ble to be more critical in their examinations here
 than if the same quantity of live oak had been fount
 elsewhere. The sound as well as the unsound trees
 are therefore thus exhibited in full, by which means
 an opportunity is afforded of knowing both alike,
 and the proportion of each; at the same time it fur-
 nishes a just criterion to test the quality of the soil,
 as well as the proportion destroyed by fire.
 "Much has been said in favour of this peninsula as
 a favorable site for raising live oak,, but the agents
 are not fully impressed with the practicability of this
 measure, and, with great deterrence and respect,
 'take the liberty to suggest, that, before an undera-
 kihng of such national importance as the raisingg of
 1lie oak nurseries should be commenced, great atten-
 'ton should be paid in making judicious selections,
 combining as well the advantage of a FALORAnLLE SOIL
 as that of a CONVENiENT SITUATION. The remarks
 of Mr. Williams, who has written a book, accom-
 panying his map, on west Florida, are in strict con-
 formity with the result of the examinations of the
 'agents. In one place, in speaking of this peninsula,
 hlie says, "The peninsula extending between Pensa-
 cola bay and Santa Rosa round (this is the land se-
 lected for a live oak nursery) has not even clay be-
 neath the sand; peat is sometimes found here in
 extenave beds, with abundance of cypress and ccdar
 stumps, standing far beneath the sand." Again, in
 another yart of the work, he says, "the peninsula
 'between Pensacola bay and Santa Rosa-sound i.s in
 general pine barren, interspersed with bl.ck jacjk
 ridges and savannahs of moist grazing land. On
 each shore there are small hanmmocks, excellent for
 sea island cotton, and would form beautiful country
 residences."
 "In the course of the examination thiusfar made
 by the agents, they are of opinion that as yet they
 lh:ve met with no position around these bays more
 favourably, situated nor affording -greater facilities
 -for its cultivation, particularly in so large a body, (a
 most important consideration,) than the peninsulai
 dividing the Escambia bay from thli Yellow Water
 and Black Water bays. To illustrate this fact the
 more forcibly, reference need only be had to the
 -comparative, gowths of each place, excepting, how-
 ever, the growth on the hammock, partly cleared by
 "Mr. Gamier, at the eastern extremity of Sta. Rosna
 sound, and which may as well be considered as being
 at the mouth of Choctawhiatchiee bay. The soil on
 this last named peainstla is of a strong, stiff texture
 of the kind, mingled more or less with decomposed
 vegetable e matter, together with calcareoussubstanc.s,
 formed from various sea shells, and consequently
 may be expected-to be lasting in richness. The soil
 of the first named peninsula, vis: between Pensaco-
 la bay and Sta. Rosa roun:l, though abounding also
 In some of the above enrichening substances, is nev-
 ertheless loose and impoverished in its texture, more
 particularly so in the interior, while the interior of
 the other produces all its growth both numerous and
 ,thrifty, even down to the pasture itself. The inte-
 rio' growth of the former is scattering and stunted,
 and the pasturage in most places approximating to
 barrenness.. The live oak growing on the latter is
 but little injured by fire, while that of the former has
 three-fourthsi of its quantity more or less injured by it.
 "The superihicumbent soil of the latter is founded
 upon a stratum of clay, that of the former upon a
 bed of peat, which may be seen in many places pro-
 truding itself into the sound.
 "From these facts it may be promised that the soil
 of the latter will be retentive of its cultivation, whilst
 the'former must soon become almost barren. But
 these facts aside, which experience has made useful
 prognosticks tq the agriculturist, t%'e comrpatrave-
 growth of the live oak on both places will at once
 suffice to give the latter described peninsula a pre-
 ference over the former; and at the same time to
 point out this peninsula as being the most stuiable
 position, containing a body of the best land for the
 p-ropogation of the liver oak, which has as yet come
 -within the observation of the agents, extending from
 .the Perdido river around to the settlement of Mr.
 Garnier, at the head of Sta. Rosa sound."
 "Schedule No. 2." "Of the quantity of live oak
 on Judge Breceknridge's tract of land situate on Sta.
 Rosa sound."
 1. "55" trees, containingg 2361" cubic "feet."
 "The following is an additional portion of live
 oak, found, also, in the above descr;hed hammock:"
 "62" trees, "containing 2036" cubic "feet."

 NEW Yotm.-April 2,-2 o'clock P. M.-We
 have our files to the llth. A Havre paper of that
 date says, that a teleg-raphi cnnmmnication has been
 madeatLvons, that a serious REVOLUTION HAD
 BROKEN OUT IN ITALY-that '"Reggio, Bo-
 logno, and Modena had been overthrown, and that
 the Duke of Modena had been killed.
 POLAND.-The Polish Diet have issued a long
 answer to the proclamation of General Count Die-
 bitsch, which is a spirited document, and which con-
 clun'ls as follows. "The Polish nation, united in its
 Diet, declares, that for the future, it constitutes an
 independent peoples which has the right to confer
 the Polish crown upon him whom it shall deem wor-
 thy of it--upon him whom it shall judge capable of
 subserving faithfully the principles which he shall
 have sworn to, and of preserving untouched the Na-
 tional Liberties." The declaration was signed un-
 animously,by the members of the Diet.
 The Captain of the packet, who arrived at Havre
 two days after the date of our papers, says the news
 was confirmed previous to his departure.
 44--
, Defamation.--La. evening a slherifi"s jury was
 impanelled to assessrfitages in the case of John
 SBaker, Jr. and Anfiaiaria, his wife, versus Alex-
 ander T. Stewart.
 From the evidence laid before the jury it appeared
 that on their 23 Nov. 1830, Mrs. B. accompanied
 by another lady who was about to purchase some
 goods, went into the store of Mr. Stewart in Broad-
 way; after a short time Mr. S. charged Mr-s. B. with
 having stolen some cravats at which she had been
 looking.
 On behalf of the plaintiffs it was shown that two
 highly respectable boardinghouse keepers in this city
 refused to permit Mrs. B, to remain in tl~h"r estab-
 lishments, in consequence of the charge so made.
 On the other side evidence.was brought forward
 to show that Mr. Stewart had grounds for suspicion
 from some circumstances, that he did nit act in a
 rough manner, and that Mr. Seymour, one of the
 boardinghouse keepers who declined to permit the
 stay of Mrs. B., for some time before wished to have
 Mrs. B. removed from his house; the reason given
 for this by Mr. S., was that Mrs. B. was eccentric.
 On being asked to define this eccentricity, he stated
 that "she(Mrs. B.) sometimes whispered her husband
 at table," and other things of that kind. The jury'
 returned at half past 12 o'clock,and ssessed'the daru'..
 ages at 1000 dollars for the plaintiff.


 Libel.-The suit of John Jackson against the ex-
sherifi Parkins, of London, for a libel, was tried at
Albany on Friday last, in the circuit court, and a
verdict rendered for the plaintiffT-damages two thou-
sand dollars.V


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 TALLAHiASSEE:

THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1831.


 ("'P The Charge of Judge Randall to the Grant
 Jury at the present term of the Superior court, with the res
 pond and presentments of the samr, have been handed us b3
 Mr. Austin, the foreman, for publication. We have boie
 unable to give them a place this week-But shall take tht
earliest opportunity to comply with their request.

 Col. White says that the people will not believe the trunti
 when it is told to them. What an exalted opinion must he
 have of thelr honesty or good sense. Now it must be to his
 owr' frie,' ds, that he applies this very aippr'oh::tory opinon--
 and it is only upon a firm conviction of the truth of it, tha'
 we can account for the various derelictions of duty, which
 have marked his co'dndct for a f-w years past. Why shokild
 I not "iglean alittl" f'e om Uncle Sam. sayste ieo himself bh
 selling them a tract of land, one ei cuth only of Which is ham'
 mock, and the buannce "an impenetrable swamp and srnd.'
 If my enemies iec it to the people, "they will not believe the
 fruth." I will s,-ll Mir. Soutt!ard my live oak timber, and al-
 though there isnone atall on the land,yet if I can get the mo.
 ney, why nped I care; the people will not bl'Iieve the trithl
 when it is told to them. We congratulate the friends of the
 Col. on lhe r-ood opinion he entertains of them; but seriously
 we do not thiik they d's',rve it.. There are some of them.
 we presume, as the Col. oe'nhnt certainly to know them better
 than we do, who have nmadi up th!ir mindis not to believe
 anv truths thi'y may her:r They of' curse have came to n
 conechlsi.' nto bh;i M v' iltlte tntruthts they may hear, either
 fr"'mn the Col.. the ilrhidi-n. r rthe o'her pets of the Col.-
 This opinion of Col. White, fully e':rla0ins to us the pii,tciples
 on wihi,,h he irs-i'd his circular, and on which the Floridian is
 condneted. Remenlter. says he to his fiuicnds, the people
 "wil inot b-li viw the trath if you tell it to themm" Why tell
 it to them then It will ,e useless. Try untruths then.-
 Tll them all there falsehoods yon can, and if one be detected
 to day. try another to morrow. We, however, do not by any,
 nieans agree with Col Whits in h:s opinion of the people of
 the Territory. If they will lay aside their prejudices and ex-
 amine coollv,they will believethe truth ; they wantto believe
 the truth, and if it could be plainly laid before the great body
 of the people, and they he properly made to understand it,
 Col. White would be in a vetv lean minority. He would
 have on his side, only those who have made up their minds
 notto believe the truth.
 If we had thought with Col. White that the people would
 not believe the truthl, we neer should have put pen to pape:,
 upon lthe subject of the Col's. improper conduct, and his un-
 fitnessto representnts. It is solely upon the prevAlence of
 truth over the mindsof the people, that werely for the election
 of Col. Gadsden. We are inclined to think that Col. White
 begins to be afraid, that lie was mistakenin the very flattering
 opinion he had cxp' essed, with regard to the people. The
 very low spirits hlie seemed to be in while he wasin this piece,
 can only be accounted for, by supppsing that he began to dis-
 cover that the people were beginning to believe the truth.-
 Some sneeringly accounted for it in another way; but on that
 we say nothing.
 Scazr eat.-What a difi'eence it makes in the current of
 the blood, when the thermometer is at 96 or at zero. Dur-
 ing the very hot weather last summer, our late delegate was
 allfbr carrying the war into Africa. Bnt the e 'traordinary
 cold winter-we are told it was dr'eadfnd at Waslhingto--hlas
 so cool.'d down the temperature of his blood, th-at tie has be-
 come quite pecerbly disposed; and it is g<ner'ally conceded
 that he has ri,'-en up; all thoughts, not only of the Afreaiu e:-
 pedition,but of any other ofa simn'lar nt-ture. W'e co' grat-
 bM'te our .litiOens on th *'''vS ;-5-'. nn'1 tjr rf,'ari r'' -n
 no more rumor of "war! horrid war!

 Some one in the Floridian, we presume it is Col. White,
 talks about the Col. being "dissatisled with Gen. J'ckson,
 because all hii friends ar'e'v-eptfi'om office." HIow is this?
 Is ittliatthe friend's selected by Col. White are unfit to fill
 their offices? Or is it that th.,t the colonel's character is in
 puch ba'. od. ar "nat the palace at VWashinaton,'" thnt his fri'nd-.
 ship is almost fatal to a man. The p'tiful snecer at the Presi-
 dent, in talking of the "palace at Washington," is disgracefiul
 to him, both as a man and deleErgte.

 A writer iri the 'lo"'idian, over the sinrnaturr of a voter.
 and evidently Col. White, says, "there is some art top in
 bringingon rucb a discussion (regarding political principles,'
 on your part, and lenvi-ng suspicion to rested o that of your po-
 litical opponent, hiav:g previously ascertained thnat he will
 not be driven intosat;h a d-claration." Now, weshould like
 to know what is th' season that Ccl. White will not bh driven
 into a declaration of his political principles ? There can be
 but oe. a consciosu-'ss f fhis duplicity-It is this which
 makes himashamed and afraid toilet the people know to
 which party he belongs. If lihe declares for C:ay and Web-
 ster, the ackson mmen will despise him as a double dealing
 traitor; ifhe declares for Jackson. the Clay and WVebster men
 will de'pis" him. as an unprincipled time serving politician.
 He is in a sad dilemma! Iiow is he to ext'icatet himself? Ohs
 sayshis friend, lie favors no party! lie proclaimts no peru-
 liar creed! Are you for Jackson Col? Oh my dear sir, I fa-
 your no party- Are yeonfor Clay and XWebster? I have no
 peculiar creed! If the" Col. has a particle of independent
 spirit. how grating to his feelings it must be to quirk and quib-
 ble and evade in this manner. IHow pitifiul! We venture to
 assert that our late Delegate, is the only man in the Territory,
 similarly situated. 'What aun unenviable pre-eminence.

 JWonderfdl.-In thi' two last Floridians, Col. White has been
 silent abnut tlie speculators. Is he conscience stricken, or is
 he haunted by the e'osts of his own speculations? Why has
 the Col. tnken so much pains to denounce the speculators ?
 Does he want to d:rive th-m from the course, that he may
 have the whole track to himself? If it be disreputable int
 them, is it less so in a delegate? He certainly bearsaway the
 palmn front everyone we have heard of. They generally buy
 good land and sell at an advance, but the Col. buys the poor-
 est, and from his character as a dleeate, is enabled to sell
 even his wat'tr-as good ntear and cotton land. Is it not a
 tittle singular that a mnan who has bor.-'t anrd sold eight or
 ten tracts of land, containing as man' thousand acres ,of
 land and water, sno'ld be centiuutlly bawling out ,-'""'il-
 tors!:soeculators! W''at has Col. Gadsdcn to do with the
 speculators !


son to believe that Col. White gave currency to the report, if
he were not I he first person who brought it to the Territory.
We cannot think otherwise but thnt Col. White must have
known that ther- was not the sligtcrst f'undot0:icn for the re-

beli f of it to a friend of Col.'W:hite, bnot he told us that there
conid !,e no doubt of the truth of i, that he ihad just then been
converting wv.ith the Ccl. on ite subject, wl;o assured him
that it was certainly so. Conscio'rs of the opportunities that
Col. White must necessarily he'v. to know the truth, we were
constrained to believe that it was so. W"e could not suprose
that he wSnas deceived himself, nor could we think that he
would venture to deceive other', when the deception must be
so soon detected. We noiv however see that the whold was
an electioneering trick, and a iitifnl one it was. It was ino
doubt expected that it wou'd operate injuriously to "Colonel
(Gadsden, if the people could be made to believe, that Mr
.Calhoun intenrcei to offr for the presidency, and his friends
in Carolina had q:uarrelled wit!' General Jackson,
 Col. WV. scorns to feel. very disposition to rest the contest
between him and Col. Gadsden upon any thing else, rather
than upon the comparative merits of the two candidates. HIe
depends principally for his election upon his quarrel with
judge W right, with Mr. Thomas, with Gov. Dnval, with the
surveyors, and upon his persecutions! persecutions! These
lie hopes will counterbalance his liud and water speculation%,
his impositions on tli government; his selling them Liie Oak
timbernot aparticle of which Commodore Rogers could find
after five days examniation ; and his dIlircity in pretending to
be of the Jackson party-, when his friends confess that hle "fa-
vours no party."
 Col. White shows us that if he abuses those opposed to him,
he can praise his friends. And he, hias selected Mr. Wyatt
and Mr. Kingsley as most worthy of this distinction. Of th6
former lie owns that he' has spoken harshly. How harshly he
does not tell us. But he now tells Mr. Van Buren that he is
an honest man and is -- not infamous. Is not the Col.
afraid that Mr. Van Buren may take his praise as ironical?
 Mr. Kingsley the other favourite of the Col. is a rich man
and a classical scholar. Mr. Van Buren probably cares very
little about Mr. K's riches. HIe might think a little more of
him on account of his classical scliolarship. To satisfy him
upon that point, we should like to know if the Col. sent on to
the Departmentaof state a certain pamphlet published by Mr.
K..advocatit't#the breeding of Mlulattoc!. There son'ms to
be something ominous in this unini of tlhe Col. with Mr. K.
and with the Webster party of Masuachusetts. They have
repealed the law in Massachusetts which prohibits the mar-
riage of blacks and whites. And the Col. is praising Mr.
King-ley for his classical attainmcnts. Mr. Kingsley's hopes
must be reviving and we shall perhaps soon 'see a new edition
of the ".*'', .. "'**. pamphict," revised and corrected by
our late Delegat'.
 We have understood that ilhe.reason Conmmodre Rogers
and the overseer of the live oak plnitation could not find the


 live oak tiunibor sold by Col. '.1hite, was, that they rodie on
 Pintado Claim.-The Flor-idi m says that we decline goins indian opners. The scrub wasjur!t high enough to hid" the
intoan argument on the Pint:d" cla:m. We have shown in large trees, and aiter hunting for them a' day, they had to
the most ample mann-r the faith'essnossof the dee'gate; and give it up in despair. We wouldrecommend to those who
that that fiithless-ness arcs,- from ihs bchn' interested in the may hereafter go to.look for the live oak on any land sold by
confirmation of the claim. The Pensaeola Gazette denied the Col. that they either ride on tall horses or cut down all
that the Col. was ittereste! in it; but when we confronted the scrub, that the large trees may be visible We hope nur
him with the Col's. own words: he was quite silent ou the sib- readers sWill not suppose that we mean to cast any reflection
jrct, and has conlinred so. Cut the interest of the Col. ac. upon Commodore iRogers. We have too high an pinion of
cording to the iloridaan. was of too trifling a nature to pro- the energy and perseverarce of that officer, to suppose that
duce coer'ftion il the mind of the Ielegate. He, however. he did not doall lie could to find the Col's. live oak, but alas!
whocertainly ought tobe the best ;indge, bvynomeans thought he could find none larger than 4 inches in diameter.
it of ariflin nature. tIc s'Enis iohave thouhdit directly the
reverse. For he preten!s that his interest in it was such as to Some persons are surprised that Col. White should enlo-
preclude him from advocating it. He', however, takes good size so highly Mr. Kingsley of East Florida. It may be part
care to advocate it secretly, by writing memoranda regarding of the plan to place Mr. Kingsley in the place of Gov. Duval,
it, for the use of the committee. in case the latter should not be reappointed. Does the Col.
 The grant was Ior public services. Wonderful discovery! mean to beccome the advocate of certain doctrines advanced
Is the editor of the Floridian really ignorant, or does he only by Mr. Kingsley in a celebrated pamphlet distributed through
pretend to be so, that a grant fir services does not exonerate the Territory two years ago? As the Col. fasvoura noparty,
the grantee from improvement and cultivation. The corn- anr has no "pecidiar creed"it may be tla.th may extend his
missioners, of whom Col. whi't was one, decided expressly impartiality so far as to favour no peculiar colouer.


COMMUNICATIONS.


to excess so long as the promised reward was in
,'iew." Does such language do no violence to
the feelings of individuals ? Or, are ihey (the
individuals alluded to) to receive and be satisfied
with the apology, "np offence was intended?"
 Q in the corner.


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iFlanks printed to order.


that the services were the inducement to the grant, but were not
the consideration, Or is he too dull to understand the distinc-
tion ? If improvement and cultivation were not requisite,
why did the commissioners report, that no evidence was ex-
hibited to show that the conditions of thegrant were complied
with. And why did they refer t thtir' general principles, re-
Ilting to grants for services. The editor' of the Floridian, ei-
ther wilfully misrepresents, or he is too deficient in intellect to
comprehend whlt he reads. We uspectthe latter, for itwould
be too uncharitabl to suppose that he always says, what he
knows to be untrue.
 The Floridian states, that the editor has in his possession, a
 copy of the original grant to Pintado! and "that the grant is
 absolute, for public services, with tie power to possess and
 cultivate, instead of being conditioned to cultivate and im-
 prove." This must bo a wilful and deliberate falsehood; and
 we prove it by Col. White himself. We have now before us
 the report of the commissioners,Messrs. Overton and White.
 From it we make the following extracts.
 "We have fiirtheir to remark, that no evidence has been ad-
 duced to prove thi:t Mr. Pi.tadoe, ever Ihilt upon these lots,
 in compliance sWith the coalitions impose hiy thic grant of" the
 intI'nd:'rt." In I'-ecther pLcr c spe;k nl: of the several parcels
 of land embi'a'ed in tIe graipt, 1cv sl: t :
 "No aroo' hras bhen 'ami! ited to s'.:o\," that Mr. Pintado "ver
 crllvated or in)prqvd Ih liese lands, "in the most einefic'al
 manner, according to the r : .i -.' on ihat matter. fir the
 p'oplin7 of this provii;ce,"' in ronmy!iancc ithil the renditions
 ipsicd l:y the grant! Hias thi etlilor of the Floridian no
 sliame ?
 C'ol. Wl:tc says, under the si enahiu of a voter, that it is
 quite rsnsonb ', thir; he sho'l 1 "Ie a liil0e dissatisfied withl
 General J.acsl c or !iis ad i':i-;'r"'in) wIb n i .ll his political
 friends are swept trom o,,cce." Aih Col. II)ere is the rnlu!-
 That cuts below the s'Ii7n. Your political friends -re swept
 from eflice! GeneraIl Jar'icks.n hais turned them out!I He
 appoints to office those ppo'!'d IPN you! What a pity! Have
 you never thought Col. what itithe reason. IHas it never oc-
 cirred to you that the reason of it is, that the President and
 tile adimlin;sir;it!on generally hirve totally lost confidence in
 yca. They place no drependience'on any thing that you say,
 or do, and they will never forget your imposition on the go-
 vernnment, in thi" Live Oakl transaction. The Col's. chliarcter
 is as well known at Wa'irjinrton r's it is in Florida. And; tis
 his character for duplicity and double dealing that is the caiFe
 of his not being 'Ibl, to goet his fiends appointed to office.-
 "He is a little dissatisfied" with Geneaal Jackson, and well
 lie may, for poor fellow lie has lost all power to re&vard his
 friends with offices under the General Government. No
 doubt tile President must deeply regret the dissatisfaction of
 CoL. WVVh;te!
 We have understood that Col. Whits has been giving all
 the currency he possibly can to the report of a quarrel be-
 tween Col. Hayne of South Carolina anl Ganaral Jackson,
 and that the lart r had returned a letter to the firmer, with the
 word "ins lent" written on i:t The object of the Col. wasr
 un.l.u I ly Io endeavor to pro'ancc a little clectioneeringE
 effect and to a!d him. The-report is generally cicnulating that
 Mr. Callonn intend tioofTerras a candidate for the Presi ency.
 As Col Gardsden is flarm the same state, as MIr. Calhoun, an
 attemptisto be made to create an-impressio.n that the former
 is opposed to Gener;'l Jackson. It is perfectly vell known,
 by all who pretend to know anything about the general pol-
 itics of the country, that no idea is entertained by Mr. Cal-
 hounof offering for the presidency. It is also well known
tint thle re-ehreton of General Jackson will be warmly sup-
norted by all the friends of Mr. Calhoun. They consider him
as the only man who can at the present time withstand and
prevent filthei' encroachments being m'de on the constitu-
tion. This we know lo e the opinion ofr Col. Gfadsden.
 Wirhra'spec to tle letter of Col. Hayne ieing returned to
!i;.I wit!.'t'ie word insolent, written or it, vie liave every rea-


 For the Florida Courier.
 Some of the friends of Capt. POTTS, of Gadsder
 county, who interfered to counteract and remedy
 the gross imposition practised upon their friend and
 neighbour, think it due to themselves, to make the
 following statement. In taking the course they did,
 they were actuated less by indignation at the oppres-
 sor, than by a regard to a kind hearted, guileless,
 unsuspecting man, a victim to the wily cunning of
 an experienced lawyer.
 Capt. Potts was an officer in the revolution, and
 under the pension law was entitled to arrearages of
 his pension. This was paid to Col. White. The
 Col. sent Mr. Potts $600, which was one half of the
 sum coming to him, and told him that he would give
 him the balance when he cameoto the Territory.-
 Whe:i Col. White came to the Territory, he delayed
 under various excuses, paying the money which he
 had received. Capt. Potts was thus placed in a most
 unpleasant situation, as relying to a certainty on re-
 ceivineg the balance of his pension from Col. White,
 he had e:pended the money previously received-
 The friends of Capt. Potts, in a short time became
 aware of the unpleasant situation in which he was
 'placed by Col. White refusing, or neglecting to let
"him have his money, and they afforded him all the
assistance in their power, not only to relieve him
from the unpk .sant situation in which he was placed,
but to striaulate Col. White, from a sense of shame
or jn utic,', to repair the injury le had done and was
:til! doing. The neighbours began to talk in no very
measured terms !f tlhe conduct of Col. White, and
at last, we b'eieve, from a dread of an exposure of
his conduct, he came over to Capt. Potts, and gave
him a draft on Washington. As may be supposed,
Capt. Potts wais delighted at getting his money, and
thought the business was settled. But not so. Be-
fore the Col. went away in the evening -" Captain
Potts," says he, "perhapsI may want that money;
can't you wait a little longer; I will give you an order
on n g.enilelman who keeps a store in Tallahassee, for
$100, and do you give me the draft back again!!"
The good, kind hearted, unsuspecting old nian, gave
up the draft, and with the exception of the order for
$100, was jnst where he was before.
 We need -.: .c-.-Iy mention that universal indigna-
tion was felt, I y .lic friends of Capt. Potts, at this
conduct of Col. White. In this situation, Captain
Potts thought that the best plan to get his money was
to get the Col. to purchase him a piece of land.-
Trusting to the judgment of Col. White, Capt. Potts
took the land without having previously seen it. The
settlement is miserably situated, and the family of
Capt. Potts soon found that they would be devoured
bymoschetos, and that they could not live at it. This
new imposition on the kind hearted old man, by no
means lessened the indignation which had been ex-
cited among his friends, by the previous conduct of
Col. White. They spoke their sentiments very
freely, and threatened to expose his conduct. To
prevent this, Col; White agreed to take back the
land.
 It may be the case that Col. White did let Capt.
Potts have part of the land, at the same nominal price
it which he bought it. But how did he pay for it?
Will it be believed, that at the very time that he de-
tained Capt. Potts mone3, he shaved notes held by
Mr. Delphy, who was building his house, and depos-
ited them with the President of the Tallahassee bank,
to pay for, or secure the payment of, the land which
he bought of Mr. Manning, and sold to Mr. Potts,
and with one .f ''.,- notes of $100 he afterwards '
"paiadfo'-tc .'TTlwhicb he bought for Capt. Potts; -
 Col. White says that the other eighth was sold to
Capt. Potts, at the same price that he had been offered
for it. But who made the offer of $5 per acre?-
Col. White's own brother! Comment is needless.
Thet offer was a sham, made by one brother to the
other, and had the effect of fixing the price which
Cap:. Potts was to pay for the land.
 In his letter Capt. Potts states that ho'had been
offered the same money by others. The Capt.means
that he was oftiired the same price for part of one
eiZhth. Who was it made the offlr? Let the friends
of Co'. White ask Capt. Potts, and he will tell
thoml that no one but the brother of Co!. White ever
made him such an offer. And he knew that Capt.
Potts could not sell that part witnont materially in-
jirinag his tract.
 Col. White asks how much did lie make by it,--
We do net know exactly; but he made $150 by
shaving trle notes, and sold the eighth he-had entered
for t8500 more than he gave for it. So thatho made
$t450 out of a trade of about $900. No bad specu-
lation. In addition, the Capt. made him a present
of $100, for some little repairs on an old house. It
will be scarcely credited, but it is a fact that the Col.
received it.
 That Capt. Potts was most grossly imposed on,
through the whole transaction, none can deny, who
will pay attention to the proceeding recital. Why
did not Col. White give him the money which he had
received from him? Why did lie beg back the draft
on Washington? And how could lie make him pay
four times as much for the. land as he gave for it, on
the flimsy pretext that his brother had offered him
that much for it? And why did Ih persist in retain-
nag his money, whenhlie knew the unpleasant situa-
tion in which Captain Potts was placed, from the
want of it?
 With perfect confidence, we appeal to the good
feelings of our fellow-citizens to decide, if we were
not perfectly justifiable in intefering as we did,to res-
cue from oppression and imposition our neighbour
and friend, .in old, kind hearted, guileless officer of
the Revolution. Friends of Capt. Potts.

 For the .Florida Courier.
 "During a residence of nine years in our
Territory, I can say, (says Col. White in his cir-
c'ulanr) that I never offered violence, intentionally,
to the feelings pf an individual." Yet, in the
same circular he speaks of the acts of individuals
as "exciting disgust in the heart of every citizen
of Florida"-of "base and malicious slanderers
who wish to cast him aside to gratify the malice
of individuals"-And has himself in his speeches
at barbecues, and at p.iblic places, held up to
execration persons "of most gross and groveling
nfamy," 'and an individual in particular, with
whom "infamy is popularity, and obscurity pun-
shment." He has denounced, collectively, all
hose politically opposed to him, as backbiterss,
persecutors, calumniators, infamous liars," (I use
his own very conciliatory language) andbal'gpo-
ten of those who have changed their optreno of
him, as a set of discontented office seekers, kind


 '-or the Florida Courier.-
 My neighbours have been in a constant state
of alarm ever since our Delegate put us on our
guard against a "Nucleus formed to rule the
Territory." We felt the more frightened as he.
spoke on the authority of a "little man of in-
famy;" and I was resolved therefore to find out
the conspirators, and expose them before they
had rivetted the chains on our necks. After a
most diligent search through the files of some
old newspapers, I found in the columns of the
Floridian, where Mr. Wyatt spoke of the same
nucleus as composed of a Mr. McCarty, Mr.
Willis, Mr. Thornton, and Capt. Duval Three
out of the four, political friends of Col. White!";
Can it be possible that these very respectable"
gentlemen have combined for the purposes stated I
by our Delegate? If they have, we now know'.:);.
them, and the people are placed on their guard'
against their machinations. How patriotic, in
the Col. to denounce his own friends least they
should rule the Territory to the exclusion, we
presume, of the rest of his party. ..
 M- I -.OUKY.

 For the Florida Courier.
 Col. White complains bitterly that his private
speculations are made subjects of newspaper in-
vestigation. Who commenced this kind of war-
fare? Col. White himself. Has he not consid-
ered the speculations of Col. Gadsden's friends
as objections to the Colonel. Is land specula-
tion a political offence? If so, we have only
shewn that Col. White does not stand acquitted.
of the charge; for he has speculated on govern-,
ment and individuals, on friends and foes, deeply]
and successfully. It is however, an old adag.;
that two of a trade cannot agree. It is not sur-
prising, therefore, that Col. White should Iane-
no very friendly feelings towards those who wish
to glean a little, as well as himself.
 NO SPECULATOR.

 JMr. Editor-I understand that Col. White has
said that one Virginia vote is as good as nine Caroli-
na votes. This I suppose is because the Col. was
educated at a Virginia College, where he tells us "all
our great statesmen are educated." Will he tell us
how many Georgia votes are worth one Virginia vote?
 A GEonGIA VoTmr.

 Mfr. Editor-- perceive by one of. the S. Carofi-
na newspapers that Col. Hayno denies'the truth of
the report that General Jackson returned him a let-
ter with the word "insolent" written on it. I have
been informed on very good authority that this report
was confirmed by Col. White, and that his friends
have been using it and some others equally well found*
ded to electioneer on. As the Col. seemed to be so
certain of the truth, I should like to know on what-
authority lie propagated the report. Surely one of"
uis high standing, who keeps such a budget of intra- r.j
huctory letters to publish when he finds the people
ikely to forget his character and standing, could. not
tave given currency knowingly to a false report, that
iis friends might electioneer with some better hopes
of success. Lest you should not she the contradic-
ion of Col. Hayne I send you the article. X.-,

To the Editor of the Charleston ercuy..
 Sui--On my return to this eity yesterday. from
.'","i .,_ r,..., iy attention has been'cadled to various_,.
notices in the public prints of an "angryj correspon.
lende," which is stated to have taken pince between
Gen. Jackson and myself, and which is suppose, : to
have had some connexion with the 'conirevr-'rsy be-
tween the President and Vice President. In one of
hle versions of this story it is asserted tl:at Gentral
Jackson returned one of my letters unains- -erqd,i with
he word "insolent" written upon it. To pt.a' end'*.
o these misrepresentations, it is proper that I she.,id
tate that no correspondence has over taken place
otween Gen. Jackson and myself of an ,d.-'a;ildy
character, or having the remotest conn;iexio, ... Mlr.
Calhoun-and ibat he has never returned any letter
dressed to him by me, either *with or without an
andorsemcent-inor have I any reason to believe that
o has treated with the slightest disrespect, any comi-
utnineatibn which I have ever niade him-and it is
certain that I have made none 'of a disrespectful
character, or which would justify such treA tment on
is part. ROBERT Y. HAYNE.
 Charleston, March 20, 1831 .

 Virginia.-The Geiteral Assemb!y of the "An-
ient Dominion" appear to have taken up the sub-
ect of Internal Improvement with great zeal.and
energy. They have now before them a proposition
o construct a Rail Road from the Potomac river to
;taunton, with a capital of a million and a half; an.
their to construct a Rail Road from Winhliester to
[arperOs Ferry. They seem equally determined to P
ppose any interference of the National Funds with
beir State rights; and with the cry of "Hands off,",
ave actually passed a resolution in the Senatb,
whichh declare the charter of the Staunton Rail Road '
3rfeited, if thecompany shall receive any-subscrip-
on to the stock from the Government of the United
tates.-[N. Y. Jour. of Corn.

Population.-The new census will show an in*
ease of population by a greater ratio tha" that ex-
ibite'd by any preceding census. We have now the
population of all the states except two, and if iwe
rake an allowance for the probable increase in these
ro states, the whole population will exceed thirteen
millions This will make the ratio of increase over
5 per cent. The increase between 1810 and 1820
as in a ratio less than 33 per cent.

 MARRIED,
 On the Sth inst. Rev. JO..FOLKER to Miss ELIZA-
 ETH M., daughter of John Myrick, Esq





 DR. E. AIRIN,
 -S -'i"NFO tS the public, ti at.in consc
 o X quence of the existence of dtl("SMALL
 IPOX in Georgia, he has taken the earliest
opportunity to procure some of the fresh VA.CCI][]
MATTER. He is now prepared to Vaccinate al
who may wish. .
Tallahassee, April 21 1831. 19..2w
To Farmers and the public generally.
HE Subscriber hogs leave to tender his thanks to the
"l. Public for their liberal share of patronage, and hopes
for a continuance oftheircustom; and informs the public that
he is now prepared, with workman and materials, to execute
all minds of
 BLACKSMITH WORK
at the shortest notice, viz: MILL WORK. of every descrip-
tion, all kind of FARMING work, AXFS arnd Eir"GE
TOOLS of every description, warranted. He' will furnish
materials and do work for the present year, payable at the
expiration of the year. DAVID C. WILSON.
 Tallahassee, Feb. 17, 1831 10....12m