FIFTH SERIES. No. 1.-VOL. IV.] WASHINGTON CITY, MARCH 3, 1838. [VOL. LIV. WHOLE No. 1,379, 1. THE PAST-THE PRESENT-FOR THE FUTURE. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED, EVERY SATURDAY, BY WILLIAM OGDEN NILES, EDITOR AND PROPRIetor, at $5 PER ANNUM, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. The present sheet contains Mr. Webster's brief speech, inade on the 31st of January, against the sub-treasury bill. Adjutant general Jones, who recently suffered a severe injury by the falling of his horse, has so far recovered as to be able to attend to his duties. Mr. Preston resumed his seat in the house on Thursday last, as did Mr. Clay, who had been absent for several days in consequence of indisposition. Mr. Vail, of New York, who had also been confined to his room for several days by illness, appeared in his seat in the house on the same day. It is also rumored that there had been a battle at Malden, and that that town and all the military stores of the British had fallen into the hands of the patriots. The Cleveland Herald of the 23d February saysFrom Detroit we have papers of the 19th. Not a word touching any movement of the patriots in that quarter. The story of crossing and fighting is therefore a hoax. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 1st, 1838. The treasury notes issued up to this date, under the provisions of the act of congress of the 12th of October, 1837, amount to $6,518,964 65. It appears, by the returns made up to the same The "Globe" states that the president's draw-period, that there has been received for duties and ing room will be opened for the reception of com- lands, and in payment of debts, about $2,430,250. pany on Thursday evening next, at eight o'clock. LEVI WOODBURY, Secretary of the treasury. -A duel was fought with rifles, near this city, on Saturday last, between the hon. Jonathan Cilley, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, March 1, 1838. a member of the house of representatives from the From the mail registers received at the post state of Maine, and the hon. William J. Graves, a office department, from the postmaster at Hawkinsmember of the same body from the state of Ken-ville, Ga. on the Florida line, it appears that no tucky, which resulted in the death of the former mails from the south were received at that office on the third fire. The particulars of this most between the 8th and 17th February, at which latmelancholy occurrence will be found in a subse- ter date two mails were received. The reason asquent page. signed is "high creeks." On Tuesday last the remains of the deceased were attended to the grave by the president of the United States, the heads of departments, the members of both houses of congress and a vast assembly of citizens. It is stated that the judges of the supreme court, now in session, were invited to attend the funeral, but resolved not to do so, as an evidence of their reprobation of a practice more characteristic of a barbaric age, than one in which all profess regard for humanity and the laws. CONGRESSIONAL. The proceedings of the senate and house of representatives on Thursday, are inserted in the last page. In the senate yesterday, after some unimportant business, Mr. Prentiss, agreeably to notice, introduced a bill to prohibit the giving or receiving a challenge within this District to fight a duel, and for the presentment thereof, which was read twice by general consent, and referred to the committee on the judiciary. [This bill inflicts the punishment of death on all concerned in a duel which results in death; from five to ten years' confinement in the penitentiary on all concerned in giving or receiving a challenge; and from three to seven years for assault, defamation, or abuse, for refusing a challenge.] In the house, yesterday, Mr. Grennel and Mr. Grantland were announced to have been appointed members of the select committee to examine and report the cause of Mr. Cilley's death, &c. in the place of Mr. Briggs and Mr. Harrison, excused. After a number of committees had made reports, The bill reported by the committee on foreign affairs, for the preservation of our neutral relations, came up in order, and was discussed by Messrs. Howard, Underwood, McKay, Fillmore, Holsey, Everett, Robertson, Patton, Menefee, Legare, and Maxwell. Several amendments were offered, and rejected. Pending the question upon an amendment offered by Mr. Robertson, of Virginia, Mr. Cushman moved the previous question, which was seconded, 83 to 41, and ordered. Mr. Petrikin demanded the yeas and nays, which were ordered; and the bill was passed to a third reading this day by a vote of 130 yeas to 45 nays. The bill was then read a third time, passed, and returned to the senate for its concurrence in the amendments. Particulars in our next. FROM CANADA. In addition to the intelligence from Canada inserted in page 7, we have seen it stated that the patriot forces were concentrated at French creek, on the St. Lawrence, about twenty miles from Watertown N. Y. with the view of attacking Kingston. But we learn by the mail of yesterday, that they went from French creek to Hickory island with the view of making further preparations for the attack; but owing to the small force, and some difficulty with gen. Van RenselTer, they returned to the Creek and disbanded. The whole force did not exceed 200 or 250 men. VOL. LIV-SIG. 1. FLORIDA INDIANS. It is stated in the CharlesCourier that the Indian prisoners who have for some time past been in. confinement at fort Moultrie, were to have left Charleston on Friday the 22d for New Orleans, on their way to the far west, in the brig Homer. The chiefs were embarked on Thursday morning. Lieutenant Reynolds, of the U. S. marines, had them in charge. FROM FLORIDA. The "Globe" of Thursday night contains the following extract of a letter from a highly respectable officer of the army to a member of the senate, dated "Fort Bassinger, Feb. 8. 1838. "So much for myself. Now, sir, I will give you a few lines relative to Florida and the Indians. "We (col. Taylor's army) have just returned from the everglades. They may be said to commence about 40 or 50 miles southeast of this place, and are on the south side of lake Oak-o-chobee. "The everglades are what we, at the northwest, term a wet prairie. It is a large wet prairie, or grassy lake, of which the Indians and negroes know but little, and where they cannot live a month without great suffering. "We saw but few Indians, and they fled rapidly. We took about sixty horses, and ascertained that their cattle were exhausted. Col. Taylor has taken from them, since his fight, about six hundred head. We found, on our last excursion, but few cattle tracks, and only two cows were taken. The Indians are suffering for food; in all their camps we found they had subsisted on palmetto roots and the cabbage-tree, which is never eaten by them except when hard run. "One hundred and thirty Indians and negroes have come in since the fight, and they say many more will come in soon; that they are tired of the war and hungry. "Florida is, generally, a poor, sandy country. The southern portion is nearly all prairie, wet and dry alternately, healthy in winter, sickly in summer. Not more than one-tenth, at the utmost, of Florida, is fit for cultivation, and I would not give one good township of land, in Illinois or Michigan, for every foot of land in east Florida. Francis H. Gregory, to be a captain in the navy, from the 31st January, 1838. Samuel W. Downing, to be a commander in the navy, from the 23d September, 1837. Benjamin Macomber, to be a captain in the marine corps, from the 18th January, 1838. Archibald H. Gillespie, to be a first lieutenant in the marine corps, from the 18th January, 1838. Wm. Chandler and John A. Russ, to be lieutenants in the navy from the 23d September, 1837. Austin W. Allen, of Louisiana, to be a second lieutenant in the marine corps, from the 15th of February, 1838. Horatio Bridge, of Maine, to be a purser in the navy from the 16th February, 1838. Joseph W. Dwyer, of Tennessee, to be a purser in the navy from the 20th of February, 1838. Dunscomb Bradford, of New York, vice consul of the United States at Paris, and George Wolf, collector of the customs for the district of Philadelphia, from the 1st of March, 1838. James Logan, of Arkansas, to be agent for the Creek tribe of Indians, vice J. W. A. Sanford, resigned. Washington G. Singleton, to be attorney of the United States for the western district of Virginia. Richard W. Greene, to be attorney of the United States for the district of Rhode Island. COLLECTORS OF THE CUSTOMS. Martin T. Morton, Nantucket, Mass. from January 28, 1838. Mahlon D. Canfield, Great Egg Harbor, N. J. from January 28, 1888. Archibald W. Hyde, Burlington, Vt. from February 15, 1838. Henry Whitely, Wilmington, Del. from February 16, 1838. George Brent, Alexandria, D. C. from February 16, 1838. Peter Dixey, Marblehead, Mass. from February 19, 1838. William Durand, jr. New Haven, Ct. January 16, 1838. Alphonso Mason, Gloucester, Mass. from January 29, 1838. J. G. Mauney, East Greenwich, R. I. from January 29, 1838. William Gray, Port Royal, Va. from 29th January, 1838. R. G. Greene, Portland Me, from February 15, 1838. John McNeil Boston, Mass. from February 29, 1838. George W. Riter, Philadelphia, from March 23, 1838. Marcus C. Ryan, Windsor, N. C. from January 31, 1838. NAVAL OFFICERS. Samuel Brown, Providence, R.I. from January 29, 1838. John Horn, Philadelphia, from March 23, 1838. Daniel Sherwood, Wilmington, N. C. from Fe "The Indian prisoners now admit that they lost APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT, By and with the advice and consent of the senate. Robert M. Hamilton, of Baltimore, consul at Montevideo, in the Oriental Republic Uruguay. Henry P. Marshall consul at Muscat, in the dominions of the Imaum of Muscat. George B. Todson to be consul of the United States for the port of Altona, in the Kingdom of Denmark. APPRAISER. Henry Simpson, Philadelphia, from February 23, 1838. REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE. Thomas H. Hopkins, Jackson, Mi. from February 23, 1938. RECEIVERS OF PUBLIC MONEYS. Benjamin R. Gantt, Opelousas, La. from January 24, 1838. Henry Smith, Vandalia, Ill. from January 31, 1833. 3,052,538 IMPORTS OF IRON. We copy the following com3,249,730 parative statement of importations from Great Bri147,572 tain into the United States, for the months of Oc199,442 tober 1836 and 1837. It shows a great falling off "State treasurer, of the bank * [Albany Argus. Pig tons, do. do. do. Boston Hardware and hollow ware £85,553 1669 2792 2228 3050 167 825 a 500 8.50 9 50 a 10 00 8.00 a 9.00 8.00 a 750 a 775 750 a 8.00 k 775 8.50 10 00 a 11 00 THE SUPPLY OF FLOUR. The following arti163 cle, from the Louisville advertiser of the 13th inst. 11,210 is not without interest. 65 The supply of flour. A business man of this city 262 makes the following remarks in reply to a very 344 lengthy article that recently appeared in the Balti1341 more American, purporting to be an estimate of 8 the quantity of flour on hand in the United States on the 1st of January last: it "By whatever motive the writer of that statement may have been influenced, I care not; but I will venture to express the opinion that his estimate is exceedingly incorrect. Even were otherwise, it furnishes no reasonable or secure data, on which intelligent dealers would think of basing operations. Those who wish to act on a satisfactory view of the market for bread stuffs will not confine their inquiries to the real or supposed stock of flour on hand. They will go farther back and endeavor to ascertain the number of bushels of wheat withheld from market by the farmers in the regions of country that supply the principle depots. COMMONWEALTH BANK, BOSTON. The inves- WONDERFUL EFFECTS OF THE WESTERN RAIL tigating committee of the Massachusetts legisla-ROAD IN CASE OF WAR. This great state rail road ture have at length reported on the condition of the with its numerous branches, will, in case of war, Commonwealth bank. They disclose a state of enable us to concentrate, as if by enchantment, the things disgraceful and corrupt almost beyond belief, whole force of the state, and of the neighboring and fully establish the heaviest charges that have states, and even the force of distant states, upon ever been made against the persons implicated in any part of the territory of Massachusetts. In conthe transactions of the bank. The loans to four or nection with a steam-battery, playing inside of five individuals only, exceed the whole capital stock cape Cod, and another steam-battery in Narragansett bay, the waters of Massachussets and the lands of Massachusetts will then present the defeat of an The manner in which the poor pensioners and enemy as the inevitable result of any attack. This fishermen were defrauded of their dues is now fully will be so clear to the eye of any military or naval explained. The report shows that the bank receiv- commander, as to amount to an absolute order by ed in January last $14,022 in treasury notes, part such commander, to himself, not to attack a people, "In the statement alluded to, the stock of flour of which were sold for account of the bank. Another thus made impregnable, by the mighty power of in Louisville, on the 1st. ult., was put down at batch of treasury notes amounting to $85,200 was steam, to the mighty power of the mind. 4,000 barrels. On that day the writer of this received soon after, and these too were sold. Trea- In time of profound peace, it is the part of wis- knows there were not 1,000 barrels in the place. sary notes at that time were at a premium in Bos-dom to place the state in readiness to disarm war of There was scarcely a sufficient quantity to supply ton-these notes were sold—the premium pocketed its power of mischief. It is never worth while to the immediate local demand, much less a stock for by the bank or somebody else, and the fishermen lull ourselves into a false security-more especially exportation. Farmers are as watchful of their inand pensioners paid in the worthless rags of the while the sceptre of the most formidable naval pow-terests as any other class of men; and, when they bank. Only two or three days before the bank fail-er is held by a woman, who, in the freaks of love, find the products of their labor depressed in price. ed, these claimants on the government were refused specie or treasury notes, and forced to take the bank bills, when the collector, who paid them out must have known that the bank must fail. The affairs of the bank appear to have been managed by three of the directors, who managed to use up all the funds and defraud the public of an immense sum of money. may, perchance, bestow her affections upon some they hold them back in order to produce a demand for them and thereby obtain enhanced prices. Hence, since the fall in the price of flour, our mills have not been loaded with grain-the supply has been limited, though the crop was ample, and the stock in the country is known to be abundant. "It is more than probable the recent importations of foreign grain into N. York were ordered in consequence of such fallacious statements as that I have just noticed, which are evidently calculated to produce erroneous apprehensions of a scarcity of flour, and prompt men to engage in ruinous speculations." The foregoing remarks are, we believe, worthy of grave consideration. We are very confident the writer is correct in supposing that the stock of. wheat and flour together is abundant. The amount due to the government from the bank During the war of 1812, cotton was 6 cents per is $337,625 29, as security for parts of which the pound in New Orleans, and 40 cents in Massachudistrict attorney, who was also a director, holds setts. Louisiana sugar was worth 3 cents in New the notes of several of the other directors to the Orleans, and 30 cents in Boston. Flour, then worth amount of $42,420. The total liabilities of the $2 a barrel in the western country, did sell for $16 bank are $1,149,200. The circulation in post in Massachusetts. Make the western rail road, and notes and bank bills is $370,452. The assets are, 1 a 2 cents per pound, for the expense of transporspecie, $29,684. Stocks-most of which are tation, will give you the command of all the provalueless-$23,456. Balance due from city and ducts of the west and of the south west, and the Middlesex banks, the last broken, $145,256,-enjoyment of them just as much in time of war, as from other banks, $30,000. Due from directors if it were a time of profound peace-and the sevenCONNECTICUT. The number of banks in this $630,233,—and from various individuals and com- ty millions annual amount of the manufactures of state, is thirty-one-besides three branches. panies, most of whom have failed about $850,000. this state will find in the great west even a better Litchfield county has only a branch of the PheIt should be borne in mind that the individuals, market, than in time of uninterrupted peace. And nix of Hartford-that county never having obtainwho have so grossly defrauded the community and our bay fisheries will still enable us (although we ed a charter for banking. The banks are divided the government, and squandered the money of in- be at war) to supply upwards of six millions of in the different counties as follows: nocent stockholders, and wronged the needy pen-people with fresh and salted and pickled fish, to Hartford county, five-capitals paid in $3,417, sioners and fishermen of the bounty of the govern the amount of many millions of dollars. 680. New Haven county, five-capitals, 1,988, ment are the particular friends of the administration During the war of 1812, our whole sea coast was 920. New London county, ten-capitals, 1,628) held in continual terror. Adopt the present plan 531 50. Fairfield county, four-capitals, 658, and the security of Massachusetts will be complete, 940. Windham county, three-capitals, 241, with out any cost of blood or treasury. Middlesex county, three-capitals, 705, [Boston Journal. 630. Tolland county, one-capital 60,000, in Massachusetts. The Boston papers state that Joshua Dunham and five others, directors of the Franklin bank, have been indicted by the grand jury for official misde 990. Total of banking capitals in the state $6,744,697 [Middletown Sentinel. An official document recently transmitted to congress from the treasury department, contains the following list of present deposite banks, and the amounts on deposit to the credits of the treasurer, in cash, by the last returns: People's bank, Nov. 35, 1837, $8,526 76 Brooklyn bank, Nov. 25, 1837, 84,154 52 Planter's bank of Georgia, November 22, 1837, 29,375 00 Insurance bank of Columbus, Louisville savings institution, Nov. 25, 1837, Bank of the state of Missouri, Nov. 18, 1837, 20.495 48 167,382 79 INDIAN POPULATION. It appears from a communication of quarter master general Cross, made to the war department, and now recently published, that the number of Indians east of the Mississippi, is Aggregate, annum, accruing from and after that day, during the relation to the possession, jurisdiction, and govern- On the 26th ult., the postmaster of Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio (Stephen Munger,) and his son, Harrison Munger, were arrested by Mr. James Brown, one of the agents of the post office department, on suspicion of robbing from the mail. They were committed, and will receive their trial at the next session of the U. S. Court to be held in Columbus, in May next. It is stated that ten persons including those mentioned above have been arrested in Ohio alone, within the last two months, for depredations on the mails.-Alexandria Gazette.. FROM PERU. The following is an extract from a letter received by a gentleman in Salem, (Mass.) dated "Lima, Oct. 5, 1837: We have just received information that the long talked of expedition from Chili is on our coast. It sailed from Valparaiso on the 16th ultimo-3400 men, 700 horses, and 24 transports. A more foolish and hopeless expedi47,365 tion was never fitted out. It must end in ruin to Chili, and cause great distress to Peru. On the 51,327 24th ult. 18 of the vessels were seen in front of 231,806 Arica. No attempt was made to land. Peru has from 10 to 12,000 troops, and so stationed that 5000 men can be united at any point on the coast in ten days, 'We have within ten leagues of Lima, 4000 good troops, and they could at any time be brought to the city in six hours. I have no fears for the capital." 332,498 It is estimated by Mr Harris, the Indian commissioner, that these Indians can bring into the field rising sixty-six thousand warriors, that is, when emigration is completed, and they choose to coalesce. To resist such a coalition, general Cross thinks a force of 7,000 men would be necessary on the western frontier, distributed thus: Fort Snelling, Fort Crawford, The S posts of refuge proposed, The protection of the 4 depots, Jef. barracks as a corps of reserve, Total, THE VIRGINIA BANKS. 300 men. 300 do. 400 do. 1200 do 1500 do. 800 do. 800 do. 200 do. 1000 do. 7,000 men. The Richmond Whig says that the committee of the legislature of Virginia, appointed to investigate the affairs of the banks of that state, have reported that the banks are undoubtedly solvent, and accompanied their report with a bill for the relief of those institutions. The following is the substance of the bill. The bill provides for repealing so much of the existing laws as operate a forfeiture of the charters of the banks for failing to redeem their notes in specie; and so much of the same law as requires said banks to pay higher damages or rate of interest than six per cent. for such failure. It will be recollected that the old man and his sons were defending their house which was assailed by an armed posse, and that he did not fire the gun which killed the police man, if he fired it at all, until one of his sons was killed at his side from a shot without. Since their arrival in tais city, their conduct has been that of quiet industrious men. Nothing appears against them here, and they are transported from this free country to be tried and probably suffer death for this unfortunate act of self defence. At all events we hope a petition will be got up addressed to the British government and signed by the citizens of this city, recommending them to mercy, which, we are sure, the American minister in London will take pleasure to present to the queen; and we further trust that no American ship will consent to take out these unfortunate prisonThese are not the days of prison ships in our borders.-N. Y. Star. ers. FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE. Capt. St. John, of the brig Panope, at New York in 10 days from Port- AMERICAN GIPSIES. Gipsies are known in all au-Prince, informs the editors of the Journal of countries in Europe-an idle vagabond race, withCommerce that the French fleet had not yet ar-out settled homes, living by theft, beggary, and rived, but was momentarily expected. A French fortune telling, and the mending of pots and ketbrig of war entered the port the same morning that tles. They are of uncertain origin, but show the the Panope came out. Also, the United States same characteristic marks, wherever they are found. corvette Boston. The object of the French fleet is No attempts have hitherto succeeded in reducing to enforce the fulfilment of the treaty of indemity, the gipsies of Europe to the habits of civilized life. which the Haytiens, after paying one or two instal-It has been supposed that none of this singular race ments, have found too onerous for their comfort. LIBERATION OF MR. GREELY. We stated in To Edward W. Miller, esq. high sheriff of the exist in America, where, in our woods and wilderness, their wandering propensities might have had double space for exercise. Yet, in fact, there is a colony of gipsies, who were brought to America by the French, in early times, and, whose posterity now live and flourish on the shores of Biloxibay, in Louisiana. A philosopher, contemplating the points of similarity between the European gipsy and the American Indian, both untameable-one the wild man of civilized countries, and the other of the forest-might have imagined that the two races would at once have mingled, and the gipsy have found a home in the Indian wigwam. On Whereas, Ebenezer S. Greeley, a foreigner and the contrary, ever since their settlement on this citizen of the United States of America, stands side of the Atlantic, gipsies appear to have thrown committed to your custody by my warrant, bear-off their hereditary characteristics. No difference ing date the sixth day of September, 1837, as the can be perceived between them and other descendagent of a foreign state, in committing an act of ants of French colonists, except in personal apIt also remits any forfeiture which may have aggression on a part of the territory in the pos- pearance; their complexion is much darker, and been already incurred, and renews the charters of session and under the jurisdiction and government their hair is coarse and straight. They still call the banks in all respects-reserving to the general of this province, and the said Greely by my said themselves gipsies or Egyptians, but are indusassembly the right to re-enact the suspended pro-warrant was so committed until the further order trious, orderly in their habits, and retain nothing of the lieutenant governor or commander-in chief of their ancestry, except the name. of this province for the time being, should be given according to her majesty's pleasure; and whereas AN UNENVIABLE SITUATION. On Thursday it having been made to appear to me that the offence morning last, soon after two masons had gained for which the said Greeley was so committed will the top of the chimney, (upwards of 60 yards no longer be persisted in: these are to charge, au- high,) now being finished at the new saw-mill, by thorise, and command you, the said Miller, as such some misfortune the ropes connected with the high sheriff and keeper of the gaol of the said blocks by which the materials were raised to the county of York, forthwith to discharge him, the workmen, broke; and as it was only by the same said Greeley, out of your custody. rope that the workmen could be enabled to descend from this perilous eminence, it will be easily conceived that their situation was by no means an enviable one. Various means were attempted to get a line within their reach, by the help of a kite, and by other plans. At length 3 o'clock in the afternoon had arrived, and the three poor fellows visions. The notes of the banks to be continued to be received in payment of public dues; and the deposites of the revenue to be made as heretofore, in the bank of Virginia, and the Farmers' bank of Virginia. The prohibition of the issue of notes under $10 is suspended; but no notes to be issued under the denomination of $5. The banks to make no dividend after a fixed day, unless specie payment be resumed by them; and if they fail to pay specie thereafter, then ten per cent. damages to be imposed and recovered. WM. F. ODELL. It is further provided, that if the banks do re- I herewith communicate for your consideration, Sme specie payment after the day fixed, they shall a letter received from E. S. Greeley, and also a forfeit and pay to the literary fund, the whole copy of the order of his discharge, as certified by amount of profits over and above five per cent. per him. This language of the lieutenant governor in were still roosting at their lawful elevation, when Years. Erie and Champlain canals. 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, 1824, 340,761 07 1825, 566,112 97 1826, 762,003 69 1827, 859,058 48 1828, 835,407 28 1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, is no doubt; but ought it not to be effected at any LATEST FROM FLORIDA. We have been favored with the perusal of letters from Florida of the eighth and ninth of the present month, from an officer engaged in the arduous ser A tabular statement appended to the superin-vice of that region. One method for obtaining an additional advan- 1,463,715 22 1,294,649 66 1,492,811 59 1,556,269 37 1,239,052 49 $14,823,746 64 $15,191,879 68 *The other canals in the state besides the Erie and Champlain, are the Oswego, the Cayuga and Seneca, the Chemung, the Crooked Lake, and the Chenango. All these, as well as the Erie and Champlain, are included in the columns of "total." [Eds. Jour. Com. OHIO COMMON SCHOOLS. We have been favored with a copy of the first annual report of the superintendent of these schools, which we find upon examination, to be a very able and satifactory document. The legal foundation of common schools in this state is laid in the ordinance of congress providing for the government of the northwestern territory, of which Ohio formed a part, in the third article of which are these words: "Religion, morality, and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools, and the means of education shall forever be encouraged." The bill of rights, in the constitution of the state, carries out the same sentiment. But congress laid the foundation of these schools in the soil itself, by consecrating one-thirty-sixth part of it forever, to their support. The first law of the state, assessing a school-tax in 1825, is generally considered as the commencement of the system. The tax, which was at first but half a million the dollar, has gradually risen to a mill and a half, and power is given to increase it by townships, and some have done so. Common schools have by these means been extensively established. [Boston Gazette. JAMES GARNETT, esq. of Essex county, Virginia, a gentleman who has been for many years president of the agricultural society of Fredericksburg, thus speaks of the passion for digging gold: The writer says there is but one opinion as to the policy of permitting the Indians to remain. He passes a high compliment upon general Jesup, who, he says, has done every thing that man could have done. He adds, "it would have filled your bosom with pleasure to have seen on the day of the battle, (at Locna Hatchee), these men charge the hammock and swim the creek, in the face of the enemy hid behind their trees, and amidst their fires and savage yells. Col. Z. Taylor penetrated to the west as far as possible but on account of the country has been compelled to fall back. and is now, I believe, at Fort Brooke or Bassinger. An express received last night informs us that one hundred and thirty, including negroes, men, women and chilty-six men who bore arms." dren, have gone into him. Among them were for which, should it come will put an end to this cam"The clouds are gathering and indicate rain, paign; for the ground where I am now sitting would, with six hours rain, be overflowed some inches deep." "This disemboweling passion has produced re which, I venture to say, will greatly astonish all sults, at least in regard to the precious metals, who are not apprised of the facts which I am now about to disclose to you. I give the statement from the sessions acts since 1832, having procured it from our first auditor's office. It is a most curious but painful disclosure, and one which I would willingly avoid, were it not for my thorough convic- "7 o'clock P. M. The general and other offition that it may not only prove a very instructive cers have returned from the council, accompaned lesson to all who will read it right, but will convince by Hadjo (a cosiderable character) and eight other our agricultural brethren, to a man, that our legis. Seminoles. They beg to be permitted to regain a ture, for the last five years, not content utterly small portion of the country. They say it is their to neglect agriculture, have actually (I will not say home-the home of their fathers; that they were intentionally) been busily engaged during a part of born here, and love the country, and would not each session in passing laws highly injurious to her leave it. The general has consented that they shall best interests. The effect has been produced by remain until they hear from Washington. They their holding out the strongest, most alluring temp- say they are tired of fighting; they dont wish to tations tho draw from her much of te capital she hurt the white man, nor trouble any thing belong. so greatly needs, and to divert it to the inost wild ing to him. In my opinion, they can be made and hazardous speculations, thereby powerfully ex- useful allies, instead of a daring foe, and would oc citing that passion for inordinate gain, which is cupy a portion of country uninhabitable by white always sufficiently rash and pernicious of itself, men, unless possibly some more degenerate than without legislative encouragement to stimulate its the untutored savage. These Indians are very mischevious action. This our law-makers have timid and suspicious for they have been told so done to a fatal extent, by chartering, since 1832, many falsehoods, by mischievous persons, that they No correct idea can be given of the system of in- no less than seventy mining companies, thirty- are very distrustful. They are not restrained, but struction adopted, every variety, from the best to seven of which were incorporated from the 13th permitted to go out again. Two of them stay in the worst, being found in them. Complaints are of last January to the 30th of March!! In several our camp to night from choice. They did not bring every where made that good teachers cannot be of those charters the object of pursuit is desig- in their arms. To-morrow they will have another obtained. The truth is, that teachers, as well nated to be gold, in others copper; while in many talk, when something more will be ascertained. as others, will generally be governed by self-inter- of them the metallic character is not mentioned at Tustogee, who commanded on the 24th ult, was est, and, unless their emoluments bear some propor- all. Their aggregate capital is 5,795,043 dollars, here at the talk, and will probably come in to-mortion to the talents and labor required, suitable, with a right to increase it to 30,000,000 dollars and row.' qualified teachers need not be expected. The to hold land amounting in the whole to 197,000 schools (says the superintendent) must furnish acres a territory larger than either of several of permanent employment to their teachers, and pro- of our smallest counties." per salaries be provided for them, and then there will be no difficulty in obtaining suitable charac A letter of the 9th says: "The general has just returned from the council, and the Indians have agreed to come in and go to the west, but they hope the president will permit them to remain in this THE NEW RECORDER. It was announced in the country. They will come to the Locha Hatchee, ters to fill these trusts. Convenient school-houses court of sessions on Saturday, that Robert H. Mor- and I still express my opninon that the policy of and both male and female teachers must be every ris. esq. has been appointed successor to the pre- the government ought to be to permit them to rewhere provided, so that every child, whether rich sent recorder of this city, the hon. Richard Riker, main. Our portion of the army will go westward, or poor, shall be freely educated on equal terms, whose term of office is on the eve of expiring. and co-operate with some other division; though and neither expense nor labor be spared to effect Mr. Riker has held the station for nearly twenty- the probability, is that the rest of the Indians will the object. That the system will be costly, there three years.-N. Y. Jour. Com. [Richmond Whig. come in." DUEL BETWEEN MESSRS. GRAVES ANDtion which I bore to you from col. Webb, and as by your note of yesterday you have refused to de- Washington city, D. C. February 26th, 1838. The following is a statement of the facts of the duel between the honorable Wm J. Graves, of Kentucky, and the honorable Jonathan Cilley, of W. J. GRAVES. Maine, as agreed upon by George W, Jones, and Hon. J. Cilley. Henry A Wise, the seconds of the parties, comMr. Wise states that he presented the foregoing mitted to writing between the hours of 10 o'clock, challenge to Mr. Cilley, in the parlor at Mr. a. m. February 25th, and 12 o'clock, m. this day. Birth's boarding house a few minutes before 12 The seconds propose, first, to state the correspond-o'clock, m. on Friday, the 23d instant. ence which occurred before the challenge, and which was communicated through others than themselves; neither second having borne any paper or message, verbal or written, to or from either of the principals, until Mr. Wise bore the challenge and Mr. Jones bore the acceptance. This correspondence, as it has been placed in the hands of the seconds, is as follows, to wit: Mr. Graves to Mr. Cilley. House of representatives, In the interview which I had with you this morn ing, when you declined receiving from me the note of col. J. W. Webb, asking whether you were correctly reported in the Globe in what you are there represented to have said of him in this house upon the 12th inst, you will please say whether you did not remark, in substance, that in declining to receive the note, you hoped I would not consider it in any respect disrespectful to me, and that the ground on which you rested your declining to re ceive the note was distinctly this: that you could not consent to get yourself into personal difficulties, with conductors of public journals, for what you might think proper to say in debate upon this floor in discharge of your duties as a representative of the people; and that you did not rest your objection, in our interview, upon any personal objections to col. Webb as a gentleman. Hon. Jonathan Cilley. Very respectfully, W. J. GRAVES. Mr. Cilley to Mr. Graves. House of representatives, February 21, 1833. The note which you just placed in my hands has been received. In reply, I have to state that in your interview with me this morning, when you proposed to deliver a communication from col. Webb, of the New York Courier and Enquirer, I declined to receive it, because I chose to be drawn into no controversy with him. I neither affirmed or denied any thing in regard to his character; but when you remarked that this course on my part might place you in an unpleasant situation, I stated to you, and now repeat, that I intended by the refusal no disrespect to you. Very respectfully, Hon. W. J. Graves. Your obedient servant, JONA. CILLEY. Mr. Graves to Mr. Cilley, Sir: Your note of yesterday in reply to mine of that date is inexplicit, unsatisfactory and insufficient; among other things in this: that, in your declining to receive col. Webb's communication, it does not disclaim any exception to him personally as a gentleman. I have, therefore, to inquire whether you declined to receive his communication, on the ground of any personal exception to him as a gentleman or man of honor? A categorical answer is expected. Hon. J. Cilley. Very respectfully, W. J. GRAVES. Mr. Cilley to Mr. Graves. House of Representatives, February, 22, 1838. Sir: Your note of this date has just been placed in my hands. I regret that mine of yesterday was not satisfactory to you, but I cannot adinit the right on your part to propound the question to which you ask a categorical answer, and therefore decline any further response to it. Very respectfully, JONA. CILLEY. Hon. W. J. Graves. In addition to the foregoing correspondence, the seconds propose to relate only such facts and circumstances as occurred within their joint knowledge, after their own participation in the melancholy affair. Dr. Reily's, F street, Feb. 24th, 1838, 10 o'clock, a. m. SIR: I have called at this place, in conformity with your note of this morning, to inform you that Mr. Graves has not as yet been able to procure a rifle and put it in order, and cannot be ready by 12 o'clock, m. to-day. He is desirous, however, to have the meeting to-day, if possible, and I will inform you by half past 12 o'clock, m. to-day what time to procure and prepare a weapon he will require. Very respectfully, &c. On the evening of the 23d instant, about the hour of 5 o'clock, p. m. Mr. Jones, the second of Mr. Cilley, delivered to Mr. Graves, in the room of Mr. Wise, and in his presence, the following note, which was the first paper borne by Mr. Jones, to wit: Washington city, 23d Feb. 1838. Hon. W. J. Graves: Your note of this morning has been received Afterwards Mr. Jones sent to Mr. Wise's room My friend, gen. Jones, will "make the arrange. the following note, to wit: ments suitable to the occasion." Washington, Feb 23, 1838. SIR: Mr. Cilley proposes to meet Mr. Graves, at such place as may be agreed upon between us, to-morrow, at 12 o'clock, m. The weapons to be used on the occasion shall be rifles; the parties After the reception of this note from Mr. Jones, placed side to side at eighty yards distance from Mr. Wise called on him, at Dr. Reilly's, and ineach other; to hold the rifles horizontally at arm's formed Mr. Jones that Mr. Graves had procured a length, downwards; the rifles to be cocked, and rifle other than that left at his room by Dr. Duncan, triggers set; the words to be, "Gentlemen are you and would be ready for the meeting at 3 o'clock, ready?" After which, neither answering "No" p. m. It was then agreed that the parties should the words shall be, in regular succession, "Fire-meet at the Anacosta bridge, on the road to Marlone, two, three, four." Neither party shall fire borough, in Maryland, between the hours of 14 and before the word "fire" nor after the word "four." 2 o'clock, p. m. and if either got there first he The positions of the parties at the ends of the line to be determined by lot. The second of the party losing the position shall have the giving of the word. The dress to be ordinary winter clothing, and sub. ject to the examination of both parties. Each party may have on the ground, besides his second, a surgeon and two other friends. The seconds, for the execution of their respective trusts, are allowed to have a pair of pistols each on the ground, but no other person shall have any weapon. The rifles to be loaded in the presence of the seconds. Should Mr. Graves not be able to procure a rifle by the time prescribed, time shall be allowed for that pur pose. GEO. W. JONES. Your very obedient servant, About 9 o'clock, p. m. at Mr. Jones' room, at Washington, Feb. 23d, 1838. I will inform you, sir, by the hour of 11 o'clock, HENRY A. WISE. Hon. Geo. W. Jones. Washington city, D. C. As you have declined accepting a communica- Hon. H. A. Wise. Your obedient servant. GEO. W. JONES. should wait for the other, and that they would thence proceed out of the district. Accordingly, the parties met at the bridge, Mr. Cilley and his party arriving there first, and all proceeded, about 2 o'clock, P. in. to the place of meeting. On arriving at the place, Mr. Jones and Mr. Wise immediately proceeded to mark off the ground. They then decided the choice of positious. Mr. Wise won the position, and consequently Mr. Jones had the giving of the word. At this time Mr. Jones was informed by Mr. Wise that two gentlemen (Mr. Calboon of Kentucky and Mr. Hawes of Kentucky) were at some distance off, spectators, but they should not approach upon the ground. Mr. Jones replied that he objected to their coming on the ground, as it was against the articles of the meeting, but he entertained for them the highest respect. Mr. Wise also informed Mr. Jones that, contrary to the terms, he had brought on the ground two rifles; that if he (Mr. Jones) required him to do so, be would immediately send one of them away. Upon Mr. Jones finding that the rifle was unloaded, he consented that it should remain in one of the carriages. There were, it is proper to remark, several persons on the ground, (besides the hack-drivers and the two gentlemen before mentioned at a distance,) who were there without the authority or consent of either party or their friends, as far as is known either to Mr. Jones or Mr. Wise, and one of these persons was supposed to be the owner of the field. Shortly after the hour of 3 o'clock, p. m. the rifles were loaded in the presence of the seconds; the parties were called together; they were fully instructed by Mr. Jones as to their position, and the words twice repeated to them, as they would be, and as they were, delivered to them, in the exchange of shots. After this they were ordered to their respective positions, the seconds assumed their places, and the friends accompanying the seconds were disposed along the line of fire to observe that each obeyed the terms of meeting. Mr. Jones gave the words distinctly, audibly, and in regular succession, and the parties exchanged shots without violating in the least a single instruction. They both missed. After which, Mr. Wise called upon the friends generally to assemble and to hear what was to be said. Upon the assembling of the friends, Mr. Jones inquired of Mr. Wise whether his friend (Mr. Graves) was satisfied? Mr. Wise immedi. ately said, in substance: "Mr. Jones, these gentle. |