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SPECIAL MESSAGE.
No. I.— Mr. Borsvih to Mr. Barton.
Department of State,
Washington, June 2s?, 1835.
Th »b. P. Barton, Esq. &c. &c.:
- Sir—Mr. Livingston arrived here the Hay be
fore yesterday. By the mail of yesterday, your
letter of the 7th May, with atopy of Mr. Living
ston's last tiote to tha Duke <Je Bnglie, was re
ceived.
After an attentive examination of ?.Ir. Living
ston's correspondence with this Department and
(be Government of France, elucidated by his
verbal explanations, the President has directed
me to say to vou, that the Messrs da Rothschild
h«ve been authorized by the Treasury Deoart.
•ment to receive the money due under the treaty
vrith France. Os this authority they will be de
tected to give no'ice to the French Government,
■without demanding payment. For yourself, y«m
■will, if the bill ol indemnity is rejected, follow
Ms. Livingston to the United States. If the
money is placed at the disposal ot the King,
by the Legislature of France, you
will jwait further orders from the United States.
<but maintain a guarded si ence on ihe subject of
the indemnity. If approached by the Govern
ment of France, directly or indirectly, vou will
hear what is said without reply, state what has
occurred in full to the Department, and await
its instructions. It is the desire of the Prosi
•dent, that you will make not even a reference to
the subject of the treaty in your intercourse with
the French Government, until the course inten
ded to be pursued is definitely explained to the
United States. Whatever may be said to the
Messrs de Rothschild, it will be their duty to re
port to you as well as to the Treasury Depart
ment, and whenever they converse with you,
they must be reminded that i: is expected that
they will wait for express notice from the Gov
eminent of France, that it is ready to pay before
an application for payment is made.
The course adopted by Mr. Livingston, has
been fully approved; and the hope is indulged,
that his representations have had their just in
fluence on the councils of the King of France.—
However that may be, the President’s determi
nation is. that the terms upon which the two
Governments are to stand towards each other,
shall be regulated, so far as his constitutional
power extends, by France.
A packet from the Treasury, addressed to the
Messrs de Rothschild, and containing tho in
structions of the Secretary, accompanied by a
special power appointing them the agents of the
United States, to receive the payments due un
der tfoe treaty of 1831, is forwarded herewith.—
The copy of a letter from this Department to
Mr. Pageot is also enclosed for your perusal.
I am, sir,your obedient servant.
JOHN FORSYTH.
No. 2.—Mr- Forsyth to Mr. Barton.
Department of Stats.
Washington, Sept. 14, 1835.
Tho». P. Barton, Esq- &c. <fec.
Sir — S« much time will have elapsed before
this despatch can reach you, since the passage
•of the law by the French Chambers placing at
the disposition of the King the funds to fulfil the
treaty with the United States, that it is presumed
the attention of the French Government will
have been hy that period disclosed. It ta proper,
therefore, in the opinion of the President, that
you should receive your last instructions in vela,
lion to it. It ha# alway« been bis intention that
'the Legation of the United States should leave
France if the treaty were not fulfilled, Ymj
have 'been suffered to remain after the departure
of Mt- Livingston, under the expectation that
the Government ol France would find in all that
lias<eecurred, its obligation to proceed forthwith
(e the fulfilment of it, as soon as funds were
placed in its hands. If this expectation is die
appointed, you must ask for your passparta, and
retern to the United States. If no movement
iiaa been made on the part ot France, and no in.
tcimatian given to you, or tosho banker of the U.
States, who ta the authorized agent of the Trea
sury, to receive the instalments due, of the time
that payment will be made, you are instructed
4« call upon the Duke de Broglie, and request to
be informed what are the intentions of the Gov
ernment in relation to it, staling that you do so
by orders of your Government, and with a view
to regulate your conduct by the information you
tney receive from him. In the present agitated
etete of France, it is the particular desire of the
President that your application should be made
in the most conciliatory tone, and your interview
with the Duke marked by expressions as coming
from your Government, of great personal respect
for that Minister, and of en anxious desire for
the safety of the King of France. If the Duke
cbould inform you that the money is to be paid
on any fixed day, you will remain in France—
otherwise you will apply for your passports, and
etate the reaeon to be that the treaty of indem
nity hae not been executed by France.
Til* President especially directs that you
•honld comply with these instructions so early,
that the result may be known hers before the
meeting of Congress, which takes place on the
7th of December next.
7 am, sir, your obedient servant,
JOHN FORSYTH.
No. 3.—ilfr. Barton to ihe Duke de Broglie.
[translation ] —D.
Legation of the U. S. op America, (
Paris, 24th October, i 835. j
His Excellency the Duke de Broglie,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Monsieur lk Due: Having executed, to the
letter, the last instructions of my Government,
in the ioterview which I had the honor to have
with your excellency on the 2dth of this month,
in order further to comply with these instruc
tions, I am about to return to the U nted States.
Before leaving France, however, I have thought
that it might not be altogether useless to address
yoor excellency, and to submit to v<»n the con
versaiion which then took place between us,
word far word, as I understood it. In pursuing
this course, 1 am prompted by a double motive;
first by a sincere desire to avoid even the
slightest misunderstanding as to the precise
meaning of any expression used on either part;
and also with a view, in presenting myself to
my Government, to furnish indisputable proof of
my fidelity in executing the instructions with
which I had the honor to he charged. This
l*st motive, Monsieur le Due, does not interest
T*o Personally, but the first. I am sure, will not
•PPesr without importance in your eyes.
. »aid that I was instructed to employ
•.* an K ua g® and manner the most conciliatory,
. **** >u t 0 Relieve, should any thing appear
fault mu*! of that character, that the
mv G worn ° attri^ ute d to me alone , and not to
Smisra:? ;. h r c>s ' ,* ”T ,d
tkmnor faithfally obeyediu 0 ” n e ";‘ U 3 dlSpoßl ‘
tJinSd th * COOy ? r,ation by informing you
Wail bad requested an interview by order of
! my Government, and that on the result of that
interview would depend my future move
ments. I said that I was ordered to convey to
the French Government assurances of the very
lively satisfaction feh by the President on re.
ceiving the news and confirmation of the King’s'
1 safety; and that I was t u nil or instructed hy the
Secretary of St te to assure you p rs n illy of
his high consideration. After an obligt sg an ;
ewer of your exc» llcrrcy; I bad the honor to suit- j
mit the follow ing questions:
“I am in-nructed by my Government to inquire i
ol your excellency what are the intentions of j
, His Majesty’s Government in relation to the ;
funds voted by the Chambers?”
And I understood you to make the following j
answer:
“ Having written a* despatch to His Majesty’s j
Charge d’Affaires at’ Washington, with instrnc- i
tions to communicate it to Mr. Forsyth, and M.
Parent having read it to Mr. Forsyth, I have j
nothing to say in addition to that despatch.”
I said “I am also instructed to inquire of yoor '
excellency whether His Majesty’s Government I
is ready to pay tho=e funds?”
And you returned this answer: “Yes, in the |
terms of the despatch.”
I added. “I am instructs to ask another
question— Will His Majesty’s Government
name any fixed determinate period when they
will be disposed to pay those funds?”
To this question, the following w.ts your ex
cellency’s answer. as I understand it; ‘‘ta mor
row, if necessary, when the Government of the
United States shall, by a written official com
munication, have expressed its regret at the
misunderstanding which has taken place between
the two Governments, assuring us that this
misunderstanding was founded on an error, that
it did not intend to call in question ihe good faith
o! His Majesty’s Government the funds are
there, we are ready to pay. In the despatch
to M, Paguot, we gave the views of our Gov
arnment on this question. Mr. Forsyth not
having thought proper to accept a copy of that
despatch, and having said that the Government
of the United States could not receive a commu
nication in such a form, I have nothing to add.
I am forced to entrench myself behind that des
patch. If the Government of the United States
does not give this assurance, we shall be obliged
to think that this misunderstanding is not the
result of an error and the business will stop
there.”
To your excellency’s offer to communicate to
me the despatch to M. Pageot, I replied that,
as my instructions had no reference to that ques
tion, I did not think myself authorized to dis
cuss it.
After some minutes, I rose, and said. “In a
short time I shall have the honor ot writing to
your excellency.”
You answered, “ I shall, at all times, receive
with pleasure any communication addressed to
to me on the part of the Government of the
United States,’’and our conversation ended.
Sui h, Monsieur le Due, as far as my memo
ry serves me, are the literal expressions em
ployed by both of us. Should you discover
any inaccuracies in the relation which I have
the honor to submit to you, it will give rne
p ensure, as it will be my duty, to correct
them. If, on the contrary, this relation should
appear to you in every respect comtormable to
the tliruth, I take the liberty of claiming
from your kindness a confirmation of it for
the reasons which I have already, I believe,
sufficiently explained.
I eagerly avail myself of this occasion,
Monsieur Is Due, to renew the assurances
of the very high consideration with which I have
the honor to be,
Your excellency’s most obedient, humble
servant. THOS. P. BARTON.
No. 4. —The Duke de Broglie to Mr. Barton.
[translation J —E.
Paris, October 26. 1835.
To TP. Barton, Charge d' Affaires of the U.Suites:
Sir: I have received the letter which you did
me the honor to address to me on tne 2 i;h ol
this month.
You are desirous to give your Government a
faithful account of the conversation which you
had with me on the 20th; while communicating
to me a statement ot dial conversation, you re
quest me to indicate the involuntary eirors which
L may remark in it- I appreciate the motives
| winch influence you, and the importance which
you attach to the exactness of this statement;
and I therefore hasten to point out three errors
which have found their way into your report,
acknowledging, jt the same time, its perfect
conformity on all other points, wuh the explana
tions interchanged between us.
In reply to your question — Whether the King's
Government would name any fixed and determin
ed period at which it would be disposed to pay
\ the twenty fee millions? you make me say.
To-morrow, i; necessary: when the Government
( o? the United States shall, by a written official
communiculh.n, have expressed ns regret at the
misunderstanding which has taken place between
i the two Governments; assuring ns that this mis
( understanding is founded on an error, that it did
| not intend to call in question the good faith of
’ his Majesty’s Government," &c.
r Now, this is what I really said: “To morrow,
; to-day, immediately, if the Government of the
‘ United States is ready on its part to declare to
, us, by addressing its claim {reclamation) to ns
1 officially in writing, that it regrets the misunder
standing which has arisen between the two
I countries; that this misunderstanding is founded
upon a mistake, and that it never entered into its
intention (pevsee) to call in question the good
(ai’h of the French Government, nor to taka a
raen-’cing .itn"ado to .cards France.”
‘ By the terms of your report, I am made to
| have continued thus: *Tn the despatch to M.
; tb.geot, we gave the views ot our Government
joa this question. Air. F.rsyth, not having
I thought proper to accept a copy of that despatch,
, and having said that the Government of United
States could not receive the communication in
that form,” &c. Thai was not what I said, be
cause such was nor the language of Mr. Forsyth
to AI. Pageot. bn refusing the copy offered to
him by that Charge d’Aff.ures, Mr. Forsyth gave
as the only reason, that it was a document of
which he could make no use, and that was the
phrase repeated by me.
Mr. Forsyth made no objection to the form '
which I had adopted to communicate to the Fe j
deral Government the views of the King’s Go- j
veniment; in lact, not only is there nothing
unusual in that form; not only is it employed in
the intercourse between one Government and
: another, whenever there is a desire to avoid ihe
irritation which might involuntarily arise from
| an exchange of contradictory notes in a direct
i controversy, but reflection on ihe circumstances
and the respective positions ol the two countries
will clearly show that it was chosen precisely
in a spirit of conciliation and regard for the
Federal Government.
Finally, sir, after having said, “ If the Govern
ment of the Unite;' States does not give this
assurance, we shall be obliged to think that this
| misunderstanding is not the rcsultof an error, ’’
I did not add, “and the business will stop there.”
This last error is, however, of so little impor
tance, that I hesitated to notice it. •
Receive, sir, the assurances of my high con
sideration, V. BROGLIE.
No. s.— Mr. Barton to the Duke de Broglie.
F.
Legation op the U.S. op America, ?
Paris, Nov. 6,1835. s
Monsieur:.® Dug: Having been recalled by
my Government, 1 have the honor to request
that yoof excellency will be pi«eeed to cause
passports to be prepared, to enable me to proceed
to Havre, thence to embark for the United States,
and for my protection during the time I may find
it necessary to remain in Paris. I arn instructed
to give as a reason for my departure, the none
execution, on the part of His Majesty’s Govern
ment, of the convention of July 4th, 1831.
| I avail myself of this opportunity. Mcn ieur
!e Due, to renew the assurances of very higu
consideration with which I have the honor to be
your excellency’s most obedient, humble servant,
THOS. P. BARTON.
I His Excellency the Duke De Buoglte,
Minister oj Foreign AJfairs , <SfC.
1 No. 6.— The Fake de Broglie to Mr• Burton.
[translation.]
I To Mr. Batton, Charge d'Affaires
of the United States of America :
* Paris, November Bth, 1835.
. Sir: Having taken his Majesty’s orders with
! regard to your communication of the 6th instant,
! I have the honor to send you herewith the pass
j ports which you requested of me. As to the
reasons which you have been charged to ad
| vance, in explanation of your departure, I have
' nothing to say, (Je n'ai point a m'y arreter.)
The Government of the United States, sir,
knows that.upon itself depends henceforward
the execution of the treaty of Julv 4th, 1831:
Accept, sir, the assurance of my high consi*
deration, V. BROGLIE.
No. 7.—Mr. Forsyth to M. Fageot.
Department of State,
Washington, 23th June, 1833.
M. Paoeot, Charge d'Affaires, <£c. £e.
Sir; I have the honor to acquaint yon, for
the information of your Government, that the
Secretary of tho Treasury has, in conlormity
with (he provisions of th>-act of Congress of
the 13th Julv. 1812, designated the Messrs de
Rothschild, Brothers, of Pari*, as agents to re
ceive the payments from time to time due to this
Government under the stipulations of the con
vention of 4th Julv, 1831, between the United
States and His Majesty the King of the French;
and that the -President has granted a special
power to the said {Messrs de Rothschild, Broth
era, authorizing and empowering them, upon
the due receipt of die same, to give the nocessa
ry acquittances to the French Government, ac
cording to the provisions of the convention re
fei red to.
The power given to the Messrs, de Roths
child will be presented by them whenever the
French Government is ready to make the pay
ments.
I have the honor to be, air, vonr obedient ser.
vant. JOHN FORSYTH.
No. B.— M. Fageot to Mr. Forsyth,
[translation ]
Washington, June 29, 1835.
To the lion. Mr. Forsyth,
Secretary of State'
Sir : I have received the letter which you did
me the honor to address to me (his day, and by
which you communicate to mo. for the informa
tion of my Government, that the Secretary of
llie Treasury, io virtue of the act of Congress
of July 13th. 1832, has appointed Messrs, de
Rothschild, Brothers, at Paris, agents (or receiv.
ing, as they become due, the several payments
of the sum stipulated as indemnification, by the
convention concluded on the 4ih of July, 1831,
between His Majesty the King of the French
and the United States of America.
I lost no time, air, in transmitting this comma,
nicationtomy Government; and 1 embrace this
opportunity to offer yon the assurance of the high
consideration with which 1 have the honor to be,
your most humble and obedient servant,
A. PAG EOT.
No, 3.— M Fageot to Mr. Forsyth.
[translation ]
Washington, Dec. I, 1535
To ike Hon. John Forsyte,
Secretary of State of the United States:
Sir: On the 11th of September last I had the
honor, as i was authorized, to read to you a des.
patch which his excellency the Minister of For.
eigo Affairs had addressed to me on the 17ib of
June previous, respecting the state «l the rela
lions between France and the United States.
The o!.j ct at tills communication was to make
known to the Cabinet of Washington, in a form
often •employed, the point of view Iro n which
the King’s Government regarded the difficulties
between the two countries, and to indicate the
means by which, in its opinion, they might be
terminated in a manner honorable to both Go.
vernme'Rts. I was also authorized to allow you,
in case you should aestre it, to fake a copy ol
this despatch; but, contrary to the expectation
winch diplomatic usage in such cases permuted
m» to entertain, you thought proper to refuse to
request it.
I regretted this resolution of yours } p j r) a t the
lime, because, in the first p ace, it appeared to be
at variance with {s'ecarter de) that conciliatory
spirit which so particularly characterized the
communication ju.-t made to you ; and next, a? it
seamed in a manner to deprive the Cabinet of
Washington of the means of knowing, in their
full extent, the views of the King’s Government,
of w hich an attentive examination of the Duke
de Broglie’s letter could alone have enabled it to
form a just estimate. These regrets, sir, have
not diminished, and at the moment when the Pre.
sulent is about to communicate to Congress the
state of the relations between France and the
United States, I consider it useful and necessary,
tor the interests of all, to endeavor to place him
in possession of all the tacts which may afford
him the means of giving an exact account of the
real dispositions ami views ol the King’s Go
vernment on the subject of the existing dtfficul.
ties
With this intention, and from a desire to near,
lect nothing which, by offering to the American
Government another opportunity of making itself
acquainted minutely with the highly conciliatory
sentiments ol His Majesty’s Government, may
contribute to restore good understanding between
the Cabinets ol Paris and Washington, I have
die honor to transmit to you a copy of the Duke
de Broglie’s despatch, and to request you to
place it under the eye of the President.
I embrace this opportunity, sir, to renew to
| you the assurance of the high consideration with
■ which I have the honor, Ac. A. FAGEOT.
No. 10.— Mr. Foisyth to M. Fageot.
Department of Snate, )
Washington, 3d Dec. 1835. ,
Sir: I had yesterday the honor to receive
your note of the Ist instant; with the accompa- |
nying paper, purporting to be a copy of a letter, :
addressed, tinder date of 17th June last, by
his excel.ency the Duke de Broglie, Minister
ol Foreign Affairs of France, to yourself.
Alter referring to what occurred in our in
terview of the Ilth of September, in regard to
the original letter, and expressing your regrets
at the course I then felt it my duty to take, you
request me to place the copy enclosed in your
letter under the eye of the President.
In allowing yon, during that interview, to
read to me the Duke de Broglie’s despatch,
which I cheerfully did, you were enabled to
avail yoursell ot that informal mode of ap
prizing this Department of the views of your
Goverement in the full extent authorized by
diplomatic usage. The question whether or
not I should ask a copy ot that despatch, was,
of course, left as it should have been by your
Government exclusively to my discretion. My
reasons for not making that request were frankly
stated to you, founded on a conviction that, iu
the existing state of the relations between the
two countries, the President would think it most
proper that every communication upon the sub.
ject m difference between them, designed to in
ffience his conduct, should, before it was sub
mitted to his consideration, be made to assume
the official from belonging to a direct communi
cation from one Government to another, by
which alone be could be enabled to cause a
suitable reply lobe given to it. and to submit it,
should such a step become necessary, to bis
associates in the Government. I had also the i
honor, at the same lime, to assure you, that any
direct communication from yourself, as the re- ;
presentative of the King’s Government, to me,
embracing the contents ot this despatch, or any
other matter yon might be authorized to com
municate in the accustomed mode,would be laid
without delay before the President, and would
undoubtedly receive from him an early and just
consideration.
It cannot have escaped your reflections that
my ditty required that the circumstances of the
interview between us should be reported to
the President, and that the discovery of any
error on my part in representing his views of
the course proper to be pursued on that occasion
would, without fail, have been promptly com
municated to you. That duty was performed.
The substance of our interview, and the reasons
by which my course in it had been guided, were
immediately communicated to, and entirely ap
proved by him. I could not, therefore, have
anticipated that, after so long a period had
elapsed, and without any change in the condition
of affairs, you should have regarded it as useful
or proper to revive the subject at the time and
in me form you have seen fit to adopt. Cor
dtally reciprocating, however, the conciliatory
sentiments expressed in your note, and in defer
ence to your request, I have again consulted the
President on the subject, and am instructed to
in inform you that the opinion expressed by me
in the interview between us, and subsequently
confirmed by him, remains unchanged ; and 1
therefore respectfully restore to you the copy of
the Duke da Broglie’s letter, as I cannot make
the use of it which you desired.
I am a’so instructed to say, that the President
• en ertains a decided conviction that a departure,
i in the present case, from the ordinary and ac
customed method of international commnnica
tion is calculated to increase, rather than to di
minish. the difficulties unhappily existing be
tween France and the United States, and that
its observance in their future intercourse will be
most likely to bring about the amicable adjust
ment of those difficulties on terms honorable to
both parties. Such a result is sincerely desired
by him; end he will omit nothing consistent
with the faithful discharge of his duties to the
United States'* by which if may be promoted.
In this spirit I am directed by him to repeat to
you the assurance made in our interview in
September last, that any official communication
you may think proper to address to this Govern
ment, will promptly receive such consideration
as may be due to its contents.and to the interests
' involved in the subject to which it may refer.
As the enclosed paper is not considered the
f subject of reply, you will allow me to add, for
i the purpose of preventing any misconception in
this respect, that my silence in regard to its
contents is not to be construed the
accuracy ofany of the statements or reasonings
contained in it.
i I have the honor to renew. Ac.
JOHN FORSYTH.
No. 11. —M. Fageot io Mr. Forsyth.
I [translation 1
To the Hon. John Forsyth, Secretary of Stale
, of the U. S.
Washington, December 5, 1835.
Sir; I yesterday evening received the letter
which you did me the honor to write to me on
the 3d of this month ; with it, you return to me
the copy of a despatch which L had transmitted
to you two days before, and the original of
which was addressed to me on the 17th of June
last, by his excellency the Minister ol Foreign
Affairs.
i will not seek, sir, to disguise from you the
astonishment produced in me by the return of
a document so very important in the present
state of the relations between the two Countries;
neither will I undertake to reply to the reasons
on which this determination ot yours is based.
My intention in communicating this document to
you, in a form not only sanctioned by the di
plomatic usages of all nations and ali ages, but
also the most direct which I could possibly have
j chosen, was *o make known the real disposi
rions of my Government to the President of the
United States, and through him to Congress* and
the American People; conceiving that, in the
existing situation oi the two countries, it was
essentia! that each Government should fully
comprehend the intentions of the otheri. This
cons.deration appeared to bo paramount to all
others. You have judged otherwise, sir; and
you have thought that, whatever might be the
importance of a communication, it was proper,
before receiving it, to examine whether the
form in which it came to you was strictly ac
cordant with the usages necessary, in your
opinion, to be observed in diplomatic transactions
with the Government of the Republic. 1 will
not insist larther. I have fulfilled all the duties
which appeared to be prescribed for me, by the
spirit of reconciliation in conjunction with tke
respect due by me to all communications from
my Government ; and nothing more remains for
mo, than to express my deep regret that the
misunderstanding between the two Governments,
already so serious, should be kept up, not bv
weighty difficulties which involve the interests
and the dignity of the two countries, but by
questions ol form, as uncertain in their principle
as doubtful in their application.
I have the honor, sir, to renew to you the as
surances of my high consideration.
A. PAGEOT.
No. 12.— M. Fageot to Mr Forsyth.
[translation.]
Washington, January 2,283 b.
i To the Hon. Mr. John Forsyth, Sec'ryof State:
j Sir : I have the honor to announce to you that,
j in consequence of the recall of Mr. Barton, the
i King’s Government has given me orders to lay
! down the character of Charge d’Affaire? of His
i Majesty near the Government of iho United
Stales. I shall, therefore, immedia ely begin
i the preparations for my return to France; but,
j in the mean time, I think proper to claim the
j protection of the Federal Government during
I the period which I may considerit necessary to
J remain in the United States.
I have the honor to be, with the most distin
j gutshed consideration,
j Sir, your most humble and obedient servant,
A. PAGEOT.
No. 13.— Mr. Forsyth to M. Fageot.
Department of State.
Washington, Jan. 2, 1836.
M. Alphonse Pageot. Ac.
Sir; I have the honor to acknowledge your
note of this day’s date, in which you announce
that you have the order of your Government,
given in consequence of the recall of Mr. Bar
ton, to lay aside the character of Charge d’
Affaires of the King ot France near the Govern
ment ot the United States. The protection of
the Federal Government is due, and will, of
course, be extended to you, during the time
necessary fer your preparations to return to
Fiance.
1 am, »ir. with great consideration, your obe
diem servant, JOHN FORSYTH.
1 ysJTi r Eo.vt at this office
AUGUSTA, GA. i
Tuesday Morning, Jan. 26, 1836. ,
&S"No paper mail last evening north of Camden
S. C. The letter mail came through.
03” It will b? seen by an advertisement, that the
remnant of the Richmond Blues, hold a meeting this
evening, for the purpose of appointing temporary Os
fleers, and receiving letters from such persons as are
disposed to become members.
It has been proposed to form another Volunteer
' Corps, for the Florida service. All citizens desirous
of becoming members of such Corps, are requested
to call and enroll their names at the United States
; Hotel, This Evening, at 7 o’clock, P. M.
] , The Corps when organized, will offer itself for
immediate service to the Governor of the State.
Indian VV'ar.
We publish in another column some additional in
i formation respecting thebostilities with the Seminole
! Indians. Gen. Gaines had arrived at Mobile, and
must be by this time in Florida. We hope that, by
the active and speedy Concentration of a force suffi
cient to subdue every resistance by the Seminoles,
the war will in a vary short time be brought to a sa
tisfactory termination.
Tiie President’s Message.
We have attentively read the late message
of the President, in relation to our differences
with France, together with the accompanying
documents,which we publish in this day’s Consti.
tutionalist. We have seen nothing in the mes
sage to condemn, and nothing which should
not meet the approbation of the American peo
ple. No one would deprecate a war with
France more than ourselves; but if the honour
and reputation of the country require that it
should be undertaken, it must be prosecuted
with all the energy and resources of the coun
try, and with that firmness and bravery so
characteristic of the American citizen. War
may yet be avoided; but we are apprehensive
that the ignorance displayed by the French
ministry of our public institutions, may lead
the French government to persevere in the po
sition it has assumed towards us. The French
i ministry should have known that all negotia
-1 tions earned on with our government should
’ bo free of those diplomatic tricks and decep
tions which are so frequently practised in Eu.
> rope. The French ministry should have known
1 that all the talents and cunning of a Talley
rand would be of no avail in negotiating with
i this country, where no arts are practised, and
s where every thing has to sec the light ofday,
and to pass the ordeal of a sovereign people.
J { To the bungling manner of the negotiations
j for the payment of the indemnity has been con
it ducted, and to the ignorance of the French
1 ministry, may be mainly ascribed the present
attitude of our poliiical relations with France.
All the blame of the war, if war ensues, will
have to be shouldered by the French ministry.
No blame can ever be attached to onr gov
ernment so far; on the contrary, the President,
, as well as the Secretary oi State, will deserve
well of their country; they could not have ac
ted otherwise than they did, without sacrificing
the honour and reputation of their country;
and it is to be hoped that they will be unani
mously supported by the American people; if
' they are, and it is known in France that unan
i imity exists among us, the French ministry
may change their tone, render full justice to
our claims, and restore those friendly feelings
between the two nations, which should forever
subsist. We shall return to this subject.
The following letter wds received yesterday from
the United Slates Assistant Quarter Master at Sa
vannah, by the Committee appointed to make ar.
rangements, for the embarcation, of the Richmond
Blues, for Florida
SAVANNAH, (Ga.) Jan. 241 h, 1336.
Gentlemen —I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of yonr communication of the 21st inst. I
have purchased for the Augusta Volunteers, a supply
of provisions for three months, and shall ship them
in the Florida packet to Picolata. All the provisions
are of superior quality, and have been subjected to a
rigid inspection.
fam, gentlemen, with great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
J. L. LOCKE, Lt. A. C. S. & A. A. Q. M.
To the Citizens’ Committee, Augusta, Ga.
Hamburg Volunteers.
The patriotic young men of Hamburg, who volun
teered to assist their distressed fellow citizens of Flo
rida, started on the Rail Road Car for Charleston on
Friday last, in high spirits. They carry with them
the best wishes of their fellow-townsmen, who doubt
■ not their conduct will be worthy of the sons of Caro
i lina. The following is a list of the volunteers :
S. W. Cunningham. Larkin Anderson.
N. Pebworth. N. B.Wise.
i B. A. Mann. D. C. Cobh.
Geo R. Fraser. John Sheridan.
John W. Yarborough. J. D. AtterberrJ.
W. Floyd.
At Aiken the volunteers were joined by Jlessrs.
R. S. Butler, Thomas Anderson, and S Rogers.
The volunteers tender their grateful acknowledge
ments to Mr. W. Boliver, of the Aiken Hotel, for his
hospitality to them during their stay at Aiken.
A letter from Miiledgevtlie dated 23d inst.
from a highly respectable source, to a gentle,
man in this city, says—“a report has reached
us this evening that the Indians, have taken one
of our baggage wagons, loaded with muskets and
amunition, which we were send.ng to our lower
counties, to protect the citizens of this state,
from the intrusions of the Creek Indians, who
are committing depredations almost daily. The
report is very credible. The Governor is issu
ing orders for three thousand five hundred men,
including the volunteers.
i .
The Columbus Sentinel of the 22d instant, sajs ;
“The Columbus Volunteers, and several other com.
panics, we understand, have been ordered by the
Governor, to hold themselves in readiness to march
at the shortest notice.”
SautU Carolina Kali Road.
per Rail Road, Jan. 2o U. Slates
Recruits, Turpin & D’Antignac, ! Rowe& Smith,Mrs
Brochon. L Gibson, Dr. M Griffith, Mnsgrove &
Bustin, Stovall, Simmons & Co G A Walker, W &
H Brvson, S Kneeland & Co. R Barber, E D Cooke,
D. L Thorp, T H Plant, F H Cooke, II Parson, E
Mustin, Nichols & Mallery, A Gumming, T Richards
J P Seize & Co. Moore & Davis, WJ Wfghtman.
F & H Clark, J G McWhorter, H., R.,G R Jessup,
J Habbarc, G II Taylor, Benson & Cheatham, J
Kernagham, J Toole & Co. J E McDonald, R M
Roger*, G Parrott & Co. Gidakig* Eaf bneli, Keers
A How. and J E Murphy.
MOBILE, Jan. lo.—The intelligence below*,
from the seat of the Indian war in Florida, will
be read with deep interest. The state of affairs
there is deplorable, and immediate measures are
indispensible for the protection of the whole of I
Ea=t Florida Irom the devastations of the infuria- ’Jit
ted Seminoles, aided as they are by bands of |
runaway negroes, and supported as it is be.
lieved, with arms and ammunition from the
West India Islands—probably by the Cuba I*
fishermen, who swarm uninterruptedly along
the coasts.
Major General Gaines of the United States
Army, reached this city yesterday, on his way
to Pensacola, where he expects to obtain the ll
assistance ol some vessels of war, to co-operate
with the land forces, and cut off’ the commu
nication of the Indians with these foreigners.
A single Indian Chief is said to be in pos
session of fitly casks of powder. This traffic
must be stopped immediately, and for the pur
poses, some small armed vessels must be des.'
patched to the coast, to command all the ap
proaches by water.
Gen. Gaines, who fortunately was on a tonr
of inspection, when the late intelligence was re
ceived, took immediate measures for despatching
all the aid in his power, to the Fort at Tampa
Bay.—Ordnance, subsistence, Quarfet Masters
stores &c. were sent from Baton Rouge, ftfid will
be on their way to.morrow. It is expected that
the 6th regiment of Infantry at Jefferson Bar
racks, will be immediately ordered by the De
partment at Washington, to New Orleans, and
thence under command of Col. Twiggs, Gen/
Atkinson being ill, to Florida. The present
force of the 6th is about 500 men—added to
those which can be spared from Baton Rouge,—
the whole aid from that quarter will be about
650 regulars. Gen. Gaines has in addition, ad’
dressed a letter to Governor White of Louisiana,
—asking (or eight companies of volunteers to
be held in readiness.
The hostile Indian force is estimated at 2500;
Though the massacre at Tampa Bay tooL
place in December, it does not appear that it was
known at Jacksonville on the 7th inst.
Active and thorough measures are called for
to scour the whole Peninsula, and subdue and
punish summarily the maravding murderers.
Yesterday morning, Mrs. Augusta H.. wife of Mr.
B. VV. Force, of this city, aged 21 years and 2 days.
C O J! JIERCIAL. 1
latest date Prom livprpool : : : dec. 18
latest date from Havre : r : : dec. 8 ,
[From Levy's New Orleans Price Current, Jan. 16. J
Colton. —Arrived smee the Bth instant, 18,864.
Cleared in the same lime 21,016 bales; making a
reduction in stock of 3052, and leaving on band, in
clusive of al! on ship board not cleared on the 14th
instant, a stock of 81,444 bales. The Colton market,
at all times very fluctuating and capricious, has beeh
peculiarly so this season ; so much so ind 'ed, tltht
even those who are entitled by ih'-tr opportunities tb
have very correct views on all subjects relating to
if, are, under present circumstances, unable to con
jecture, with any degree of probilify one day what
the next may bring forth, and are equally at a loss
to acco-mt satisfactorily (or the causes that havo
operated a change, for none calculated to have much
bearing present themselves. Last week, the market
was dull, but during the present; without, as we
have before said, any visible cause, it has been iery
animated, the sales amounting to fully 16,000 bales,
and ns they were made at higher rates, onr quotations
have been advanced accordingly ; this improvement
is more particularly discernible in the qualities rang
ing from middling fair to good fair. Inferior Cottons
when offered alone are rather unsaleable, and we
understand the receipts lately abound in that desrcip
lion—fine consequently is scarce, and good
tionably so; hence the great disparity in prices. Th“
stock remaining in first hands is not large—We Snnex
(he sales as follows, viz: of Louisiana and Missis
sippi 100 at 151; 74. 161; 700. 15; 113, 16}; 3.14. 161
a 17*; 183, 121; 8!0. 16; 770, 16; 2400. 144; 1720, 1 if;
116, 164; 0.3. 17; 236, 154; 36. 17: 133, 16; 309, 17#;
130, 16J; 120, 16}; 170, 16*; 1095, 151; 700. 15* 115,
161; 70, 174; 1738, 151; 200, IS cen's ; of Mobile 201
at 16*; 85, 164; 151, 174 cents ; of Western District
307, 141; 745, 14; 113, 144 cents; and 57 Florida at ;
164 c nts p r pound.
Liverpool Classification, ordinary, 13 a 13, mid
dling, 144 a 15, fair, 154 a 16, good fair, 164 a 17,
good and fin°, 174 a 13—fair demand.
LEL E.VCEL* 5
ARRIVED. ”
23d, Steam Bout Company’s boats Nos. 4 and 8
from Savannah. Merchandize, &c.—to E Camp
field, Agent, M Ross, L Roll, T J Wray, J& S Bones, |
Moore & Davis, W& H Bryson, A Boggs, J Meigs, I
JK Kilburn, Dr. Martin, II S Hadley, C L Hall, W
E Jackson.
241 h, Steamer John Randolph, Cresswell, Savan- j
nab. Merchandize, &c.—to W M Rowland, agent, 1
G D Combs, W Bostwick,G B& N Holland, Adams, I i
Parmelee & Co. W& II Bryson, Hand &. Barton, » J
Hitt & Dill, Hadley & Owens, J Sibly, Wright, Bull -u J
& Co. J B Guedron, T Barrett, L Gibson, R Me- » 1
Donald, J W & I T Heard, W Adams & Co. dj
241 h, Steamer Caledonia, Wood, from Ctiarlestoi
Merchandize, &c.—to P Bennoch. 'I
24ih, Steamer Georgia, Norris, Savannah, wit *1;
boats Nos. 3 and 13. Merchandize, &c.— to Agei •
Steam Boat Company, W E Jackson, Adams, Pa 1
melee & Co. Mrs. R Campfield, W & H Brysoi
Turpin & D’Antignac, E Muslin, J K Kilburn, j J
Bowdre & Co. T J Wray, H S Hadley, L Roll, C I •
Hall, H Parson, R Malone, N Smith &Co. H Burd}
T Richards, A Boggs,W Kitchen, J Coskery, Hewsoi
6 Bacon, D«»rtic& Lee. J M Carter, Keers & Hop*
M Wagner, J B Guedron, N Carter, R McDonald. » *
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16.—Cleared, ship Mogul '
J Keichley, Liverpool; polacre Fenix, Sinsal, Bar
celona; brigs Arclnrns, Fogne. Boston; Tuskar, Chat >
wick, do.; schrs Ajax, Saunders, Savannah; Water
witch, Manson, Tampico; Henry, Grimes, Havana
JAN. 18.—Arr. ships Sylvanus Jenkins, Burke, 5
York; 20 days; Xylon, Coffin, Boston 18 dys; barqu
Beaves, Grogier, Macena, 69 days; Irene, Gookin; *
Boston, 30; brigs Smyrna, Perry, Turks Island, 1( • ’
Durango, Ryan, Velasco and Brazorio, 9 days; schr .
Frances, Hall, Nassau; Savannah, Wakefield, S,
Thomas 13 days. *
Cleared, ships Tiger, Upton, Liverpool; Madison .
Wood, Marseilles; Eliza Bruce, Rogers. Havre; *
Heela, Whiting, Gibraltar; Old Colony, Crosb
Boston; Albert, Chariot, Marseilles; schr Pelicant, ’
Espinola, Campertchy. '*
ECr* The friends and acquain % ■
taftfces of Mr. B. W, Force, and of Mr. an *
Mrs. F.Clarke are respectfully invited to attem.
the funeral of the wile of the former THI| !
morning at half past 10 o’clock.
CCTThe members of the Rich
mond Blues are requested to attend a speci;.
j meeting at the United States Hotel, at halfpa+
7 o’clock, THIS EV ENING, for the purpose <a
Electing officers. Any person desirous of b<‘ '
coming members of this Corps will please han '
tn their application at this meeting. 1
J. B. ROBERTSON. Secretary R. B.
Jars 26 97 1
0C7 3 Bulbous Roots.—The sal
of Bulbous Roots advertised for the 22nd ins'
anu which was postponed on account of the if" !
clemency of the weathe-, will take place Th
Evening, the 26th. The catalogue includ
many very choice and valuable plants.
Jan. 2o 9G » „
OCT 3 During the absence of t
A. BEARD from the State, Mr. Charles Pit-’ 1
is his duly authorized Attorney.
Jan. 25 tt 96 P* j
QCr’We are authorized to ai**
nounce, GEORGE D. COMBS, a candidate
Captain of the 600:h District Company. Geor*.
Militia.
Jar. 25 ts S 6
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