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SENTINEL & HERALD.
COLUMBUS, JUNE 21, 1839.
UNION CONGRESSIONAL TICKET.
ROBERT W. POOLER, of Chatham.
JOS IAH S. PATTERSON, of Early.
ALFRED IVERSON, of Muscogee.
DAVID CAMPBELL, of Bibb.
JUNIUS HILLYER, of Clark.
CHARLES H. NELSON, of Cherokee.
B. GRAVES, of Newton.
J. G. MeWHORTER, of Richmond.
THE PRESIDENT—GOVERNOR GILMER
—CHEROKEE AFFAIRS.
It affords us sincere gratification to lay be
fore our readers in this day’s paper the ex
cellent communication of the Secretary of
War, both clear and explicit, in ans we* to the
request of our Delega’ion in Congress to be
informed of the actual intentions of fie Go
vernment in reference to the speedy and per
fect execution of the treaty of lS u; which
cat! from our Delegation was mads in pursu
it of the wish of Gov. Gilmer, as expressed
in a communication to them. We commend
the letter of the Secretary of War to the can
did and careful attention of our readers, and
trust they will rise from its perusal with fa.
different views of the aim and design of the
Government in its recent action upon our
Cherokee relations, than were at first enter
ialocd• It states clearly and unequivocally
that the President did not contemplate any
chancre in the treaty, any delay in its execu
tion, or any modification of the oruers ami
instructions first .asued to the General officer
. i U with the removal of the Cherokees,
v- ess lome one, or all of the States ini nest
ed, first signified a willingness to alter tne
terms of the treaty, or permit some little de
lay ir the emigration of the Indians. This
explanation ought, we think, to be satisfac
tory, and to persuade the friends of the Ad
ministration, at least, that the Government
intended no infringement of the rights of the
States, cr any alteration or abridgement of
the terms of the treaty, or, indeed, any vari
ation of the instructions firet framed and
issued, for the prompt execution of its provi
sions, without the States interested came for
ward, and expressed their concurrence in the
arrangement. This v* the fair, the correct
and proper view oi the subject, and the letter
we publish confirms and reiterates this view
as the one upon which the Government acted
from the outset. We regret extremely, as
we have before said, hat the President sub
mitted such n proposition to the States within
which the Cherokees have been residing, end
that he did not permit the provisions of the
treaty of 1835 to be executed, without inter
ference, or suggestions of any kind, calcula
ted, ever in the remotest degree, to arouse
the public feehng, to inflame political hatred,
and to lead to results prejudicial toihe ascen
dancy of Republican principles, and injurious
to the perpetuation of the cardinal doctrines
or which hit administration is based. Our
Ind an relations have, in all time past, been
the occasion of difficulty and dissension, some
times of a wry excited character, hoi. ween
dutoreui Mates, between Stales and the
General Government, and wo are surprized
that a statesman of the forethought and saga
city of Mr. Van Buren did not roc j pre
cedents on this subject, and leave the treaty,
and the laws since made, by the Sts s inte
rested, in confbrmhy with it, to take (heir
natural course, without comment or sugges
tion.
Although we disapprove decidedly of the
cbmmunication made to Congress by the Se
cretary of War. and of all inter
feres imem with the treaty,
j vi j stipulations, except so far as to
execute them judiciously and promptly, and
. a .cordan e with the dictates of jusiice and
humanity, we arc yet disinclined to cast cen
sure where -t is undeserved, and to deal in
misrepresentations and abuse, with ihe de
sign to excite political ciamor, create unjust
suspicions, and thereby accomplish sinister
purposes.
Gov. Gilmer seems to have had some such
object ia view, if we are allowed to infer any
thrg l>ca ihe tone and temper and nvmber
of i s communication*. First, a letter to the
Secretary of Wai ; then, anothei to the
Georgia Delegation in Congress, and a third
to vVilliam C. Dawson, b member of that
Delegation; all following in rapid succt; non,
snd charged with hrimstone and thunder. j
What more was necessary on the part of the
Executive 01 Georgia, than a prompt, digni
fied and decided negative to the proposal of
the President, such an one as we trust and
believe will emanate from tin* Executives of
The other three S<au ,: > interested : Perhaps a
Setter to our Delegation in Congress, couched
in proper terms, w; . . not we been amiss,
as they were at tne seat ui G...'cri;cuecL, ul
could consult freely with the President of the
United Staler, and the Governor of Georgia,
and thus be of service to both. But the let
ter to Mr. Dawson outrages all dignity and
propriety. Independently of the disrespect
shown to ihe other members of the Delega
tion, by addressing one of them at great
length, its language, its manner, and the
temper exhibited in every line of it, are highly
objectionable, and permit us to say, will,
when the excitement of the moment has
passed away, reflect no credit on the Gover
nor of Georgia, nor be sanctioned by en
lightened public opinion, of whatever cast in
politics.
Compare and contrast the letters of Gov.
Gilmer with those of Mr. Poinsett, and who
will not be surprized at the immense differ
ence ; and what Georgian will not rise from
the perusal of these official documents with
sincere regret that Gov. Gilmer should have
so far lost sight of the dignity of his station,
and the proprieties of official correspondence,
as to indulge in language suited only to the
polluted columns of a degraded partizan
press. The letter to Mr. Dawson, is, indeed,
in the language of the ‘ Standard of the
Union, ‘a production, which,-by the fairest
rules oi criticism, may be well considered an
t. egitimate in the republic of letters.’ It finds
no kindred there —Diplomacy disowns It—
Philosophy spurns it —Logic weep3 over it—
and Rhetoric laughs it to scorn. W e there
fore leave it to other hands, and after times,
to give it
* A local habitation and a name.’
We here lay down our pen to make room
for the excellent letter of Mr. Poinsett:
Department of War, June 7, 1838.
Gentlemen : I have the honor to acknowl
edge ihe receipt of your communication of
the sth inst. covering a letter from the Gov
ernor of Georgia, and asking a reply to the
inquiries it contains. Although they have
been substantially answered in the reply of
the Department to his Excellency’s letter of
the 28th ult. the tenor of these interrogato
iics manifests such an extraordinary misap
prehension of the intentions , f tne Govern
ment, that it i.ecomes necessary, again, to ex
plain them.
His Excellency desires to lie informed if t
is the President’s ‘intention to continue the
present delay in removing he Cherokees by
the troops under Geo. Scott for the purpose
of effecting that object by contract with ihe
agents of Ross and his friends, or any other
purpose?’ The Department does not under
stand wliat is meant f v the present delay.—
When Gen. Scott left Washington, he car
ried with him instructions to proceed without
delay in the ren.ovai of the Cherokees, and
his despatches, since received, show that he
took the proper measures to obey his instruc
tions with his cha ic eristic promptness and
energy. When lie conciliatory proposals of
the Executive to he Cherokee defegation
were sub"’’” ’ Congress, the General
j Yv~o ag-m instructed to rrkiti- Os Ib* f.
j of the measures he had adopted for ‘he rc
| moval of the Indians, and whether it was to
be conducted bv the troops under his com
! inatui or by the Cherokees themselves, wheth
er it-was to he compulsory or voluntary, to
permit no unnecessary delay in its execution.
His Excellency desires still further to know,
* wnelher it is his (the President’s) intention
to maintain the Indians by force upon the
soil of Georgia,in opposition to ihe will of the
[ State and the rights of its inhabitants, to
j whom the lands have been granted?’
I In rtply to the proposition of the Cherokee
delegation for an extension of time, they were
told m express terms, that where the rights
and interests of sovereign Slates were con
cerned the President cou'd not enter into
any engagement with the Cherokees,and that
no delay could he granted without the assent
of the states interested in the execution of the
treaty. In asking that assent the States are
merely requested not to press their claims in
a manner to occasion unnecessary discomfort
and inconvenience to Ihe Indian , tnd Gen.
Scott is at the same time ‘nstrn ed to com
menee his operations in tnv pa. f ;,e t< •
lory where the lands have ‘been disposed of,
meaning Georgia, and to conduct them iri
such a manner as to place the proprietor?
in possession of their -fates with as little
delay as possible. Department is,
therefore, utterly at a loss to understand
hov; the Preside;. -■ viev i should have been
so misapprehended ns to give rise to these
questions, and now h-gs leave, through you,
explicitly to deny and such are, or ever have
been, the intent otis u. the Government.
Very respectfully,
Your most obedient servant,
J, R. POINSETT.
Hon. Wilson .Lumukin, A. Cuthbert, Jabez
Jackson, C. f . Haynes, S. Grant land,
Hopkins F > ;rt Wtt 0. Dawson, M.
C. Washington.
j THE WHIG PRESSES—MONEY MARKET.
The Northern papers particularly devoted
|to tr cause of Whigism, are exceedingly
i unfair in their political dealings —are appa
| renlly governed by bias and prejudice—an d
absolutely not unfrequenlly clothe their arti
.ii in the unseemly garb of misrepresentation
and untruth.
For example, when spei king of the proba
bility of a general resumption by the banks,
they protract till the remotest poss ble period ?
say the first of January next and assign as a
cause for deferring to a sen I so late, that
the a jmmiai.duon is purs trig a course of
policy calculated to throw obstacles in the
way of the banks so thai the - find it impos-
I sible to tesume even when they would. This
jis preposterous, unfair and untrue It is a
j material manufactured by order of tne disaf
fected, restless, ambitious Whig party, who
are panting to overthrow the present people's
administration, that they may install into
office such men as are seeking to elevate
themselves amongst ’be people by tawning
sycophancy; but who once planting *heir
foot upon the great lever of power would
spring into existence a system of aristocracy
and tyrannical rule, of which the American
people are as yet innocent and .’■.'••ran - . It
may be read in ihe great oracle Vv big *no
•n tne City of New York, the Courier and
Enquirer, that ‘if Mr. Woodbury’s recent
circular should continue in force, or should
the Sub-Treasury bill become a law,’ then, in
such case, there can be no resumption earlier
than the first of January.
To tins we oppose the assertions —and n.i
opponents deai only in assertions—that the
present, specie circular is in no wise calculated
to louder resumption but on the contrary,
holds oiu *.wC~..ia~,v....en: to the banks in
view of resump.ion, making such bank notes
the legal currency of the country as are
ready at all times to be redeemed with either
gold or silver; and pray what is the value of
that piece of paper (it matters not about its
being in the comely shape of a bank bill) to
which there is attached no responsibility, and
which you may pull out of your pocket and
put back again as often as you will, but can
never pass it, except at a discount, or realize
lor it the hard currency of the country ! The
age of humbugs may be in its zenith, but that
of ragged shinplasters and irredeemable bank
notes is drawing rapidly to a close ; the peo
ple are opening their eyes to all sorts of im
position, and are determined that though
from the force of circumstances they them
selves may he influenced and corrupted by
monied monopolies and shave shops under
the false guise of banks , yet the government
which was founded in the wisdom of their
fathers, and which they are ready to main
tain with their lives, shall not be subject to an
influence so baneful, a principle so corrupt, a
power so dangerous.
As to the Sub-Treasury system preventing
resumption, the idea is still more ridiculous
than the former. The very quintessence of
that svstem is its principle of divorce —a di
vorce between government and the banks;
thereby leaving the banka in the different
States to financier in their own way, and to
reap all the advantages of their own State s
legislation.
It is not then a3 our opponents represent,
that the measures and policy of the adminis
tration serve to prevent a general resumption
of specie payments. On the contrary the ad
ministration has long ago, when the move
was first made in New York, declared that
the effort, on the part of the New York
banks to resume at an early day, should be
seconded and sustained by the general gov
ernment. But the simple truth is that the
banks are timid, fearful, and wanting in con
fidence If they would but make a simulta
neous move they wouri nrobably find it much
easier to resume than tliey had supposed.— !
The subject, however s rapidly growing and !
pressing itself upon public attention. The
country is flooding wi h money; some twen
ty millions of gold and silver having been
imported since the crisis began, and we have
no sea -8 but that a general resumption will
take place early in the faii, notwithstanding
the bug-bears raised by the obstreperous
Whigs about the Sub-Treasury—the new
circular —ano Mr Van Buren’s unfavorable
policy—together with a thousand and one et
ceteras of the like comical shapes and forms;
and more than all this, it is on this very same
doctrine of resumption we calculate most
cunhdently that Mr. Van Buren will regain
New York, and thus secure for himself the
next Pres’denbal election beyond even tie
shadow of a doubt.
The present administration is in favor of a
general resumption, and will lend its aid and
support to the fullest ex'ent.
CONGRESS.
Washington City,June It, 1838.
The Hall of Representatives crowded to
suffocation—two bills of unparalleled impor
tance brought up to-day on motion of John
Quincy Adams. First. That Congress sit
perpetually, i. e. from January to January ;
and teat a motion for adjournment, at any
time, be considered out of order—Carried,
189 to .’O. Second, For the suppression of
hostilities in the House of Representatives.—
To throw over the wall—in the sanctimonious
language of the church—any Member who
: shall be guilty of men; ing. assaulting, j
’ ,ng, or biting; or even of toting a b-- tiderbuss
jin his breecf-.es pocket { r v, e aiiis •< im
ported by Messrs. A- <” V -cev. t* e,
and Haynes; and ivxrmiy i. ’C-stV . . wra
Wise, Duncan, aid Y -v; ■ Mbe ro es
j and noes were c led . • ;)-■ v s •r
----1 mom who we t for to* .-•••- ■<;*c-nog,
j abolition ofoi.'.l. nifcii; >r v.\.en ;f vpptar
ed there was ;ie. The Speaker, hiving
the casting vot> thd not dare to ‘assum: the
responsibility,’ and poked (Polked) ti.-e ques
tion put of the House. Ecce Signum
i 0!.! Rarnum has first-chop dinners. !fhe
ladies are beautiful, fascinating, and volumi
nous. The Theatre is most attractive —Ma
dame Caradori Alla 1 Ned Fo
legitimate; and champagne, anu ju!aps, spout
forth at every corner. ‘Mr. Speaker I am
• opposed, tooth and toe-nr.il, to h nrntnen!
I —the country demands our legislation in the
I Capitol.’— 'Tims, more porter.’
The Union Party of Randolph County are
requested to meet at Cuthbert Court House,
on Tuesday the 3d of July next, for the pur
pose of nominating candidates to represent
said . oiiiiiy in next Legislature. A ful]
attendance is solicited, as it is highly impor
tant that an early and judicious selection
should be made. June 21 It
For the Sentinel and Herald.
Messrs. Editors Wniie it is the duty
of every public man. and every individual,
seeking popular favor, to make known his
political principles, and to avow lis prefer
ences and predilections with reference to those
wl sit in high places and administer the
laws of ihe land, it is more especially incum
bent upon the conductors of public journals
to announce, in a clear and distinct manner,
| io thtir readers who are their favorite candi
dates for public office, and to assign their
i reasons for their preferences. This I lay
n as a fundamental principle in political
|. ‘>r omy, whicn may not be ckvegarc 1 • with
j impunity.
Wherefore then is it, that your neighbor,
thr ‘lnquirer,’ remains so perfectly silent
on the subiect of the next Presidency ? Have
the conductors of that print no choice ?
The.i violent and deep-rooted opposition to
the present Chief Magistrate is well known,
and why should not their attachments, par
tialities, and favoritism-;. *onie ether dis
tinguished candidate oe equaiiv we kno-v
Or, if iriey do ;
tenderly towards Mr. Clay—if they ...
honest and true in their allegiance to the
South to yield him their support, why not
hoist the banner of independence, and de
clare for some titlier candidate ? The writer
of this article is one of their constant readers,
but with all the attention he can bestow
upon their editorials he cannot discover what
course they are steering. It is well under
stood that a gentleman who has recently con
nected himself with the editorial department
of that paper is a good Clay man, and I had
supposed that when his pen was nibbed it
would certainly have been with a keen point
to write down the ability, the consistency, the
patriotism, of Henry Clay of Kentucky.—
But not a word for the illustrious statesman of
Ashland! Well, mayhap the ‘Enquirer’ is
pursuing the most politic course; for it would
be too bad, in these hard times, to cut up
quills and spill ink in the advocacy of a cause
which can, by no manner of legerdemain, be
made to triumph in the South. Who knows
but the ‘Enquirer’ intends to start anew can
didate? JV bus verrons.
Tom, from the country.
A press of matter excludes the communica
tion of‘Citizen.’ Ii shall appear next week.
Fur the Sentinel atid Herald.
DICK RIGGINS’ BANK IN REALITY!
LOOK OUT FOR SQUALLS 1
Messrs. Editors : What means this over
whelming- flooding of our town just now, with
the notes of two banks in Florida, one of them
long, long since defunct? Can you give the
public any information relative to this myste
rious affair, in order to protect the honest and
unsuspecting , in case there be corruption and
fraud mingled in the matter, as very many
suspect? Give us light upon the subject, and
let us know the whole history of the affair,
‘ omitting nothing, adding nothing, nor setting !
down aught in malice,’ but the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth. As
faithful and vigilant journalists, your obliga
tions to the community require this, and I
now call on you to enlighten the public mind
on this subject. It is bad enough in prosper
ous times for the people to be cheated and
defrauded, but in these pining times, when a
doll?, is a dollar, and that dollar will purchase
what three would eighteen months ig , it is
necessary for afl to be on the look out. and
know positively and absolutely, when thev
give value for a Florida Commercial Ban
bill,or a West Florida Bank bill, that they
are receiving something of value. Give us
light, Messrs. Editors. suspicion.
The light which we have to throw tipi n
this matter is hut a glimmer; we have not
been initiated ; in truth we know too little o T
the matter to enable us to speak advisedly at
this moment; but will make the necessary
enquiries with a view to enlighten our fellow
citizens on a subject in which c ! are interest
ed.—Eds. Set t. and Her.
PUBLIC MEETING.
In pursuance of previous notice, the citizens
of Columbus convened at the Court House,
for the purpose of making arrangements p'e
| paratory to the celebration of the approach
ing anniversary of our National Indepen
dence. His Honor Judge Sturgis wai called
to the Chair, and S. T. Chapman, Usq. ap
pointed Secretary.
On motion of J. B vVebb,
Resolved. That k committee cf six persons
be appointed by die Chair, to select a Ora
tor and Reader for the occasion. Accord
ingly J. B. Webb, Or. John E. Bacon, J.L.
Lewis, Dr Boon, Dr. Chipiey, and Josephus
Echols v pry/iint (i : who, after consul
tation. nomi: - u as
Vi at or, J. > H. Campbell. *
Mcoder, Nicholas L How* no, E'M
< t motion of Dr. John E. !’ e Chair
sekt-.. :d the Jo . g e .v a .Tange • ]
meats, v< • •
♦less- •• . Kiviin, Gen. Lavvhon,
M< hiougald, G. E. Thomas, j
YVn. L. Jeter, A. B. Davis,
I A. \i ■ Dr. W. K. Schley,
B. c<s.-, Thomas G. Gordon.
V\ aJiiL ‘ i Tv. Dr. VVare,
\ B. i ga ‘ Charles Peabody,
J T Bcihuje, KCnnith McKenzie,
,> V P erson, Theobald Howard, 1
A, I evison, John Love.
Lewis C. Allen,
Resolved . J ‘ the committee of arrange- j
tnents be -eqi-es* .to invite the City Audio- I
rities, the several Volunteer Companies, and j
the various Associations of the City, to join j
in the festivities of the day.
G'n motion adjourned.
JOSEPH STURGIS, Pm. j
S. T. Chapman, Sec.
To the Editors of the Columbus Sentinel and Herald.
’ Gentlemen : Permit me, through the me
-i .’ii, of your paper, to state :i Itw facts to
the public, in answer to a presentment made
! hr the first panne! of the Grand Jury of Vi;s
----1 ci'yvee county, April Term, 1838, and publish
jin the Sentinel of May 1 Oth past. I hoi t rim?
: a Grand Jury should have undoubted testi
mony, before they dare assail the chu icter
! of the humblest it ■!'■ hiual in the land, under
tie imposing form ol a presentment, :>id ad
vertise him as having been guiltyv o? a high
offence. That part of the presen nent to
which I call the attention of the pcoiic, reads
thus: ‘We present. William IVtdike. Ca;>
lain of the steamboat Marion Wm. Lowrey,
engineer, Charles Pickett a: Joseph Brady,
hands on board the same. ,j jfi j(. jids and abet
tors, which boat at Vne time, an j ia y ? ow ’ be
in the service r,t t h e United Stair 8 ’ ,l,r ! he
offence of kidnapping on or abou 25,h
March last.’ The Jury then give lhe n;imes
of the individuals kidnapped, Rial U a
feeling commentary upon theof enc ®'. * ie
Grand Jury have acted with a precipitat.’On
unbecoming a body selected for nc!r vv ®^ onD \
or thev have acted uncW influence ol
base and false testimony, it regard to every
particular connected with t’ IS imaginary of
fence. I am ones ‘ - iduals implicated,
and l had not been, , n prove, for some
we ks at Columbus, when •his offence i? said
to have been committed ; neither was J one
of the hart of the boat jJpriori; and again,
it would be tne height r folly tor any jury to
j talk of such daugh as Kiitv Saunders,
I Let tv ■'sunders, F’fzabeth Windham, an,;
! A *.<[)’ Rah' 3 s r. : T been kidnapped by any
in .* or st s • .Vmg *, they were not only
jal to tai -<. themselves, but willing to
j be ‘aker rjr,. just such a set of boys as
United States tiers generally are. The
i truth is, thro tie >ur daughters just named,
j as 1 know can be proved, bespoke of the
j Captain of she Marion passage for seven
I persons to the Lay. They took with them
I the three younger persona mentioned in the
! presentmei: and so far as known to any
i !;odv not wi'h their consent, but desire.
| The first ume that 1 saw anv of the innividu-
I ab whom ih< jury say were kidnapped, after
1 the ?:;is it was allege* to have been done,!
v,v. hi the Ray, vvhei . -a a conversation with j
them, they —~ reason for taking
the children, the drunkenness of their parents,
and their fear of leaving them in their care.
What a shame, that such parents should be
come witnesses before the Grand Jury in
publishing their own infamy, when by their
own drunken, brutal conduct, they had dis
graced their daughters bv compelling them to
barter their characters for food and raiment.
These kidnapped women have been some
time in and about Columbus, as many wit
nesses can testify, and their well known char
acters would forbid the idea that they could
urffler any circumstances he run away with.
These women go where they please, and the
strongest solicitations of old Mr. Saunders
were not sufficient to prevail upon them to
return home, as I know he will testify, from
a trial he made since the time of the present
ment. Now I ask the public if these are the
sort of daughters that draw out the tender
sympathies of an honorable and virtuous com
munity ? I wonder whether it will he the set
tled policy of the Grand Jury of Muscogee, to
present it as a grievance whenever a woman
of ill-fame shall leave their city, and villify the
characters of men by a publication in the
newspapers, who were not within fifty miles
of the town when they took their leave. I
trust that the public will now understand
enough of this matter, to know that the men
charged with kidnapping would scorn such
an act as much as any member of the Grand
Jury; and with an expression of my dtsire
that they may learn better sense before their
country calls them again to the discharge of
such a trust, 1 take mv leave.
JOSEPH BRADY.
THE LATE MR. KERNAN.
We, the \ estrv ol the Roman Catholic
Churchj ol Columbus, being deeply impress
ed with sorrow for the premature loss of the
late Mr. Bernard Kernan, one of our body,
who was accidentally drowned, deem it our
duty to express, publicly, our deep regret
oti account ol his Sudden demise.
Mr. Kernan was a native of the county
Cavan, Ireland, from whence he emigrated
when young. lie resided in Montreal the
most part ol his life, where he was cherished
and beloved by all who were acquainted with
him.
Mr. Kernan has been a resident of thig
city seven months, during which time he has
conducted 1 ‘vrr'c as an exemplary citizen,
and a m°ra and p/n.; Christian.
i>e it therefore
1. Resolved, That we feel sincere sorrow
’ on account of tiro sudden death cf cur be
loved flsiiow-citrzen Mr. Kernan.
2. Removed, That, in respect to his mem
mo ry, we appear in mourning for one month.
j 3. Resolved, Thar a copy of this tribute
of respect hr forwarded to his disconsolate
j relations at Montreal.
T. HOW A HD,
M. McQIUID,
M. D. NCI AN,
M. BREL AN,
F. WILLIAMS,
M. HOFFMAN.
CUT V MALL} Coj.uMßus.oa. (
June 16, 1838. J
Council met pursuant o adjournment, 4
o’clock, P, M
Present, His Honor the Mayor, pro tern,
and Aldermen H ..per, Andrews, Lew 1 Al
: !en, Ware an Chipiey.
j Ordered Lhat the notes of the - enters of
! the mar’ jt stalls be given up to t’ -m, by their
- payin- each one fourth of .he al) d re
| line .siting all further ciai r t° r the balance i
ji the year.
The comm “, ;, jo v .om wa* referred the
subject of leasing -*e commons made their
report, accompa’ etl by the following resolu
i tions:
1. Revived, That a special committee be
. ,'p,v.jted to superintend the laying off of the
commons into lots of suitable size for cul
vation, taking care to leave sufficient outlets ’
rom the city where they may be requir ;,
.rid also such “bade trees as may be !
aied by the cammi: - e
-2. Resolved, That tne co urn’ ee tie au-
{roomed to .ease ihe said lot n: he highest
I bidder, for three years, from ‘ ‘d after the
; first of January next for the r pose ol culti
! vat ion only.
| The report and resolu* ns were read snd
! adopted, and Aldermer Chipiey, Ware, and
i Allen, appointed as ‘ t committee.
Resolved, Th.f ddernw Allen be au
■horised to rep? • .art ol Crr.wford street
t In. tween B-ad and Oglethorpe streets.
By Atderma.- \:idrews: Relieving that
\ ;h- bridge-keepers house is in danger of
j Tailing down, by the iecay of tlr* river bank,
! and also unpleasant on account of the heat,
! therefore,
| Resolved, Tin tne Council proceed to
I hare the house moved to the North side o!
Br ige street, where the bridge-keepers gar
den now is.
t ouncil orderr .i i’ to be done un .er the
direction of Alderrnar Andrews.
Resolved, The ■ hie office of Deputy Mar
stir; ! be and the same is hereby abolished,
and hat the Ma employ an overseer.
A communicat < f. *t)cha and Burt,
Dror isinfr to dr ho off •.-..-•or and prevent
it from standing on the lots between Ogle
thorie and Jackson streets, and between
Br a street and he upper sewer, was read
. . : eferred to the Mayor with instructions
;o accede to the nroposition, if he thinks
proper.
A ‘etition from sundry citizens of Franklin
Warr, praying the erection of a pump in
the junction of Bryan and Oglethorpe streets,
was r:ad and referred to the Mayor with
power to grant the prayer cf the petition
ers, if he thinks pnpe* ?o to do, and have
•he same repaired as other pumps are.
By Alderman Chipiey J Resolved, That
the market house be located at the intersec
tion of Broad and St. Clair streets, across St ,
Clair street, and that a!! resolutions conflict
ing with this resolution be and the same are
hereby rescinded, which, was raid on the ta
ble until the next meeting.
Council ihen adjourned until Saturday, tiie
SCtti of June, t o’clock, P. M.
A true extract from the Journals
Published bv ordc of the Board,
J. ROBERTS, City Clerk.
BACON, HAMS, FTC.
6HHDS. superior T,\f ‘’ received per Fior -
dtan, the 16. h inst, for sa * , and T expect 2 1 bWs.
best superfine flour, by the first s*eamer that arrives.
r. SULLIVAN,
. •’,! ‘'tilis 1 Crawford street.
I 'US i1! .CEI VEL> and for sale,
iJO bbls. pork
50 do New Rurr.
- r> ‘i A .it. Brandy
- r do Ata. Gin
100 do Sugar
50 -<o No'. 3 Mack err 1 .
Together with a general assortment of Groceries.
Also a good •-!- ortment of Chairs. Bedsteaas, Russia
curled hair Matrasses, Feather Beds, &c.,oi’ as rea
sonable terms a,; can be purchased elsewhere, by
,\VM. R. JONES,
one doer above G. U Terry. Esq.
Columbus. 20. 7Si- 20 4?
STOCK OF GOODS AT COST.
T ■ ’(HE si .scr.ber has e: hand a smai! stock o
JL GOODS, amounting ‘ “<out three thousant.
dollars, whr he will sc ■> w i'ork ■: ost, i,u a
credit of t - months 1 n ■ >e! • he v l
tae iaiid ... payment, .1 vviu.... i.ve.uy nines oi Ooturr
bus, at a fair valuation. The stock consists of Cali
coes, Domestics, Muslins Hosiery, Blankets, Hats,
Sugar,Coffee, H.Gin, Teneriffo Wine. Bagging,Rope.
Nail®, Saddles, and many other articles in the Dry
Goods, Grocery and Hardware line, all of which are
well worthy the attention of some country Merchant.
As the subscriber is not in business, he can be found
at his residence, one mile above Columbus.
B. A. SORSBY.
Columbus, June 19, 1838. 20 ; f
PAY YOUR TAX BEFORE COST.
THE TAX COLLECTOR’S BOOK of Mus
cogee county will positively be closed on the Ist
day of August, as I have discharged my duty in attend
ing repeatedly at the different pneincts. Those who
destre now to save cost will avail themselves of the op
portunity of callin? on me in Columbus, on or before
the above named day.
June 18. 202 t ‘ B. G. KENNEY, t. c.
NOTICE.
THE copartnership heretofore existing in the name
and firm of WEEKS & BIZE, as Butchers
and Grocers, is this day dissolved by mutual consent.
Those indebted to the concern are requested to make
immediate payment to Bartlet Weeks, who is the only
authorised person to settle the business of the concern.
BARTLET WEEKS,
June 21. 203 t CHARLES BIZE.
GEORGIA. STEWART COUNTY.
TOLLED before me. Charles Bilev, a Justice of
the Peace in the 727th district, G. M. by An
guish Gillis. one bay HORSE, supposed to be 15 or
16 years old. Appraised by John P. Durham and
James Paul, to twenty-five dollars.
Chakies Rilev’j, v.
A true extract from the Estravßooh. June 19,1808.
20 3t J. S. YARBROUGH.'. x. c.
EXTUXIIVE OAL.B OF rinMTIRS
AT AUCTION.
THE most splendid assortment of FURNITURE
ever offered at Auction, will be offered on Tues
day, the 10th of JULY next, on a credit till the first of
January, 18S9,in small notes with approved security.
This furniture was manufactured by us, and for taste
and durability it cannot be excelled. It is offered to
close the concern of Sanders & Powers.
The following is a part that we shall offer :
Sideboards of different p.uerns
White anu black Marble top Centre Tables, octe
gon and round
White portable top Wash Stands
Marble top dressing Bureaus
Dressing Tables with pier bases
Dressing Bureaus wood lot
Octagon Card Tables
Square do do
Mahoganv French Bedsteads
Curled Maple do
Plain do do
Poplar do
Low do
Trundle do
Pier, mantle and and other glasses
Sofas of different patterns
White and black marble top Lady’* Work Table#
Ogle Crickets
Gilt do
Common do
Crib Mattrasses
Single do
Common Bureaus
Candle Stands
Cot.,'oon Wash Stentfs
Mahogany Rocking Chairs, spring seert
Maple do do wood seat
Gilt do do cane seas
Bronze do do wood seat
Pine tabler pr
Mahogany ta&4es
Mahogany do in sette
French Btn-eatrs
W ardrobes and Chairs
Glass Curtain Pine
Window Blinds
Painted pails
Painted tubs
W u t*e tphs
XV %is\S OTItUAtS
Nests of keelers, Ac, &.e.
The sale to take place at the Stc ,* oeetiprod by
SANDERS POWERS,
June 21. 20St opposite T-e Columbus Bank.
PURSUANT to . Reso rt- the City Council
of Columbus of the 12th Ma;. aat, declaring th
number of hor- .a 1 irge in the st. sos this city to br
a nuisance, and mak.ng the duty f the lifaVshall to
take, up ;tl< such hogs, I hare taken up and pounded
the following hogs :
l Blue sow, crop off .be left and a hole in the right
ear.
I Black sow, crop and slit in ihe right, and two uu
der hilts in the left.
1 Sr..all black sow, crop tn the left and swallow fork
in the right.
5 ilogs 1 different color* amt jistes, crop on the
right and swa low fork ar.d slope in the left.
2 Red sows, underb.t and overbit in’ the right, and
swallow fork and two notches i t the left.
1 Spotted sow crop and tn in each ear.
5 Hors with smooth crop in each ear.
1 Sows without any mark
2 Black barrows with white taces, under bit in each
ear
1 Red listed sow, swallow fork in each.
I Spotted barrow, under bit in each ear.
6 or 7 Other hogs of different colors and sixes, with
marks no? easily described.
The above hogs will bo sold to the highest bidder,
on the second clay of July next, at 10 o’clock A. M. if
not claimed before that day, in pursuance of the reso
lution The sale to be at the pound at which they are
confined. L N. M. C. ROBINSON, Marshall.
June 21. 20 It
NOTICE.
W r ILL be offered for ront, at public outcry, to the
highest bidder, on the firet day of AIIGUST
next, that weil known corn-masing plantation, within
sev-'ii or eight nmes of Columbus, on the River Road
•o West Point, consisting of a large body of walnut
and beech low ground, lyit j in the fork and on both
sides of East End and West End Creeks ; soil rich
enough to produce fifty bushels of corn to the acre, if
weil cultivated.
A he same time and place will be offered for hire,
a number of likcdy negroes.
Also, for sale, at the same time, a number of horses ;
two thousand bushels of corn ,• a lot ot fodder, &c.
If the land is not rented on th< day above mentioned,
it will Le for private rent until the first day of December
next. Person- ‘vi-'iug un will do well to call and
examine for then, .- r. s. For further particulars apply
to the ■ übscriber the prem -es.
There will o >.ct it ■>. land offered for sale.
Junes2l. 20 2’ JOSEPH DIGGERS.
< ACTION.
f hitpu •. ai e ‘ coy • ..utioned against crediting
JL mv wife Mary on my account, as I am deter
mined to pey no debts of her contracting after this date,
nor in any way he accountable for her transactions or
conduct. NICHOLAS TOMPKINS.
Heard Cos. May 80th, 1838.
A S the above Nicholas Tompkins has the effronte
j-Hl ry to give the above ‘ caution,’ it is necessary to
state, simply, that his wife Mary wishes nothing on
iiis account ot credit, ab hough she was causelessly
driven off from his house when, on account of sickness,
she was scarcely able to go, which was, she believe*,
brought on by his rr.iel and brutish treatment. She
has friends that c an and w’U ly all her contracts and
debts, uk ! endorse for h°r o although the said Nick
j'as acquired bv his n,t rmarnage with her considera
ble properly, and would r • send her out upon the
cold charities of the worl .• s ek a support.
Franklin, Heard co. J t. 20 It A. B. C.
MUSCOGEE SLTHUIOR COURT,
APRIL i'EI VI, 1838.
Margaret Amanda Orderly J
vs. Libel for divorce.
Felix Orderly, >
IT appcari ,i ?■• ’ue Court, by the return of the
Sheriff, i t in the above stated
case is not tut so md n’l county. It is, therefore,
on motion of counsel, cri pi rd by the Court,that service
be perfected on raid dcietide,- by a publication of this
rule om • ’ nu.-’h, in one of to* public papers of this
rdace.ai st four “i- ref’ o the first day of the
next term of this Court,
A true extract from ■ nuuites of the Superior
Cf of Musconco uiitv, June 19. 1838.
20m4m GERARD BURCH, Clerk.
til CMC OGEE SUPERIOR COURT,
APRIL TERM, 1838.
Martha M. Russell j
vs. > Libel for divorce.
Robert Russell. )
IT appeving to the Court, by the return ‘of the
Bheiiff, th.-t the dt f> dant i:i the above statee ease
is no* obt found in t;:is coumy. It is, therefore, on
notion, ordered bv the Cott-t, t! at service bo perfected
on said defendant b ’ a po* cation of this rule once a
month, for three months, Me of the public gazettes
of this p’ace, <* : least four -.'-nths before the next term
of this Court
A true ex!rs.c : iiom the minutes of the Superior
Court ofMuiCogee county. 19th June. 1838.
■!om4m GERARD BURCH, Clerk.
FOUR MONTHS after date application will be
made to the honorable the Inferior Court of Me
riwether county, when sitting for ordinary purposes,
for leave to sell all the land belonging to the orphans of
Charles P. Wetherspoon. deceased.
THOMAS PORCH, Guardian.
June 12,1838. 20
GEORGIA. STEWART COUNTY.
TOLLED before me, a Justice of the Peace in and
for the 727th district,G. M. one sorrel MARK,
four years old. Tolled by Morgan L. Brown. Said
mare has a small white spot in her face. Appraised
bv H. Mathis and John Robinson to forty-five dollars.
Charles Rilev. j. v.
A true extract from the Estrav Book. June 16,1838.
20 3t J. S. YARBROUGH, c. i. c.
STEWART SALES.
WILL be sold, on the first Tuesday in JULY
next, before the Court House door in the town
of Lumpkin, Stewart county, within the usual hours ot
sale, the following property, to wit :
POSTPONED SALE.
Lot of land No. 122, in the 25th district, and No.
123, in the 25th district of originally Lee, now Stew
art county, taken as the property of Jephtha Pickett
to satisfy two fi. fas. issued out of the Superior Court
of Stewart county, one iri favor of David M. Scar
brough. the other in favor of Hartwell H. Sims, bearer
vs. said Pickett . Said land well improved. Property
pobted b LE ONIDASW. HILL, D. Sh.rifT.
June 7. 20t *
baker sales.
WILL be sold,on the first Tuesday in AUGUST
next, before the Court House door, in the town
of Newton, Baker county, within the usual hours of
sale, the following property, to wit:
Lots Nos. 1,2,3 and 4, all in the north block in the
town of Byron, with the exception of one house aßd
the land whereon the house stands on said lots, taken
as the property of Thomas Porter, to satisly two fi,
fas. in favor of William Howard vs. said Porter. Levy
made and returned to me bv a Constable.
June 16. 20ts B. O. KEATON. D. Sheriff.