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TO THE PUBLIC.Aa attack having been made upon me, by the CvtaabMi Sentinel, it became* a duty which I •*»• to myseif end rtty firieml* to repel It. Ip li e aaamaf my remark*. i shall #|«k freely of ilte mIvm aoa character of some individual*. but nut ■Hife eo limn trutb end the evidence herewith eatimhted will warrant: it being my object in eb«w that the few individual* who have created iWe •icio-menf. and from whom those charge* ■unitirf have been governed by au unhallowed,Pr ambition, and teckleMiiets of principle de-ini to human nature—that ihey have no char* •Her iwuntelvrs in the c immunity to whkili they lire, and may therefore make havoc of it with Im-ffaaity when poenemd by other*. Aa the whole •moot ha* been gut up for political eflecl, 1 •hail attempt to develop their plana, and expose ihair motive*.|a the year 1633, Jourdan Wilchar wa* run by lha States' Right party ot' Marion county for the Senate. Ha was defoateri bv aamall majority.— At the meeting of the State*1 Right A*«ucintion in ISM, ha •ubmiited hi* claim* and disiiuctlv stat-•d. that If the party could Mlectauy person whom ll «r«*thought would run belter than hiin*eif, he •hhid them to ilrr to, ami he would he satisfied. The puny, at a full meeting, believing they could da better than run Witcher, nmi lie having art pal-rite lea I ly submitted tiia claim* lo the judgment af the tieriy,selected Adam Hood, Esq. a* u can-didata for the Senate. The State*' Right parly •ram than in the minority: but Mr. Hood being a fwpcctable and popular man, chosen by thu par-»y with great apparent unanimity, it wa* believed *a# could *ucc ted by an united ellurt. Our feci-lag*, however, were *oon dampened by the crnoK-lag* of di*appoinied atnbitioii; uud the putriot-■* I davotieu to principle which had recentlySaha displayed, were •moo made n *ucriHce upon lha hlthy altar of personal aggrandizementHuim! could uoi be aopjKtrlcd because Im wn*preacher, he had blt;cu pul upon the party by a• iha?»received from thenetted letter In reply lo Governor.I mutt confen I wa* surprised to ueo few men pre*cnf, u« member* of that company; but I have no doubt they were imiuMcd upon, awl iuduced to go iu'o it front the lie* whivh Inu) been told them.' Indeed, *«me of them-have told me •ince; but, a* for the majority af them; I should not lie surprised to aee them in auy aitualiuu, from the prison to the gallow*.I ditlikn very much to dtol in personalities, particularly wltenlhe object »• a contemptible one; and I anauretho public, that if the publication in the Sentinel went no further than the limit* of Marlon county, I should not trouble myself in making thia reply. But justice to the public compels nie-to deal a little'with this Seminel in gentleman. Mr. Gapa T. Yelverton, from wl they deriveil tlieir information 5 and, wlnm I form the pubPe that be came to my house, de*ii.-tute, under pretence of acckirtg a school, that lie fed upon 111* lor month* withmli charge, (us is hi* custom, whenever he can spongo himself off,) and received every favor from me mid my litiniiy which ha a«ked ; and tliut he i« now, mid Ini* keen for some time, trying loslinder meal liniin and ubrnml, 1 am sutc I •Imll Hot be blumrd fo holding him uptn public inforov and ridicule.*--This follow U u sort of pettifogging till, rney, and made hi* way to t|ie bur, not U,- rending luw, geu-tie reader, but by virtue of mild grunting! lit attended the court for examination, and wo* taken •ick, and remained so through the court till the last morning of the tesrtun; bud Ititimdf curled the Coutt House, lifted to the bar, gfurtlcd most cxpreisively and awfully, was asked a few qqoslt; tion* by the Court, niliuiilqd through ‘courtesy, wilt hauled back br the tavern, inuurited'his horse, and the next day landed at my housri. forty miles from Coltimbu*. Ho, we discover, that the ordeal of exuiiiiiifltioo and admission, lied n more Jteue-ficial efl'er t upon him than all the ph*ic he hudarrangRiitsnt, with divers other ubj t wa* ««sily aeen that the cause of dis-iib Jourdan Wilchar wa*: that Jour-Wilchar had not been uuuiitiated—and, as IU4 ib. Iw uor of uresiiliogliver lha Slates' Right Association. I, of course, came in for • share ofthe abuse and epithet for which (hoy, ara some-what celebrated. The Hiatee' Right party, hiw •war, pursued the even tenor of their wp»y, und Mr.Mood win elected, notwithstanding the opposition •f Jourdan Wilchar, Artur thi* a* JoutdanWilchar'* Influence, if he hod any, wa* not mmeaeeary to ilia success of *ha patty, ha w •te consulted by it ( occasionally, liowever, seintilhition might be seeu. or a disiunt rumbling heard; but they paws.!'ofl'unheeded, and died a-way in the desert around him. Some (hue* tun,wvered. but it did nm scent tftui any tiring definite ••aid Ik concluded; either the price was tuu high, •r tba flesh was not worth buying. Repudiated by hit own party, and unsought by the other, it became accessary that some course should be pur-saed to reinstate himself, and, il. possible, to regal* what bad been hit- Ha there fore pretended great devotion lo (lie principle of Nullification, m damned in hell all “submission men and tlu-irtriaeiple*. Thi* course deceived • few, and • again indulged too hope that ha wuuld be nominated for the .Henate tbit year. 1 was gb-•eul on a trip In Apalachicola Hay when the Btate*' Right Asvocintion met, but huve been in-furinsd that he professed great devotion to the sue-•t ssul our principles; and pledged himself in sup-port lha nominutioD. let ii fall nn w hom it might, rat it all would not do. Till* way of blowing •old and blowing lint could not cnsily lie reconciled by honest mm, and Juordan Wilrhar was a-gain led out. Home other course must be pursued in make himself famous in tholnud. He hadthe Satiate, and whole weight against the States' Right ticket, be-mum ha wan not nominated, and failed !! lie then sought a nomination frnm the Stairs' Right puny, and again failed! J! Hut a new state of things had occurred. An Indian war had broke Mi upon o»r border*; a catastrophe wh ell at way* engenders anlt;1 harrows upan thu worst feelings uf •nr nature. This^ircunisfancr, entirely discoti-•eetrd with party, must be taken advantage of, and turned to |tolhirnl irflrct. A few Indian buys wbn had been raised by my fatberin this county. ■imsi now be mode the stepping stone in Jourdan Wilchar’* grcntuest. He therefore collected • u ft* renguiivtl •piriu. and powmlcd .lo my fall!*’ •r's; and early one 8unday morning, (and. with •II the importance of a most redoubtable warrior, who had utode a vtiloruus charge, gun in hand, •phn ait empty Indian wigwam,) lie, with great •werrniiy, declared himself a rut.dhlnie for lha Senate ; anil, niter heaping vnllies of abase •pan my father, wlm wu« sick and nnpfotee-t'd, he matched oil, without seeing on'Indian. This was a develo|cim-ni of his objects, which n-Csoed the eyes of some of those who cnttt|Ni*ed is company, and they nl once abandoned'him.— Thay then set their dirty agents ni work among the people, circulating a report thnt the Indiana war* armed, am) thruitiencii death mid destruction to the country; and succeeded in gening several aubse.riters to • petition to the Gttyernnr fur Iheir ramovnl. who knew nothing about the Indiana themselves, und wa* im|t«sed on by tlw talMof these |el|nws. Several respectable men were thus duped; and they hnve told me since that th»y were itifhimed that there wete seventy nr eighty armed Indians at my fnthar'a. NWiiUi In* operation of petitioning wa* going on, these fellows were nccosh.nnily shooting in the bushes •ml jambs o| the fence about the plantation; andtiding to alarm the people, by saying that the Jn-d»'n* had tired-upon them. This ridieuhniaconduct hail bwu bmne a* long for lie nr-•, M w ta ■ virtue, and 1 determined to put au end t« u, or to some of tha agiiamrs; and, for tling pur-pea*, went down to my futher'a hi the time I heard they ’•eresecretly preparing fur another frolic.Tha Editors of the Columbus Heutinel have dMa(neih*injustiei, ii) any, that “I hea led ■umber of armed Indiana, and several white men ■adar my -control, against ihu laws of tny.t try, and this devotnl bnml of patriot*. I there-dim take the lilwrty of slating to the Editor* of that print, that thw Slaiemrnt, *o lor as it relates Hi lb* Indions, is unequivocally la Nr; and the an •kiwi testimony will show ihct there was nor on tha« day, nor ever hot been, so Indian armed on that place in opposition to nn v man or set of men,. That there were white men armed, 1 admit t andShat myself and my brother* mnde six well arm-ad men, determined to defend our parents and (hair home from the lawless invasion and abiise at tha Hdimrs' pusrhaic conihiirntion of fierce breakers and sciilauiruf agitators. There wme IWu or three neighbors who vveie also accidentally present, making ahum nine, which haslteenin-ertaacd and trurumogropkiVr/, by tlte villuinou* •ad dimrdcred imngiontiou of the Editors' infor-I imngmntu . into HOy arutcil Indian*, beside* several whit* men. - In op|Hi»*ni»n, was Captain Jounlnu Wilchar, at the head of his company of upwards ml twenty armed men and boy*; rite fag end being brought up, in hamUomo ’style, by hi* warn-iag-in Corporal Editor’* informer, nml story cir-•tsUiiug genernl, Gapn T. Yelvenoo. We met Hiam promptly; and to them, very unexpectedly ; •td did dare them to put their lllients into exeru-eotntnii a tingle act of hostility which would plare us on the justillable sitle of I ha lg' •ad our rifle ball* should lie our messengers.— J*1 the courage of.their leading iiten had taken a m,if the ague; they did not come there to make a ‘'•Ms, but merely to deliver a letter which they kail Mated fmin the Governor, uud which is made M«^Mlfy-.ihelib*Unna publication in tlte Colum-Sim Ha.ilin,.!. ll .uni. ■ i,_Hauiinel. If such had been their conduct the ■m time they w, m there, it might not now l« so hard M Meottcile llwir sets mih) profession*—leav-lagIP* in gut-** at the sirouge retuous if (pining an •road fjferuf twenty person* to deliver a li»Uer in • civilised and pc^ubU couuUy. IVrlisius hoy. -•v«r. eoui* were unite Inokers on in Venice, •ari wiHindMeee wh*| rlTert aJcltcr from the C*-•rnur •/ Grergia would hsvii o|sm old Billv WilUatw* *ud hi* l:ch«e buy*; thin king; tiu lt;luuU k would place them iu au “awlul raiastmplie. and make a perfuct circumstance of tbcin- If iney failed lo gieiily ihcir curiosity hi thai f.uir, porpap* tlte sp may doeo now, b\ reading thi uptaken. This i* duplicity for you ; bin it is perfectly in chnrucfcr with him.It would seem (o be the part of discretion conciliate rather than provoke, wln-u a man knows Ids conduct to be such nlt; to disgrace him, if expo sed ; bill, if n |rereoti be cutioiituiiuiiully maun, trifling, arid debasftl, rattier thnn attempl to rai*e himself loa level with honorable men by his good conduct, ho will pull them down to n level with him. if liocan ellect it by any villainous method. Their tilling, however, alwityg fi-il where such fellows are known; and I lihiuuMi to make the public sniriKwjial ucipiiiiiilea with trim. 71 He, Mr. Gaps T. Yelvcrfuti, lia* been ptlblfc lv charged, at m district muster ground in this bounty,.with iridndppingn free colored child in Houtli Curoliun, and selling il into slavery ; fur which oflcncc lte lejllliat country,, rather tiltnlhj. He upjilied to me to bring on ui-lion of slondur against lhlt;e persons making 'these charges; but when 1 inquired of him particularly a* to any circuiiihtuin e upon which such u cltarga could bo predicated, und heard from him hit own- version of the story, ] advised - him, as u - friend, not to commence an action, and to «tty ot little aboul it possible, fit kai jiU'iutd my ailtice. lie advertised, in one of the Maci.h pnpen. lho loss of a considerable sum ol money, when it wa* not known by Ills most Intimate urquaintnnces how he could possibly have got honestly itito pos-sessimiof so mticli ox tie udveilnied. At another time lie actually Viatic oath nftlteluss of money, and that he believed it wu-t stolen, by a citistmi o1’ this county,.or some of Iris family ;’hud « search warrant, and ritnsucked his wltolo' osttiitlislipienl. 1 must confess 1 was deceived by lha • fellow this lime; for, from the fact of his takin'g tlm' oath, I concluded lie hud lost tlto money sumewWfl, and gave him, at hit request, some advice a* to*lha. course lie should pursue In recover .it. Bin, even then. • soma of his must intimate ncmiHiinrncea would vcrv-siguiKcanily shnkc their heads, and say they did nut know where it? got- the money ; anti, in fact, from his subsequent conduct, and tlin unniiur in which lie lei the whole matter ease oil',1 rlu verily believe—aptl, sti fur as 1 can lenrnr peojdcgeucrully belleve—tlie jator than anjl his fumilv tiic intiocp.nl, nml that (inpn Ju«t, psi money, Peojtle at d distance may be'at u loss, to di-Vina tlte motives, which iiifluL-iic,t hint to such co(tthifit as this; but. when they \ learn thnt lie jives hv spongingii|nui' those' whn will eoiinte-itnnce iiim, uud.'liku soipe of Gen. Jtu-kvtn's mer-thanis. trades u|Min-horrowcd ur fllt;-titiuus cttpiial. they will at mice see the reason which prompts him many coiirsc of conduct which wi||give hint celebrity (or hnntllin*-mnnby. We,-hnwever, m whom lie is iuilcbted, have rnnsyu to know thatcajletl cacuctlie* goribeadi. uud has'tur tied author.' Ho wrote u fooli*li und pucrijo nc-coutit of the i-xamitiulru(i of tuinu old negro in Hotisi.iir county, who wa* charged with exciting, discontent among «,hi# fellows ; nml,- iu ri lilting he extorted cmtli ssion ol the slave, he triyd ni induce the. Itelicf fliiit tlte ucgroCs thought Hrrungo-rneiils were mnkitig by firtrjio.ri^efp iilwilitiotrisiit, the Union party, nml’the negroes to ^cxu-.fniinnto jhe Nulliliers.- lie no doubt thought ho deserved honors from itis party liir making this- important development, und fur so ht^enlonely giving a filth fib thrust to |h« Union people. • For l|ic* purpose of giviug tills pitiful and contemptible effusion currency .and cilt;-dii with- the' printer, lie ilgned lit it the uumf of a rcsjieclubht -getillemaii of Houston county, dircciiug.ail churgas to be eti-' tercd'to itis, account. Tltu'lirst knowledge tlmdie .bill, which he,(if course, reltiyeu, to pay; the autluu has ascertained the fuel tlmt .irtir.k-nt.d tttido doe*not unswur su well m puv 1’riu-lei s' bill*.'Ho far as 1 atn informed, it istlio nfliirt of every lawyer tint only to sustain tlte d.giiity u'ud bonoutward*, b(dutifully variegated with blackberry juice. He hntl a piece of rial calico tied over hi* (Hi-teriors. as if that wn* the only plnt-e about hibl capable of s/taitw. and which added to itis titles abovn named that of Uasbaw of „no tail, lie may rise higher »f he lives long enough ; and will certainly occupy a more exulted situation, if the law gets it* due. lie had a large piece of bear ikin tied around hi* neck, which may yet servea valuable auxiliary to his elevaltop, if ropes should prove scarce. And, to cap his eplembr,he wore an old wool hat, stuck full of turkey toil feathers, which fully indicated the exquisite taste und exalted dignity of the wearer. It was in thi* garb liial a member of the Cha'lahoochie bar oppeared for the purpose of abusing an old man und hi* family, who hud shown him many kind-nesse* ; but who really seemed willing m dispose of himself in some crack when hcasmm'med tha* those person* w ere there who were ready and determined to punish him for his impertinence.Alii have to aik of my I'ellow-citizern i«. to rend the annexe*! testimony, ami compare it with the statement made in ilia Columbus Sentinel.— The evidence show# that, notwithstanding there huve been many more Indian* there than at present. yet they wcro known to ha A good character and hum'dcss rib position ; ihttt during the titno these men fyive been mukiifz such mighty cllbris to clear the country of hutiiles, lliere were only two men und four nr five boys ; Tiiat, instead of my heading fifty armed Indiiiiis, iu oppusi-lion to the law* of my country. I was duly one of six, who were determined to die upon the 'ground befnrebtir parent* should he -‘abused by any such set of then ; and lastly, the evidence here priaiu-ccd. umi thecliurgi-s w-liicii I made, and can substantiate, show iliat-the young ''genileman, Mr. Gapa-T. Yelverlun, who gave the information in the Editors of tlte Columbus Hnutirifl, and inii'te divers oilier reports llirongh the streets .if Columbus, ha* sin'* und error* of a deep dye to answer lor before the public will give credit In his slanders against any body else, f have understood, since 1 ufrived in Columbus, that the Governor, moved i:|kiii by llio iiiles of thi* fellow, came, near order-' iog a company dmVn there; and, if he had fully believed all lltul was told him, there cun he nu sot of doubt but wliat if was jiisdniy to have done it. 1 cun only say mat I sincerely wish he had done so, for by dial means he would fully have ascertained tha whole matter with correctness; and would have had inllicient evidence, at once, of the contempt: which''tha wltifliiug puppy-who wusfoudiiuc around him di-aerVud.^ . WILEY WILLIAMS.N. B. Would it not he jttstico in the pnpcrs irlto have copied the remarks of tjio .Sentinel, lo give my defoucao place also, or, at least, so much of'my evideuce us cuntrudicls dial publication ?GEORGIA, Marion County.—'Thi* is to cer-tifvHhai I have been employed on the farm of W. Williams, a* an overseer, during the present ygnr, 1830, 'lull the Indians ip his' employ, hnve worked as, regularly and fuiliil'ully, as the negroes. That lie has not found them obstinate or evily di^poseil, but they have manifested n docile dispnregiihnly fed on substantial food, given (Item 1 day from the smoke house;—That 'lliev in-nr of the rirofetiiun of which he Ua'member, but lu add to it hy avoiding nil tm-nu uud-jictly Ifick* ill his ^rnciii-K,'or of imposing npun (he igtm'runce, or feeding die m.diouiiy of the penjde, for the pttr-|Mi«eof'uccuinulHtiiig tiusiuesy; much ir.drowtil ev^ry lawyer, who iu the least regards ht» reputation 01 die obligation* f hU ottjli, be cureful never in lake nllbe iljiou both sides of a cu-c.r-Yet the bat will-huim-iimes bo.impuscd u|mu, uud mi word iY. men ftnd dtuir way iniu dto fraternity. Such a traud lias been t.raciict-d upon it hy'Gupa l\ Yciveiion, Esq. The docket for M.«rch term Inst, will show several cases coguomvnwl,— Ttesposi vl el nrmis tn assault mid battery, which are fo.uitdi d upon Buturday oyoidug Ifotic*, wiiich (tad occurred from utic to two years..since, mid for the bringing of.whiidi cmi'« ii\h plnltniiV-, insinueof them, d.tdure they rt-foied. upon hi application, to give him authority to.Use their unities. 'I hero nre oilier cases, brought by name*unknown to the IxMiks, wbicb'only lUt«l tq *ee the flr*t court, tmd died I. have heard of '.‘scratch ciues, for the benefit of counsel; but the. ubovu do not desertc even dial apjieilation,' and u-ere only luouglit to make a sliow of practice upon the ideords ol-diecourt... Aimthei iuslaiH.o of legal dopr.ivitv has come to my knowledge, which, if the bur'does justice to iinclf. will be noticed by a tulo for cx.iuUiotl.— It is noiliiug more than the inking a fee fioiu. the pluiiiiiH'and defenuaut iu oue case. The fuels arc as follows:1‘luimifl' placed an accouni in his hand* for collection in tijusticii's court, widi thu.exprcs* umler-Manding tliut he was la have uni] Irilf of what ho collected ns hi* fen ; und if he collected nothing, or obtained no judgment, die lawyer wu* bound injiBv theco*i f.ilitug on plaioliir. lie did obiuiu a udgment for smut-ihiug over twetuy dollui*. andtofrijpl neither, the persons or the property nlrony person,- and lie would a*s«Nin work with diem as So many negroes : Tliut the whole number of mules, who hiiVu been on i|m plantation, or in any way connected with it, since .these di.-tyrhnn-ces commenced, IniYe consisted of two men and four or Hve boys, somojif whom are quite small, and whom this deponent understands itnve been raised by Mr Uijliuins. This deponent further btditve*, and is certain dint the many tales which fiuve been told of ihraa(* fmide by these boys, and tijion which the rrcent excitement has pretendingly been founded ure false. He knows these Indian boys to bo friendly, ami that they prcler o wiirk witlr liiiv mail for tlieir support, who will trout them well. That'ho bus u I ways oiidcrsttNul from .Mr. Williams, thnt he wn* ready and willing to ilql.vi-r them tip. to the order of the Governor, or to any proper iitil|iority, hpt that lie would uot spfler any iniiu or set of men, having no authority to take them qwny. That tlmse persons who have been there, prctenjling tb-go-artertltcm, went in n luiiinliumis and rbituus tnnmicr, was laying and shooting ubum the plan-lulidn.,, This tjepptttm had been ploughing with the I iidinn hoys und otlier hands, on the Iasi morn• itig’tliui the company came there, that'-they had all come into bregkfust, when they arrived, mid as d'-pditcnis Itottse was some distance oiH he wu* not present when they came up, bin as lie started to-in* work, lie arrived at the house as they went dir. He knows no Indian was-urmeit in diaLday, uor have they been at atly limn during the year.1KV1N BOYKIN. TbAViLKY Williams, Esq.Dear Hir—1. wa* pro.ieui whets. Welclier, Yel-du|oh.Co. came to-your futhe.r's wand time ago, itnil'liove no iiesitnliou.in stating tlte facts as tlnsy cu(ne,under njy observation. There were, tU my curtain knowledge, no Indian.itruied then on iliuioccasmn. uud I saw bui two' follows and ,lhe four or live hoys whom your father has raised, or ut lenst who huve lived wi(li him, cjver since I ciimc Jo the cottuiy. I Iteiird you say distinctly, thai any onjcr'lhc Governor ntigltl legally make, ornny proceeding coming from projiw nthlmrity would' he respected uud obeyed, hut (hut yon wtiiihl noV permit any man. ur.set of men,!to trespass there-wiilibnt amhority. After the Comptmij had left your father't, a part of them drestid some of their compuay like un [ndhn, and itvU through tht'ntighhorhood firing guns and hulluwing Indi• ant, which created totem a/dm among 'the women und children, than all the Indi oils who huvn ever beeu ip the comity, Yours. . ‘GEORGE Wy-'ANDERS.Statement of John ('upp's, who suys, lie, has been Acquainted wjtli Win. '•Yiiliulu*, for six orvice. He hit* no hesitation In footing thaf tiie discipline under which the lndiuqs have been raised bV Mr.' Willium*. is «ucb,.Muijt lie itiunuges them with as nmrh fuL-ility us if ihey were lie; gibes, only that force or violent modxures bus uoiliusiinmcdiuiely nhir pnqHi?ed to ilifou.lnm to certiorari the case, nml get u new trial. For the prom-.ibe of thi* service, the dclVuduui gave to plain-tilTa uttoiney hi* note for the fee. The attorney thru Mill to pfumitr, wlut was ignorant of tilts procrnling, and pro|Hi-cd to sell lorn his interest in lla* judgment tor leu dollars, and lake ids unto due next Christmas for the money; which the jdaiuutr, fortunately, refused u do. Here wu» mu only an ubttuduuincni of the interest of his-cliriu. To whom he was sworn lo be faithful, but a manifest intention to swindle him out of ICQ dollars, This constitutes wBat I cull n very palpable ease. (See the evideuca annexed.)This is the young gentleman who xerved as • wuiuing-in SKpoiil and general iu'elltg^'icer n. Captain Uilchar'a company of .laudable and praise worthy eiiieens. lie ap|eared at my fither't in ms appropriate couimaod. uud in full uniform—h.ivic- hiscvutaml br« \cbc* trioiigsidv, iiy , ,___, .Itecn used.-, bur reason nmi pareaialf authority, his eflnrys nolug directed to ttio goverqmeitt or the mind its Well u* the-iriuitcr.' They.ere regulurly fed, and tlieir wage)..abundantly supply them Withclotltitig.und otltci .X'.ettbea, ;llfey uie dutiful, the most of them having lje.cn raised-on his piatiuitiqn, a* 1 have, understood ; 1 have never knownvthem to jttHui nn'y thing, nr drfprodiJte up-ou Lite ptopt-ny ol our neignbor*. , 1JOJlff.CAlTS.We tlte nudqreignpil, who Imvti live;! from one to eight vtfm*, wtUiin front one to 'six miles of Willfoni Williams, hereby declare, that we huve never, lo our-kqmvledgn lost uny property by the imlidtis in Ins serxlce, nor do we believe tliarthey huve tlepiedaitd upon the property of.our follow etii/.eiis. They are generally cloi«-ly employed ou rim-farm; ore nut Uisjswed to runabout wirimut ttiitiiority, or lawitti bu-iueslt;, or if Ris'|*o ed to do so, are mu permitted! by Air. Willi juts. We concur with Mr. Capp.-^ Mr. Bnaik*, Mr. Jame*. Mi. •Bareliehl and otm r* In, their siuirmups, eo for us the coudiiclol'tue Imlimis has cui;» under our knowledge, und believe tltem lu bo of iuilubirious bubiis and harmlebS Oispobiiiou.Nullum Hull, Mulcotn Hull Hem.' E. D.ivisi). ‘Alex. Turner John Dupree-John Gill*Jefse Jlarefleld. Frederick Jones,U. 0. M. UiookaJacob-HallGeo. W. Anders,GEORGIA, Marion County.1 Siaiomeoi of James W. Cupps, under onthi who 'says that -lie has resided about one mile from Win. Williams lor the lust live or six ymrs, ami i« well ucquuiuied with his method of tieiiniienil aud • ourseofdiscipline Used lowurds'ihe Imliuis in his employ, lie believes ihey aie regularly frd with siibbiunlial ami wholesome fond, fioii Ins hinuke house, and they are required to wuk on ihe farm, uud do labor perhaps as ninManilyl and luilltfully as*o many white men. They are'paii wages by the mtuth,a receive it in such wsyas n be of service to them, no ardent spirits being! suit iu.iiicui.by ihcir eoipinyer. Hoflte wlio werefIni rircn wiiea this dppoueut moved here arc {now grown, or nearly so, have been raised to work regularly, know nothing ubout hunting, or cf oh-ijiuigg u living iu uny other way, but by tieirlabor. This deponent has heard the Indians say that they are well satUGcd, and that thay piafor to live umong the while people, and labor for a stiuport. Tins dtpopeut »-fiys further, that be has never lost any property by them, although it ha* been expoicd. He believes tlu-ru to tie honest and harmless, of industrious habits aud good disposition. Sworn to. byJ. W. CAPPS.Statement of Win. W. Brooks, under onih, who say* he has lived in one mile of Win. Will-inma hi said county, for the last eight years—that daring the whole of liial time, suld William* has had ludiausin hi* employ, nod that several who come here with him, nre now here, and some who were eldldieu ure grown up. (iis discipline lowurda lha Indians has been of u pureutal kind, and directed to the cultivation of the mind, nml reformation ofevil nabim, us well asm the obtain-men! of thpir labor. They are regulnrfy fed nml regularly worked, paid for I heir labor in such articles a* coudmvi lu their siiliMnutinl benefit, and ardent spirits is not sold them by tlieir employer. Thi* deponent has never suJTerra nnv injury by them. mr does he believe they Itnve at any time depredated upon the property of our citizens since ihey have been iu the cm ploy me til of Mr. Williams., The Indians express tlieir preference for their present iitellimi of' living, ami Appear to dread limbing worse than to l6 driven to the Nation. T.lti* deponent believes them to blt;* of in-dmdriou* habits uud peaceable disposition. Swoni lo by \VM. W. BROOKS. }Statement of Wm. Bareficld, under oatlt, who says thut -he has lived ll|rce utiles from William William* itneyeur, Iasi past. That, during that time lie has been 'well qcqtiaiuied with him und the Indian boys in Itis employ., lie know* they ure regulurly f.'d.lrmn hi* smoke hOuse, and tisu-ullv ohhudyear^fo^ed on his form, us’mticb so. asduntagrdone, to the stock or property of any of our 6ili-zaris. nor has he heard any person say tlmt they hud done litem any injury. Ho for as he is tie-miaiuted with them, lie believes them to be of docile aud peureuble character,. industrious habits and hurdilt-ss disposition. Sworn to, by. •WM. BAREFIELD.Statement of John Jamos under oath, who says tliut lie has resided one utile from Wm. William* for more titan twelve mouths, last past. Tlmt during that time, lie litis been acquainted with a niimberof the Indians in itis employ, ih.it he lias never kutAvu any of lliem toUeptedaie ution the property of our citizens, nor has he Itcaru any of the t.e gltbors bring such a charge against them, is arriving within tlieir knowledge; that ibis deponent's form and property has been as much exposed os thut of any other person, being iu their immediate vicinity. That contrary to his expectation, yvhen he first come here, lie has never lost any thjugTh'Jt dven his water melons, or peaches, and that the Indians always asked Itis permission to gather uuy fruit growing on liu plantation which they .wuutpd. lie believes them to be of harmless disposition, industrious liuhits and peaceably inclined, and does nut apprehend thut danger from them, tlhtt lie would from fire same number of negroes. Hwora to, by «JOHN JAMES.Columbus, July IGth.l830.Dear Sir.—In qVmpliunce with your request^ I will muke wttcli u biutemeni of the oecuireuee alluded to, p* I am willing to be qualified lo. 1 was alyntlf fathbr’s on Salurd.iy,.wben a party-of men xvcqt to his jddfilation und .fired off tlieir gum: they soon mounted tlieir hotyes however, anti rode away. I was ilteti On my Way to Hoiislott county. . I retnhied to ytiur’fallier's on Wednesday evening lliereafler. On Tlturedqy morning, u party of between twenty uud thirty urmedmen wulked up in the foube, rthd yotirsejf, with your brothers; Wesloyri William. '-WhiiHeltl, Warren and Waiter, met them ut the gate; all 1 believe, with guns in your hands: htyself,' your father, Mr. Joiner und Mr. Womble, immediately followed afler you'. witliuut'urms,Lrter some euuvcrsutiun which 1 do hot! now recollect. Jordan Wb'clter Imndcd jou:-h letter, observing tliut - it was an or-ler frdtn ihe Governor.' You observed to him., thut yott ’st(MHl' ready to execute, os ilttvoHicer in un df.lhB'ilegilqent,- uny order sem youby the Governor. Alter redding the letter, you observed.that it was not on order, but a polite andgentlemanly letter, just such nil one, as you should expect a Governor td’ Georgia to write, and that they must try again—that there were no Indiuns under arm*, or inti 'hostile nitiilule. I assert must Ifosjlivclyneither did you make use of tiny observation, going in .show thut yoq entertained a disposition 10 stand out tiguinsi tlte laws ol'yourcouu-try. nr its authorized agents. As to the number of Indians, I saw three who were grown or nearly mi, three bdys and three women.- The facts and circumstuticcs its they occurred on thnt occu-, uud the statement itinde in the C'olpnilms Bt-iithiel, have but very little, relation ns to truth.Your* truly, . LUKE P. MIZELL. GEORGIA, Marion County.This is to certify.-tliut I employed Gapa Ye|vejititii; u^atieitd to the fodleciion of un ue--omit 'egujnst Mr. Hydrick, in a Justices Court n this county, in my favor—tliut. Ijttok his receipt for tlte same, and in tile presence of witnesses, wu agreed ' tliut he should have one half of who! he eolfocled-for his double, so that if he collected nothing, lie wustoliuve nothing, aud in' no event was I to pay nnv cost. At tit* first court, Mr. Yelvenion was nut preHCiti; I attended my'riself, and the Justices gave a judgement’iu tny^• Infer upward* of twehty dollars. At tlte appeal trial, Air. Yelventon'uttended and I did uqt. The jury coiifirineil llte judgement ill my lavor, one half of-whieh judgement ofcoutsn nrw bo- ..... of •which judg* _v„. ..............longed to him; lie |ipwevertook a fee Irom the de-Ibnilani.-nnd etiR.igcd to certiorari the case ami-getI. I do not consider tliut his services in my behalf Itatl endlul, lie was bound lo collect the mnhny which he litis not done, uud for which I shall Iti'id him nccouhtahle. Notwithstanding lie had taken a fee, to, upset tlje judgement, yet it.- did not seem disposed to lose his liulfqf it. and proposed to give me' up the judgement il 1 would give him my imte due next Christmas. Tint* proposition was made to me ofter In- had engaged to get a new ttiul, bet 1 knew nothing of it, but luckily refused to give him my note, nml( told hitn to piir-me the judgement uud collect the money, us he liud engaged lo dm , ,DANIEL B. IIARFEY.Fmui tho Ritlliuiure I'utriut.ANECDOTE OF (JEN. HOUSTON. About two years ago Gen. Houston.'ill company -with two oilier*, left Nu»hville, Term, for Tex-tiH, and iriiYalfod several days iltrougb marshes and over niotinluius,' atitniig Christians us well as savages, without uuy tiling very inicicsiing or marvellous crossing (heir pntlt,Late one beautiful moonlight evening they entered a village, tlte county town of—, (State — , wnt-ro they took lodgings for the night; the news wn* Very soon spread over 1I15 iovn tliut Goth1 Ham ton, Irom Tenuesvec, had taken' lodgings at——, where, in a shmt time lie wus greeted by Judge and Jury, counsel ami client, (tlte court'being in session.) hy the accomplished ed leninle, as well a» the buck wood*, rustic, ull ol whom received the salination of a geiiilefuuu und scholar iu the person of Geu. II. There way un old man, with Iris interesting nurijtenuiiful daughter, who seemed to qjojiri the attention of the general more than all ihe other visitors. There was au expression in tin? old mail's look diflereni Irom the rest—he-iikifoal 0 language which said, can von help me)!', and echo an*\ve'*d fomt iho heaving urcast of tjie ddvghtcr can yowhclpf Tim old titnh, many years ugn, hud taken up a large tract of land iu mat couuty, on which he'set-i|elt;l with Ids voting family, and which, through industry, ho hid converted into a very extensive aud pn|itable platitution, but had, iuudverli-uily, omitted to eitfer II. Sntiie time previous to this event, a knowing one ascertained «ibni tho uld ijjBti could bo ajectcd. and legally to0, set to work, had the' form entered in Iris owu name, got a writ ofejeriment, had it served, and in an hour the old man and his family were turned out of-house ami home, almost pennylrss. The old man en•_____1 .u __i_.I____________ ..e i.t.home, but having no money; lie tad uo fueods! (how true.) The General listened to his tale of woe. and intimated thut he would http on the morrow, as on that rld\ ttie esse would be decided.
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