Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-09-20

been paid thousand dollars for his services =
~ nave received twenty-five thirty thousand d =
iis OIL he United States funds placed in the ha.
" 'he Commissioners who made the treaty, and a.,
na'e oeen engaged, with that money, ever since j
sPS.uia'ing on negroes a common nero trade.
'uch Is the opinion OF this mans character. wLes
I iescusd, and was best known, that the CIR. !
- y, awlsS County Superior Court in Mar
W % uscredred his affidavit, and pronou,o.-
e ,ne OH which he attempted TO sustain .,v u.
;a;s% NO Dill, malicious prosecutions i IN.
JOIN The aidsvi,s of John Wnsle,i I.er,el I, n;
enoils, and j. II. Campbell, TO show, ibc-rh,,
per habits, and temper of this one of the Or,
,nissioncrs e 80
COL W. H. Torrance. This gentleman has bee,
~, wi,hin about year, by a sentence al
,"e ,ogrt OF The place in which he resides. (a..-
| ecseville,) of dissracefui SANDER and = cc,
derable fine imposed by the sentence oe the r.,
| as a punishment ~ 49,
Noi warren Jourdon. This gentleman has hoe.
| accused before the public OF having screened n ne,
oiious snuggier. who had been engaged during tho
ia'e war IN smuggling large quantity of blanhc,>
INTO Georgia from Amelia Island: The accusatioo
men was made by his neighbour. a man OF hi.!,
Standing In society, has never been repelled: rs
was so far sustained by his felow-citizens as =,
cause MN TO be rejected a candidate for the Lee
SiSiatnre regret that the attack of this gentle
man on myself has compelled me, in showing the
want OF Character end credit to allude TO circu,.
stance, the mention of which, understand, give,
nm as much uneasiDess, as did the n,ention 4.
Sancho Panza OF his blanketing AT the tavern.
CAPTAINS Bowen and Thomas, the two Marshal
are already known 20 The public. BY reference TO
me fepot OF Mr.. Nrt, (made in 1922 TO ,l,,
| president OF he United States in the case of Ger.
u b. Mitchell, the former Indian AGENT for ,Jc
! NieeS nation, (who was convicted of hayiag
S"'uetiea between one and two hundred African
hes'oes into The Indian nation from Amelia l.
iand,) 1t viii be seen, that these two sentcroe,
VINO were ms deputies in Office, were the irs,,,,
mehts OF General Mitchell in in,roducing H.
negroes INTO The nation. 1t III be there seen ,b,
captains bowen and Thomas were the persons l,y
" mon" the negroes were obtained and carried into
The Indian nation General Mitchell was d;s,n;
seq on mat report from office; and Captains Bow
en- and Thomas compelled 10 leave The nation
Ca2t Thomas Is now living or connected l., ~;
ness with General Mitchell 10 whom he is rca,o,.
ana captain Rowen has been shown. bv The e,
po.ures oi the Assistant Indian Agent. Capt,in
iT'ple't' TO have been, OF late engaged in efforts TO
S"u",ei"e. me measures OF General Gaines in the
Sfeek hatien II was Bow On who wrote tho cor
respondence signed with the name of General Nc
ihtosii, 10 The Governor of Georgia. relating In
permission to make survey OF the lands acouiredbv
the late treaty.
Mr.. kenan, the Secretary of the Beard of Com
mssionersr so lar as observ ed or learned any thin
o, lbs character or conduct, il Young pcntlensp
ne discharged his duty TO the Board and die Siars>
OF Heorsia, conducted himself as a gentleman 10
wards all those who had occasion 10 have any inter
course with him.
nave thus attempted 10 show. in taking view
OF their Individual characters. the degree of credi
defame the characters a e e6A.-lfdr e Cou:nlis=
Gentlemen residing as Missionaries in the Indian
! nation, and myself shall next aude to certain
private acts OF those gentlemen, to show their cha
ractcr and conduct board of public officers.
Whilst he Commissioners were in the Indian
nation, it was made known 10 tie Acting Agent,
Captain Iriplclt, that quantity of wliiskey had
been ciandcstinely introduced. (ihrough The woods,
and at night into back building in the rear of the
houses at PriLceton, near the Indian! Council. AS
the sale distribution of LIQUOR is always prohib-
lei in tiy' ncgl.bourhood of AL Indian Council in
session, the Aciing Agent had the yyhiskey In own
out OF the vessel which contained H. Whilst the
Agent present experimenting those ordered 10
Perform his daty, the slave servant OF Colonel
Jones, one of The Commss toner's, presented him
self, and conteEdcd, that II ought 10 be thrown
/, ont, it Ike property of his mas er or tie
Commissioners. Captain Trplett informed the
servant that II his master either Of the Commits
sioners wonli say so, that the same quantity OF
liquor would lie procured Immediately and restored,
whatever he might think oil The transaction Col
Jones dEi accordingly acknowledge that he ow NED.
it, and tie restoration took place Immediately AT
lndinns ard others. that Captain Bowen lad visi-
led their camps-had jeered them with the fact OF
General Gaines not hating given them any liquor,
= and, informed them, If they would go to the
lodgings OF he mm-sioners, they should have
j as much they wanted. The Commissioners
could not have wanted the whisiey for their own
use, for they, any other persons, except the In
: dams, could have procured, the house they
boarded, what liquors hey wanted for their own
, tables The presumption in the nation was, that
= the whsley was introduced TO produce confusion
among The Indians, through The agency of Captain
, Bor en-
The conduct of the Commissioners towards The
Reverend Gentlemen residing in the nation as Mis-
sionares, was OF the most extraordinary character
/, he fret question put to of those gentlemen
Mr.. ompere of tie Baptist N1i,sion,) a gentle
man OF the most pious aud exemplary character
was, whether he present with The party who
a allied NJ lniosb. Towards another. Mr.. Smith
(of the Methodist A!ission,) they sced, if posi-
= be- in still more shameful manner: After giving
= MIN certain interrogaofcs 10 answer, one of tie
Commissioners Colonel Jourjo y declared before
they had receive ed his answers, hat tcy would no,
believe word lie Nigh, state, even on oath: This
4 was known 70 Dir. Smith before lie answered ihe
interrosatorics. The Missionaries had hid, yeai
= o. two AGO, as they th0ught, cause Of complaint
, against the Indian Agcn,, because le would not
compel Or induce the Indians 10 attend preaching
But at Tive same time, they accorded him tie JUS
ice ~ stating That lie had done all in lis power 10
forward the interests Of the Missionary Schools To
the nation. From tbat cause, The Commissioners
4 appeared o think that the Missionary Gentlemen
were borndto give evidence agans: tie Agent, on
any subject charge. tue untrue, made against
ID him. And when they discovered the s. illingness
y of those geaernca . bear testimony in his fav OUT
IN matters in which they .thought.oT knew him tc
e be innocent, at tie same time that they repeated
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