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1 1 5/f. fl/lttcs* —tiohlnn JinlF'ly —\\ a* ac
1, apminied witii .1. I, )i, from Mu# hinh, nil inn
.c Aleparllirn (rum here; Ido nut I!■ ink ilia prisoner
liJ. 1,. 11. I requenled Mr. Trapp In bring tiinj I
i there ami 1m inf s rr him; In - articed at night, in
1 (he itlAgr, and I hid several can Men lit, lo hci. if
- I would know him; Trapp a-ked him in dunk,
Mini asked inn if I knew him; I said not; and idl
ed him-it he knew me; pri-oncr raid not. Tiapp
Attempted in show where his llingir w is hii; hul
I con hi tint pTeeeive ft. Ho said ii. was hit al
Cainp.liiee.ling; he enuld not (i ll whn hit it. He
•dl ho had hut one (light tv it It the man, and
that was within the encampment Trapp said,
k “you certainly know old uncle Boh I! eascley,
• thin lived m Clinton Inr many yoir." Hu said
(* he ilid not know me. He said he (bought he !
i Voultl know my non .luck; and asked il lie whs i
1 uni it had hoy. He then began In recollect my |
j name, hut said Ih id alien dso nineli, he never
a tdimild havcknowii me. He enuld not tell «nv
1 occiipa'iomkft. Ih id (ollowed, hut said n was so
lougc he had forget. I was salisli-d ii was not
.1. L. 11; I kept tavern when he left here in 182. V,
At. had heeil Shin ill; Ift had hnmd ,d wrdi me, and
' went oil'in iny di ht ihi-ou r did nut i.ovUcci
t any of these ( iii'iiinslan e*. Idn mil knew this j
man: in any iipinnm, tins i not the .1.1.. 11.
that lived about hero. ,1. L. 11. had light hair,
round lace, and rather a snub-rinse, full eyes, and
his lip miller doubled, when he la eked; I dn lint
•ee any (ealtire, in this mini, leaemhling J. L. It.
Oros*,examined— When .1.1,. 11, left here, he
was ohln than he appeand In lie; he wmild have
been taken fur 1I oi IS. I think his hair fthniil
the color of (Jol. Hills; I dn tint know the oc
casion nl .1.1,. Il’u leaving line. Ha told mo
till) reason—l di I not think the prisoner In he
Uinikley, w hen he raided in the ilage; and when
I again saw him I was tv.nre eimhitiled in the
opinion. I heard about he gelling his nncle'a
horse lo go nlf ug,; he was u very rude liny; lie
dissipaled and ifraiik much; I dtm'l known! his
R.iiiihlmq. When away (roni Ills mothur he
hoarded with use »nd Gerber, when in town Ire
slaid piineipnlly wilh me H"d Curler, He was
kindly treated us far as I know, by his mother
and her hiialmnd.
Kith Witness. A ''then l/u’r/i ;i;'.i-"Was ae
ipisiwted wilh J. H. i>. I root iHlil nr 181 I, till
he went away. The prisoner is not llial .1 I, !).
I knew. I had an interview wilh the prisoner
• few days after he arrived line. The prisoner
passed me twice whdsl selling at a s ere dour;
the third limo he passed, came up gave me his
hand, and called me hy my n mis; 1 lulil him I
did imt know him; he said lie wa . .1.1.. I!. 1 told
him he was not; he said peihupsl was mistaken.
I have had no in erview with him since.
I7r/i ll'ilnmi —.SVe/i/ien Clown-. Knew .1 I,
H. from boyhood, up nil ho went away; say 12
or Hi years; went to school wit It him—and was
intimate; the prisoners mil that ,i l> 11.
18.7 i ll' I ness — J’i'liT Clown', — Was acquain
ted with J I. II from A schoolboy, until he went
• way; lie used to be in my slore-house, and in
the street. 1 first saw prisoner at Miicoii,iil (Jajil,
Woods, in bed; as soon as he saw me, ho smiled
• nil called mo uncle I’clcr Clnwi i; he said, thla
r« your son Lee; 1 said yes; I railed again; I pn
quired what serial a man Esquire Itlllnigslea
was; he said ho was * strum man, loved drink
and would pm Ina hands on his hips, sav, ‘ .lease,
Jfos.se, you won't do?” I asked him, if he iecnl
ilected lllllinga'c i’s lip being ililT.nciil from Ollier
persons; ho could not recnliuc.t. Itdlingslea's lip
was u sort of dmihle-lip, that stood up. He said
he knew my two older son’s ; hul enuld not tell
i heir names. He showed me a speck on his side,
ifnr a rnnlc; it is not a mole. J L II wa. inti
•niA'r wilh my two oldest son's Stephen and
tfSroenn, they went to school together. My son
il.cc was ulioul or JO veins old, when ,1. L. D.
ilo.'l here, and had not been uniieh nhout town:
(ml staid at the plantation. I can’t think, and
do not believe that prisoner is J I, II.; when J L
II left It -re, it was not common fur me lo he nil
cl« I’elet; aomo few called mo so—lSlutlct and
.other*.
Crust t rnihiiieil. — When I saw the speck on
him, 1 did not think it a mole—it was near the
place I expected In Ii tut il; d enquired alter the
anole, I did not consider it a mole; I
■do not recollect any particular person who
dmt me upon ’the inquiry, 1 saw hnapu* u
- NUT LiuvZ
said :i 1. 11 had no mole, I’roiji what I had hoard,
1 look it (or granted that he hud a mole; it was
only a colored place. 1 don’t think 1 had any
conversation with Mr. or Mrs. Lowthor be
fore 1 wont to Macon, 1 had no converse
Mon wilh Mr. Lowthor about the mole, J-
I. IJunkh’V was called a very disipaled hoy, 1 re
collect that ho misbehaved in Augusta; mid they
went After him. He was a wild hoy; 1 can’t say
I o it whom 1 got tins information ah ml the mole.
He gave me "a correct account of Uillingaleu’s
manner of putting his hands on Ida hips.
1i1.7i II itH.-ss — Simon II . .VicHolx. Was ac
quaintnl wilh J. L. 11. nhout three years. 1 do
not think the prisoner is ,1. L. 1)., see no features
of Uunkloy, in him; J. L. IJ. had u round full
faeo, light hair, dimple tu ins chin, eves rather
liazle.
Cross-Examined.— I. L. B. was quite young
when lie left here; about 18 to I‘J years old; hid
down, but not invjcli hoard. J. L. 1), was frequent,
ly here and frequently away! he was often at my
establishment. Ho look one or two trips oil; he
was absent at school; went to Athens; hut do not
think ho staid long; 1 don’t know, of my own
knowledge, of’nis getting into ditlicullies; heard
of the scrape about the horse; his reluming from
Augusta and going oil’ was all within a lew
mouths. 1 think ho was several months absent
on his New Vnk trip. I’iisoiiet has no-ltkc
ncss to the Sluder fiuiily.
20.7 t ll'nnrsit — ,lhM II C'inr- ham. — Was ac
quaitiled with K. Bather for near two years, in
Gwinnett county; lie lived pan of the lime, al inv
house; undo one crop with me; had been there
before, I was well acquainted wilh hint; I think
the prisoner is the same man The last time, 1
•aw him in Uwinticll, w is in 18.’l>; 1 again saw
him in Epson,in 1877, I next saw him here. II ■
was not pointed out lo me; 1 knew him al once,
as he rode up. Ic m swear to hi. identity wilh
as in ill'll certainty as any neighbor,
O'ross-oxainini’d.—llo was married ; hoard
lie was tn tniu.l it) the road ; the girl and lie
both lived at my house, hcf'.ire and after they
wore married. 1 Imvo not sinl they wi re
in trr,ml al my lioing; nor that | saw them
married; they married in the I line they in c I
there ; they went oft’ and got married ; they
afterwards went to I' is.mjthev moved to IT p
oon m the latter part of IS or the fore part
of IW7. 1 have not sa d that 1 did not know
prisoner, when I first ea ii’t here ; I have not
pa id that 1 was the E-quire that married
them.
t! 1.«/ U i ■!”<<— IV n. Cam -Kite v E
II niter, in (Jv liiieit, het.ve n three and lon
yotrs; wo worked tinny nil .ay together, an
wnshe I together in in li p mils ;,vero to spree
lajjether, .and was thus ni iniiio lor the lies
part of two years. NVo worked topeli.c
nt Shad Biota's, and Abel W dim roam s,
fast mw mill in iJwiiineit, in IHifi, 1 thin
lh« prisoner is E. Birhcr. 1 next saw him i
the streets, in this place, in (tgtnher 1".’17 . h
was not poinicil out to me. 1 recognized hn
ns lie hi from Ins horse ; I hive had no eon
versatile) w ith him. Ii“ Ins the stmio wall
up toruwrly ; t tic same crook of the arms, an
in ition of the shoulders. To the be~t of m
know led oe, I think tie is the same man.
'.ihul Witness—George Steen. —Know E
Ufrln.T (nr about 5 years. Jim father rented
u | lanl iiinn about ball'a mile from ini’. He
ki iko.i oi Hogan's mills about n year, and J
w«,n sh ; in.ll, during the lime, fl gan kept a
soft oCyrnici ry. I saw Umber very often, and
dims |>i sun i is liiu nun.
2H< Wtlnen—Uantnm ('noper. —Knew E.
. Harbor, in Gwinnett, lor about two years;
wan Jiitmialelv in quamted with h in; have hi
rod him i* do co,,r=o carpenters-work; and
j ho tins frequently slept at my lioiim* we wor
j lied liigelbor m. Mr. liild.vni’s and Gol. Pus-
I ilnwion’s. I have no doubt the primmer is
1 tne same man.
| 2ilh Witness—John Ikrrj. —Know Eli.
j in Gwinnett, about two jeors, he gut in my
deln; saw him In uoenlly. I'm; prisoner is
I the ah me man.
i t'rus--examined.—J did not say, in Gwin
: m il, Inal 1 did not know prisoner; hut that 1
I knew tnin. 1 took hm note and he made his
mark to it, and hm brother too.
20//i Wilmnm—Simon Merry. —Kan w E.
I), in Gwinnett. about two years aim; was
nuieh well linn; saw him In qinmlly at Hogan's
nidi; I .-aw Imn Irenuenily at K-rpure Wil
| Imgl;atn’s Court, woe-re I arte las had IF; I
j i.new K. H. well,- prmoin rin the same mull.
110 ploughed one aenson with Willingham.
20 ill Wilneu—Michael Willingham
Wan in (pMitiltd with E. II in <i vinm ii; I
was, (pule a youth; ( d’.onglied ami hoed corn
with itiin about n year. I next, saw bin
her ; and 1 linnk I haie a clour rwcol octmn
oi him. I think, lo l lie host ol my iconl
cetiou, prisoner i« ihe name man.
Cross-examined. — E. It. cut his foot, uhem
we were work.ng together, wnh an axe; I
think it was near hl.i tor; 1 slated that Ihcre
was a scar leli; I suppose that it may have
leii a scar;l stated at Mr. Gresham's that I
expected lie hud a sear, i recollect that my
hither had a light forpri.suner. I might have
slated m Clinton, that there was probably a
seai ; I examined, and did not perceive a near;
I don't know dial there was a Bear on hi* leg;
and do not tecohe ;i saying ho. Enquire
li iwther went into the loom wnh me; Es
quire Suilivan was there. I don’t recollect
a lady’s being i i the room,
27 Mi WUn'HS —Benjamin !'■ Merry. —
Knew ill. ii. .ii Gwinnett about two years;
wra often with linn, mid knew him well, 1
vvna than about 14 yeaisidd; used lo frolic
wnh linn. Haw bin light Mr. 1111, and Jldl
Ini Ins linger; I ibink Ins Cur finger. I think
prisoner is E. limber, I saw imn strip and
toll up Ins sleeves last. Sunday week, mid |ic
looked quite inilnrul then. Have not, seen
him since 1820, till last ,Sunday week. Mu
and Mr. Wibngliam then had a little difficul
ty, and ho Hind itu could whip Horry; inking
W illingham Cor Hurry,
28//i Witness —Benjamin Irj. Knew a
young limn, in Gwinnett, by name ol K. Hir
ber; first knew Imn m 1821 or '2; I knew him
on and on, 4 or 5 years; I was jailor dime.
E. H. was put in my bands; once was put in
jail. Win. Harbor was put in, hand cuffed,
from Upson; Elijah was arrested in Euw
rencevilin. 1 don’t recollect whether E. and
Win. came together; hut E, was then,'. Ue
collcct’s distinctly Ins features. I think
prisoner is the sanie n:an dial I knew as J.' H
2!>lh Witness. IVm, Gon/o/i--Knew ~
man in Gwinnett by the naiito ol Eli ; not
Ultimately acquainted with him. i recollect
Ins lectures mid appearance well. Prisoner
at the bar m the same man. 1 am not rela
ted lo Gen, < Cordon.
HOlb Witness. Hugh Hanlon —Knew E.
H. in Gwinnett; recollects Ins appearance am
features. 1 think the prisoner is the saint
man.
Hist Witness. Edward VV»,»gr—-Knew E
H. in Gwinnett, uumit three years. Knew
Imn well in 182(t; bo made a crop at Willing
barn’s; I lemember bis appearance and tea
tores well. I think prisoner the same man.
H 2 1 Witness, James Campbell —Knew E.
H. in Gwinnett about three and a half year*-
saw l‘Vni Crequenlly; he has h-• "y mites
at inv hoUBB 1 " ' ll! ' t lV,,|riil h' was
(mT.ii 1 recognized and penned
him out. J called Ins name: the prisoner is
the man. ■
33 d \V tlnoss. Cico, Btogdeii —Knew E.
B, in Gwmnoll, two or three ye uh; 1 recol
lect Ins loaUircs and appearance, and iiiui a
good opportunity to know him; I think the
prisoner is the siinie man—he claimed
John Barber us Ins father. Mr Bogin hud a
grist and saw trull, old Mr. Barber kept the
g.ist, and Steen the saw mill,
Bltli Witness. John .lilting-—Knew E
Bin Franklin, when he was*’about litlocn or
eighteen years old; 1 saw him in March, 18110,
and again in Lawrmiccville, last March. 1
recollect h s features and appearance, and
prisoner is the same man.
3(1 h Witness. Win .Mitchell—l have
known E- B. from his birth, and Ins mother
boloro him, till he led my ennn'y (Franklin,)
lie was nearly grown when Me Jell there
lived about two or three miles front me. 1
saw linn idler lie moved, nine years lasi Oc
tober —I remember him well, and Ins appear
ance. 1 should lake prisoner to be the same
man. The Sheritf of Franklin snbpanmed
me; 1 inn snhpatimed on both sides —mis sub
poenaed by prisoner first. I was hero in tic-
M tuber, and saw prisoner then—when 1 first
i I saw lum I can’t say that. I recognized Inin as
| E B. but 1 did before 1 got nut nt the room.
37th Witness. I>. Bird —Knew EB. in
i Gwinnett and in I lull; first in I lull; I recollect.
I distinctly, Ins appearance and features; I
i think tins is the same man—have not seen
him from Irt'T) till hist October.
(Irnss-exanunwl —1 saw lim in October in
; this plum ; several ot ns were looking for him
1 to roe if wo would know Inin; we saw him on 1
a cro-s stroi"*. I don i say ivi.cli saw h in
j c >.;n z’d hin lirs ; I in ike up my opinio i |
| Croat his iipp-ar.tneo, too color of his hair '
and eves. I'he Inreo of ns had not seen him 1
i* . I . -1 i
I : some "t llio three siid, yonder he is, without I
ins tiemj; pointed urn; unit we uii reeogmztd
hi . 1 misjlit have seen him in LS'Jii; it was!
' c-iiiior in IS- jor 'ti.
I :?!)ih Witness. Jis-'ph L. Hvnrll —l know. !
I | m (rwinnalt, a man named K It; was not wo I
y acquainted with linn; I think prisoner lias 1
. ( souio of tlm matures that I recollect ot E I!,
I S 1 would not say lie is tin; man, lint 1 think ho |
v iias the liivor.
0 | Cross .examined —I knew .1 I, I] n bout as \
>1 * well as K H: it 1 was obliged to say between
1 them, I should say it was It trber; I should
■I. 1 ihink Itnher a little the u'dest; I don't think
ir I have v-'oit ,11. It since ISd'd. nor E I! since
I I j 18-15; 1 don’t Hi nk prisoner his any (natures
as ot .1 1* It. One day List week I saw ilns in*
st ! (hvuln.il in a room, but expressed no opinio t
er i about it.
111 st Witness. \Vm /’. Hiriri/cnl —Knew
ik ; E 1> in (iwmiielt, about two ye irs; knew him
in 1 wo I; worked with me awhile; t'om tnv re
ho j colle. thin of him, 1 shoul 1 take prisoner to ho
in the same man.
n- i:t i Witness. li bcrt Campbell— Knew
k EII Gwinnett; wed acqna nted with linn tor
ad about three years; I recollect distinctly his
iv i features and appearance; I think prisoner is
1 the same man; saw him in a ti rh’, whe.i he
i
gut a cut oil Id- head; it bled; never examined I
1 Ute wound.
•I4Hi Witness. fPiniel R. Jieet— KnewE j
i B m Gwinnett, in i'-Jo, perhaps IHiM; recoi
i lint linn disiiiiiily; saw him in Bibb in 1b27
1 or’o, with t wngon; paw him tnere two or
three tunes Isay prisoner is Inc same man. ,
4Hih Witness. Inane Tinncv —Knew E. !’•
; I in Gwinnett, from 1884 to 188(3; recollect him
I distinctly ; prisoner llio man.
47 1 h U iln.'s-. John Suihlelh —Knew PI. I'. :
in Gwinnett about fm r year a { recollect distinctly I
his feature*ami appearance; prisoner is the man. ,
4Hill Witness. Stephen //WM-Knew E. 11. in (
Gwinnett shout two years ; know him, and dis
tinctly recollect his features and appearance;
prisoner is tle man. Was present when my
brother Thomas hit one of prisoner's lingers ;dhl
not lute it off. m,
Cross examined—l fought K. B. o: ce, and bit
j him »ldc of llic face ; a little blood sorter riffled the ■
skin. i
50th Witness. ,V, Jones —Knew E. IE in
(iwinnell, best part of two yi rr.~ : saw him (Telly ,
niton; recollect distinctly Ins features and ap
pearance; thinks prisoner is gentleman.
51 •: Wilms-. JUchnnl Hen u Knew a maaj I
in Gwinnett named E. IS, about two years;
him freqiu ntly, mi l n rolli -■ s his features alii up- *
pearance; thinks prisunvi is the same man.
Cross examined--! mini; when 1 last saw him,
in Gwinnett, was in 1830; 1 saw him next in
Clinton, in April, 1t37; ho locks now pretty
nnieli as lie did then.
filld M uni's-. Samuel Fer —Knew a young
man in Gwinnel, in 1838. named E. 11., t o eon -
of.lohn It., and knew him some two or three ,
years, and we lived and wmked together; we were J
together day and night—ate, drank and slept to- t
geiher: E II had a peculiar mark; I saw him
washing in the mill-pond. 1 have a very distant |
locolleetion ot him; he moved from Eraukhn to ,
Gwinnett, and I believe prisoner is the very iden
tical same man.
54 1 1 i Witness. .Vint Martin —Knew EII ,
in Gwinnelt,from 1531) to 1886, when lie left |
there. He and 1 worked together and lived ]
together at Bogan s; wo were together at other (
places; ate and slept with him; the prisoner is the ,
same man, t
noth Witness, John Jhmhley —l am the tin- •
do of J. E. 11.; prisoner is not my nephew; I
came here to see if prisoner was my nephew, and h
came with the view to aid and assist him; I found |
it was not he; I conversed with him, ami he gave j t
mo no satisfaction; 1 asked a few questions ro- j
spooling my family, which ho could not answer,
and mid him lie was not my brother’s sun. I f
Cross-examined —I had but one conversation j v
with him, and put him but few questions;! heard j (
bis uncle Blatter converse with bun and was con- j |
vinced that he was not the genuine.!. E. B. I n
made enquiries for him on my way here ; 1 eamc | ,
here with a design to see him, and went to Macon i t
for that purpose; prisoner said be had some
knowledge of his uncle James, ami that if I was ,
James, i had fattened so he did not know me ,
50th Witness. James Hunk'leu —! am the '
uncle of J. la. 13., sun of Wm. 4). 15., and know j
1 him well; the prisoner is not my nephew: had a
■ Conversation with prisoner last spring; he did not I
know me; 1 went to see him in the tavern here, 1
i he was asked if he kiiew mo, an; 1 , called mo by I
■ some oilier name; ho did not know me; he asked j
I if J old not recollect hunting land here, with him;
• I told him no; I told him .1. E. 11. went with me to
; hunt land; he asked it I did not recollect our meet
ing a man; I replied Jesse and rue might have j
t met a good many men; ho asked me il I did not
t recollect meeting a Nr. Woodward; I told him
I vv. did meet such a man (me and Jesse); lie said
r we met him going down the hill here at town'
thi» r was not so: wo met Woodward beyond Bill
ingslea’s; T asked where wo started from; lie had
forgotten; lie could not recollect what sort ol
horse lie todc; lie did not know where, I lived; S
lived in litis county, and J. L. U. was often at
U my house; prisoner is not my nephew; ho could
, tail mo nothing at all.
'■ Cross-examined —Prisoner insisted that we
v |, U nted land together; 1 denied il, and said J. 1,.
:• M, and myself hunted land together; 1 have never
■ spoken to him since; I sent ror .r. r,. n. to ivni
edgevilleon his return from New York. Prisoner
I. I knee" nothing about this.
• J cthv; tv .'Ut’ss. John it. .Uoore. —Knr. l.
iI |, |( . [ ( | 0 , 1( ;t in-hove prisoner to him; 1 know
- j'.'e, B.abonf six y,.'ars. I 'Mng I recollect J, E.
I H.’s features; I eaa see no to Uim in
i prisoner.
by i:\rui>:s mail.
[from oca COHUKSPOXI) ENT. j
yT WASHINGTON, Jan. 19,1830*
~ In the House of Representatives, to-day, a Dill
was reported from the Committee of Ways and
Means, to amend the act imposing additional du.
ties on imports. This Bill proposes a reduction
of the duties on certain articles brought into the
ports of the 11. S. from foreign countries. Two
motions wore made—ono to refer it to tho Com
mittee on Manufactures—the other to postpone
the cousidointion for a fortnight. The latter pre
vailed, nf or some discussion,
Mr. FIIiIiMORC, tho representative from Buf
falo, o lie red a resolution calling on the President
of tho United States for information respecting!
the capture and destruction of the Steamboat
Caroline at Sehloaser, and whether the capture
was authorized and avowed hy the British Au
thorities or officers or any of them ; and what
stops have been taken hy tho Government of the
United Stales, to obtain satisfaction from Great
Britain on account of said outrage.
The House retusod leave to present the resolu
i lion. There is a general desire to prevent any
I premature discussion on the subject, or any other
| connected with our relations with Great Britain,
Tho House resumed the consideration of the
! Mississippi election case, and Mr. Prentiss fm-
I ished his aide and eloquent speech in defence of
*Wie claims of himself and his colleague. J
! Tn the course of his argument, Mr. Prentiss
laid down three propositions in icgard to the
facta of the n<at) i
Ist. Thai Messrs. Claiborne ami Gholson ncv» i
or wore eloototl co >slitutionally members ot the 1
2f>th Congress.
2d. If they were elected at all, it was only for j
the period anterior to lire regular election in No- j
vein her.
3d. He and bis collearr - had been legally and
constitutionally elected by the people of Miss. I
as members ot the House in the 25th Con I
gross. j
They had found themselves met at the thcosh
liold by the recent decision of the House in fa- i
vor of the sitting members. He examined this
decision with much minuteness; and maintained
five positions in reference to i't
Ist, That the adoption by the House of the Je
cision in favor of Messrs. Claiborne and Gh dse-n
was not a judicial decision, hut the expression of
otic opinion suljccl to revisal.
2d, That it was no adjudication of the claims
of the present applicants.
3d. That so far as the protented adjudication
wcn'jto annul the act of Mississippi, it was null
and void, the House having no nneh power.
i Mil. That the decision was not binding on )
the people of Mississippi, who were not parties, I
and had received no notice ofit.
slh. That that adjudication had been given j
upon a mistake of the facts of the case, and that I
ut course it was subject to review.
'J hese points he argsed with great alclily and j
eloquence; ami finished with a most animated I ,
appeal to the justice of the House. Mr. Word, i
his colleague was then informed by the Speaker 1
that the House would hear any thing he wished j
to say, hut ha declined for the present, as Mr. ,
Prentiss had no fully spoken on all the points in- i
volyetl. 4lfcL
FOSTER of IV. Y. followed in support of ;
the rlairns of Messrs. Claiborne and Gholson
’ j
and before any question was taken the House
adjourned.
The Senate was chiefly occupied with private ,|
bills; tills being the day alloted to that business. |,
The bill for settling the claims of the Execu- I j
trix ol Richard W, Meade was passed. This |
glaiin tax been before Congress for many yearswri
V gr\ x
Curretpondence of the „V. T. Herald. • <
Latest from the Frontier.
Avrnucis Uaiihacks, loot of G. Island, )
Friday Evening Jan. 1«. V
The 225 regulars have arrived at Chippewa. ; (
There m no loss on the llrilish side reported, hut i c
you may form some notion of it, from the fact, 1 t
that 16 were seen to (all at one shut the other j
clay, and many others at different times.
Cannon balls have been thrown on Grand Is- j c
land lor a week past, occasionally, but it is he- j t
cause the British arc so poor gunners as to he (
aide to lot un Island of IiUO acres.
Last night an assault on Chippewa failed for j 1
want ol steamboats, which did not arrive as ex* j 1
peeled. I'o night there is a talk of spiking the [
Urilish cannon. The young officers proposed it c
litis afternoon to the general—and he said he i
would tell them about it at 5 o’clock, previous j
to which I had left the Island, I went hack to i '
Schlosser with Major Bush, who upon landing, j l
gave me the use of his boat. Just after dark iI ,
started for Grand Island, and after rowing two |
hours, on the rapid broad river, with the eternal |
thunders of the cataract, roaring in nly carb |
with nothing but the stars and the dork outlines I
of the forest to steer by, surround's! by the cue- i
mies of the three great powers, with the solitary I
watchtircs of each camp glean., e d across tire .*
waters alter running on suu.chy san a banks— I
being hath d by boats, who proved not to Ip. I
British, I arrived at the quarters of Col. Ayer I
where I have been treated with genuine ho-iu- i
lality. ‘ ;
Governor Marcy and General Scott have ar
rived a Buflalo, but no movemont', have been !
decul.nl on, I’hc! steamboats have nr,t yet arrived. !
1 he men a;e ordered to ho reu-.jy so Btar t from the j
bland at a nntments notice; hut nobody but Gen. 1
■ Ucilsßalacr knows v-.| lere n M . y am to land,
, and ho won t toll until tHoy start, at least, lie told j
I his officers so at dinn e r. “Very well,” said they,
| “we will go where you will.” If the boats come
; from Buflalo; lUr y will move to night. _ j
j y.vTriinAv M'onxi.NH—At II o’clock last night
i the British bat'rcry opened upon the Island—3so
I guns were lir'ad besides shells and congreve rock
ets) lor an hum not a gun was fired from the i
j Island; h’at when the loyal connon began to flag, i
they or,cried op„n them and showed them the
science. 'I he scene was magnificent. Tho
nioi’u dimly revealed the outlines of distant oh-i
jects, and every flash; every bust of a shell; every
Tucket was distinctly visible. I have not hoard
| the damage, it any. My position is oven hotter
1 than upon the Island.
Sen LOSS Kit, opposite Navy Island, j)
Friday Evening, Jan. 12, 1838. 5
% Dear Sir, —At the distance of 500 miles it is
impossible lor you to imagine how infernally wic
ked, that “long, low, black” Navy Island looks
front t!ic \rno<t«au shuro. Thoio i.i an CAlcnt
about Grand Island that gives it an appcaiance of
respectability and security, but Navy Island, with
its dark forest, its precipitous shores, its fearfully
rapid current, and more than all, its pokerish
looking batteries, has an ugly, piratical look from
this side—how then must it scorn viewed from
tho olheil Mr. Mackenzie’* son arrived yester
day morning from Fort Malden. I could learn
but lit!’ le from him. He reports there were 700
only it th? time of his leaving. At 12 yesterday
Van Rei.y«cla.‘’ r soni an express to Buflalo, prob
ably to hasten the steimiboat. Some grand move
*is in preparation. It **’ surmised tliat a union is
to ho effected in a few Jays, between the two pa
triot armies, leaving a garnC’n o n l^9 Island.
Col McNah, the great detesteo, “ H 3 Tcsigncd
1 hiscommand, some si»y into the hands ~'f '*' r
Colbornc. That is doubled. It is, liov;ev'.‘* r i
certain that he has resigned. He has failed eve.
ry way—has, perhaps, involved two nations in a
bloody war, and been indicted by the Grand Jury
of Niagara county, for murder, ami as a murder
er ho will ho demanded by tho Governor of this
State. He is aline man personally; a gentleman
in his manners, when he chooses to he, and is
speaker ol lhe popular branch of the Provincial
Parliament, chosen though by Gov. Head’s pack
ed majority
Alt yesterday volunteers wore crossing to tho
Island in small boats, as tho Barcelona has gone
up to Black Rock to repair damages. About 50
crossed over. The Marshall, tnd his rifle guard,
stationed near tire landing, do not interfere, ex
co| t to prevent arms and ammunition from going
over, but they have enough of both.
I am informed by gentlemen from the east tint
between this place and New York city there arc
not less than two thousand volunteers on the
march to join tho patriot forces. They come
from the’ eastern border of the stale, and from
. New England and 1.0 ver Canada. All along
| the grand canal, the people resting for the winter
• I have nothing to do but be pariotic, and they are
ijso to a man. Throughout the empito slate the
. conversation at every store, in every bar room,
[•Udu around every fireside, is the war in Canada.
of the revolution fight their battles over
j again, and by stories of their own achievements,
a j incite their sons and grandsons to arms, and tight
c j for liberty. Fond mothers, too, and loving wives,
and affectionate sisters, do their share, and forget
the terrors of war in their dreams of glory!
But I must hasten to tell you all the new-'. A
party of United States troops slept at t o falls
last night, on their way to> Fort Niagara, which
is to he strongly garrisoned. Noble fellows they
are tot new teeuils, and despising the luxury of a
bed,each man wrapped his blanket around him
: and with the hate floor for a couch, and his
knapsack for a pillow, slept soundly till break of
day.
No one but the commandant can tell how ma
ny men ho has on the Island. You arc only al
lowed to ao trom tire landing to head quarters,
and straight bock again, lire men arc all well
| and hearty, and bear miraculous the hardships
j and taliguiug duties of the camp. Fine fellows,
! used all their lives to luxury, have borne it like
old campaigners, and gained flesh upon it. In
j dee I there is hardly a man on the Island lhat is
j not twi nty pounds heavier than when he enlisted.
; The man who was wounded on Wednesday,
j was not so badly injured ns might he, as it was
l frozen dirt torn up by a cannon shot, and not by
lire shot itself. He is a brave fellow and one of
the best ma ksmen in the army.
Major Chase, a brave young officer from Ro
chester, had a fine adventure on Wednesday
night. A little, low, black, eight-oared gig, came
! out from Chippewa and started round the Island
I I’hev were seen, and the Major, saying nothing,
;
|i>iukc<l out a crew, armed them to the teeth with 1
pikes, cutlasses, pistols, and tomahawks, and star
ted in another boat. The race boat your regattas
all hollow—it was fur h!e and victory. At any j
time, and especially in the night, the pursued
have the advantage —they, consequently, but a
barely escaped. ®
P. S. Two hundred and twenty-five of the 22d
Royalists have arrived at Chippewa—making a v
regular force of about 400. There was a little fir
ing last night—hut no damage was done. As t
near as I can learn, the loss on the o her side falls
short of 20 in jail. The sharp shooters on the
I-latnl fjjiaML oil whom ver they have a
chance, WTdom*.
OTRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
*-■ 1
AUtrrIJSTA. ‘
Tni'silnj .Meriting, Juii,
Wc perceive iiy the Columbus papers received
last evening that the Bank of Columbus has
suspended specie payments. This has lioen done ,
in compliance with a request from a meeting of
the citizens of that place. The Insurance Bank
*
was also requested hut declined. Wo shall pub
lish tomorrow a statement showing the condition
of both banks. I
“The United States Magazine and Dcmocra'ic c
Review,” the periodical which wc noticed yester
day as having just bom issued at Washington
city, is the first attempt we believe ever made ia
the Un'led ,Stales, to connect literature with the ,
party politics of the day. This work, whale by I
devoting a considerable number of its pages to lit- *
craluro, it endeavors to sccaru the attention and
confidence of all parties, is nevertheless to oar
minds, nothing but an instrument to ho used in j
building up the political fortunes of a particular j
par ly by the els Nation of its leaders. The politi- 1
cal department of the paper is to bo “Democratic’.’’
Wc do not understand the meaning of this |
vvor 'i, wh ch seems of late years to have becouie
the step-stone to political elevation. As used, in
the work in question, it is applied to the friends
of Jackson and Van Buren’s administrations, and
the object of the work is evidently to support that
party; hut whether the loco foco Democrats or
the conservative Democrats,wc cannot divine; bu t
judge from the fact that it is cmbcl'doUed with a
print of Thomas Ji. Bentomin the act of making
, the speech, commencing with the boastful and
I exulting declaration, that “solitary and alone,
j he put the expunging “bali in motien,” we infer
i that 'he work is to ho loco, foco. This fact is
j sufficient to condemn the ‘-Democratic Review,”
lin our estimation. A work which desires to
j commend ilsell to the American people, should
come to us with some other countenance than
| that of Benton in its first number; or at least
I sheuld ■cprnsent him in some other character
[ than that of the champion of tire desecration of
| the records of the American Senate.
Wo are quite pleased with some oftbo articles
i in the literary department of the work, & were it
i disconnected entirely from ephemeral party puli
-1 tics, and the support of men in whom we have
no confidence, and devoted to tire advocacy, in il s
| political department, of the broad principles Os
j republican government, as antipodal to the gov
ernments ol Europe, thereby giving it a place in
! the affections ol the whole people, we should
| rejoice in its success. As it is, w« commend ir
| to those whose taste it may suit, and with a pro
j miso to extend to its publishers that justice which
! is duo to political opponents, and to deal with it
1 in iboi ol ceitiuUui which ttieir efforts may
: deserve■
The Agent is now in Augusta, at Mrs. Faber’s
i on Broad street, where ho can be. seen by those
| who desire to patronize the work.
FROM FLORIDA.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republican,
i ; dated Garey’s Ferry, Jan. 17; says: “.Nothing
j new. Gen. Jessup came across eight Indians—
, | took one and killed another. He was directed
> by the prisoner to Sam Jones, but whether cor
• i reel ly or not, remains to be told.—Sam Jones is
I | said to have eight hundred Warriors with him.
, | I now- have no doubt there are more Indians in
, | this territory than any White man ever thought
d before. Gen. Nelson had a brush the other
! day nt Wacusapo; he had an Ensign killed
j arid orib’ Pri v #to wounded and three horses taken
—th* Indians 1 0 -'*' one killed; one Indian and one
Negro, prisoners.
“Indians in smalt parades otc frequently seen
at Volusia, but cannot be trapped. ’Tis well for
|us should the Indians keep emhooied; * ot l^cn ’
; they may be easier come at, as we have l’ r ts e
forces in the field, though none too much for to.' 3
country.
“Wo met a loss last Saturday in tiro death of
; Mr. L. W. Dopson. He is muclr regretted. Ho
died in consequence of an injury received on
hoard the steamer J. Adams, while on herpas.sag*
, down from Mellon, His remains were followed
, to the grave by all the officers and rasa at this
) post. *
' ; P. S.—Another Lake has been discovered fur
, l '* rr up, as large as Lake Munroe; this is sup
-3 : posed tobc the head of the St. Johns.”
| A late English paper stales iliat, in the library
r of die into Sir Philip 1- rancis, is a regular series
: , of the Public Advertiser, during the period when
1 Junius’ letters were published in that journal, in
w. ich noaily every letter is corrected, and the
| regular stops inserted, by Sir P. Francis, in his
I clear and very distinct autograph.
i MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH, Jan. hi.—Arrived, steamboat .lau.fci (
Ailnins, Clinei, Black Creek.
Clcii.fd, ship Chile, 'I avior, Greenock.
MAKKIKD,
In this city, (hi'l hursday evening the 13th insl.
bythellev. .Ur i.’avia, l.ieut. Um. U. liErrs, of 1
the U. s - A,, to ill ss Ki.izaukth Gordon, daugh
ter ol Col, Joseph Hutchison, of Montgomery, Ala.
«—art™ Ma»wwi«B>«iicfwj y^TVr
DIED.
On Wednesday morning Iho I'lh instant, Aa-
ManD hours, infant sun of Leon and Carolnio
Urux.
dj* R. M. G U.N li V is authorized to act as rny
attorney during my absence from the .State.
Jana—w4t 3 WM. G. UOJVNER.
| Ware-Sfloiiuw & iToasmiis»i<)»
ilis*ssio*s.
\('l MMI NG eoiumues to transact a GRN’E
• HA/- WARE-HOUSE A A’hi COMMIS
SION lit SIN Esfi, at his old stand, corner o
Washington and Kcynuld-streets. He will ma kr
liberal advaneos on Cotton, Ac. in store, and will at
tend punctually to business entrusted to his n-re
, icpt 8 __ ill
Augusta Beuevolout Sooioty. 1
Committees appointed ior the preaunt month.
Committee Division No. 1— Messrs. James Mora
dith and James Godby, Mrs. J. Mcntz, Mrs. Sarah
Lei m.
Committee Division No. 2.—Messrs. John W Stoy,
and Win. T. Timmerman, Mrs. (J. C. Taliaferro s
Mrs. Thadens S. n iy. I
Committee Division No 3.—Messrs. E. W Col
lier and James Paruon, .Mrs. Amy Whitlock, Miss
Sarah Glover.
All cases of sickness and distress pleaso report to »
them. M. M. BROWN, Sec’y pro teiu. / I
The Constitutionalist will please copy the above,
jan.23 Jm 13
OfJ* A CARD.— A report having gained cir
culation that I had relinquished my Professional
engagements, I take this method of correcting
such a mistake, ns my intention is, and alwavs
has been to wait on nil Ladies and Gentleman
"ho nlay require my services as nn instructor of
Music on the Piano Forte and Guitar.
Terms £25 per quarter.
Piano Fortes Tuned.
\V. H. ORCHARD.
Application to ho made at A. Iveison’s Musis
Store. No 217 Broad.street.
dec 9 253 S
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
CLT. he sold on Thu - I iy the 10th day'of
4 * iMtiich next at the is ■ i lenca of William
Bovver?, deceased, late »f !.■ . i county, the pro
party olthe said deceased, r ■ ■..■ ting of com, lad
der, &c. House hold and Kitchen furniture, and
other articles. JOSHUA DANIEL, Admr.
Jan 23 18:wtd
To Debtors and Creditors.
LL those indebted lot Lo estate ofWm. Bow
(’«. era‘late id t.incoln county, deceased, are ro
qnested to make immediate payment, and those
having claims agains’ the same to present in terms
of the invv. JOSHUA DANIEL, Admr. (,
Jan S 3 18:vvtd *
fj'Oi'R months after date, application will he
made to the honorable inferior t.'onit of Burke
county, when sitting (hr ordinary purposes, lor
leave to sell lot number three hundred and thirty
four, r33d) in iho sixth district, Carrol county, con
tain.lng two hundred two and a half acres.
Jan 23 18w4m Wm W MAUND, Admr.
GRAND MOVING DIORAMAS.
•\ n Ks,--its, j jail & Harris have the ploasKrd
IVd.. respectfully to announce to tho Indies and
gentlemen of Augusta, and its environs, that their
Grand Moving Diorama - , are now in success
ful operation, and will be open eVeiy evening at
the Theatre
Admittance 75 cents. Doors open a7; perform
ance will commence at 8 precisely. For further
particulars see bills ot the day. Jan 19 15-tt
dVtTEW BOORS. —Just received by Richard* A
iXl Stoy:
Tvmha.'sV to tho Eastern Courts of Cohin China,
Siam, and Muscat!) in the sloop of War Peacock,
during the years 1332-'3-’4, by Edward Roberts,
Tho city of Iho Sultan and Domestic Manners of
the Turks, by Miss Pardon.
Pretensions, by Sarah A'liokney, author of‘’Poet
ry of Life.”
” (Jeritlefnftn lack, a Naval Story.
Vandeleur or Amina! Magefism, a novel,
Constance Latimer or tho Blind Girl, published
for tho benefit of tho New York Institution tor the
instruction ot'ilic Blind.
Pick Wick papers part slh, edited by 80 - /..
Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick. jan 3J
VjJ VT.T—26OO bushels Salt, fur gala at the wharf
io to arriveoa Saturday,
jan 19 16 STOVALL &HAMLIN.
HAY.
BUNDLES of superior Eastern liny
*2'o' For sale by J. MEIGS,
jan 9 bw3vv 8
<P ELATING CAPSIJIjUS OF PURE
"t-JI IiALSA.M of COPABIA.—This elegant pre
paration in which tho Balsam ofCopaiha is now
administered, and which has received the decided
approbation oflhe Koval Academy of Medicine at
Paris, is now for sale at Apothecary Hall, No.
232 Broad street. Every patient under the neces
sity ol taking this valuable, but disagreeable med
icine, will readily appreciate the value el a plan of
administiaiion, as in Galatine Capsules, whereby
tho unjileusantness of the dose is entirely prevented.
Jan 18 14 ANTONY & HAINES.
OIL MO .VP.—Celebrated patent animal and
vegetable Oil Soaps, for cleaning coat col-
I lars, woolen, linen, and cotton goods, from spots
occasioned by grease, paint, tar, varnish, and oils
of every description, without injury to the finvst
goods; with directions,for sale by
Jan 18 14: ANTONY & HAINES.
Oft'lCiAO ORA IWAG
OF THE
posts a.y Male Loliery.
; Far the benefit of the Augusta Indep’t Fire Comp’y
CK.asS No. 2, for 1838.
1234567 8 9 10 If W
if 9 14 57~20 50 48 72 ~3l 3 4 1
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above numbers
» »s they stand are correct, as taken from the Man
ager’s certificate of the drawing of tho Virginia
State Lottery, tor V.oeshnrg class No. ], for/
1838, drawn at Alexandria. Va. Jan. 13. And wind/
determines the fate of all Tickets inlhe above Lot
to-y- A. READ, agent.
Jan 17—13
ACiii'd.
I*| ONS. P. GEA\ , a native of Pori?, respectful
ol )y tender? his services to this community, as a
Teacher ol the French Language. His deep know
ledge ol lh« Engliuh language, and that of the differ*
1 out systems of teaching French, enable him lo ren
der that study easy and pleasing. He gives lessons
either at the student’s house or in seminaries. Ho
’ will also open a night school as soon as six persons’
? shall have subscribed. Apply lo him at Airs. Sa
vage’s boarding house.
! i Kefer to Air. Egerion, (who employs him,) Air
Air. G. I’. Dortic, ami Hr. \j. A. I)uga»-
Ilec 4 wtf
;\csv Bi«oiin,
just nficfiyen and ron sale nr
KICHAIvIIS & STOY.
' OpHE works of Joseph Addison, complete in 3 :
1 fi- vols. embracing the whole of the “Spectator,”
&o. new edition
Recollections of a Southern Matron, by Caroline
Gilman, antaor of “Recollections of a New En
. gland Housekeeper.”
'ldle works of Charles Lamb to which are prefix
■ | ed his Letters and Sketches of his Life, by Thomas
Noon Talfourd, one of his Executors.
A Love Token for children, designed for Sunday
School Libraries, by the author of the “Linvvoods,”
“Live and Lot Live,” “Poor Rich Man,” &c &s.
3 I Jan 3 1
Brought <« Augusta Jail,
On the 28ih Dec. 183 T, a mulatto
£ woman, as a runaway, who calls
i herself llctsy Morgan, alias Shan
non. She is 2o years old, of mid
dle size, tolerable bright, claiming
herself as free,hat no papers to show.
Any person having lost a woman of
■ ii »■-—her description, would do well to
call ami see her, pay expanses uad lake her from tail.
Also,
On the 29th nit, a ran'alto man, who calls
himself Henry Myers, says he belongs to Amos
.lewilt, or Alexander Myers, of Orangeburg Dial.
S.C. lie is 21 years old, 5 foot 8 inches high,
stout made.
At. SO,
On the 2nd instant, a negro man who calls him
self .Moses, says lie belongs in Isaac Chapman of
Monroe county, Geo. JL■ is 2 years old, dark com
plected, 5 feet, 4 inches high 'i ho owners are re
quested to come forward, pay expenses anil ink 3 i
them from jail. KIA MORGAN, Jailor.
Jan 1 w3t 2
s'is’c Proof Wiirfllotiise.
f | Ml l, subscribers take lids method of inhuming
-I the public that they will continue to transact
a general COMMISSION 11LSLN CS.S. Their
Warehouses arc in complete repair, and they soli
cit a share of public favour. Graletiil lor past patro
nage, they assure their, friends no exertions shall he
wanting to promote the i y crest of I hone who may
entrust their business to them. Their charges in
future will ho like oilier establish merits ol ihekied.
Liberal advances on produce in store. Receiving
and forwarding goods or cotton promptly attended
to. 8 KNEELAND CO
aug 31 206 s aat