The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-08-31
Jail at Comm Glmer. JuLu ls. 1881.

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which is still in my possession, but which :
you may receive hereafter. Last Thursday
night white man by the name of Nsllum
was added TO our number. He was arrest
ed for residing in the prohibited territory
without a license. He said he was on the II
way hither for the purpose of obtaining IL
cense, and was tarrying for a day or two
with his mother on the way, when he was
arrested. You know that the law makes f.
no provision for license to be given since /
the first of March, and of course would sub I
iect Nellum TO less than the rest of Us to
the penalty enacted. However, after being
detained till yesterday, which was the Sab
bath, he was set al liberty, / presume on
the ground of his intention to take the oath
of allegiance.
Saturday evening we sent request to
Col. Nelson, ofwhich the following is a copy:
Col. Oh. H. .Nelson,-Sir, if it he consist
ent with necessary regulations, 1t would be
n high qualification to some of your prison.
ers. if Mr.. Trott and Mr.. Worcester might
be permitted to hold q meeting tomorrow
evening at some place where such OF the
guard and of the neighbors as are disposed
, might attend. If the favor can be granted,
+. be 30 kind as to give us an answer as soon
n as convenient. We wish to be understood
), that we should all greatly desire the pFIVl-
# lege Of attending. Slgnedl
!. S. A. WORCESTER.
j ]. ]. TRoTT.
;. ELIzUR BUTLER.
q SAMUEL NAYEs.
" Tho note was returned to US with The fol-
70 lowing answer written on the outside:
IT "We view the within request DIS an I'M
r. pertinent one. If your conduct be evidence
,r of your character and the doctrines YOU
#. wish to promulgate, we are sufficiently en-
re lightened as to both. Our object is to re-
to strain. not to facilitate their PRONUNCIATION
l. IF your object be true you can ENJOY l
a where YOU are. Were we hearers WI
n would not be benefited, devoid as we ar
- of confidence in your honesty:
ct [Signed] Z. IL. NELSON 81;
ut After dark we were at supper. The 200
of our prison was thrown open to give
SIS light. Several of the guard came an
he stood by the door, and one OF them con
we meaced insulting us, and IN particular, VIII
ant such language as made it appear that eve
de Sergeant Brooks could be equaled in filth
led ness of conversation; one or two othe
he Joined him. Such men do not consider IN
ers they are paying US a compliment by taKlI
de- it for granted that profaneness and ebsce
inc ity are torture to our ears. Atterwar
some of them came and lay down by o
his door for the apparent purpose of disturb
Nor our rest nv their talk. One re-echoed sc
ned eral times from the mouth of Brooks, te
and not little flock"
our Chatahoochv, Cherokee Nation, July %
hen am now on my way home; and having
nee. tarry a little time here, resume my narrat
moss of recent events.
Iii, On Monday, the day of my last date, \
iieS' with writ of habeas corpus requiring 1
Ola, Nelson to present us before the inferior co
Al of Gwinnett County, at LawrencevIlle 81
the nosinp that we should probably be taken aW
rot the next morning, and should have to wa
hing DR.. Butler delivered his sadde-bags TO \
,irut rrurnpsuu ~ CdTrIeu rUr nln To bHwr1II
the willie. We were afterwards informed that,
uartl Thompson had already got beyond the line
rod Camp Gilmer while tarrying little at &c
49, ~ ders Inn, Col Nelson being there, orde
"a ~ one of the guard to search the saddle-b
ked. ,ssu lined for The Phnnix. Acco!dir
ana they were thoroughly but vainly searc
Col. Col. Nelson said afterwards that he had an
err object in searching them, which, howe
All he did not explain. This was done in prest
FUSED of Mr.. Thompson, Mr. Rogers, ana MT %
who der.
. had In Justice to the individuals composing
! not guard, it may be proper to say that, while
= were in JAIL only two or three individuals
fered US any insult, most of them treate
unti with cvllity, and some wit kindness.
ought 1t was not till Thursday morning, that
tterly we're relieved from our confinement. The
oney, son afterwards assigned was that Col. San
NO for who did not arrive till Wednesday evening
a br- important evidence in his possession. III
Ded tn suppose must have been letter from the
Rut- retary of War, stating that missionaries
LII. not agents for the General Government
n &C.
of two onS Iso" sn &c ~ d:sn,;ss.l rrn,,, of;ce
timer, ,TL,rsday morn;ng we were ali furnished
Brooks tars.s and set ont towards L,awreaceville
where stead, however, of being presented dIrectl
ia Will fore the court, to which the writ ct habea
moth pus was made returnable, we were brougi
intro fore Justice of the peace on the way, a
of US by him delivered over into the hand
ION we constable for Jail, with the understanding
mt ap the cohstao'e sHIuiu wSrs ." , t"e Sa,,or
NY At 8 O'Clock in tho night we arrived at
very rsnceville. Friday was spent in endeaVor
e nave collect the Justices of the court; and n
AT our near noon on Saturday were we at
able brought before them for bearing. In the
applied time, on Saturday morning, DIR. Butte
holes seized with violent and dangerous alta
of the bilious cholic and although by prompt an
an for orous medical aid, he obtained relief, h
n Lut far from being able to attend court. II
nough. a9D, VII ~, o,,a,,n, - Joso,;bo the mr.
lie, but e e H. n' court r,bich snneared TO me
have s;gsSu \, han the altitude in which we
water, orescnted before them-in the hands Of
for the stable TO be committed to jai, and yet
wear hands Of Col Nelson to be presented be
: put in habeas corpus court 1t is sufficient tn
Provi- decision was against US all. We all CAV
Though ri,y for our appearance at the ne G erm
All with Superior Court except the poor Cherokee
"A was anew committed TO Jail.
Wells rL Doctor Du',e, anu =, is"rsnoov;Ils F.,
w with .n.n;p', I'D sTnericnced f,om some of
,ut Nr. ;zens yorions acts of distinguished XII
4 is still which we shall bear in grateful romembl
onverse With much esteem remain your
be sent friend. S. A. WoRcEi
cod had rYvonuon, For, hs terrible ma
r A :.