The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-08-25 00:00:00

141 E BTATINIVIAN

'l.-? • CASE OF MR „ARBUTHNO7T.
This letter will bring the British Public acquainted
with the whisk, case, as it relates to the constant mg-
gressions of the Americans, the defenceless state of
the Indians, and the obligations of Great Britain by
treaty to protect them against lawless invasion.
Nal.Fau. N. P., Aug. 26,1817.
Sta,--I am especially authorized to address yea
by the Chiefs of the Creek nation, whose names I
affix to the present.
" They desire it to he made known, that they have
implicitly followed your advice in living friendly
with the Americans, who were their neighbours, and
no wise attempted to molest them; though they have
seen the Americans encroach on their territory, burn-
ing their towns, and making fields where their houses
stood ; rather than make resistance, they have retired
lower in the Peninsula. The town of Ecati-liallo-
way on the Chattabouche, where Otis Mien was
Chief, is the instance of the encroachments; of the
Americans. This town is situated under the guns of
Fort Gaines; and Mien was desired to submit to
the Americans, or his town would be blown to
atoms; rather than dal°, he retired, is now living
in the lower nation, and his fields, where the town
stood, are ploughed up by the Americans. They corn.
phis. of the English Goverment neglecting them, after
having drawn theta into war with America; that
the promise made to them of sending people to
reside among them has not been kept ; and if they
have not some person or persons resident in the na-
tion, to watch over their interests, they will soon be
driven to the eatremity of the Peninsula You left
Mr. Ha biy to watch over the interests of the Creek
nation, but you had hardly left the nation, when he
turned traitor, and was led by Forbes to take the
part of the Americans; his letter* to me, of which
linnet you a copy, will show you what lengths he
would go if he had the means. It is •Ilamlily and
Doyle who give.ihe Indians all the trouble they Pape-
rience; they send their emissaries among the lower
Creeks, and make them believe the Couhittes, aided
by the Americans, are coming down on them ; they
send to the Coultittas, Riot report the lower nation is
arming against them, thus both are put in fear, and
their fields are neglected, and hunting is not thought
of. I have endeavoured to do away this fear, by
writing to the Chiefs of Coollitta Town, that the,
ought to live on friendly terms with their brethren of
the lower nation. whose wish it was to he on gond
terms with them, and not to listen to any hail talks,
b-t to chase those that give them from among them.—
My letter was answered by them rather favourably ;
and I hope the talk that was sent to the Big IFar-
rior last June, will heal the differences between 'nem.
" Ilidlis Adjo arrived in my schooner at Okolokne
Sound last June, and was well received by all the
Chiefs and others who came to welcome him home ;
its consequence of hia arrival, a talk was held, 'the
substance of which I put on paper for them, and it
was cent wish a pipe of peace to the other 101ti0119.
66 Adjo wished to return to Nava so with
me, but I prevailed on him to stay with the nation
and keen them all at peace.
" I am desired to return Ili,llis Adj.'s warmest
acknowledgment for the very handsome manlier in
which you treated him in England, and he begs his
prayers mats be laid at the foot of his Roy el Highness
the Prince Regent. I left him and all his family well
on the ROth of June.
66 Old Cappachimico desired me to send you his
best respects. and resquesta that you will son(' out
some people in ,sae among them, and all the land
they took from Forbes shall be theirs ; at all events
they must have an agent among them to see that the
Americans adhote to the Treaty. and Permit them to
live unmolested en their own land ; this agent should
be authorized by his Majest)'• Government, or he
will not be attended to by the Americans.
" In the Gmettes of Georgia the Americans re.
pert the Sums stole Indians are continually committing
murders on tl.eir borders, and making incursions
into the state; these are fabrications tending to irri-
tate the American Government against the poor In-
dians; for during the time I was in the nation, there
was only one American killed, and he, with two
others, was in the act of driving off cattle belonging
to Bolerk, Chief of Sawahee ; whereas three men
and a boy were killed last June by a party of cattle
stealers, while in their hunting camps ; the boy they
scalped : and one of Boleck's head men was killed
on St. John's river in July. The Back wood Geor.
glans, and those resident in the bordets of the Indian
nation, are continually entering it and driving off
stelae; they have in some instances made settlements,
and particularly on the Choctokstahe river, where
a considerable number have descended.
• " By the Treaty with Great Britain the Americans
were to give up to the In-lians all the lands that may
have been taken during the war, and place them on
the same footing they were in 1811. It appears they
have not done so. that Fort Gaines on, the Chatta.
houchy river, and Camp Crawford on the Flint river,
are both on Indian territory, that was not iu posses
sion of the Americans in 1811.
" They are fearful that before any aid is given by
the English Government, they will no longer be in
possession of any territory. I wrote last January
to his Excellency the lion. Charles Bagot, represent-
ing the encroachments of the Americans (as I was
informed by the copy of a letter from • the Right
lion. Earl Bathurst, handed tne by his Escellesicy
Governor Cameron) that his Majesty's Ambassador
had received orders to watch over the interests of
the Indians. Since my return here, I have received
from Mr. Moodie, of Charleston, an extract of a
letter from the lion. Charles Begot. that the espenoe
of postage is so considerable, any further commits&
casinos of the same nature must be sent him by pri-
vate hands ; now, Sir, as no person goes from this
direct to Washington, how am Ito be able to com-
ply with his desire? thus lie will be kept ignorant
of the real situation of the poor Indian, and the en.
groachments made 011 their lands by American

• Extract of 14 letter signel W. Itlainhtv, received at Oituluhne
Sound, Ma‘, 1817.
5t14,1 am desired Iry the Chief. of the nation to request
you will extricate yourself from among ti band of outlaws,
among whom situ now are, for the arm of justice is lifted up
again‘t them. and it will ere long fall heavy otolleta. you, and
your property. They say they would have no stye. non to
your settling any way to the west 4 Appmlachicola River ;
but where sou now are, you are stmong.a H.( of outlaws ; "they
base lately commune.; twenty mast cruel minim ed; women
and children on the frtiatiers of the'United States, and stolen lie
hones, and they say it is by your desire.
(Signed) " HAM BLY.
" Spanish Bluff, May 10, 1817."

settlers,, w.hilts be may be told by 'the Amp- Vitt?
_Go-
vernment that no eneroachnients bait, been made.'
end that the facts they still hold are necessary to
check the unruly Semanoles; thus the peison
pointed to watch over the poor Indian, having no
other means of information than from the parties
interested in their destruction, and from seeing from
time to time in the American Gazettes, accounts of
cruel murders. &c. committed by the Indians, on the
frontier settlers of the United States, he apprehends
the Indiatts merit ell the Americans do to them. But
let his Majesty's Government appoint an' agent With
full powers, and to correspond with his hlajestes
Ambessador at Washington, and his eyes will then
be opened las to the motives that influence Amp.
rican individuals Rowell as the Government in vilify.
ing the Indians.
". The powers given me, and the instructions, were
to memorial his Majesty's Government, as well as
the Governor• General Harems ; and I fear that a
Memorial to the G 'senior-General would be of do
use. Referring you to the enclosed +,
66 I am most respectfully,
" Sir, your ohergient servant.
(Signed) as A. ARBUTHNOTT.
" To Nieholl."
+ Si:vultures of the Chiefs of the Creek nation. to a power
Riven to A. Arhutho at. dated the 17th of June, 1817. •
Coppachi•nico. °eh/legion fustonaky, H.vmathle Mien,
Ink !mai Wel Intathluche, Talnmehes Hutchn,
Oharfr Tustoonky, Inteunuthluchi. Hidlie Adjo,
Olud Mico LNL i Himathlo, oppaithli miro.
Interpreter. PET FR SI 1L (; Eat
Approve.t of by F. C. LC ENGO,
Commandant. St. &lark's.

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• G'OTTUN SPLNIVERS.

[PROM TUE LEEDS MERtURT.)
The difreePikeeS between the Cnttnn Spinners of
Manchester and their Masters still remain in :lulu
quo. A sort of counter-statement to that made by
the Spinners, has been put forth, not by the Masiers,
bot on the authority of noe of the Newspaper Printers
of Manchester. In this Paper it is asserted, that

instead of 18s. er 19s. a week, the average " wages
paid to the men spinners itt Manchester, from the
Ist of January last to the middle or June, when they
turned out, was upwards of 315.; and for boys and
girls spinners, upwards of 174. clear of all charges
and deductions whatever." We should have thought
this statement much more satisfactory, if it had beet'
confirmed by the names of a number of Mister Cot-
ton Spinners of known character. But perhaps they
did not think it necessary to answer an anonymous
address in any other than in a demi-official and ann.
nymnas way, and we have reason to suppose, that
the teiragriph in the Manchester Paper is substantially
correct, far since its appearance, the fact has been
communicated to us by a Gentleman on whose vera-
city wo can rely, that the average of 19 mills where
men are employed, has been taken, and that their
clear weekly melees for the last six months have
been found to he 31s. a week, while the earnings of
the hns s anti gii!s in 13 other mills, base been found
to amount to I7s. weekly.
We hove tin hesitation in ;aline this confirmatory
statement to the infoimation contained in the Man-
chester Chronicle NVe ate 110 parties to the dis-
pute bet %PP!, the Spinsters and their Masters. We
have satisfied ourcelars with stating facts. When the
Chairman of the gtorter Sessions said, a little exult-
inglt „ that it was proved that one of the refractory
wi.rkmen couiii earn Ils. and another 125. a week,
we reported his observation, and expressed our sur-
prise at it ; and when the Spinners in their Address
est►mated their weekly earnings at 18s. or 19s. a
week, we did the same thing. Now the Masters say,
that their men earn 31s. weekly, we are equally free
to give their repot t of the wages of their work-people.
It is in this way, by hearing both sides, that truth is
elicited, and we condemn those only, who subject
their Readers to hear but one party. This error it
has been our anxious wish carefully to avoid; and
we are willing to take all the odium to which the
course which we have felt it our duty to pursue, may
subject us, from those who are always paying their
court to the rich and powerful, and traducing and
abusing the labouring classes. It is not, we perceive,
denied, that a reduction took place in the wages of
the Spinners in 1816, nor that they continued to im•
portune their Masters for months before the turn-out
took niece to elevate those wages •to their former
standard. It is also tacitly allowed, that they work
as many hours as make seven days in the week ; but
these facts are disingeniously withheld from the Pub-
lic by the Newspapers on one side, and the Printers
of ►hose Papers have the effrontery to censure those
who do not choose to follow so unworthy all example.
It is not our business to reconcile the difference be-
tween the statements of the amount of wages as made
by the Masters and their Workmen, but we suppose
that the Spinners in their Address might speak of the
general average, while the cootiter statement has aria.
lizert them under the more definite designation of
the " Wages of Men" and of 11 Girls and Boys."
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Mr. J. Thomas, of Palmer's Vti!age, on Friday
night, going along Tothill-street, a fellow knockerl
him down, and before he could recover, robbed hint
of his watch.
Several wild docks have been seen, within the last
few days, on the northeast coital of Kent,. which Is:
considered there as an indication of an early winter.
Saturday mnrni•tg the servant at the linage of Cot
Bland, of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards,
corner of Stritfotd-place, having left the area gate
open, and the sash of the kitchen window op; whilst
he went on some temporary business about the house,
a thief entered, and stole the table cloth off the par-
, lour table, a tea.caddie, and various other articles
off the sideboard.
Tuesday last, an old Roman coin was purchasod
in
the neighbourhood of Penrith, from a farmer who
had found it in one of his fields, and on examination
it proved to be one of FAUSTINA, the wife of the Em-
peror MARCUS AURELIUSANTONINUS—it is very per-
feet. Two heads of battle-axes have also been lively
dug up near the Roman way upon the fell, of rather
peculiar construction. They are composed of copper
and brass, and very entire, and shape somewhat f
e-
ambling the head of a tomohawk, used by the Ame-
rican savages.
ISLE OF MAN.—The number of people who have
visited the Isle of Man 'in the course of the resent
season, far exceeds what has been known in former
years, and the resort still encaustics, appaseatly
without the smallest abatement.

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thought proper. Being sworn, he said, he hid on a
Thursday met a woman in the path ; he knew Mrs.
Clitheroe by sight; he had no words with her; a
man had gone before him soon after the witness had
passed the woman; he saw the man crouching down
in a ditch bottom, and thought he was doing some.
thing for himself. He said, " A fine warm night ;"
the man said, 66 Aye." lie believed it was Charles
blawdesley, but was not positive; he then stated the
same circumstances as to Clitheroe and his wife
calling at his house afterwards.
On cross-examination, be said he had formerly
known Mrs. Clitheroe by sight, bet did not know
that the woman he saw passing with the basket was
she. There was a hedge behind the ditch, he might
bare got over it very easily, he could not then have
seen him : he bad seen hits before. lie had known
the Prisoner for three or sour years; he believed he
has a wife and children ; be never saw them; he never
beard any thing before against the man's character.
Jane Pilkington, a farmer's wilts in Upholland ;
knows the fields through whit% the path goes. She
lires nearly a mile from boulls's fold, and a quarter
of a mile from the path. On the evening of the 11th
of June, betereen nine and tens she heard many a
shriek. They were very dismal. They continued
for many minutes. She could not tell whether they
were a man's or a woman's. They appeared to come
from the fields where the path was. She stood there
hearkening to it. There was only a poor woman in
the bowie, who boarded with them, and who bad
Slot all her senses.
Mary Kenyon, a vety young girl, was sworn.—
She said she lived in Upholland, at her father's house.
She heard a noise on a Thursday night. To the best
of her thinking it was between nine and ten. She
beard a shriek. It was kept agate (going) for some
time. It came from the fields. Sbe looked out at
the window, afterwards saw a woman passing by
their house. It was Betty Clit hero. She carried
coals in a wisket on her bead. She was going home.
She said nothing to her.
Mrs. Clitheroe was again called, and said she bad
seen the last witness in a room window, and said she
bad heard a shriek ; witness said it was she, and a
men had been very ill using her.
The Prisoner was now called upon for his defence;
and only said that he was not guilty.
Henry Fairyman, a farmer in Upholland, knows
the Prisoner, who has taken some potato ground
from him. On the Thursday evening in question, he
saw him en the ground taken for potatoes. Ile saw
him at nine, and worked till after ten. He came to
their door, and asked the time of the night. It had
Struck ten about five minutes. He had seen him in
the field working at ten• lie had seen him from time
to time from nine till five minutes past ten. He is
very particular about his clock, allowed none to
wind it but himself, and it was as goott as any clock
in the parish. During the day he worked with Mr.
Blundell, and had only the eventing for himself ; he
knew him very well ; he has a wife and three children.
On cross-examination, he said there was a path
through the fields in the Prisoner's way borne. He
sometimes set his clock by the dial. lie did not set
' it by any public clock. Ile would swear it was the
time 'of the day. The dials were in Holland, two
'Giles off, and Wigan, five miles off, which be saw
on market days. They are in churchyards, open to
all children.—(To the Court.)—He did not bring his
clock to the dials, but he took a particular account
back.—(A laugh )
Thomas Harmer lives at Orrill, bad business with
the Prisoner on the 11th June, waited for him at
Prisoner's house till after 10. Ile went out to the
rnd of the house after 10 till he came. lie came a
qt trier or W minutes past 10. He saw nothing
wrong about him, no flurry. lie knew him four
years. lie is a married man, and ban three children.
lie never heard any thing against him before. On
cross-examination, he said Fairy man's was better than
a mile from the Prisoner's.
Mr. Fairyman, called again, said, that the dis-
tance was a good mile, an old mile.
Jane Gaskill knew Betty Clitheroe very welt.—
She is a single woman. She remembered a man of
the name of Mechison taking liberties with her.
An objection was now repeated, but his Lordship
thought it was not altogether collateral, and allowed
the elimination to go on, giving liberty to call up
Mrs. Clitheroe again.
Witness said, she had told the liberties taken to
John Clitheroe. His wife afterwards said to her,
that if any man had used her so, she would give him
the law. She did say she would swear a ravishment
against him.
His Lonnstur refused to allow this examination to
be carried further, as not relevant.
Mr. WlLLisass argued upon 44 the King against
Yewin" and " Harris against Tippetb" Camp-
bell, 637), that evidence was admissible as to the
Prosecutrix having ever given advice bow to get
money by a prosecution of this kind.
Mr. Baron WOOD said, that he was of opinion
that this evidence was not admissible. It was re-
levant to call witnesses to prove that she had ever
expressed an intention to swear ravishment against a
man. That was asked, and negatived. It was not
relevant to ask questions as to any advice given for
taking money.
His Lordship then summed op the evidence. When
the evidence as to the scratching was read, his Lord.
ship said that this was a most important circumstance
for their consideration.
Mr. WILLIAMS said, Will your Lordship forgive
use saying, that no other witness spoke to that ?
Mr. COVEITZNAY.—And will your Lordship al.
low me to say, that he has not ventured to ask a'
single question of another witness as to that fact?
In conclusion his Lordship seemed evidently to'
think the evidence against the Prisoner extremely
strong. It was for the Jury to take all the circum-
stances into their consideration, anttgive a verdict
according to the evidence.
The after consultieg in the box for 10 mi-
nutes, retired at half-past one. A few minutes past
two they returned with a verdict of Guilty, but re-
commended to mercy.
The Prisoner stood in a state of sorrowful comp*.
during the trial. When the Judge was sum,
op, be sucked his-cheeks with evident appear-
of the utmost anxiety. He heard the verdict in
e, but the quivering of his lips indicated the state
mind. He was dressed in a corduroy jacket,
the corresponding apparel of a labouring man.

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