Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-11-07
From. the Charleston Courier.

From the Charleston Courier
Case Of OlCens.-We have been favored
from an authentic source with the following
statement Of this unpleasant affair:
The territory. inhabited by, the Creek
NatiOn,' belongs to the United States, by act
ual purchase. although it is included 10 the
limits Of ph0t ,UiN be the State Uf Alabama.--
When it was purchased Of the Indians, it was
provided by clause in the treaty, that = the
Indians should be the pOssessOrs up to stat
cd time (abOut three years hencc.) and that
each Of those who cultivated farms, should
have reserve of 500 acres ta dispose Of, af-
ter il (the reservt) was surveyed, as he pleas
ed The Indians. therefore, are still posses
sOrs Ofthe soil. An act VI the Legislature Oi
Alabama divides the nation into counties,
and because the President did not formally
object to this, some Of the Alabamians say
that the State properly owns the soil. This
act has induced many Of the whites to settle
in the ration Many Of them settle among
tho Indians for the purpose Of making mopey
10 the most expeditions way, viz. by cheating
Them ont 0f their reserves and negroes. In
this class was Owens. Many Of them forci-
bly, dispossess the poor unprotected Indian Of
his house and cultivated lands. Owens had
the unenyiable honor of being Of This class al.
so. The Indians have a right, granted by the
treaty, Of complaining Of those who thus in
trude on them. They complained amongoth-
ers of Owens. II was proved that he had
dispossessed one man of his house and farm,
and young girl Of another farm of 100 acres
Of valuable land, and broke her arm for COM
planning; and with others (among them a
dentist. J robbed the Indian graves--ihe dem
tist for the teeth, and Owens for the silver or
naments and beads, which are always buried
with the Indian dead, and these he afterwards
sold in his shop. For these acts Of violence
and robbery, and other 0mtrages, The United
States Marshal informed Owens that he must
leaye the nation This he refused to do
While those charged with his removal we're
attempting to eject him. he endeayored to
blow them up 10 the house. but failed; and
afterwards when summoned to surrender, he
drew arms, and was shot. The Marshal had
previously extended to him oil the Indulgence
in his power, and on one occasion obtained
his promise 10 60. but his wife urged him to
remain. This is the man about whom. and
this the true state of the affair about which,
soma are endeavoring to create difficulty
with the General Government! The MULTI
cation that the Alabamians contend fOr, rs
not South Carolina publication, nor any
thing like II. South. Carolina resisted an act
OF the general government that she alledged
to be Unconstitutional: the Alabama nulli6crs
assert claim to that does not, and never did
belong to their State--a clause 10 the c0nsti.
tuition 0f the State positively disclaiming, in
favor Of the United States. any right to the
Greek lands.
WAsHINeroN, Oct. el.-IRe .Alabama Case
Since our last paper was issued, says the Ma.
tional Intelligencer, the proclamation Of the
Governor of Alabama has come to hand. Il
does not tend to allay our anxiety about the
consequences Of this unhappy controversy
The Governor. IL will be seen, has issued his
orders to- bring all offenders against the State
laws to justice; that is, TO arrest all who shall
dent, and bring them before the State tribu-
nails. So that ii the Government persists in
the execution Gifts duty, we can see no other
result than actual collision and bloodshed.--
AZ both parties seem determined, we cannot
perceive how the affair is TO terminate peace
ably, although we sincerely hope that some
-snode may present itself tosavert any other
termination Of it. The Government paper al
Saturday Is almost entirely filed with official
documents on the subject, comprising chiefly
the correspondence which has taken place be.
tween the Secretary Of War and the Governor
Of Alabama. The Secretary argues the ques
ton deliberately, and vindicates with great a
bility the right and the duty Of the Govern
ment to protect the Indians from the intrusion
Of the whites. The Governor too, display.
much talent in replying to the Srcretary,s ar
gumsnts, and maintaining his own side of ih,
question.
Niagara Whirlpool. whirlpool, which
10 several miles below the falls at Niagara, i.
large deep basin. in which the waters Of the
mighty ST. Lawrence revolve in one perpet.
ual whirl, caused by their being ohsiructed
by an angle Of the steep and dreary banks
which oyerhang this dreadful place. Mr..
Wallace the blacksmith, had a son, a iine
youth, who one day went down TO the whirl-
pool, and the current proving too strong FOR
him. he was carried into the whirl. His poor
distracted mother sat on the gloomy hank for
hours and days. and beheld the body of her
-own darling carriedsMrnund in circle by the
water, sometimes. disappearing for time and
then coming up and revolving upon the SUR
face Of his watery grave. and thus continuing
for several days, no human aid being asaila-
BILE even to obtain his remains. After i've oil
six days bodies which get into this dismal
cauidron are carried down the river. II il
usual fOr persons rafting timber from places
between the Falls add the Whirlpool, 10 gel
O6 the raft before they come 90 the basin
drst placing the raft in such a position as ma,
best enable II To Aoat down the slream with,
out heing carried into the whirl ss
On one occasion however. one Of the rats.
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