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I'ruvt the St utkrtu lU i order, Ju.i. u,
Our Cherokee Affairs*
Knowing mid appreciating iho great excite
‘mem ofihe pulilic mind in relation to the lau
proceedings of lhe Federal Administration, in
connection with our Indian relations, we liavi
1 deemed it onr duty to inform our citizens of the
manner in which this crisis Inslieill met hy the
Executive of Georgia. For this purposi, we
have obtained the authority of the Govern o. to
take such extracts from the records of the Ue
parlment, as might put our people completely in
possession of the desired inlotma'ion. We have
made auffieent extracts to show, veiy conclusive
ly, that the rights of Georgia will i ever he com
promised, in the hands of our present Chief Mu*
gislratc.
Wo are likewise happy to lie enabled to
•place before our readers, the report of Col. Ken
dr, of the admirable conduct, and most success
ful! operations ofGen. Hcott, to whom was confi
ded the critical duly of executing the trea y with
the Cherokee*.
Our readers will perceive, that (! n. Hcoit has
greatly added to his honorable renown, hy tin
admirable efficiency with which he has perform
ed the doty assigned him; and that he has found
a most efficient right arm in our own Floyd—and
what, above all, will he the most gratifying intel
ligence to the patriot and philanthropist, the sim
ple announcement, that without thu shedding ol
a single drop of blood, there remains not » single
Indian in Georgia, except those who are in the
keeping of the army, and ready for instant re
moval to their home in the West, The imbecili
ty of the Federal Administration, audits utlei
faithlessness to Georgia, is a lesson which will be
1 remembered lor all time to come.
[COl'V’.]
Executive Department. /
. Millt dgevillo, May 2d, IH3B. \
To t 1 o Hon. Jon, If. Poinme ft ;
•Siit;—l imvu had tic.- honor nl receiving
from you iho proposals of thu Government to
Joint Ross,and instructions to (j!.,-neralScott.
The surprise atid regret excited m invsulf
at these proceedings of the Government, I
am sure will he 101 l by every citizen of the
Stale. 1 can give to them no sanction what
ever. Tite proposals lo K-.t-u could not he
carried into execution hut in violation of the
rights of the State. The-very making of them
must prove exceedingly injurious to the inte
rests of its people.
The lands which are in Iho occupancy of
•the Indians, are the private properly of its cit
izens, and the owners are now entitled hy the
law to possession. For the purpose of pic
venting all unnecessary sulf ring and hard
ships on the part of the Churokces, I lie pro
prietors have heen earnestly entrenled not to
enforce their rights at once, but to wail uni tl
the Indiana should Lo removed hy Iho army.
They have been assured that this would bo
done by the President as soon in possible, and
in perfect good faith. iS nm-i o regret is fell
that the success ot these ellorts in Ihecause
of humanity has been 'defeated hy ilie Govern
ment. As soon as the proposals lo Uuss and
ihe instructions to General IScoll are known
to the proprietors, they will no longer he re
strained (ruin taking possession of their pro.
petty. It becomes necessity, therefore, that
1 should know whether the Press! nl intends,
m the instructions to Gen. Scotl, lo require
that the Indians shall be maintained in their
occupancy hy an armed lorco, m opposition
'to the rights of the owner ol Iho soil. II such
■is the intention of iho President, a direct col
lision between the authorities of the Stale
and iho General Government must ensue.
My duty will require Unit 1 shall prevent any
interference whatever hy the troops with the
rights of the Suite and its citm-ms. I shall
not fail to perform it. To avoid misunder
standing, permit me to req i st that you will
communicate to me;, and asjeaily cn yon oiui
conveniently, the President’s views upon this
subject.
1 have no doubt but the Indium: can ho re
moved from thu Stale, in the execution ofihe
treaty and hy the troops now organized and
stationed in the country with Ilia' avowed pur
pose, Willi more ease and expedition, and a
readier acquiescence on the pa I To
dibits, than hy any means in the power of this
Statu If, however, the Government con
sents that Ross and his friend) shall remain
two years longer, the Stale will ho obliged to I
•get rid of the evils which must necessarily i
arise from such policy, by exercising ils uv\ o |
rigid ot jurisdiction, and remove them by the
•most efficient means which it can command,
Very respectfully, Yours.
GEORGE R. GILMER.
I
[COPY.]
Executive Department. }
Mtllcdguville, oOth May, 1838. $
Eir ;—1 enclose to yon my answer to the
letter ofihe .Secretary of War, upon the ttih
.jeclof his proposals to Jdm Ross, and late
instructions lo General Scott,
All here concur in the opinion that I lit so
proceedings of iho Government are a viola
tion of the rights pf the State, and calculated
•to produce the moat extensive evils to the
Cherokee country.
Permit me lo toques',that <he delegation in
'Congress from this Stale, will mule m ascer
taining from the President whether it is Ins
intention lo continue the pres u delay in re
moving the Chcrokees hy the troops under
Gen. Scott, for the purpose of ell'ccting that
object by contracts lobe made with the agon's
■ol Roes and Ins Iricnds, or lor any other pur.
pose ! and whether it is his intention lo main
tain the Indians by force upon the soil of
'Georgia, in oppositien to the will of the
'Stale and tho rights utils citizens lo whom
the lands have been granted ! And that you
■communicate to me Ins determination.
Very respectfully, \ours,&<:.
GEORGE R, GILMER.
To the Georgia Duleo.v cion.
[COPY.]
Executive Department, }
Milledgeville, 3(.Uh May, 18138. y
To the lion. \Vm. C. Dawson;
Sir. — 1 send you a letter addressed to the
owners ot the land occupied bv the Indians
in the Cherokee Country, immediately ho ore
they had acquired, by Iho law, the right to lake
possession. 1 confidently helievo that tin
iiiost of them would have puisticd iho cotirsi
recommended. The very host i cling pr -■
vailed every where.—The alarms and distnis
which had existed some time ago, had -uhsi
ded. T s has p;o- tedod, in a great degrn
from the incessant exertion was has hc-'i
used, to prevent any violation of the o
the Indians, and iho assurances c v n to tin
people, that'he Government would removi
the Indians us soon as nossf !--. and uif :■>! eve
ry one protection against tmlence. In Gil
liter mu! Union counties, where the 1 id t
are twice as numerous us the whites. ;h pen
pic Were, two weeks ago, peifectly quiet, am
travelling ns safe us anv-vhere. Gut for i
lingering expectation that Russ won't! hi
able lo retain their country *' - r 'hum, i; i - con
fidently believed that a great portion of tin
Cuurokees would have been now preparing !i
remove. Ma confident wore the people, tha
n«a difficulty or violence would occur m tin
cmovu’, llial they were indi suing a disp'. i
iioii to complain against flic, Government (or
minding so tinny troops among them. No on"
“ has ever felt more satisfaction than 1 have
'* done at the I - ,-nil of my labors for Ihe his s s
( months. No violence ut any liind had occur
| red between the Whites an I Indians when
Gen. Scott look command. 1 had suffered
0 great an,\ely whilst iho troops were in pr -
, partition. 1) fficnllies seemed to be over. No
n one who has not labored as 1 have done lc
e save the lives, and prevent tlie suffering of it
> whole r oninnmily, tan understand the deep
i- mortili mlion I have (eh, in knowing that tlie
,« happy re.- 11 1 1 s < ■! dll my exertions must cer
tainly he destroyed by the laic proceeding oi
o .the I’m; idem. On; people have been so bar
- ! rassed for n long time hy Indian disturbances
- I alarms, and wore, lhai they will not bear n
longer than the treaty required them. T<
h a k them to suffer Ross and Ins friends tore
ma n among them for two years longer, with
’ the knowledge that every citizen of the Che
ll: rokee country has, that ilio Indians would
>• have been contcnlcd at their home in the
‘J West long before this, but for the exertions
(l ol Ross and his friends, is utterly idle. When
I proposed to the Secretary of War and John
**. Ross, two months ago, that Ross should rc
’ move Ins people voluntarily before the time
" arrived lor their removal by the army, upon a
0 large compensation to be allowed him by the
. Government, I received a directrefusal from
1 Ross, and my letter to the Secretary of War,
e { was not honored with an answer. 7'nat the
.Secretary now, when the Government has no
power over the treaty, except to enforce it,
should propose to reward Rons fur denoun
cing the Government as dishonest and faith'
less, hy possession ol the lands of the people
granted to them hy the .Stale, is indeed an act
of dishonesty and faithlessness. The Prcai
■ dent will not he permitted to sell the rights ol
' ] the people of <icorgia, to huy votes elsewhere.
■ j The people will sou to lhai, if the public au
| llionties iln not.
li my health permits, and the President de
termines that he will maintain the Indians in
' their occupancy o( (he .State, I sliull proceed
to the Cherokee Country, and try whether
Ihu rights of the Slate are to bo Iraiinilcd ups
1 j on, or violated by military force. Wo have
two thousand men in the thud, under Gen.
.. IhJoyJ—not one of whom will obey any order
lo sot at. defiance the sovereignty of the Slate,
Mil the United .Slates troops shall attempt to
resist;our laws, they will he required to leave
iho .State, and our troops ho withdrawn from
the United .Slates service. The requisition
under which they wont into service was lo re
move the Cliorokoos, not to maintain them
upon our soil. The Government may yet stop
in its work of nnmixed mischief. The Indi
ans can he removed hy the United States
Government and the troops now assembled,
with more ease, and less suffering, than by
the .Slate, and 1 shall continue to insist upon
its proceeding to remove them at once. If
the President refuses, the consequences must
he upon Ins head.
Urn- the purpose of giving you ns much in
formation as 1 readily can, ns lo the course
taken by the Stale and General Government,
m removing i he Cherokoes, 1 forward you the
enclosed copies of papers.
Tne requisition of Gen. .Scott for troops
Irom tins State. My older for raising them,
and Iho special commissions g.von to the offi
cers, show that these troops are only uiithor
j iz <1 to remove the Indians and protect the
people.
'i'he letters to the owners of the lands oc
copied hy I lie Indians, In Generals Scotland
f loyd, show the rights of the people, and ut
the Hiinic lime the exertions which hive been
in ole to pi event any collision bet ween them
ami I he Indians, and the goneial state of peace
and the confidence that the Indiana would,
"'ill* prudence, bo removed without difficulty
I The proclamation of the Kith March, will
show the anxiety with which 1 have protect
(ml the rights of the Indians.
| The address of Gen. y-jott to the Chero
koes, shows what ilia original instructions
| wcie. lie says lie Inis no right to grant them
J further delay, and that within one month, ev
ery man, woman and cii Id, must he moving
I from the country.
| My letters to the Secretary of War and
j Ross, show that more than two months before
j the arrival of the time lor the removal of the
i Indians, hy force, 1 proposed that Hess should
before that lime, remove them voluntarily
I Ross’ answer shews for itself. None was
| received Irom Mr. Poinsett.
| 1 send you the late instructions to Gen.
ticoil, which shew that the President is pro
ceeding without the consent of the Stales or
t .ongress, to slop Iho i “moral of the Indians
hy tin: troops, and In rely upon contracts with
Ross’s friends, and the intention of the Pres
ident to make the owners of the lands in this
ytato depend upon Gen. Scott for possession.
In my leiicr ol theffO.li November, 1 reques
ted Mr. Poinsett to put an end lo his‘corres
pondence with Ross. In Ins reply of the Oth
December, he says it was continued with the
hope ol inducing Ross to aid in the peaceable
I removal ol the Indians ; Lul when ho was sat
j islied that Hi s could not be done, ho would
j inform mo of it. In his loiter of the Kith Do-
J comber he writes,that in conformity with that
prom.se, Ins correspondence with Ross was
j ut an end.
.V’voral communications have been receiv
ed Ibis morning from the Cherokee country.
A state of quiet prevails every where. I send
{you an extract of Dr. Hamilton’s letter. 1
cannot but hope that the friends of humanity
| will induce the Government to retrace its steps
Very respectfully, yours, & c.
GEORGE K. GILMER.
KOPY.]
Mu,i.kookvim.k, June 2d, Ic-oS.
To his Excellency, G. K. Gilmkii ;
Sin : —Having just arrived Irom the scone
i of operations in the Cherokee country, 1 av .il
niysell of the honor of communicating lo your
! Excellency, the movements of my Chief, Gen,
[Scott within the limits of Georgia. Upon
e the 2 Limit., he placed the Georgia volunteers
s 1 under the command of Gen. Floyd, in position
u |and on the 20,h commenced operations
e Genet - .il Fioyd in person, commanded the Isl
’’ [detachment that operated. The promptness
;e ; aid ability of his movement, gave to the com
’• in nnlng General the h ghest satisfaction
sl while it presented lo the balance of the com.
maud, the most salutary example.
l ’> j Tim number of prisoners on Tuesday Inst
II | was about tlOOO; and hy this time, 1 do no
: think there is a wandering Indian in the Cher
10 "lito country, within the limits of Georgia.—
’T The captures were made with Inc uinios
'[• j kindness and humanity, and free Irom even
I : stum of violence.
118 ] The deportment of our Georgia citizens
resident imho Cherokee counties Mas bcei
nl marked by a forbearance and kindness to
a wards the Indians, that must win for them tin
je admiration of every philanthropist. Permi
n- me lo conclude with the congratulation ol on
ie | rights being so promptly" and peaceful!;
secured- With the highest regard,
at : A. 11. KENAN,
w Volunteer Aid dc-cumpto Gc,i. Scott,
r IJV KXPUUSS MAIL.
t; From our Correspondent,
x Washisutox, June 1, 1838.
The harmony of the House, to day, was dis
j turbed l>v an occurrence which all who have a
„ just sensibility to the dignity and decorum of
o Congress must deplore.
o The hill for the suppression of Indian hostilities
a j has been productive of a very animated and in
'' ti rcsting discussion, hut those who look part in
the debate, however widely they differed on the
,f subject, still preserved the courtesies duo to
•- themselves and their relations with eacli other,
■i and nothing occutred to interrupt the persona]
11 good will and mutual deference which it is al
o
~ ways agreeable to witness in the intcrcouite oj
h members of the same body.
: "j The speech of Mr. Turney, of Tennessee, last
night and this morning, occupying altogether
more than three hours, was an exception to this.
() Instead of speaking on the bill, he made one
n continuous,systematic, deliberate attack on John
' Bell; a* malignant in its character, as it was
*' entirely unprovoked. He raked up from there*
u cords of the past, all the speeches, pamphlets,
n whatever the press has spread forth in periods of
r, the greatest excitement, every thing bearing on
c the events in which Mr. Hull has taken a part,
11 whether as connected with state politics, or na
’ lional politics, for the purpose of giving some
. color to his base aspersions on the character and
0 conduct of that distinguished gentleman: and
t finally he denounced him as being “ corrupt,”
' “ bank-bought,” iScc.
* Mr. Hull replied, when ho had finished, and
j a more powerful rejoinder never has been beard
in the House. Mr. Bell, however, never treated
' his puny assailant as if he had originated the at*
J lack. On the contrary, ho spoke of him in a
r manner which could not be misunderstood, as
' the conduit of the concentrated spite and malice
! of others—two of his colleagues, one in the
1 House, the other in the Senate. (Polk and
Grundy.) He chargid Turney with acting
i under their instigation, with being “ the tool of
1 tools,” “their instrument.”
Just at this point, Turkey, who had been
silting silent, the picture of a culprit receiving the
punishment which was his due, wound himself
to such a point of daring, as to rise, and say to
Mr. Bkll, who was just behind him, “It is false I
it is false ! and my colleague knows it.”
Mr. Bell instantly repelled this insult from
a man whom ho could not notice in any other
way, with a blow, which Turney did not re
ceive in all its force, because he instinctively t
threw himself oil'from Mr. Bull.
Several members wore instantly on their feel,
and interposed effectually to prevent any further
collision.
The Speaker took the Chair, and order was
1 soon restored.
1 Mr. Mercer, of Va. offered the usual rosolu»
lion, requiring both the members to promise not
i to prosecute the matter farther. This was laid
on the table promptly.
Mr. Pesnyhacker, of Va. made a proposition
that both the members should apologise to the
i House for the indignity. A motion was made to
lay this on the table also, but it failed.
Mr. Bell, however, in the handsomest manner,
volunteered air apology to the House, as duo to
that body and to himself.
Mr. Turney made his apology also.
The House then went back into Committee
y
and Mr. Bull resumed his remaiks. He made
one of the most powerful speeches ever hoard in
Congress, chiefly in vindication of himself and
Judge White, and their friends in Tennessee,
whose course had been asailcd.
After some further discussion, the bill was re
ported to the House, and then an adjournment
look place.
It will be passed p.obably on Monday,
The Senate was engaged with private business
all day, and at an early hour adjourned till Tues
day next, lor the purpose of giving time to lake
up the carpels, and put down tbo summer mat
ting.
Saturday, June 2d.
The above was accidentally too late for the
Express Mail last night.
The House has been engaged during the
whole of to day with private bills.
The affair between Mr. Turret and Mr.
Bell will proceed no farther. M.
[ From the N. Y. Journal of Commerce, June 2.]
Blockade of Buenos Ayres.
The report of Buenos Ayres and the whole
shore of the river appertaining to Buenos Ayres,
has been declared and actually put in a stale of
blockade by the Trench squadron. This event
took place on tbo SSlh of March. The first
knowledge of the tael among the citizens of Bu-
I enos Ayres was through the medium of the fol-
I j lowing notice, which was posted at tho Commer
t 1 cial Uoom at 8 o’clock on the morning of the 29th.
Consulate of the United Slates of America, )
Buenos Ay res, 28th March, 1838. 5
To Merchants and Ship Masters, Citizens of the
United Stales of America.
The undersigned Iras received official notice
from the Bear Admiral, Commander in Chief of
the French naval forces on this station, that the
Fort of Buenos Ayres and the entire littoral of
B the river appertaining to the Argentine Kepublic,
tl are in a state of rigorous blockade by the French
r naval forces.
>■ That Merchant vessels actually in port, or in
n the roads of Buenos Ayres, will retain tho right
s to depart therefrom until tbo lOilr May next.
i ; And that after that time tho interdiction will
_ be general and will be extended equally to ves
,| sols entering or departing.
:s (Signed) E. K. DOKH, Consul U. 8. A.
j. lie port od Blockade ofVnlpnraiso.
It was rumored at Buenos Ayres, ami gencral
u ly credited, that an English brig bound to Peru
with arms and omunition for the army of Gen.
I Santa Cruz, put into Valparaiso in waul of watei
’ and that while there, tho Captain was arrested
and shot / and the crew imprisoned;—that in
r ' consequence of this outrage the port was imme
~ j dialcly declared in a stale of blockade by the Br,
i ships of war Cleopatra, Capt. Gray, and Homo
r) gene, Copt. Brace.—that the Chilian government
had retaliated by imprisoningthe British Consul,
th The commcrcal advices from Buenos Ayres arc
'it to the 7th of April. The market was sufficiently
’. supplied with most descriptions of Foreign pro
10 ducc. Exports had advanced somewhat, but not
it . so much as the quot Jons would, infer, when
ir j the depression in the currency is taken into con
ly sideraiion. All the Araciicau vessels in port
were loading, and would of course leave previous
I to the 10th of May, after which date there would
(be no egtess allowed from that port.
From the Albany Arpui, May 30.
Daring Outrage.
An express frem Watertown reached this city
yesterday afternoon, bringing despatches to Gov.
Marcy, from the District Attorney, Marshal, &c.
at that place; by which we regret to learn that a
' most extraordinary outrage wastomroilled wilh
i } in the American waters, early on Thursday morn
s ing. The British steamboat Sir Robert Peel,
I lying to about seven miles from French cree"k, on
! the river St. Lawrence, was forcibly seized by a
8 body of armed men, supposed to be Canadian
• 1 refugees, set on file, and entirely consumed.
r, ! Wo trust that, by the prompt action of
! the civil authorities, aided by the military,
: all farther aggression or apprehended retail
0 iatiun may be prevented; and that the per.
', petralors of the outrage may be discovered and
ij brought to merited punishment:
1 Gov. Mamy, conceiving the circumstances such
as to require the immediate interposition of the
’f state authorities, left the town soon after the ar
rival of the express, in the evening cars for Utica
it and thence, by relays of horses, to Watertown
Correspondence <J the N. V. Com. Adv.
Osweoo, May, 30, 1833.
'' OUTRAGE'S
e Steamboat Sir Robert Reel Burned.
( We learn from the passengers by thesteara
boat G. Britain, from Kingston, that the Sir Ro
bert Peel was burnt this morning at Well’s Island,
a few miles below French Creek in the St. Law
i rcncc, where she slopped to take in wood. She
f was boarded at about 2 o’clock in the morning by
, | a body of armed men, variously estimated at from
30 to 50, who immediately cleared the cabins
’ and set fire to the boat.—The male, Mr. Johnson,
was sleeping in his berth at the time and barely
! escaped, after being sctiously burnt, by jumping
I into the river.
The passengers were taken to Kingston by the
, steamboat Oneida of this place, who report that
much of the baggage was lost, and about §60,000,
in specie. This daring piracy excites a just in
dignation among all classes, and calls for the
vigilant and energetic action of the public authoi
lies to detect and punish the perpetrators.
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CHRONICLE AND SENTINEL.
A.IJCHJBTM.
Thursday Morning-, June T.
We commend to the careful attention of our
readers, tho letters of Gov Gilmer in to day’s pa
per, one to the Secretary of War,and the other to
Col. Dawson. They breathe the true spirit, and
should it be necessary, the Governor will be sus
tained in the execution of the Treaty by the
whole population of the State. Fifty thousand
men could bo raised for the defence of the rights
of Georgia, in twenty days, should suah a force
be necessary to take possession of the Cherokee
territory. Our enemies, in Congress and out,
be they Whigs or Van Burenites,.may bo assu
red that the people arc unanimous on this point)
j and if tho attempt is made to “coeree” dr “casti.
gale’ Georgia, as Mr. Wise sbggests, h o will find
that it will take more bayonets to do it, than ever
were assembled together at one lime on this con
tinent.
We are gratified however to perceive from the
letter of Col. Kenan to the Governor in this day’s
paper, that we are likely to have no difficulty in
removing the Indians. In addition to this infor.
mution, we learn from tho Western Georgian
published at Rome, that the Indians in that
neghhorhood had all come in peaceably. The
Indians who resided within the limits of Georgia,
are, by this time, probably all removed or in a
position to be removed beyond the limits of the
State. *
Mr Jenkins, who was condemned at the last
j Superior Court of Wilkinson county, to be hung
! for the murder of Henry Rhud, and who had
been respited by the Governor, died in jail on
Wednesday the 31st ult.
Mr. Biddle, it was said at New York on the
Ist inst., would resume specie payments on the
3d, thus prostrating his enemies, and making
good tho doctrines of his letter of the 3d of
April, 1838.
Fire in New York.
On Thursday night the 31st ult, a fire broke
out in the ropo walk of Thos. Maxwell, in Fif
teenth street, near tho seventh avenue, and before
its progress could bo arrested , entirely consumed
ten buildings, and partially injured another. The
fire was supposed to bo the work of an incendia
ry, as it was the second attempt in the neighbor’
hood within 31 hours.
A committee ot the Board of Trade, of the
city ot New York, in pursuance of resolutions
adopted at a meeting of the Board, recently
proceeded to Philadelphia to solicit the U. S.
Bank to establish in New York, a joint slock
bank under the late banking law of that state.
A meeting of the Directors was held immedi.
ately, and Mr. Bida’lo instructed to say that
arrangements will ho made forthwith to put
such an establishment in operation.
Tho Mechanics’ Bank of Baltimore, has decla
red a dividend of three and a half per cent, for
. the last six months.
The Real Esiato Bank of Aikansaa have autho-
J vised the issue of one million of state bonds in ad
dition to the half million already issued. Tho
Bank has discounted since it commenced opera
j tions about §600,000.
■, Upwards of §2,000, has been contributed by
It the citizens of Richmond, Va., for the relief of the
Charleston sufferers.
:t
I The Weather.—The Brunswick, (Ga.) Ad-
II vacate of Thursday last says, “The spring still
. continues cold and backward. On the evening
ot the 35th inst., it was so cold at this place that
frost was appiehcnded, and the cotton through,
out the vicinity is so backward, that a .full crop
j cannot be expected.”
u New Orleans Money Mauket.—The Pic
j ayune of the 2d says: “ The condition of the
n Money Maiket is still gradually improving.—
i- Specie may be had with greater case, and bank
• paper circulates more frcelv. The discount on
lt up-country notes are not so heavy this week as
I. last. Sales yesterday > I Mississippi, river, at 30
0 a22 per cent discount; inland 33 a 25; Bank of
•' Vicksburgh, Waterworks Bank, and Brandon
( notes, 3d a35 per ct. dis.; Alabama and Tennea
n sec (i a 8 dis. Uiii'cd Slates Bank and Treasury
notes are still scarce and the premium is equal to
[ that for specie. Sales of silver at 7a 7j per ct.
j prem. On Thursday §35.000 sold, in one par-
J, al the latter rate.
c e
•The following Idler from a friend in Washing
ton City will be read with great interest by the
political and personal Iriends of Col. Dawson,
We shall wait with Considerable anxiety the ar
r vai of this speech and will spread it before ou r
readers as soon as possible.
Was insures, June 1, 1838.
Deah Sin—Our friend Dawson, yesterday;
made a speech on the Cherokee Treaty, of which
his friends and the slate of Georgia may well be
proud. I have rarely enjoyed a greater pleasure
than it a (lorded me. It was a thorough, able and
| eloquent vindication of ilie course of Georgia to
, wards the Indians, and I have no doubt lias put
to rest forever the unjust clamor against the slate.
| An old and distinguished member of the House
I told me that lie had heard and read all the
i speeches on the subject, but that there had been
none as able vindications of the state. The tone,
manner, and spirit, were just suclj as the honor
of the state demanded. There were in the gal
lery two distinguished Georgians, of different
i politics, who were both delighted : no man could
be otherwise who regarded the honor and char
-1 actcr of his stale. I will not say half what this
manly and able effort deserves, least I may be
suspected of falling into the vice of the times—
newspaper puffing. I will only add that I do
not believe that any Georgian, who comes here
and sees the position that Dawson occupies, will
be like to vote against him when he goes lichee.
Yours, truly, . ' T.
The Banks of (he State of Rhode Island has
made their usual leturn for the last month. The
amouut of capital stock paid in, is stated at $9,0
852,353. Bills in circulation $2,154,521. De*
posites 1,395,496. Notes and Bills discounted
$12,612,721. Specie $474,278. Bills ofolhet
Banks $147,807. Also, debts due by other
Banks $004,361. Stock in Bank $109,276
Real Estate, &c. $30^,999.
A Southern Bank.
A correspondent of the Richmond (Va.)
Enquirer suggests the incorporation of a common
Bank, with a capital of 40 millions, by the Sou
thorn Stales. The following are the outlines of
the project:
Hints on a Southern Bank of America.
‘•To free the South from Abolition iailuonce,
and the oppressions of Northern commerce, let
the Legislature of Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana
and Mississippi, pass a joint charier for a South
ern Bank of Ameiica. The capital to he about
forty millions, and divided in something like the
following proportions: Virginia six millions,
North Carolina two, South Carolina seven,
Georgia live Alabama five, Louisiana ten and
Mississippi five. Each of these Slates to have
one or two branches, hut the mother or principal
Board to be at Charleston, South Carolina, as
the most central point; and each State to have a
Ropiesontalive in that Board, Each Slate to
hold three fourths of the amount ot capital held
in and assigned to it; and appoint a proper pro
portion of the Directors. Let the Slates issue
scrip bearing six per cent, interest for one fourth
the amount ofcapital assigned them—send, and
sell that in Europe or elsewhere for specie. This
would produce ten millions. Require individual
subscribers to pay specie or good current bank
notes, which would produce ten millions more,
and would be mainly bank notes, making twenty
millions to commence with. The Stales would
ow e to the Bank twenty millions more, for which
they should issue scrip—file the same with the
branches respectively in the States issuing it, sub<
ject to a sale at any time to raise specie, to pre
vent a suspension of specie payments, hut not to
carry interest until actually sold. Neither the |
whole corporation, nor any branch, to discount
more than twice the amount of its capital stock,
nor to circulate any note of less denomination
than ten dollars. Full reports to he published
every quarter of the year o( the business of cadi
branch, and annual reports to be laid before the
Legislatures within which the branches shall be
respectively located, with lull right of search
and examination by the Legislatures.”
From the A. V . Herald.
Money Market.
Thursday, May 31.
This has been foreign bill day for the packets
which sail tomorrow for Liverpool and London,
i In the lore part of the day an impression was
I prevalent that lire packets would be detained
until Saturday, in consequence of the scarcity of
' hands, for which reason but little was done. At
■ noon it was announced that the ships would
' positively sail tomorrow, when purchasers took
hold freely, nv.d a fair business was done at 8 per
cent premium, which is an advance on the last
, packet day of | per cent.
On France not much was done, as the Charles
’ Carroll does not sail until Saturday. The sales
j were made at f. 0 30c.
Wall street bait again been active today. The
proceedings of Congress with regard to Mr. Web
‘ ster’s resolution have imparted to dealers a full
. confidence that the Western banks will now no
longer hold back, but resume immediately, they
having heretofore expressed themselves jn teadi»
t ness to do so so soon as the specie circular
t should be repealed. As it is now virtually dead,
the demand for specie wilii them will in a great
measure cease, and nothing will stand in the
. way of a resumption on tho part of solvent banks.
The stock market exhibits live stale ot feeling
r prevalent in Wall street, the sales having been
very extensive and at a very general advance in
prices.
From the N. F. Daily Express June 1.
3 Stocks, it will be seen, have advanced again to
, day. The vote on Mr. Webster’s resolution is
considered equivalent to the repeal of the Trcas.
ury circulat. This lias given life and energy to
capitalists. Exchange on the South has improv-
ed. Drafts on Philadelphia, which were and
e dull, two days ago, arc now quick at 2 per cent.
Exchange on New Orleans, Mobile and Natchez
are all better.
The Orpheus, that arrived yesterday, had but
II a small amount ol specie. Indeed none is now
expected. The improvement in the cotton mar
" ket at Liverpool, has given confidence here, but
has not advanced piices, as our rates had antici
i. pated the rise in England.
p Government are again hoarding up specie,-r-
Within a few days nearly two millions of Treas
ury notes, beating six per cent, interest, have
j been offered for sale in Wall street, and half a
million have it is said, been sold at par for specie,
and the specie placed in bank as a special deposi
‘ it. The sale has not been made for specie pay
i ing bank bills, but for the real coin. When the
j last batch of ten millions of Treasury notes was
called for and authorized to be issued, it was on
5 the express ground that they were wanted to pay
* off the pressing demands on the Treasury. It
p was understood that the creditors of the Govern
j ment would not only he paid off in these notes,
hut that they were to serve merely a temporary
purpose to stand in the gap in anticipation of the
’ ordinary receipts of the Revenue. But it appears
> that this just expectation is. to a great degree, dis
_ appointed—for, instead ol paying the creditor,
‘ they arc brought on here and sold (or s >ocic.—
That there is snraclhing wrong in the matter is
beyond all question.
Midway Sii.Mix.xui.— I'lio Institution is now
in a flourishing condition. We happened to he
present at the late Examination and public excr a
ciscs of the students, and vve take pleasure in be
ing able to stale that the performances of the stu.
dents far exceeded our most sanguine expecta
tions, and ceilainly reflects honor and credit to
the Faculty, as well as to the students of the In
stitution.—Southern Advocate,
Steamer New England Sunk.
This morning about one o’clock, the steamboat
Now England, which left this city last evening
at 7 o’clock for Bath and Gardiner, was run into
by schooner Curlew, and sunk in about half an
hour. The accident occurred about ten miles ofl -
Boon Island light. Nearly all tho passengers
succeeded in getting on board the schooner, save
two, who were drowned, and one man named
Blandish, of Providence, who was killed in get
ting on board tho schooner. —JJoslon Jour Hist
1 till.
g l ., .rsuxjnKr'Lr^x■extaatg
BANK K GUO KIT
STATE OF THE BANK OF AUGUSTA,
On Tuesday, sth Juno, 18138.
Amount of property owned by
this Bank, viz :
Promissory Notes, Rills of Ex
change, Real Estate, Stocks,
&c. $1,597,057 70
Balance due by other banks and
agents, 175,410 38
Specie belonging to Ibis Bank
in its vaults, 220,316 32
do do in other banks, 750
Total amount ofspecte, 8221,000 32
Notes of other banks, 129,058 80-350,725 12
Total amount owned by this Bank, 2,123,799 29
Amount due by this Bank, viz ;
To persons holding its notes,
being the am’t in cireulat’n, 318,040 71
Balances due to other Banks, 295,580 70
A mount duo to Depositors, 224,835 62
Total am’t due by-this Bank 869,003 09
Surplus owned by this Bank
alter paying all tis debts,viz;
Undivided profits, 54,736 20
Capital stock, 1,200,000 00
Total amount of surplus 1,254,730 20
82,123,799 29
ROBERT F. POE, Cashier.
married,
On Tuesday evening, the slh inst. by the
Rev. Mr. Ware, Mr. Henry Cox to Miss Cor
nelia J. Nail,both of Beech Island, S. C.
COM M E KCIAUT
Augusta Market.
C otton —The market for this article continues
very inanimate for all qualities save prime, which
is much sought after, and is bought up as soun as
offered. The arrivals are getting quite light, and
our stock is reducing fast. We now quote 7i a
103 cents ns the extremes of the market.
Groceries. —We have no change to notice
amongst the staple articles of our grocery market,-
in consequence of the bad slate of the weather
very little has been doing in any kind of business.
Exchange—Checks on New Fork continue at
7 percent, in much demand ; on Philadelphia tome
of our banks have been se’hng at 5 per cent., whilst
others ask 0 per cent.; Checks on Charleston 4 per
cent, in much demand.
Freights continuant old rales.
NEW YORK MARKET, .ItJNE 2.
Cotton. —The sales of the week are estimated nt
3550 hales, of these 1250 were Uplands. 8 a 12, prin
cipally at 9 a 11, 950 Mobile 8J- a 8J; 700 Floridas
at 81 a 11 j, and a few 12; 000 Now Orleans 8 a 12.
The market during the three past days has been
inactive, and prices dull. Tho import of the week
is 2,71 t bales, and the stock in first hands reduced
to 15,000 hales.
tc*r»iKme",iaKjn rErr-vmT-A r» wippm—wfatanraony
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
SAVANNAH, June s.—Cleaiccl, schr Clio, JVKirl
man. Hrnnswick, Me.
Sailed, bi* Georgia, Nicliols, New York.
Departed, steamboat Win Seabronk. King-, Cliarlmten.
CM A ULUS'TON, June fi.-Ap ysuterday, brigs Globe,
Fosler,Marseilles, via Gibraltar, Talisman, Pratt, Philo,
sehr Pocahontas, Tate, Tbomaston. Me. sttnm p ckit
Neptune, Peimoyer. N Y. steam packet S C. Coff.y Nor
folk.
Hd, Hr ship Ttnchel, Moffat, Greenock; sebrs Mary.
Nickerson, Apalachico as Meridian, Kent, do. U g steam
er Poinsett, Twilit n, Garry’s Ferry.
Went to sea vest, rday, Fr brig* Two Cousins. Garoly,
Mars- iUps, Line brig Ainu na, Duane, Boston, schr Tresi
d-nt. Pe d. Providence, steam packet NC. Ivy, Wil
mington. N C,
Mraraano*i ~ i nm um
\ COOK WANTED, of good character and
■ilk capacity,to cook for a small family, for which
a liberal price will bo paid. Enquire at this office,
or at No. 293 Broad street If Juno 7
BACON, PORK AND LARI).
Baltimore & Cincinnati Bacon
48 bbls prime Pork
500 lbs Leaf Lard, for sale on accommodating terms
by ISAAC MOISE,
Juno 7 vv 311 Broad street.
J 3RIME SUGARS.—I 3 hhds prime St Croix,
. trad 13 hhds prime Porto Rico Sugar, just re
ceived on consignment, ami for sale on favorable
terms by HATHBONE BAKER.
June? 5t
rjio HIKE—A Wet Nurse, without a child.—
Enquire at this office. ff June 7
I 1 OC KE T- ROOK 1,0 ST.
fQST, by the subscriber, while in Washington,
i on the 3d inst.a ml cnl'-skin Pocket-book,
containing Five Hundred Dollars in money, toge
i ther with some valuable papers. Among the hank
■ hills, two of the denomination of 820, on the U. 8.
| Bank, and two of 850 on the Mechanics’ Bank of
| Augusta, are nil that are particularly recollected.—
| Among the papers were several receipts given to the
’ | subscriber, by Mrs. Sarah Lott, of Augusta, for
1 | hoard, and a noie for 825, given by Matthew IIols
• | lord, date not remembered. A handsome Gold
j Ring, encasing a largo diamond, was lost wilh tho
, j book. A reward ol 825; will be given for tho
return of the book and its contents
Juno7 4t B. M. KENT.
TT> LA NT ATIO N FOR SALE.—The sub”
scriber offers lor sale his splendid plantation,
, in Lee couniy, containing one thousand six hundred
acres of land, nil in a solid body. It. consists of
’ lots 00, 07, 72, 88, 89, 103, 104, and one other,
number not now recollected, in the third District
i of Lee county. About 350 acres are in cultivation,
. and under excellent fencing, all fresh, none of it
having been cleared more Ilian five or six years,
and most of it within the last two years.
The cleared land is all of the first quality, oak and
; hickory land, and is capable ol producing from 12
tu 1001) pounds of cotton to the acre. Tho un
. cleared land is all of tho same quality, except twos
■ Jots which are first rate pine Inn:), and almost equal
, to the oak and hickory for ri ■, ruductionof cotton.
On the plantation is n firs' one gin house and gin;
’ tho running gear built last tmalso a comfortable
dwelling ami all other ncm;ry outbuildings for a
planter who works 25 or 30 hands. On the land
• are several fine springs of excellent, pure water and
. ; tho well water used at the plantation is equal to al
, most any in the up comnry, fur freshness, and
i purity. The place is also very healthy, as there
was not a single case of sickness among my nc
’ groes last year, requiring tho attendance of a phy
cinn.
The land lies on the eastern branch of Chieku
> savvliatchie creek, 18 miles frofn Albany, in Baker
i county, the head of steamboat navigation on Flint
! river, which will enable the purchaser to got his
crop easily to market. The terms will be made to
suit the purchaser. Enquire of the subscriber, at
• Athens, or of tho editor of the Chronicle & Sentinel.
■ Jane? trw&wtf CHARLES G.McKENLEY.
1 j'&JOTICE.—'I h;> lion, tho Superior Court of
ivi Richmond county, is adjourned to the IKIj
June inst.,all Jurors, Witnesses, &c., who were
required to attend on tho Ist week of said Term,
are ordered to attend on the 2d week; tlfoso re
quired for tho 2d week, to attend on the 3d week;
and those furl ho 3d week ore required lo attend on
the dlh week. All persons interested will lako
due notice By 0.-der of Judge Fciti.y.
June 0 It JAMES Mv LAWB, Clerk