Ouran the chimney sweeper here
Hunter— Coll. of Georgia. Midshipman’s warrant for his son.
- Barbour— S.W.
- Southard— S. N.T.
- Wirt. A.G
rBarbour’s drafts of Letters to Gov
rTroup, and to Gen
l.Gaines: prohibiting the survey,
read and discussed— The object was to instruct Genl. Gaines if
necessary to prevent by force the survey of the Creek Indian Lands by
the order of the Govr. of Georgia—and to
give him notice of this— Govr. Barbour’s
draft used the term forbid; and called upon Troup to yield obedience— I
suggested the use of milder terms as not permit—and acquiescence—but the
positive order to Gaines being given in the Instructions to him, to
furnish Troup a copy of them; which was concluded to be the proper
course— I also gave Govr. Barbour a Letter
which I received from Troup, with an anonymous enclosure addressed to
him, containing a furious denunciation against Wade Hampton and Thomas Cooper, for interfering against
the Creek Treaty and stating that they had written to me, and probably
would see me. Mr Troup withholding from me
the name of his correspondent, and professing to believe his charges
against Hampton and Cooper delusive expresses an expectation, that if I
have any evidence affecting the interests of Georgia relating to it, I
will communicate the same to him— I have received one Letter from Wade
Hampton, and two from T. Cooper (the first anonymous) with printed
enclosures and very ardent against the Treaty— In giving Troup’s Letter
and its enclosures to Mr Barbour I desired
him to peruse them, and give me his opinion, whether I ought to answer
the Letter at-all; and if so whether officially through the War
Department, or in my own person on the first impression, Barbour,
Southard and Wirt all thought I ought not to answer the Letter at-all— I
returned to Mr Wirt the Letters from Judges
Marshall, Washington and Thompson, and from H. Wheaton and Emmett, contradicting the imputations
cast upon him by Troup, relating to his argument before the Supreme
Court last Feby—in the case of the Antelope:
and advised him to publish them— There was question also with regard to
the 879authentication of testimony before the Court
Martial now sitting for the trial of Captain
Porter— They refused to receive an Office Copy of Porter’s
Letter to me of 17. April and required the original— A Commission has
also been taken out to take the deposition of Mr Monroe
upon interrogatories— The question how far the President and heads of
the Departments could be required to testify, upon subjects relating to
the discharge of public duties was spoken of and the Precedents in the
cases of Smith and Ogden, and of Burr’s trial were referred to— That of Marbury and Madison was not recollected—
r and Mrs
Wade, Mary Buchanan
and Alexr. H Hopkinson passed the Evening here, but I
did not see them.
The heat is suffocating.