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OF MR. GLASCOCK.'V
nv GZ >RGIA,
In the House of Representatives, Monday, Jan.
25. 1835, os the pre»en'ati<»n of a petition by
Mr. Aoams, of Massachusetts. from certain
citizen* of Pennsylvania, praving for the abo
linen of slavery and tfaa slave trade in the
District of Columbia.
Mr. GLASCOCK said, he had hoped that
gentlemen would havo paused before they pro
ceeded to introduce other petitions of the same
character, particular!* after the vote which had
%een taken, and when it was known that a
similar petition had been made tho order of the
day for Saturday next, and that the resolution*
embracing the whole subject «ero in the poa
session of die House, and would soon be finally
acted on. To rresa theae petitions now. under
circumstances like these, seemed to Irm to bo
introduced to produce excitement, and wound
the fueling" of the southern member*.
But iw the gentleman from Massachusetts
Its* thought proper again *o speak of the sacred
■right ofpetitioa, and to urge that not to receive a
•petition was an encroachment upon that right,
. a nd a -violation of the first amendment of the con
stitution, the latter part of which declares “ that
•Congress shall pass no law to prevent the right
•of the People peaceably to «*semblo and petition
the Government for a redress oi grievances .**
He felt it his duty, situated as he was. hiving
made amotion to that effect some) days since,
go offers fsw remarks in rep’y. Mr. G. said he
-hoped he would be pardoned for again repeat
ing and aaying. onen for all, that he had as
tjtigh a regard for the right of petition as nnv
-member on that floor ; but in admitting this, he
-must observe, he had an equal regard for the
-tights and privileges se<ured to everv member
«nder the rules and regulations adopted for our
government. Sir. said Mr. G.. I feel a perfect
. from the slight investigation which I
have heen enabled to give this subject, that we
have a clear constitutional right not to receive a
' 4»et;tlon; and in doing so, we violate no part of
that instrument, to vVhich gentlemen have so
•frequently referred: nor do we encroach upon
.gny of those rights Intended to bo secured nn
; <!er it. I hold, said Mr. G. that whenever anv
.•portion o : our fellow-citizens peaceably assem
ble, an! petition Congress for a redress
-grievances, and those petitions are presented,
and their contents briefly stated, as required by
,«ne of our rale*, that moment, if not before,
all the rights intended to he secured »o the civ
izent, were secured and fully complied with;
and it then devolves on this House to dispose of
ahem as may seem just and proper, in eonlormi
ty to Its rules ; which would be. not to receive,
to reject after receiving, or to refer it u> some
select or standing committee, or lay it on the
table, dependent entirely upon the will of a
majority.
Mr, G. emphatically asked what is the ques
tion now presented for consideration ? It is*hi«,
. .“shall the petition be received?” It cannot now
he denied. Nay. it is admitted on nil hands
that the question is a proper one. Yes, sir, it
grows out of the very motion made by the gen
tleman himself, on presenting hia last petition,
which was that “the petition he received.” This
brings me, sir, to an important feature, necessari
ly involved in the discus-ion. an i I shall proceed
to show that Mr. Jeff-rson, the great and illus
trious statesman, whose knowledge and experi
ence of all parliamentary rules and regulations
have never been questioned, and whose Manual
is at thie day looked upon, and recognized ns a
text bonk, and adopted hy all Legislatives bodies.
,®nd deliberative assemblies throughout the Union
for their Government, and particularly hv the
Congress of the United States, holds, and so lays
it down in his remarks which follow the 45th
rule: “That regularly a motion for receiving a
petition mnst be made and seconded, and a ques
tion pnt whether it shall be received" and it is in
accordance with his views thus expressed, that
the question is now presented, and must always
he presented on the presentation of a pretition,
if there b* any objections to its reception. This,
said Mr. Q., he understood to be {he uniform
practice of this House, and was strictly adhered
to in the Senate. If this principle be established,
gway-with all constitutional scruples and objec
tions.' They Can avail no one, for all who knew
the justly styled Sage of Monticelln, must know,
that in expounding constitutional questions, if he
had an equal, he had no superior. Sir, said Mr.
Q., Mr. Jefferson was a strict constructionist, and
would havs been amongst the last-to have incor
porated into the rules of this House any question.
M decision «f which, would violate that constitu
tion which he held so dear and sacred, and with
great deference to the opinions of others,he look
ed upon it as a reflection upon his memory even
to suppose it. Had he considered that not to re
•oive a patidoo, was to d.-privs the citizens of
this country of the right of petition, a right in
tended to jbe eecured to them under the clause of
the constitution to which-he had referred, would
he not h«T« engrafted into the rules, or in com
menting upon them, have declared that all peti
tions most be rec-ived emanating from the peo
pie peaceably assembling and petitioning for a
of grievances? The infeience, saidJMr,
O. to his mind, was irresistible, and he honestly
believed all would come to the same conclusion
upon mature reflection. That Mr. Jefferson hud
an eye single to the constitution at the time he
prepared his Manual, he had never doubted, and
even ifhe had, he should have been satisfied of
the fact upon reading a sentence from the pre
face to his work, in which he .states. ‘ That he
considered the law of the proceedings of the
Senator as composed of the precepts of the
Constitution,”&c. Let it not be forgotten that
Mr. Jefferson, as Vice President of the United
States, presided over that body for years, from
which time to the present period, the question,
“Shall the petition be received,” has been recog
nized and considered as a proper one, an ; not
conflicting with any feature of our Constitution
or why should it be retained; why, permit me to
ask, has it not been erased from the rules ? or
why, are we permitted, by recording our votes
in the negative, on the present question, to violate
it, as gentlemen say it will be. Sir, said Mr.
G., if it be unconstitutional not to receive a
petition, we should no: for a moment permit bva
rule, or by the practice of this House, any ques
tion to be propounded, the result of which would
lead to its violation; for himself, he had no scru
ples on the subject. This question being adopt
rd and considered by Mr. Jefferson as a proper
one left him no ground on which even to doubt,
and he f«!t no disposition to look fur higher
authority te sustain him in the views he had
taken, or to justify him in the course which he
had pursued in relation to these petitions. But
he could not conclude his remark# on this branch
«l the subject, without referring with pride and
pleasure to a vote given by two distinguished
saojt lo ™ rom hi* own State, as late as the year
*BOS, against the reception of a petition from
sundry citizens of the State of Pennsylvania,
Virotn whence this petition now comes) “pleading
|oe cans® of ihair degraded and oppressed fellow
m*n o . the African race,” as ;hey ware pleased
5 to term them; and on the question to receive the
> petition, I find the names of those great and good
- men, James Jackson, and Abraham Baldwin,
recorded in the negative, and in whose vem*
inter streams of hnnor. patriotism, and virtue,
never flawed; and who were men as devotedly
’ attached to the principles of the Constitution s
, ever lived, and as watchful of the rights of .then
i fctlow citizens, and on whom it may be truly said,
tne affections ot their people were concentrated
I hi* vote was given too, at a time when there
was but little excitement compared with the ex
citenrent of the present .day; there jvas at. dial
■ period but few abolition societies in the country
no presses established for the priming and cir
• dilating incendiary pamphlets, r.o one waa titer
in the employ of those societies freely to circu
late ihem throughout the lann, as they are now,
to effrtwt their objects, and to produce conse
-1 quencea most awful in their character- Who,
•aid Mr. G., does.not behold the contrast, and
1 who Pom the South will not exclaim, if it were
right then to reject those petitions, it was im
periously their duty to reject them now. God
forbid that any of as should falter in the present
| contest.
A tew remarks, said Mr. G.. relative to
those petitions, and he wouid conclude the ar.
( gument, which he regretted he was forced to
enter into in consequence of their introduction.
He had taken some pains to look into these
petitions, with a view to judge of their charac
( ,er - and of the language used by tlie applicants,
I and he felt bound to state, that of the great
number which had been crowded upon us, he
scarcely read one which was not highly dia
respeciful and libellous upon the whole South,
and especially those who are owner* of slaves.
1 flow can it be expected under such a state of
1 thing*. * hat we can pursue a d fferorrt course
than to vote against a reception of each and all
of tb< mas they are presented; for himself, he
felt hound to do it. and in doing so it waa in per
, feet accordance with hi* own feelings, and he
confidently believed it would he in accordance
with the feelings of those whom he had the
honor in part to represent. -Be this, however,
a* if may, he should continue to discharge, fear
lessly, what he conceived to bn his duty, which
was to stamp these petitions, (coming from what
ever quarter they may.) with the seal of repro.
b ition. and treat them with the just indignation
they merit ; and he should continue to do (his
regardless of all consequences, and of all politic
al considerations.
Mr. G. said he had lons since determined not
f.<> S<> imo a general discussion of the merits of
slavery, for no new lights could be shed noon it;
but whenever it becune necessary to act upon
the resolutions of the gentleman from Maine,
he might again feel it his duty to address the
House on the constitutional question as to the
right of Congress interfering with the subject in
this district, until then ho should endeavor to
remain silent, and for rho present would no long*
Sqr trespass on tho patience <»f *he House, /
tFrorn the Wastiingiou t runs, Jan. 29 J
The Southern Patriot of the 22 I inst. contain*
a report, made to a public meeting in Charles
ton. on tho subject of thp Seminole hostilities,
m which the Government is censured for not ha
ving paid ptoper attention to this matter, and
made such arrangements as prudence demanded
A very few words, and a reference to dates, will
put down all this censure, and ought to satisfy
1 the gentlemen with whom tt originated, that
they were not acquainted with the facts of the
p case. There is no doubt a great and just Sym
• pathy in Charleston for the situation of the ex
r posed portion of the inhabitants of Florida, but
• that sympathy ought to lead them to afford gtnch
1 aid as they could render, and nut bo manifested
‘ in undeserved censure.
• The report of tho emigrating officer. Lieut.
8 Harris, who had charge in conjunction wth Gen.
- Thompson, of the duty of removing the Seminole
• estimate; “ I consider the population, (speaking
• of the Seminol**ludian«.) including negroes, not
1 to exceed 3000. of which I should say 1600 are
' females.” This census itaa taken with a view
1 to provide the necessary articles, to which each
• was entitled, and therefore the Indians would
1 not underrate their numbers. Now, it is well
8 known that these Indian difficulties have arisen
8 ont of the indisposition of a portion of these In
-1 dians to emigrate west of the Mississippi. A
• part were in favor and a part against it, and if
■ we suppose them to have been equally divided
1 on this subject, as it is probab’e they were, there
• would be 1500 Indians, including men. women,
8 children, and negroes, in a disaffected *(afe at
• the commencement of these disturbances- No
• person in his senses would estimate the number
1 of warrior* that such a force could give over
• was entrusted to Gen. Clinch, a brave and expe
• rienced officer, and who has, no doubt, done ev
' ery thing in hi* power to subdue theae Indians.
• But the country is a terrible one to operate in,
1 and the number of hostile warriors has been no
• doubt much increased since the commencement
• of disturbances, by accessions from the other par
■ ties and from the Creeks.
• On the Bth of October last, Gen. Clinch in
■ formed the Adjutant General that he was appre
-1 hensive that a large number of Seminoles. who
were unwilling to remove, would have to be re
-1 moved bv force, and he suggested the employ
ment of 150 mounted militiamen, together with a
f revenue cutter, and ‘ she employment of Major
“ Dade’* command at Key West In answer t®
f this, Gen. Clinch was informed that, as there
I were no hostilities then commenced, nor an im
mediate apprehen* on of them, and as the object
was merely to remove the Indians, the President
had no legal authority to call out the militia.—
And this decision was the more particularly pro
per, as the whole force required could be sup
plied from the regular troops. This letter of
Gen. Clinch’s was received on the 21st of Octo
ber, but on the 13th of the same month, Lieut.
Hams, the disbursing Indian agent, had sugges
ted to the Department the propr ety of adding to
the force-of General Clinch. But as no commu
nication had at that time been received from
Gen. Clinch, requiring such addition, the men.
sure was not positively diree'ed, but Gen, Clinch
was author! ted to order the two companies from
Forts Morgan and Pickens to join him.
Immediately on the receipt of Gen. Clinch’s
despatch of the Bth of October, two other com
panies, those at Forts Wood an 1 Pike were
placed at his disposal: making four companies
of regular troops, instead of the 15') mounted
men, and forming fourteen companies, which
Gen. Cimch was authorized to call into the field
in defence of Florida. No new order was issued
concerning Major Dade’s com nan v, because he
had been placed under Gen. Clinch’s command
hv an order of February 7. 1835 This force,
however, has taken much time to concentrate,
but this is not the fault of Gen. Clinch, or of any
other person, hut results from the small number
ofonr army, audits disper-ed condition.
Instead of the Revenue Cutter, suggested by
Gen. Clinch, an order was issued by the Navy
Department, to Commodore Dallas, to detach
one of his squadron for that purpose.
On the 29th of November, Gen. Clinch, in a
letter received by the Adjutant General on the
Bth of December, •.•ommunicated the fact that
“ the unfriendly Indians were determined on
mischief.” He stated that he should call into
service one hundred mounted men, in the confi
Hence that hia measures would be anorored.
This letter waa answered on the 9:h, and the
President’s approval of the measure was con
veyed to Gen. Clinch, and on the same dav the
War Deportment, as a measure of precantian,
without any application from General Clinch]
requested Gov. Eaton to place, at the disposal
8 of Gen. Clinch, any portion of the militia of
J Florida, which he might find necessary in *uh
i. doing the Indians, of which General Clinch wa?
• i i formed.
On the 9th of December, Gen, Clinch slated
V 'hat in consequence of the uncertainty as to :ii
e 'tne when the companies from L misiana wotil
r j"in him. he requested mat four additional cum
h panics might he ordered. But as it was repor
*• te«J at the Adjutant General’s Office that- the
e companies from Louis ana were on their way to
•' join Gen. Clinch, and a? has since been escer
it iained were actually at Tampa Bay ’ before the
’• receipt of the letter, it was evidently hot neces
sary, under the views tuns presented, to snbsii
n tute any other companies tor them,
i- These are all the occurrences so far as regards
any call made by the military authorities in Flo
nda, upon the War Department for force- The
first report of actual hostilities aga net the white
d people in Florida, was received at the Adjutant
e General’s Office on the 6th of January, in.a let
• ter from Gen. Clinch of December Ifi. Without
d waiting for any demand of such a measure, the
it War Department, on the Bih, requested the Go
vernors of South Carolina, Georgia, and Ala*
» hama. to call into the field anv force that Gen.
• Clinch might require, and advised Gen. Clinch
• of tits fact. And the reason given was, that
- the Gov. of Florida might not have it in his pow
b er to order out sufficient militia. It will be.seen
- that this precautionary measure originated here.
■> A newspaper report received here on the 17'h
t in?t., conveyed the first intelligence of the action
• with the Indians, and on the same d ty. ns it was
• apprehended that the communication with Gene
• ral Clinch night be interaipted, Gen. Euris.
• then at Charleston, was authorized to call on
f th© Governor of South Carolina for ?tich force
? as might be deemed necessary; and to proceed
i with that, and such volunteers as ha m'ght ac
s cept. and with the garrisons of Charleston and
■ Savannah, to St. Augustine, and there to assume
• the direction, and to open a communication with
t Gen. Clinch.
• On the 19 h information was received for the
. first time, stating the probability that the Creeks
had joined the tSem'moles, and in consequence,
• and because the tbe itre of operations m'ght be
much extended, and therefore require an officer
• ; of superior rank, Gen. Scott was ordered to
i proceed to Florida, and take the command, and
• the power to call for a militia force from the
above mentioned States and Territory, was trans
ferred to him. Ho had full authority to act,
t and ample power and means were given to him;
f and al 021 companies of regular troops, in to
; d.ng those in Florida, and including those th it
I are under orders to proceed there, beside* ado
, tachrnent of dragoons. Tills will give him a
» force of about 120(1 men.
i Independently of these arrangements, ample
i supplies of ordnance, and ordnance store* and
i -provisions, were seasonably provided, and in-
V stnictbms had been given to the commanding of
ficers of the arsenals at Augna'n am! Mount Ver
non, (Alabama.) to issue wha ever wis warned
upon the requisition of tho Untied Stites mil it a
• rv officers, or of the Governor of Florida, or
- the commanding officers of expeditions.
, Three revenue cutters and a sloop of war have
• been directed to co-ope-a’e, in orde r to prevent
I the exportation of captured negroes, and to inter
cept any supplies of ammunition lor the Indians,
I as both of these measures were feared.
! Never since the settlement of the country
1 has a grea’er force been organized, in proper
t lion to the propable am nnt of the ensr.v, end
- in evfcry instance the arrangements of the gov
- eminent have kept ahead of the information
1 received here.
> Wc nnv now ask the committee of the clfi
l 7,ens of Charleston, where is the evidence of
the confusion that “sterns to prevail both in the
War and Financial Dcnsriments of the Gov.
• err.msnt at Washington?” As to the Treasury
• Department, thfc censure is wholly gratuitous.
• It has no morn to do in this matter than a man
t in the Moon, except to place the appropriations
1 nf'er they are made, at the points wanted
'■ Thi* it has promptly done.
’ We again repeat, that Ct'nch has
' had a Tory difficult and embarrassing task, ft
1 will be recollected that th® fourteen companies.
1 before alluded to. were required to he concern
1 trated before be could make euch a movement
' ns was desirable. They s ere indeed placed nf
k . his disposal, but they had to h» cslTtd together
• from a great distance; end subsequent events
I have shown that only a portion nf them has ever
! been under his sc’it »l persons! command.
- But, after all. judging of (sets as they even
[ now appear at this place, and with all our kno v
’ ledge of the alarm, it would still appear ns
though the force under General Clinch was am
r ply sufficient to subdue the Indians, had it been
1 brought imo action. It would seem as though
■ the whole brunt of the action had fallen upon
• the regular troops, with the exception of twenty
• or thirty militia. Why did ihe militia force re
• main on the opposite side of the river, mere
’ spectators of the bat le? This force is estima
r ted at five hundred men. No fault can cer
• tainlv be attributed to General Clinch, for he
was bravely fighting for his reputation and life;
• and those who know General Call, and his high
courage arid honor, will attribute none to him.
' But it is obvious, without pratendingto.censnr.e,
• (and we would not do that on our own present
‘ knowledge of fads,) *hat had the whole force
1 there collected gone into action, the defeat of
the Indians would in all probability have been
' more decisive, and perhaps the camp.ign ter
! minated. At all event*, it Fould have been seen
' that the force employed was sufficient for the
| conjecture. Instead of not providing the ne
cessary means, if there is any censure at all
’ upon the Governm nt, it is that they have been
too profuse, and originated measures hero that
; the circumstances as the time did not seem to
require.
[From the Savanrah Georgian of February 3.1
Latest from Florida,Ac.
By the Steamer Florida last night, we ro
ceved the fnlhiwng letter from rhe Editor. It
contains the latest intelligence from Gen. Ci nch
We also receive ! the last J icksonville Couri
er, but see no later intelligence from it.
Camp Chau i.ky O’M ttula, >
January 3 )fh, 183 >. (
Dear Sir; Since my last I have no battle or
rumors of battles to common cate, and if [ had
lam afraid that, I could not paint the former m
such a glowing col >r as I perceived by ihe
Georgian of the 26th iust. “ n volunteer just re
turnedTrom Picotata” ha? emblazoned the In
dtan exhibition of the 2?d at the ■Steam -oit ]
Landing. I allude to the article headed— “At
tempt of the lnd<ans to take the tun pieces of ; ,
ordnance last sent from this city”
We have here heard of but four Indians and ,
are not aware of any attempt to capture the two (
pieces of ordnance. j
Early this |week,. Lieut Dancy of the U. S
Artillery, arrived at the Ferry, opposite this (
Post, with n number of wagons and an escort n< r
one hundred volunteers, part of a volunteer ,
force from the Alachua, composing Gen. Clinch’s ]
command at tiie time Mr. D mey leb Fort Drane. (
H * wa» accompanied by Major Cooper of the <
volunteers, a gallant officer from Nassau coun- x
ty, who was shut through the body at the battle t
of the Withlacoochee of the 31st uh. Form- r
nately for him the ball merely grazed the vita!
parts ofhis body, and being small, and proba
bly discharged from a rifle, but partially bored,
did not tear tho flesh as one discharged from a f
first rate rifle would have done. As it was, the r
shot brought him to his knees, but to fall the (
next moment at full leng h, .and until the ball. 1
which lodged within a half inch of his back, was c
extracted- tho bidod issued from his mouth, a
He is now walking about and is doing well, and
will, I hope, long live to be an example to his
countrymen. lie emigrated fnma Georgia to
■hisTerritory—Major C. has left this for home
Lieut. Rid gel v ol the U. S. Artillerv, nl?o ac
prapanie l Lieut. D. and bears on h;s person
be honorable wounds received at the same gal
-Imt aifatr. He has two wounds "on one arm
which occasion great pain and suffering. He
w«l| proceed the first opportunity to St. Augus
tine, where he has two children His life has
been spared, I trust, to enable him to serve his
country at some other time, when he may reap
more laurel? than can, in the eyes of -many, be
acquired in Indian warfare, though in my opin.
ion, he will never be able in any situation in which
he may hereafter be placed to merit more than
he dues who arrests by his arm the rifle of the
savage, aimed at his bleeding countrymen.—
Other fields may bloom with fresh laurels—
other deeds may win for him more heartfelt
plaudits—more inspiring testimonial hiscountry's
gra'itude,—but the wa'ersof Florida will never
washout from his memory, or that of his cotin
trymen the blood so freely poured out on the
banks of the Withlacoochee, —for there the flag
of his country was planted—ws nourished by
his blood. Lieut, Dancy’s escort contested ol
three companies, tinder the command of Captains
Will iams. Gibbon, and Caswell-
Captain Stephens received by Cnot. W. the
foil wing acknowledgements from Gen. Clinch.
Head Quarters, Troop? in J&onda, J
Fort Dran», Jan. 20 th, 1836. i
Srx, lam directed by Ger. Clinch to request
you to semi if in your charge, and if not, cause
to be sent, three hundred stand of arm? with
accoutrements complete, by Cipt. William* of
the Volunteers. If there are anv rifle? among
the arm?, the General wishes fifty to be sent in
preference to the same number of musket .
The Gen. pret ents his acknowledgements to
you for your gallant conduct in occupying your
present station, and thereby not on'y rendering
great protection to the inhabitants and giving
security to the public stores at Ptcolataj but for
your attention generally.
I am Sir. with great respect, vour ob’f, sev’t.
F 1.. JO\ ES, Ist Lt. Aide-de-Camp
Ta Major Stephens, Com'dg at Pienlaia. (FI.)
Lieut D mey started hence vesterdav morning
with rhe team? and ■ scort for F >rt Dr me and
Fort K n». When Lieut. D. left Gen. Clinch
tin* latter had from 100 to 135 Volunteers under
the command of Cant. Parrish, hi - comnanies of
regulars which muster about 250 to 270 men.
t ol Twiggs had cot arrived.
Gen. Clinch’s Regulars are divided as follows;
two Companies at Fort Drane. which Fort in
cludes a portion of Gen. C’s bu l ling? picketted
and two o'her Companies at Cnmo Lang Syne,
a short distance from Fort Drane, where some
other building* of the Genera! are included with
nb-kets. A fibb Company is s’ariqned at Fort
King, under C «?. Crane, and a sixth a» Fort
Ga’es. (Col. I H. Mclntosh’s place.) All these
building fortified either contain provisions ne
cessary for the support of the troops or are in
fhem?elve* cssen'ial to their comfort. VVh-n
Gen. C marches to attack the Indian? he doubt
less will, as be Hid when he fough' the battle of
the Withlacoochee. garri«on these posts with
Volume r* and taken the Regulars for action.
The Revenue Cutter Jff%r?on. Captain J >hn
Jatk?on, now under Naval Orders, arrived op
posite this Po?t last Tiiesdav. and sailed the
next day for Jacksonville, where Cipt. J. will
await the orders of Gen. Clinch
The imposing Corps of Richmond Blue? from
Augusta, under the command of Capt. F. M.
Robertson, reached this Post this morning in
rhe Steamer F orida. Their appearance is ere
doable to the Stats and the ci*v whose bosom
thev have left for the wilds of Florida.
On the arrival of the boat this morning, Ser
geant Reed of the Sivtmnih Volunteers, very
■ allandv v dunteered to nde a? an express to
Lieut. Dancy, who it is presumed ha* not this
day proceeded manv miles.
An express arrived on the opposite hank about
half an hour pterions, from Gen. Clinch, with
despatches in answer to despatches sent from
St, Augustine, Os the n itnre of th*se despatch
es we are not appr ; zc<l. ns th-v were sealed;
but learn v. rhillv that G«n. Ca'l with onward?
of 59f) mounted v dunteers, was with General
Clinch.
I learn that th« latter could, afte* scouring the
po ts garrisoned hv his command, spare about
100 men from the Regulars, fit for duty, to unite
with the volunteers in aerng against the Indian?.
The sooner a blow is struck the better and I
doitbt not, ere thi?. if,Gen Clinch has h»d the
least opportunity, that he ha? turned ihe tide of
war. and taught the misguided son? of the forest
the lollv of th«ir hloo I thirsty cour-e.
Jan. 31.—The Mongin, with Cipt. Stone’s
command, tnd the detachment of PhcEnix R fle
men under the command of Lieut. Segur. ar.
rived this morning. I am gratified ts see our
fellow citizens of Savanna i. appearing in the
field in the g?rh of their respective corn?. Our
volunteer corps have all that esprit, which must
imnel them as corps, not Irs? (lianas individuals,
to flv to the re«cue of iheir distressed brethren
The Phoenix Riflemen have set a good example.
One of their members, Mr A.O Segur, has been
with us since we started from Savannah, and has
proved himself an obedient and faithful soldier.
We have had among our united band, ns you are
aware, seven from onr respective corps, wh<»
have all proved the value of our volunteer corps.
Since writing the above, 1 have been with
five others, acrossthe St. Johns, to bring over our
gallant Sergeant Reed, for whom I felt individu
ally some apprehensions, as soon after he had
started from the ferrv yesterday, an Indian was
observed on the hank of the river by two of the
men in the boat in which Serg-ant Reed was con
veyed across. He was clad in his wardress,
md when discovered ran off. throwing his right
hand over his head, probably a? a sign to some
ofhis companions. He was too far for a shot at
him to take effect. Sege an t Reed overtook
Lieut. Dancv’s party betwe n 4 and 5 o’clock
ves'erday afternoon, about *?5 miles from the fer.
rv on the road to Put King. Thev p-neeeded
near two nvle, further before they encamped for
the night Lieut. D was rejoiced to receive the
intelligence communicated by Sergeant Reed, of
the force arrived at and on the wav to this place,
and expressed hi? great satisfaction at being able
to convey such gratifying intelligence to General
Clinch. He was, hmvev-r compelled to contin.
tie h's march, as all ihe v dunterrs were moun
ted, and their horses, as also those in ihe wag
ons. were without a grain of corn, and none could
he obtained withm some miles of their encamp
menr, which to obtain thev were obliged to pro
ceed on their journey. Otherwise, could they
have returned here, Cipt. Robertson’s command
might have joined them. As it is. lam not ap
prized on what day Capt R. will leave fur Fort
K ng.
Sergeant Reed reports that Lieut. D’s party
has scoured the woods on their route, and ha?
not discovered anv signs of Indians. Neither
did Sergeant Reed in going and returning. The
Indian seen yesterday over the river I am in
dined to think was one of the very small party
which has he»n prowling ahout u? for some
wmeks. However, this is but conjecture, a*
they are an ennnv, whose movements must be
more or less involved in obscurity,
f From the Dahlohnega Recorder J
L'impkin Mountaineers. —It is with the great,
est pleasure we announce the fortmtion and
organization of a Volunteer Company of this
Courjty, ta aid our distressed fellow citizen of
Florida, against the Seminole Indians. The
company ha* chosen the fallowing gentlemen
a* offioer»<o'Con»n»aDj it, to witr Jmizh Shaw,
i Captain, Nathaniel B Harbin, Ist Lieutenant,
i Darick, 2nd Lieutenant, and William M. Shaw,
» Ensign. We understand Capt. Shaw, has
notified his Excellency the Governor, that hia
Company is now ready to march at a moment’s
i warning. We also learn that the Volunteer
R fle Company of H .11 County, has notified the
* Governor of its readiness to assist Florida. We
£ cannot withhold a tribute of praise which we
conceive is justly due to the magnanmity and
* patriotism of the citizens of this County lately
s from Tennessee. Every Tennesseean, with but
I* few exceptions, young and ojd,to our knowledge,
e have, with a patriotic spirit worthy ot imitation,
boldly and fearlessly tendered their services to
it Florida. Several Tennesseeans now in om
i neighborhood, upon a trading expedition, have
s joined the Company with a full determination ol
- serving a tour before they return to their homes
* and families in Tennessee.
I —MM*—
; AUGUSTA, GA.
.Saturday Morning:, Feb. 6, ISH6.
S-- - -
; (E7* A letter from Savannah, dated 4ih inat,
7 slates that Capt. Bones’ Company arrived in
s that city on Thursday morning last.
Morgan's Tobacco.
3 Wo were presented yesterday ,by Messrs.
Morgan & Wyatt, with a plug of Morgan's Rest
Chewing Tobacco—-which we pronounce the
t bon we have yet tasted. It is rather geen, bin
? the flavor is delightful. Leftwich’s is good—a
real treat to those unaccustomed to good Tobac.
T co—but Morgan's, we think decidedly better;
i the weed fit will be seen from ths following ex
tract from the Lynchburg Virginian) cost before
* it was Manufactured the enormous price of
r twenty fire dollars per hundred weight. K any
r doubt our judgement, and will call at the office
r we will give them a little piece, just to taste—
after that, should they wi-dt more, (and we know
they will) they can call on Messrs. Morgan &
) Wyatt, who no doubt will feadily supply their
- wants.
A present to the Editor . —-In our la«t we an
nounced the sale of a hogshead of Tobacco, by
I Messrs Holcombe &, Tvrea to .Times VV. Mor
gan our fellow townsman, (and an ext naive
mannfaCMirer of that aric'e') at the unorecedrnt
ed high price of TWENTY-FIVE Dollars per
‘ hundred weight. Since then Mr. Morgan has
called at our office and presented us with a half
dozen rolls of it which enables u« In pronminrp
’ it the finest and most exquisite looking arti< le
R we recollect ever having seen. We Sre notin
1 the habit (a circumstance which its heamv and
fascination almost icmpi ys to regret) of usif-g
it ourselves. Sir if any frier,d or friends really
8 »h or calling them«elves go, will come and ex
nnrne it, we will give him or them a quid which
in point of sweetness and delicacy will entitle
ii a ,‘morceau” worthy ' f being “rolled under
his or their tongues. This single b>g head cost
M r . .Morgan upwards of four hundred dollars.
1 and we feel warranted in saying «hnt it the best
—thb VBnr BE«T —that has ever been sold in
1 this ma r kef—his customers, therefore, mat* b
on the lookout ami hold themselves in readiness
I to see something very superior as Mr. Morgan
intends manufacturing it forthwith for their use
and comfort.
Mediation of Rn^land.
The following appears as a postecipt in the
New York Post of 23th tilt.
“We have j i«f learnt from unquestionable au
thority, that the Captain of the brig Pantaloon,
has positively state! that the despatches nl
which he is the bearer, contained an offer of the
mediation of Great Britain to prevent further
difficulties wilt France,”
The N. York Gazette of )he Sflth says : We
also learn that letters were received in town
yesterday from Norfolk, stating that Cap;. Corry
of the Brig of War Pantaloon, said that the tenor
of his despatches were the offer of Great Britain
as a mediator between France and this country.
Prom the National Intelligencer.
Our readers will have heard, with great inte
rest. tlie rumor that desoa’ches lately brought to
the flritish Charge d’Affaires hy a Special Mes
senger, in a Government vessel, contain instruc
tions to off r the mediation of the Government
of Great Britain between the Units I Stares and
Frane», in the existing ihsptre between them.
It gives ns pleasure to believe that this rumor is
not without foundation, and that an np«n ng has
thus he#n made, by a magnanimous interposition
on the pari of the British Government, which
promises R cpr’ain and happy adjustment ol the
controv«rsv which unhappily exists between the
United Stitts and France,
That the mediation will be accepted, if it has
been offered, we will not permit ourselves to
doubt. To do so. would be to impute to our Mi
nistry a determination to force a quarrel for the
sake of the quarrel, and not with a view to ei
thcr the honor or interest of the country, both
of which would undoubtedly he consulted bv an
amicable terminaton of the dispute. E> «ry
Power, says the most popular writer on the Law
of Nations, in treating of mediation in general,
owes so much respect to the happiness of hu
man society, as to appear open to every method
of reconciliation, when it relates to interests that
are not essential. No essential interest, cer
tainly. is involved in the dispute between the U
nited States and Frame; nothing which can be
infl imed to a quarrel unless there is a predeter
mination towards that climax. If ever there
was a case in which mediation, offered by a com
mon friend, ought to he accepted by two nations,
the controversy between the United States and
France is pre-eminenly of that character.
“ A nation,” says Vaitel. *is under many oh.
ligations of duty towards itself, toward-- other
nations, ami tow trds the whole human society.
We know that, in general, the duties towards
ourselves have the advantage over those we owe
to others; but we cannot refuse, in some degree,
to forget ourselves with respect to in'erests that
are not essential, to make some sacrifices in or
der to assist o:h«r persons, an I especially for
the greater benefit of the human society; and
let ns even rema*k. that we are invited by our
own advantage, by our own safety, to makb these
generms sacrifices; for the private good of eieh
is intimately connected with the general happi
ness. What ideas should we have of a prince
or a nation, who should refuse to give up the
sm -llest advan'age to procure the world the in
estimable blessings of peace?"
From an authority so jutily respected, from
reasoning so comprehensive and vet so ccncl.i
sive, we will detract nothing of the strength by
diloting it with any commentaries of our own.
We await wirh pleased anticipation the announce
ment of the acceptance of the proffered media
tion of the British Government, and shall not be
behind the warmest political friend of the Admi
nistration in applauding a course which will prove
the sincerity of the professions of a desire for
peace which h’Ve been made on all public occa
sions by the Chief .Magistrate.
The War in Florida.
The following items of information, we copy
from the Tallahassee Floridian of Jan. 30.
The district in a few days will have six'
hundreo” men under arms engaged in the Semi
ole war. A number fully equal to one third
. iho effective men in it.
Maj- WeWford left this place on Tuesday last
I with a guard to meet and protect the arme bow
on their way from Augusta.
1 We assure our friends in Columbus and Au
-1 gusts,, that Tallahassee has not been burnt end
' plundered as reported to them, and nouppiehen.
ston ex sts of such a calamity.
> Our Navy stationed in the Gulf of Mexico,
’ has acted in the present crisis of our affiirs with
? a promptitude worthy of all praise. The fri-
I gate Constellation and Sloops of War Vandalia
>’ and St. Louis, besides smaller vessels of war,
t are already nt the scene of action.
> We learn by letters from Key We«t that great
b apprehensions exist there. A family has been
f> murdered near Cape Florida, and several plant
r ati.ms destroyed. A letter from St. Augustine
e states that Maj Putnam has had an engagement
>f near Tomoko, ami was compelled to retreat
s with the loss of 25 killed and wounded out of 70
men. The whole country in that quarter is ru-
H ined.
Gen. Gailics has arrived at Pensacola, on a
_ tour of inspection. He is taking active mea
sures to send an efficient force into the Territo
— rv. The troops at New Orleans and Baton
l * Rouge, have been ordered on, and it is expected
i that the regiment stationed at the Jefferson Bar-
will join •hetfi.
Capt. Hooker on the lower Suwannee, a few
dava since, finding the opposite bank in posses.-
t. si»n of about 30 Indians, Crossed over with nine
lt men to attack them. As he lauded, two of hia
men wefe shot down—one With nine balls, the
other with five. With his remaining men, he
11 boldly charged on the Cnertly. While thus enga.
aged, his boat got adrift, and hC was left with no
alternative but victory of death. After a close
and deadly contest of some initiates, the savages'
’ were routed with severe loss.
Twelve friendly Indians arrived yesterday
e from Tampa—They will act as guides to the St-'
f petlition which will march in a few days! front 1
this place. They state that the loss of,the STe : -'
* minoles at the battle of the Witfilircobcheef Wa’J
e one hundred and four killed. AmfoiYg Whom was
- Osceola or Powell; who - , iltf£ say, received two
v wounds, and died two days after the action.
The reported death of Powell is not generally
c credited bv mtr citizens.
r s' Gallant Affair —On the I2th inst. Colonel
Parish at the head of two hundred Volunteers
from this district, composed of the Companies
v of Contains. Alston, Bellamy, and Caswell, had
a sharp encounter with a large bojy of Indians.
—The attack commenced with tne advanced
guard under Capt. Bellamy, who had been allow,
ed by the enemy to pass their main body. Col.
Parish immediately hastened forward to his sup
j- port, when suddenly he was attacked on both
flanks by the enemy placed in ambush. The
Volunteer* made an unsuccessful attempt to
charge on horse back.—They were then dis
j mounted and formed in admirable order.—They
then charged upon the enemy in a manner wor
thy of veterans. In the mean time, Capt. Bel
' lainv having routed the attacking party opposed
i to him. fell back upon the main body. The ene
my wji-- soon forced »u take shelter in a thicket.
By this time, night wascomingon.it was not
t 'bought prudent to follow them, where the local
ities of the place and the darkness would have
J given them great advantages. Our men rested
on titvtr arms in the open pine woods, prepared
to renew the action at day light; but during the
nigh', the savages effected a retreat. Their loss
t must have been considerable, as six dead bodies
wete counted tn one part i»t the field of battle.
Two days after. Cell.’Parish marched for Fort
Kmg. and arrived (here in safety; He then pro
eeeded to Powell’s town and destroyed it. The
> Volunteers theft returned to Fort Dtans, wheret
they are now cftCamped.-
fcoHSft/SticATrJtt.]
TSic Augusta YaluufttCM;
They’re gone—t gallant b mfd
Os youth, both g-m’rous and IttiVsj
To rescue that now stiff Ving land,
From famine and cruelty’s grave.
Their wives and lov’d on-s rh-’y’v? left——
Called from bom "■ by duty’s voice,
And llu*’ of kindred h»reft.
They serve their land out of choice.
The loud sound of ib°ir farew dl shot.
And t Ii» music of pealing note—
By us it shall ne’er be forgot.
Nor how lightly, dep tried iheir boat.
The scene was solemn and grand;
A multitude stood on tit ' shore—
The’keri'h’efs that wav’d from each hand,-
Gave the sign of adieu, ’till ’(was o’er.
We hope here to meet them again,
And then to exult and proclaim,
That these arc victorious men.
And crown them with laurels of fame.
But if, in Florida, they fall—
By the hand of the Seminole ;
And the wild forest be their pall
’illong the brave their names we’ll enrol.
Way He who is God of the War,
Be with them in cv’ry distress;
Way the “Blue,” as well as “Hussar,”
His presence and power confess.
And when at God’s har we appear.
To answer for acts of our own;
Our accounts, ns streamlets, be clear—
Each sentance pronounced be “well done.”
AUGUSTA.
Z"
[BY AUTHORITY.]
LAW OF THE UNITED STATES PASSED AT THE TWEN
TY FOURTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION.
I Public No. 2.]
AN ACT making an additional appropriation for
refiressing hostilities commenced by the Semi
note Indians.
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Re. -
presentn t ires vj the United Stales of America in
Congress assembled. That the sum ol five hun
dred thousand dollars be, and the same hereby is,
appropriated, out ot any money in the Treasury
not otherwis- appropriated, to defray the expen
ses attending fbe suppression of hostilities with
the Seminole Indians in Florida; tube expended
in (be manner provided for in the Act approved
January fourteenth, eighteen hundred and thirty
six, entitled “An Act making an appropriation
for repressing hostilities commenced by tb*
Seminole Indians.”
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
M. VAN BUREN,.
Vice President of the United States,
and President of the Senate.
[Approved 29>h Jan. 1836.]
ANDREW JACKSON.
married.
On Tuesday evening fast, at the seat of Mr Wra
II Turpin, hy lh° R«*v. John Kerr, .he Re v WH>
UAMJ HARD th . Bpptisl CwL *
Muss aAR \HT. M ANTON, all of this city.
NEATLY DONE ATTHtSOFFKE