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Jr - ~~ I «i!fr~=r. From the Savannah Republican. Mr. Edttok :—I send you for puhlica tfoji,a late communication published in jh#s?ow York Slat • oftbeSllh ult- (June.) Tbo contents arc very interesting to the (people of this section of the State, and in deed to the whole State of Georgia, be cause it is an enterprise well worthy of (Kc. patronage of the National Ciovern ;|(ppi»l, who sent (Jen. Bernard, (’apt. *i*oucsin r and other engineers, into Flori da, sotnc few years ago, to examine the /.-route for a great National Canal. I have tiic route, and can safely say, that a more level or beautiful tract for a Rail Rond does not exist on the face ol the earth, and the largo yellow pine grow ing on the whole route, almost resembles red cedar in its texture and fineness ol grain, and which is belter than iron to con struct the Kail Road with. I will here al so state, that when this is completed il will developc anothor’grcat i ntcrpri.se, viz; the draining of the Great Okofanuque into the Suwannee, and hy n short cut into the St. Marys River, near Traders’-Hill. 1 i (h.o preMfit'sitimtion, the Okofanuque is <>f iiOyVaaie to the State of Georgia ; and it is presumed, she would grant it to any or ganized company, that would drain it, withjipcrpicdual non-exemption from laxa lidh. The Ol.ofauoqiic is very rich land and is no doubt interspersed with large tracts of high hammocks. I know myself of n largo kridwl covered with reeds, mag nolia, live oak, &c. When drained, it would he more valua ble than the great Dismal Swamp of Vir ginia, which is owncil hy a company of enterprising gentlemen, mid several shares of which was owned hy the great mid good WAbHiNoroN, in his life lime. 11. Camden County, 22/ July, IB3G. From the .V. }'. Star, June 2 \th. GREAT NATIONAL ENTERI’RIZE. A quick and safe communication, be tween the cities on tho Gulf of Mexico, ihcTudiiiig Now Orleans, and the cities of the Southern,Middle and Northern Slates, upon the Atlantic, A company of gentlemen of Boston, Portland and Georgia, have obtained n liberal and perpetual charter from the Le gislative Council of Florida and from (lie Slate of Georgia, torn rail road hetwerp St. Marks, up the Gulf of Mexico, across the Isthmus of Florida, to come out upon tho Atlantic at Brunswick in Georgia; the distance 180 miles, byway of Cole rain upon the St. Marys river ; and a tine level roule for a rail road, abounding with the beat materials for the construction; mid, as there will he no serious obstacles ofercavntioo and embankments to encoun ter, nor inclined planes with stationary power required, it may ho safely estima ted that there is not another route ofiu tcrpl improvement in the United States, whore n double tract rail road ('llll be con- Btructcd 180 miles, for so small proportion able amount of money, and fraught with perpetual consequences, so important and beneficial to tho stockholders, and the Union, and the general prosperity of the Slates. It will form a complete national sea board roule, principally inland, from New Orleans, via St Marks and Brunswick, to tho Uity of Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,New York, Boston aadl’ort hmd, ns will be perceived by reference to a large map of the U. Slates. —By this route, with steamboats of speed for New Orleans, through Lake I’ontcliarlrniii, viz Mobile, Pensacola, St. Josephs and Apa lachicola (nil upon (he route) to Bt. Murks, and sloum-packets from Brunswick, (to belong also to tho rail road company,) passengers and the heavy mails may ho transported with comfort and cheapness, upon the most direct lino from Now Or leans to Now York in six days ; and, at tho same lime, have the national advanta ges of the superior part of Brunswick, for heavy shipping, in regard to tho agricul tural and commercial facilities of tho rail road to St. Marks, back and forth, with tho western states concentrating their commerce upon the waters of tho Gulf of Mexico. Ships of sovon hundred (o nine hundred tons may conio in from sea, heavy laden, and moor along side of wharves at Bruns wick in 2hours,with any wind having cast ing in it, and proceed to sea in (lie same time (Id miles) with any wind having west ing in it. The harbor is completely land locked, in cases of storms or gales, and tho situation of Brunswick is tho most beau tiful and healthy of any portion in the Southern States. Including the short steamboat commu nication from Pensacola to St. Marks, in land, it will bo perceived that this route, for a double track rail road, will form the host possible national thoroughfare across the isthmus of Florida, with a naval ren dezvous at one end, (Pensacola) and what will ere long have to bo made a naval ren dezvous at the other end (Brunswick); between which tho most important poinls, as to naval and marine advantages, south of tho capes of Virginia, tor the protection and defence of the southern mid western states, Troops ordinance, munitions ami provisions, in lime of war, might bo trans ferred, vice versa, ns exigencies migh re quire, at a moment’s warning, to meet an enemy upon either side of tho Isthmus, for the defence of Florida and tho Western .Slates, or Georgia and (he Carolines. The Brunswick and St. Marks rail roftd will, no doubt, meet the general ap probation of Congress; and it is probable an application will be made to her respect ing it before it is completed. It is proper that Congress should have some ageuqy and co-oporaliou inn work of such national importance, especially on that part within the limits of Florida; and should it bo required to complete the cn terprizc, she will, no doubt, subscribe for a reasonable portion of the stock, to be lo cated and expended upon that end of tho route between St. Marks and the Florida line. It is believed that the capital sleek of this national route, for a double track rail load (commencing with a single tract, which will facilitate the work of laving down the other) will be liberally met hy capitalists, merchants and men of enter prize, in Boston, Portland, Providence, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Mo bile, New Orleans ; and (if required) hy the general Government. It will at. once bo seen, hy reference to a map of the United Stales, that tho ex tra sailing distance, from the latitude of Brunswick, oMQOO miles to Now Orleans, and the extra time, expense, and expo 1 sure, and shipwrecks, from the northern ports, for the numerous coasting mid Fa-1 mau —aerwwrie v ■•rirtfl ropean vessels, trading to and from the Gulf of Mexico, byway of the Bahama Islands and coast of Cuba. «ill he dis pensed with, hy moans of the rail road from Brunswick to St. Marks; thereby cutting off the present long circuitous mid dangerous route by sen, round the penin sula of Florida, and preserve tho lives am: property of thousands of our northern and southern countrymen from * liipwreck, and future piratical depredations along the const of Cuba. The annul losses now sustained hy the Insurance Companies of (lie country, upon the coast of Florida and the Bahama In lands, js estimated above half a million of dollars per annum; and, perhaps, an equal amount lost hy individuals not insured, exclusive of the loss of lives. The above rail road will unite the com mon interest and national defence of (he Southern Atlantic and the Western Stales, and Florida, in time of war, and at (he same time affords an unrivalled and y r pe.lunl secure channel for commerce, and the quick transportation of pa : eng> rs and tho mails between New York and the nor thern cities and New Orleans, both intone of war and pence. Hence, besides (ho numerous impor tant national advantage and facilities to the Southern Atlantic Stales, and the Southwestern division of the Union and the Gulf of Mexico, in time of war and peace, and to tho middle, northern, and western Slates, also, in regard to agri culture and commerce ; together whir the protection and prosperity of the coa ting and Furopenn trade, in the Gulf of Mexi co and the Mississippi river; and the pre servation of the lives and properly of nor thern and southern merchants and mari ners from shipwreck and exposure to pi racy; and the superior comfort, despatch, and cheapness of the transportation of pas sengers, and the heavy mails between New Orleans and New York, and other northern cities, in preference to the pre j. sent mode of delays and crammed stages by day and/'// night, through (ho interior 1 of the country, over bad roads, bridges and ferries.—We mean to say that, exclu sive of all tho above public, national and individual benefits, the toll, ornet income, of (he contemplated rail road, from Ft. Marks to Brunswick, in connection with i (he lino of steam packets at each end, will prove permanent and vastly lucrative to stockholders, and can never he rivalled by any counter project to effect the same objects, which arc (secured hy the charter to (lie company us exclusive and perpetual rights and privileges. Books of subscrip | tion for (lie capital stock, of two million-- of dollars, are about to ho opened, mid (lie work of tho rail road may bo comm need the ensuing lid) and winter, from Bruns wick to the Georgia line, until the hand ful of Indians are removed from Florida, ’ west of the Mississippi, and then proceed with the residue of the work to St. .Marks. BOSTON. I*. S. Provision in made in an Act re cently passed hy Congress, to have the ' bar and harbor of Brunswick thorough!}' ' surveyed for a Navy Yard. B. —•*»*! From the hint Fmancipntor. “MU. PINCKNEY’S REPORT. Mr. I’wickney’s repnrtadinit.s that Con gress has the right to abolish slavery and the slave trade in (lie District. This i ; all abolitionists want. As to the rest ol the report it is a sort of old uaimuf : whine about the inexpediency of ever ■ rising an acknowledged right, and the , breach of “ public faith’’ involved in sc 1 doing. Ami all this may he very satis -1 factory and conclusive with old women s of both sexes, and with such as know tin , law but expediency, and no “ public . faith” but allegiance with tyrants and : oppressors; but with men who have the . courage to say their souls are their own. • and to keep faith with the oppressed, and . who have learned to act from higher 1110 I lives and 011 holier principles than those 1 of mere expediency, it will pass for what ■ it is worth. ’ f 'flic abolitionists will out live Mr. Pinckney’s Report after all! We arc ! sorry for it,and we sympathise with Mr. , Pinckney in his disappointment, I low . astonished the “ pious” member from . Charleston,as (heGlobe lovingly called ! him, must he to find that the demolished ■ arc still alive—can still battle—and.wlial . Is more can laugh at him and his report. 1 “ That is all abolitionists want!” “Old . woman’s whine!” Why, really, Mr. ) Pinckney, they treat you nuite cavalier ly “Old woman’s whine!” And is il thus they regard your thunder and light ning? “Old woman’s whine!” The thing is intolerable! Take your revenge | on them, Mr. Pinckney, and never again attempt to battle down religions fanati cism with a paper report! That a milli fier should ever have been blockhead e nough to imagine such a thing is a dis grace to the parly? Could he really have thought the project feasible, and if he did | not—what then ?— U. *S’. Telegraph. From the If. -S’. Telegraph, THE JACKSON ADMINISTRATION. W hat alt the great measures of policy pursued and adoption hy the Jackson 1 Administration? Great promises were made of what was to be done. Great 1 boastings have been uttered of the great things that have been done. But where are they? We were (0 have reform. Where is it? We were(ohaverelrcnrh incut. \\ here is it ? Wo were to have the expenditures of (lie Government re ,laced to the utmost limit of economy. i W here is it ? Is it in (he expenditure in ; one year of forty-seven millions of dol -1 lars, and complaints from the Adiiiinis- I teat ion (hat there were. not. added twenty - millions more? In looking haek at the course of the ■ Administration, we can find but one great measure of policy which they have pre tended to pursue, and say they have at tempted to carry into effect. The regu lation of the currency, and the putting down paper money and substituting spe cie in its place. And how have they got on with that ? They have put down the paper system by doubling the number ol hunks, and they have established a specie currency by doubling the amount of hank paper. Have tho friends of the Administration and the Administration itself, been sin cere in their professions on this point I We appeal to the authority of Mr. Ben ton, which, although the very worst pos sible authority against those opposed to I him, is the best against Ids party upon this particular subject, for he tool it in 1 hand us il' by common consent. There 31 were three several occasions when Mr.lv 11 Benton called upon Ihe party to support' r . 1 him in what he chose to call the “ great a 11 measure” of Gen. Jackson’s Adminlstra- 1 ? j tion, and they deserted him on all. There j I! was the District hank hill. Here, said -|he, is an opportunity that will he alfor- | sided to the party ol doing something de-\ 11 dstve in regard to die specie currency. | 11 They can, in their action on this bill, , ; show the people that they are incorrect;! and that (hey really.intend to establish 1 ' ; j the constitutional currency. And what! 1 was the result? The party deserted him. - ] To his shame and confusion he found i f himself in a lean mi/iorily of his party. | 1 Then again, on Ids proposition to require , specie paYments for the public lands, they desert '.si him ; and on the deposite 1 ■ - hill, when he urged so strenously that the e deposite hunks should be required to have I 1 1, a certain fixed proportion of specie, he : a was again in a minority. What he thought j •- about it may he gathered from his re- ■, J i marks on it in the debate in the Semite, i I; He says: “ At the close of the last month, which ! ' e is (ho date of the latest returns of thei deposite hunks, l!i ir immediate liabilities i ■- in the same items—public and private 0 deposites, and circulation—was 834,- j c 401,830, and the gold and silver on hand j 1 was 810,202,245; being at (lie rule of 1 less than one to eight. This certain'}’ I is a progress in the wrong direction for - ns, who have undertaken to strengthen e the gold and silver foundation of the cur t rency. It is (ravelling on the wrong cud i- of the road, and that rather faster. The - rejection from the bill of the clause which • was intended to hold the deposite banks i - up to the p r ,session of certain fixed pro-! - portion ol specie, looks like an abandon - i,! meat of our hard money professions, and \ i- j a relapsing tendency into the wide and ( n bottomless ocean of paper.—lt, is certain r ly a great decline from the doctrines of President Jackson’s message of Decem ,v her lasi—those doctrines which were r then hailed with approbation hy an im s mense majority of the American people, - and received as landmarks in the whole il democratic camp, and in which the I’re i, wident expressly treated the regulation of t. the deposites a 1 the regulation of the cur li | rency, and looked to the increased circu- II lation of gold am! silver, and the suppres 1, sion ot all bank notes under twenty dol d lurs, as two of the great results which e were to flow from the connection of the r Federal Treasury with the local hanks, d and the consequent influence of the Guv -- eminent over the currency.” 9 “An abandonment of our hard money e professions,” “a relapsing tendency into il die wide and bottomless ocean of paper.” ;- Well might Mr. Benton say so, when he I- saw the. whole party running mad after 1, more hanks. Again : d ‘The rejection of the clause referred to, I. continued Mr. B. has lost the advantages so confidently looked to by the President !■ in this wise and patriotic message, Notli -0 ing isdonc in tins deposite hill to fulfill y his enlightened and noble views; noth in',;' to enlarge and extend the specie ha sis : nothing the diffusion of gold ; nothing to cllect the suppression of notes under twenty dollars ; nothing to check the paper system ; nothing to '■ regulate (he currency ; on (he contrary, 1 we have a virtual abandonment of all ’ control over the moneyed system ; and a 1 virtual surrender of die constitutional • power and duty of Congress over the cur rency, to the discretion of the Secretary I ol the Treasury, and the private and in -0 (crested arrangements of the deposite hanks.’ !1 It would seem, then, dial the I’resi- II dent, Mr. Benton, and the democratic ' parly, all looked to the deposite hi 11 as the great engine hy which the currency e was to he "Regulated ,” and die specie 'j system substituted in place of the paper 11 system. We shall say nothing about the '■ lolly of such expectations, but, to test the *; sincerity of the party, look at what they l{ did, and what (hey attempted todoin re lation to it. What did they do ? Nothing 1 What did they try to do ? Nothing, ex- I' eept these abortive attempts of Mr. Ben '■ ton, for which lie mot ridicule and sar ' casm instead of support. Thus we see there is no great measure y «f policy undertaken hy the Admiuistra tion or its friends; none to which Gen. , Jackson or his friends will be able to look a back with satisfaction and say, this pro reeded from us. The ultra federalists of die parly will, il to bo sure, look hack with satisfaction to t- the proclamation and the protest. These ic they will say “ establish the federal con ■e s(ruction of the constitution, and gives us 11 a strong Government and a strong Kxe cutive. These arc what we have so long i- contended lor, and if we could not get it >. engrafted in the constitution, wc have got i- it by a Jackson construction. If our e principles were put down by the civil re (| volution of 1708, they have been re-es tahlishcd bv the proclamation and pro test.” But if the Jackson administration be not distinguished for any great measure of civil policy (ending to the welfare of the Y people, it will still never be forgotten. 11 It lias planted seeds that, if not soon up <' rooted, will bring forth fruit unto death, t It has laid the foundation of tho “ spoils t party,” undermining all the great pritici e t ples 011 which, alone, a republican gov 1. eminent can he kept long in existence, • and milking the Gtivernnient a govern e incut for plunder, instead of a govern ment to promote the happiness of the ’. people. 11 We do beg our readers to look hack a - few years, and see (he change produced - in the political morals of the people. Does v any one doubt the existenceof this change? Cook around, and see the. dereliction of e principle—yve say the total abandonment t yd all principle, and an open avowal that ■ implicit obedience to the command of the - duet, is the sole test of political honesty - or patriotism ; the sole avenue to official g station. This change necessarily trans • (erred into (lie Executive hands the ap u pointmentofliis successor, carrying along e with it a double corruption, tiiat°at the J head &at the source. To be successful, c the very fountain of political power must ' he corrupted, and the people taught to value a representative only according to 1 the spoils lie procures for them in the - shape of national appropriations. The adminstration of the government thus be comes a system of national plunder, to ■ advance (lie personal interests of the prin > cipal actors. Those are the sole glories • "I the Jackson administration, his to 1 these that the future historian will direct - h* s attention, and inculcate a lesson, £. tj -i fA c?- p. which, if nations could learn from axim- ! ricnce, may b« useful to others, lon-r after all that viriuu»is gone that could make it: useful to ourselves. THE CREEK. WAU. “ Columbus, July 25th, 1836. “ .An express arrived this morning from below, stating that 98 men under the command of Capt. Calhoun, In.d an engagement with about three hundred of the enemy, ten miles from Roanoke on the Lumpkin road, yesterday afternoon —that sos our men were killed and I d wounded—that our men had to retreat — the Indians are making their way to Flo rida. Gen. Sanford immediately order ed all the disposable force here to march in pursuit, consisting of Copt. Uelapa inn ’s, Sledge’s, Rule’s and liostwiek’s companies oi mounted men—and des patched orders to Capt. Brewer’s moun ted men twelve miles above, and to Capt. Greer’s company at West Point to follow. Maj. lloxie’s Battalion is order ed to embark on board the steamboat MetamOra, and proceed forthwith to the nearest point to Chickasahatchie swamp, in order to get in advance of the enemy —Col. McGinty at Fort Gaines, is or dered to take them in Hank, as also (he force at Fort McCrary, consisting of a parcel of Alford’s Battalion. “This looks like recommencing (he war in earnest. Gen, Sanford will com mand this force in person. Gen. Jessup has issued an order di recting all the Indians to be at (he emi grating camp, by (he Ist ot August—All who are not there by that time, will be no longer fed by the Hailed States, and will be treated as hostile. This I view as an importnat order, and will produce impor tant results, cither terminating the war, or producing a bloody one. “ We shall leave here by day light, and will ride night and day, until wc o vortakc (he enemv. The savage should be no longer permitted to polulc our soil ith his foot.” “ Lumpkin, Stewart co. July 2G, 1836. “ We arrived here to-night, and shall proceed on our course to Florida, if ne cessary, in pursuit of the Indians. Capt. .lernigan engaged them yesterday about twenty miles below here, and killed sev eral—He lost three men. “ The Indians (the same body engaged mi Sunday by Capt. Calhoun,) have made but slow progress. We hope to overtake them by the day after to-mor row. Capt. J. is yet in pursuit. The Sunday fight cost the enemy about 23 or SO who were killed.” In addition to (he above, the passen gers which arrived here yesterday mor ning in (lie stage from Columbus, stated that information had been received of Capt. Jernigam having had an engage ment with the Indians on Wednesday the 27th. and again on Thursday the 38th. The loss of the Indians was stated to have been about 40 on Wednesday, and some 1!) or 20 on Thursday. The loss on the part of the whites not reported. —•»v»0 © Pj from the Columbus Herald, 2 tl inst. CREEK WAR INCIDENTS. AVe closed our last summary of items, connected with the Indian War, by a narration of the circumstances connected with the fight at Quarles’s plantation, which took place on Sunday, the 24th ultimo. Our troops, from their great in feriority in point of numbers, were, on that occasion, compelled to retreat—the Indians continued their course eastward ; while passing Stewart county, and when with a few miles of Lumpkin, they were discovered by Captain Jernigan, who was engaged in raising troops in that vicinity, and had succeeded in enlisting about 80 men. This number, with Capt. Jernigan at (heir head, fell in the rear of the ene my, with the view, to trail them until such time as they should be reinforced by troops from Columbus. The advance guard from Capt. Jernigan’s command, acting without, or contrary to orders, fired upon the Indians as soon as they got within distance, when the Indians immediately turned and made battle. A sharp engagement took place, which lus ted some 15 or 20 minutes, in which of Whites there were 2 killed and 5 woun ded—lndians, 7 killed, number wounded unknown. The Indians numbered about 300, and fought well; the AVhites stood as long as they could against such odds, when (hey retreated. The Indians again took up ihe line of march for Florida. Jernigan’s little band of heroes still Col ■ lowing in their wake, determined to have another tug at them. On Wednesday both parties arrived at the south west end of (he famous Chickasahatchee swamp. The Indians had entered previous to the arrival of the Whites. Some of Jerni gan’s men on approaching the swamp dis covered a few Indians and fired on them, upon which the Indians immediately fled and concealed themselves in the swamp: after a short time employed by Jernigan in so posting his men as to prevent the escape of the enemy, a small party of sa vages came out of the swamp, hallooed to the White men and told them they were ready for them, dared them into the swamp, and promised them a severe Hog ging if they would only come in. Capt. Jernigan, we are informed, said to his men “ the odds are fearfully against us ’tis true, almost four to one, but this brag ging and bullying from a set of savage murderers is too much to stand, let us go in and give them a fight,” not a dissent ing voice was heard in his ranks, and in (hey went, amidst water, bushes, mUd and Alligators; here the strife commen ced, and here the battle waxed hot for more than an hour, when the pepper com ing so hot from the -unflinching Stewart boys, the Indians although in the swamp, their own favorite place, for meeting an enemy, had to give way, commenced dropping back and hiding themselves in impenetrable thickets, until no trace of them could be seen —lB we learn, were actually killed in the engagement, their dead bodies having been afterwards found; the precise number of killed and woun ded, from the Stewart troops, we have been unable to ascertain. This is the way to light Indians; follow them to their se cure retreats, hunt them as you would the deer seeking his covert, give them battle on their own ground, meet them in their own way, and it always will result as in this case, 80 White men will whip 300 Indians. Capt. Jernigan merits, and will receive (he grateful acknowledg ments of his country. From the first moment of hostilities lie has been up and doing, not content with (being posted at some particular spot as a sentinel, lie has gone in search of the loe, I and wherever he has met him, he has in- I traduced himself with spirit and valor I The Uchecs, and Hite Italics will “never I forget J Esisio.vjc.” At the time of the fight, of which wc have been speaking, Gen‘l sau fore ;| with his command had not-arrived, bu' (ere this has overtaken and joined Jcrni ■ jgan : he has under his command 500 men land if ever they can succeed in getting the Indians out of the swamp they will sweep them away “ as with the besom ol I destruction.” from the JVe~.v Orleans Ttutlctin. j A letter from a highly respcctablt | source, dated at Matnmoras the 29th ult. ’ Isays, “ It is an undoubted fact that thh ' j Government (the Mexican) have made lor arc making a treaty to engage eighi '{thousand Indians to join them. 'l'/n ’ \ 4 C'herokecs are already cngttge'l. There ' I.ire fourteen or fifteen Chiefs of diil'ercm Uribes within a few miles of here, whe ' i have daily communications with the oili ’ jeers. The commissioners were this morn iing turned in the common prison with cri I initials. It is not improbable we shall be •' (invited to-take French leave of this coun '• I try soon.” Extract of another letter dated Mata.mohas, July 1,183 G. Dear Sir.—Through (he medium o your paper 1 think it highly nccessun that the Government of the United States ' (as well as Hie Texians, should be inform ( ed of what prcsenis itself, so odious it ! my opinion, in the character of Gen. Ur tea, the Mexican Cmninander-in-Chief 1 too unpardonable to be overlooked, am " j should be immediately attended toby tin ’ 1 United Slales. We h ave at this moment here six o 1 j seven Indian Chiefs, Cherokees and otliei j (tribes, with their interpreter, from Tex as. These Indians are on a mission (i the General, and have had several privati meetings with him. There exists in ■ doubt ol the business they have come, on and have made propositions to the Gen oral to join the Mexicans against tin ■ I’cxians, which appears now to be con 1 eluded.—As Colonel Waterchea is to h. dispatched to-morrow to their camp, soni . j distance up the river, where they hav (30 to 40 in number, to bo used as spie jor runners. I had occasion to call oi -General Urrea at his quarters on busi ' j ness, when 1 met (here three of the In - ilians, with their interpreter, making en 1 j quiries of the strength of their tribe, th General being anxious to ascertain wha ‘ j force (hey could muster with the othe . i tribes. . ' The Commissary of this place has ni ders, to purchase 800 or 1000 horses so the cavalry, which heis now doing. Ever c movement appears to confirm (he belie ■ that the negotiation is concluded, with :) promise to the Indians of land and cattle should they assist and succeed in extei s initiating the population of Texas. GENERALS SCOTT AND JESUP. Correspondence of the Charleston Courier. “ Washixotox, .Inly 3G. Since the adjournment of Congress there ho J occurred no circumstance, which, among tho- I who arc cognizant, of what passes under the roo: , ol the Executive Department, has caused moi li conversation than llio arrival and departure < . Cen. Scott, with the events which took place Ju P log his brief presence amongst ns. The mo current version of llio matter is this : Gen. Sco arrived in the cars from liattlinoic, and aimo j immediately went to the War Office, where 1 !1 demanded who represented the Secretary of Wa C it being known that the Secretary himself had 1c s the city for a trip to the North. The question ( tien. Scott was answered (>y Mr. Harris, who wa ’ recently appointed Chief of the Indian Unreal and who is at present Acting Secretary of Wa 1 Gen. Seott then referred to a letter of dun. Jcsiq - which constituted the ground of his (Gen. Scott's I rccal, and demanded its production from the file j ol the Department. The files wore according! P examined, and a letter was produced, addresse by Gen. Jesup to Mr. F. T. Blair of the Globe,-i ’ which the General comments, with some sarcasu ’ on Gen. Scott’s mode of conducting the war t - gainst the Seminoles in Florida, accuses hint < S attempting to play the same game in the wa ( against the Crocks, and avows that he (Gen. Jo; . sup) finds his own efficiency much impaired 1) |' die restraints under which he is necessarily aci ing, in consequence of the orders of Gen. Scot On this letter, which appears to have been show to Gen. Jack ion. by Mr. Blair, is an endorsemen I of the President, directing that Gen. Scott bo forll 1 with recalled to answer for the inefficient mannt i, in which ho carried on the wars against the It j dians. Ot this letter and its endorsement, Get Scott obtained a copy, and immediately aflerwart " left tile Department, and returned to Balt'unoi the same evening. Rumor, always busy on thes G occasions, states that lie has gone in pursuit i V the Secretary of War, that ho is very much ii j censed against Gen. Jesup, and that he will in , mediately require that a Court of Inquiry he cor ’ venod so examine and report upon the causr which have prevented the Indian campaigns froi being brought to a more rapid and successful le - initiation. There is no doubt that a Court of Ii , quiry will bo convened, and it would seem to 1 | the true interest of Gen. Scott himself that . should bo so, and that there should ho an carl j and full investigation of the subject, (or it canm he concealed that there is a strong prejudice in th L ‘ public mind against him, gotten up, it may hi -by some of those who are inimicnly, to him pe 1 sonnlly or professionally, and rooting itself an f spreading for want of an accurate understandin . of all the circumstances connected with the can paigns. ’ The Secretary of the Treasury lias issued it 5 structions to the receivers of lire public money - 111 H lO Band Offices that nothing hut gold or si I ver shall be received in payment for lands. Thi t is a most ruinous policy and will inevitably thro l us hack into the same whirlpool of embarrassmer from which the country lias just partially issuer [ If the banks of the South and West are to li I drained ol their specie by land speculators, wh _ are driven to the measure try tiro orders of the gc r yornment, how is it possible that they can do . hlrernl business in their discount. Iftho bankst . | 'l>»* pi tv arc called upon for a million of dollars r specie, they must curtail their business at lea; • ( three millions of dollars, if not five. Why ar l | ail these measures so suddenly adopted to ingulp | i the South in distress and ruin I Do tiro North i I ern States feel its influence ? No. And why f Because all the purchasers of the public lands ar , - found in the South and West. What then i tiro consequence I Our commerce must bo crip , plod or the public lands remain unsold or be sa ; | crificcd at tiro minimum value. This is part c - | the,Van Bursa System of politics. Will th . people support a man who is tire advocate am . supporter of such measures 1 Will the people o . ' A'shama give such a party a stick with which ti , break their own heads ? They can not, they nil not, — .Mobile Chronicle, 27th inst, I ! I “*«<#*•— t| Storm In Glynn.—X correspondent in Glvm , county writes us that “ a severe hail storm passe, j over our county on I 1 riday last, destroying even thing in its course. I have heard ofone or twj ; plantation*, that have lost their crops completely i At Mr. S. King’s plantation, the hail was as iargi i a Iren s egg.. AH ol our crops arc more of (os i 1 injured from wind, hail, and mn."~Tclegraph lUOUSTA.: . H DAY, AUGUST 0, I«3C. | “/>’£ just, and fear not." COXGRESSION A L TICK KT. j JULIUS C. ALFORD, of Troup. ,1 i EDWARD J. ULACK, of Scriven. it \V. T. COLQUITT, of Muscogee. - ; WILLIAM V. DAWSON, of Greonc. l,| R. W, HABERSHAM, of Habersham, g! JOHN H. HOWARD, of Baldwin. I JOSEPH W. JACKSON, of Chatham. 'l' THOMAS BUTLER KING, of Glynn. EUGENICS A. NESBIT, of Morgan. IIEACTH OF AUGUSTA. The Sexton reports the liftccn per i sous in this city, during the month of July—(i | s ; whites, and 9 blacks. [J NEW POST OFFICE. ,g ' A Post Ollico has been recently ostahlished at ■ c Walker Court House, Georgia, and Mr. K. M_ it AteoCK appointed Postmaster. " j !- | FROM THE NORTH, i- The Steam Packet I Car. Gibbons, Capt. Spin* *■ ncy, arrived at Charleston on Wednesday morn lf> ing last, from New York, bringing papers of that l ily to Saturday last, On which day she sailed, j The papers contain no later foreign intelligence, | and no domestic news ofintcrest. : TUB CHEROKEES. ' j The Columbus Herald ofthe'Snd inst., says; ' ’ | “We learn that the Marines in our neighborhood i will take up the line of march forthwith for the , i Cherokee country. An express arrived in town J- j yesterday, bringing' intelligence that the Ross i] | party had risen in their wrath, and were dcstroy lL. i ing all before them: and bringing an order from | the Secretary of War, for all the Marines at Foil ir | Mitchell, and in that vicinity, to hasten to this t | new scene of savage depredation.” .. i to THE CROPS. (c i A letter from an Alabama planter, dated Green* io ! ville, (S. C.) July 24, says: “ The crop of Cot- L I ton in Alabama will be very short. There is al *' j most a total loss in the upper Mississippi.” Another letter from Montgomery, ('Ala.') dated l - • v 1 "Ist, says: “ I regret to state to you that our crops le arc in a bad way. I know of no plantation from ,- t . which more than a half crop can be expected.” )t! SOUTHERN MTEIIAIIV MESSENGER. i- The July number of this Magazine (says the 9* New York Courier and Enquirer) is full, varied, and able, as usual. In one respect tho Mossen- ger is superior to any monthly publication in the country —possibly with one exception—wo mean in the high and manly tone of its criticism. Nani |.. by pamhyism may wince under it—poor book-ma of kcr sfrothify as much malignity as they please ry but the literary criticisms of this work, arc of high el order. The reviewer brings to them all the high it cr qualifications for Ids task. It is true that we have sometimes dissented from some of the sever :i ” cr ministrations of his pen critical, in individua eases; but the general spirit and tenor is right Such criticism is needed, and it will do good, even to some of the unlucky recipients themselves, am certainly to the “current literature,” of our suf sering country, as the three hundred ass power o ms book-making, is sofacitioasly denominated. Tin Messenger is a sterling publication, and we hope , rc and believe it will succeed as it deserves to do. jr " I!EC,Vi.I. OF GEN. SCOTT. The following is the letter of Gsn. Jksit tc JS I Ihe editor of the Washington Globe, published in ho that paper of the 28th ultimo, which is said tc ar, have occasioned the recall of Gen. Scott from the command of the Army which has been called to •a3 gother for the defence of our frontier ; and also in, a copy ol President Jackson’s endorsement upon ar. said letter: 'j I,' 1 ,' Four Mitpiiei, Alabama, 7 June 20, 1836. 5 , v Dear Sir :Wo have the Florida scenes e cd nacled over again. This war ought to have boon j ended a week ago. I commenced operations on m the Alabama side, and have succeeded in Iran ’ quilizing the whole ftontier. Our principal hos -oj. tile chief Erica Mico, came in with many of his people to a camp which I had formed for the purpose of feeding the starving Indians, prepara . ’ tory to their removal. Another, Enea Malhla, is a prisoner in my camp, and I was in full march ” t with a force sufficient to have terminated the war vr j in five days, when my progress was arrested by I an order from Gen. Scott: he has censured me in the most unmeasured and unwarrantable manner and I shall ho compelled to have the whole sub • ject of this campaign investigated. >n There was a force sufficient at Tuskegec, Co lumbua, or this place, one week after our arrival, no lave P 11 *- an end to this war, if it had been , properly used ; but it was thought proper to a s dopt a splendid plan of campaign upon paper, in . and make every thing bond to it. To have wait m_ °d the dovelopcments of that plan, would have lefl in- n() fbing to defend ; bloodshed and conflagration :cs have pervaded entire counties of Alabama, mi not arrested by General Scott, I shall apply to (>l ,_ ho relieved, for I disapprove entirely the course r n . be lias thought |)ioper to pursue, and believe that I his delay has been destructive of the best inter , osls of the country. q Let the President see this letter; he, lam 10 t sure, will approve the promptness with which 1 1 10 have, acted, when he shall be sensible that I have, )Ci by the movement I have made, tranquilized the Gr j whole Alabama frontier. m l \ ours, most truly, „„ THOMAS S. JESUP. m " Fuascis P. Br.ua, Esq,, Washington City. Endorsement on the bach of Ihe letter. Referred to the Secretary of War, that he forth in- with order Gen. Scott to this place, in order that ys an inquiry he had into the unaccountable delay id- in prosecuting the Creek War, and tire failure ol ns tlie campaign in Florida. Let Gen. Jcsup as nv sumo the command. A. J. n t id* [ )c mo the AuorsTA chronicle. ] la u Nihil ctl sand turn ahjue sinccrum in civitutr. — cir." ;o- Messns Ebitobs ;—I confess myself in the a rear of the intelligence of the times. Here, in of vcr y lcal 4 of the excitement, as I have been, ist VT *^ l exception of a few days, during the In ire 'ban hostilities, and mingling too, occasionally, ph with tiio people, how I have been ignorant ol . , what has been going on with the citizens of East re orn Alabama, and of tire western frontier ol is Georgia, I know not; for I have the honor some- I’" times of being consulted on matters touching my 0 p neighborhood. But, in this instance, the first in he teiligenco I have of a memorial to Congress, on an important subject, comes to me through the t medium of tho Washington papers, and the pi manner in which the undertaking has J>ccn con ducted, certainly reflects great ciedit on its pro jectors. The public voice lias for the last few montlus ,j j gone forth unmeasured, and unqualified, through [y out the land. Circumstances have transpired, ■° and (nets have been made known, in docnmenla fg 1-y evidence, which make it the imperative duty of s« Government to look into tho causes of the laic h. melancholy Indian hostilities, sifting the war to its very origin—and as many highly honorable and meritorious citizens of both States have been viliy calumniated, the investigation prayed for by the people, will, I doubt not, eventuate in their exonration—separating, as it must, the honest from tire dishonest. I hold it a common privilege, an indisputable right, to invest my capital in whatever 1 may be lieve to be”the most advantageous and safe for honorable gain. Some pile up their shelves with the merchandize of all countries, and vend them out again at a per centum of their own valuation. Others enter into a more safe hut less common traffic, tho purchase of Lands. And must the speculators of the soil, who honorably and fairly negotiate for their possessions, ho viiiified and censured for acquiring wealth in (iris manner t ’ We know that suddenly acquired property, or rapid accumulations, excite the envy, and too of ten the malignance of tire world. I Yet wc rejoice to see, even at this late hour, Hint there is sonic moral honesty lingering among us—wo rejoice that the honest, honorable land dealer is no longer to be classed and condemned with the wretch who robs and swindles the In - dian, and wallows in his ill-gollcn gain; defying - law, justice, anil public opinion. 1 The memorial to Congress, to which I have ai • luded, is (he first one of its character that had ’ ever emanated from the people. It lias had its rise from worthy farmers, whoso fields have heed trampled by tho savage, foe, and whose posses sions arc levelled with the earth on which they I stood—from the yeomanry of tho country, who' c were content with honest agriculture—the “sweat n of whose brows” gave them their late waving tl :s «os .. The instrument itself succinctly sets forth their n sufferings and their wrongs, and ouglrt to ho I printed in letters of gold, for our children to ;3 read, when wo are no more, as an imperishable monument of its author. Its cause is the cause' of suffering humanity. Its end, to bring to pun ishment and example those whose uncurbed ava '■ rice Ims crimsoned the earth with the blood of in i' nocenco, and changed the humble homes of plcii -- ty and content, into tho smileless abodes of pover ty and want. The reception of the memorial, by Congress, 18 docs honor to tho country; and tho names of n Dixon- H. Lewis and Hexiiv A. Wise will bd garnered up in the hearts of tho people, vvitii re verence and gratitude, for their endeavors to • maintain, by an independent and fearless course, c the imperishable language of Cicero, at the head I, of our chapter.—Long may they live to adorn i- the National Legislature with their patriotic elu ic quenre, while age and youth will perpetuate their n memories, as tho Ihe protectors of the poor, and i- ■ the friends of tho unfortunate. AANONS; a- . . °’ ATTEMPT TO ROB THE MAIL. Wo leant from the Newark Daily Advertiser i- that on Tuesday morning, July 2Glh, about two ■e hours before daylight, an attempt was made to slop tire U. States mail, on the Rail Road, about four miles this side of East Brunswick. Three :l ' ruffians suddenly sprung from lire woods, and J. command-d the driver (for (lie mail car in the night rs drawn by horses) to “stop the mail.” |( l The driver called to tho guard in tho car and put | whip to Ids horses. The guard promptly fired k j at tho ruffians, upon which they disappeared as of suddenly as they came, and no trace of them lias 1B been discovered since. Several obstructions had been placed on the 10 track in differcntjplaccs. A largo stone was swept off by tlie broom in front of one of tho fore wheels, near where the attack was made. Some distance farther on, n plank was seen hv 0 tlie light of the lamps, across tho whole rail way, and, at dilleront distances beyond, two others, II making altogether four obstructions, which might lo have produced serious and fatal consequences if io tho train had been under steam power, hut fur tiro lamps. Tho rail road company have offered a liberal 10 reward of 5500 for (lie perpetators of this shamc n loss and unpardonable offence.—.Y, T. Com,,'hlv, Important. —Wc have received information that a force loan of two millions had been de • dared in the city of Mexico, that tlie English and 11 French Ministers entered their protest, calling 11 upon foreigners not to contribute towards the a ’■ mount. Santa Antra’s party whs considered lo j" he out of pthver,—and that Ihe Federal party was ls succeeding in every direction, state after state was 10 revolutionizing, and that too, with little bloodshed; }' die priests were little cared for, —the treasury 18 was completely exhausted. It was said that did h new party would not on any account prosccutS ,r tiro war in Texas. —AVw Orleans liee. •v n r, Texas. —No further change has taken place r- in tiro relative situations of cither tho Mexican or Tcxian army ; and no movement of imporlahcC j- may be expected till towards the close of Sep 1, tember. Both armies arc awaiting reinforcements.- n General Houston has not yet joined tire Texian t- army, and wo have been informed ho will not; r, We understand that he is at ids residence near t- Nacogdoches, whiclt lie reached a short time ft since. General Lamar, who superceded him in n the command, lias tho entire confidence of both a. the army and cabinet.— Ibid. .0 ic ~ it Steam Packets to England. r- The following extract is from the letter of a very wealthy house in Bristol, England, to their n correspondents in New York. The letter was 1 received by tho ship Bristol, arrived some days a, ago: ,e Bhtstot,, May 26.—Our senior partner is chair man of a joint stock company for the purpose of building largo steam packets, and tho first object is New Y'ork. All our arrangements arc now made, and wo shall commence building in a few weeks. Wc are thinking that if a company were established in our city, one or two packets to be x . owned by each company, and tlie companies to lt correspond for their mutual benefit, such a plan y and understanding would be teasiblc, and no jp doubt prove mutually beneficial. Please take' 3 . this suggestion into your consideration, and favor us with your sentiments thereon as a guide in our proceedings. Massacre. —A correspondent of a St. Louis ie P a P cr gives the horrible details of a massacre a tnong sonic halt breed Indiana near Fort Union, 11 at tlie mouth of the Yellow Slono river in June) 1, A half breed family, named Duchamp,had murdcr i- cd another halt breed Jack Ram, for which the tho half breeds of tlie neighborhood and some ' French voyagers determined to exterminate them, 5 for which purpose they attacked a block house in t- which the Duchamps were. The Duchamps un -5f derstanding that no quarter would be given them, became desperate and reckless of consequences, and defended themselves to tho last with determi y nation. A Frenchman contrived to set fire to the i- Hock house, and tho wind being high, the flames tl spread witlr great rapidity. The yells of defiance ot the iinmates could lie heard amidst tho crack e ling of the flames, and they could ho seen calmly c and deliberately watching an opportunity through . the smoke and flames, to bring down their oppo nents with their rifles, ol whom they killed eight and wounded several. The Duchamps, with the exception of a few small childicn were complete -3 ly exterminated. i- ’ Health o f Darien. —The general health of this i- place never was known to be belter at this period ,f of the year, than it is at pioscnt. The weather is unusually fine ; a good breeze during the day 1 serves lo dissipate the scorching rays of a July 1 sun — Telegraph.