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SOUTHERN RECORDER. I3Y GRANTLAND it ORME. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1829. No. 10 or Vol. X. irr The REronntn H published weekly, on llan- ^rkftrect, between Wayne nn< Jeffcrwn, nt Three S per annum, payable in a.lvance, or tour Dol- C. if not pai.l before the end of the year. \1)VKIITISKMKNT3 conspicuously inserted at the usu al rates. Thoi DUt"and 0 eliarged accordingly. Sales of land and negroes, by Administrators, Exc- ' or Guardians, are required by law to be field ,1 ’first Tuesday in the month, between the hours of I in the forenoon and threo in the afternoon, at the -' rt-house of the county in which the property is si- ~ " Notices of the sale of land must be given in a S raxette sixty days, and of negroes kortv days, jS,. ons to the duv of sale. F Notices of the sale of personal property must be giv- in like manner, forty (lays previous to the day df . . \| S( , notice to the debtors and creditors of an Site must bo published for forty days. Notice tint application will be made to the Court of 4?fcdiary for leave to sell land, must be published for viii/n MONTHS. . , , ... , . All business in the line of Printin'?, will meet with nrimpt attention nt the Recorder Offick. Letters (on business) must lie post paid. living portrait. The gentleman who famished the fol lowing account, informs us that it is strict ly true. It has been observed by % celebrated writer* that truth is stronger than iietion. Few will be disposed to deny this who have bestowed much reflection on the sub ject. To illustrate this idea, I beg leave to submit to the reader’s attention the fol lowing sketch of an eccentric individual who now resides in Charlottesville, Vir ginia. His name is John Yeaiwain. He lias been a resident of Charlottesville upwards ef thirty years. He was born at a small v iH,atre about 4 miles distant from Hamp ton.” He was tolerably well educated.— E trlv in life he discovered a fondness for accumulation, and from his youth he has •played the game of cntch and keep. Il any thingvajuublp is once within his grasp, henea()P^rapo88ossimi of it; and is now ■PVffire possessed of considerable wealth. He now, sometimes, boastingly exhibits the first four-pence half-penny that ever same into his possession, which he receiv ed from a bnker’s wife in Hampton as a reward for sweeping out t lie wood-yard. He is by trade a saddle and harness ma ker, at which he labored for a while alter taking up his abode in Charlottesville;- but soon abandoned it for the more oain- ful employment of buying and selling whiskey, which is now, and has been for years, his sole employment. At first, after, his removal to Charlottes ville, he was not particularly distinguish ed from the rest of mankind. But, niter a while, the distinguishing traits of his almrncter began to develope themselves. He shunned communion with his neigh bours; and at length, withdrew entirely their converse. After residing in different parts of the village, he removed to his present resi dence, which is situated in an obscure part ef Court House square, and which is now Ins by purchase. It is a small wooden building, on which Time has set lii.s marls. To a casual passer by, it presents every appearance of being uninhabited. Across bis door is placed a chair, which permits it to be opened wide enough to admit a jug «r bottle, and at the same time effectually exclude the purchaser. He most contu maciously refuses to trust any one, anti sever receives paper money, winch is his utter aversion. It ntny here be mention ed, that he obtains customers by reason of the superior quality of the liquor which he dells; it being of great age. He lives entirely alone, and performs in bis own person tlie functions of cook, cham bermaid, washer woman, &c. &e. Sometimes, yielding to the kindlier im pulses of his nature, he condescends to admit some of his neighbors, and hold dis course with them; on which occasions, his remurks nre shrewd and intelligent, and display a familiar acquaintance with the world. The principal topics on which he descants are, I. The absurdity of the eystem or debt and credit, which he ho nors with his peculiar hate. 2. The ease with which n man con pay his debts in Virginia,! upon which lie lavishes his sarcasms. 3. The poverty to which the people of Virginia, and the whole Union generally, and of Charlottesville, particu larly, have reduced themselves, and avers with great solemnity thatthey nre all hank *upts. lie professes a reverence for reli gion, and advocates the observance of the Sabbath, ns both wise & proper, although be never goes to meeting. After yielding to the desire of his neigh bors to converse with him, pcradveniurc regretting his weakness, he preserves a more guarded silence for a Jong time there after. Such is John Yeargain,—a man whose 'ray of life npproaclies as near to the her mit’s, as that of any one with which I am acquainted. His door is barriendoed—his shutters closed—and he immured in his dwelling, from which, the pleasant sun and cheerful light of day is carefully ex cluded. He is never seen abroad during the day, * Byron. t A man who hns no property has merely to »ke the debtor’s oath—or, us Mr. Yeargain once observed, ‘to ring the court-house bell and kiss tlie •If skin [the bible.’l All personal projierty, in eluding slaves, can be taken by the Sheriff; but leal estate is not subject to attachment. A con trivance of the ancient aristocracy to perpetuate their wealth; indeed, it appears to have been their policy to make the lords of the soil lords of every thing else. Thus, the elective franchise is most •rtfully contrived to consolidate political power. A man must own a certain number of acres of Wild or cleared land, to be entitled to a vote. He ■•ay be possessed of boundless wealth, in specie, •ad yet not be |>ermitted to vote. Whereas, the *and holder, if he owns the required number of •cres i D separate counties, is entitled to a vote in •ach. As it regards attachment of real estate, the •aly remedy a creditor has, it a tedious proces by Which he can secure the income of an estate to. be 1« th« liquidation of his claim. ('BhI* a fetirwr. except on very rnre occasions. For the last twenty yenrs, he hus been seen abroad hut twice: Once, lie was summoned as a juror, on which occasion bis dress was proper and his deportment correct. And, ut another time, lie was drawn forth by tin* hope of gain in the purchase of some whiskey, which was offered him at less than the market price; but not having bestowed so much time and attention in arranging his dress, as on the previous oc- casidn, and having to pass through the most thickly settled part of the village, his strange demennor and strnnger garb, drew a crowd after him. But his philosophy did not desert him.—He moved slowly and solemnly on his way, sometimes pausing in mid career, and eyeing his tormentors (who were very lihcrnl of their shouts,) with the utmost scorn and contempt. He supplies himself with water from the public pump near the court house, which lie is careful to procure before day break.— How be procures those other indispensa- bles, videlicet, ment mid bread, is n mys tery which the argus eyes of his neighbors have not been able to penetrate. Sometimes, in the “noon of night,” he sallies forth, wrapped in his cloak, to in vigorate his frame by the healthful cxer- cisg of walking. In these excursions, lie occasionally encounters a straggling pe destrian, but glides by without deigning to exchange a greeting. His personal appearance is prepossess ing. lie has an uncommonly brilliant eye. Of this singular being, it may truly be said that lie is one alone; for lie lias nei- tlieir father, mother, sister, nor brother. grain in. There is stone enough in it to fence n good farm, and iron enough round it to keep n nail factory going for a twelve month. They have had some outlandish man, from Europe, 1 fancy, nt work, mak ing threo old women him) an owl, nil four of which are perched over the door tlrnt fronts the turnpike, as you go down from Balti more to the tavern. One of the old Indies hns a pair of scales in her hands, nud seems to lie weighing out sausnges, while the other holds a dripping pan ; the owl looks ita if he would like to take a ‘link’ and fly away with it, and the principal old Indy keeps n sharp eye on him. This matter excites the admiration of the peoplo hugely, and they pronounce it the perfection of art. It is so no doubt. They have ploughed up die fields in the neighborhood, hut what crops they have got In 1 don’t know, ns I innke no in quiries ; probably clover: for it is n wretch ed soil. So next year the members will live in clover whilst attending to their du ties. There is r good deni of underbrush in these fields, which hns not yet been clear ed away, particularly scrub cedar. Ononf our farmers would smooth it over in n week, while hero n fellow goes to work at one of these hushes with a jock knife, and com mences at (he top by cutting away an inch or two of the folingo at n time. “ The more days the more dollars.” So it is with all men who are paid by the Government; they will not lake things by the roots —they will not Ita radicals. I hope your ngricnltu ral operations will he conducted on differ ent principles. 1 can toll you nothing hut nhout the fashion—people dress as cell ns iliey can—the ladies and doves wear a great many feathers, and the young ge.nilemen and spaniels wear hruss chains round their necks.” beginning, we aimed not nt independence. But there’s a Divinity which shapes our onds.’ The injustice of England has dri ven us to arms ; and, blinded to her own interest for our good, she has obstinately persisted, till independence is now within our grasp. We have but to reach forth to it, and it is ours. Wliy then should we defer the declaration 1 Is any man now so weak as to hope for a reconciliation wifti England, which shall leave either safety to the country and its liberties, or safety to his own life, and his own honor 1 Are not you, sir, who sit in that chair, is not he, our venerable colleague near you, are you not both already the proscribed and predestined objects of punishment and of vengeance ? Cut oft’from all hope of royal clemency, what are you, what can you be, while the power of England re mains, but outlaws 1 If wc postpone inde pendence, do we mean to curry on, or to give up, the war ? Do we mean to submit to the measures of parliament, Boston port bill and all 7 Do wc mean to submit, and consent that we ourselves shall be ground to powder, and our country und its rights trodden down in the dust? I know we do not mean to submit. We never shall submit? Do we intend to violate that most solemn obligation ever entered into by men, that plighting, before God, of our sacred honor to Washington, when put ting him forth to incur the dangers of war, as well as the political haznrdsof the times, wc promised to adhere to him in every extremity, witii our fortunes and our lives? know there is not a man here, who festivity, with bonfire^ and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, hut of exultation, of gratitude, und of joy.— Sir, before God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is inf it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that 1 hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake up on it; and 1 leave off as I begun, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the de claration. It is my living sentiment, nnd by the blessing of God, it shall be my dy ing sentiment; independence, now ; and ‘ independence forever.'] And so that day shall be honored, illus trious prophet and Patriot; so that day shall he honored, and as often ns it returns, thy renown slinll come along with it, and the glory of thy life, like the dny of thy death, shall not fail from the remembrance of men.” AMERICAN RUSTIC HOSPITALITY. Keuirning from one of these excursions, I whs overtaken hy the night, mnl found my pnili obstructed hy n deep inlet from the ri vrr; which being choked with logs and brush, could not be crossed by swimming Observing n housti on the opposite side, I railed for HBsislRtice. A linlf naked, ill-look ing fellow came down, and lift nr dragging n canoe r r an around the river, with some troti tile, ferried mr over, Rod I followed him to bis habitation, near to which our bont was moored for the nigh’. His cabin war of the meanest kind, consisting of a single apart ment, constructed of logs, which contained a family of seven nr eigbt souls, and even thing seemed to designate him rs a new atul unthrifty settler. After drinking n bowl of milk, which I really called for by way of excuse for paying him « little more for his' i rouble, I asked to know his charge for fer rying me over the water, to which he good- humouredly replied, that he •* never took money for helping a traveller on bis way." Then let in*- pay you for your milk.” “ I never sell milk.” “But,” said I, urging him, “ I would rather pay you, 1 have money e uough.” “ Welt,” said lie, “ 1 have milk enough, so we’re even ; I have as good u right to give you trnlk ns you have to give me inouey.”—Judge Hall's Litters from the H esf. A match race for $ 100 was run on the Nth instant, in Pittsylvania County, Virgi nia, hy Owen Atkin* nnd John W. Boling, ten miles distance, startinr nt the store ol Messrs. Smith and Moorman, and keeping the road nearly in a Northerly direction.— Pile greatest anxiety was manifested hy the friends of the parties. Bohna is a tuff, trim- looking young man, about 21 years of age, nnd nus the favorite courser, though a few knowing ones, who had been engaged with Atkins (a man about lift years old) n hunt mg parties, and who were fully acquainted wiili Ins speed and liottoui, predicted a quite different result. When the time of starting had nearly arrived, tho friends of the par ties, who were, fearful of disagreeable eon sequences, endeavor, d to Imve the race drawn, to which A.kuis showed some de gree of willingness, while the, otlitr (who before had been quietjnow became resiles-, and appeared anxious for the word to be given, which a as accordingly done. The first several hundred yards tli")’ run nearly locked; after whwli Atkins took the lend, and kept it during the whole course, which lie, ns near as could he ascertained, run in about forty minutes! ! Boling, after running 7 miles, gave up the race. Atkins and his party were so far abend that they could not he overtaken by those that W‘re on horse-back, until he had ran the ten miles. By the best judges it is believed that no innn in Virginia is able to run ten miles with Atkins. Neither of the parties sustained any injury from the race [ Virginian. rrou the Detroit gazette. Extract of a letter to the Editor from a rheu matic friend in- Washington. « A fig for thoir capitol nnd public build ings, nnd my most particular malediction upon their public amusements, which are execrable beyond any thing you can see in our Western villages. They hnve nolht a-re, hut a circus, in n building not half so conve nient ns our livery stables at the West. The quadrupeds who inhabit it have some wit, L, the bibeda would not he “ slow,” had they a cleanly plate to perform in. Still they contrive to make you pay three prices for overy tiling you have here, and the hoaiding-houses have tho grace to charge you nine dollars for n calabash full of cnl- lap as unsettled os the South -American Re publics, and a piece of mutton that defies your masticatory enorgies, and resists dis memberment with as much firmness ns the best friend of the American system—or you may get fish that requires no mastication at nil, provided you eschew the bones. Go to Washington to spend a Winter forsooth!— There is nothing to interest a man here, ex cept the People, who appear to be altogeth er clever nnd agreeable. I do not think, however,that all the clever fellows in the nation have been to Congress. Some very respectahle men have been left at borne. I have walked twice around the palaver bouse. It is an excellent place to play bide mid-go seek, and the lower part is laid offinto stalls with doors to them, except a large round room, that would be excellent te thresh WEBSTER’S EULOGY. The Eulogy of Adams und Jefferson, pronounced by Mr. Webster of Faneuil llall, lias been pubhshro, and forms a pamphlet of 02 pages.—Much as has been said of tins performance by those who witnessed its delivery, our expectations have been fully realised on a perusal of the pamphlet. It is indeed a proud spe cimen of American genius and eloquence. We observed thut a copy right has been taken out by the publishers of this Eulo gy, but it can only be for the purpose of preventing its republicutiou entire by o- tliers for pecuniary gain—wc therefore take the liberty to extract one or two pas sages ns a foretaste, which cannot but give the reader u sharp appetite for the whole of the rich repast. We have heard that nothing could surpass the effect produced by the delivery of the passage quoted— hut supposed, ns they must have received much force from Mr. W’s impressive style of oratory, that they might not appear to so much advantage in print. We how ever, think wc may challenge the produc tion of nuy thing from the orators of the present age to surpass these quotations: [Salem Register. “ The eloquence of Mr. Adams resem bled his general character, and formed in deed, u part ef it. It was bold, manly, and energetic; and such the crisis requir ed. When public bodies ure to be ad dressed pn momentous occasions, when great interests nre at stake, nnd strong pas sions excited, nothing is vnlunbh speech, further than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness nre th qualities which product conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far.— Labor nnd learning may toil for it, but they will toil in vain. Words and phra ses inny be marshaled in every way, but they cannot compass it. It must exist in the mini, in the subject, nnd in the occa sion. Affected passion, intense expres sion, the pomp of declamation, nil niuy aspire after it—they cannot reach it. It conics, if it come at all, like the outbreak ing of a fountain from the earth, of the bursting forth of volcanic fires, with spon taneous, original, native force. The gra ces taught in the school, the cosily orna ments, und studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fute of their wives, their children and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, nnd all elaborate oratory contemptible. Even ge nius itself then feels rebuked, and subdued, as in the presence of higher qualities.— Then, patriotism is eloquent; then, self- devotion is eloquent. The clenr concep tion, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every fenturc, and urging the whole man, on ward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater und higher than all eloquence, it is notion, noble, sublime, godlike action. “ Let us, then, bring before us the as sembly [the Congress of 1776] which was about to decide the question thus big with the fate of empire. Let us open their doors, nnd look in upon their delibera tions. Let us survey the nnxious care worn countenances, let us hear the lirin- toned voices of his band of patriots. “ Hancock presides over the solemn sit ting ; and one of those not prepared to pronounce for absolute Independence, is on the floor, and is urging his reasons for dissenting from the Declaration. [Here Mr. Webster gives the supposed argu ments made by Mr. Dickinson.] “ It was for Mr. Adams to reply to ar guments like these. We know his opin ions and we know bis character. He would commence with his accustomed di rectness nnd earnestness: [“ ‘ Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand, and my heart, to tins veto. It is tru«j isdaedj Uuttiu the swaimv’us oojevroK.fiSik. SECOND SESSION. I would not rather see a general conflagra tion sweep over the land,or nil earthquake shake it, than one jotortittleof that plight ed faith full to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of tlie forces, rais ed or to be raised, for the defence of Ame rican liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, nnd my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver, in the support 1 give him.—The war, then, must go on. We must fight it through. And if the war must goon, why put off’ longer the Declaration of Independence ? That measure will strengthen us; it will give ns character abroad. The. nations will then treat with us, which they never can do while we acknowledge ourselves subjects in arms against our sovereign.— Nay, I maintain that England, herself, will sooner treat for peace with us on the foot ing of Independence, than consent by re pealing her acts, to acknowledge that her whole conduct towards us has been a course of injustice and oppression. Her pride will be less wounded, by submitting to that course of tilings which now predes tinates our independence, than by yielding the points in controversy, to her rebellious subjects. The former she would regard as the result of fortune; the latter she would feel ns her own deep disgrace. Why then, why then sir, do we not ns soon as possible, change this from a civil to a na tional war? And since we must fight it through, why not put ourselves in a state to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if we gain the victory ? If we fail it can be no worse for us.— But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies ; the cause will create na vies. The people, the people, if wc arc true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously through this strug gle. I care not bow fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep nnd settled in their hearts and cannot he eradicated. E- very cslony, indeed, has expressed its wil lingness to follow, if we but take the lead. Sir, the declaration will inspire the people with increased courage. Instead of n long & bloody war for restoration of privileges, for redress of grievances, for chartered im munities held under a British king, set be fore them the glorious object of entire in dependence, and it will breathe into them anew the breath of life. Read this decla ration nt the head of the army, every sword will be drawn from its scabbard, and the solemn vow uttered, to maintain it or perish on the bed of honor. Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it. Send it to the public balls ; pro claim it there ; let them hear it, who henrd the first roar of the enemy’s cannon ; let them see it, who saw their brothers nnd their sous fill on the field of Bunkerhill, and in the streets of Lexington and Con cord, Hiid the very walls will cry out in its support. Mir, I know the uncertainty of liumnn affairs, hut I see, I see clearly, through this day’s business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shull be ready, at the appoint ed hour of sacrifice, come when tho hour may. But while I do live, let me have a country, and that a free country. But whatever may he our fate, be assur ed, be assured, that this declaration will stand. It inay cost treasure and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and will rich ly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, us the sun in Heaven. We shull make this* a glorious, an immortal day. When wc are in our graves, our children will honor it. They HOUSE OF HEBREWENTA l’IVEd. February 18,1829. Mr. McLean, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, to which the subject had been refer- ed, made the following REPORT: The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which whs referred so much of the President’s Message, transmitted to Congress nt the commencement of its present session, ns lias reference to our Indian relations, with the document* from ihe War Department, accompanying the same, on that subject: audio whom was also referred the com munication from the War Department of ihe J2th instant, transmuting reports froni the Commissioners appointed under the net of Congress, passed at the Inst session, authorizing an exploration of the coun try west of the Mississippi, report: That, on a review of the subject touch ing our Indiun relations, the committee are confirmed in the belief that the Gov ernment of the United States cannot, in justice to this dependent race of human beings, cease to exercise over them a par ental guardianship, nnd thut no meuns should lie left unemployed wiiich promise an elevation of theif character, and an in crease of their Imppiues!) and prosperity This position is so clear as to render un necessary any reference to the history of our relations with the aborigines of this country to sustain it. A very small portion of this history can be contemplated with pleasure. We have, it is true, legislated, and doubtless with a view to the welfare of tho Indians, but our legislation does not appear to have tended even to ameli orate their condition, much less to elevate them to the level of their more fortunate while brothers. It would seem that our chief business had been to trade and bar ter with them, not for their interest so much as our own. Wc give them annui ties for their lauds, and have occasionlly, by some feeble efforts, assisted a few of them to rise from the vices into which they have been led by our example into better life nnd better hopes ; but, in doing this, we have not fulfilled our obligations wiiich grow out of our relations to them. Without further reference to the past, the committee will proceed to consider the present condition of the Indians, es pecially those tribes and parts of tribes whose country is embraced by soms of the States and organized Territories. It is well known that the condition of the four southern tribes, the Chiekasaws, Choctaws, Cherokees, and Creeks, has be come extremely critical. There docs ap pear to have arrived a crisis in which the salvation or destruction of those tribes is involved. Some of the States within whose limits they are situated urge their remov al, while many of the Indians cling to their soil. Repeated efforts have been made by the General Government to re concile the parties, nnd to obtain the con sent of the Indians to remove, but some Of them still persevere ill their refusal to go, and call upon the Federal Government for protection. No force has been em ployed on cither side, but the right of sovereignty in the States is proposed to be exercised over all the Indians within cer tain of the States, by making them ame nable to their laws, and answerable for any violation of them before their courts of jurisprudence. This policy, it is fear ed, would prove destructive to the Indians. The question then recurs, IIow are they to be preserved ? The committee can perceive but one way, and that is, by a- dopting the policy proposed by the Gov ernment for their removal and collocation upon lands without the limits of the States and organized Territories. The policy of urging them to leave their country for another would be deplored, if it were not believed to be the only effectual measure to secure the prosperity and happiness of themselves and their posterity. It will be seen by the documents accom panying this report, that the persons ap pointed by the President, under the act of Congress passed at the last session, au thorizing an exploration of the country west of the Mississippi, have performed the duties assigned to them, and furnish ed satisfactory evidence of the fitness, ex tent and even desirableness of the country upon which it isproposed to locatetbe In dinns, a considerable proportion of whioli is now possessed by parts of the Choc taws, Cherokees, and Creeks, who are anxious to receive their friends front the east. A part of tlie delegations from the dif ferent tribes who accompanied the Com missioners Imve returned, being well pleas ed with’ the country, and ai“e desirous to wiU aalehrato it, with thanksgiving, with emigrate!® it; especially the Creeks, whose application to that effect is appended t* this report. It is believed that the great body of tha Indians now residing within the States nre willing to emigrate, but are deterred from doing so by the fear of their Chiefs, who are influenced to oppose the measure hy interested traders, who speculate in In dian annuities. The proposed plan for the colonization of the Indians has long since been suggest ed, and indeed approved and acted on by the Executive' and by Congress. In many of our treaties with them, provi sions have been introduced for their emi gration to the West of the Mississippi, and pledges given to ftirnish them with the ne cessary aid in their removal. Those trea ties hnve been sanctioned, and some of them carried into effect by the Congress, and for the fulfilment of the whole ofthem the faith of the Government is solemnly pledged. The committee recommend that the lands 0,1011 which the Indians shall be located be so secured to them, as thnt, in no fu ture time, they may be dispossessed, or a- ven encronclied upon ; tlint they he pnid n just compensation for their improve ments which they may abandon ; that pro tection he affordcJ them in their new homes; thnt, so soon ns circumstances shall admit of and require it, they he fur nished with all the helps necessary to form for themselves a government of laws suit ed to their condition, dtthe means of edu cation in letters and the arts. In a word, that they be, so far as the Government of the United States may have the power, re deemed from the evils of the past, and el evated, so fur as possible, into rights and privileges such as we enjoy. To such as sliall prefer remaining where they are, and come under the laws of the Stutes, (and doubtless there are some such,) give am ple reservations, under proper restrictions. Thus would tlie parties, even among them selves, be accommodated, and the great object realized, in ridding the States of » population wiiich they feci to be burden some, aud in conferring blessings on th* Indians. The plan suggested by the Secretary of War, in his report accompanying tlie President’s Message to Congress at the commencement of the present session, in reference to the ludiuns, is thut they ha encouraged and aided iu their removal to the proposed country ; and he urges 'the importance of the colonization plan in the following language: “ If the project of colonization be a wise one, and of this I believe no one entertains a doubt, why not Shape all our laws and treaties to the at tainment of that object, and impart to them an efficiency thut shall be sore to effect it.” The President of the United States al so approves of, and reconitneuds, the b- ((option of this course, and among other reasons by him assigned, is the unanswer able one of the difficulty likely to arise from tlie formation of independent Gov ernments among the Indians within the limits of sovereign States, “ claiming to be independent of ours, and rivals of sove reignty within the territories of the mem bers of our Union.” The committee do not perceive that the regulations adopt ed hy the Cherokees, under tho forms of a constitution and laws, change in any manner their relations to the United States. But it is easy to sec that a conflict must arise out of this state of things, wheneve^ the States, by their laws, take cogni zance of the acts of the Indians. It to to avoid the calamities of such u conflict, and to save the Indians from its heavy' judgments, that tlie committee would urge their removal. In regard to the nnnual appropriation of ten thousand dollurs to assist in civili zing the Indians, the committee do not at present perceive the necessity of a change in the manner of its application. Up wards of thirteen hundred children are now enjoying the benefits of this appro priation ; the rules for its distribution ap pear to have been framed in wisdom; end so far as the limited means have been brought to bear upon the scheme of civili zation, the results have been as favorable as could have been anticipated, especially taking into view thedisadvantagesattend ing some of the missionary establishments and schools from their contiguity to our settlements. They are, therefore, deci dedly opposed to the repeal of this law: but would urge the importance of continu ing ns far as possible to advance that por tion of the Indian children who may re main within tlie States and Territories, as well ns those who may emigrate. The committee approve of the estimate submitted to them from the War Depart ment, to aid the various Indian tribes in their removal, and believe the sum of fifty thousand dollars asked for not too much; and they therefore report a bill. Description by Mr. M’Cor, one or rnfc Commissioners, or the Countrt exam ined BY TUE EXPLORING PARTY OF IN DIANS. On leaving the State of Missouri, we proceeded westwardly up the Osage river, generally on the iforth side. Passing the sources of Osage, we bore southwest across the upper branches of Neosho, until we intersected the main stream, at a point eighty miles south and one hundred and twenty-seven west of tha mouth of Kanza river, nnd about twenty-five miles south east of the road leading from the upper settlements of Missouri to Santa Fe.-— We then' l bore northwest until we reached the road, whiyh was nt a point about sixty miles from Arkansas, and ene hundred