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i HOL£RA.
From the Hartford American Mcrevry.
BOARD OF HEALTH, )
Hartford, (Conn.) July 10, 1832.
Voted, That the Physicians of tiic 11 >ard of Health, {
be r< quested to draw up a bri> f statement of tacts on »hc
subject of the Cholera, with such remarks as they may d
think proper, to be published by this Board.
A true copy.
Attest, CHAS. M. EMERSON, Clerk.
EPIDEMIC CHOLERA.
The following papier, drawn up in obedience
to the order of the Board of Health, is intended
to answer the inquiries of those who regard with
apprehension, the approach of the Epidemic
Cholera, and to furnish a few brief suggestions
to the inhabitants of this city, should the disease
appear in their immediate vicinity.
The Epidemic Cholera is slightly, if at all,
■contagious. Before the disease reached Europe,
Physicians were much dividi d in sentiments on
this subject; hut as it extended from one coun
try to another, and from one town to another,
those who watched its progress have, with great
Unanimity, declared that it is not contagious. —
Our limits wil enable us to cite hut few of innu
merable testimonies on this subject.
1. The Physicians attached to tho hospitals at
Astracha n, say, “we have all, without any pre
caution, touched and rubbed the sick. We have
daily visited the hospitals crowded with Cholera {
patients, where we have respired their breath, j
and yet we have neith r contracted the disease j
nor conveyed It to our families. The atten- |
dants, who nursed and applied frictions to the j
patients—who put them into the baths, changed 1
their linen, and performed other offices for the
sick, remained free from Cholera.”
2. In one of the principal Hospitals at Riga,
seventy-eight persons were employed, of whom
only two were affected with Cholera, and one of
these was not in immediate attendance upon the
sick.
h. During the prevalence of the Epidemical 1
Moscow, 587 patients affected with Cholera were j
admitted into a Hospital with 860 patients, labor
ing under other diseases, yet, not a single one of
the hitter became affected with Cholera, A dis
tinguished Physician of that city, who had for- j
meily been a contagionist, declares that to his
*♦ great astonishment, he saw that the attend-,
ants who handled the sick and watched over
'them without any precaution, remained free from
the Cholera.”
4. Os 400 houses visited by the disease in
Berlin , 270 furnished solitary cases of the dis
ease, there being only one patient in each house.
They were watched, nursed, and received eve
ry attention which sympathy could suggest, or
suffering demand ; and yet in no instance was
the disease communicated to the other members
of their families.
5. The Physician ofa large Hospital erected
at TV arsaw , for the reception of the poor, assures j
us, that no* one of the attendants, not one of the
nurses, not one of those who handled the dead
fell a victim to the disease, 'i he members ot’tho
Warsaw Medical Commission, declare, that the i
whole body, of Polish Physicians, entirely reject
the idea of contagion in Cholera. They also
declare that of about one hundred Foreign
Physicians, who were in attendance upon Cho
lera patients at Warsaw, not one suffered from
the disease.
(J. In England, we learn from unquestionable
authority, that after the disease had prevailed
in that country four months, and extended to the
comparatively distant parts of the island, but
one Physician had died of the Cholera.
7. The French Physicians, who have had
most abundant and sad opportunity to watch the
progress of the disease, entirely reject the idea
of its being contagious.
Dr. Lefevre, Physician to the British Embas
sy, at St. Petersburg, says—“l have known the
wife attend the husband, the husband attend the
wife, parents their children, and children their
parents, and in fatal cases, were from long at
tendance and anxiety of mind we might con
• ceive the influence of predisposition to operate,
yet in no instance have I found the disease com
numicated to the attendants.”
9. Dr. James Johnson, whose opinion on tin’s u
subject is entitled to great confidence, declares
that “the immunity of attendants, as well as the
friends of the sick, who crowd around the death
bods of their unfortunate comrades, sufficiently
proves, that the Spasmodic Cholera of India, is
neither propagated by contact with the diseased
person nor by exhalations from the body,
10. The Board of Health at Quebec, arc in
possession of no facts calculated to shew that
the disease was imported into that city; and the
Physicians of Montreal, after weeks of painful
experience, are satisfied, that it is an epidemic,
and not a contagious disease.
11. At X ew-Vork, it has appeared simul- !
taneously in different parts of the city, and a
jnong people who have hud no common connex
ion, evidently proving the atmospheric or local
origin oi the disease.
12. From these, and innumerable other facts,
we are satisfied that the Cholera is slightly if at
all contagious, and that the few and rare cases of
apparent contagion which have been reported
must be regarded as exceptions, to the common
course of tlie disease. But if the Cholera is an
epidemic, which depends on the const! utionai
state of the air—can we do any thing to arrest
its progress and mitigate its seventy ? Before an
sweringthis inquiry, it may be proper to observe,
that wherever the disorder has prevailed exten
sively, its ravages have been most severe, where
the streets were llithy, the houses ill-ventilated,
and their occupants ill-fed and intemperate.
Tiffs was emphatically the case at Jessore, at
Calcutta, and mother parts of India, where the
the disease first prevailed.—At Sunderland, it
“was almost exclusively confined to the low,
dirty, an-i thicklv populated districts; not more
than twelve cases have occurred in the upper
and more widely built portion of the town, al
though the freest ani most unrestrained com
munication existed with those places where the 1
disease raged.”
The same remark has been amply confirmed
hr observations made on this continent. —Both
at Quebec and Montreal, if ws may credit re
ports which reach us from all quarters, tlie <
it reels were silty—and the house* were crowd
id with an ill fi/d—care worn and intemperate:
xipulation. in otiier parts ol Canada, where!!
he disease has spread, it has been comparative-!'
y mild. That suite of the atmosphere which j|
iredisposes the population of a whole country ;
o this disease we. cannot alter, but we may re-;
wove other sources of contamination which ren
ler the inhabitants of populous towns more lia-‘
>le to its ravages than those who are scattered
»ver the country.
With these views, we would recommend to !
lie Board of Health a diligent prosecution of
hose measures which have already been adopt-j
jd, for the cleanliness of our s'reets, and wc
would urge upon every inhabitant to see that!
ills own premises arc free from contamination.!
Those who are in the habit of intemperance we!
would recommend to the especial care of the!
magistrates; and those who are ill fed and ill]
slothed, to the benevolent hand of charity, j
Thus prepared, we may reasonably hope to cs-'
rape the discus ;, or if i* comes, to find it divest-'
ed of its terrors- In the latter case, a quiet j
mind —temperate habits of living—and a sys
tematic discharge of the various duties cf life —
kindness to the sick —charity to the poor —andi
confidence in the Protecting hand of Providence, i
will he the most efficient preservative against
its attacks. Wc need not add that an early ap
plication for medical advice would lead to the
most successful applications of remedies,
G. SUMNER, ) Physicians of Board
A. BRIGHAM, \ of Health.
WORKING ME\.
[Wc recommend the following extracts from the:
“ Manifest of the Principles of the Working Men of
Netc-York."]
“ They hold that the only legitimate objects
of legislation are the defence of the lives, liber
ties, and equal individual rights of die governed;
and that all legislation be vend this is mischiev-
O J
otis; therefore,
“ They disapprove all monopolies. They
conceive them to Ire a benefit only to tlie few, an
injury to the many. They seek their total aboli
tion, not violently or suddenly, but constitution
ally and quietly. They are opposed to bank
chartering, as a monopoly; to privileged corpo
rations, us monopolies; in a word, to each and
every law and regulation, by which.wealth is fa
vored at expense ofpoverty, and intriguingspecu
laiors at expense of the people.
“ They disapprove a system of civil law.ac
cording to which the rich or the influential only
stand a fair chance of obtaining legal redress.
o e.
Such they consider the present clumsy, compli
cated, perplexing, tedious, and partial system of
law to be. They especially disapprove our pre
sent laws fur the collection of debts, as without!
force for the rogue, and often equally injurious;
to the honest creditor and debtor. They con-i
sider that so long as justice is sold as at present,]
it will be purchased by the rich, and withheld I
from him who cannot pay for it. They protest;
against the present system of law, therefore, as!
virtually and unjustly depriving a citizen of his!
inalienable rights, if he have not a heavy purse!
to purchase and secure them.
“ They are opposed to a strong government,!
and to sumptuary laws. They think that the]
United States require neither: and they have ob-j
served, that such governments and laws rather!
load to oppression in the few, than subordination!
in the many. They especially object to the pay-]
ing of debts being secured at the expense of tlie 1
liberty of the citizen, and to any crime being
punished with death.
“ They are opposed to all ecclesiastical inter-;
fbroncc in secular affairs, and to all legislation on!
religion. They consider religion a private, not:
a public concern; and they believe that those,
who desire to amalgamate political and religious;
questions are actuated by ambition, not by pie-:
ty. They consider the attempt to stop the mails
on Sunday an ecclesiastical encroachment, dan-!
gcrous and unconstitutional.
“ They are opposed to every law that savors
ofa standing army in time of peace; and to our!
present compulsory militia system, as productive
of no one good effect, while it encourages in-j
temperance and vanity, and oppresses the poor,
by requiring of him a vexatious, useless service,!
to the injury of his business.
“ They view the present district system of e
lections as injurious—They desire to sec if
changed, so that there shall he as many districts'
as representatives; because thus only, they bo-i
lieve, can the political machinery of the present
ruling faction be broken up, and its ill-gotten
and abused influence destroyed.
“ But there is one measure whichstill remains
to be spoken of, and which they consider of more
importance than all the rest, inasmuch as it sc-,
cures and perpetuates every political right they;
possess, or may hereafter obtain, it is a system l '
of Public Education', such as shall place with- 1
in the - reach of all equal facilities for the intel
lectual cultivation and rational training of their
offspring; a system which “shall unite under the
same roof the son of the rich and of the poor,!
the widow’s charge and the orphan;” and which]
shall combine* knowledge of the practical arts'
with that of the useful sciences. To this great]
measure thoir thoughts and feelings tend, as to
C? O'
that which will break down, and can alone safe- 1
ly breakdown, the great wall of partition which
has hitherto separated theory and practice—:
knowledge and industry —science and labor.'
Thus do they hope to see all men and women 1
cultivated, and all useful. They hope to see the I
same class producers and consumers. Instead
of the mind being exclusively cultivated at the]
expense of the body, or the body slavishly over-]
wrought to the injury of the mind, they hope to
see a nation of equal fellow.citizens, all trained
to produce and all permitted to enjoy. By equal, 1
intellectual cultivation only, arc equal rights;
secured; and without knowledge to employ]
them, all rights are comparatively useless.
“ Unless this safeguard to liberty is secured,
and by the enlightening of tlie mass, the axe of,
knowledge laid at the root of aristocracy, there]
is effected, as it were, nothing. The best labors
are lost, and the succeess of the present is ever
hazarded in the future. As the first and chief
of their objects, therefore, the Mechanics and]
Working Men put forward a system of Equal,
Republican, Scientific, Practical Education*, j
“ These are the principles tlie Mechanics and
Working Men of this city advocate. They will,
support for office those men, and those men only,
whom they believe sincerely to hold such princi
ples as these; and whom they see able and]
ready to advocate the same in the councils of
he nation. Should they, in their first choice,
ie deceived, they will change their public ser
ran:s again and again, until they find those who
will legislate honestly for the true interests of
he people.”
From the Richmond Enquirer. ,
Mr. Adams' violation of 'a rule o f the House. —
Fhe preceding extract from the Journals has
>pened a new scone upon tho wondering reader.! 1
Mr. Adams has fiuwn ditociiy in tae face oi the .1
Rules of the House. The 26th ruloisin the fol- !
lowing words : “ Every member who shall be in |
the House, when the question is put, shall give his
vote, unless the House, tor special reasons, shall (
excuse him.” Mr. Adams asked to be excused,
and the House refused, "ict he kept his seat,
and disfinctlv refused obedience to the rules, and
doth d the House. He was called a Second time,
and a train refused to answer. Messrs. Daniel
and Whittlesey each asked to Ik? excused —each ,
was refused —and then answered, in obedience j
to the rule of the House. And yet Mr. Adams,
the Ex-President of the U. States, docs, in the
face of the world, and in the councils of the
nation, attempt to resist and dishonor the rules
of the deliberative body to which he belongs.
He has tin's time escaped—for, on the next clay
Col. Drayton’s resolution for a Committee of In--
vestigation, was laid on the table, by a vote ot
53 to 44. Yet no man, not even Mr. Adams, j
can take such a course with impunity. Public
• censure will punish him. “I never have (says
a letter now before us) in the whole course ofj
my life seen any man take such a tumble and
fall so far in the same time.”
Form the Washington Clohe.
After Mr. Benton had concluded his remarks,
1 Mr. Clay rose and said :— The Senator from
I Missouri expresses dissatisfaction that the
1 speeches of some Senators should fill the galle
‘ ries.* He has no ground for uneasiness on this,
; score. For if it Ikj the fortune of some Sena
tors to fill the galleries when they speak, it is:
the fortune of others to empty them, with what
ever else they fill the chamber. The Senator
••_ - •
I from Missouri has every reason to be well satis
tied with the effect of his performance to-day ;
for among his auditors is a lady of great litera
ry eminence. [Pointing to Mrs. Royal.] The
Senator intimates, that in my remarks on the
message of the President, 1 was deficient in a
proper degree of courtesy towards that officer.
Whether my deportment here be decorous or
not, I should not choose to be decided upon by
the gentleman from Missouri. I answered the
President’s arguments, and gave my own views'
of the fuels and inferences introduced by him in- j
to his message. The President States that the!
Bank lias an injurious operation on the hr crests;
of the West, and dwells upon its exhausting ef
fects, its stripping the country of its currency,
Arc. and upon these views and statements I com-1
merited in a manner which the occasion called j
for. But, if 1 am to be indoctrinated in the'
rules of decorum, I shall not look to the gentle
man for instruction. I shall not strip him of bis i
Indian blankets to go to Boon’s Lick for lessons
o -
in deportment, nor yet to the Court of Versailles,
which he eulogizes. There arc some pecu
liar reasons why J should not go to that Senator
! for my views of decorum, in regard to my bear
ling towards the Chief Magistrate, and why he
!is not a fit instructor. I never had any person
|al rencontre with the President of the United
1 States. I never complained of any outrages
|on my person committed by him. I never pub
| lishedany bulletins respecting his private brawls.
I The gentleman will understand my allusion.
[Mr. Benton said : He will understand you, Sir,
and so will you him.] I never complained, that
while a brother of mine was down on the ground,
senseless or dead, he received another blow. I
never made any declaration like these relative
to the individual who is President. There is al
iso a singular prophecy as to the consequences
of the election of this individual, which far sur-j
passes, in evil forboding, whatever I may have
ever said in regard to his election. I never
made any prediction so sinister, nor made any
declaration so harsh, as that which is contained
in the prediction to which I allude. I never de
clared my apprehension and belief, that if he
were elected, we should be obliged to legislate!,
with pistols and dirks by our side. At this last!
stage of the session I do not rise to renew the
discussion of this question. I only rose to give,
I the Senator from Missouri a full acquittance, and;
I trust there will bo no further occasion for o
pening a new account with him.
Mr. B exton replied. It is true, Sir, that I
had an affray with General Jackson, and that I!
did complain of his conduct. We fought. Sir ;■
[and we fought, I hope, like men. When the!
I explosion was over, there remained no ill will,!
on either side. No vituperation or system of
petty persecution was kept up between us. Yes,
Sir, it is true, that I had the personal difficulty,
I which the Senator from Kentucky has had the
j delicacy to bring before the Senate. But let
\me tell the Senator from Kentucky, there is no
| adjourned question of veracity between me and j
General Jackson. All difficulty between us !
i ended with the conflict; and a few months after
it, I believe that either party would cheerfully
have relieved the other from any peril, and now
wc shake hands and are friendly when we meet.
I repeat, Sir, that there is no adjourned question
of veracity between me and General Jackson,
standing over for settlement. If there had been,
a gulf would have separated us as deep as Hell.
Mr. Benton then referred to the prediction
alleged by Mr. Clay, to have been made by him.
I I have seen, he said, a placard, first issued in
Missouri, and republished lately. It first ap-|
peered in 1825, and stated that I had said in a'
public address, that if General Jackson should 1
be elected, we must be guarded with pistols and!
dirks to defend ourselves while legislating here.
•OO % j
1 Ins went the rounds of the papers at the time.
A gentleman, well acquainted in the State of
Missouri, (Col. Lawless,) published a handbill
denying the truth of the statement, and calling:
upon any person in the State to name the time:
and place, when and where any such address |
had been heard from me, or any such declara
tion made. Colonel Lawless was perfectly fa-,;
miliar with the. campaign, but he could never
meet with a single individual, man, woman, or
child, in the State, who could recollect to have
.ever heard any such remarks from me. No one
came forward to reply to the call. No one had
ever heard me make the declaration which was,
charged upon me. The same thing has lately
been printed here, and, in the night, stuck up in
a placard upon the posts and walls of this city.
While its author remained concealed, it was im
possible for me to hold him to account, nor could i
I make him responsible, who, in the dark, sticks
it to the posts and walls, but since it is in open
day introduced into this chamber, I am enabled
to meet it as it deserves to be met. I see who it 1
is, that uses it, here, and to his face [pointing to
Mr. Clay,] I am enabled to pronounce it, as 1
now do, an atrocious calumny.
Mr. Clay. —The assertion that there is “ an
adjourned question of veracity between me and j
Gen. Jackson, is, whether made by man or mas
ter, absolutely false. The President made a
certain charge against me, and he referred to
witnesses to prove it. I denied the truth of the i
charge. He called upon his witness to prove ;
it. I leave it to the country to say whether
that witness sustained the-truth of the Presi- ; j
dent’s allegation. That witness is now on hisM
passage to St. Petersburg!), with a commission ;
in his pocket. [Mr. Benton here said aloud, |
in his place, the Mississippi and the fisheries I
Mr. Adams and the fisheries —every body under- j
stands it.] Mr. C. said, Ido not yet understand ;
the Senator. He then remarked upon the “pre
diction” which the Senator from Missouri had
disclaimed. Can he, said Mr. C. look to me
and say that lie never used the language attri- j
bated to him in the placard which he refers to ?
He says, Col. Lawless denies that he used the
words in the State of Missouri. Canyon look
me in the face, Sir, [addressing Mr. Benton,]
and say that you never used that language out ■
of the State of Missouri ? . |
Mr. Benton. I look, Sir, and repeat that it
is an atrocious calumny, and I will pin it to him
who repeats it here.
Mr. Clay. Then I declare before the Sen
ate that you said to me the very words —
[Mr. Benton in his place, while Mr. Clay
was yet speaking, several times loudly repeated
the word “ false, false, false.’ ]
Mr. Clay said, I fling back the charge of air o
cious calumny upon the Senator from Missouri.
| A call to order was here heard from several
Senators.
The President, pro tern, said, the Senator
from Kentucky is not in order and must take
his seat.
Mr. Clay. Will Hie Chair state the point
of order?
The Chair, said Mr. Tazewell, (the Presi
dent pro tern,) can enter into no explanations with
the Senator.
Mr. Clay. I shall be heard. I demand to
know what point of order can be taken against
me, which was not equally applicable to the
Senator from Missouri.
The President, pro tern, stated, that he con
sidered the whole discussion as out ot order,
j He would not have permitted it, had he been in
j the Chair at its commencement.
| Mr. Poindexter said, he was in the Chair at
the commencement of the discussion, and did not
then see fit to check it. But he was now of 1
the opinion that it was not in order.
Mr. Benton. I apologize to the Senate for
the manner in which I have spoken, but not to
the Senator from Kentucky.
Mr. Clay. To the Senate I also offer an
apology. To the Senator from Missouri none.
THE BORDER WAR.
From the Galenian {lllinois,} of June 27.
44 SEAT OF WAR.”
June 20. —Captains Stephenson and Craig’s
companies of mounted men left town to-day, un
dcr the command of Col. Strode, for the purpose
of burying the dead who fell in the action of the
18th, between a party of Indians and a detach
ment ofCapt. Stephenson’s company.
June 21.—An Express arrived late last night
with a letter from Gen. Dodge. Gen. D. stales
• • *
that he had that moment received information by
express, that from 50 to 100 hostile Indians were;
on yesterday in full view of all the People within i
the stockade at the Blue Mound, and that a Mr. !
Green and a Mr. Force were, supposed to bo j
killed. Thus, again, we hear of the murder ofj(
more of our citizens, before we have even had i
time to inter the bodies of those who have fallen
in battle, in another quarter.
June 22.—We learn this evening that Mr.
Emerson Green and Mr. Force were killed by
the Indians, near the Blue Mound, as was sup
posed.
One of the Companies (Capt. Stephenson’s)
which left town on 20th, under command of Col.
Strode, returned after burying those who fell
in thg late battle. They marched to the spot
and commenced a search for the bodies, by
plunging into one of the most dense thickets that
could be imagined. The bodies were soon
found, lying within G feet of the beds where the
Indians had concealed themselves to be able to
get the first fire.
One Indian was found dead, and scalped, near
our fallen friends. There were pieces found
too, where other Indians had been killed and
drawn off. Puddles of blood, and places where
the bushes had been broken down in their strug
gle, clearly proved there had been, at least, four
Indians killed. It is the custom of Indians, to
conceal the bodies of those who fall in battle;
except such as have been scalped.
Our friends who fell in the charge, were not
scalped ; their guns were beside them, and their
horses grazing in the prairie.
June 23.—We learn that Gen. Dodge, with
the force under his command, made a move
ment, yesterday, towards the Blue Mound.
June 24. — Gen. Dodge returned with his
detachment of mounted men from the neighbor
hood of the Blue Mound. He saw no Indians,
but discovered that the large party of them whoj
made their appearance near the Mound, and:
killed Emerson Green and Mr. Force, had gone
in a direction towards the Wisconsin river.
Junk 25.—Apple-river Fort was attacked last
night by 150 Indians. They continued the fire
about three-quarters o£ an hour. The circum- j
stances are these :
E. Dixon and a Mr. Welch started to go as i
an express to General Atkinson, and after pass- ;
ing Apple-river fort about 14 miles from this,
place, were fired on by a party of Indians, when;
Welch fell from his horse, badly, though not!
mortally, wounded. The Indians were very 1
numerous in all directions. Mr. Dixon assisted,
Welch to mount his horse again, aad they re-;
treated, amidst the fire of the Indians, to the!,
fort.
Welch was left there, a’nd Dixon came on to
Galena. While yet in sight he looked back,!
and saw the Indians rushing with great fury to-1
wards the forti Shots were exchanged in quick \
succession. Mr. Kirkpatrick,- who was at the!
fort during the fight, says that every man, wo
man and child, took an active part in the defence!
of the fort.
They killed one man in the fort by the name:
of G. W. Herclerode, who was shot in the head
while climbing above the picket to get a fair shot; ■
at an Indian. He was taking deliberate aim at:
one when he was shot.
There were several Indians killed, but all ta
ken otf the ground.
The Indians drove off a large herd of cattle j
and many horses.
We learn that Capt. A. W. Snyder had an
engagement with a party of Indians, killed four, ■
and lost two men, and had to retreat before a
superior force.
June 26- —An express arrived from Colonel
William S. Hamilton, bringing a letter to us, I
from which we extract the following :
Fort Hamilton, M. T. 2 nth June, at night, i.
Dr. A. Philleo ; —Sir, several Winnebagoes
have just arrived at my house, who informed me
that the main body of the Sacs are still on Rock*
and that the party which we have just
learned had attacked the fort on Apple river, is'
from 100 to 140 strong. They left the main
body four days since—but will return immedi-!!
v * a
atcly to the main body as soon as they have
struck a blow.
The men who were killed below my house,
killed four Indians. So say the Winncbagoes.
Curious Circumstance. —lt will be recollect
ed that in a former number of our paper, we
slave an account of the Indians killing six men
near Fort Hamilton, 30 miles E. N. E. of this
town. On the next day after this attack, search
was made for the dead bodies, and all were found
except one, whose name was Fkaxcis Sit.xckk.
There have been parties out nearly every day
since the time of attack in search of Spencer’s
body. On last Friday, a scouting party of out
men from Fort Hamilton, set out, once more tc
trv and find the body of Spencer, and also to re
connoitre the country to ascertain whether In
dians had been recently about, Y hen they came
on the ground where the men had been attack
ed, they saw Spencer approaching. The aston
ishment felt by the whole party on seeing him,
after an absence of nine days in the woods
without food, and not more than six miles Iron
the Fort, can better be imagined by our readers
than expressed by us.
The narration which he gives is briefly this :
When the company who were at work in the
field, (including himself,) were fired on by the
Indians, they all ran and swam the Pick-e-ton-e
--ka river, which was near, and most ot them fell
in rising the opposite bank; the Indians in close
pursuit, soon overtook and scalped, as he sup
posed, all but himself. [ln that we would re
mark, he was mistaken, for one man beside him
self, escaped and took the news to the Fort.]
lie then ran up a ravine, concealed himself be
neath its bank, when he saw all the Indians ex
cept one, commenced their scalping, cutting,
Ac. That one pursued a horse from which had
fallen one of our men, and caught him near
where he was concealed. The Indian mounted
and rode toward him a few steps, while S. un
perceived, took aim, and fired at the Indian, and
brought him from his horse to the ground. It
then became necessary to seek some other re
treat; so he crawled off through the thick bush
es, and again concealed himself. He soon saw
tlie Indians hunting for him, but not finding him,
they shouldered their scalps and plunder and
marched off. Unwilling to risk going to the
Fort, he remained there concealed from Thurs
day evening till Saturday morning, when was
fought the bloody battle between Gen. Dodge's
detachment and the Indians, about 3 miles from
the Fort. He heard the guns and made towards
them, and soon after came in sight of the Fort,
where he saw some Menominee Indians, who had
just arrived under command of Col. Hamilton;
and supposing them to be Sacs, he turned, went
to his hiding place, and there remained till
found by our scouting party nine days after the
attack.
From the Western Carolinian •
We have been politely furnished by the Ex.
ecutive with the following correspondence be
tween him and the Secretary of War, relative
to the occupancy of the Cherokee lands in this
State by a set of lawless Georgians. Our laws
have not been extended over that part of our|
territory, and in consequence Gov. Stokes could 1
resort to no other mode of removing them than!
by application to the President of the United
States through the Secretary of War :
Copy of Gov. Stoke’s letter to the Secretary of War,
on the subject of the intruders on the Cherokee lands, i
with the answer of the Secretary of War.
Executive Office, Ralci?li, X. C*.
May 15 th, 1833.
The Hon. Lewis Cass, Secretary of War i
Sir : — I have received authentic information,
that a number of persons, with not fewer than |
one hundred and thirty negroes, have gone froml
Georgia to that part of the Cherokee country,!
railed the Valley Towns, situated between the I
main Blue Ridge, or Appalachian Mountain and
Great Unecay or Unaka Mountain, and within i
the acknowledged limits of the State of North!
Carolina. The object of these intruders is the|
digging of Gold ; my information further states,)
that these lawless adventurers do not go under!
any contract or permission of the Cheroko.es, |
but settle down and commence their operations J
in defiance of the Indian settlers.
The State of North-Carolina has not any law:
extending its jurisdiction into the Indian territo- ;
ry, consequently I have no legal means of pre-J
venting the injury committed by these intruders.,
I bog you, Sir, to lay this matter before the:
President of the United States, and to request'
him in behalf of the State of North-Carolina)
to remove these violators of our Treaties with j
the Cherokees. This may be done by ordering j
a portion of the United States troops on that sor- j
vice, or by authorizing a detachment of the mili-!
tia of this State. I shall bo ready to do all in;
my power in furtherance of this object, One|
of the persons above alluded to, with a party of
about forty negroes, is a Col. Dennis, of Savan
nah, Georgia—l have not yet learned the names
as others.
Your early attention to this request will con
!cr an obligation and render a service to the
state of North-Carolina, which she has a right, ;
ander existing circumstances, to expect.
I am, Sir, with great respect, your obedient
servant, M. STOKES.,
Department of War,
May, 18 th, 1832.
Sir —I have had the honor to receive vour
etter of the 15th inst. and have submitted it to
:he President. And lam instructed to inform
t’ou, that orders have been given for the em-i
oloyment of the regular troops, in the removal
jf the intruders from that part of the Cherokee!
country, within the limits of the State of North
Carolina, agreeably to your suggestion.
I have the honor to be very respectfully, your
obedient servant, LEWIS CASS.
His Excellency, M. Stokes,
Governor of North-Carolina. !
From the Arkansas Advocate.
Fight between the Shawnee and Commache In- :
Hans. We are indebted to a gentleman re-!
siding at Washington, Hempstead county, for
he following particulars of a fight between the!
Shawnee and Commache Indians, which took;
dace about the 20th uit. on lied River, near
ho Cross Timber.
About twenty days since, twenty-fine Shaw.)
lee Indians fought three hundred and fifty Com
mache Indians, on Red River, near the Cross
Limbers. The Shawnees attacked the Com
naches, about day light, and the battle lasted
until near sunset, when the Comraaches retreat
ed, leaving seventy-seven of their party dead ;
he Shawnees lost only nine of their men. This;
appears to be an unreasonable story, but I have
t on good authority, indeed, my informant saw
most of the seventy-seven scalps.
“ On Saturday next (June 16) the Shawnees
md Choctaws are to hold a Council, for the
ourpose of raising a large party to make war
ipon the Pawnees and Comraaches. It is un
lerstood that the Cherokees, Kickapoos, Ci’eeks,
&:c. will join against them.”
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FRIDAY, I 1.1 37, I
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FOR PRESIDENT, \
j ANDREW JACKSON, 1
VICE-PRESIDENT, 1
1 MARTIN VAN Blߣ\ 1
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, * I
IIEMIY BHANHAM, of Putnam, 1
■ AUGUSTIN S. CL AYTON, of Car, 1
> THOMAS F. FOSTER, ofc nnt , ' c
LOG EH L. GAMBLE, of Jeffery, 1
GEORGE I*. GILMEH, ofo g i fthor .. ‘
' CHARLES E. HAYNES, '
SEABORN JONES, of Muscogee,
■ JANIES M. WAYNE, of Chatham, 1
, mniAHP H. VVILE-E. ofß.rhmorr J
mr M. B. LAMAR, Esq. of Muscogee County,. |
1 candidate for the Representative Branch of Congres-- f
’ the election in October next. t
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: O’No Northern Mail List night, north •■ C- m.lcr.S • j
. —.— . _, _ .. .
It is with mortification we give place in our cui ■ J
ji to the circumstances stated in the articles irom thefi 1
: mond Enquirer and Washington Globe. By givir " I
1 licity to them, vc hope that the people will apply u i
’| res tive to the evils which must result from those cir *
’ stances, should they go unreproved. When our r
jj distinguished citizens behave in so reprehensible ax ip
' j ner, they should be mule to feel the strong arm of, J
j people’s power. 1
EDI ri)RS> C’OKkIESFOXDEXfF. '
Extract of a letter dated Clinton, Ga. July 21, P '
“ The firmness and Zeal with which you have !r
! to supported constitutional liberty, and resisted it,;
encroachments, will not permit you now to be other- .
I than gratified ort learning the manner in which our ,
lago received intelligence of the President’s vetoo;
j Bank Bill. Al! hearts rejoiced. Every counters j j
j beamed with gladness. The old Roman was at hip
I He faultered not. The Mammoth is dead. Jack,
1 has added new laurels to his fame. He is itnmort.;
His enemies arc confounded. What a glorious trim
! over the disrngenuous insinuations of the coalit {
! they thought, they said, he dared not incur the iG
| sure of Pennsylvania. But the veto is out, and who?
er it is read, he will stand justified. The people?
i sustain him. In the support of such doctrines, hr
i nothing to fear. Let others say what they in iy. th,.
| the best act of his political life; this the brightest
i the country has witnessed for many years.
j “ Immediately upon the news arriving hfere, ther 1
1 priety of illuminating the place was suggested. I
I night this was done in a most handsome style. Dir
the illumination, the citizens assembled, and took u c: G
of wine together, without regard to party distinct.
After this?, a band of delightful music serenaded;
place for several hours.”
JiHE'lim IX GE'lKfii i.
N lines of the Sheriffs of the several counties of "
State, elected to serve til! the Ist Monday in Jama
-1834.
Appling, Solom. Cana Jay, Jones, Wm. Barron,
i Baker, Robert Hardie, Lawrens, Charles 8. Gm;
\ Baldwin, Robt. Micklejohn Lee, Janies R. Martin,
| Bibb, H. H. Howard, Liberty, Henry H-Rus.G,
I Bryan, William Ham, Lincoln, Thomas T.y >n,
Bulloch, Allen Watters, Lowndes, Henry Blair,
Burke, Thomas S. Burke, Madison, Richard flhoV
Butts, Henry Hatelcy, Mclntosh, H. L. O’N.a!. *
Camden, Thos. H. Miller, Marion, Andrew Hurra
Campbell. Jas.Gresham, Meriwether, Green Tad
Carroll, Giles S. Boggs, Monroe, Allen Cochran,
Chatham, George Millen, Montgomery, M. Adam;,
Cherokee, John Jolly, Morgan, Hemy Brown,
Clark, Isaac Vincent, Muscogee, W. D. Marge
Columbia,lsaac Rainner, Newton, Alfred Living
Coweta, David Duke, Oglethorpe, Clark Tayk
| Crawford, J. Whittingtrm, Pike, John F. Hcnslie,
Decatur, Kedar Powell, Pulaski, John Lee, jun’r.
DeKalb, John Brown, Putnam, P. A. Lav-son,
i Dooly, Thomas Sanders, Rabun, James B. Hfi-t
1 Early, Wm. Chambers, Randolph, ZachariahJ!
: Effingham, C. L. Morgan, Richmond, P. F. B..is-'..
) Elbert, Wm. Johnson, Sc riven, John C. Fcrr.l
Emanuel, Nath’l. Ilotton, Stewart, Jon. F. Bridge
i Fayette, And’w. Mcßride, Sumter, John Kimimy,
I Franklin, Ciias, W. Bond, Talbot, John C. B ivtoq
I Glynn, John T. May, Taliaferro, W. J.iitlo,
Greene, W. L. Strain, Tattnall, W. Hodges,
Gwinnett, IV m. Brewster, Telfair, James Parker.
Habersham, A. Mauldin, Thomas, Randolph If
Hall, Abraham Chastain, Troup, I). S. Roberson,
Hancock, B. K. Butts. Twiggs, Pevton Reyna-
Harris, W. E. Bedell, Upson, A. Jf. Brown,
Heard, Jon. Mew-sick, Walton, J. T. Monroe,
Henry, Titos. J. Johnson, Ware, John Newham,
Houston, Isaiah Chain, Warren, W. Castlclx-C
Irwin, Hezekiah Walker, Washington, S. A. H.J
Jasper, John L. Cochran, Wayne, J. Highsnii'h,
Jackson, Barnabas Barron, Wilkes, W. IT. Dyson,
Jclferson, Morris Walden, Wilkinson, Isaac Hail.
“ SOUTHERN’ TARIFF.”
Wc publish, according to request, the article fror.;
Courier, upon tlie subject of the rates of storap
commission, adopted by the warehouse keepers ot
city. At the same time we must observe, that it i
to them, and even to tlie writer of the article, l>e r
we think he means well, to accompany this public
with a very few remarks," in order to place the m
on fairer grounds, than “ A Planter” has done it.
do not impugn his motives; he is perfectly justifk
arraigning before the bar of public opinion, the cor.
of men, when he believes that they combine to cf j
from their fellow-citizens, an undue and unreason
compensation for their services. But whilst we do'-
wc ought to be very careful in our calculations;
ought not to misrepresent facts ; we ought to place
fore the public, jointly with statements intended to'
one way, statements, if any exist, which initigat
they do not counterbalance the effects of the other -
ments. This is the case with regard to the den
tions of “ A Planter.” Before we proceed furtr.<
our remarks, wc must premise, that we have no ich"
whatever in the question, only so far as the wish «
every disinterested individual belonging to this co
mfy should entertain, to see - justice—exact justice, -
to all, as well to the warehouse keepers as to the
ters, for all of whom we have a high respect anc? s
will. And wc must add, that if we were to be o-'
by our feelings, we acknowledge our inclination
make us lean to the side of the planters, among '■
for many years past, we have lived, and from wh |
have always received nothing but kindness, assA
when it was needed, and disinterested friendsk; |
support in our business. Even lately, when we -A
on them for their patronage of this paper, many®
came forward, and exerted themselves in procure 1 .;
scribers. Certainly we cannot lose sight of the -
est of such men : we cannot —shall not do it, as.
we have a press under our control. But to return'
subject.
“A Planter” presents, first, a calculation of * : -
bales of Cotton will produce, under the new regn
of the warehouse keepers; and, secondly, another
culation, from which he attempts to show, that a
house keeper, who receivea, during the year, *-
bales cotton, clears $3,200. The calculations are •
neous. In them “A Planter” makes no allowance for
& interest. He takes it for granted, that the wan£
keeper buys every thing on credit, & pays his P uri>
only after he has received the money for the cotton
in his warehouse. “ A Planter” takes it for grante- |
rent, clerks, paper, books, &c. are all procured on r .
and that, therefore, the interest charged by this waK ,
keeper for his advances, is all clear gain to hint- • |
we will ask “ A Planter," whether a warehouse
