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Extract from an official letter from the superintendent of the Chero kee emigration, received at the War Department, dated Ist inst : “ The great body of the Cherokees are wavering, and it requires all the exertions ol the leading men to keep them from enrolling for immediate emigration. They say, 41 Wait on Hoss; it is time enough to make pre parations for removal, and writes de cisively that nothing can be effected.’i I have been expecting a great many to join the next detachment, who, I fear, will not come in, because noth ing has yet come from Mr. Ross" This is in accordance with all the information received from the Che rokee country. Not only do the Cherokees refuse to prepare to re move, but parties, that have comple ted their preparations, and commen ced their journey, have halted on their route nt a .distance from their homes; encamped, and built for them selves new habitations; and why? because letters had been received from Ross, stating that the prospects were fair for a new treaty with the Government, by which the Chero kees would retain their lands in Ala bama, Tennessee, and North Caro lina, and the whites would be driven from among them. The effect of these communications is represented to have been 44 electrical” upon the minds of the Indians; and they allow ed themselves to be influenced by them, although the Executive has, on all occasions, avowed its purpose laithlully and humanely, but, in any event, to execute the treaty that has been ratified : Although the agents to the Government have been indus triously employed among them for eighteen months, examining their debts, claims for improvements and spoliations, and providing means for transportation and subsistence, and expending, in fulfillment of the stipu lations lor these objects, more than one million and a half of dollars, still they believed that Ross could af fect wonders, and they were indu ced by him to hope that Congress— Congress, which had solemnly rati fied the treaty, and made all the ap propriations to Carry it into effect — would, at this late day, and after so much had been done, reverse its own acts. Well, ah appeal has been made to the popular branch of the Nation al Legislature for such a decision, but in va n. A similar appeal to the Senate would undoubtedly share the same fate. For how can it be oth erwise ? Upon what basis can a new negotiation be opened, that would replace in the Treasury, the monies expended, render imperative and void all the proceedings that have ta ken place, and leave the Cherokees in the states, whose citizens, locking to the existing treaty as the law ol the land, could not be restrained from possessing their premises and im provements after the 23 d of May next, the time fixed for their emigra tion ? And yet, yet perfectly cogni zant of these facts, conscious of the futility of his resistance, and deter mined, in hrs own mind, to avoid ac tual collisions that might lead to bloodshed, and to urge that resis? tance only until the appearance ol force shall give him a pretext for al leging that his people were driven, and for claiming redress hereafter at the hands of Congress. Ross remains at the seat of Government, and trans mits from thence to the people who conlide'in him, intelligence and ad vice, alike calculated to betray and ruin them. To this course he may have been instigated by persons whose sympathies or whose political biases have misled them. To such persons, we commend the following extract from another letter from the source from which thcinlroduction to this article is taken. “ Grog shops and groceries arc to be met with in almost every neigh borhood. If those members of Con gress who have the welfare of the Cherokees at heart, and w ho are op posed to their removal, would sec the drunkenness and debauchery here, and the manner in which they are defrauded, and oppressed by the whites, I think they would, with one voice, be in favor of their immediate removal to the country set apart for them, without the limits of the white population. By continuing here,not only their money and property will always be in danger .of being lost, but their morals—the exemplary 7 ha bits w hich many of them have ac quired.” It is equally probable, however, that Ross is actuated by other impul ses—by* considerations altogether selfish and personal—and that he has used the names and opinions of those w hose position in the public councils gives authority to Both, to foster the spirit of disaffection at home, and bolster up his ow n impo sitions on the credulity of his coun trymen. It is a fearful responsibility bv whomsoever it is assumed or sha red. At the expiration of three months, the Cherokees must remove, or be removed, according to the sti pulations of the treaty. The Gov ernment w ill then have discharged all its preliminary obligations; and if it shall so happen that the ill-advised and unfounded representations of Ross, or others, shall have excited feelings and hopes, too ardent and lively to be subdued but by the ap plication of force, ami blood shall be shed, it must forever stain the hands of those who have misled them. There are 78 administration mem bers in the 11. of Representatives, & 63 opposition from the non-slavehol ding States. W a n d Moderation. ROJIE, FLOYD COUNTY, GEORGIA, MARCH 17, 8 838. From a Correspondent of the Augusta COnslUulionalisi. Fort Clinch, (E. F.) Jan. 28,1838, Gentlemen —Since I last wrote you, we have been scouring out the immediate country lying between the Gulph Stream, the Withlacoochee, and Suwannee Rivers—from near the mouth of the latter stream, we have just returned. No recent oi fresh signs of Indians were discover ed—none later than about the 12th or 14th inst. We of course are in duced to believe that the return ex press which stated that they saw some 45 or 50 Indians, proves to be false. I mentioned that report to you in my last. We arc now con structing a bridge across the XV ith lacoochce, to enable us to take over our train of xvagons; this done, we shall leave here so Christal River,’ 45 or 50 miles S. S. E. of this place, where, it is said that Old Tiger Tail and his men are embodied in consi derable numbers, and where, it is ex pected, they will give us fight. Should wo chance to meet him, I guess the Old Blue Fox, with his “ cow dri vers,” as the Indians are pleased to stylo us, will give them “ Gall and Borax, and pay them down.” lam not aware whether I stated to you that the two Indian men taken by us lone on the 26th Dec. and the other on the 11th inst. had both made their escape, or not. The first made his escape on the same night on which he was taken, from a young man by the name of Watts, of Capt. Board ing's company, of Lumpkin countyt Captain B. being the officer of the day, his Lieutenant J. IL Worley, acting—there being no fire allowed on that night, all having been put out as soon as supper was gotten, to pre vent the Indians from firing upon us —it is supposed the Indian induced the old negro man (whom we had also taken) to untie him, when he broke—tw o of the sentinels fired up on him, but it is believed without ta king any effect. The last man, ta ken the 11th, made his escape from Fort Fanning, where he, with others, was confined, under the charge of Capt. Beck, of Rabun county, until the arrival of a steam boat, to con vey them axvay. Strange conduct, but if there is blame, I know not at present, to whom it ought to attach I itself. I have no sort of an idea that this perplexing, trilling, insignificant war will be terminated the present win ter and spring, unless the Indians of their own accord, should come in and give up. If any there are, who should disbelieve this, let him but apply for the proofs—he, she or they will find abundant evidence-by even follow ing in the trails of Gen. Nel son. as made by himself and troops, during the present campaign. We have traversed swamps, hammocks, ’marshes, miry ponds, swam streams, through briers, vines and bushes, which have never been pressed by the feet, sw am or parted by white men before. I say this, without the least possible fear of contradiction. There is not that man, now living, of worth and strict moral veracity, (save only -such as may have been w ith Nelson’s army.) that can come forward and give an accurate des cription of the ponds, lakes, creeks, swamps, hammocks, soil and grow th of that part of Middle and -Eastern Florida, from Dead Mans" ©ay-to Chrvstal River, along the Gujph Stream, to 35 or -10 miles, and no more, stretching out in the interior. The army under Gen. Nelspff, have enjoyed good health. There has been but two deaths in the whole brigade since its organization—one of these was in bad health previous to joining the army. tlio w’cather has been very mild and dry, we have had but two heavy rains since we left camp call, on the sth November, and but one cold night, viz : the 22d ■ instant. Wethen saw §ome ice on our camp buckets. j- This is the most monotonous, un interesting country I ever saw, — abounding in pine barrens, ham mocks, mud, mire, and water, lag goons, ponds and lakes, &c. I have reference merely to that portion as above referred to. We shall finish our bridge to mor rOw, and pass the river. Yours, A VOLUNTER. From the Southern Banner. ATTENTION CHEROKEE CIRCUIT. The people of the above interest ing and important portion of our State, will recollect that at the last session of the Legislature, an act • was passed for taking a censes of this State during the present year. They are no doubt aware that they arc more interested in this act than any other portion of the State, inas much as their representation will be, after the next apportionment, more than • doubled, provided the act. ' should be properly executed. It there fore behooves them to attend vigi lantly to their rights. It may not have occurred to all, that by delay, they may lose much of their representation. By many, hos tilities with the Cherokees are ap prehended during the year, and by ,! some, at no distant day. If these ! apprehensions should be realized, it J may, altogether, prevent taking the census in some of the counties in that country, or at least drive much | of the population from it, who would I in such an event, never be cnumcra ; ted in the census. By the Ist section of the act au thorising the census to bo taken,the justices of the Inferior Courts, or any three of them, shall w ithin nine ty days after the 23d Dec. 1837, ap ; point one or more persons in each county, not exceeding one to each Battailion, to make the enumeration, i&c. (See Standard of Union of the 6th Feb. 1838.) As the justices of the Inferior courts are now' authorised to pro-i ceed, they should forthwith attend to ; their duties in the Cherokee coun try, lest their counties suffer from their neglect. Those appointed should be instructed to proceed forth j w ith to the execution of the duties of their appointments. 44 No one knows ; what a day may bring forth.” 44 A , word to the wise is sufficient." Would it not be w ell for the Wes tern Georgian, and indeed all pa-, pers circulating in that country, to | notice this subject, and publish the above mentioned act ? I live in the middle part of Georgia but am •l; A FRIEND TO THE VP COUNTRY. ■ The Federal Press in this city has |jeen as quiet as possible about the feast at Brown’s, given to Mr. Prcn tisS, to honor his insults to the House of Representatives. Messrs. Clay* pnd Webster, made speeches, and jludge White presided. The latter, Vo understand, repented, before the whole assembled host of Federal lea ders, tfigt ke had ever been a Jack son mgn. The character of the mid .night orgv may be gathered from the brTef escapes of the eloquence of the hero of the occasion, which have reached the ear of the public through the report of persons present. We Vol. I— iiG 0. extract the following from tlw Bos ton Post:—lFas/i. Globe. Federal Bullyism.—The New York Post contains an account of a disgraceful debauch, given by the Whig members of Congress to Pren tiss, one of the claimants from Mis sissippi to a seat in the House. The madness with which this vulgar blackguard raved, must have been inspired by copious libations at the shrine of Bacchus. We cull an as sortment of his expressions, to ex emplify the nature of tfie most boas ted Federal Whig decency and re finement. 44 He would go home and make Mississippi nullify Congress and demand his seat of the Speaker, at the point of the bayonet.” 44 The next time he approached speaker Polk, should he dare to turn him out of the House, by his infamous vote, he should hear the tap of the drum followed by the crack of the rifle.” Speaking of the record of the vote that sent him home, hb said, 4 ‘ he was determined it should be rescind ed, and if no other way was left to got rid of the d—d thing, he would himself cut it out of the book and carry it off, as the honest fellow did in Boston, who cut oil* the figure head I” He then talked indecently about Mississippi as his wife ; said he had just married hot ; that she came to him a prostitute from the arms of two rakes !” Such are the jewels who are for overthrowing the present Adminis tration, and enthroning their own in fluence, to aid the moral and political improvement of the people. Judge White and Mr. Southard presided; Messrs, clay and Webster were at the table. From the Pennsylvania Reporter. Bank influence —We have be fore referred to the fact that the a gents of various banks were here en gaged in the nefarious attempt to corrupt the purity of legislative ac tion. They infest our public hotels, the halls of the Legislature, the high ways and byways of our borough. In our last we stated the startling fact, that the instruction resolutions were carried in the House of Repre sentatives by the vote of a member who, up to the evening before their passage, was a most strenuous oppo nent of these very resolutions, and that that member offered in extenu ation of his course the degrading | plea that he was compelled to vote for the instructions which he had bc- I fore opposed, in consequence of let • tors received from Directors of a certain Bank to which he was indebt ed !! This excuse was given to us, as well as several of the most highly respectable members of the Legisla ture, by the member alluded to. | Again: we know, from unquestion able authority, that one ol these hir i ed agents of the bank institutions of Philadelphia; has, since the instruc tions passed the House, made over tures to one of the forty-nine demo crats who voted against their pas sage, and hold out inducements to him to vote for concurrence in such amendments as the Sen might make. So disgusting has the efforts of the bank agents become within the last week or two that Mr. Reynolds of Westmoreland, yesterday laid on the table of the 11. Representatives the following resolution : Resolved, That a committee l>c ap apo ntc J to inquire and report to this House the names and number of bank cashiers, presidents, stockhol ders, attorneys and agents, now in attendance at Harrisburg, pending ‘the bank question.”