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TO TUB PlIHLIC.Aa attach having been mad* upon we, by the Cstfctatal* Sentinel, it Iwcsnie* a duly which I to myatif and rtty friend* to repel li. In li e MW* my remark*, I aliall s|*sk freely of (he —Utoa feofl chancier of *»tue iiniivi«JnaU. hut not ■Hire an limn irutb and the evidence herewith Mfcin(t-d will warrant; it being aty object to *b-w that the few individual* who have created Ihia exriiemenr. and front whom thoan charge* iwrntirf bava been governed by au unhallowed, patty ambition, and teckleaatteaa of |trinci|de de-fradim to human nature—thut they have no char* attor iMinaelvra in the c immunity in which they live, and may therefore make havoc of it with im-jXMity when ]Nw*ea*vd by other#. Aa the whole •tetter ha* been gut up for political efl'ect. I shell attempt to Jevtlop their plane, end cipeee their motive*.|n the year 1633. Jourdan Wilchar wa* run by the State*' Right party of Marion county for the Renata. Ha was deft-med bv aatnall majority.— At the meeting of tlie Rtaiea' Right A-audit lion in ISSI. ha «uhiiiitted Iris cluint* and distinctly aimed. that If the party could select soy perton whom It was thought would run better than hiiii*eif, he wtohsd them to rlo w, ami he would foe satLticd. The party, at a full meeting, believing they could de better than run VVilnhar. and be havingao pat-fhrtlesliy aubndltcJ hia claim* In the judgment ef the party, aelected Adam Hood, Esq. hs u can-didate tor th« tienate. The State*’ lliglit party arera than in the minority: but Mr. Hood being m fftapectabla and popular man, cboaeit by the party with grant apparent unanimity, it wa* believed wa engld *ucc ted by an united effort. Our feel* lag#, however, were *ooti dampened by the croon-lag* of di*appointed ambition ; uml the patriot-Idevotiati to principle which had recently- tbaT lreceived from thenexed letter In reply to Governor.I uiu-a confess! was surprised to Men few men present, u* rnetnber* of that company; but I have no doubt they were impuif-d lipon/aitd induced to go iu'o it from the'lie* whitri) had been told them.' Indeed, *ome of thein-liave told me •ince; but, a* for the majority uf them, I ahould not lie surprised to ecc thcui in auy situation, front the pritotl to the gallow*.I dialike very much to deol in personalities, particularly when the object i* a roiiteniptible one; and I mature the public, that if the publication in the Sentinel went uo further than ilia limit# of Marion county, I ahould not trouble myself in making thi# reply. But justice to the public compel* me-to deal a little w-ith (hi* Sentinel madehltoa di*play«d, were toon made a tucriflce utton toe filthy altar of personal aggrandizement. Mr.HwikI could uni be aiipjxiricd berauae lie •preacher, ha had b^cu put upon the party by aI arrangement, with diver# other ubj Itonr, hut it wa* «a*ily aeen that the oauae ofdis-aoottnt with Jourdan Wilchar wa*: that Jour-dan Wilchar had not been uutiiiiiaifd—and, a* I had tba honor of jpresidiDg^vef the State*’ Right Association, i, of course, came iu for a altara of the abuse and epithet for which (hoy, are •mpe-what celebrated. Til# HiatiV Right party, biw-•var, pursued the even tenor of their way, und Mr. *H®od wn* firmed, notwiih*tnnding the vptNi af Jourdan Wilchar. Aflur this a* Juuidan Wilchar’* Influence, if he hod any, we* not aeeeeeary to the eucoCM of the paity, ha wa* Mi convulied by it ( occasionally, Itowever, u eeintilliitiiHi might be seen. or a distuni rumbling heard; but they patsed-ml’unheeded, and died a* way in the desert around him. Some time* fou.aavtrad, but it did not went ifiut any thing definite aauld lie concluded; either the price wa* too high, at tba flesh wa* not worth buying. Repudiated by hi* own party, and unsought by the other, it became necessary that suite course •hirnld be pur* eaed to reinstate himself, and, if possible, to regain what had been lost. Ha therefore pretended areal devotion to the principle of Nullification, At damned to hell all “submission men and theirrhaeiples. Thi* course dsceivrd a few, and a again indulged me hope that ha wuuld be Mttilnated fur ilia .Senate this year. 1 was gb aeul on a trip to Apalachicola llay whrn thr ■ istes’ Right Asincinlinn met, but huve been in* tinned that he professed great devotion to the sue* at sect our principles; and pledged him*elfin*up. port the nomination, let it fall on whom it might, flat it all would not do. Thi* way of blowing enld and blowing hot could not easily lie reconciled by honest nun, and Jourdan Wllrher was a-gain left out. Home other course must be pursu* ad to make himself famous in the land. He hadtba Senate, and whole weight against the State*’ Right ticket, he-aause ha was not nominated, and failed I! lie then sought a nomination fiom tite Stair*’ Right party, and again failed!!! Hut a new state of thing* had occurred. An Indian war had broke •m upon onr border*-, a catastrophe wh cil always aageoder* and Itarrowa upoo the worst feeling* of •nr nature. Thisijircom-isner. entirely ditcoii-■acted with party, must be taken advantage of, •nd turned in political i-flecl. A few Indian boy* who had been raised by toy father in this county, ■mat now be ntndr the' stepping *10118 to Jourdan Wilchar'* greatness. lie therefore collected u fcwfnnjtutnl spirits, anil prlt;x*eedcd to my falh-' •r's; and early one Sunday morning, land. with •II the importance of a most redoubtable warrior, ■who had utnde a valorous charge, gun in hand,' ■pooan empty Indian wigwam,) lie, wjtlt great solemnity, declared (himself a rr.rditlslr? liir the Senate ; and, after heaping vnliies of utmso •pen my father, who wu« sick and unprotected, he marched od, without seeing an’Indian. Thi* wa* a deve|o|einrn' of his objects, which n-Csned tiiaeyc* of soma of those who rotiqtoHi-d ia company, and they al om:e abandoned'him,— Thay then *et their dirty agent* 01 work timinggentleman. Air. Gaps T. Yelvcrton, from tltey derived their information j and. when I in form the publ'c tlint he came to my house, destitute, under pretence of acckidg a school, that lie fed upon tiitf lor months withoil charge, (us is his custom, whenever lie can sponge him-clf ofT.) and received every favor from me and my family which h* a«krd ; and that he i* now, nod Iiu* keen for some lime, trying lo'slsnder me at home and abroad, I am sure I *h:ill Hot be blunted for holding him uptn'pulilic infamy and ridicule.*-’ This fellow i* u sort of pettifogging till, rney, and made hi* wa) to t)ie bur, riot by reading luw, gentle reader. but by virtue of Milid grunting! lie attended the court forexamitimibri. and wilt;* taken •ick, and retnniiicd so through the court till the last morning of the sesetuhl'lipd Ititnwlf carted the Court Hotme. lifted to the Imr, ^iuntcd most cxprewively and awfully. Wit* ttskvtf a few question* by tb'o Court, nmnitlgd ibrougli Courtesy, wu* hauled back to-tltetavern^uiountetl'hll Horae; und the next day landed at my hous/, 1'oriy miles from Csilumbtt*. Ho, wt* disctiver, that tite ordeal of examination and ndmin’dnu, had n more ten«-liciat eflifet upon Idrn thtm all.the ph)*ic lie itud taken. This is duplicity for you ; bin it is per* fectiy in clinrucfcr with him.it would seem fo be the part of discretion |ti conciliate rather than provoke, wltvu a matt knows Id* conduct to be *ucb a* to disgrace him, if expo* •rd; four, if n |*r*nii be cotistiiuiioiiully meun, trifling, and debaapd, rather than uttbtnpt to raise himself to a level with honorable men by hi* good conduct, hn will nuM them down to n level with him. if Im'can ellcct it by any villninom mclltod. Their tllhrts, however, ahntya'fuW when auch fellow* arc known; and I nropoM; to make the public soiiiKwhut actpioluiea with him. P;lie, Mr. Gupa T. Yelvcrfoti, lias been public IV(charged, at a dUtrici iimsier ground in. this county, with ki(Ji)tt|i|iiug a ftee colored chUd in South Curolitta, and selling it into slavery ; for which ollctu-o lie Irjllhitl country, rather iiltnlhj. He upjdied to me to bring an uiTion of sitiodhr against the parsons making these charges; but when I inquired of hint particularly as to nny circiiuiKtuii.ce upon which such 11 charge could ho predicated, uml heard from him his own- version of the story, I advised - him, a* u - friend,. not to commence an action, audio *qy o* little about it a* posvibla. fit hat j-u'sutd my advice.He advertised, in one of the Macr.n paper*, the In** of a considerable sit 111 ol money, when it wo* not known hy Itla most intimntu ucqunintnncc* how Ite could poMibly have got honestly into jos-session of ao much os lie udvcilised. At anotlter time lie actually mitdo oath of the loss of money, ami that lie believed it was stolen, by 0 cilistnti o’* tlli*connrv..or some of hi* family },fmd a* search warrant, and ritnsucked hi* wlmlu' otitui)li«lipienl. 1 must confe** 1 was deceived hy the- fcjlow' this lime; lor, from the fact of his taking tlin oath, I concluded lie had hist the money wmiewncre, and gave him, nt lit* reqiteal, aottie advice a* to-the. course lie *1)011111 pursue to rucover.it. Bin, even then. *01110 of hia must intimate acquaintance* would verV’Siguiticonily shake their heads, anti •ay they did not know where h^'giit- the mduey ; and, in fuel, from hi* auhscqiirnt conduct, and utn miun«r in wldcli lie lei the whole tinnier euse off,1 do verily believe—-apd, ad fur a* 1 cun learnr peojdc generally bellt-ve—the poor thuii anjl his I'amilv tire inimgc.ni, nud that (inpn Just, po mot), cy, Peojile at if distance may be at a loss, to divine the motive*. whiftli infliibtiqu; liiiji to such '(.-op'duct astltis; but. when .theyJlrnrn Hint lin lives fov sponuinii upon lltoie who will couiite-nance liim.uuil.likosnmu of Gen. Jar-kvin's met* chants, I fade* upon-borrowed or ti-,iiiious cttpiiul. they will at oucu sue the reason which prompt!thin in the country; anil sneered* d in getting scv eral aubsc.riter* to a petition to the Gitycrnnf for their removal, who ktiew nothing about the Indian* lhamttlve*. und was im|)n*rd on by tite talas of these |el|owa. Several re*pcctahic men were thus duped; and tlu-y linvr mid me »ince that thay wcra iofoimcd that there w*-ro seventy or aighty armed Indian* at my father's. Whilst lha operation of petitioning was going on, ilit-ae fellow* were occasi'.nally ahooting in the budic* and jambs o| the fence utanit the plantation; amitrying to alarm the people, hy saying that the In-d'-o* had iired-opon tlirin. I'lifa ridu-uloua_^v cooduct had beeu b*nna as long asforhenr-a. aa a n a virtue, and I determined to put au end In 11, or to *ome of the agitator*; and, for tlmg pur-|vMw, went ilowutomyfutlier’* tit the time I heanl thavwaraaecictly preparing for anotiirr-Iridic.The Editors of the Columbus Hrniinrl have Aana ma the itijustici-to say. tbut “I hen led a ■umbrr of armed Indiana, and several white men ■ndar my 'Control, against tin* law* of my.country, and this devoted band of patriots. I tltera-Awe taka the liberty of stating to the Editors uf that print, that their statement, «o far aa it relate* to lha Indian*, i* unequivocally false; and the •toad testimony will show thru theic wa* not un that day, nor aver ha* been, an Imliaivarmed on that place in opposition tu nuv manor set ol men., Thnt there were whim men armed, 1 admit; antithe edtficahithat myself and my brothers made »lx well atm ad men, determined to deleml onr parents and their home from the Inwlc** invasion and abuse at the Editor*' pasri'tic combination of pares Weaker* and *t*tilsiiiput agitators. There wete IWw m three neighbor* who wete nl«u accidentally present, making about nine, which haalieenm-ereaard and tnmamogrtipKied, by the vitlainoui and dlsordert-d imtigiitntioti of the Editors' informant. into fifty armed Indian*, besides several white men. - In opimsiiioti, wa* Coptuin Jouidau Wilchar, ot tKe head of his company of upwurds if twenty armed men and hoy*; the fag end he* in* hruught up, iu haiidtnmo style, hy Li* wnrtt* itf-in Corporal Editor’* inlormer, nud Story cir-•mating general, Gaps T. Yelverion. We met th*m promptly; ami to them, very unc* jicctedly ; •iddid dare them to put their thieaiaintu cxt-eu-tiaa,«r eommit a single act of hostility which wnnld plare u* on the justifiable aide of the bp •ndour rifle ball* should tie our messengers.— n*l the courage oftheir leading men had taken a fit »dthe ague; they did not come there to makebad leased from the Governor, uml which is mat— to sanctity-the tib-lloua publication i,i ilie Colum-has Hauiim-I. If such bad been their conduct the Cm time they went there, it might not now be so fiapf 10 i«lt;elt;mciie itieir act* am) professions—leav-lag ire to gut-s* at the sirauge rensun* tcquiriug an arated fucruf twenty prrwin* to deliver a b-Uur in a civilised and peaceable couuUy. IN.rhaps, l.,w-avar. auuia w«-rr uuir« **luokct» on in Venice. and wiwtndto are whsj * fleet aJcllvr from the Ga atmer •/ iieergia w,.uld have op»n old Billv Wiiiiaan and his I cbrt boys; ti,iiikli.g; o» lt;|uiU fc would place them iu au awlul raiastmptie. sod make a** perfuet circqnttlauce of tljcu). If may ftuled to giatily ihcir curimity at that t'.mr. paepap* lit* r oiay do so oow, by reading Uw uphim to any coiirsn of conduct which will give him celebrity lur hantlliiig-innnby. .... .T. —........,-------v. We, htiwuver, it.whom lie is iiiilebtcd. huvo rmwpii to kopw that the name is nil I fur if hit nays nt oil, it is in I tuck arid trade. lie is dim* troubled with a sen so cii I let I '•caeuethc* scribendi. and ho* fur1' und author. Ho wruie a fotdi»b und puvrilu nr-couiit of the rxnriiifiulr.ui of ommi old negro in iiotisi.iu county, who wa* chnrgotl with exciting, discontent uhiotig •,hi* felto.wa;-and,-, in rt litlliiR h« extorted qtinft ssinn ol the sliivc.hc tripdtii in-duee l|it-. belief that the negroes thought ill range-mania wore makiug by thv ntvt^eqi alMilitiopistii, the Union puny, mul'ilm negroes to ..t-xit-fiiijnnltt jhe •• Nullirutr*.' He nn thmlit ihnuglit lin deserved luimiT* from his pnrty liir limking this- important development, ami for *0 tujgeuioiisty giving(illli fib thrust to |h« Union people, • For l|tc‘ purpose of giving tltis piiiftil uml contemptiblet-f. insitiii currency autl CH-tlil with- the' printer, he lignt-d to it tlio name of a rc.q.eclublo genileiiioii of Houston county, dirceiiug ail chi*r)gn« to liu on-' lered io hi*, account. Tiiu'llm ktiowjetlge tin'grntlcmnn hod of this faci wn* rtie lurWuintibn or iu,outward*, baautlfuily vurlcaateil with blackberry juice. He had a piece of red calico tied over In* jMe-teriors. a* if that wn* the only place about bitn capable of sharfoe. and which oilded to Id* title* abovn named that of Bu*baw of one tail, lie may rise higher »f he live* long enough ; and will certainly occupy a more exul(-»J situation, if the law gi-r* it* doe. He had a large piece id bear ktn tied ttrouad hi* neck, which may yet servea valuable auxiliary to hi* elevation, if rope* should prove scarce. 'And, to cap hi* splenthr,lie won1 hat, stuck full of turkey tail feather*, which fully indicated the exqni*ite lastn und exalted dignity uf the weurrr. It wu* in thi*garb that a member of the Cha'fahoochie bar nppenred for the purpo*e of ninising an old matt and his family, who itud shown him many kind-nr-flse*; but who really seemed willing to dispose t»f himself iu *oin'ecrack when huasrertiiined ilin* tiinse persons were there who were ready and de-tarntinfd 10 puiir»h him for hi* impertinence.All I have to ask of my fellow-ciii/.en* i». In rend the antiexfd testiihony. and compare it withthe statement inode in ilia Columbus Sentinel.-— The evidence show* that, notwithstanding there huve been many more Indians there than at present. yet they wcro known to ha f giKHl character and hurn'rius* tlbposition; that during the time these men t^nve been mukinz such mighty rilori* tocleur the ceuiitry of •• itonilt-s. lltere were only two men and Tour or five boy* ; that, im-lest of my “heading fifty urmed liuliuns, in opposition to the law* of my Country,‘I was Unly one of six. wfoo were .determined touie upon the 'ground before our parent* should he -abused by any such s«i of men ; mid lastly, thecvideoca' here pVodu-ce-l. aud thecliurge* which I made, mid can sub-aiuiili'iio, show tliut the young “gentleman, Mr. Gapa-T- Yelverion, win* gave the information to tlin Editor* of thb Columbus Houtiu.cl, anil iriH'lt;e diver* other nqtorts through the streets of Culutn-, bus, has sin's und error* of a deep dye to answer’ liir before tlin public will give credit to hi* slander* against any body else. I liove ntillersiood, since 1 mrived iu Columbus, that the Governor, moved 1:|kii by me tules ofiltia fellow, came, near ordering a company dnttoi there; aud, if he had fully bdieveil all that was told him, tfieru cun lie 110 •oil of doubt but what ifwn* fiisduty to have done it. 1 l-uii only say mat I sincerely wish he lind done so, for by tiun meun* lie Would fully have ascertained the whole matter with corrnctnes*: uml would have had fulficieol evidence, al once, of the contempt' whioh'tlm whilHing puppy-who wa* fuudiiug around him di-aerVnd.WILEY WILLIAMS.N. B. Would it not he jttttice in the paper* who have enpied the remark* of tjm .Sentinel, lo give tuy dclimcc 0 place also, or, at least, ho much of'my evidence us contradict* that publication ?OEQliGfA, Marion County.—'Thi* is to cer* lifvMhai I have been empiuyed on the farm of VV. William*, as an overseer, during the present year, t83G,,'.hal the Indians ip his' employ, Itnve worked u*.regularly and fuiilifuliy, a* the negroes. Tlint he lias not found them obstinate'or evlly disposed, but ihey huvo maniresteda docile dispo-ihionand ittdtiai/hma hnl/itaThut they huve been reghlmfy fed on Hiibslautial food, given them eyo'ry tluy front die smoke house1That they.interrupt neither, die persona or the properly nlrany person,- and lie would os soon work with them as *0 many negroes : Tliut the whole niiuiber of mules, vyho ittiVu been on t|ie pluutniion, or in any way connected with it, since .these di.-turbnn-ce* commenced, have consisted of two'men and ftiur or live boys, someyf whom are quite t.mall. and whom tjti* deponent understands have been raised-by Mr NVijliuin*. Till* tle|Niiutu further believes, and i* certain dtni iKe many tale* which fittve been (old of ihreiit* fttitde by these boy*, and upon which the recent excitement ha* pretendingly beeti founded are false. He know* these Indian boy* to be friendly, and that they prefer 0 wiirk with nnv mat) liir their support.whu will treat lliefh well. Thai'ho lias ulway. opdersitKid from Mr. Williams, that ho wn* ready anil willing to iltjl.ver thorn tip. to the order of theGnvernor, or to any proper ittil|ioriiy, but that he wuuld tint s'pflhf any hntu or set ol men, havingthe .bill, which lie,(if cttursiN refused, to pay;.....the eudtnr hits ascetluiued tlio ’liict thnt .trtir.k-nt.d lindu doe*not answer su well in puv 1’riu-tots' bills.,. Ho liir n* I am informed, it Utlio eflort of every lawyer not only to sustain ilie d.giiiiy u'nil honor of the profcsdun of wltieh lie. Isa'tucmbor. but lo mid to it by avoiding nil menu und -petty trick* ill hi* practice, nr of itnitosing upon (.lie iguurunce, or feeding the indignity of the people, lor the purpose of ’uccuiiiulutiiig bitshims ? much tr.hre will eve^ry lawyer, who in the least regard* 'hi? repu tntioft 01 Ilie ohliguiiuti* )f Ids oatli, be careful never to tnkn nil'ue il|nii bull) side* of a cu*Q.~ Yet the bar wlll-fcomeiiuies bo. imposed upon, utiil ttuwortiiY iticu findibeir way into the fraternity. Such a Irnutllta* been i.racticed upon ii.by'Uapa l\ Yetveituii, Esq. The duekit lur M.urclt term Inst, will allow vevernl cases cugtiomcnwl.— “ Tte*|»o»i vl el nrjnis in assault and battery.'' width are fu.utidt'd upon Saturday oypjtW Ifoiic*, which had occurred from one to two years..*inue. mid for the bringing of.whiithcm** tl\n plidiniiV-, in tome of them, declare 11 icv rcfuked. upon his application, to give him uoihniity 10.Use their amnes. ’i hero are other case*, brought bynames unkn iwn to the IsMiks, which'only fivwl tq*ee the tint court, und tiled 1 have heard of Vscrtiiah cn*es, for tlio benefit of comiHrt; but the. ulmvo do not deserve overt that opj»ellatibii, dtid were only iuought to make a show of prtictice upon the tccords ol ilie court... Atioiliei iuslaiir o of Icgitl dnpr-ivitv ha* come to my knowledge, which, if the bar' dons justice to iteclf, will be noticed by a tulo fpr cx.iuUioh.— It i* tiotliitig mote |lmii tljo inking 'a lee fipin- the pltiioiiti'ami delenuaui iu puo case. The fuels pro as follows tI'luintiir placed nn account in his hand* for col-lection tu |i justice's court, with the.express under-Mantling thut he was la Itnve otiq Irilf uf whnt lie collected as his fee; und if he collected mulling, or obtained no judgment, the lawyer was bound td pay the cost f.iLing 011 ploioliir. lie did obtain a judgment for something over twenty dolltti*.~ aud immediately nll«r prujxwed lo dtleutlnnt toceriio-rati the case, nnlt;l get u new trial. For the promise of tills Nervier, the dcfenduut gave to plain-liir* attorney hi* note for tite lee. The attorney thru sent 10 plaiutilL w ho was ignorant of lliu proceeding, and pro|Mird to sell lout hi* interest in the judgment tor ten dollar*, ami take his note due next ChiUtran* for the money t which the plaitndU fortunately, refused to do. Here wit, not only an ObauduumeQl of the interest of Wl* client, in whom he wa* aworu to be faithful, bat a manifest intention to swiudie him out of teu dollar*, Thi* constitutes what I cull n very palpable case. (See the evidence annexed.)Tbi* is the young •‘gentleman*’ whu served a* a wuiiiiog-io Corporal and general hi'ellig»-ne«r to Captain M ileum's coniputiv of “.laudable and nrtuse worthy cinren*.’’ llu appeared at my Isthcr's in nis nppropriatc command, and in ftdi oiiifonn—foivmg bis coat and bri vchcs Ariong sidw110 authority to take them a way. That those persons who have been there,- pretending to-go ulier them, went in a lumulluon* and riotous mniuic-r, woe laying and shooting uIhiiu the pluti-tutiiln. , This.t|i'pjnetn had been ploughing with the India 11 boy* uml otlmr bunds, on the lust morn-inu’thci.lilt*, company ctnne there, thin'they had olj come into brt-nkfuRt, when they arrived, and as d-poncnts house was some distance off. lie wlimit present when they came up, but as lie started to-his work, heurrivedut the house as they went He know* lib lotliuu was'ttrmcti in ihbLduy, have they been ut ally liuia tltiring tite year.IRVIN BOYKIN. TifAVtLKT WlLtlAMI, Esq.DttnrHir—1 wa* present when. Welnlier, Yel-vdutoh Co.’came tu-your fntlicr'* mjioo time ago, nn‘d’ hove no hesitation,in stating the facts a* they CH;ne,uulier my observation. There were, in my curtain knowledge, no Indian,armed then on thut occasion, uml I saw but two' ft-liows and ,the four or five boys whom your father has raised', or ut least wfio huve jived with him, elver since I came Jo the cotiuiy. I heard you nay distinctly, thut any ot dvr11 In* Governor might leially make, or nny jiroccoding coming from propw ndtlrurity would’ foe rospccted uml ofoeyrd, foul thut you wiittld ttoV permit any man, or. set of men, 110 trespass there- without authority. After the (Janpuny had left your father's, n part of them d rested some of their company like an htdun, and titW through •hhorhoodji , ~ - J - * ’ T,r ’ 'Iht'ntighhorhood firing guns and hull wing Indians, tchich created inoit ularin amour the women und children, llicn nil the Indiaha-wltD huvo ever’ beeu in the comity, Your*, .GEORGE VV;-ANDERS. Statement of Jolih Capp’s, who says, lie, hus betm acquainted wjtlt Win. Wiliialus, for si* or seve,11 years’, and for three yea rtf wn* employed by him, utid lib* worked with the Itttliuiis in lil* wv-. vice. He-ha* no heHttutioii io kmling thafiiie discipline qmluf which the liidiui|« have been raised liV Air.’ IVillium*. is eudq.tnw liemuttuge* them with as imieh lucidly u} if they were oe: grbe*. only thnt force or violent niowurea iiu* tmi Iteett naed.-.bitt'rravm anti pareninlf authority, his efiiiru UcloK ditected to tho government or tite mind us Well us lhtwijutter.- They ere reuulurly fed. and llteir wagei Jibiinduutly supply them Wit|nclotliittg,unii otlfet lt;xoeusea, tlfey ute dutiful, the most of tticui having ,t|e.cn ruiseu-on Itis plntuuiion, n* 1 iiuve, understood ; 1 have ucvtr kiiownvtiiem m jttaui nny thing, or d.jpteduto upon the piupcrty ol our neignbor*. , ■JyllfJiCApj-S. We tite nudqrsigned, who huve livejl from one to eight Yfjtire, within from one to 'six mile* of Williunt VViilium*. Itereby declare, lltat we huve never, to our knowledge iosr any property by Che imlidiis in Ins service, nor do we belifovu tiiut'tliey huve depicd.ittd upon ilie pmperiy of. our fellow citi/eiis. They are uenprally cluiwity employed on vlte form; ore nut disposed to runabout wUlumt tmtlioriiy, or luwml bu-iness, or ifjlisjio ed to do wo, are mil |Wrinitleil by Air. WiilhitjL We cun-our with Mr. Citpps^ Mr. Brook-, Mr. James. Mi. Biirelield rind otiu r* in, tfoeir siuiemtips, *0 (hr u« the couiluctof tue ltitliuu* has eomo under out knowledge, und believe them to bo 01 iudubiriou* habits and ItnnitlcbS i)is|Hsitioii.Nullum Hull, Alex. TurnerMulcofivHull John iJuprce'Beiii.' E. D.ivi* John Gill*B. L. M. UtookR Jcf*e Jlarefield.Jacob-Hall Frederick June*.Geo. W. Alidere.GEORGIA, Marion County.SintonK-ni of Juine* W. Cupps, under ontli who -says that Le hn* resided about one mile from Win. Williams for the lust five or six yvnrs, uml iJwell uci|uuitited with Itis uiethud of tteiituteni] aud • ourseot disciyliue used lowerdt the' Imhuis inhi* employ. Iiu believe* they aie regulurly fi-d with substutilial and wholesome fuid, iVmi his amuke house, and they are required to wo* 01, Uie farm, und do labor perhaps** constantly! and faithfully as so many white men. They are’paid wages by the ituuth,- receive it iu xucii wsyas to he of service to tltem, oourtierii spirit* beinglsold tu. them, by their employer. Home who wercglnl dren when till* deponeut muvid here arcjunw gmwn, or nearly *lt;», have been rniscU to work regularly, know uothing about huntiog, or cf ob-1 jiniug u living iu uny other way, but by Llabor. Tills deponent has heard the Indian* any that they ere well satisfied, and that thoy piefer to live among die while people, and labor for’ a siwpoit. Tina dtpopent taya further, that he has never lost any property by ilirni. although it lias been exposed. He lielicves tlo-rn to he iiotost ami barniless, of industrious hubit* aud good Uis-pusilfon. te worn to, byJ. W. CAPPS.Statement of Win. W. Brook*, under oath, who says he hits lived in one mile of Win. William* iu said county, for the last eight years—that during die whole of that time, *uid William* has had Imliausin his employ, nud that several who come hers with him. are now here, and Mime who were childien arc grown up. Hi* discipline toward* the Indians has been of u purental kind, und directed to the cultivation of die mind, nnd reformation ofevil nubiis, u* well u*ni tlieoiitain-nieot of ihkir labor. They are regtilarfy foil ami regularly worked, paid for their lahor in such articles a* cduduce to their HuliMntiiial henefit. and ardent Hpirii* in not *lt;dd them hy their employer. This’ deponent Ha* never sulfercd uny injury by them, nor doe* lie believe they have ut any time depredated upon the property of our citizens since they have been in the employment of Mr. William*., The Indians express their preference lor their present method of living, and appear to dread nothing wonse than to be driven to the Notion. This deponent believe* diem to b* of industrious habit* aud peaceabledisttosiijfin. Swnrii-tvu vv turntiKritoby WM. W. BROOKS.Statement of Win. Rureficld, under oath, who says thut -he Iiu* lived tlpce mile* from William Williunnt’one year, lust past. ’ That dur’ng that time ho has been vvell acquainted with him und tite Indian’boys hi hi* employ., lie know* they are regularly Gfd ffoin Id* smoke house, and usually cloudy esrftfo^td on his farm, aa'mucli so, as if they were while men in liis employ, that he know* of no damage which the Imliuus have done, to the stock or property of any of our Citizens. nor has he heard any .person gay that they Ituil done tltem tiny injury. Ho for as he i* ac-quaiuU-d with them, he believe them to be of docile und pearetible character,. industrious hubit* and burdili'HS disposition. Sworn to, by. - :WM. BAKEPIELD.Statement of John James under oath, who say* that he linn resided one mile |Yoin Will. Williams for more titan twelve month*, Iim past. Thut during that time, tie has been acquainted with a mtmberuf tite Indians in Ids employ, that he Itu* never known any of them lotlepiedoie uimn tite property or our eitizeus, nor has he heard any of tite t-e glibors bring such u charge against them, 1 • .arriving within their knowledge; tliut lids dcpu-ueui’s form and property has been as much exposed oh thut of any other person, being in their immediate vicinity. That contrary to itis expectation, .when lie first cume here, lie lin* never lost any lit)ugTuot even his water melons, or peaches, and that ilie Indian* always asked Ids permission 10 gather uny fruit growing on ids plantation which they wanted, lie belfovcs them to be ofharmless disposition, industrious ftuhiis and peaceably inclined, and does nut apprehend tliut dangerfrom them, til,it he would from the same number of negroes. Hwora to, by «J0I1N JAMES.-.V .Columbus, July lGih.1836.DeacSir.—InqVmpliattce with your request, I will make such n statement of the occutret/ce alluded tu, ;is 1 am willing to be qualified lo. 1 was alyodf fathfor’s oiVSotunlay,.when 0 partytif men w*qt to his (thin tat ion urid fired oil' their gun: they soon mounted their fiorees hoWe.ver, auurode ttway. 1 was then On tny Way lo Hotisloti county. . I rciiihjcd to your'follier’s on Wednesday evening Hiereallef. On Thurstlqy morning, u party of beiwepn twenty uml thirty urinetf tneii wulked up lo ilie fottke, uhd yotirse.lf, with your broilters; Wesley; William; ' Whitfieiil, Wnrren and Walfc-r, met ihetn at tlin g-tte; all I believe, with gun* in your hands: iiiyHellVyour fullier, Mr. Joiner utid Mr. Wonible,. nnmedintely followed after you. witliout iirms,.f.fter some conversation which I do hoi now recollect. Jordan Wtdchcr handed _,un: h letter, ubservittg tliut - it was an order lirdin ilie Governor.' You observed to him. tliut yotijaiodd’ (Oiidy to execute, a* thn ollleer in un 6f,tim;Rcgiiqent,- any order tent youin pby the Governor. After reading the letter, you observed.that it was not an order.' but a polito umlgentlemanly letter, just such mi one, as you should expect a Governor of Georgia to write, and that they must try agairi—that there wore uo Indiutis underarms, or itili hostile attitude. I usertjiiosl |Kj«itively neither did you nmko use of any ohser-vaiioh. Luting t«show that yoq enterlaineu u disposition''to stand out tigainsi the luws ofyourcotiti-irv. or its authorized ugcnts. As to the number of Indians, I suw three who were grown or nearly M, tliree. bdys and three women.- The facts and i-ircuinsltiiiecs us they occurred on that oceu-, und the statement made in the (fodtititiiUH Hemitiel, Imve but very little relation ns to irqib.Yours truly, . LUKE P. MIZELL. GEORGIA, Morion County.This is to certify..tlmt 1 employed Gapa Ye|ve)itoii; u^attehtl to the bolleelion of un uc-count aguinst Air. Hjdriek, in a Justices Court in'.his county, in nty favor—that. Ijnok Itis re-ooipt fur the hiime, and in the presence of witnesses, we agreed • tliut lie should have one half of what lie collgcled for his trouble, so tlint if lie ail-lectetl nothing, lie wusloliuve nothing, nud in' no '(•vent was I to pay nny cost. At tits first court, Air. Yelvcnton vvus not present;.! aiietidnd myself, and the Justice* gave 11 judgemeut iu tny la dollars. At the op-. fttr upw'ortUof twenty penl trial, Air, Yelveolon attended and I did iiqt. l'lie jury ctuifirniMl ilie juilgemeut ifo tuy favor, one half of'which judgement of routse ne w belonged to him; he however took a fee from the de* fomlum.-iind engaged lo certiorari the case and- get a new trial. I do not consider thnt his services in tny behalf Imd ohdtul, lie was bound to collect the motiny which he has 1101 done, uml for which I shall hold him ncctoihtalile. Notwilhwuuding lie had taken a fee, to. upset ilje judgement, yet its did not seem disposed to lose Ins half of it. uml proposed to give me'up the judgrment il I would give him tny note due uuxi Christmas,. This proposition was made to me after he hud engagr-d 10 get a new ttiul, but I knew nothing, of it, but luckily refose-l to give him tny note, nml, told him 10 pursue Ihf jit-lgeuivut und collect the inuney, us lie hud engaged to dev.DANIEL B. HARPEY.Ftmn U10 Ridliimiro Pntriol.ANECDOTE OF GEN. HOUSTON.About two years ago Gen. Houston, in company-with two others, left Nuhviile,Teim. for Texas, ami travelled hcvi ral day* through marches ami over mountu(us,’ among cliristians us well as euv-aces, without any thing very iuteicsling or marvellous. crossing their path,Lille one beautiful moonlight evening ihey entered a village, the county town of . ■ ■, State —, wnere they took lodgings for the night;the new* was Very S'kiti spread over tli£ to,wn that G.iv.: lion ton. I’ttini Tennessee, had tukei)' lodg-higs at——, where, in a shmt time lie w’us greeted by Judge mid Jury, counsel and client, (the court'being in session.) by tite accomplished ed female, a* well as tlie buckwoiMl*. rustic, ull of whom received the salutatiou of a gemlchiuti-uml scholar in tho person of Geo. II. There was un old man, with hi* ititeresthig and,beautiful daughter, who *eenied to cjaitii tite ntti-iitiou ol'jlie geti-cral more than all the oilier visitor*. There wn* au cxprcs*ilt;m iu die old tiiHti's lisik (iiflereut from the rest-rlie-hioRed a language which said, “can you help me|. and echo attsiyered ffum llto heaving urenst of(tJie Usjigliter con you help!The idd titan, many years ago, hud taken up n large tract of land iu mm couuiy. mi which he settled with Ids voting foutily, nod which, through industry, ho bdd converted into a. very extensive ami profitable plomution, but had, iuudverteuily, omitted to enter It. Some time previous lo tin* event, a “knowing one osctrtained ilint tlio old ipati could be oject.-d. anti legally to0, set to work, had t(*ev'farm entered iu itis own name, got a writ of ejectment, had it served, uml in «u hour the old tnan and his family were turned out of-“house ami home, almost pennylrM. The uld man e tercd suit jo toe’court for tht rrrovery of Ids ilt; home, but having no toq^tovHeVud m friends! (how true.) The General listened to hi* tale of woe, and intimated tbut he would htlp on the morrow, a* on that ri*\ the case would be decided.
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