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All regulated by law, must be made before
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and 4 in the evrninir —those of I.arid in
the ‘county where it is situate; those of Persona
Property, where the tetters testamentary, o’ a lirwt
istralidn or of guardianship were obtained—and are
required to b<- |ireviously advertised in some public
Gaxatte, as follows:
Id hkHiit s’ Sxi.r.s under regular executions for Ttitn
tv days, tinker mortgage fi fas sixty days, before
the day of sale.
3ar.es of I.Asn and Vhrsii. bv Executors. Ad
minis'rAlo'rs p'r Guardians, fdr sletv days hrfori
the day {if
Sales of Personal Property (eieept Negroes) ronrv
DAYS.
bv Clerks of the. Coitr's,of Ordinary, u ion
Aepi.lcXtioY Ffttt i.ETTi'.Hs of administration. mu.<’
beiiublishedfor thlhtv nA>'.*-
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Exe.'iilor* Adtniiiistrators or Guardian*, monthlv
for six Mot Tits.
Orders of Court* of Ordinary. (accnrtjjinjiied with r.
ropv ot the bond or ‘ht) to m ire tlTi r
TO LAISD, must be ptltl'ishe,! THREE snsTll*.
Notices by Executor* A Iriiinistra’or* <>r ( iuar lian
*f application to the Con t of Ordinary for i.e ‘ \ v
TO sell the Land or Negrtlr* f at: fi -1 *t •• Forr
WORTHS.
Notice.* by Et'-'Otor* or A ltTdni*tra'nrs. to ‘he O. l.
or. and Crsdi.ors >( at Estate, fo* sii'm x*
ditrstrrt. Gi.enc* or Col'RT. Ac., will b<- allow! •
the usual deduction,
{* f* 4 Lkf+rnti oti h'lxim-**. rrtust h- p*t ei.
to en'i’lc ‘hetn to altrn'ion.
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UObKl'iliMtl’ii it H'SK, J
Septe.nbcr * 133!.’ (
WM P McKEKNt AG. \V. I-:. H OKU.
have associated <lu >it-<-ivi .* together so- ‘li
purpose of ‘lianag'n..', •it l condticti •* ir.is e,*‘al-.i-b
went, winch ha* been li-ie 1 out i:i a Ilea an' l -'ll. :
style. Thi es'.sb'i •!nn"r i* i i.ar■ - three story buck
building, on ttie corner of ( Jg.c'hnrpi* Add l-t inrlo!,' 1
s'recis, where fit". Post OtTf.-c lias been la eiy remo
ved, and conveni -re for pi-sr-tlgers going to an I
from, when in uiiiig and deiiveriti. the mail, and iav>
ample tune get their met!* and ref eshniems which
will alwav* he ircpared for ilieir icco'iiitt.ida’ioii. <■
bars iisocia e.l ourselves not <>n!i ,veh lliq di-prisi
lioir, !-ut with l!ie aOilltV to jDe genera! sttuoi'cii.iti in
all of our friends who liiay favor vs with a cdl. \Ve
deem it unnccess irv to sav much on thi* subject ••>
those who are a' , r}uain!c.| with us, and those ’tna ■-
quainted with iis, ire ryspectjullv inrit“d io try our
cheer and satisfy themselves. Il i* sufficient to sav,
that thu cs’dli ishnient shall a’ all ‘imt-s be well fur
nished, well irrari.-pd well ii'b-fft.'d io persona lv In
the nr<J|irlciors and kept free from riots, .trunk* nm ss
and its consequences, and, in short such attention will
be bestowed a* will deserve ottbiic -pa’mnage.
S,,t. 13 3:1 ts McK’fGN * BEDELL.
V lltTtcfFt l!OT I<:b,
T.u npkm, Stewart County Genrgid.
T’dli subscriber having lakcn the above house,
situated on the North lias’ corner <•*’ tli-• t oort
bouse square, formerly occupied tiy Mr. Hcachtuft.
takes plaasur • in informing his friends and the pubii •
generally that this new and cointnodiou: establish
m nt is now comoleied, and in every way tilted tip
fsr llio aceomin i bition of boarders and travellers the ,
subscriber will give hi* personal attention to the super- |
vision of the house, and no pains or expense will be
spared to render all comfortable who may favor hiftl
with a call.
N. M. ilis stable* are excellent and will at all times
bs bouiiii ullv np|ilied with provender, and attemlcd 1
by a sts ilr industrious an I trusty ostler, who will at
all ton ■* bo in hi* place dnd subject to the commands
es the visitor. GIDIiUN Id. CRDXrOIJ.
J*u 25—51-ts
COLUMBUS IIOTHTL* IS4O.
g ■ gile subscriber respehtfillly iufortii- li - friend* and I
JL the public g> neraily, inat he still continues to
occupy the above ostablishmen . where he promises
refreshment and comfort to the traveller and border.
His own personal attention will be given to his busi
ness, in which he hopes to give general satisfaction
and *htre a liberal patrons gv amongst his hrother
•hip*. J M. REKVIiSS.
!o!umbu, G.. .Tan 21,1540 51 if
PLANTATION AND • * StV< lG>Jt S DEI’
fllciE suiiserilier otl’ei'3 for salt Isis Flatti it ion on
i the Uchee creek, near SatsU Fort, in Uus.iell
county, Ala. con istin* of 11 i0 aore?. *he Greater part
of which is lirst rale lime land*, 200 acre* inidi r a yood
.ence and in a fair state of cultivation. Tlierc is a
•mat! never-failing stream of water running through it;
tno a (joint spring near th- 1 centre of the unproved
and*, and good dwelling* and all necessary orj! hnild
ugs. A Gin House an t Screw are now heinij erez’-
ed on the |ireimses. t’ersons wishing to purchase
would do well to call.
Also 3 or 4000 acres of first rate lands on the Cow
grer.reek, iii Barbour, near tlie line of Russell.
JNO. CROWELL, Jr.
Aueust 27. ISSB. 30 -f
THOMPSON’S ti'Ulil.VK THISiS
.in effectual and radical cure for pulapshs
uteri.
T!IE subscribers hav* Uik.n the agency for the
ab valuable instrument, and have haw on !
hand and will constantly keep a variety of patterns,
winch thy will sell at M ut'tfaciurers’ (irices. Tlk-si-
Trusses are -uperior to any instrument of the kind
• Ter invented, an lure n;\v extensively employed hy
son# of the most eminent practitioners in the United
States.
We annex theecrtilieateofthe late Professor Eberle,
who used them with tjre.it success in lus own practice.
‘ (Jmci.TjrarTi, Ohio Wav 11th, 18(9.
4 I hare carefully examined the Uterine I’niss in
rented bv l)r. Tho rqhori of this S at*, and I can con
fidently declare, that it is ufunicslion hiy the most
perfect and useful iristruiKeift of tue Kind that has ever
Been ottered to the jiiililic. It differs essentially in
construction from the Utero Abdetlimal Suupoiter
constructed by Dr. Hull, aud is in all respect's a fir
tuperior instrument.’
The subscribers have also rpr-’.vr.t the ac'-ncv for
Dr. Chase's Improved tSilrgical Tniss, which is urii
rorsally a 1 uilled to be the n'ost certain and lasting
lira ever discovered for Hertlia or Kupiure.
I’AY LOR & *YAKEK, I'rU.;!2li, i ,
Columbus. June 20. 18J>9. _!fiu
A1 C.slU Vii ,V<* lIC
MBS. HEINE . rc.-ipcc.itudy announces to the
ciiixens of Ooltnubus and us vicinity, that
kroagh the solicitations of inanv of her (fiends, she
will open a Mime school tor the instruction of voung
on the Piano Forte, on or about .tie midd.e of
this mouth, at her dwe'tiA'g ia'.-lv occupied bv James
il.Ktrvin. an I iteirlv -ipji’vme Mr. Jo'in D Howell's,
on Jackson sireet. tor iff.r.nation she particularly
rf rs to the foileiving g -n ie.ncn :
Hon. Marshall J. vVe.ltyorn, Hon. G. VV. Towns.
Hon. tirigsbv E. Thomas, Gen. D McDougald,
Dr Robert K. Urodtiax, Tho W. Watson, - .sq
Col lames H Oatn.ibeil, ttobt Alexander, Esq
Gen Jas N Bethune Alex M.-Dotiga and. Esq
Hon James S. i ,‘alhoun, Hr Tins Hoxey
A. L.OVISOII Esq Col J L Lewis
Columbus, Jan I, 1840 43 3 n
i7aw xiincrl.
r|Y IE undersigned will attend toth’e PRACTICE
Jl OF LUV in the name of JONES Sc B.iN-
Nl N , in most of ihe counties of.this Cirflbi'-, and a
few of t\e adjoining couiiWes of At aba. a. l’hei.
OSr will be found n?ar the Oglethorpe House.
.sU'AB.ULN JONES.
HRtmy L. BENNING
Sept 16.1839. 33 ts
hVSA AND
DYEHS AND SCUUKERS.
HAVE removed to the hui.ding ! >rmerlvo cupte-i
bv Mr. O’Hanlon, nearly .poosi'othe Ogle
thope House wb.-re they will be'liaiwiy to receive ail.
orders in thetr line of business. They will renovate
and mend C >*ts. Pantaloons. Ves-s. Si.ks. Sanns or
anv art cle of wearing apparel which may have becom.
injured or soiled.
The strictest punctuality wi 1 he observed in doin •
wftrk, and evbry effori made to me-it the patronage of
the public. .
January IS. 1840. .so ,f
AM. HUGHES* Attorney at Lots, (Juihbtn
• Gttorgi*.
JaH S3, IMP 31 ts
THE THOROUGH BREL) RACE HOUSE
bllVVUOl).
HAVJNG w, h<lrawn Linwoorl from the turf ui
con equer.Ce of an .injury fn his legs, he vuu
.-land ihe en-umg spring season, one ball of due nine at
my uabieu ab<>ui ihr- nt*tes East of Coluinnns. arm
j ‘he other half at Maj. Henry Kendall's on Upatuy.
i’he season to co*p‘"**:tv;e at rt. stables on the ‘oih j
[day of February and close about the last ot Juiy.
1 i.iiiwood will be lei to mares at thirty dollars the sta
! *on. and hfiy lo ensure, an.j oneduiiai to the grjotn in
•very iii-tarrC. In evi-ry case when the oia<eis sen
c will be i-xprcted that a note fur the season
ill accompany the mare. Mares will he kept both a
VJaj. Kendall’s and ai the Proprietor’s own farm a<
nr usual rates, aud every care taken to prevent aeci
b-Ris and esc epos, but no liability will be incurred for
either.
PcdiifTte and Description.
I.iiiwood is a lijlh cheswil. of lemaikable beauty
tod Hue form, fifteen and three-quarter hands high, of
;ay. graceful, spirited ac ion, wi ti a very dociie tetfi
i r a quality much to be desired in a race horse, and
••'lnch run* in the Mn of ail the ParoleCs to whom he
* closely aided in blond.. He was five vear* <>|d las’
pring. was bred by Mr. John Connallvof Alabama,
lie b eeder of Jo-n Hascomli, Bid Austin, Gander,
md otln r distinguished runners and wa* gut by the
••elebra’ed race ho'y Wild Bid, datn bv old Pacolrt,
rand ,and ui by imp. Diouied great grand dam bv imp.
\ itdair. great great era. and dain bv nnji S'oirk &c.
Wil l Bill wa* by Sir Arrhv . out of VlcNorrel’s ocJ
•orrel mare .Mariali a fieorgia nag. who was also the
an >f Charles Kembi,e biul other gtanl rutinerr —
Vtariah wa by Gal.alin, <Jam by imp. Bedfor ‘. (also
be sire of Galla’in.) g. and. by Gen MePli'-rs.in's [)<—
einair, g g H. bv grey Oiomed, g. g. e and. bv V\ ildaii
Ac. Paco et the sire of Linwo'id’s dam, w a* bv imp.
itizen and was the pmgenitdr of ino*t of the bes
racing s’oek ot the We*i.
From the pedigree li will be s*rn that Linwood
‘races immediately o tlir very best English horses
ver imported into Ann rica viz: imp. Dinmed imp.
Medf >rJ. iin;>. <!itiz* n imp Wiblan, >mp. Shark &< .
11 is RI it- ouucon of marly of oiir m w ilismgoishel
■feeders an t judges ihsi the d<'scencams of ‘lo st
horse* nave not been uimroved by the rec. n* f.isnioiia
..• importatioHs. l.inw od was let n a f*w pares
he ‘Wo last seasons and proved himself to he a sure
ioai geiter Hi* colts are retilatkablv lerge and hand- j
som.-, and w ilt Compare ilh the get of auv horse in |
tli ■ State. I can tvehi great <‘onhdcnce recommend
hi ll to inv f lends so l ih public as a ‘irs* rate horse
• o evert respect in breed from, either for the saddle
ihc farm, or the turf...
Perfirmancln
1 iu wont! mad*: Ins Ip si rare on the jst day of May.
1837. over the V.'esn in Course at Co'iuiihits, i*a..
i- g then thr-’e Years old. iid cicning lin! 86 ih .
•hi ‘hi o'< a-i n he won he two mile .locket uih
■ tr-e, ai two he a* and \vt li great ran beating Be k
• hike l Jrqnoincti-r. aret the celebrated iwo nute hors
f.lle B tick 111 :i ill. and 50 sec. each heat In ebfise
quoitcr-of the extraordinaty promise exhiht'ed in this
i tc'* 1 putcliaserl him from (To!, iohn Blevins, and
mip i*it e a af erwaols. fit Ins <* rnest solicitndtan
icrmuied him to be taken to Alabama in the s ab e ot
Go. K > viti*. In travelling ’o Mongoin* rv he Way
j-i , hii'lb, found red, which douhtles* alfwed Ins
r.i; tug p.i.vi r. ever at’er In ttie full of 18.57 he was
li.-n o firecnshorotigh Ala. hv t.'oi B > vms and
:■ lioiiJli ‘n verv had eoiidt ton won tin .1 ■ ke\ Club
..irsc -wo mile lea's baa ing a good fienl of lior es
and >na eng tip best race which was made during tin
veek. He was mii taken to M hue and entered for
trie .locka*’ ‘ oob hum* ‘wo nii'e heats, was beaten the
first heat ni:H withdrawn. He was hen taken to
’•Ion gornery in January 18 -8 and again btaten two
mile heats. He was re timed lo me in the spring of j
183d in a wre’h 1 : .! coiidi ion and “i'll the tendons ot
both legs g.ea h inflimerl and enlarger-:; he was then
‘trued out tin i fail when he whs pur in traunnbut
us legs became so much swollen that it was necessary
■o bliver them ever* ly and stop hi* exercise, in bou
seqmuice >f whi li In- rlid nut R ar’ at the races Rrer
he W'eslnn Course that fall He was then ‘aketi to
‘Jar-on, and avHli i tiy two week* ex rcise and sil l
C’uti|i. anting i Ins -r gs :.e was star ed for th •J x key
• Tltio purs- four np.e lietits. again* l I -ana and (de-raw,
he won the first heat in the bes: rune ever made over
‘h track, anti was hbafen tlie two last bvGerow,both
in good tone and af e ave v severe anil close con'es'.
Two week* afer he was again started the four mile
lava MiUedgevide again t crow- and Alice Ann.
A few minutes be'ure the fart he broke loose frotn the
groom aipt iuh about two mt'es ov*-r the trick, from
•dace to pV.ce. with a crowd at 1 is heels; he wa
caught, and in this worried comti'ion started in the
race in which he vas bratr u bv Gerow. He wis
again beaten ir* in December foll'cvririg. three
mde heat* hv Co s! Hardpton’s Emily ami o'liers. The
condition of his legs was such that he coiild not be
trained in the spring of 1839. In the fail he was again
nut in ‘raining and .although greatly complaining won
‘he J.rrkev O oh pur*e, three mile heats over flu
eoitrse at Columbus, boating Gen. Scott’s West Wind
and others at two 1 ea's in 5 56. 6 GO. Two weeks
af'erwn’ il*. he was started the sou mile rlav at Maeon
and run one h“at in wtobh lie vts agein beaten bv
Gerow. After the heat the tendons of hi* legs becarrn
so niueh inflamed k*}d enlarged tha I wa* Sstisfied
they “ouhl complete'v give way in another heat, and
f withdrew ‘ mi from the rae<* and from ‘ll- turf.
Linwood’s firs’ race over the course at Columbus
wa*. under'lie’ irctimslßrice*. the b st two mile ran
ever made over that trark. an* exhibited first ra'<
ruired. whil t his r . elve mile race at Macon will
j Gerow shewed that he was a hor e of hot tom. !!•
! ins never started in g od condemn since Ins first race
al'hongh lie lid* made a great tnnnv ami soaie ver:
good races. 1 have no hesitation in expressing the
oirinion that if he had not been Plundered as sta'efl, an.’
othervyise injured he would have made ore of the
most distinguished race horses of hi* dav.
,AT.FRED IVERSON.
Co'umbus Ga.. Jan. 16 1840. 51 ts
QEIDtA.Vi INDIAN AKD THOJI IONIAN
OR,
PRIMITIVE, PRAC TICAL BOTANICO
MEDICAL SCHOOL,
loratrd ieven miles Hast uj .Marion, mar Hamburg
IN uniting iliese several Medical Systems or modi s
ot practice, Dr. LI. R. TtIUMAS, the Principal
l the Si hoot, leave to slate, for ihe informal ion
of the atHicted and public generally, that, he has been
many ch ars engaged in the practice ot Medicine, and
has ilevoied much of his time, labor anil practice, with
many of ihe most itiletllgefci and successful German
ami In'dian Doctois, boili m ihe l mud States ami
Canada, to the tri aimen! of acute hnd chroti.c dis
t-a es of every iDu e, stage and type, and of the most
malignant character; and iutSj by prac.icing wilh them,
acquired a thorough knowledge of all their valuable
secret Recipes nfi-i manner of treatment, which ts tar
supeiior to any thnig ‘iriown or taught in the Medical
Schools, ami w hich has been successful by the tiles
sings of the Aiiniglii i, in restoring to health, hundreds
and thousands ot persons thai h id Been Heated fm a
number ot yea>s by many of the most learned and !
s leimtic Physicians of the day . and pronounced to be
entirely beyond ihe reach of reinedv, and gtvi n over
• die. Tel by acious Vegetable Medi
irtnes, not poisons, they vvi re snatched from the jaws o!
the grim lu.insier, death, and restored to health, the
ur a? css of all earthly blessings; lor .vhat ts riches
and elegant dwellings, wnho I health to enjoy them
llt'&dh is die poor man's wealth, and the rich man’s i
bliss. To a mail laboring under disease, the world is j
little better that! a dreary soutude. a cheerless waste j
enlivened by HI) variety, a joyless scene cheered bv I
tm social sweets for the soul tn a diseased bouv. like j
a martyr tn Ins dungeon, may retain it# value, but it |
has losi Us usefulness.
YVii! he added to this institution, as soon as the ne- 1
cessary arrangements can be made, an infirmary—the
cold, lint, tepid, shower,sulphur and he German, Ktis- 1
sian and h.unsoiiiati Medicated Vapor Baths ; and !
every ilur; tnai can possibly be i t any a.‘van!age m I
restoring tiie sick to health ot relieving suffering hu- !
mati'ny, will be promptly and constantly attended o; 1
St'dl where tt.e studri-t yrfli learn by pracileal expert
erice. (the Best kind cf logic,) ihe true principle sos!
the Healing aft. Price ol tunion will be §2OO, payable 1
in ad'ance.
. L.J 15 All persons anfictrt! vv'h lingering and chron- 1
ic disease--, (..( an. hanie. stale, stage or t'pe, for we !
have battled disease in a iWdisahti forms.) who canm t •
cotivemen lv apnly in peison, will ??hri liie svrhptoms
of ih--ir diseases in writing to Dr. B. K. Thomas.
Hamburg. Ala., wheie Medicines v- r ’ lie t>rcf ?leff m
“e best manner to suit each case. Ait Solicit they
may have been of niauy years -landing, and lie at id
by a dozen differen’ Doctors is no good reas -n why
they cannot be cured bv the subscriber. P- rsons liv
ing at a ili-iance must expect lo pay for heir Medi
cines wht n ihv get tlu-in. as no Aiedtcufes Will Be i
sent from the office on a credit.
?. JP* Letters addressed to the subserther, will n<.’
be taken frtni the Oifi ’e, unless post Daid-
N*w tO 1839. 45 f 1 i THn.MAS
valuable Plantation for sale,’
CONTAINING Two Hundred Two and a Ha f
Acres of Land mixed w ith oak aifd pine, ‘l.lu n
are eighty acres cleared. Also, a coniforiaVc and wel
ling. with ah necessary out offices, a good gin house
and nacktng screw, a peach and apple orchard Th<
entire under good fence. It is situa cd within 4 miles
o r ‘omnibus joining the ptatuation formerly owned
bv Thomas O. Evans. Esq. Persons wishing to pur
chase cannot fin-1 a m >re desirable location than the
one offered for sale bv the subscribers.
JOHN CODE.
Dec.€. 4-ltf JOHN QUIN.
DISSO ,FTIO\.
THE copartnership existingbetween*he under t"n
ed is ifiis HaV dissolved bv mutual consent. TBe
insenled business will be attended to by W. W.
Pool, using the name of the concern if necessary, in
reference to the cmcern. W. W. POOL
Mart* 28. St P. P. McCRARY,
•WE HOLD THESE TKU’IHS lb BE feELf -EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE bcKN miAL.’
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 18, 1840.
FO LI IIC A L.
WashisstiiJt. March li, 1840.
Fite bill lo provide lor the paymeut ot
damages sit lamed by individuals iu liter wars
with Ihe Indian tribes since 1330, being taken
up for consideration.
Mr. Lumpkin said, in reply to Mr. Grtltidv:
Mr. President, my honorable liietid from
Tennessee, with his usual ability an 1 mgeiiut
ty, lias made tiiinv rentalks calctilaied i>
disparage the merits of tins just aud salulaiy
measure. Yes, sir, a measure so obvious!,
demanded by every principle of equity an
justice, liiai even its opponents are lo ced n
admit on nil sides that relief, in some !brm
ought to be extend: and to the claimants itiu-ui.
ed to he provided for fry ibis lull. Allow n
to sav, sn, that li e arguments of my fricn
fiom Tennessee (M . G-uady.) and tne mod
and manner <if bis opjjitsilion, appear to in
to be heller suited to ihe lawyer than lo li,
Senator. ‘Tie Senator has criticised th
phraseology of the bill, and attempted i
show ihai its provision* c mid not be cairn
into effect W’ hoot endangering the mtere*
of ihe Government, cf well as t at of ti
individual c.laintanfs. He the efore seems ;
h e! himself jnsiifi’ il in opposing the meastii
in all tin parts. N >w, sir. .this kind of oppi
siiion becomes Ihe ailurney, who is uudei oh
ligations to his client to make ihe besi of h
case—who teels hound to essen the fabilii*
>t liis client to the lowest p.w ihle m>>imt o
which ihe nature of the e aim will admit.—
Bui, sir, I would respect fully ask. is this lie
pioper course of a legislator when applied to
horn st, fan blaintants, who are admitied t>
hav. j .si demands against their Government;
claims fir life simple ‘reimbursement of th>
valu* of their pmp rtv, taken with ui tlieii
consent by the strong arm of the 0 vertimen!.
lin ilie purpose ol” aid ng Hie Goverritrient in
the t Xicntion ot’its It* ritimale measures ol
war against a savage toe?
Tne C institution of the United States
11.8kr e. it the itoipenotis duly of Congres-s to
pioVide lor .tiid pay lire claims of our citizens,
for piop*rty taken trout them Im the use of
ti;e public service of tin- count.y; and it is
such Claims as these which our sufleriug citi
zens now present, and which it is intended
by Hie friends of this bill to provide liiL
ii it he adtiiiile'd ti at Ihe hill, in its present ‘
shapt, is im,.eiket, a.>d sn.-ceptihle o', ami ml
men! —il i Call lie lencved ol any supposed
v.iguetie.'S or aml> gihiy oi tauguag , >.nd tlie
provisions lor t e lailt.fui execution oi the
true intent and object ol tlie measure can hr
m.piovrd 1 wouht then, si , mviie and ask
ti.e aid ot t.e Senator irom Tennessee lit
etfeding an ohji ci winch is as desirable to
the friends ol me measure, as il can he to !
those who oppose il. YVe have a r‘giit, sir,
to ask .uni claim the aid ill every Senator in
peilectmg inis ilteasure, who mikes the ad
missions we heat limn every speaker, to wit!
tit it many just claims do t list, *u the cnai
actei contemplated to be piovuied for by tins I
lull. \
lit, sir, without qilcHliotiitig llie purity o. 1
the motives, or ilte aenteneus ol ihe cotupre 1
tieiisions, of the Senators from New York
attil IVnitessee, (Mr. Wriht ami Mr. Limn
(lv.) 1 must Ire permuted to sav, that me
course of their opposition lo tins measure, l**
my miittl, has Hie appearance of hos.iliiv to
these ciaitifA a!ufiieilitr. i’heir policy, ac
corcluitr to my apprehension of its effects,
amounts to a rejection of these claims.
What is the course of arouuienl by these
Senalois? One of them, Mr. Wright, in his j
lucid maimer ol communicating Ins ideas,
diaws ths inctions beivveeti tiie claims ol citi
zens for properly in ihe occupancy of the
Umied Stales, as well as properly taken lor
he pub! c u e ol the army, w en thus occu
pied at!d taken m a war with civil zed and
savage nations, li seems lo think that the
legislation of Congress in 1815 and 181 T.
providing tor claims, precisely s.mil.tr to those
now under consideiaiion, was all right and
proper, because the Untied Slates incurred
these liabilities while engaged in a war with
Greal Britain, a civilized nation ; bill when
ihe properly of a citizen is taken for public
use, m aid ol prosecuting a War rgamst a
savage people, the case is then altered and
changed, and that similar egi-lation in ihe
two cases is not demanded lor the relief m
the injured and suffering citizen.
I would ;tsk, sir, are these distinctions rea
sonable, are they j ist: Sbali vve lake pri
vate projji-rty for public ose, and rel’osp, or
even delav, to reintbnrse the suff-riour citizen?
But. sir, the Senator from Teort -ssee, (Mr.
G oiidy.) and. I believe, the Senator Irom
New York, (Mr. Wriobt,) both a !mil the
justice of some of these claims. Tbev say
they otijrhi to be provided for, and whatever
is riolit and just ouolit to tie done. Yet, sir,
the friends of this measure have thus far
failed m everv attempt to present these j ist
claims in an aceepiahle form, to those who
throw obstacles ot the way of their speedv
djustmedt. When hills have hi-en present
ed—resiticted to individual claims— we have
been told tins was partial legislation. We h tve
been adv-sed tobrini ina measureofa o-eneral
Cha aeti r wbiclt would place all the claimants
ott an equal footiiis?. And, sir. I h ive been in
t itied riivself to f .vor tins stigtrestidii. As tl
friend of equal ‘iolits, l f,dve lelt no
d.sjjosition to trive more speedy relie’ to c'aim
atos who ate capable of presenting and jiro-e
c t ng their cairns, with the req'tisiie intelli
ift-ncc and e flic eocy; persons who have pubi.e
citaracler, stand ng, and friends, here atnt
elsexvlte'e. No, sir, my object is. and In*
I been, to administer equal and exact justice to
I ail these claimants, repaid less of their tes
i |K‘Ctive conditions to life riterelnre I now
I appear as the advocate of tuts measme, n
! prelerence to tiring imitvidiia, clntns wluc’
j nav be n confided to my care; and for lb
payment of winch I feel much solicitude; a
I have examined the evidence in support i
; tiie claims placed in mv hands, and atn fitly
! c invineed of the justu eof a |srtion of then
! But nw, sir, that tlie lionorahle chairman
j the Commit lee of Claims (Mi. Hubbard) h
preseoied to the Senate a general hill wtu*
ne has prepared with great care and con>u
eratton, and ha* supported and eltictdat,
eve ’J thing connected with the suhj-ct. w
;,n at ilitv and perspicuity that leaves b
little vvKiftti is necessary lo be added by if
frteiitts, ivlu* concur in Ins views, we are ai
vised bv some ol tiie opponents t< the pay
! ihent of these claims, to tiftiodoce priva
; (nils for the relief of each individual clam
ant^
0 tiers contend that the bill which ha
ibeadv pa-sed the Senate during the preset!
session ol Congress, and which lias been sen
to the H-tq-ie of Kepresehjrit i v*-s teb ft- incut
rittce, — •* Eda Wishing a B ard of Comtms
sinners to hear and examine claims again*
the United States”—amply provides for the
settlement of tiie claims under consideration,
and therefore the present biii is useless o;
supei fluotts.
Thus it appears, s r, clearly, tint these
suffering claimants are made the sport of va
: rimts expedients. The hope of relief is held
i out in various forms, ami the variety of the
modes of relief is at the same time made the
efficient mean? of delaying and withholding
justice.
Now, sir, what we would claim, and what
1 think we have a rigid to eXjxct in behan
of these ciaunanls, is, not longer to delay tlie
demand ol jo-tice. VY e are by no means
partial lo any specific lb ui, over ah others
winch nniv altrjrd ample provision !ir the
adjudication of Ities-* claims. \Y e des.re the
payment of no dmihttul claim. We ask only
I*ii even handed i tstice.
A tttore meritorious ri**B of claimant* have
never pieseiited themeelves to tins G ivertt
riient than many wliose names will be found
■ii tho present list of claimants- men who rr
atriotic, higfi-iniiided, ton st, ever readv to
l ike every m e ssarV pensonal sacnfice ttpon
he altar of their country’s honor and interest.
* ail, we, sir, longer keep them in that har
tssing state Rf su*pense whiett is even worse
ran an arbitrary and pmmpt rejection ot
r irjiist laimsupon the Government of then
uintry ?
Mr \\’r g'tt spoke at considerable length
i rlefeiiCr* of the positions assumed by him in
is first remarks.
Mr. Prentiss also spike at some length
gii list tlie lull in its then *h ipe, and field
.t if the prinr.itCps recognised bv civitiz il
t'ion* did i o: a poly to sivage warfare, then
he hill ought ot to pass,
Mr. Hubbard again defended tfie hill with
.t‘uiti a lima i ion. repiving at la'-ge to tlie ob
” (lions lirged against it,
Mr. K ng lie id it to be the imperious Hutv
•’ Congress that something like substantial
instice should he done to these claimants,
whether their propertv was destroyed thro’
vant of energy or tlie part of the General
(,ovpr nment, or i‘ consequence of occitpaecv
‘<y our iriM.ps These claimants had not oil
v lost their propertv. but had 10-t that which
they never Could he compensated for; Hteir
litmiiie* had her n broken up. their property
•md tlitfi’ - prospects destroyed, and in man\
instances he-ilih. rind even life itse f. had bee”
saenfied. fcc. He would not say that ft ese
claims shoo'd be allowed to the full extent of
the sums e'ahned ; but hh uiinf.j sav that
softtrohutir stimrld he dr>ne. a lid dial promilllv.
YYI en the hi!| was discussed on a prior occa
sion, for ti e relief ol Billow’s fieirs. he had
tfiooght it bi tter to wait tliP ip*'ration of a
; general law; but he was now convince I of
tlie propriety of acting at once on this meas
| ‘h e.
The bd! was passed over ioltirmnllv, and
the amendments offered hv Messrs Clay and
H dihutl w ere ordered to he printed.
Ami the Senate then adjourned.
Executive Department. Ga. )
JVlu eilgt'vilie. iviatc 31 1840. J
Gentlemen: - Tlie |>ublic prints bmugitt me
your let ter, which was drawn foith bv the
resoiuiions oi Lie last Lcgi*latuie. m relation
to Hje am- iidiileiit ot tin- Act ol Congress of
17 ( '3. to cai rv into effect that S. coon of the
4iii Art cte oi the Consiiltiuon, of ihe L tided
Siates, winch relates to Fugitives ftom Jus
lice, iililio t as soon as the packet forwarded
under the hank ol Lie Speakei of Hie House
oi HepresemSlives. I ani happy m find Uiat,
not wiiliNtanding tlie error m tiie Resolutions in
regard to tiie dr sigmition of iht S. ction ol the
Constitution ol tlie U S.. winch, the A<;t of
Congress was designed to carry into effect, by
your united ellin ts. with some extraneous aid.
von were enabled to arrive c urectly at tlie
ohj rt and intent,on of the Legislate e, as to
the Seclioiu of the Act ol Congress, wHifeli
they proposed to have amended. I deem n
not improper in the recess of the Legislature,
to endeavor to cm reel what appears to m-* to
be an erroneous construction T ti eir resolu
tions.
‘The resolutions do not at all confi ct with
the doctrine, that tlie Federal Government, is
one of limited powers, and that it N the cr> a
tore of tlie Con>titunon. They demand ol
the Government, tlie discharge ol an obliga
tion winch it undertook to perform, in con
sideration ol the surrender to ii by the Slates
ol ma. v of IHe uio-t important attributes ol
sovereignly, and among t e rest Lie tn be*sa
rv power to compel anoih r State or sove
reignty to render justice in the particular
complained of. To ensure domestic tranqu l
itv, was among the price pal ot>j cis fir w .icii
the Consliiulioit ot ihe Untied Slates wa*
ordained and established, and, as one means
of atiainiiig tiiis end, was tl.e provision n-la
live to the arrest and deliv-rv of fug t.ves
from justice proposed and adopted. 0 the
same characier is (lie clause vvliicn iinitiedi
ateiv follows it. Tiie Consuiution ol tlie
(Jiniei! Biales, cannot be regatded as a trea
ty between the several plates. ir if so regar
ded. for a violation of i*s provisions the m
jilted State would have a right to resort to
Lie means of rediess usually employed lit such
cases by absolute sovereignties. These
meaus are prohibited Jo ihe plates. The
Cdusiiltitioii adopted by ilte people ol
the Slates, and in all cases where a right s
esiafilißhed iii a Siate, and a corresponding
obligati,ui imposed, tiie obligation, unless
otlterwie expressed, rests Hu tlie Government
created hv Lie Con*t.tiiiion. In the case un
der consideration, tin* Fx-cnlive authontv ot’
one State, is vested with power to demand
a criminal who may e>ca|e into another.
and an obligation is created in direct terms
lo deliver him. On whom rests tins obliga
tion? Nit on Lie Slate, or it would have
heed so expressed ; on Lie Government cer
tainly, lor, to tlie Government lias tlie jtmver
io edlbree the light, been relinqmshod bv tlie
Stales. Tne obligation then lestmg on Lie
G ivernmenl. the power to |ie liirm it. billows
ts course, for it would he lolly to impose an
itiligaiion whets there is no power to perfotfrS
it. H iving established tiie power in tne
Government, under tlie Constitution, to de
over fugitives from j t<‘ice (not 11 coerce a
-overeign State to do it.) Congress has.the
iulhorily to amend the law as proposed bv
He Georgia legislature, for it has authority
■ make all laws winch shall he necessary and
-roper for carrying into execution the t,vv
rs vested by tiie Constitution in the Gov
r -ment of the United States. The Act ot
1793. was passed lor the putp>f?eof carrying
uto execution this power, and the fifty <*’
x citing it was assigned Jo the Executive
tfieers of the Stales. D terence to Si*'e
ulhorities, no doubt, induced CoTigress tlets
o assign this doty. es|c;ally as tt,e Uxecu
ve officers of the several States arenq'iir
and to he bound by Onh or Affnnation to
ootioit the Constitution of the U. S.
Experience having shown that the rights
•f die States, cannot be enforced under the
xi-tuig law, tin; Genera! A-s-unbly of Geor
m t propose to Hie Federal Government to
i li.ch.irge its ohhgatioti to t e States thro igh
*iit* medium of some other instrumentality.
nd suggest, that the Judges of Ihe Circuit
.tod District Courts of Hie United States be
used f,r tins pmpose. The authority pro
mised to be given to the .fudges, rreght he
conferred on any one else; but thpse futifiinn
iries it is snpivxed, would he as far removed
from prejudge pnd improper influences as
mv. agents who couid lie appointed.
Tiie Legisture of G -org-a never siippos
j pij that bv the proposed amendments, the
I Circuit or D'sinct Courts of th ITnitpdj
States would be vested with juris !i~l on of
tlip casi; and such will not fie tfj” sac.
Tt'P duty to be required i f thp J ‘fges
would he o>initeiial; to cause the fugiti r , to
be arrested and del vered. not to try b tt>.
1 The Ac! of 179? require’ the Executive aa*
thsuny ot t e State, to witch * peis*ii Clytrg
ed witlt tieartou, lelmiy or *ttier citine slctll
nave fled, to cause iiim to lc a rested, con
fined and delivered, f* any judicial power
cottlerred lien? Is the Ext Cu'lVe autnorny
of the State vesteil wdft [mwer to organ Zt
‘nntself into a court, and try the criinuial? I
apjireltthd not.
And yet Hie Executive officers of theSiat.
oe vested iviin ill the power and autiioiily
under Ihe presllit law. winch nis proposed
t> Lie resplutions to cntifet on the .l.nlg- sol
Hie Circuit and D-uriri C niHs. The J dge*
would have no discieiioo. Tneit duties
would he uefiiied. Tnev ;**< G wermuent of
fleers would lie requited to act mitiMeria.'ly
in di-ciia ge of a positive obligation of the
Government.
This is no new m n!e of giving efT ct to a
Constitutional provision. ’The next clause of
die sunt’ seblioti of the Constitution ol tin
United S ates provides. Inat 4 no person field
to service or labor in one State, under Lie
laws theieof. escaping into another shall in
consequence of any law or regulation therein,
he di enaeged front micm -service or labor, but
shall be deliv re-1 u on claim of tlie party
to whom such service or lab* r mu / be du .’
Ti e obligation imp is- and on the G wentm-Mit
• to deliver up’ a person held to service or la
hor in one Slate escaping into another, on
claim of the party to whom such set vice or
labor is due, is not more perfect than it is to
deliver up a fugitive felon under ‘he priced
mg clause, on demand of the Executive an
thoritv of the.S ate from which he ff *l, and
vet the judicial officers of the United States
and of the States are required f • execute this
provision. The authority o< Cultures* thus
ii* confer this txnvcr has, I helieve. never he
6*re been questioned, and I think I mav aav
that hundreds of instances have occurred in
which slaveholders have recover* and their pro
pertv under the law to give effect to this
Constitutional provision.
’i’liese twd cases are parallel. Th the one
c.-iae the Constiii ton di-Ha r # athit t 1 r demand
stia'l he made hv the Exeruti'e author ty of
the State whence the crimi- al fled, bit does
not say on whom the demand shall be made;
in the other case it declares that the claim is
to be made by the patfv to ivhnm the se. vice
or labor is due* lint does not snecTv of whom
the claim shall be made, jff it is npress ‘ rv
that the demand in the cae of a fugitive felon,
sltali he made on the St ate where he is found,
it is equally so thai the claim #>f a slave should
he made of tfie State where lie hiav he fiiuud
lu States Wliete slavery is riot tolerated and
a sab'e complexion dors not crease a pre
sumption ol p-opertv. nejyrops are as much
under the protection of the laws as any citi
zen. though they may not he entitled to as
manv privileges.
ft would He as much an assault upon the
rights of one of these Staes to pu r sue into
Us territory arid arrest a slave then under the
authority of the Government, as if wo Id he
‘o pursue and arresi upon like authority a
fugitive felon.
A person he'd to service or lahor in this
State escaping into a State where slavery is
not tolerated cannot he claim and of an indi
vidual. hpeausc an individual has no right to
take him imo custody, or to control him. He
is presumptively f-pp. a- das hefo r e remarked
under the protection of the Inns O whom
then must flip he irieninn ed ? 0 r that Go.
vernmerit. most assmedlv. on whom Ins been
im osed the obligation to deliver. be the
Constitution. Tha’ Government lias enacted
a law for this purpose, and under it hundreds
of slaves have Iv-en restored to thpir owners,
and neither the law nor the aetio*’ under it
has ever he n ’etrard-*d as an nnwarrantah'e
invasion of State Riohts unless von now so
consider it. I flunk I have rleadv lu>o n thaf
Congress pas the Con-1 til io *1 power to
legislate in tins snhj c. an>* to -e-t tb*- nrn
posed powers i n the o ; *mil and D str'c.t Judg
es of the Un ted States,
Yhi ohj ct to the Resolutions because of
tfie inexpediency of making the n-npo~-ed
‘amendments to the Act of 12il# Fehma-v
1793 or anv oth#r amendments hv which the
Suites of t’ is Union respectively and especial
Iv the slave I (tiding Sta es. shall deprived
of the full and a lisohup ey#’>-e : <!*‘ nf -Hn* h’P'h
*nvrrfi<r)i power before the Cnnsfifu
tinn and recognized by that instrument of
flprTiflnd nn! if|. V pr V t. tlfpjr of i
those u'ho hove viz Inte l their penn? lines nvd
have fled for protection and immunity to an
other State. 1
In examining this objection, it is necessary
to ascertain whelhet your postulate lie cr
rect, whether the lugti .sovereign power did
exist in the States be fine the Coiistituiion
“ to demand the delivery Pi their authorities,
of those ivho violated- their p> n I laws, and
fl (I fir protection and immun: y to another
Slate. I apprehend that on an cxnnma ton
of tfie laws which regulate the dull* a of na
tions on this -tihject, it will fie (bund ih-it it
ail individual violate the penal latos of his
own country, and escape into another, tuere is
no ohligation on the nation in which he has
taken refuge to deliver him. A treaty to that
edict would cieate art ohhgation, hut the
laws of nations igipo.se. none. It win on tins
principle that Mr Jeffrsnn as Secreta y of
S ale o’ the United Stales refu-wd to deliver
certain fugitives on demand of the Fiench
Minister m 1793 saving *• that the laws of
this country iai<e no notice o r ci i lies c i-nmii
ted out of their juris I coon. The rint airo
e.iotts tiffettder coming within their pile, is
hheiVed hv them as an innocent man, and
ttiev have authorized no one to seize or deli
ver him ’’ Mr. Monroe, writing under the
eye nl Mr. Madison, in his irisltuciions to the
Pie!ii|>oteiit'Hries o the United Si ties, In
treating of peace w>th G et Britain, on the
15th of April, 1814. ass rts the same
principle,. He says *• it ih certain a sove
reign iias no right hi pursue Ids subject* jipo
the rerritories of another, be the motive what
it may. Such an entry without the c uset
ol .iiie tidier pnWi f, ivbnld hr a v olntion of its
Territory, and an act of hostility Oll'enders,
even conspirator*, cannot he pursued by one
power mho the Territory of another, tinr are
tfiey delivered Up by the latter, except in com
pliance with triaiies, or hv favor.” It is un
der the Constitution alone that the right
accrues to one of the States, to demand the
delivery of one of its own ciiiiens who has
violated its jteual laws an ! escaped into atm
ther. SutUi right was not known before the
Constitution. It is diff-relit when a citizen
or subject of one nation violates tfie laws of
another, or c-t'iimita an aggression on (he
rights of a cmz-'ii nr subject of auothrr nation
and escapes into his own country. In such
case (he injured State, has a right loi"tnand
die fugitive. Bui a refusal to deliver hm, is
not in every instance, as you aeerh to suppose,
a just cause of war. War is under all cir
cumstances a great evil and should never he
resorted t as a means of redr ssmg an iriju
rv. except in cases of i-bsolut* necessity, and
sjiould always he the last ahe 1 nat ie. Vane!,
on whose authority vou relv. does not S"p
rtort the propoaitioi. that a sovereign and in
dependent nat-on would have the righ’ to
demand criminals from the S'nte, to whict
they might flv in order to trv and rmni-h
them within her own ju isd c’ion ; and if this
her demand were refused, would have jurt
cause of teer. He stale3 that “ the rove-
reign who .elti.'e* to Calls? it pa atioii to •*<
made of me damage eau*vd lv ins nubjt ct,
ot to putnsfi Lie i* mil \ ur in abort tod* live*
him up, rend* fs IrinncX it* sonic niefsli e, an
-iccoinp tce to the injury, and becomes tesp >n
s hie lin it. But it he denve*s up either th*
!(oods fit th'’ guilty or makes a r Cotnpense.
ui ease* tijat will ad.nil of teparalion, or Iht
person, to render him su!j* ct to Lie je.oal y
•>t his crane, the ottend* and his noth.iig lui
Lier to deihand from inm ” Hence it is no
c ruse of war tor n sovereign to refuse to sur
ren er oiit iif Ins subj-cis who I as ofleudetl
another naiion'or inj tred its subj cts. provt
ded he deiivt rs f’p either lliesjoifls of tin
guilty, or makes a recompense it cases fhai
will adn.it ol reptnation.
It’one of the ISiates of this Union then,
should ahatidoit the Constitution, ad act, as
an absolute sovereignty, .in Lie laws o|
nations, site will a-ce.tain before proceeding
to ext.enrties, J hes injured c t xen has been
recompensed, or restored to his rights; tin
if tie ha*, according to Lie r< cognized Code,
tne offended has nothing furtltei to and mand
I t* under Lfe Constitution alone, that a N’.a'e
Iris til* absolute unconditional right todemand
a [>ersoii ctia.ged with treason, felonny, m
other‘c tine, who shall flee Iron justice, •ti
be found in another State. .This rig it to
(h-mandj does not r'fjiend upon a lelVisal io
deliver up Lie goods of the guilty, or to make
recompense, nor will the delivery of the goods
of Lie guilty or the making of recompense,
satisi’v Lie demand, as is Lie case between
absolute sovereignties The Slate has the
right to demand of Lie Government, the deli
very of persons who have violated her penal
laws, and escaped into a sisterS ate, whethei
that person lie one oi lier own cmz ns, a citi
7. n ol any oilier member of tl.e con ederaev,
or the subject of a liireign Prince. \Yliil>
Georgia will jealously watch the opertitons
of die General Government, and manfully
war against her assumpti.m and ex rcise <•!
undeleg.tied powers, she will as. sternly d<-
maud of her the performance of all Constitu
tional obligations. S4he does not regard hei
co-Siates, xc pi as represented hi C mgiess,
as having Constitutional power to carry into
execution any Constitutional jirovisipn, ft. w l
neitlier invoke their sympathy, nor suppi cate
their iuteiporition, in any trial she my liave.
The occurrence of a particular case has
shewn the insufficiency of the existing law to
carry into effect the c au*e of th; Constitution
ivh ch relates to (He delivery of fugitives from
justice and lias led to the suggestion* made
ii the resolutiona
Hut no rclitf is asked in that ease No
que.-tioii is submitted ivmcti involves Hie right
of Georgia, to regulate and protect the pro
perty of her citizens iu slaves. This is not
open for di-riissinii. An abstract proposition
is presented, whether the Government shah
not itself, perform a Constitutional obligation
instead of referring it to ttie State authorities,
who assume the right to exercise* discretion
in Hie matter.
I have he Honor tube,
Very.yespec ; t(u|ly,
Your ohed ent sprv’t.
chahlrs j McDonald.
To the H mors hit- Julius C. All'otd. Wnt
C. D'wson, R'-li’il ‘V. Hihers iam. I*ho.
Butler Kmg. E. \ N shet, Lot Warren
From the New Orleans Picayune, Bih inst.
FROM TEXAS.
Fight with the Cnmanrh s!
The steam packet J\'eio Yutk Cpt-
VN right, arrived yesterday morning Mom G il
vesion, bringing dates liotti Houston to the
1-.1, and fioiii Galveston to Hie 3 1 tis’tani.
I iie only interest.ug miellig* nee Hi it we liave
received hv this attival s an.account ol a fit;li ’
betiveen a party ol Cninanc.iii sand two rum
patties of mlanti v at San Antonio on the 19 h
nit. Oar information is lak- n from an txoa
ot Hit- Ail-tin Sennnel of the 23 I ol Marcit,
winch has been poJitely s tit it- ny a .fiend ai
Galvestoil. W t huve only room for the lot-
Imvmg p articulars ; • ;
On the 19 h M aich a body of 65 India it
at rived at San Anioitio, bringing Ali-s Lock
iiart, a little girl, taken by them a yeai amt
a hull*since from tne G Hidaloupc, lor tit pui
pose of holding a council with the agents ot
tlie Government. They said they wished to
see il they could get a lugli price for tier; aim
| if mi they would Ining all the other pri-oneis.
one at a time. Miss Lockhart stated tli.it
sic had seen all the otiiei prisoners iv their
camp a few days be ore she left. Col. W. G
Cooke, ac mg Secrelaty of War, tljougbi and
pioper to ;ake lostages tor the sale return of
me prisoners. ? and Co|. Eisner wasordeed to
march two companies and place tlSefll iru e
unmet file vicinity of the council loom, ‘flu
duels ;Vere. tlfeti called together, an I Were
a ked—“ \\ here are the prisoners you pro
miseil to bung in to this talk?” Moke war
rati, the chief wtm field the ast talk and triad#
the p omi-e. replied—•• We have b-ouglil in
the only one we had : the others are wilii
oilier trities.” A pause ensued, as this an
swsr was a pa pa tile lie, and a direct vinlaiion
ol their pledge, solemnly given, scarcely a
month since. He phseived (lie p.aii-e. and
a-ked quickly— ” II >\v do you like the an
swei ?” After some pt'le.vii.g in relation to
the prisoners, one c unpativ was ordered to
march into the room, and the other to the
rear of the building, whe e the warriors were
assembled. The Chiefs were then told they
were pri oners and would not be liberated nn
lil they restored It e while pjisonefs. On#
sprang to the hac!-; door and attempted to
pasK the sentinel, ivho presented his mn-ket.
wften the Indian drew his k.ule and slabbed
him. A general rush was then m.\de for tin
doors. Ciptam H >ward caught on- hy the
c. tlijrr and received a severe stab. H>* th*-n
ordered the sentinel to shoot the Indian, which
was instantly done. They all then dteiv their
knives afd Hows fi-.r hß'tic, aiul the twelve
Cu'els were immediately shot
lit ihe mean time Capt. Redd’s company
was attacked hv the warri#ir in the rear ot
the van), who fought with desperation. The
Indians were driVefj into the sioiw houses,
fiorn which they kept up a gall ng fi e with
their hows and r.fles. Whenever their ar
rows'struck it wis such force that they pene
trated to the feather. A small number mic
ceefled in gaining the opposite e.tde of the
river, but Col. Wells pursued them with a
party of mounted men, and kited ali with the
exception of a renegade Mex can.
A single warrior fd#*tt refuge in s stone
house, refusing every off r of hfe gent fern
through the squaw>; and after killing and
wound in.r several men, the building was fired
at night and he was shot as tie passed the
door.
The whole number of warrior*, excepting
the Mexican, amounting to 35, were killed
besides two women and thre • children Fh#
Te> ian loss was 7. kil'ed, viz : Lieut W. M.
Dunniiigtitn.p'ivaiis K miinski and Whitney;
Midge Thompson of II #ns on. Judge Hood
•’ Bexar, Mr. Casey of Matagorda, and a
Mexican.
Wounded—Cnp. G. T Howard, Capt
Matthew Ca'dw-1, Lieut E. A. Thompson,
p ivatt- K'-i v Judge Robinson, M# - . liiggiu
1 o Ham. Mr. Morgan and Mr.Carson;’ to a
- wo it ded 8; Howard, The m,i on and KHI>
’ very severely.
At the request o r the prisrners, a squaw wsa
I iie.aitU and well mouuit and, logo to the rn mi
, oilte and #eque-t an exominge ol prisoners;
die promts u to return iu four days,
i Tier ship Vi. gima. from London, arrived at
Galveston on tfie Ist instant.
Col Maveitfk hail brought information to
Houston, that on the advance of i| K * Central
ists under A# ism towards Guerrero, w #ere
the Provmc.a! Govmmie..t o tiie new repub-
I c o| Rio Grande ivas established, t e m tn
h. f-ot tlie G..veinm- nt appointed the Lake
•t Esp.tnioso, nil the Nu ces river, as their
nun, orary *- at of (Jove nment. A corn} any
of tpeir Hoops is now said to be on its wav
u* lake possession of u e spot. The Morning
Star calls ih s an invasion of the I exian ter
•ito:y, and thinks that Government should
not |)erinit it to pass unrehuked. The Gal
veston Civilian says the measure is douhiless
t violation of the nice rules of international
etiqu- Me, hut thinks the Government would
show a want of proj er rej animdy to allow
itself to be disturbed by an event so trifling.
Tlie following letter which appeared in an
iXtia ot ihe Anson G.z ll ol a tale dale, we
c->py liom jin. N (i. Btitieim. 1 lie story cer
la.niy partakes laigeiy of the marveilous, and
tvi.l rtquire strong pnmt lo give it credence,
ilioitgn we cmilesa ii bears ilie impress of
ii uut:
Comakgo, Talaclipas, Feb. 6. 1840.
To the Lditor of the Jhum City Gazett:
—1 was loiiueriy a citizen oi die United
States, and Have been living in Mexico lor
17 yea is. Aly business hi ilns Country i*such,
and nas been, as to require me io itavel from
place to place. 1 was, not mug since, at a
iiniiiiig dislnci in Mexico, in me neighbor
iiond id Gaudelcjeta; and wmle there a Alex
icjii came io me, and said that there was a
mat* Irmn iexas, working in Salittus’ mine,
who had requested of him lo ask ihe first
American he saw, to come ami see hint, as
tie wt*hed lo a. ml Some word to a family fie
had lelt in tne Mate of Tennessee. To t-n
----tet a mine in Mvx.co you liave io obtain per#-
imssum Irom u,e wmker or owner, and fie
.-cud* with you tne overseer, who
io keep strict waicn that you lake out of (lit
mines no ores or valuables.
I went to me owner, and obtaining per
mission, went with ihe overseer, and was
taken io that passage of the mine where tfie
convicts a#e placid to work. There were
* >me 20 or 25 at work, and among-t iht-in I
ricogu.zed me manly ii.f.n of one of my
couiH.ymen, who, the owner told me. was
one ol I tie pi isotters biouglit on hy a part
ol Enisola’s division, when ne reirealed Iroui
iexas.
i he. American upon seeing me, stopped
forw;itd and gia-ping ;ue by (lie hand, a;d,
* V\ ell, stranger, you are the firs! Amencan
I have seen m ilns damned country ; and I
oott’i Hunk 1 would have seen you, ii I had
noi made a fraud of one of these devils that
oveisee the iiuiie.’
* Mv uiiiominaie friend.’ I replied, ‘I Jiave
Iteeii ui ide awa eof the circumsjaiicea that
placed you here, and they are such as (o de
hai me (join iced ring y-ut any assistance
more • l#ai bearing lor you any nn ssage you
may wish’ *1 know slial,’ lie lent md, ‘so
lei Us go about a : my name i- D .vjd CrocK
ett—l am Hum iVnm ssee, a.tiii nave a tain |y
f.iere —Jay Hunk I am dead, and so does
eve y one use; Im iftev are mistaken. I
sliou.d have w , uteii lu itiem, as H e overstef
inld me I m gin, if I cm Id gel any body to
lake a f lier lor me ; an.i drinks to God, I
iiavi goi one at iai ’
He re.atul to me the particulars of ffls
Having ben taken at f oil Alamo, ai B x-tr,
and s#-ul fog-Iher widt fwo oilier men, lo
L ill'll. >; Horn winch place thr-y had been
evri s net.
lie wioir hv me, a letter, (o be ,-em. Gy me
t” ■ a wile and elniii.en in Teiut. sse- , w-'och I
* in f o ii AI Mammas, vvitii ij reelnum toutail
n m New 0 leal.*, Il l illtlllg j.; my po sr.-si, in
a i o.*y t-ereui. lor t* a, hv rat,no mi-jduinc.c*,
H -liousl miM-a y. I'n Lit-tit. C, | D L
Woo l, with whom I met in L irtdo, ] gave
miiil.e copy, wliirfi hr prmnist and me to pult-
ItMi; but I liave si i* h ani he did not get uf~
saf. vvtin it is die leasou f w rite vnu i>v 3
Mexican, going from here 10 Btstmp and
A list hi. Ifine and r<-c li dllmi in give it to 311 v
Ameiiean In- s.w >u eiditr place, vvHowo .ldf
know hue to sen !it
In g. eai haste, I am,
Your iuinthf servant
WM C. WHITE.
IVar—Lnvc in a Palace.— lt is said that
Albert aim V ctm ia have already tin.l a qoar
te . By an epistolary favor from one of th£
r. yai iiiiu-eliold we learn ttu- lofmvingpurtic*
ulan. Ii teems that die B i ice arc and. mally
Hod opmi one of Victoria’s toes, upon vvnic'h
gave royal Albert a shove, and
eXelauned,
k A ! y u b imp !’
Th’ P lin e made no reply, hut with great
unconcern walked away with his hands be
lt. a lit his con t tail.
Pit study i r 11 ceivpd a note hy a page, re
questing Ins mini Jiate attendance upon Her
Majesty, to ulncii lie lelmriei! a written an
swer 1 espt r filly declining the invitation, and
signing it ‘ The limit V
He was install Iv visited in his apartment
hy tlie indignant Queen, who placed herself
before him, with aims a-kimho, and without
-leaking coniitieiiceil distorting her court te
ll mce and mak tig fi gi tfnl faces at die Piince.
Albert sal lift few miniiriits whistling, and
then said with great coolness,
* Is your Maj-sty afflicted with corns?’
‘Un—nm— lllll ttin—urn, 1 exclaimed Vic
toria, curling up her nose and projecting her
under lip at Albeit.
Htreiipon #he P inre rose, put on his hat
and walked “tit. Since then rt#Y a word has
pissed between the royal pair, and it is said
dial they occupy dist rict apartments and cat
at separate tables.—JV*. O. Pic.
Such a Good ’ Un. — T eating a Bank J\bte
with Due Respect The Boston P. r lias the
10. l iw.ng c apital thing in a late number. An
out at elbow* poet, who. hy some Ireak of
fortune, came into possession of a five dollar
hill, called to a lad, and said, ‘ Jonny. mv boy,
lake Un* William sr'fd get it changed.* ‘ What
do you mean hi calling it William V inquired
d:e woud-nng lad. ‘Why, John,’ replied
ihe {met, ‘I am not snfliceutly familiar wilU
it to take the liberty of calling ii Bill /’—A*
0. Picayune
1 he La iie* (God blew ’em) arc Whigs, to
a man.- Buffalo Centinel.
To tfiis we supjNtse s me Loco F‘>ro paper
will answer, ‘ anti the men (God help them)
aie V\ lugs to a vvinßan.’—JY. 0. Pic.
Sheridan, and his son Tom. — Tom Sheri
dan, when a lad, was one day asking his
f rther (the celebrated Richard Brinsley) for
1 email sum of money. Sheridan tried to
•oal giving any, and saiff, ‘Tom, you
ought t.t be doing something to get your liv
in r. At y u~ age my fahVr made m## work.
M/fa lter alwav *—-- I beg your pardon,
sir,’ in errupted ‘Pom. ‘ I will not hear your
la Iter compand with mine.’
Benevolence.--’ I leave you the hulk of my
personal property,’ as the fat old gentlemarf
said to the lean nephew.
\O. 9.