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Mr ft. etr.ftAat the cottluon of the debate,
the hny sppUn f the rto.dd atidierx, and
there i no doubt oow U.-t the people f Glasgow
have lr idea oftl r'al evoditlon nf the Unl
t) State it regard lverr. Mr T. hit hith
erto been t lion in- OU.jo. and i rarttcd all bf
frre htm, till Mr Hreekenbiidgr handsomely c
Cd him id tbu eoolcat. Glasgow indeed, '
Utter rfpM toward, tho Arnerlean r-H
Ihtn ny tttn tht rjilllh empt'O and Americans
find t wvfcotM which they icldom meet with rise
heft. Il w Important tint m ibe slavtry que.
tin public feeling hould he set right.
ia not know what Thompson cxrret to gain
.. t.i. LWr hfite Amencn tropic. It seems to
-I, 1,1. iiiLmrnli fncli tOU. thf Mill I
Injoru tlrC AIh.Ii'ioii pttv. for een that party in j
heir atUehmetil to their own ountry, cannot ap- j
firorn of the Ifanifer he t making of tho ar from
America to Kurope. Mine people nere ocncveni
him, an American -ouM liardly venture auroio.
Tho troth i, he w bitter and enraged hoeaiie ho
aa dnten out of the country, and he t determintfil
upon revenge. The Americana in Glasgow who
heard Mm behaved nobly. Tb'jugh their feeling
would hae prompted I hem at timer to tear him in
piece, when he wa denouncing their beloved Ian'1,
yet they htened with morh pparenl calinueM,
ai if they were I.ng!ilinicn. The diucuanion you
will ec nported in full in all the Glatgnw paper.
It it undentood that Mr II. has received from the
rnort intelligent citizen m .(Jlargow the vvarmcst
acknowledgment for hi candid and intelligent e.v
poanrc of tho real condition of lvery, and of tho
Mine relating to it in tho Unilrd filatrn.
.V. V. Krpre.
MH. CLAY'S SI'KIXII.
At the public dinner giv-un to him on hi return to
Kentucky, by the ciliroiw of Woodford county.
Mr CI, AY rono to addrcr the company, but wnii
o overpowered by the oilucion to tlio remains of
hi mother being buried in Woodford, and probably
by his recent heavy afllictions in the death of a
beloved daughter, and his only rinler, that he resu
med hi scat fur a thorl time, when he proceeded.
lie suoka about two hours in hm accustomed
manner lervent.aoicrnn, tnmciinic paineuc, mint,
time playful, convulsing hi audience vvith laugh
tcr. lie touched a great variety of topics, nr.d his
tpeceh abounded in interesting matter. Wo regret
that we cannot even attempt to report it, nnd he
lis positively but reapcctMly declined writing it
out. Wo can do no mora than present a (ketch
of ove of the most prominent topics. After re
turning his thanks, and making acknowledgments,
and paying a compliment to tho young gentleman
(Mr Thompson) who tddrencd him :
lie ,okc of the surplus in the Treasury of tho
XL States. Thn. was an accumulation resulting
inainly from tho protecting policy, adopted af'.cr the
termination of the late war with Great Ilritain. The
system too much abusd and misrepresented too
UtllO ll.J.i-l.mO Virurfii.l, na ho VCrily iiclicvcd,
to all parts of the Union.injurious to none, had paid
offlhe Nationol debt, eminently contributed to ilio
prtvspcrity of tho country, and was tho main cnusu
of the va.t mrplus uhichhad recently engaged the
deliberations of Cnngrej. Il Has a synteni wlncli
had been imliupcnsible to tho largo part of the U
nion, nnd furnUhud a growing home market, fur the
great staplo of the residue, absorbing at tint time
about one mxth pert of the annual product.
WJies he was lul elecle.1 to tho U. kUfcte Sen
ate, he saw tho necessity of providing in season, for
a just disposition of tho surplu, which it was then
video t the TarifT would accumulate. Its friends
had predicted tho result, whilst us foes had foretold
thai it would give no to a necessity to resort to
direct taxation to supply tho ordinary wants of go
vernment. The icmedf for the surplus which oc
curred lu bin was the land bill. He had every
fight to suppoto thai tho President would approve
of it, because U was substantially in conformity
with his own recommendations. Hut instead of
giving his sanction, he in an unprecedented and un
constitutional msnnrr pocketed the hill, thereby
depriving Congress of mi opportunity to pass a
gslnst his veto. Had that bill then passed, there
would hive been no surplus at the last session to
smiabble about, as It would previously pasred into
the hands of (htt sevvrsl States, and been spplicc"
to local beneficial objects. At llic list i-osion.the
Land bill again passed tho Hensle, and was trans
mitted to iIhi House of Itcprcscntativc. There
i very means were resorted to, by the dominant
party to cvado a direct vote, which lltey weru afraid
to encounter. Week pascd away in controver
sies as to whu comoitllee it should bo referred,
whether it should be laid en the table, kc. The
dooiinint rnwly were desirous to place it in the hands
of some cbiubittce, adierse to Us provisions, that
would suxilher it. They uetii desirous to opore
the Pietident the responsibility of again vetoing it,
and yet they litd not the moral courxgo tn meet the
cull, br a direct vote. They kww llitl the people
demanded the passage oflhc bill, sod betvecn :h-ir
subserviency to the President, and then apprehen
aion of the people, they louul themselves unable
to settle the preliminary p-mut of a mere reference
to the bill.
Under these circumstance, die deoosite was is.
ken up. He (Mr Clarl irave it hi. rsmlid .unmni
up,
He saw in it the same principles substantially, s
i - i i
. v.... .m-u m iue una uill. liolli lulls tveie
in fact bills for lU distribution of the surplus : f.,r
althcugh on was. ailed a deposite bill and contain
ed provuionf.r tt itturnof the money, from the
Slates to the general treasury, he did not believe
that a single member of s-.tber Haute imagined thai
tiullar would ever be rectlkd. The two hill a
greed as to the arsount which would be respective
ly distribute bj ihem. Tt.cy differed as lo their
duration; but, then approved a the pnociple ofdis
llibution was by the public voi'e. he I..J i.m .
Lm. ... t ' .1.. 1 I i . , ..
oobl lb. I lMtsarfL,ll.., .-...1.... I ' . . .
hich the new Stale, would recce. Thev were
sntitledto 10 percent. under tbt land bill
than under the deposite bill; but lb itfbttM, w,'
a just punishment of those memb,. from the new
auiwbo oppesed the land bill. Tbe land but
psst tut drrtotite bill ; for lho who eludrd vo
tinf ditretly on the land bil. were afraid to defeat
koth, rrd therefore voicsl for the deposit bill. To
prtrcatare'o an amendment ,n the Huose k
tetroJicrd rd passed j ct c.xn'.si e s
PrtWrnl, which did not vary. Iii the slightest de
trrrr. the principle bill. To thi amendment he In J
idi! tented. Tr he thought It ftf more Import
V t'" enr,t th.n it was to C n -n-
,,,, il.. President br havinr eto vetoed.
X,i Ken1or onlr. embraetne most of the admin
titration leaders, voted .gainst the deposits bill.
It .mining to itnc lbr Ion? facci.and awk
ward predicaments. There ttooil Mr Wright.ntie
of Ihem. with hi project to di.pos of tlio whole
urplu by n investment of it mihe debt of a few
Slat wlwb hd issued stock. This would hso
conferred tK benefit upon il Stale generally, and
would have tended to sggrsnduc two or three state
only (hi own among them,) or tht foreign lock
holder of the debt created by tliosc r late. There
itood Mr Grundy, another of the fix, with hi pro
ject to evaporate the rurplui in locomotives on rail
rn.ds.iindcr the hnil aduiiiiialratliui of Amoa Ken
dull. There clod the Senator from Mionri
iv.1 ttr.nl.io ui li In uroircl 13 llnjim Ilia lur-
pllf in ttwri annoricf, Maud ng an f, ond rurtin
cation, the latter planted on tlio co-t en thick
,ltt( ua, j,iy rcimikcd bj hi eollc.ngue (Mr.
(:rln,.nilcn,) yo-j winiu neier uc um m mni;
cminon fm-n tl.o hay of Passmnnui.d.'y to the llalize
Tliere sti)d the new Senator from Missisippi(Mr
Walker not exactly a leader.hut a candidate to be
a leader, with his project, winch aimed ralhcr to
prevent the accumulation of any surplus hereafter,
by reducing the price of the public lands to a mere
nominal sum, at a period when the unexampled n
mount sold deiuoiutrulcs tint the prices is not too
high.
Il was impossible to contemplate this oe-striek-en
nroun of Icailinir Senators, without mixed feel
ings of pity nnd ridicule, tho In'.tcr, howcver.great
ly predominating. Their followers had nil left
them, to folio, the people, who demanded iho dis.
tiibutinn. Thoy reminded him of nn anecdote
which he had heard during the I'rcsidentiol contest
between Mr Adsmsnnd Gen. Inckson, niid.pcrtiapn
riot in the most commineratiiig spirit, he could not
resist the temptation to tell to the Senate. He
would repent it here. While that contest was in
progress, a convention had assembled at Ualtimorc
to promote the election of Mr. Adams. A ru
Irishman, who hndjust arrived in tho U. S. being
near where they met, expressed n wish to go in and
sec what sort ol looking persons the members
were. Hu accordingly went in.and remained some
time, nnd on coming out, being asked how ho liked
their appearance, ho said, 'by Jneus, they are .1 set
of very dscent looking gentleman what a pity il is
that thei have not mime cntiitimtcntn.' Now, ho
ccutd agree with the Irishman, in bestowing the
compliment upon the personal appcaranccH of the
senators referred to, but ho entirely concurred in
thinking that they had not followers, nor son
sti(uonts,iu voting against the deposit bill.
It was repeatedly denied by one of those Icoders,
during (hu session, that there would be any sur
plus. Hut since its close, in an uHLcial document
publuhcd by the order of Congress, tho Secretary
of tho Treasury adioitH that the surplus on the 1st
of January next will exceed $07,000,000. It
ought to he near $10,000,000, ifllie amount due
from the old Dank of the United Stiles is tirouvlu
as il may be brought, into the divisible fund. Hut
supposing it only $'27,000,000, the proportion of
Ke.i.i.y wiii 1.'. i...i si.fiiio.nno.
Mr Clay proceeded to speak of the constant tam
pering with the currency which marked the con
duct of tliiu administration. One rash, lawloes and
crude experiment succeeds another, lie consid
ered the lato Treasury or, by which all payments
for public lands weru to be made in specie, with
one exception for a f-licrt duration, a most ill uil
vised, illegal, nud pernicioiu measure. In princi
ple il vB wrong ; in practice it will favor t he very
speculation which it professes to endcuvnr to sup
press. The olficcr who issued it, as if concious
ofits obnoxious character, shelters himself behind
tho name of the President. And whom is tho au
thority for such an order If, in contemplation
of law, payments to the public treasury are to bo
made 111 specie, the law contemplates all payments.
The distinguished characteristic of republican gov
ernment of any government of laws is the uni
versality cfthcir operation ; without favor ar parti
amy, uiuiout discrimination. 1 lie law no more
roqmres pay iiitut for the public lands lu be mado
in specie than payment for custom house duties.
Ihilh should be demanded in specie, or neither.
Duties could he paid in specie without much incon
venience, as they aro collected in cities, where
bank and specie abound. Iwuds cannot be paid
for in specie without immense inconvenience. Yet
the otdur exacts specie for the lands, ami permits
bank notes to ho received for duties. The order
in clTect requites specie, at great hazard and ex
pense, to be transported from the atlantio cities
across the mountain, that the pleasure may ho
enjoyed of transporting it back again in like vehi
cles, at similar expense and hazaid. Or whit will
bo et til more injurious to ihu Western Stales, it
subjects their banks lo perpetual drafts of specie to
meet the wants of purch.ii.ou of the public do
main. There 1 no authority of law for the discrimina
tion between payments for tho public lands ami
payments for dune. There ia uo authority for
the geographical discrimination which has 'been
made between the Western States and the Atlantic
Stales. If the President may enforce tho Isw up
on euini and forbear lo enforce it upon others, ac
cording to hi, plcssuir. II IS Wll.h, i, cfTecl
becomes the law, and ibe law has lost its equal
gt-aeral, and impartial operation- If ho may nutke
I a geographical di-lundon ; il he may say, at
his
plr.sure, that for some thing s;ccie shall be paid,
ana tur oilier bsnk note-, to tho government he
may make a personal discninmtmn, ami order that
his friend may pay in bank notes, but bis oppu
uut shall pay m specie. In principle there is no
ditTcr-Mice.
The measures will aid the very speculation a
gaiust which it purports to be leveled. The spec
ulaton that Ucn eved. watchful, skenhss rl...
will loon lorn and know well enough how to1
tu- : . vo IOC IlflW SISIO Ol tilings.
laemselvca to the nw slain ofiUn-. 1
rnasae. of n, ? ?.?!...,h.c. 'T"'.tc
saddle-bags meo-wTu ,V lnu
; te iwnJLunZ aT
' for the first , 1 j hMr,flh.C 'dcr '
about to p.r for the l,,r:r,: . !
fy for the land wh,e!.,,::. . , Hi
tti
Thev w,ii offer '" . '
onh a oiemiom ff,l . i..,f .. ." "u,",
ay and office tn the V. 8. The., note. " dl
" 'ea peruap. .cd tht very land, waieh ih 11
a., c f r v be a
FF -,'.'ed ca ht ct
speculators. Or th land officer HI turn them I
over to some neighboring broker, (po.ibly with j
- v..,-,, l, mr b. ennFmiJJ in cash us Mcnnuin
note at a discount. Or the pnrchaaer finding that
hi note will not be received by the pub'ie. omc
speculator may otfer Intake them and accommodate
him vtith land at an advanced price. Or tho land
officer, knowing that the notes aro rca'ly worth
more than the spt-cie if the purchaser bo a friend
or political psrtlfan. my determine, the order not
withstanding, to rrcoire them, tn remit them to
tlie castwani, nave mem cisneu io creuu ana pock- j
ct the profit. The measure is fraught with abures
of all kinds. We shall hear of the loss on the
road nf wagon loadr of specie from the land offices
lo the eastern hank-, never transported ; and the
loss will be verified with the forms of complete
proof.
Hut the President and Secretary had no right to
promulgate any such order. The la,v admits of no
such discrimination. If the resolution oflhc HO 111
April, 1SIG, continues in operation il gave the
Secretary no such discretion an he has exorcised.
The resolution required and directed tho sccrttaiy
of the treasury, to adopt such measures as he
might deem nrcessarv. 'to causo as soon as may
hu nil duties taxc, debts or sums of money .secur
ing or becoming payable to tho United States, to
bo paid in llic legal currency of the United Stnto
as by Isw provided toil derlnred.fir m nnlr nf luJ;
uhlch nrt payable 04 dtmand in the taid lirul cur
rency tif Ihc U. S.
Mr Clay animadverted upon tho conduct of tho
present administralien towards the Indian tribes.
It had been productive oflrnud, violence and injus
ttco. Ily treaties or pretended treaties mule with
them, both tlio U. S, ond the Indians hnd been
defrauded out of Innds of immensu value, under
the forms of leservnttons, which had gone lo en
rich individual speculators. Ily our ill treatment
of them, they arc goaded into acts of dissipation ;
anil then llic sympathies of the- while people, arc
appealed to on account of Indian depredations.
The object of this policy, a, to renin va them from
one side ofa river, where they tiro surrounded by
vv bites. And before this process of removal is com
pleted, whilbt it is yet in progress, tho states in
whoso neighborhood, west of tlio Mississippi, they
uru placeJ.tire calling upon tho general government
for protection ugainst t lie danger of Indian hostili
ties. Alrcndy Iwo regiments of dragoons huvo
been raised permanently for that purpose, and tit
t tic Inst scsiion a bill passed ihcFCtintc to augment
the standing armv bv nn addition of four thousand
men, ond tlio chief argument urged-for it, was tho
concentration of the Indians west of the Mississip
pi. Tims a permanent charge of grcnt annual u
tnount, is fastened upon the country, to carry out
its policy. Tuking that in view, the cost of ludinn
treaties, of Indian Wars, the consequence of the
policy, and other expenses, Mr C. believed that
thu cost ofllns removing policy would not fall short
of filly millions of dullars before it was finally ex.
ccutcd. .
He spoke ofthe Cherokee treaty ratified nt the
last session of Congress. No vole of the senate,
since ho had been n member, had given him more
pain or excited more stiri rise. Gov. Carroll of
Tcmiosivo,. aiel l'limno Suboinorliorii (n disgrace
to the pious and honorable profession of which l e
was a member) has been jointly appointed lo treat
uill, ilio Ohnriilioe llullun, .(.,i,Im,. nrcordimr to
a report of tho secretary of wnr, of about 16,000
souls. Gov. Carroll could not jtttend, and the
whole butinebs fell into the hands of the Parson
exclusively. Tho Chemkces, in general coun
cil in September last, appointed a committee to
treat
With them lie did not trcot. Instead of treating
1I10111 for Iho pti 'chase of the Cherokee conn
try, ho mni'c n proclamation that ho would attend
and treat with him ; and that nil who did not at
tend should be considered as assenting and hound
by the treaty which ho might conclude. In the
mean time, all practicable means at the command
of the American negoiialor.wero employed to coax
and coerce tho attendance cf the Indians. On the
day appointed, out of the 18,000, sumo live or six
hundred, including men women mid children, only
presented themselves, ami many of tlioso formed
no part of the chcrokees co6t of tho Mississippi
alono having right to sell tho Cherokee country.
With some seventy or eighty Indians, ho patched
up a trooty and .out it to Washington. It was
submitted by tho President to the Senate.
And it had been there many weeks before tho
almnt,t united voice of the Cherokee people was
raised against it. Memorials signed or subscribed
with upwards of 10,000 Cherokee?, were laid be
fore the Senate, denying the Indian authority upon
which the treaty was negotiated, and solemnly pro-
testing against its obligatory force upon the Chero
kee people. In spile of these memorials in spite
of all the oppjsitioti which was mode by himself
and others to the ratification of such a treatv.it
was ratified again-t the vole of fifteen senators, that
ofh s colleague and himself being of the number.
And thus tho Chcrokccs, o people who have been
a! A'ays friendly to the U. S., and who were repre
sented at Washington by delegates na civilized, as
ordly onl decent 111 tlieir appearance as members
of congress, arc stript of I heir entire country, and
the people of the U. S. aro subjected to the pay
ment or $fi ,000.000. It was proper and juit to
mention that one Senator who voted for the ritifi
cation of tLc treat v (and others aro believed lo have
acted under the same impression) dculircd in In)
place, 'iiat iio did not believe the instrument was
a treaty; and that he voted for it because ho appre
hended the ChcroLt would bo exterminated by
tho wlnios if not removed.
Mr Clay said, tlibl he had again warned his coun
trymen oflhc danger, illustrated by all hisiury, of
elevating to the Chief Magistrate, a man pn60iug
mere military qiiahficaliuns. He had contend
cd or thought it improper to place at tho head
of public affairs, a citizen who united to a know
ledge ofthe art of war and experience in conduct
ing it, tho requisite attainments for civil adminis
tration. On tho contrary such a union ol qu'lifi
ctions constituted a great recommendation of the
person in whom it might be found. It was de
sirable that the first officer ofthe Republic should
if possible, be intimately acquainted wilh.and hoc
experience in every branch of the administration,
civil, miaiary, naval, and diplomatic. The wider
the circle of hu know led"?, the better for ilm
M . I - . 1
"7 11 oe ,"lea "rtoe and integ-
-''y- . ;
we have now had seven year, experience of the 1
I admin1ulr,"on of '"1 Mgi.trlc who brought
1 . 7 1 " mutTT preleruions
b 1 vTewV'-'e , iLVZ" "V u0t 'U"'tb!C ,0
',ie fo U adaanjstrjtiun cf the cnu govern
ment of the country. Hut all vtill admit.that vve
had a right to expect that the military alTslii of the
Union wouiil uc aiimim-irun whu imhii j
that any wtr, in which we might unfortunately be
involved, would be conducted with vigor prnmpti
lude and ucccn i and that under his aiisp'Ces.our
arms would acquire addilimisl renown and fresh
laurels. Has the exception been realized? I.e!
the tnisenhle Itlack Hawk vvsr tell, in which mill
ions of collars were xpended, and so little efficien
cy was dui lajri', considering the amount of means
employed. Let the more disgraceful Seminole
war testify, m which the untutored Oslela, wnh
four nr five, hundred wretched outcasts Indian war
riors, has tin tiled lire skill of three or four Major
General, of tho Umted Stsles.and all the immense
force brought to a vast expense lo operate upon
him, cutting citfor defeating corpse of our troops,
and beseigmg, with an inferior force, one Major
General with his army reducing them to the shame
ful necessity ofa revolting subsislniicc upon the
flesh of horses nnd dogs, found in the same in
treiichment with themselves! During tlio scrsioli
his coleaguo anil himself had conversed about the
expediency of offering lo the administration to
. ... i.,...if..i- .i. o . . ..r l " i
I i 1 1 1 1 1 1 il i; t , in uimiuii ill mi: iiiiiu oi ivciiliii r, , iv
capture and deliver West uf tho Mississippi, every
Seminole Indian at ."00 per head. The execu
tion of such a conlniri would have saved a million
or two of dollars to the Treasury of thu United
Slates.
Mr Clnynrxl nllu leil to bis intnnle l retirement from
Ibe fnMe of tlio U.S. One (ion uf Ibe Urin f"r wine b
lie Wilt lull elected, itill icmvnrd. Mr felt Ibe lull lurec
I ol (lie implied ohligntion which every nmn who neeepleJ
1 olfiee eoiitriirteil to serve ilurin the period fur which he
win nppoiiilei, iinleie o ne f'reti; resinni exilteil tir ho
rcignntton, I lint coii'iilrrntlmi Miiht punolily cum
him lisek once mere to the loii.ile, Hlthnti?h it ! he
rotil wih now lo retire. He Would, nt nil even', poi
lively decide in due len'on, Hint the slnle mibt be lull
renrcif nted. Hut beyond that period lie liml no dein
tn ciiiliniie in the s' uste. And, although he tnterlnincil
the profjuudot gratitude for Ibe rcnifi.iei ce to louj mid
fo often repo;ed in him by the rtslc of Kentucky, nnd
shmih! evrr led n deep nn! llinukliil eemc ol the Inrinl
ly vvirhrs nf his fillw citir.en to n tniu him in that body
he colli I nut content to be tignin n rnn.liil.ilo fur n ct in
it. And ho hoped the itntn wnubl turn It h Kent loll to
nme other citizi n He admitted that eminently pr"t
pernus ni the whole Union undoubtedly whs in cciiern
business nud concrtns ofthe pro; Ie,ils polilicH) cnndilinn
w.u fnr nom lieinj "olo timl .nliilactary. He was con
vinceil tlmt fuul corruption hnd penelmled nlmo't every
brnnh ofthe inlnnnitrnlinii, nnd wnt rrioliinlly pulton
inj '.he whole "ovcnmient. lie admitted it to bo Hie
duty of every c.it z n to einplny, In his In-l brcuth.nll hit
n nil it let, nnj every cnerjrv he pnt'etveil, it nreesnry li
servo In omnitry i nnd he would willingly remain ill tin
public Coiiucilr, nnd excrl lntnielf hercullcr, in he hint
iailbfully done heretofore, to preserve our free institution
io the ulmr.sl t'urly, il lie heiicvc.l he could do nny pun
lie rnoj at nil proportionnte to Ihc private snerifieci h(
sh u'il mn'ic. Hut ho li.nl been n lon tune in pu! lie
emplovnicnt, mill neeileil rrtioe. rerhnpi Ins vo co h
been loo oflen raised, wna too Cimiliar to llic public enr:
perhnpj one less Irnown of morn ljuovancy nnd (bolicily
mav no heard with more salulnry lucl. lie Icrvnntl)
hop, d lh.it Ilio Itepublio might survive nil impending
ilnuscr. liul It wns nnt to lie UirgUIECd Ihnt Ihc people
lheuieivesniust punly am! prccrvc Iheir Iree inslilii
Hons, il they were lo Ue siippoileil, in people ever
Rtiintnined Iheir liberty who loleralcd, siinctinned nnJ
upheld eorruplmn nnd corrupt men in tho government
.Mr Ulny cone.ludeil ly proposing the following toait
The rniiltc Intuit -The oninmoii pronci ly of nil the
tlHlet, they thoulil be lulministcrcd lor tho benefit uf till
exclusively lor none.
From the Augu In Chronicloof Aug. 31.
C it K K K W a It.
We are inJobted to the Kditor ofthe Standard
ofthe Union, for a hlip containing the following ii,
lellignnco of a skirmish which took plaio between
a small party of hostile Indians and about forty
white men in Irwin county, on the 18lh inst. and
which reached Miiledgevillo by express on Friday
iusi ;
Pindcrtoxcn, .lug. 18, 1830
His Kxeillency Gov. Schley:
bir Jn Wednesday eveniiiL' last . ncnmnnfln
diana was discovered by Messrs. P. It. Oliver arid
Jchri Uuy, bach ol Guy's plantation and near the
river, six miles below this place. News of the
same were immediately communicated to the cili
znns of the neighborhood, and we succeeded in en
lecting a company ofihirty-eight men by 10 o'clock
ihu iu;.i morning.
Wo proceeded to (ho Indian camp in two de
iBcitmcnis, cac:i oi us assuming the command nf
detachment. Our party was so disposed as t
surround the camp, after effecting which, wo dis
covered that it was broken up, and tho Indians dis
person in tho direction of Florida.
The trails wero very dim, and artfully scattere
for tins purpose of deceiving iheir pursuers ; but
iiuving some experienced trailers with us, ivc sue
ceeued in trniling them, and after a ridu oftvvelv
miles through the pine woods and ponds, came u
wiin tiiem in irwip county, in open piny wood
country. As soon as we camo in sight, our me
were ordered to clinrge, which I hey did promptly
and gallantly, raising at the same time the wur
whoop.
The Indians, who were drnwn up in a lii.n, were
so frightened that they broke and run, not taking
time and deliberation to bring their rifle- to n lev
el to bear upon us ; thry discharged their prices
at us -when we were within about two hundred
yards of them, and before they had time to reload
Ihcy were overhauled by our charge, and suon de
spatched. After the battle, which lasted about twenty inin-
uics, we went over ino ground' and found 11 men,
and we regret to say, 7 women dcid on the field.
The women so resembled the men in their dress,
that we could not discriminate between Ihem in the
engagement. We took three women and two
children prisoners ; two ofthe -a omen are badly
wounded.
The result cf this engagement is 19 killed, and
five prisoners, cornnrisiii" the whole nan v of ilm
I Indians, without anv Ins ol killed nr wnnriftoH on
our part. The Indians were on foot, and had lit
tle or nothing with them, except their guns nnd
munitions of war.
We have Ihc prisoners with us, audare at a loss
to know what to do with them. We wish your
Excellency would inform us what disposition to
makoofthein. Respectfully your ob't serv'ts,
Jmk- Ger,
Si'i:scr.a Itiuir.
JJroiened. At Dunkirk, on the night of the 2'Jd
u!t., Mr Holland I .ovejoy, a young man about 22
yearsof age. He had in charge some household
good, lo take to Chicago, and was waiting for the
arrival of a boat lo ship them on board. His hat
was picked up on Higsby's wharf, on the mornine
of 23d, and on .earch being made for him, he was
rUnd ' Mlt hc wh"f " Cl,t fee, of
I water IK.'rrn Utrald.
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TUP. I'.l.KCTION Utinsii count y.
In this count) at the late election, those freemen
that could epare I'tmeXu attend the polls, nobly dis.
charged iheir duly. They have achieved just inch
ictory us wo predicted, and unless our oppo
nents arc so much enraged that llie-ynro willing lo
rontrnd merely furlhtfin of it, they will lay drmn
their arms and cry for ipiarlers. Never was there
victory more complete. Upon every thing that
savors in the least of N'cw York political Tactic
and Van Huron Aristocracy, tho real uf condemns
lion and disgust in irrevocably fixed. There never
was a party more completely used up. Some few
of our iinEtahlo fellow citizens, w ho I nve hereto
fore claimed a fnrcmoFt rank in the political circles
and who deserted the Whigs in nn hour nfappirent
peril and took shelter in the camp of l lie enemy,
must rue the unfortunate day tliev thus betrayed
themselves.
It will bo seen by the lettirns that out of twenty
four menibeis elect in this county, twinly-one nil
nnti V. Huron! and the threu Whig Sciiators.mikq
twenty f.ur ! TWKNTV-FOUIt to three ! If
this is not a Waterloo defeat, we know not what
would be.
Not having received nil the returns of the vote
for Senators in this county, we shall umit giving
tlictn in dolnil. The aggregate of fuurtsen townj
slnnds thus :
Hammond, 1000; Pic-point, 1360; Howe, fi-9;
K'ittridgo, 071; Illiss, 071 ; Kellogg, .177; HuiV
mister, 518; Johnson, 1520.
Mesers Harninnnd, Plerpoiut, nnd Howe', ulef.trd.
Mr Slaiii.'s majority in this county is about
1500 over nil the fullering opposition.
Gov. JiiNMso.Vs majority in this co. about 2500-.
Thus much for Rutland County. To such a.
triumph, we suppose iho Vuli Huron men would'
grve at least a hundred cheers. Hut we hive no
disposition to exult over such an insignificant oppo
sition as to numbers.
Tin; r.i.rcTinr) at i.aikik. It will be seen by
the return of votes for Governor already rernivod,
that our anticipations have been probably fully re
alized. Gov. Jn.NNisoN is elected by on overwhelm
ing majority a majority of not less than 5000, nor
probably over 10000. There will he as largo a ma
jority of Whigs in the House of ftcprsscntatives ai
was also anticipated not less thin fifty nor proba
bly over seventy-five.
As lo Senators, wo have no definite returns from
only Ilcnnington, Windsor, Rutland, Addison, and
Chittenden. All these co'inties have elected Whig
Senators except rirnnington. I'miklin, Washing
ton nnd Cclcdonia counties, huvopiobubly gone for
the Hpoils parly. It will probably turn out in the
end that the whig will have only about two tlurJi
of the Senate.
CoNi;iii:gsio.NAr. pi.kctionh. In the first, lecouJ,
and fourth Districts, Mesers IIai.l, Slam:, and Al
i.r.N, Whigs for opposition) are re-elected. In the
fifth District, Gen. Purrciinii, V. II. elected over
Mr Janes, the present member. In llieDJ District
the presumption is that Mr Kv wirrrr is elected; Mi
Pattridge, V. II. and Gen. Flint, (Antimasonic)
npposod to htm .Mr K. howcvci, may fall short
some fifty or a hundred votes of an election.
VOTES FOR GOVERNOR AND -MEMBER OF
CONGRESS.
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Jtiiniton llrntUty.
153 57
200 50
151 81
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