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j TI HUAM E- AEtX'STA, CEO., MONDAY liVENIIVC, MARCH «, 1537. (Be»i-w«cltlr.)-T«l. 1.-N«. Jjabliatie. % DAILY, SEMI-WEEKLY AND WEEKLY * At No. 261 Broad Street. ■ TERMS —Daily papei, Ten Dollars per annum Si, advance Semi-weekly paper, at Five Dollars IS Kcrelofore i.i advance, nr Six at the end of the H nr . Weekly paper, Tiiree Dollars in advance, or Isatnrday Evening, March 4,1837. K The communication of “ A Repuhlican” is ■rtly in type, but its length will compel us to d*fer its publication a few days longer. — ; p. Coroner’s Inquest was yesterday held over li« body of a man named Wooley which was OOnd in the river near the lower bridge. Vcr lipt that “ he came to his death by accidental ! pawning.”— Courier of yesterday. Ik K A man named John Grey was arrested this iaoening and brought before the magistrates of ity, charged with murder and horse stealing, as fully committed for trial.— lbid, ). were yesterday favored with a letter from on. Jarez Jackson, in which this gentle nforms us, that his continued feeble slate of i, renders it very probable that he will be ■ d to resign his seat in Congress, and re-vi irope, for the purpose of recovery.— lbid. THE BIGGEST TURNIP YET. ’I urnip raised in Jefferson county, was ht to our office this morning, which measures three feet four inches ! 1 Beat r you can Alabama, Mississippi, old Ken or the world! It was raised on the “ Old i” plantation of Paul Fitzsimons. e Metropolitan, Edited by Capt. Marryat, wood’s Magazine, and the republication of andon Quaterly, Foreign, Edinburg, & Rou nd Westminster Reviews, ssrs. Richards and Stoy are the Agents for ese works, in this city. They have politely id us with several copies of each of them, long standing character of all; gives them file highest claim to the patronage of the lovers of •English Literature. p We have in our possession one of the new American Silver Dollars, coined since the change Ordered to he made in the devices. Taking it as % whole, and the change is decidedly a vast im provement—the workmanship the most superior wc have ever seen. On one side is the Goddess & Liberty sitting on a rock, bareheaded, with her light hand on a shield, which rests upon the ground, and upon which is inscribed the word liberty.” In her left hand is a staff upon which A hangs her cap. On the opposite side is the A ipericaii Eagle flying, surrounded with 2S stars; «f these stars, thirteen are large and thirteen rtnalf, representing the old and the new States This we think is in rather bad taste. Upon the 'whole it is a most beautiful specimen of coinage, «nd does the greatest credit to the artist. . On this day Gen. Jackson closes his career of , wice. He leaves the country in a distracted, un- Jlßktlcd condition—public confidence shaken in stability of our institutions—public faith in the llprity of those who administer the government, *#ne, gone ! The power of party spirit may, for > while, keep up a show of affection for the ex iting condition of affairs, but the events of the last four years have created an aching chasm in flP* hearts of the people—an ominousMrcad for consequences—which the double-faced pro- Mpions of his successor can never relieve or re move. He leaves the machinery of government it ip true, running on, but it has so many violent •fcfcks, so often been strained to the utmost of its strength, so many of its old timbers j have been removed and new and fragile ones put in |hcir places, that it moves creaking on, as if it ■ thwatened every hour to tumble to pieces. This e shdtild be a day of rejoicing in the hearts of the ‘ people. Jackson’s political career is closed— “laus deo.” EXPUNGING. * The following is the opinion of the Hon. Sam’l McKean, one of the United States Senators from t Pennsylvania, on the expunging resolution. He hallways been a friend of Gen. Jackson’s, but one Whose independence has always been a wit- | ir his honesty: ( ‘tor McKean, in answer to the resolutions i Legislature of Pennsylvania, approving of .sage of the Expunging resolutions, has ad -1 a long and able letter to the Speaker of msc of Representatives, in which his views measure are stated with great force and iss. He concludes as follows : nust now be content with the opinion of msc as to my sincerity, which I declare that consideration which I have been able to 1 on the subject since, has confirmed me sr in the correctness of that opinion. Un ise circumstances, I ask the House of Rep itives, what was my duty as a Senator 1 I r for myself. If my health had permitted, d have been taken to the Senate Chamber night of the 16lh of January, and would flered my proposition, reversing the reso of the 28th of March, 1834; and if this en rejected, I would then, as one of the operative and conscientious duties of my ive voted against the expunging resolution, awarding to others, who have thought and lifferently, what I claim for myself, viz: yof purpose. I declare to you, gentlemen House of Representatives, that I could not r that resolution, without having, in my stimation, committed a flagrant infraction Constitution of my country, a clear viola s the oath I had taken to support it, and stand ever after, before God and my own ence, guilty of deliberate moral perjury. “SAMUEL McKEAN. hrshington, Feb. 10, 1837.” -om the Savannah Repuhlican, March 2. are indebted to a friend for the followin'* - t ofa latter received this morning, from an m the U. S. Army, now under Gen. Jes ted. irt Dade. (Big Withlacoochee) Feb, 22. was with Jesup in his recent operations a the Indians; but as our march was not vc tful of incident, and you will probably have he occounts in the papers, it will not he vc ‘resting for me to repeat all the particulars; it to say, that we killed a few. made some ers, and, what we relished with much r gout took a great many cattle. One of tsoners was sent out to invite the trouble rascals to come in and submit to the terms treaty of Pam a Landing, which provides removal West of the Mississippi, and suit was, a cessation of hostilities, and their lbr° B r 0t U * 81 ‘’‘l* P,aCC 0n ,llc ISth who h yCt t,e ° n '- V distinguished • who has honored us with a visit—the ein g generally common Indians i,d „ c These promise that the chiefs will be in. in a fen days hence. Whether they spoke truly or are on ly amusing us, a short time will determine. 1 undersland that about a hundred have collected in the neighborhood, and it is supposed they are waiting to hear from Philip before they take any further steps in the business. I saw Jumper a' the Big Cypress Swamp (the place- we fought 'hem) and he pledged himsolt to use his influ ence to persuade the Indians to remove. After all, it seems that Powell is not the grea gun we supposed him to be in the last campaign. The world has made him the hero of the war, much to the prejudice of other Chiefs of greater influence. This year we hardly hear his name mentioned. By the way,assist mein corecting a very common blunder in’rcgatd to his cognomen. “Oscola” is the name with which the writers have christened him ; but his true Indian name is “ Asse Yohola,” which means the “black drink call a sort of gurgling noise which is made by the individual who hands around the black, whilst the rest are regailing themselves with that pleasant beverage. The use of this drink seems to he quite an indispensable custom bcfoie par taking of their green corn feasts.” P. &, 7 o clock P. M.—Jumper, Alligator, Cloud and about SO Warriors are encamped within a short distance of them, visited the camp this evening. The prospect begins to brighten. SPEECH OP MR. DAWSON, OF CEO. On the bill making appropriations for the current expenses of the Indian Department, and for fulfilling Treaty stipulations with the various Indian tribes, for the year 1838 .- Mr. Dawson said, the course which the debate had taken, on the bill before the House, had made it his duty, as one of (he represen tatives of Georgia, to ask the indulgence of the House, for a short time, that he might be heard upon some of the"facta stated by gen tlemen, and briefly to reply to some of the in ainuations, charges, and allegations which had been made in relation to that part of the U nion from which he came. The range of this discussion had been wide, and to his mind, (Mr. D. said,) in a great measure unauthoriz ed by the objects of the bill, questions and subjects having but little connexion, if any, had,been introduced. Gentlemen had spoken freely and sympa thetically touching the policy pursued in re lation to the Indians, and especially the Creeks, and had plainly intimated, if not charged, that humanity had been violated, and the character of the country blackened by acts of cruelly to them ; that the conduct ot the citizens of Georgia and Alabama to these Indians had given origin to the late war, which, it seems, has not yet entirely sub sided, and, in its consequences, the butchery of men, women, and children, depredations, and desolation of property. Mr. Speaker, permit me, (said Mr. D.) to say these allegations contain not the true causes ot the war. It is a mistake, a very great mistake ; it is not so. Truth and jus tice unite, and deny that Georgia and Ala bama were in fault in this matter to such an extent as to justify so grave an allegation ; and their vindication, and especially those of my constituents who have been denominated the People of the Frontiers, and against whom it has been said that the dire calami ties which were perpetrated on the eastern and western banks of the Chattahoochee riv er, during the last spring and summer, were partially chargeable, I may say, w ithout be ing Influenced by state pride, a more honora ble and high-minded population inhabit no portion of the Union, and for the fulfilment of their duties as good and worthy citizens, po litically and morally, are not inferior to any other portion ofthe Confederacy. The charge that their conduct forced the Indians into a state of desperation, and caused the bloody and savage acts which they committed, is nut true or just, nor can it, with any propriety, be made. Sir, the People of that section of the country are benevolent and generous, and possess at least in an equal degree, every sym pathy of our nature, and which excites noble and honorable acts, would extend tbe influ ence ot these virtuous feelings as far as any other people on earth. And here, in all kindness and good feeling to the gentlemen from Massachusetts and Vermont, who, on yesterday and to-day addressed the House with so much sympathy in behalf of the abo ngines, and who depicted, with so much pa thos, the oppressions and cruelties which had been inflicted on that race, I can say no man indulges a more sincere desire to alleviate their condition, and improve their minds and their morals, than Ido ; and the gentlemen will pardon me for reminding them that the tide, the first wave of which began to flow on the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth, (1620,) and beat on that rock which now oc cupies, as a curiosity, the centre of the town of Plymouth, and is to this day respected as sacred, is still flowing, and will finally urge this race beyond tbe Mississippi, without lea ving a remnant behind. The waves of this tide, have, in its floods, left the remembrance of oppression and seeming, if not actual, cru elties towards the People of the Forest, which the history ofthe New England pil grims and their decendants have recorded.— On the pages of that history scenes are paint ed not less abhorrent to humanity or less ap palling to the sickly imaginations of the pre sent than those scenes of cruelty and oppres sion to which such frequent reference had been made during this dehate. May Ibe per mitted to ask, where are the mighty tribes of Indians who once occupied the delightful re gions of New England, and from the “moun tain top” limited their extent only by the sur rounding sky, and who, in I heir native free dom, sported outlie beautiful rivers, and who, spread so much terror and consternation among the first white settlers 1 They are gone,sir; and the places which knew them once will know them no more. And by what power were they forced, at least, from the land of the pilgrims I Sir, I will not cry out cruelty, inhumanity, or injustice, or indulge in a needless and un necessary tirade about tbe policy pursued in that section, in that period and since, towards the People, whose condition we cannot im prove; it would, perhaps, be unkind so to act or to speak, for necessity, no doubt, prescrib ed tbe policy of that day ; the same causes would now produce similar effects. I will, however, remind gentlemen that, the same tide which,l might say, was put in motion by the Puritans, in its floods, has spread desola tion over the natives of the forests—first in the East—and it will not ebb, I apprehend, , until they are utterly annihilated ; the idea is unpleasant, yet is cleatly the result to bo ga . thered from the past history of this country, and the indications of the future. Let not the East, then, reflect on the policy of the Ge ■ neral Government, or the States, in relation to the aborigines : necessity and policy pre s scribe the course of all, mingled with and re ■ gulated by justice and humanity. ; I trust the House will pardon me for allud ’■ ing, at this time, to the legislation of Georgia, ‘j and her course towards these people; her | laws, when understood, will bo approved—her ’ 1 statute books wi 1 show the protection and 1 securities guarantied to the Indians. Their j persons and property areas inviolable as those of the whites; personal wrongs committed on thorn by the whites are punished by the same j law, and to the same extent, as it committed 8 on a white man. As to the indulgences towards the Indians, the patience with which Georgia awaited the w fulfilment of the compact of ISO 2 will show, ii- And it is worthy ot remark that, notwithstaml -1 ing the various tribes which have resided in a* that State from the Revolution to this day, e her history is not stained by a single act of y cruelty towards that people, nor has an Indian *" suffered the penalty of tiie law for its violation, 11 which a white man would not have suffered (or the sumo offence. Nor has the policy of Georgia, within the last forty years, and 1 bo a lieve never ; nor have tb» acts of any portion '■ of her citizens, involved this Government in a ’ single border war. But, sir, for a few years e past individuals, and perhaps numbers of very good men, have labored under a delusion and , belief that Georgia had acted towards the Indians within her limits with great rigor and e oppression. This is not true, to the extent al . leged: in fact, every act of tho State had y. been justifiable and demanded by the stale of our Indian relations. No State, Mr. Speaker, t. (said Mr. D.) in this Union, has exhibited more magnanimity and indulgence towards r. Iho Indians. How long have tbe Cherokees been in the peaceable and quiet occupancy of r, the lands of Georgia, within her constitutional d limits, and guarantied by the General Govern p raont it: the compact of 1802! More than a hall century, sir! What has arrested the growth ol Georgia for so many years, and kept tier in the rear of the old thirteen 1 Her kind e ness and generosity to the Indians, sir! Which ofthe States, originally forming the Constitu h tion of this Union, has borne such an incitm . brance upon its prosperly I None, sir— e none. Is it not then unkind and ungenerous, , yea, unjust and exciting, to be charged at this * (| ay. by those who have swept the Indians p from their soil years ago, with unrelenting cx e termination ! But the cry has been raised ot ' cruelty and oppression, and the madness of the day must have time to cool. I trust, sir, I may bo pardoned for the digressions into which I have been drawn by this debate. g %To return to the causes of the late war. It has been asked, if the conduct of the citizens ’ ot Georgia and Alabama did not produce tbe 2 war, what did ? I answer, the treaty, and the consequences proceeding necessarily from it. ’ Yes, sir, the treaty entered into at Washing ton city, by tho United States and the chiefs ot the Creek nation, in 1832. My opinion s is, and so is the opinion of all who fully under ' stand all its parts, that out of the terms of that treaty grew the prime cause of the mis j fortunes, butcheries, and desolations which t fl' e people of Georgia and Alabama suffered ( within the last eighteen months. Let me ex , plain. The reservations, the Indian reserva tions, sir, turned the Creek country into a ’ market, overt or covert, for sales and contracts, honest, and dishonest ; for frauds, limited and ’ extensive ; and to this market speculators of j "A sizes, classes, and characters, individually , and in confederacy, and those who were too ' honest to act improperly in person, sent their men. Prom these reservations spring the " contracts and sales, honest and dishonest, and all the frauds about which so much has this day been said. And these frauds chiefly, and |. perhaps an unwillingness on the part of the j Indian to go west of the Mississippi, produced t 6 |e lute war. Hence, my assertion is true, that the provisions of the treaty created the J causes of the war—the frauds, the war—the reservations, the frauds—the treaty, tho reser , vations. Hear the 2d article of that treaty, it reads thus: "The United States engage to survey the land as sqon as the same can con -3 veniently be done, after the ratification of the r Teaty; and when the same is surveyed, to al low ninety principal chiefs of the Creek tribe, ‘ to select one section each, and every other head of a Creek family, to select one half section each, which tracts shall be reserved from sale J for their use, for the term of five years, unless ' sooif.er disposed of by them, Sec. The 3d article says : “ These tracts may be !, conveyed by the person selecting the same, to . any other persons, lor a fair consideration, in such manner as the President may direct; the | contract shall be certified by some person ap. 1 pointed for that purpose by the President, but shall not be valid till the President approves ! the same ; a title shall be given by the United States, on the completion of tho payment.”— Who cannot see, at a glance, that this treaty, ' concocted, arranged, planned, ami ratified here, in the city of Wash mgton, threw open, wide and broad, the doors for speculation, fraud, and corruption! And, sir, I have no doubt one of the contracting parlies saw it, and knew it, and, it seems, endeavored to pro vide against it ; for the 3d article, which con contemplates a sale, says, “ reservations may be sold, for a fair consideration, in such a man ner as the President may direct ; the contract shall be certified by some person appointed for that purpose by the President,” &c. Georgia nor Alabama did not create this mother of so many evils; no, sir, it t ook its origin in the city of Washington, and was the production ofonoofthe Departments of this Government. And who should be answerable for the dread, lul and heart-rendingcalamilies, frauds,specu lations, and infamous combinations tor un worthy purposes, growing; out of it 1 The an swer is palpable. And, sir, who has not heard it and seen it in the public prints, that this treaty had been made a means, an engine, an instrument in the hands of Governmental agents, in com hination with individuals and companies, for, in many instances, dishonest speculations and fraud! Yes, sir, these things are public; . and, in my view, it is clear that this treaty, with its reservation?, lias been used for the mercenary interests of others than a portion of the people of Georgia and Alabama. Yes, North and South, East and West, and this centre, Washington City, the place that gave birth to the treaty, are said, and I have no reason to doubt it, to have recipients and par takers of these fraudulent speculations. The ' day, 1 trust, will come, when the curtain shall be removed, and the authors, active and dnr -1 mant, in these dark deeds of infamy, shall be dragged forward on the scene; when the 1 whole of the facts connected with this treaty and the frauds shall be developed with dam | mug proof against the guilty, and ample jns ! ttficalion and approval of the honest specula ’ tors or purchasers; when the world shall ■ know when to attach the blame, to apply the ’ finger of scorn, and the accents of indignant 1 reprobation. Then we shall find who has ' pocketed the proceeds of frauds carried into ! successful operation by means of this mea sure of the Government, tho treaty. And ’ yet, sir, notwithstanding the many actors in 1 these atrocities, exclusive censure has been ' directed to the contiguous States of those ! frauds, and they alone exposed and branded ' ns the originators of the evils which have fol ■ lowed. Let every one bear his share of the 1 blame, as well as his portion of public indig ’ nation, whether he he in office, high or low, or 1 occupying a private station; they who are ' equally guilty of fraud should he equal in ev ' ery thing else. To change the conclusions which have • been drawn by myself and others, in relation •i to the causes ofthe war, it has been said, and r 1 think by my colleague, (Mr. II.) that the r white pouplation on the frontiers and the In ti dians are generally in a state of hostility with r each other: as a proposition, it may be true, e but in relation to the late Creek war it was n not so; for I have no recollection of any acts e of oppression to the Indians, or of hostilities d from them. The Indians were peaceable un til the consequences ofthe treaty began to i, dovelope themselves. Frauds, it is said, were e committed in relation to the reservations which could be effected on'y by a combtna-. • nation of the certifying agents; and, unless i unless the agents connived, a fraud could not , be easily practised. Tho removal of suspoc'- f ed agents, by the President, took place in o-. der to protect the Indians; but, sir, uot.witli , standing frauds were perpetrated, the Indians were swindled, and they, at least a part of them, became desperate, particularly when the man or men which their Great Father the President had sent for their protector, had be come a traitor to their interest, and was in strumental, os has been charged on this floor, anil elsewhere, in defrauding them. Men from every section, almost, of this wide Confederacy, concentrated in the Creek country about this period—and for what pur pose did they go ! To take the advantages which the provisions of the treaty unfortu nately presented for speculation in Indian re servations. They did make it a source of speculation, and plunged innocent and unof fending men, women, and children, ot Georgia and Alabama, on each side ofthe river Chat tahoochee, in all the horrors of u bloody and savage warfare, by their impious and eager thirst for gain and profit; ami when they had consummated their speculations and frauds, in which some Georgians and Alabamians parti cipated, they return to their homes, and add to their infamy, by slandering and calumnia ting the people on the frontiers, whom they had already too much injured, by libelling them as being the instigators and cause of the dreadful consequences of their own acts of injustice. Sir, (hero has been an immense machine in motion in relation to these frauds, and sim ilar speculations, in every section ot the coun try where tho public lauds are for sale. Where can its location bo, sir? I have heard , it said, probably in the city of Washington. 1 One thing seems to be certain, that it is ir operation; but who manages the handle, anu . regulates its mighty action, is beyond discov i ery. Speculation is the order of tho day, am i those who have engaged in it, ns individuals or companies, are becoming rich—whether uc live or dormant partners; and those who have committed the frauds upon the Indians in the i in the Creek country, whether they are a gents or officers ofthe Government, Individ, uals, or companies, or otherwise, are, in t great measure, by tho use ofthe treaty and iti unfortunate and unwise provisions, the cause of the late Indian difficulties. The gentleman from Vermont had very cl. oquently and feelingly depicted these frauds, and had also presented to this House a deplo rable picture, as drawn, of the condition and situation of the emigrating Creeks ; and also by the anonymous letter which ho has caused to be read by the Clerk. Suppose all this to be true, no censure should he attributed to Geor; ia or Alabama, for they had no more connexion with these matters than any other States in the Union; it is a matter in the ex clusive control of the General Government. [Mr. Everett rose, and asked Mr. D. to permit him to explain.] The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. E said) had misapprehended the scope of his remarks. He certainly did not intend to make any im putation against the character of any State ; and thought his expressions had been suffi ciently guarded to exclude such a construc tion; he had, in general terms, charged the Creek frauds on tho whites ; he had not de- Eignuted to what section of country they be longed. He was well as aware, as the gen tleman from Georgia, that they did not be long exclusively to the adjoining Stales ; that I persons of high standing elsewhere were con i cerned in the frauds and the removal; and that : it would he in the highest degree illiberal and ■ unjust to characterize any Slate by the impro per conduct of a few individuals; and ho could have no doubt that the conduct of those i speculators was held in as deep reprobation in Georgia and Alabama, as in any part of : the Union. Yes, sir, (said Mr. Dawson,) there is no , doubt of (hat fact, and lam gratified at the explanation. The letter, sir, which has been read before this House, detailing the condi tion of the emigrating Creeks, whether true or false, had no relation to the States from whence they had removed ; nor ceuld origi nate censure against those States which had suffered by their murders, arsons, and robbe rios. If censure were duo, it properly attach ed to the Government, or its agents, as this article of the treaty will clearly demonstrate: “Art, 12. The United States are desirous that the Creeks should remove to the country west of the Mississippi and join their coun lryineii there; and for Ibis purpose it is agreed that, as fist as the Creeks are prepared to emigrate, they shall be removed at the expense of the United Stales, and shall receive subsis tence whilst on their journey, and for one year after their arrival at their new homo,” &c. The Government is thereby bound to re move the Creeks, and to subsist and protect them, and to pay all the expenses of removal; and to support them and supply them for one year after their arrival at their “ new homo." These are obligations and duties belonging to the Government, & for their fulfilment mid dis charge ample appropriations have been made by Congress. If these duties and obligations have been neglected ; and if it be true that these people are in the miserable condition represented ; that their sufferings are such as have been portrayed, the fault must be on the agents of the Government. The contractors for lemoval, I understand, have fulfilled their contracts; no cause of censure justly applies to any State—the Government is responsible. Sir, a needless sympathy seems to have been excited, in consequence of the few hos tile Creeks having been emigrated in chains. This is true, and was an act just and proper, and the officers of the Government deserve no censure for this; justice and humanity prompted it; it was doe to the safety of the defenceless women and children ofthe frontiers, and for tho protection of the pro perty of our citizens in that section, which was then a scene of desolation, conflagration, and murder; and, sir, it was an act of kind ness to the Indians themselves, thus to force them to their new borne, and prevent them from remaining and avenging their mistaken and savage propensities by acts of cruelty and murder against the whiles; and it gave them an escape from the vengeance of a just ly incensed and excited community, who had * been roused to desperation by the murderous 1 acts of these very emigrating Indians. It was an act of pure grace and favor, for, by the laws of the land, these murderers ot women ' and children, and desolatcrs of the public 1 mails, had forfeited their lives, and deserved I death. But, sir, the generous, and nolle, and I forgiving feelings of our nature permitted 1 them to escape the vengeance of the violated 1 law.—Let no man apeak of the indignation of j the injured Georgians and Alabamians lead ing to cruelty; the emigration of these In- ' dians, after the murders they had committed, I the robberies and confiragrations they had per- 1 petrated, being permitted by an injured pen- 1 pie tocscape.and to have taken up their line 1 of march for tbe West, almost in view of the < smoking mins of Roanoke, amidst the remains of which now lie the bones and ashes of fa thers, mothers, brothers, and {sisters, innocent and unoffending women and children, who were murdered by the deadly rifles of the I emigrants, or perished in the flames of the conflagration. Mr. Speaker, their permi*. sion to escape is wonderous, and speaks volumes in favor ofthat port-on of this Union, -■) and will command applause. Such an imlul f gotten to the ignorance and savage lerocity ' of tho men of the forestjean be found in the • history only of Georgia and Alabama. There is still a part of these people re - maining, and the appropriation contained in s the bill before the House ts to effect their re- I inoval; let me, in the name of an exposed ) and injured people, urge that it should bo : made, and those Indians removed. Then ■ mav the men, women and children of that suffering portion of the LTaion sleep secure, , and be relieved from ail the fears and appre hensions of savage cruelties, i Remarks of 4 Mr. Everett. Mr. Everett said he was gratified that he ■ had made the occasion for the eloquent speech i ot the gentlsman from Georgia on his left, (Mr. Dawson.) If any thing could have ro* ■ conciled him to some acts of that State now I past and gone by, it. would be the tone, the temper, and th? manly hearing of that gen tleman. He had listened with admiration to the instant, tho impassioned, ami able defence I of the character of his State called out on ■ the more (inis)appteheusion that it had been 1 assailed. The honor of that Stale, was in safe-keeping so long ns that gentleman re tained a sent on that floor, i Tho gentleman had no’;, however, content ■ ed himself with repelling the supposed attack, 1 hut he had crossed the line, and carried the i war into the North. He had significantly i asked if the Indians had no charges to bring 1 against New England ! Sir, I would that 1 could say no. Some things were there truns -5 ach'd of which Now England has no reason • lo bo proud ; hut some allowance is to be - made for the peculiar opinions of that day, . and seme for the advance of the age. The I acta done then would he now sins against greater light and knowledge. In relation to ’ the Indians there are some pages ni the histo -1 ry of Now England which 1 wish had never been there, some that I wish could he obliter ated; I wish the modern process of expuug s ing could bo applied to them by this body or by any body elsewhere, i [Mr. Holsey asked Mr. E. to repeat the i words, not having hoard distinctly.] I said that there are some pages in the his tory of New England that 1 wish coul 1 be obliterated ; and 1 now say 1 should he glad 1 to see the modern process of expunging ap plied to them—that black lines should he drawn around the page, ami across it written “ expunge by order ofthe Senate." This, sir, , would be applying tho process to some good pp.rposo 1 have then only to say that it will be time enough to quote tho wrongs of New i England as «justification when those wrongs are justified. • 1 have been charged by the gentleman from i Georgia on my right (Mr. Holsbv) with an i exclusive sympathy for Indian men, women, ■ and children murdered by the savage. That I have felt, strongly the injustice perpetrated against that race in all time, hut more fla grantly of late, 1 will not deny. But, sir, what occasion have I given for the residue of the charge'! It is this; that I have not rested content withexciting attention to the imme diate cause—to tho excited savage alone— hut to those who have excited him to tnoso in human acts. He who unchains tho tiger, takes the responsibility. The savage is the instrument of cruelty in tile hands of hint who excites him to war. I will notice one other remark of the same gentleman. Ho has sla. ted that the natural relation of the Indian to the whiles is that of war. That such is the inherent disposition of the Indian, on any pro. per occasion 1 would make tho issue ; that we have been always the aggressor, 1 do not say ; hut that wo have been so more often than ■ they, 1 think our own history will fully sus -1 tain. In judging them, wo weighed them in 1 even scales with ourselves. Wo have made no allowances for tho difference of tempera ment mid feelings of their race; what should not provoke, its,wedeom it highly unreasonable that it should rouse the savage lo revenge. The occasion, however, ia not appropriate fur tiie further discussion of this question. Died, nt Washington city, on Monday, IBth January, the political virtue, patriotism, and independence of tho American Senate. The expunging resolutions have passed that body by a vote of 24 lo 19; five members ab sent. Party despotism has nt lenglli effected that, which the bullets and bayonets of the British army so often and so vainly attempted to accomplish. The constitution is no long er the palladium of onr liberties. In defiance of its most clearly expressed provision, that "each house shall keep a journal of its pro. r.eqdings in defiance of tlieir sacred oath faithfully to sustain and support it, —twenty- tour of its sworn guardians and defenders 1 have betrayed their solemn trust, and voted to EXPUNGE. To those members of tho Sen ate who have “kept the tiiith," and, against the stormy tide of Executive encroachment and rartizun usurpation have manfully resist- 1 ed to the last all attempts upon the freedom ofthe Republic, a deep, a lasting debt ofgrali- I,ude and honor is justly due. To those who , have sacrificed tho bright honor, the fair fame, mid the virtuous independence which should 1 ever characterize an American Senator, there remains but the scorn, the contempt, and the patriotic indignation of every free-born heart. And when the changes of sncccssivo years shall have shed tlieir influence upon tho liigto ry of our country’s fortunes; when its glory and magnificence shall have been overshad owed and trodden down by partizan misrule I and ambition, —when tho course of its mighty 1 destiny shall have been arrested by corrnp- ; tions iron sway, and the hopes of freedom’s \ friends forever lost in the long, long midnight j of oppression and despotism which will inevi- : tably follow, —the memory of those who have 1 thus aided in destroying the only sure defence ' of our republican institutions, will be regarded '■ with hatred and execration, and their names upon the page of history will he ranked high i with those who, in the very fierce and rove- ' lutionary crusade against tho rigtils of the [ people, have figured only as the SUCCESS FUL ASSASSINS OF CONSTITUTH)N- „ AL LIBERTY.— Western Weekly Review. " AN EXPUNGER EXPUNGED. I’he Hon. Jud 'h Dana has been most tin- ' ceremoniously dismissed from the Senate of the United States, by the Legislature of Maine, f His laudation of Gen. Jackson availed him but 11 little. Though the Legislator,- may think with Judah, that Gen. Jackson is a “ miracu- | lons being," mid the “greatestman that ever lived,” they appear to have had sense enough left i« discover that, if Judah was also a great 1 man, nothing less than a miracle could have made him so—and not believing in miracles, * they dismissed him from the Senate. Reuel ; Williams has been selected to take the place 1 of Judah. We part from him with regret—• had he been retained, he would have often . furnished amusement to the Senate; and a r speech from him, after one of the bald ha rangues of Senator Humbug, would have been r quite a recreation.— Ball. Chronicle. f THE MECHANICS. "It will require no argument with the think ing part of this coinmuujty, to convince them the mechanic is in no way degraded by this etn- . ploymenf. Their labor is ofthe highest import ! tance to the civilized community, and contri- 1 butes essentially to (he happiness of man, in 1 his separate station of life. Their several <>c- ‘ cupntions have been held in the highest in spect in all former days, and patronized by the most illustrious individuals; neither did it derogate from the excellent qualities ofthe a maible Lucre! a, because she was disposed the thread from the distaff nnd apply 1 he shut tle in the loom; nnr from tho g eat Czar on account of Ins taking up the cmsel and mal let in the ship yards of England. It requires no deligent search into the history of our country, to’diTHlhSl' mechanics have taken no unimportant part therein ; even the discovery of the country was made by a weaver ; and a midst the storm ofthe memorable revolution* which broke the galling chains of slavery, it was guided in part by the sageeotinsels of a printer, whilst one of the sons of Vulcan aided & directed tho sword upon the field ol bailie in this sent hern clime, which gave the only safe protection to these then exposed colonies.” /’real the Washington Reformer, Feb. 25, APPROPRIATIONS. The Administration party are still going on in their plan of inereaisng the expenditures of Government, while they talk of economy and retrenchment. The army hill—the forti fication bill—the navy bill—the Indian de partment hill, nnd many others, are drawing largely on the Treasury. It. is doubtful where they will stop. If they go on thus they will at least prevent a surplus, in a way most k greeahlo to them. The plan.of giving hack to the people the money unjustly exacted from them, is ratsbane in the mouths of the royal ists. They wish to have the pleasure of spending it themselves— a pleasure that is peculiarly delightful, ns it increases the pow. t-r and patronage of thoir new Government. Y«l. they tall; of reduction — custom has made it fiiimlar to them. But the people may rely on it that they will get not hing but professions. Tho present Administration is pre-eminently one of professions — and* in Mr. Calhoun oh. served in his speech on Thursday, we want to see roino compliance with those professions before we can give it credit for sincerity. Retrenchment and reform were the words we had—wasteful prodigality and wanton pro fligacy have been the works. Truly, as the apostle said, •faith without works is dead." .n.»nr— | i..«.UM W w TOl him,, COnEfiCUL, LIVIRfOOK, Jim. 13—Wc still continnotn Imvo u Boed demand tor nearly nil dnscriptionn of Cotton, with n market decidedly in favor ol tho seller, though we cannot quote nny material advance in primm. New Itoweds nro Id. and IVrimmiibupen i par lb. higher. All other kinds nro niucli inure saleable than they worn ibis day week. The lend sales amount to 27,810 bags, including 40' 0 American, 280 Cur ibngemi, 100 ly-ytiau nnd 150 I'erilunis, taken on speculation, and 670 East India lor export The sales lor the week were 110 Sea Island at 2s Id a its ; 100 stained 7d,u I'.M; Cil7o Upland, 7td a I til; 2150 Alabama ti a lid, HiftO Orleans 71 a Hid; 30701’eniambnen, 11 n 13d; 1270Mnmnhain 10 a 121 d ; 860 Brazils, 8J n lOld; 1110 Peruvian, ltd; CIO Carthaginian, 61 n 7d; 1110 Egyptian, 111 lo 161(1; 70 West Indies, 101 a 13d ; 23t0 Sural, 4« a7}d ; 230 Bengal, 41 a Sjd. Jan. 17. The Cotton Market is bettor Middling qualities have advanced Id. Sal s lor tbe week end ing Jfu ll inst. 27,800 bales; yesterday 2500 bales. A letter to the consignee, dated 17tb, makes no mention of an Increase in prices—it siiys, “ Colton is dull—sales to-day about 1500 bales." i.tVKiii-ooi. market, Jan. 16. There bos again been a general demand from the trade, and the sales, which have been extensive, have been at rwlier higher rates for new Uplands, mid at id per lb advance on the middling qualities ol Pernambuco. Tho sabs of the week amount lo 27,800 bales, of which 4000 American, 210 Canba gena, 100 Egyptian, anil 150 Pernambuco, are on speculation, with 500 Murat, and 170 Bengal for ex port, and comprise637o Bowed, 7id lo lid; 2150 Mobile, Alabama and Tennessee, 71 to Hid; 8250 Orleans, 71 to 11 Id. The market has boon quiet to day, but there is no change whatever in prices. Tbe sales on Saturday were 2'500 bags, and to-day 2.5U0 also. •Inn. 17.— Cotton. —The sales to-day amount lo only 1500 bales at steady prices. Savannah Market, March 2. Cotton. —Arrived since Iho 23d uh. 5870 bales Upland, and 866 biles Srn Island, and cleared in the same lime, 5373 bales Upland, and 251 bales id' ■S'eu Island, nod leaving a stock on hand inclusive of all unship bo ml, nut cleared on the 2nd inst. of 13,412 hales of Upland, and 2500 Dales Sou Island. Upland has been in fair domain particularly the higher qualities during the week, and tliequulutions given in our last review are fully supported. The sales of Ibo wens amount lo 3680 hides, nt the fi*l • lowing prices i 35 nt 14; 22 nt 141; 36 at 15; 51 at 151; 107 at J 5 3; 320 at 16; 165 at 161 ; 418 nt 161; 124 nt 162; 206 at 165 ; 221 at 16 0-16; 18(it in 161 ; 278 at 1511 121 nt 161; 220 nt 17; 02 a 175; 468nt 171; 115 at 171; 4G6at Hi ;40 at 171. From LcvyV, Now Orleans Prices Current, Feb. 23 Cotton.— Arrived since the 17tb instant, 16,204 bales; ( hared in tbe same time 23,635 hales ; making! ll reduction in Block «f 7327 holes, and leaving on bund, inclusive ol nil on sbhibnard not clean. lon lno 22d buna l , a slock of 06,250 bales. There has boon quite n brisk business doing in Cotton since our Inst, nnd the lower qualities of l-ouisianos and .Mississippi* and Tennessee ni l Norib Alabama Cottons have kept progressively advancing, until they are now from 1 to S of a emit higher than at the commencement of the week. This improvement in the market and greater willingness on the pari of buyers to operate is said to bo caused by the decline that lias taken place in freights, the high rule of exchange, and accounts from England being a linle more favorable. Tbe slock of Tennes see and North Alabama Cottons is extremely light, yesterday's transactions having almost swept tho market burn. Hoard of Broker's Rrjwrt of ths Colton Market. uvKitrooj, classification. Ordinary, 11 a 12 ) Middling, 13 a 13) lair, 15 a 155 > fair deni. Good Fair, 171 a 171 Good and Fine, —a 18 i J Tbe,soles have been 20,000 bales, nt an advance of - Ito 2 cent on qualities below good (iiir. The mar ket closes firm, Os Mississippi 50 bales at 10, S)3 at 15}, 57 at 10, Pit nt 18), 1033 at 131,238 at 12), 728 at 12), 38 nt 181, 127 nt 12,64 at 175,203 at Isi 141 at 17,59 nt 125,2029 nt —, 32 at 19, 143 at 17, 246 nt 13, 143 at 12), toil at 13, 83 at 11, 90at 13, 312 at 14), 1007 at 13, )300al 132,814 at )3 1 ,75 at 13!, 394 at 13, 322 at 15!,302at 12i,508at 121,800 at HI, 350 at 18J, 1551 Nashville nt 12), 220 Wes tern Districts at, I If.2sat 12, 375 at HI, 149 at 12, 398 Texas nt 14 cents. Sugar, New Orleans—Tim demand nppen s to ho improving, both in town and c ountry. In the city, very interior lots are selling for less than tiie low est of these quotations, and a very prinm anicH will bring more plinn tbe highest. Havana Mugars con tinue lo be much neglected, but former rates are still asked. Louisiana, per lb. on Plantation, 6 a 06— sales; In the City, 055 a 051—sales. iTlaiiue Eii(cllcc( , tic« > . AUIUVED ~ oUjamvr Caledonia, Calvin, Siirarirmh, with two boniH. Morthandixo, &c.— u> I*. Kennoch, owner, and other*. DEPARTED. Kffarnrr Free Trade, Cromwell. Savannah, will* boats No*. VZ atjd 10. 605 hales rotton. KAV/IN.N’AII, .’March 1-—CJ‘d,Bhip Milledgnvilln, Porter,New York; hrig Uolta, Francia, Went indie*. Arrived, sloop Argo, Cueas, from Chorlusion; ■trainer Georgia, Norr;«, Au .-usln: steamer Uieli rnond, Fraz/'r, Augusta ; Nlenmor, Geo. Warihinglon, Noc k, Charleston , strainer, Forester, Dillon, G.iroy’* Ferry ; low boat No. 6, from Auguala. Xr.w Vouk, fob. 27.—CPd on Saturday, brigs /sudyo/'ibo Lake,Cunningham, Charleston; Law rence, Hull, do. Arr thin day, ship Tennessee, Madison, frn Liver pool. Jan PJ, Arr hinun our lasi, *hip Newark, Dunham, 0 day* fin Savannah. Georgia, Nichul*, 5 days from Savannah. VAI CXUBK Mni FACTtlimc; CO. A SUPPLY ' f YARNS & OSaVAUUUGS will, J » in future, Ko kept on hand at Messrs. Chnrkc, MrTeir <V Co’h store, Broad AI reel, Augusta, (in., v.h"re the former < into mere ol tho Faclovy, and ilu* lrud»* generally uro invited to call. W.M. G. MM MG, bec'v (i Trenvurcr. lab 25 4f, / OBSec (i a. n. It. & Bk’g Co. A (Item, Fch. si, 1537 1 Directors have this day declared dividend* B on 1110 stock of the Georgia Hail Bond and 1 UniiUiti!' Company ns follows: On nl slocks held previous to lllc adoption of the amendment of the charter, granting hanking privi-* 1 leges, one ilulLir and fifty cent! p»r share, oat of the • fund aeerniog previous to that lime, from forfeited * stuck and interest. r tin «>' stock held previons to the late sale on tho - p January last, Itvo dollar* and fifty cant* p-, share, outof the funds arising, up to that day, from discount,interest,and premium; making four dell ■ ur.> per share on tho original stock. , On nil instalments paid m advance since therogu ! Inr rail in October last, interest, at tho rate ol 8 per cent, per annum, from the day of payment, up to the 1 I'Jili January last. I Which said several sums will he paid at the Cor n-1 pony's Office m Athens, on and after the Jst day . of March next, to those persons entitled Ui receive them, nr I heir legal n preeentalives. I)y a resolution of the Hoard, tho surplus, after payingsthcse dividends, la declared fb be the joint Eity ol all the present stockholders; so that, forth, there may lie no distinction between old and new slock. By order of the Board 1 JAMES CAMAK,Cashier. ! March 4 53 2w liitw ISlauk*, &c. JUST Printed, nnd fir sale by the subscribe, %l r his Hook ami Job Printing Office, comer of • Broad and Jackson streets, the following Blinks,viz; ‘ l and Deeds I Mortgages, for real or personal estate . Hills ul Sale Declarations in Assumpsit do in Trover 1 Commissions Ibr Depositions, with Instructions 19 commissioners attached f Executors and Administratore Deeds t'luim Bonds Summons of Garnishtncnt Hoads lor do • Attachments and Honda * Sheriff’* Execution* f do Cn. Sas. Constables Executions do Cn. Sor. 1 Magistrates Summons’ • Jury 6'ubpmnas, superior and inferior court* Witness do do do do ; Jury do for magistrate's court Witness do for dj do Pence Honds Marriage licenses Civil Procets Honds I.eiicm 7'cainmuuiary nnd Honda Uniters of .Administration and bonds Temporary Letters and Bonds Warrants of Appraisement 7.el lorn hismisHory Letters of Guardianship and Honds i Insolvent Debtors Honds do do Notices , General Powers of Attorney Hank do do Nberiff's Titles Recognizances , Notary’s Notices Hills of leading l do Protests Hunk Checks Notes ol Hand i '1 ho above catalogue com prises upwards of sixty forms—a greu er variety of Hlomks, it is believed* s tlinn eun be found at any other establishment in th 6 j Ntute. Tho paper is ot a sii|>enor quality, nnd the subscriber hopes public officers and others will find , it to their interest to patronise him. It is designed , *° k®*|» en band all the forms in general use, >1 the , demand will warrant it. • JOB PniNTINO. The subserilior is prepared to do nil kinds ol plain > and ornamental Printing Jlis materials arc exten sive nnd ol the host quality, lie bus no connexion with any newspaper office, and be will at all times, } be able to execute orders in a superior style and 1 very promptly, lor r fur compensation. Ho solicits the calls of bin friends and rbc public. BENJAMIN HRANTLY, ■ Augusta, March 1, 1837 2t 50 Sew Spring Mood* 4 ■ubimribors are now opening at their store, } J1 under the Globe Hotel, a general assortment ol Staple and Fancy DRV GOODS. As they were 11 purchased principally with ca*A, and at auction,they can be sold at very reduced prices. 'j French Prints fancy and mourning; Cnmbrick arid Muslin do; some very rich .Vatin stripe; French ,A Ginghams and Muslins; Shambro’s; ft superior uft.clo of I’rimed Florence for ladies' dresses: J rich Sbully ; a suynriur article ol fancy colored Hru’i do Nnp and tiro’s do Huston Nilks; do tiro’s do u Line, rich lustre ; very heavy Hl’k Italian Lustring, end tiro's do Swiss; blue Id k tiro’s do Swiss; rich bl’k, bluobl’k, and limey colored Satins ; plum bl‘k India Satins; very rich figured Silks, colored and s Mack; Sewing Silks; satin ».tripe lig’d Gauze for i evening dresses; green, white, mid black dot Loco I fir veils, n superior article of blue, bl’k, pink nnd ' white Crape Lace ; black Crape, and ('ratiodo Ly- I on do ; far.cy do ; black watered Silks ; Jnckonet; Mediui; Mull and Cambric Muslins; printed do; • fig’d nnd plain Swiss Muslins ; band do; plain and ' lig’d Hobiiict Lace ; comm ,n do for pavillions ; Pa t vidian Gauze; Bishop and Long Hawn; Linen ■ Cumbrick Handkerchiefs; plain nnd fig'd Item stitch d'»; very rich embroidered do; embroidered Cap* - Notch nnd Freucii; Thread Edgings and laser 4 I lings; Cumbrick and Muslin do; Blond footing with on edge; 1 iloud Luce; bl’k and ceil’d Worsted and Milk Edgings; plain colours Mewing »Nilk “bawls with hi tin stripes; rich crape Shawls; fancy and mourning; rich luncy Handkerchief; very rich embroidered Aprons ; rich siik ana bead Hags; I Joinery and Gloves; Bonnets; palm leal Hals; summer Half; crape Camblels; Bom buzinos; black silk Velvet; Toilet Covers; 8-4 and JO-4 J>amuHk Diaper; cotton da.; Spittle- Held mnl Pongee Handkerchiefs; Head do; Linen Cambric; sapor and common Irish Linen; Linen Osnaburgs ; cotton Shirtings and ? heelings; Linen do; low priced Prints ; India Rubber Aprons; gum elastic Suspenders; misse* Hoiscry ; silk and cotton Umbrellas; Huttons; Furniture Prints; Fur niture ami cambric Dimity; coi'on and worsted Fringe; cotton Yarn; linen and cotton Tapes; together with u general assortment of Domestic Fluid* and .Stripes, dec. «feo. The above goods will bo sold at w holesale and retail, ut prices which cannot he heal. IV EM At GRISWOLD. March 4 3t s'l Clerk Wanted. ONE from the country would be jweferrwJ, from suloi n to eigiite-n yearn of age, with a repu tation. March 4 52 TO PERSONS SUFFERING FROM RHEU MATIC COMPLAINTS. To the J '/tilor >f the Enquirer. SIR— On Hie principle inculcated by the groat and good Dr. Franklin, to diffuse as widely as possible every menu in our power to mitigate or soften Hie afflictions ol suffering humanity, 1 feel it incumbent upon me to make known through the me dium ul your useml paper, that on reading therein mi advertisement of Dr. Jobb's Liniment, for the cure ol RIIEUMA /’JSM, 1 was forcibly impressed with u belief that it was culm luted to remove the severe Rlicmnatic Alf'Ction to which 1 hud been for seven or eight years subjected, sometimes almost do* pnving mo ol the use of my limbs. I accordingly procured a Houle, and bidbiel had us(h! the whole of it, louiid very sensible relief. Tins increased mv con fidence in it, and led me to obtain anol her bottle, the use of which has completely removed the swellings and pains of ray limbs, together with live cramp, and restored them to their wonted vigor. I am respectliiily yours, GEORGE TAYLOR, Jr. Hempstead, L. I. .March 24tli. Persons suffering from the above complaints, and m despair of a cure from the failure of the various r.'mudics they have used, are invited to make trial of ih s long and celebrated medicine, which has in years paMi cured and relieved, ns j| is also now doing, thousands who had despaired of relief. Nothing bin a lair trial can give a? adequate idea of it* unri vnll d excellence, it in also one of the best applies# linns known for Htiiliuws of tho joint*, numbnesA sprains and chilblains. Price 50 cents. " uCr None are genuine unless signal by T. KJ[> m&mf* DEB, on the wrapper. For Mule by TURPIN & 1) ANTfGNAC, .... . Augusta,Georgia, vvner ' may at ail •imn* he found a large p apply °f U fl jgb Medicines, Faints, Oils, dec. UENI lATS FEVTiT GULF ('i)TI G,\ m.MIX 1000 II '•''ill'.l.S wuiraimd pure uml tumid STOVAIX, SIMMONS & CO. Fob 4 x - J r| J>w -** CHTY SIIERIFI - ’* sal,..—uh iiw iiwi I'uua / dny m March next, ut the Inwir Market b« wccnlho u«ual hour., will bo sulci four Mc-gro men o wit:—Nat, Cliarlns. Calloway, and Ben,levied on ■ ns lh ' ) rop-rly nl' Jarvis Jl.illaii, (l uxi'.rii, to sulisly | itvo fi. las.fbm ilic Court ol Common Fleas ol tho 1 eiiy <d AajJUMla, viz. John Fox, v.. Jarvi^fcatlad, | aivi G. 11. tJimor, v«. rha snnin. , Terms cash, purchasers to pay for ti hw, N jm tii wide £o NUjcf IS, ts