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THE STAB, And North-Carolina State Gazette. RALEIGH. -N. C) KlilDAY, AI'KIL 21, 1820. Vol. XI 'o. 10. oai.nnn wr.rKtt, nr THOMAS llKM)EROX,jr. abm'1 ...... At (OMtiimuil in ". (be Klilor, A.lrlinenii not n- rhre Uoxt for otic dulU.'i Additional Supply. KV ALLACK huajoat receietl aw supply ot" L. dies and Gentlemen's ?hoe. among which ut iJlll wiiC A hind"" aori merit of 1-aJitJ dresa ij and undressed morocco, of thenea'c.t fashion Atao Jnrral ar troent of Gentlemen's dressed and un-..j-nirambJ. Also m-n's nailed morocco iST.nd a v.nety of Martaon nded shoe. Also a II OI WUIUU UC WUIUiii-w .... ... ki .wle-U'd to have been recr.vH a' an early 10 occspy i. Anytime. a irvtcr iroy. peri -d, at that ofT.cc. II- eertainly could nM J Tig had ron.rved the ,f. r.gcpce t .at our havecvmpr.mittedoim.elfao farastog.Tel.ujaae eaermc had bren f.d .u.d tern, .bed ,-nk, . k...r. h mad-. from tMt gariiion : and it was rrndeied mKhl.' acquainted with its nature and te ndcncyi ft Mild lei and bridl TSlHgh, April 13, 1830. Ncuse Navigation. awn anm.al wwetm&of tbe Stockholder of 'be Nrae A River Navigation Company wul be held at te to., Hon-, in this citv, on the 4th Monday (the 2-UI.Ji - i..nl. at 10 O ClOC limit i iri-iiw"i i- i- froon nf th aam dmr Tint ion of the Ten nessee vo!unteer, were received and employed by the e " eminent on our northern frontier and southern borders during the late struggle with I England, and in the war with the Creek nation of Indian. They fought the battles of Tall de;, Emucklaw, the Morse Shoe. and N'cw-Or Irani, and protected Mobile from Butisn visit, tion. Volunteers, similarly raised a d organ ized, were commanded by gmernors h-1!t, il trrion, Edwards, and general Portei of '.. Yoi k, during the same period. I he field offi cers of the Georgi militia were appointed m the sane manner, on the west bank ol the Oakmul gee ; and one of the prefnt Senators from Trr ieee actually appointed the oflicers o lu ovn reaiment, which h raied without an? authoii fif)editnn I'he iy, at d which he commamled ! n r.i-i.nira ITeSiaeni ma uircciun w 'j aajiisi inc ociiiiuuii; num..-' - - or the tnsuinfr year, receiv'uig a report of the proceed- L.t of those trops were paid off bv Che Urn ;n,i the Piident and D.recto for tle past yeir.w.d , St t received the aDDr.hation ol the;:"- . 1- . .K. i..ni.alrnnrpitienr I jirDOrftlion. ' 11 fbratienainKuic h...-. -- r Such Stocal4rter a cannot Utnd in peraon, will nkft to auihori r.e. iheir votei to be Riven by proxy. Bu ordir of the Board. ' M. COOK. Sec'y. March, 24,18. ernmeot, and the applause of the nation- It is tated in te report of the committee to the senate, that the whole strength of tliis miserable undisciplined banditti of deluded In. diarn, and fugitive slaves, wlien combined, did not exceed 10C0 men. Opposed t'i whom, pre vious to Gen. Jackson's tak ir.'r command, ami probable, that aided, abf tted, and encnita.'d by the commandant, ihcv wert rrrruiling and cuibodj inp at that plat e with a view of rene in hH"tilitie. A iironi; preMimption ws rrc atetl that iliis li!c the ntlicr Spanisii p t. had l ci....e a depot and rail inc; piint ot N.jroe and Irnluns, to which thry h id r ue.urd t.i nf uj;e ai.d protection, after tei!i dri 'n 1 1 o n -g o Fort, S Mmk's, aiid P. i c'.a. Tl) "rd'c to (ie'i. Uiinif, W3 erf're- lv rond'li'iiial and nronectit e : and bit! t h j facts reported been esiablishoil, n diinltd. i tliere ould have cxikfl : lann" ir;controvert- ahle reason Jor ihr ocrupaiuv i,t !t. AuUstme, as of the o'.'icr Spanish fortrv,i 'I lie orders ol y.nP resjor.Jt'ht has undergo- e no inodi6ca. tio i ; .inl measaie would !iac been indis pen-iibly : c csiary to their execution, as well a t tli-- n'acfi and security of nurt frontiers. Iici'ief he had transmitted to the War Depart toe t i cgular mloi mati n of hi proceedings in Fioi i'l.l with thu reaons and nintivps by whie'i In- had been govt rned. from the il5th ot March to t . i 7tit ol Auu-t, without a seutence of dis atifai. tion ever having been expressed by the vei nmeut. Vnur committee also report, that " lonp; he fore this period, the commanding ceneral !nd. State of North-Carolina, vioun to Gen. Jackson's taking command, mully ''is 'ettei to the Secretary of N ar, declared Person Count. under Gen. Gaines, were a force 180U regulars ; tne oemim.ie war ai an enu, an. anc-r wnicn. Court of Plea and Quarter .Sessions, February and militia, besid.- the 600 lriend;y Indiana il- j not a m.w ftct hostility had been cm.,- Sesawns, 1820. legally subsidized bv the last mentioned general: ; mittcd." It is t. ue alter the defeat of the IV thamEdwardt.M. Thomas Mcrritt-Orifcin.t atuch- what then, in this cae, becomes of the plea of groes and Indnns.at Mickasuy, destruction ntent levied on the property ot the aeienoanc. necessity r" It is plainly to be inierred, then, , ol 5iw any, ami me assyium oi ni. Giants nao . RUBBED that Thomas Merritt the ffe"P (hat th.smotlev horde of negroes and Indians been wrested out of their occupation, that your! were too inconsiderable to justify raising the volunteer force, which was employed in redu cing them to a state of subminMon. ! It is well known to all those acquainted with the character of Indians, and their peculiar mode of warfare, that it is almost impossible to form a correct estimate of their aggregate force until the termination of the war. June aett, and replevy the property levied on by vir. tue of tbia attachment, and plead, or judgment final w ill W rendered agaioat him in this case- JESSEEDlCKlNS.c. c. c. 15-nws. price adv. 82. State of North-Carolina, Ftron County. . o i mini int ici iitiimuuu vi T.UI. . Court or Plea and Quarter essions, February G computed them at raxpondent persuaded himself the war was end ed But, subsequent information proved this opinion to be erroneous. The letter of Oovern -or Bibb, appended to the report to the Cxna'e, as well as the deposition ot Charles Han.n, de tails sundry outi ai es committed (subsequent to the date of your resuondent'a letter to the Se- In this case 'Cietiry ot War ; and it is also known that six 2SO0 and i nien ucre viuraered in trip inferior, wbich it is Session, 1820. -K,.fi. ...i... ..c;.,t OJ mta, , ..f bel.eved wai omuiurikated bv Gen. Gaines to , , r. - - .1 illUUVMIlU1 Y l tllMLIlit; -iaiiiia.Miwiaai W McGeheeandStanfield. w. Kooen jomon-ur.p.na, - rr.-tli tlipm ; rnmmu-I the ar Dei.a. meat the savages, Uld represented them in a commu nication to the British minister, Mr. Bagot, to oear before thU Court on tbe fourth Monday of be 3 500 strong. This calculation was by no June neat, and replevy the property levi. d on by virtue me)1 . extravagant, when it is considered that of thi. attachment, and pWad or judgment final will be f - . . . co,.cetrattd at a sinele . . . r.wA ..4.1.,... attachment leviea on uk pivpcoj u, urc ucicikihv FxwrP.RE.lthat Robert Johnston the defendant, ap Andered againat kim in this case JESSEEDICKINtS,c. C C 15 wa price adv. g2. point, wben iieutcnatrt cott and party were attacked, and hat they were daily increasing in number. Whatever might have been their wholt effectivo strength at any period f the war, it could have been augmented by ami iary bands State of North-Carolina, Person f'oimfu. Court of Pleaa and Quarte: Sessions, February n Florida, and it was certainly the duty ot the session 1820. commanding general to can out sum auuiuonai I'he communications of Gen. Gai.ies and M.tjor Fanning, an ieied, to the report, also give a very dift'eient aspect to this question, and to which your respondent begsleife to refer your honorable body. in the animadvcisions upon the motives of your respondent, he CMinot withhold the opin ion, that there has been exhibited an usual share of aaperitj. a also a want ot charity and for bearance which was not to have ben anticipa ted f m members ol so august and enlightened a body as the Senate ot th" butted States, deli Lham Edwards, w. Robert Johnston-Original attach-' force, as should ensure success in every emer-! berating upo a au.ject wi.ic.li they lepresenteu mo-it leviea on tne property ot tne aeienaant. HUfcKEQ, that Rfbcrt Johnston the defendant ap. .er before thia court on the fourth Monday of Junt wtxt. and replevy the property levied on, by virtue cfu.e attachment, and plead, or judgment final will be leudered againatbim in tins case JKSSEE DICKlNS.c c.c. 15 6w8. price adv 82 Negligence or Villainy. geocy. furtnermore, tne greatest portion oi tne Georgia militia then in the field, could be ret ined in set vice only for about three months. Ani it was expected that they would apply fur discharges so S'on as their time expired. Your respondent considered the lives of our citizens as loo precious to be risked in a contest with Indians, where there was an odds of two to onp, unless dire necessity demanded the exposure. S tne U May 1819, the following bills were deposit-' I he consequence ot an opposite policy was, that N i-d in Pine Hill P O. South Carolina, and directed the decisive and rapid movement of our over to P ince Edward C H. Va A fifty dollar bill on the whelming numbers distracted and dispersed the State Bank of 'North-Carolina payable :at Rlcif. letter encmv, compelled them to seek refuge in the A, No. 89, dated December 25, 18 9, VVm. Polk, Presi- c .- 7 . , ... , dent,Wm.H. Haywood. Cashier. Also a fifty dollar Spanish tortresses. woods and Swamps; and billon the Union Bank of Georgetown, (Columbion Dis- they never were afforded an opportunity to dis trict) letter K, No. 152 dated May 9th, 18U, A-Brad- play their whole force by concentration. The ley, President, U. English, Caahier. war was speedily and efl'ectually terminated, Neither of these billsor the letter in which they ; anj , b, j J treasure saved t0 the na. were enclosed; has been received by the proper person. . . It it presumed, that either the negligence of some ser-! tlon- ant of the public, or the villainy of some rascal, is tbe With regard to the Indian and militia force Cause. All persons are cautioned against trading for under the command of Gen. Gaines previous to aid bills. Information will be thankfully received, and ' the t ime vnur rpsnonnVnt nssnmed the command axpencc in detection honorably rewarded by ! nf rh. . . ' . rDm,llf fhat llf,l fPW days anterior to his arrival at Fort Scott, not a f WING business. which calls me to West leivies- single Indian warrior had joined the standard see, Chickasaw Purchase, I intend settling there, of the United States : nor had the first reouisi- JOSIAH HARRIS. anaotlcr niy servicea to tbeemzensof Nortji Carolina, tion ()f Georgia militia ever united with the com wnotuve lands there, or warrants to locate, on the usual j t r i i .i l.o.i . terms. I expect to set out on the 1st day of June. Let. "and 1 General Gaines ; the latter had re ters addressed to me at Murfreesborough, Tennessee, turned home, in consequence of which, it he Will be attended to- HORACR a BURTON. came absolutely necessary on the part ot Gen. Williamsborougb, Orarvdle county, N. C? Gaines to make a second call on the Governor April 5, 1820 15-8tspd. $ (f tnat 9tate? foP thc dl,ub,e purp0he f defend . ing the frontier and occupying Amelia Islaiid if 01' Oale tew ol the friendly Indians joined your i es- fN accommodating terms, halt . f Lot No. 33, in the pondent before he reached Fort fscott, and a con- id.T.aof -,!ayWooJ: No. 441, m tne addition siderable number at that place, making in the Uiu on tu said town, both unimproved Apply to . , ... c l a -, i i 'iiiia v tt aggregate about four or five hundred. Ihebal- Halpigh, Jlfipril TH03. G.titUTT. 1820 15-tf V ougteasioual Vrocce&iugs. ance o! the force under his command, was not, at that time, more than nine hundred ett'ectives; and he confidently affirms, that when he took up the line of march from Fort Gadsden, on the 5th of March, 18 18, his whole command fit for uuty consisted only of 560 privates of the re- gu'ars, about 300 Georgia militia, and Major l GEN. JACK.SONS MEMORIAL. Concluded, The COmmittpo r.oriloaepb fKat tliA R.irrptnrv Lnwftt' detachment nf friendl v Cre.ks. .Mcln f A'ar approbated the manner in which the Ten- tosh and his warriors were organized at Fort Dessee volunteers were raised and organised; Mitchell, after the arrival of your respondent out say, that it is but justice to the department at Fort Hawkins, and never united with7 him to state, tnat it was not until the ofti. era that until the first of April, about six miles in the nad assisted in thus officering and organizing rear of Mickasuky. All these tacts were ac wis corps were examined by the commit tee, that cesible to your committee, had they been dis ney were apprized of the illegality of the nieas- posed to examine the letters of your respondent, are." Surely the Secretary of VVar must have ! on file in the department of War. To this de Xa"ned the communications of Colonel Havne na tint nt all his communications were made; nd your .respondent, stating every partic'ulai :a d theie they should have applied for correct r . ------ umctiine the mode airrp.Aiihlv to which thev were Wed and organized, as also in the muster rolls, fcmng-tbe grade and number of the officers by name, all o( which wet transmitted, and ac- informatiou, if it had been wanted. The next subject which has exposed your res. poudent to bitter reproach from the committee, is the Older which was directed to Gen. Gaines, to be of great national magnitude; Le iving the motives ol the committee on this occasion to their own private'review and examination, your respondent will barely observe that they have imperfectly rcc inzed the maxim, that inno cence is always pi e.-umed until th.- contraty ap pear by proof. Why they should have enqui red into the! motives of your c pondent at all, h? is at a loss to determine, as it was a matter entirely beyond tlieir control and jurisdiction The. only subject of investigation was 'he legali ty of his official acvs,as designated i ' the ies Tution of thc Senate, of the thirteenth of De cember. Your respondent ha9 no objection to this course, except as a pernicious precedent, and a violation of authority. He has no secrets, and wmI neve sin ink from a rigid and impartial ex aniinatio.i .nio his official conduct. Had the co mittee adverted to the order to take posses--io.. ot St. AUt-tine, as well as the communi i at on oi" your respondent to the Secretary of Wai. upon the su .ject ot his military operations, they mu-t have been satisfied that his motives were tojromote the public good to obey bis orders, bv can vine on a vigor us a d efficient w.u-anai'st the savaee enemies of t.e United !ttat.s ; by which the bl-d and treasui e of the nation was to he economized ; to establish a peuce that vv,u;d be honorable a. d permanent, and to give ;ep6se a-id security to our exposed and defei r.eless borders. In this instafice. as well as in some others, the report of the committee is contradicted by the evidence, of its own documents. 1 he depo sitions otCol. Hutler, (and Major Eaton, a mem ber of the commi'tee. conclusively prove tnat ti k i . t-Ai.r.nn1 r liuil Mia QfOtlC in fi I P i" II U f I F1 in Florida rands w tich is in direct opposition lit the inference drawn by your committee. No member tf that committee can, for a moment, seriously and candidly harbor the opinion that you respondent would lead a ganant army into the field jeopardize the lives of valuable citi zens, risk the ruin ol health and reputation, and ' violate tne constitution" of his country, tor the purpose of speculating with security iu Spanish lands The ' motive of his own, un connected with his military functions," wee a desire to end speedily a savagehvar, and to save the blood and treasure of the country ; and not, 4 charged, to adventure his health and reputa tion, and the lives of brave men, iu quest of ti tles to Florida lands. The imputation is un warranted and uniust, and has it refutation in the very testimony which the committee haej published. The dignity ot ins nice, wnicn at every exposure, he has been prostituted to the j aSllf. S'rane, then, that Vr,rSle men hoqJ ! fake o foul an arcuaatin without prof j i,ty i without even e cumtancr fn ui port it ! our re pndent wotiltf brg leave, in tail pla e to remark u,Hn the drpi.-ition ar t eieil o tiie report, lie entute (he opini.-n that ;ch documents never before have been puhlili. ed ti ih w irld as eidcnce np'.o which to pre dicate a report. Eaion'a and MitcheJ ' fie O.m crtly depositions pieented in legal form T th e twoBiulemen, regular intn rogators were proposed to wlmh H ey deliber tcl v retipoilej and fhei their aignatureg, as rrrpird by law. I) o tjr Hronaugh'a derxicinn is n.,. d, 1 ut not Uiv. r, under naih j colonel Dotler's co'onei fib s .i., sliI caitaio Call'a, ar neither sworu tta nor -gned. The depositions of tl.e four lac g nt'eraen were publinhed without their know-led-e, although they had received. a pimu from the members of the committee, who tmjk lown the teatimftuy, that it should be copied, and a gam tu:nitted to them for correctiob ami tignatare. Until depositions are fully examined, amend ed, ar'.d signed, by the witness, they cannot bo considered good and complete evidence. Tldj is a rule, whtch, it is believed, is uniformly ad hied to in all judicial tnbupals ; it ahould necr oe departed from on any occasion j is it is essentially necessary to a'n impartial ad ininist.an .n of justice. Every opportunity should be given the witnesses to make a fair and lull disclosure of the facts: to consider tha lorcc aad effect of their expressions, as well as the import ot every sentence. By an oppositu pr-cee.I-ire irreparable injustice maybe done, and the rights of a public agent sacrificed hv th ise who should aflord him security and prtf tectum. There ar? several minor points touched upon b y the committee, to which your respondent cora, side. s it unnecessary to give a particular reply; a, they are of inconsiderable importance, and c u'd not be nocedithout swelling this me m r.al to an unwietdly size. He flatters hiui selt they have been satisfactorily answered io tne di -cussion ot the other subjects, out of which they have incidentally arisen. They will all, however, be more amply and minutely explained, oy an examination ot documents heretofore com municated to Congress, relative to the Seminole war; to others on fire in the War Office, and of ihose accompanying this memorial ; to all of w,,ich your respondent respectlully refers your honorable body. To conclude ! Your respondent has devoted hi best services to the caose of his country ,'&t thc perpetuation of her liberties. Her coniti- tution and laws are ohUeU f hi incare vener ation ; and every anxiety of his heart has beeu eolistedto promote thefcWy & happiness of his country. How tar he has been instrumental, under the guidance of Providence, in effecting those desirable objects, he submits to the decis ion of his enlightened fellow citirens. He does not pretend to be exempt from the errors com mou to human nature. Surrounded he waa, by every privation and embarrassment in all the Tiurry and busthj of war, it was next to-itn. possible to attend particularly to every minor consideration. But, upon the great errors chare-ed a breach of his orders a departure fiom the constitution ana vio ation ot the rights of humanity he o- penly maintains his innocence, and denies that the charges are correctly made. He calls Opou the Senate, by the high claims they prefer to magnanimity, to protect his reputation from th unmerited censure cast by their committed. He asks for justice, and nothing more ; to ej te id it, is due to your respondent, to the Sen ate and to the nation. ANDREW JACKSON, Major General Commanding Southern Division. 'I ii" v Correspondence between Ce late Comiii,dijgp Stephen Decutur and Commodore Jamet Ban ron, u-hich led to the unfortunate Meeting oji the 22c of larch. ( Concluded from our last.) No. 9. Hampton, Va.Nov. 30. i8l9. Sir : I did not receive until TuesOh j- tha 9th inst. your very lengthy, elaborate ard his totical reply, without date, to roy letter to ytru of the 3d ultimo ; which, from its nature and object, did not, 1 conceive require that yotl should have entered so much into detail, in dte feme ot the hostile and unmanly course you have pursued towards me, since the "affair of the Chesapeake,' as you term it A much more iacooic answer would have served my purpose, which, for the present, is nothing more than t'o obtain at your hands honorable redress for th6 accumulated insults which you, sirj in particu lar, uijuve an "iy cueniiea, nave aucuoaru iu t neat upon me, in every 6nape in wnicn tney could be offered. Your last voluniinouv letter is alone sufficient proof, if none other existed of the rancorous disposition you entertain to ward me, and the extent to which Vpa have car ried it. That letter I should no otherwise no tice, than mere me, and that 1 am pre 5; 111 PI mn I . ilk ' T l.'iilil.'t mi 0 h I ?ii . i lA'.yt' ;"-ti5hr (1 ?" as t I 'M 'h mm IS 1 ' III!) t letter I should no otherwise nb- civ to inform you it had reached ,) I am prepared to meet you in tha !,: ii ; i t. 4 .s7 1:3 Vil- f i :i s y but. iu as mut.h as vou have iiitimated that our si- conesnoudence is to go before the publw. I feel J purposes of speculation in any way, and it never j it a duty 1 owe to nijtfcety, aad t&ifofi. VfOTrJ, to me, aim mat i am preuareu to mceiynu in mei tj . finld nnniiimif t hint I fair a rid eonal o-rntimt. 1 !: -r' ! f Knt. iti a a non 1. fttt von liva ii.tinkati.fi Hint imi 1:1'. : fji.t 1 V: i fi