from the day of our ad
journment. I beseech gentlemen, therefore,
not in a spirit of menace, but of admonition,
and “ more in sorrow than in anger,” to pause
for a moment, and calculate the consequen
ces which may possibly ensue. I will not
permit myself to believe that matters will ever
reach the extremity of a dissolution of the
lnion. But, as the gentleman from Massa
chusetts has presented some views to show
how essentially the interests of the Southern j
States re involved in the.dJnion, 1 will brief- i
iy present some plain statements to show its i
'able to the Northern States.
The dissolution of the Union, come when j
rt may, will he a great and common calamity
to us all; hut it cannot be disguised that its
effects would be w idely different upon the J
pecuniary prosperity of the South and of the
-'orth. In the event of a separation, the
Southern States would have exports to at least
the amount of forty millions, and the immense
commerce of which these would be the basis,
v,ou !d exclusively pass through our Southern
cities; those States would, forthwith, have an
annual revenue of sixteen millions of dollars,
without any increase of their burdens ,’a sum
not only sufficient for all the ordinary pur
poses a! government, but sufficient, in the
carious modes ot expenditure, toconverlcve
r. decayed village into a flourishing town,
j'li ■* to cause ,‘he very waste and “ blasted I
] c atf| I to flourish and “ bios om as the rose.” i
taaverai. c duty °*' percent, would
field a rere. nue °f fouf million* ;as large a
revenue, iii'pu°P ort ‘ on to P°! u l a, ion, as tire
Northern States worn Id derive from their
ft iioie commerce m nr a " av W a R® duty of
40 per cent. What w X '* l * I>C l * ie am<n,llt wt
‘he Northern commerce ? Certainly not more
’ban twenty millions. With tllc salne of
’lie Northern confcdor, v' v
’• Ie population, would only j ia ‘* as m ' ir)
revenue as t’ueir Southern iteigiN ,i>r "
tlicn, would they bo without
of internal taxes and excise dn.’' 0H •;
’•at,above* all, where would he the l>ou.' l ’' rs
’lie hlessingv of the protect ing eystei.' 1 ■
-one, sir; utterly and irrecoverably vanish*
'l* U would remain as* a dead Hitter upon
}° :| r statute hook, like the well known pre
,li“b!< of an infatuated Ministry in another
' nuntry, from whoso example much profit!
,T 'i-!i' l*e derived, if gentlemen Would tlaly i
' v dderTt. If, therefore, this hill would mi-!
f j'Vcrisli anti desolate the manufacturing j
j'cs, what, T pray you would be the effect
01 a dissolution of the union on their prospe-
Mv ■ And yet, sir, wo hear the blind and
1 ’heated advocates of tlio protective system
I ' f ing their anathemas against the people
II ,|U - Southern States, because they will not
• :*< to be slaves, and insultingly cxdlaim-
ing, “ let them go.” I will here call the at
tjon of the committee to a few extracts from
tno Weekly Register of Mr. Niles, to show
the spirit which animates one of the leading
advocates of this system. 1 give his very
words:
“ The musket-bearers of the land, the men who
know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain
them, cannot submit to that legislation which
shall grind themselves into poverty, that the wild
FANCIES AND AVARICIOUS PROPENSITIES Ot' a few
men of the nation of South-Carolina, and soraein
lower Virginia may be indulged.” “So long as
the lather of waters rolls one drop to the sea, so
long may any compromise be rejected with such
selfish and proud men.” “ Nullifiers, who re
joice that liberty confers no blessings, save on
those who live on the labor of others.”
Looking forward with exultation to the
ultimate ruin of the slave-holding states, he
,exclaims ;
“ The fox shall burrow in the wine vault, the
rattlesnake repose among the rubbish of the
green-house, and bats take possession of the ball
room. It is the will of Heaven, and just.” '
I present these extracts without commen
tary, in the confident hope that they will be
rebuked and reprobated by every member of
this committee, and every man in this nation,
who lias any regard for the harmony of the
Union.
Mr. Chairman, owing to the peculiar cir
cumstances in which she has been placed,
and not because she claims to have more in
telligence or. patriotism thun the other South
ern states, it has been the lot of South-Caro
lina to be in the van of this great struggle for
constitutional liberty. Virginia and North-
Carolina, in proportion to their population,
furnish a comparatively small amount of the
exports upon which the protecting system di
rectlv operates. Georgia has been engrossed
in maintaining her rights in another contest
with this government; and the people of the
new States ef the Southwest, cultivating a
fresh and fertile soil, recently acquired at the
minimum price, can as well afford to make
cotton at six or eight cents a pound, as those
of South Carolina can at ten. They can sus
tain this oppressive system with comparative
ly little suffering, when the older planting;
states will be utterly ruined: But they have too 1
much sagacity not to see that when the tide j
*f ruin shall have swept away the states which
stand iirst in the mar h oftlie oppressor, they
are destined to be the next victims.
Sontli-Carolina, then, is fighting the com
mon battle of all the Southern States. She
threw herself into the breach of a forlorn
hope, when all the auspices were against her,
and, whatever may be the result of the con
test, I cannot but regard her destiny as a hap
py and glorious one. Nothing elevates tiie
character of a people to so high a point as a
disinterested struggle for liberty ; and I do
not believe there is at this moment a spot up
on the face of the globe where the spirit of
freedom is higher than in South-Carolina.—
There is no vulgar ambition mingling in this
controversy, in adverting to historical an
alogies, I have been struck with the strong
resemblance between the situation of the
Southern States in this apparently unequal
contest, and that of the Grecian States which
united to resist the Persian invasion. Ours
to be sure, is acivil struggle, not to be waged
with tho-vulgar implements of war, but bv the
sovereign, the legislative,, and the judicial
power* of the States. South-Carolina is fully
aware of the responsibility she Ims assumed,
and of the peril she must encounter ; but no
great object can be accomplished without
great sacrifices. Had it not been for the he
roic spirit of Leonidas and his immortal band
who devoted themselves at Thrrroopyla) for
the common cause of Greece, the light of
Grecian liberty might have been extinguish
ed forever, and the destiny of mankind en
tirely changed. And,! do confidently believe
ihat if South-Carolina fails in the struggle
she is now waging, the brief days of Ameri
can liberty will be numbered.
I have now concluded the remarks which I
have deemed it my solemn duty to make on
this great question. If, in the heat of debate,
and the excitement essentially belonging to
the occasion, 1 have uttered anv thing perso
nally offensive to any individual, I assure the
committee that nothing could have been far
ther from my intention. Whatever may be
the issue of this controversy, and whatever
may be our respective destinies, I trust in
God that our common inheritance, though it
should be divided, will never be destroyed:
that we shall always cherish the fond recol
lections and the friendly feelings which so ap
propriately belong to the common descendants
of a glorious ancestry.
Tiu> price of Liberty i* eternal vigilance.
From the Journal of Commerce.
PROTECTION FIRST —TIIE U N’t ON AFTERWARDS.
At a “ meeting of farmers, manufacturers,
mechatiics, ami others, interested in the pro
tection of American Industry,” held in Con
cord, Middlesex county, Mass, on the 13th
inst. the following resolutions, among others,
were unanimously adopted:
lie-solved-, That this system has been, and of
right ought to be, the fixed and determined poli
cy of the American Government.
' Resolved, That this system is one and indivisi
ble, extending its protection to every branch of
I our industry, "and that we regard any measure
1 which denies, or withdraws this protection, from
! any one branch, as a virtual abandonment of the
{ principle.
| Resolved, That any measure tending to impair
( the faith of the people, in this settled protective
i policy of our government, would be ruinous in
i its immediate consequences, and the abandon
; mentof the system would be fatal to the agrieul
tural, commercial and manufacturing interests of
, V whole cdiantnaity.
' jf evolved, That much as we should deprecate
the'se cession of any -State from our Union, caus
,j~ a difference of opinion, on ,the course of
I the P ol,f T\ ) Tt we regard such a seces
\ Moa
j the protective' system. . . ,
j Resolved, Th- it we arR determined, at all ha
-1 | lV all conC-titulional means, to maintain
1 the protective system wit., untiring zeal and un
shrinking boldness.
Of the meeting which adopted these reso
lutions, the Hon.S. I'. F- Fay, of Cambridge,
i Mass, was President; Kirk Boot, Esq. one
'of ibe orincipnl manufacturing proprietors
at Lowell, and John B. \arnuin,Esq. ofDra
cut, \ ice-Presidcnts ; and other gentlemen,
equally respectable, were on the committee
which drafted the resolutions.
It ts stated in the preamble, that the amount
of capital invested in cotton manufactures in
Middlesex comity, (which includes the town
ol Lowell,) is $5,129,000: that 6,035,680 lbs.
ot cotton are consumed annually, producing
-0,3 1 6,659 yards ol cloth, and giving em
ployment to 3,800 hands,whose wages amount
jto 8731,751 per annum. That 8389,009 ca
' pital is employed in woolen manufactures,
consuming annually 8899,000 lbs. of wool,
.and producing 849,300 yards of cloth; and
J $1,050,255 in ether branches of mmufaetures
such as leather, boots, shoes, ifcts, paper,
glass, Ac. tkc. producing manufactured arti
cles to the amount of $3,5 • ~l [3 per annum.
Now it will not be denied by us that these
interests arc important, and oug.,t not to be
jeopardised without the most urgent reasons.
.And when we recollect that the amount of
capital employed in similar branches of ma
nufacture in other [.arts ot the Union, is, in
the aggregate; many times greater than the
above, the same conclusion is urged upon us
with irresistable force. But when \vc see
such interests, or any other pecuniary inter
ests, arrayed in contrast with our beloved
Union, and the former distinctly declared to
he preferable to the latter—dollars and cents
preferable to the existence of the nation en
tire—we confess we stand amazed at the dcc
torotion. Such was not the spirit of’76.—
Such was not the spirit ot John Hancock,
when he cheerfully consented to the burning
ot Boston far the sake of the national cause,
though it would have consumed his immense
estate, and himself reduced from alßuence to
poverty. Such was not the spirit of the brave
men who pledged not only their fortunes,
but their lives and their sacred honor, for the
building up of that noble fabric which is now
regarded w ith so much indifference, and tliou
; sands of whom redeemed their pledge to the
last little, save only their “ sacred honor,”
which will grow brighter and brighter, as it
stands contrasted with the selfishness and
want of patriotism manifested, or to be mani
fested, by succeeding generations. Such
was not tiie spirit of those valiant men, who
on the 19th of April, 1775, in the verv town
ship, and almost on the .very spot, where
these resolutions were passed, cemented with
their blood the foundations of the Union—
now unblushingij declared to be less valua
ble than “the principles of the protective
1 system.”
i IV itb what face the men who avow this
doctrine can denounce the South-Carolmians
for tneirwant of attachment to the Unton, it
is difficult for us to imagine. Against the
dangerous principles of Nullification we have
long since entered our protest. And we ne
ver regarded them witli greater abhorrence
than we do at tins moment. But names are
nothing in our creed—and we make no dis
tinction between tliose who would sacrifice
the Union to purchase exemption from their
burdens, (unless aggravated far beyond what
are now endured by any portion of the Re
public) and those who would do the same,
sooner than relinquish “ tiie principle of
the protective system,”—or in plain English,
protection itself. If there be any difference
between thn two cases, the “ better reason”
lies witli the former ; inasmuch as men may
be said to have a stronger claim to exemption
from unequal burdens, than to the possession
of peculiar privileges.
If wc eslimat. the value of the Union by
what it cost, we shall find it worth, not thou
sands, nor millions, but hundreds of millions.
We have before us a statement of the sums
contributed by the old thirteen States towards
defraying the expenses of the- war, and the
amount is $51,598,812 97. To this if we
add the still greater amount sacrificed by in
dividuals, in time, services,the Union cost too
much to he thrown away for trifles. But even
all t!i is is hut a fraction of the total cost oftlie
Union. llow shall we estimate in money,
the 50,000 lives which were offered on the
altar of their country, to secure the blessings
which we now enjoy 1 And with what emo
tions would their indignant spirits look down
upon the degenerate men who would sell lor
dross and passion, tire inheritance winch they
purchased witli their blood !
But someone will tell us a loss of the Union
is not a loss of >r independence : we shall
still retain a great part of the blessings 1
achieved by the revolutionary struggle. This
is inoro than we know, and more than can be.
proved. Would it he a blessing to have a
rival nation on our very borders 7 A hostile
nation too; for when brothers fall out by the!
way, their hatred is proverbially inveterate.
Would it be a blessing to bo engaged in per
petual warfare with that rival nation, and if
stronger than our foe, to have him call in
foreign alliances in support of his cause ?
Would it lie a blessing to pay on cotton, and
rice; and to have the carrying of these arti
cles to foreign countries taken from our hands
and transferred to British bottoms? Would
it he a blessing to manufacturer:*, to have!
their bestcustomes, the Southern States, be
come exclusively the customers of England ?
Would it be a blessing to be compelled to
keep up a large standing armv, and a Navy
always afloat, and to pay the immense taxes
necessary to the maintenance of such s sys
tem? Depend upon it, we should no linger be
embarrassed to find articles oft, which tin: du
ties could he repealed without injury'to do
mestic manufactures. Would it be a blessing
to have a system of smuggling carried on along
the whole line of our Southern frontier?—
Would it be a blessing to have an endless
quartet about the public lands, the public
debt, and the navigation of rivers and bays
on which the two nations should border in
common ? W ould it be a blessing to have
the fairest, the oldest, and by far the proudest
example of a free Republic which tne world
has witnessed for eighteen centuries, convert
ed into a beacon otUterrbr to warn other n;t
tions against adopting its principles ? and last
but not Icitst, to have the fleets of tvrants
pour their legions upon our shores, to pre
serve us (the once bnppv Union) the mutual
destruction ? They have done such things
in the Old W orld, and they will do it in the
Niiw if they dare. While we remain unite, and
j * Ley know tha. such attempts would be hope-|
I less.
lien the host of considerations which
| crowd upon tin mind in reflecting upon this
' subject are duy contemplated,—the blessings
! of the Inion, inch are no where else enjoyed
ion the face oltiie earth, and the woes which
■ would inevitally follow a disruption of the
States—how oeau and degrading does the
sentiment apjear which was unanimously
adopted by thj Concord meeting, that sucii
a disruption is “preferable to the sacrifice
ot the principle of protection.”?!
What thenis.the principle which is of
more value than the preservation of the
Union l It is the principle of taking money
out ol one man's pocket and [.lifting it into
tiie pocket at another. A principle wholly
indefensible, except of another. A principle
wholly indefensible, except on the mere
ground ol public good. Government has no
more right to tax A. fur the sake of benetittiug
B s business, be it profitable or unprofitable,
than it has to confiscate his property alto
gether. We are however prepared to admit
that the public good does require that some
branches of manufactures should be thus pro
tected, to a reasonable extent, and for a rea
sonable period. We are not [.repared to ad
mit that it requires any branch of manufac
tures to he protected to an unlimited extent
and forever* The “ principle of the protec
tive system, 7 therefore, is not fairly brought
into controversy. The great body even of
the opponents of the Tariff, are willing that
the $12,000,009 necessary for the support of
government per annum, should be so levied
as to favor domestic manufactures. This,
they say, is all sufficient for the protection of
any and all the branches of manufacture winch
are worth pursuing. And when this liberal
provision is made, and can be made, with
out swelling the actual taxation of the peo
ple, they say that any further protection is
unreasonable and oppressive. They are not
w illing to pay money out of their own pock
efts, for tiie protection of interests which can
be adequately protected without such taxa
tion. Even the South, we believe, almost
cn masse, would be willing for what wc have
just stated. So then, if the Concord meet
ing intend to speak to the point in hand, they
should sav, —
Ilcsvlrcil, That much as wc should de
precate the secession of any State from our
Union, caused by a difference of opinion, on
the course of the national policy, yet we re
gard such a secession preferable to receiving,
only $12,090,090 prot- ction per annum.
And this in fact is the question at issue.—
This is the injur } which the opponents of the
Tariff wish to do to the manufacturers. They
wish to give them a protection of o/>/ Twelve
Millions of Dollars per annum. The manu
facturers say they want $18,000,000 or
$20,000,000 ; and will have it. And for this
“difference of opinion',” they (or many of
tuern) are ready to run the hazard oftlie great
est catastrophe which could befal the nation.
Surety we arc fallen on evil times, when such
infatuation has seized the ininrls of otherwise
candid and respectable men.”
‘♦Hccomcb, ht conu s,
Tiie herald of u uoisy world.”
Fro r:i, -the Galatian , of June 6.
“ SEAT OP W AR.”
W r e visited Gen. Atkinson’s head quarters,
<k learned that on the evening before, he had
received, per express, a letter from Gov. Re
ynolds, stating that the w hole army under Gen.
Whiteside, had turned theircourse clown to
the mouth of the Fox river of the Illinois.
Gen. A. on hearing this had spared no time,
but had pri ' ceded to the spot with his staff
officers, and a few other men, amounting to
about 15 in all. About 12 o’clock, A. M.of
the same day, came thro’ from Gen. White
sine’s army, and stated that they had been
chased by about 30 Indians on horse-buek,
a distance of several miles. To the superi
ority of their horses may be attributed their
escape from their merciless pursuers. They
had not more than got out of sight of the In
dians, when they saw at some considerable
distance in a prairie, Gen. Atkinsoii and re
tinue, going iri the direction towards this hand j
of Indians ; but being so far off, they did not
think it prudent to delay long enough to ride
to inform them of their dang r. Circumstan
ces render it very certain, that Gen. A. must I
have fallen in with those Indians;, hence hisi
fate is extremely doubtful.
Every man who is able to bear arms lias
been culled into service, through the coun
try, and none thiyks of going a mile in any
part of the country without his gun and bayo
net.
Wc are much gratified to Earn from a let
ter froruGen. Dodge, that tiie two imforfiniftte
females, whose parents wefe killed, and who
were taken prisoners by the hostile Indians.,
have been released by the Wmnebagoes, and
are how safe with them. Gen. 1). is of opin
ion that the W mnebagoes act in concert with
the enemy. He has about 30 of them lu cus
tody.
The Minin!' Country. —The situation ofj
this whole country, called the lead mines, in 1
the State and Territory, and thc.country ad-'
joining the mining district, embracing an ex-!
tent of about 400 miles long, and 00 or 70
broad, is at this time in a condition of dis
tress, unparalleled in the history of our coun
try.
Travel east, west, north or south, we see!
nothing* but waste, destruction and dilapida
tion. Fields half ploughed for sowing and
planting ; some just planted ; gardens partly
made ; hogs, cattle, fowls, cVe. running at
large; houses vacated, and lelt with all the
furniture within them, and not ah inhabitant
* within 00 miles, presents an aspect too glar
ing for reflection.
For years of the hardest kind of times for
all who have continued to reside in this conn- j
; try, have passed, leaving no other consolation j
! than the belief, that they would sometimes
come to an end- This spring seemed to open i
! prospects in the most flattering maimer, and
every man, woman and child, seemed to glad*
[den as spring approached. It was aceramnn
exclamation here, that ou< hard times were
at an end. The farmer!*, the miners, the
| smelters, the mechanics, the merchants, and
[ami all began their business as if they had
I been endowed with new life. They built
their hopes on the result of this season’s bu
siness.
How is the scene changed ? Look at our
condition now, and the question is solved.—
The whole country is vacated, and its inhabi
tants driven by our barbarous neighbors,
whom we have so long fostered and fed, into
forts, blockades, <kc. and none dare, without
an escort of from fifty to a hundred well arm
ed men, to go to visit their farms. Our allied
enemy have nearly or quite surrounded us :
they are now marching their large armies of
incendiaries U|n>n out borders. We have not
force enough here to compete with them.
The Illinois militia ate disbanded, anil have
left us to fight our own battles: defend our
own country, or fall a sacrifice to the toma
hawk and scalping knife.
The United Sites’ troops are too low down
to atlord any protection to this part of the
country. We cannot go out to wage an offen
sive war against our enemy, without hazard
ing the safety of our women, children and
property at our homes. Hence we can do
but little towards concluding this destructive
war, till we get some relief from other sour
ces.
The people are all forted, in different parts
of the country- Should this war continue,
lamine, without some relief from the lower
country, must be the result. We are willing
to fight our battles, if our families can bepio*
tected.
Our mails are all stopped, except sotner
times carried by express, and then generally
. interrupted and cut oil' by the Indians.
We have only given above, a faint picture
of this upper Mississippi region.
THE INDIAN WAR.
Major-General Scott lias received orders
to proceed forthwith to Fort Dearborn (Chica
go) HI inois, with fourteen companies of the |
United States troops equipped as infantry,
lor the purpose of demanding of the Sacs and
fox Indians, the surrender of the murderers
of the Monoinmfces, and to compel the former
to the observance of the treaty concluded by
them last year with General Gaines. Their
unprovoked hostilities ujion the Menominccs
are well known, and it is specially incumbent
on our government to protect the latter, who
have uniformly shown the most friendly
spirit, and did not act against us during the
late war until compelled so to do.
By the treaty with the Sacs and Foxes,
they are bound not to pass to the eastward of
the Mississippi river, but they have crossed,
burned several settlements on Rock river,
.■ I when attacked by the militia of Illinois,
rallied all their force's, and produced the dis
asters and consternation of which we have so
lately heard. The companies now ordered to
proceed to Chicago are as follows. Frotn Ft.
Monroe, (Old Point Comfort) Virginia, five
Companies; For McHenry, Baltimore, one
company; Fcrt Columbus, New-York, one ;
.FtMt Niagara,two; Fort Machinac,one; Ft.
Brady, Sau.lt de St. Marie, one.
Col. Twiggs, of Georgia, will'proceed from
N w-Yorlc, with the recruits, amounting toa
hout two companies. Col. Twiggs is an ef
ficient officer, thoroughly acquainted with the
Theatre of the expected hostilities, and the
country through which the troops must pass,
having been for a long time stationed at
Green Bay and Fort Winnebago. These
troops joined by those now in Illinois under
Gen. Atkinson, will all be under Gen. Scott,
than whom a more efficient officer could not
have been selected for such an expedition.
The propriety of the expedition cannot be
doubted, since, by the intermarriages of the
Sacs and Foxes with the Wimiebagoes and
Pottawatoroies, there will, no doubt, be a
junction of all the tribes. This is more pro
bable, from the recent defeat of the Illinois
militia, which is calculated to make the ori
ginal aggressors continue their incursions.
It is hoped that the appearance of the regular
forces reinforced as they doubtless will he,
by militia, will induce the surrender of the
murderers, and the re-crossing of the Missis
sippi by the hostile Indians—otherwise a san
guinary conflict may be expected, ns the go
vernment must enforce the treaty and punish
its violation.
We also learn that the Cadets, who were
lately graduated at West Point, have been
detached to the companies above enumerated.
They will begin active service early in life.
Tire force of the hostile Indians we ham heard
estimated at 6000. The Menomindes, who
are friendly, cun briny into the field 2&00
warfiors.— New- York Courier and Enquirer.
A NEW FRONTIER WAR.
We learn, from an article hi the Missouri
Intelligencer, of June 2d, that expresses have
been despatched to Gov. Miller, apprising
him that our own frontiers are likely to lie the
scene of an Indian War. The Indians arc
stated to have been killing or driving olf the
bogs and cattle of our western frontier set
tlers, and exhibiting demonstrations of hos
tility. In the south the Indians are prepar
ing to join Black Hawk. The Governor has,
in consequence, ordered Maj. Gen. Gentry,
of the 2d Division Missouri Militia, to have
one thousand men in readiness ter inarch at a
moment's warning to the frontier. —Missouri
Republican.,
The. Indians. —We understand that a num
ber of six anti twelve pounder cannon and
carriages, five or six thousand muskets and j
rifles, one hundred and fifty thousand cart
ridges, two hiiridred and fifty thousand pounds
of powder, with a large complemei.t of ac
coutrements and equipments, for Infantry,
Artillery and Cavalry, are now being forward
ed liorn the Alleghany Arsenal, near Pitts
| burg, to meet the exigencies of the public
i service, arising from the hostilities of the In
dians on our Wcstorn frontiers.— Riltshui’g j
Mercury-
A letter has been received in Baltimore
from a medical gentleman in London, stating
’ that l)r. Stephens, who was in the United
j States some time ago, has bcci* most spoeess-
fill in his treatment of the Cholera. Out of
fifty patients in a Hospital, he is said i+nvo
lost but five. His mode of treatment is that
usually pursued in this country for the cure of
the common Cholera Morbus.
CHEROKEE GOLD DISTRICT.
The Cherokee Phu-nut, published at New-
Eebota, speaking of the territory, says,—
“ The value of the Cherokee Nation cun hard
ly he set down in figures. It is worth more
than one hundred millions of dollars Let
us estimate. From Frogfown, near the source
of the Chestafee, commences the Gold Re
gion ami is termed the limits of Georgia.—
From this point almost one hundred-miles #rt
a straight line south, or towards the western
corner of Carroll county, is one continued
bed of Gold, one pit after another, with in
termediate strips of |and, where gold is alto
found. The width of this region is not yet
known, but at the southern part it is some
thing like 30 miles broad. Millions of dollars'
■ worth of Gold have been taken here by thou
sands of intruders. There are also mines ora
the Tennessee and North-Curolimt side of the-
Nation, where hundreds of Cherohecs are en
gaged unmolested in their mining opera
tions.”
We have made enquiry of the Surveyor
General, says the Southern Recorder, in re
lation to the operations of the Cherokee Sur
veyors, and he informs ns that thirty-two
have come in—seven have made out and re
turned their works, and others are doing so.
It is thought, that by the middle of duly, the
most, it not all of tlu-m, will have completed
their labors and made their r< turns. Many
.complaints arc made of high mountains, ami
big rattlesnakes,but much is said also in praisu
of the fertile and delightful valleys, ayd pure
• and limpid steams of water.
MARRIED—In Bibb county, ontbcCdth tiH.
by the Rev. Thomas Battle, Mr. Robert Camp
bell Refilling to Miss Rurusade F. il. \V a us, ait
of Monroe Bounty.
—ILL - Ll' '.'Jiga.
Htf this morning 1 # mnii.
Th- Tdiifft
. The Washington. City papers of tfiis morning,,
are to the 201,h ult. The Tariff still remains un
adjusted. The National Intelligencer says, that
on the Hath, a proposition was made for an ad
journment of Congress on the succeeding Mon
day- It did not prevail. 'Hie Intelligencer fur
.tber observes, that this early adjournment was
advocated by several southern members, on file
ground that no hope now remained of the ques
tions being arranged to the mutual satielactiou <. fr
of the great contending parties.
The Cholera.
’ This destructive; epidemic continues to rage*
with increased virulence and mortality in Cana
da. It has not yet, however, made its appear
anpp. in New-York. The papers of that city
flatter themselves tliat the active and unceasing*
precautions of the police may prevent its istro
duetioii. We ardently hope so.
| V—p. We are authorised to announce (’apt.
•L L-S F. I). CUMMINS, of M earoe county*
a candidate for toe House of Representatives a*,
the ensuing election for members to the State Le
gislature. July I, 1832. hi
rv—p SOLOMON GROCE, Esq. is also 1
Lk_/ candidate to represent Bibb County irx
the House of Representatives, at the next gene
ral election. .Inly 1, 1833. 12
rjXO KENT, the store and ware-house, on th
- corner of Mulberry and Second streets opp
site the Washington.’ Hall. Possession given
Ist October. DAY & BUTTS.
Macon July 3, 1832. 12—
rjlO ALL CONCERNED—Those having de-
JL mands against the estate of Nathan Brady.
Jun. late of Stewart county, dec’ll, are rcquestulf
to bring them in terms of the law, and those M'li e
are indebted totho estate, will make immediate
payment. L. E. BRADY, Aiirn’rx.
Macon, .Line 2f>, 1932. |g-6t
8188 SALKS....WriI be sold atthe Court-
House in the tovsta of Macon, on the. Jir.p
Tuesday in Jugvst, the following property :
One dwelling iioure mid let in East Macon,
whereon Rice Durrett now lives—levied on to
satisfy an Execution issued by the tax cal letter
for his tux for the year 1831
Two coils of rope and one lot of boat poles—
levied on as the property of Thomas Fletcher to
satisfy a ft fa issued from Telfair .Superior Court
rin favor of Norton W Fuller vs said Fletcher (c.
Fitzsimmons. TL 11. HOWARD,
jlt the sane place, on the first Tuesday in August^
Mouse and Lot No. and in live twenty-fourth
square in the town of Macon—levied on as ttio
property Of Spencer Riley, to satisfy two ft fa*
issued from a Justice’s Court of said county fit,
favor of Isaiah Jtavis vs. said Riley—property
pointed our by plaintiff, levied on and returned to
me by a constable.
Postponed Sale
Four grey horses, one stage, and six pair of
stage harness, levied op as the property of Ed
ward Varner, to satisfy a fi fa issued froth the-
Inferior Courtof Baldwin county, vs. said Var
ner and John Mitchell, security."
Also, ten leather beds awl furniture, one doz
fine chairs, one eide-bmrd, two large looking
glasses, two malingai y tables, three trunks
containing bed furniture, all levied on as the
property of Seth Lewis, to satisfy two f? fa*
issued from tne Supr .mr Court of Bibb vs. eaik
Seth and Charles S. Lewis.
JVM. B. CONE, IKE.
MONTHS afterdate, application Will
i be made to the Inferior Court of Jsnva.
! county, when sitting for ordinary purposes, for
leave to sell 50 acres of land, being part of bit \n.
9, In the 9th district of said county, for the benefit
r of the heirs of James Fengin, dec’d.
MARY I'EAGIN, Adm’r.
j July 3, 1R32. 12-4 m
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