Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1826-10-26
VARIOUS


Georgia aud tie Indians. lit is diK:i
cult to ascertain the state Of affairs
between Georgia a nd the indians, the
papers IN that state in she interest OF
Governor Troup represent the peace
iul progress OF the surveys, and those IN
the opposition declaring that the most
hostile measures are pursued by the In
dams to stop them. The Georgia Patfi-
OF of the Sd inst says, 1--WE have Just
received information which may be re-
lied on, that the sectional surveyors haze
been stopped by the detachment Of IN
dams sent out for that purpose BIZ tie
Council, and that several have returned
the others are On their way" On the
other hand, the Georgia Journal of the
same date says, ut is~~singaiar indeed
that so many reports respecting Indian
hostility to the survey Of the land ceded
BY the late treaty, should be circulated
in Georgia, when the commissioners
who have lately been in. that country
could neither see nor hear any thing OF
It," From such discrepant staten ents
AIDut UETSOuH WI " HOtt
appear strange. that no just conclusions
can be drawn as to the situation of things
In that country.
The running of the boundary line be-.
tween Georgia and Alabama, was com.
plsted on the 10th ult. by the Georgia
Commissioners exclusively, those on
the part of Alabama, as was stated in
I
ing, and, refusing to acknowledge the
line proposed by those Of Georgia, re-,
turned to their homes The boundary
line is, therefore, yet subject of cen
troversy -BGH Pat
The Nashville Wing of the 30th ult.
says, that, on the preceding Thursday,
(the 2sth ult) a duel was fought between
General Samuel Houston and General
William White, in consequence of a
challenge from the latter. Gen. White
was severely wounded. The combat
took place in Kentucky just over the
line. I
The United States ship Lexington,
Capt Shubrick, sailed from New York
on Thursday for Trinidad. This vessel
is dispatched by the government TO
bring back the remains of the gallant
Perry inferred at Port Spain,
The President of the e. s having re-
ceived an ingtation to a public dinner
from the citizens OF Wore ester, Mass.
returned the following answer
Messrs. Oliver Fisk, Samuel NJ Burn
side, Gardiner Burbank and Stephen
Salisbury, ira committee of citizens
of the town of Worcester.
PRINCETON, Oct. 9, 1896. \
GKSTLEMEN--I pray you to accept
for yourselves, and to present in my
name to the citizens in whose behalf
you have delivered to- me the very
kind invitation to a public simmer on
Thursday next, the assurance of my
grateful sense of the attention with
which they have thus honored me, and
OF my regret that engagements with
which | am not at liberty to dispense,
compel me to deprive myself of the
pleasure which should take in accept.
Ing 1t.
As the highest reward upon earth OF
public service is in the satisfaction of
those to whom ii isrendered, so none
could be more gratifying to me than the
appreciation Of my fellow citizens of the
town of Worcester; nor can | forbear
to express the peculiar sensbility with
which | meet your chairman one of the
earliest and most respected friends of
my youth. | am your faithful servant
and fellow citizen,
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.