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CK.lH'-FORD’S ADDRESS.
votiIb citizens or the united
1 STATES.
Tlir appearance of * lie address of the Vice
Pre.-nlent, of ilie U. S. render* i! unnoceiisn.
rv lo nfliir noy apnlogv for the followin'; ad
dress. Tim Review of the correspondence
signed \. B. originally published ill llm Geor-
jr|:< Journal, of llio 2Isl of April Inst, and so.
vorid articles in tho Globe nod oilier newsp -
pors lmvo in im judgment sufficiently explain
ed my enmluct lo all impartial and unprejudi
ced minds; and those of a different deserip-
tion. i! is iniprolialdo dial any iliifi" lliat 1 nan
urge will cniivinno. Reside- il is not vnry im-
porlanl to dm people of llm United Stales, Im-
fore whom them is no probability, I shall ever
apani be placed, lo form any definite opinion
ofoiv motives or conduct in tlm transactions,
developed in the correspondence, between tlm
President and Vice President. I say it is not
vorv import mt, to tlm citizens of llm United
Stales ; but i' is important to nm individually,
to have mV rond.mt correctly understood; lor
no man however retired Im may live ought lo
lie indifferent to public opinion. It also ap
pears from tlm newspapers, that an explana
tion from 11m is expected, nnd desired. I
therefore submit to die apparent necessity of
appearing mf.ire the public.
I understood from letters rrreived during
(lie last session of Congress, tliat tlm Vice
President, and bis friends wore endeavoring to
make the impression that the. difficulty be
tween hint and the President, bad been produ
ced, by me from a desire on my part to ingra
tiate myself with the President. If this impres
sion had been mode*by their joint efforts, tlm
Vice President has dispelled the illusion; for
bv his publication, it is clearly established that
the measure did not originate with me ; hut
that in the whole affair I hive been pas
sive. In fact 1 assert without the fear of con
tradiction, that no intercourse, either verbal
or written has taker, place between tlm Presi
dent and mvself since a few days after tlm
Presidential election in tlm House of Repre
sentatives m February 1825. During the eal!
General Jackson then made upon me no re
ference whatever was made to u hat had pas
sed. in relation to tlm General nr myself. I
considered tho call ns evidence, of a hotter slate
of feeling on his pari than had been under
stood to have previously existed ; and ns 1 had
never cherished nnv feelings of hostility to
wards him, I was perfectly willing that tlm
past should he huried in oblivion. Dill llm
of tlm incidents allude,] to:
says .Mr. Calhoun made s'.mo allu
letter the General had written to tf
dent, wlm had forgotten that lie had
sueli n
Mr. Ciawfurd ! that im wished it r,reduced to p'ovc that Go- accuracy of every fact in his letter lo you (mel I contended that in a government like ours, sc
an to a ; neral Jackson, instead of acting •■mo'inity
Prcsi- j to the orders of the War department, had de-
•ccived tel mined tr, take llm Spanish posts before Im
letter, hut said if Im had received received orders to take the management of
ii an one Im could find it, and went direct- (lint war. It j s probable that when Im referred
ly into Ills cabinet, and brought the letter
.Mr. Monroe in bis letter of llm 2!st Dei
her iSi-S says, your letter &c. was put aside
Sir. and never recurred lo until after my re
turn from l.oudon. &e. nnd then on the sug
gestion of Ait'. Calhoun. Here is ronclusive
proof of (wo things, 1st. the confidential let
ter was produced tin the suggestion of Air. Cal
houn. niter Mr. Monroe’s return from Loti-
don, on tlm 14th. and before the writing of his
to that letter, he was not aware that it had not
etn-1 been answered. 11 i* easy to understand whv
Mr. Calhoun shonlJ call the President’s at
tention to that letter before the Cabinet had
decided upon the course to he pursued towards
Spam, and especially towards General Jack-
son—but after that decision had been made, it
is impossible to conceive a motive for bring
ing it under consideration. Mr Monroe is
then evidently mistaken in stating that the lot-
letter to General Jackson tho 19th of July, I tor was produced and read upon tho sugges-
1818. 2d. Mr. Crawford was present when linn of Mr. Calhoun, after tho decision of the
the suggestion was made and the letter produ- cabinet upon the events of tho Seminole cam-
ced. Tlm Cabinet it seems were several days paign. It is a little remarkable, however, that
in deliberation. Mr. Wirt, might not have
lieen present when the letter was produced.
At any rate the proof is ronclusive that (ho
letter was produced to Mr. Crawford, on Air.
Calhoun's suggestion. Mr. Calhoun’s own
account of tlml letter is incorrect. lie snys,
my recollection in relation to it accords with
Mr. Monroe’s statement. 1 came into the
room when he had apparently just received
the letter. Ho was indisposed at the lime.
I think ho opened tlm letter in tny presence,
and finding that it was from you, he gave to
me the Idler to read. I cast my eyes over it,
and remarked that it related to the Seminole
war, and would require Ins attention, or some
thing to that effect. I thought no more of it.
Long after, 1 think it was at the commence
ment of the next session of Congress, I heard
some allusion which brought trio letter to my
recollection 11 was from a quarter that indu
ced me to believe it came from Mr. Crawford.
I called and mentioned it to Mr. Monroe and
found lhat ho had entirely forgotten the letter.
After searching some lime,lie found it amongst
j some other papers, nnd rend it as lie told me
for the first time. Mr. Monroe’s account of
tlm in alter written in December, 1818, short
ly after the meeting of Congress, proves that
this story as to time is entirely fabulous,
riiat letter connected with that of the I9th of
July, proves that the hunting up of the letter
on the suggestion of Air. Calhoun, and the
reading for tho first time took place directly
after Mr.Monroe’s return from Loudon on the
1 -1 tl> July IBIS, during the deliberations of
llm cabinet. Upon this evidence, may Mr.
Crawford turn round and pity and taunt Mr.
Calhoun fur decay of his memory. Ho has
notoriously published to the world a gross
publication of the correspondence, has roliov- J misrepresentation of this affair with tho evi-
od me from the necessity, of saying any thin, ‘ ‘ 1 '
morn upon this subject.
Two other charges have hern made ugainst might have relied for correct information on
donee of us incorrectness before him, in his
own documents. If memory Imd failed him, he
nip : 1st. That tho confidential letter of Ge
neral Jackson, which ( say was produced and
rend in the cabinet, was tint produced and read.
And 2d. that 1 liuvo improperly, disclosed
cabinet secrets.
Upon the 1st. objection negative testimony
is relied upon. Mr. Monroe, Mr. Adams nnd
Mr. Wirt, do not recollect that it was produ
ced amt read : or rather Mr. Adams,
tho account given by Mr. .Monroe, tn 1818,
which is certainly more likely to ho cm reel,
than any statement matlo by him now. Hr,
Mr Mmiroc, could not have forgotten the
facts. Thus vanishes one of Mr. Calhoun's
clouds of ilusi, which Im had raised, lo blind
the people in relation to Ins own conduct to
wards Gen. Jackson.”
I shall not, however, turn upon Sir. Cal
ami Mr. Wirt, do not recollect it; for it is lioim and reproach him with Ins decay of
manifest that Air. Monroe, lias no rccol-
lection upon the subject, having relied wholly
upon Mr. Wirt. Dili Mr. Calhoun, lias a
distinct recollection that it was not produced,
aud read. Without relying upon that rule of
lcg.il evidence, which declares, that one alfir-
maiive witness countervails many negative
ones, there is 1 believe iihiindant evidence in
llie correspondence itself lo support my state
ment. Here I hog leave to transcribe an arti
cle from tho Globe ot Ilia 20th Felt. lust,
which has much force and cogency, nnd proves
at least presumptively, that my statement con
cerning llm confidential letter is correct. The
Globe says “ After till the statements, nnd
retractions, about the production of Goticrul
Jackson’s letter before tho cabinet in July
ISIS, Mr. Monroe’s letters published by Mr.
Calhoun, go far lo confirm Mr. Crawford's
statement. In the conclusion of Mr. Mon
roe’s letter to General Jackson, dated Decem
ber tlm 21.1SI8 (printed 1830 by mistake in the
pamphlet) Mr. M .mroo thus speaks of the con-
fid" ilinl letter : your letter of the Gth of Jan
uary. wps received whilst I was seriously in
disposed ; observing that it was from you 1
bnmli'd il to Mr. Calhoun to rend ; after read
ing ono or two lines myself. Tho order to
take command in that quarter hud before then
been issued, llo remarked utter rending tho
letter that it was a confidential one relating to
Florida which I must answer. I nskod him,
if he had forwarded In you tlm orders tlml had
been given to General Gaines on that subject,
lie replied that ho Imd. Your letter to mo
with many ollirrs from friends was pul nsulo
in conseqnenco of inv indisposition, and the
great pressure upon nm at tlm time, and never
recurred to, iinlil nfter my return from Lou
don on tho receipt of yours by Mr-Humbly,
and then on the suggestion of Mr. Calhoun.
Flow when did Mr. Monroe, return from
Loudon, and when wn« tho letter by Mr.
Humbly received 1 Mr, Calhoun bus given
us the evidence to show. In one of his notes
Ke tells us that the 1st cabinet meeting on that
subject took place on the 15th or lGtli of July
1818, Mr. Monroe having returned on the
14th from his residence in Loudon. Mr.
Monroe's letter to General Jaeksnn dated
10th July 1819, begins thus, “ I received
lately your letter of June 21st, by Mr. Ham.
blv, at my farm in London &c.” Thus the
time when flip confidential letter was looked
up, on the suggestion of Air. Calhoun, is iden
tified within a few days. It ivas after Mr.
Mutiroe’s return from Loudon, on tho l lili
and before tho 19th of July 1818, tliu very
period at which the cabinet were deliberating
about the Seminole War, and at the very timo
Mr. Crawford says it was produced before
them. There is a remarkable coincidence,
between tho details of Mr. Crawford's recent
Statement and Mr. Monroe’s account of Hus
affair made in 1818, which proves the identity,
inemnrv, for if ho is lo lie behoved, lie never
had any to decay, ns I shall show before this
review is closed. No, it is the want of vera
city which must ho roj Touched lo Mr. Cal
houn, and not the decav of his memory. In
support of the argument of the Globe, found
ed on Mr. Monroe's letters of the 19tli of July,
nnd 21-t of December, 1818, I shall produce
n passage from Mr. Mom tie’s letter to me of
the 8th August, 1830. “ I lay in bed more
than a week during which thnt letter (tho con
fidential one.) was removed, nnd every thing
relating lo that war having been previously nr-
ranged, it was forgotten mid never rend by mo
until after the meeting of tho administration,
and the decision ns to the course tn lie pursu
ed iii reference to its management. My im
pression is that I read it then, on a suggestion
of Air. Calhoun, that it required my attention.
Had I rend il when I received it, I should
hare considered il confidential, and never have
shewn il lo any one, however great my confi-
lencc in them might be." It is somewhat dif
ficult tn ascertain wlmt Mr. Monroe's meaning
ill the foregoing quotation is. Hu stntcs that
“ every thing relating to Ihut war, having been
previously arranged, tho letter was removed,
and forgotten, nnd never read by mu (Mr.
Monroe) until after tlu* meeting of the admin-
stralinn, mid the decision us to the course to
lie pursued in reference to its management.’
It is manifest that the first part of (be forego
ing sentence relates to llio arrangement of tho
letters mid papers c.onrorning the Seminole
war. The second member seems to present
the idea, that the letter wasproduccd and read
on ths suggestion of Air. Calhoun, after the
decision of the administration in reference to
its management. The management of what 1
Of the Seminole war. Tliut Imd tcriniuuted lio-
fure tho meeting. If Mr. Monroe intended to
state that the letter was produced and rend up
on llm suggestion of Air. Calhoun that it re
quired his nllention, after the decision of tlm
iidinimstru ion upon the course to he pursued
towards Spain and towards General Jackson ;
then it is manifest llmt he is mistaken. It is
impossible m the naluro of things that Air.
Calhoun could have believed,or suggested that
that letter required the President’s attention,
the confidential letter, is always produced up
on the suggestion of Air. Calhoun, Air. Alon-
roe in his letter to General Jackson of the
21st December, 1818, and of the 8lh of Au
gust, 1830 lo me, says: it was produced on
the suggestion of Air. C alhoun, and connects
it with the proceedings of tlie Cabinet, in which
I snv 1 distinctly recollect it was produced and
read upon the suggestion of Air. Calhoun. I
will now slate more at large, the reasons of my
distinct rocpllcction of the circumstance. Air.
Monroe, hql'uro ho lefl Washington, had par
ticularly enjoined upon mo not to leave Wash
ington for Georgia, until General Jackson’s
despatches should he received, and the Cabi
net should decide upon tho events of tho Sem
inole campaign. During his nbsenco in Lou
don, I Imd frequent conversations with Mr.
Calhoun, who uniformly informed me. tliut
General Jackson had no other orders for llio
government of his conduct, than thoso given
to General Gaines. Those orders I had seen.
His representations which at that time I Imd
no reason to doubt, made a strong impression
•upon rnv mind, and extremely unfavorable to
General Jackson. I entered the Cabinet,
therefore, with decided impressions against the
General, which were removed only by the pro-
dilution and reading of tho confidential letter,
of which to the best of my recollection nnd be-
lief, it was the first intimation I had over re
ceived of thnt letter. I nm confident Air.
Alonroe is mistaken in his recollection of my
corning into his room, after Air. Calhoun, and
reading llio letter. It is worthy of roniarU ton,
that in his letter of the 21sl December, when
it is more likely that his recollection was cor
rect. than in the spring of 1830, ho tells Gen
eral Jackson thnt the letter was given to Air.
Calhoun, but does not connect me with Air
Calhoun and that letter, and I have u distinct
recollection of hearing him give the same ac
count of it, several tunes, in nono of which did
lie connect me in (lie alfiiir of the letter. The
Vice President soems to think ho lias dispo
sed of Air. Crowninshield’s ovitlence, by the
letter lie has received from him—but by com
paring tho two letters it will bo seen that the
letter to him does not contradict a single sy|.
Inblo of his previous letter to me. Air. Cal-
boon in a note to Air. Crowninshield’s loiter
to him, snys—“ Nor could ho lmvo been pre
sent at any meeting of the Cabinet on the sub
ject of tho enpturo of St. Alarlts, or Pensacola
in which I was.” George XV. Erving, Esq.
laie minister to Spain and Denmark, writes
in tho month of February last. “ That it is
now ascertained that the official news of the
capture of St. .Marks, was received ut Wash
ington in the early part of Alay.” He Imd par
tieulnrly examined tho records of tho War de
partment, and found that tho despntch giving
an account of the capture of St. Marks, was
recorded in tho early part of Alay. nnd Air.
Calhoun in tho note last referred lo, says :
tliut he, Mr. Crowninshicld nnd the President
left Washington on the 28lh of May—and Air.
Crowninshicld in his letter to Air. Calhoun
snys, that lie could not know anything of n
Cabinet meeting nflor tho 28th of Alay.*
But tho Vice-President surely has no re
gard to accuracy when ho asserts that Air.
Crowninshicld could not havo been prosenl at
any cabinet mooting on the capture of St.
Alarlts or Pensacola, at which I was. Could
not a Cabinet council have been held between
the early part of May and the 29th of that
month? Air. Calhoun asserts the negative—
hut overy person that lias understanding to
count ton will nssert tho affirmative. This
assertion of tho Vice-President in the eity of
Washington whore the evidencooxisted,proves
his reckloss disregard of the troth in nil occa
sions whom he conceives it lo ho his interest,
to violato it. In regard to this assertion of
tho Vice-President, Air. Erving observes,
“ These nro stout assertions, sinco it is now
ascertained thnt the official news of the enp-
turo of St. Marks, was received at Washing
ton cnrly in the month of Alny, nearly three
woeks before cither lie or Air. Crowninshicld
left that city; consequently it was very possi-
blo that that affair might have been the sub
ject of a cabinet council when they were both
prescnt.”f In the snmn letter Mr. Erving
suys, “ That Air. Crowninshield asserted the
mtanlinlly what i creey should not he exiended bevnnd
passed in the Cabinet consultation to which it I complishment of the objects which have been
refers. The question before the Cabinet was | the subject of Cabinet deliberations. That
whether we should take possession of tho Flo- j when the measures which have been the
rulas. lie was opposed t
o tho project, and ject of those deliberations, have been cffecled
Mentioned to mo in I if they nre beneficial to the republic, the pco-
iment which he made j pie ought to know the extent of their oblma.
lie well recollects | lions to their public functionaries; and if >l?ey
spoke against it, nnd he ment
general terms the
use of on tlml occii
that n certain private letter, waa asked for, i are injurious to the community,that comment,
that Air. Monroe had forgotten it, but went to j ty ought to he plncud in a situation to form a
look for il, in some cabinet or retired place, ] correct judgment upon the conduct of their
from which lie brought a small box or trunk, public functionaries; I have acted upon ih 0
(red,or blue, I Monk ho said,) in this was found , first principle;! have disclosed the proceedings
the letter. Mr. Crowninshield’s recollection | of Mr. Monroe’s Cabinet on the Seminole war
is minutely exact. He recollects as though ! only after it ceased lo exist, and then only m
he now could see the rornor of tho small box self-defence. A (also account of thoso pro
in which the letter was found, the very place ! eecdmgs had been communicated not only to
in tho room where ho himself sat, during the 1 General Jackson hut to tho nation. Ii a
discussion and all similar details.” Air. Cal- matter of general notoriety through tlm Union,
boon must therefore resort to some other shift that General Jackson believed 1 Imd been uu-
or device, tn get rid of Air. Crowninshield’s ! friendly to him in the Cabinet deliberations nu
evidence, more deceptive, than Ins naked as-j tho Seminole war Bv whom was that im-
sertion, that Air. Crowninshicld could not have j pressinn produced ?—By Air. Calhoun and hi s
been present nt any cabinet meeting at which friends. I am perfectly willing that the P.o-
lie was, nn the Seminole entnpuign. The re
cords of the War department shew that this as
sertion is untrue.
The declarations before stated by Air. Fr
ying were made subsequent to the date of Air.
Crowninshield’s letter to Air. Calhoun, lie
is a man of undoubted veracity, and although
my memory docs not ennhlo me to offer any
explanation upon this subject, I liuvo do doubt
that his statement in his letter to me is sub
stantially correct; because his memory is dis
tinct, and ho states facts clearly and unequi
vocally. He is u man of unquestionable vera
city, it is therefore a matter of perfect indiffer
ence whether the same facts are recollected by
Air. Alonroe, Air. Adams, Air. Wirt or myself.
They are besides facts thnt lie could not have
obtained any where else than in a Cabinet
council. This circumstance is conclusive,
and must prevail with nil unprejudiced minds.
It may he proper here to state that I have
no distinct recollection whether Air. Crownin
shield or Air. Wirt were present in the Cabi
net council of July 1918, or were absent from
it. Air. Calhoun and Air. Adams I know
were present. If I had recollected that Air.
Crowninshicld had been absent.us I now sup
pose him to have been, I certainly should not
have applied to him for information. But the
information given certainly applies to a Cabi
net council, at which lie and Air. Calhoun
were present, and ut which the confidential
letter was produced. It is then demonstrated
that tho letter written by Mr. Crowninshield
to the Vice President, doos not impugn in tho
slightest degree the fuels stilted in Ins letter to
me. That letter does not give tho date of
the Cabinet council to which it refers; and
dates and references disprove, the assertion of
the Vice-President, that Air. Crowninshield
could not liane been present at any Cabinet, at
which lie was, upon the events of tho Seminole
campuign.
It remains for me to say a few words on the
charge of disclosing Cabinet secrets. I have
sident of the United States, should state,
and by whom that impression was made upon
his mind. Tho only ostensible act havin»
that object in view, which is within mv own
knowledge is the celebrated Nashville b iter.
That letter contained two falsehoods, one to
my injury and one for Air. Calhoun’s benefit.
No other human being on this terraqueous
globe except Alr.Cnlhonn had an interest in fa
bricating those falsehoods; at least, the latter
one. Until he shows that the letter in ques
tion was written by some one else not under
his influence, or direction, or shall poin 1 out
some other person having an equal interest
with himself in (tint fabrication, he must pur-
don me at least for considering him to he the
author of that letter.
I here terminate llio review so far ns my
defence is concerned, aud shall turn my inten
tion more directly to the correspondence, and
to llio contradictions and commitments to
which Mr. Calhoun lias subjected himself in
his several publications. Almost in the cum-
mencement of his first address lie presents a
letter from Mr. Wilson Lumpkin, containin'*
one from General Daniel Neuman inclosinn
tho copy of a letter from mo lo Alfred Bnleh,
Esq. of Nashville, in answer to one received
from him. Air. Lumpkin it will bo observed
is very flippant in llie use of terms of reproach
and vituperation,and Gen.Newnan is no! much
behind him. Of these two men il is suffi, ient
lo snv they are both apostates from the repub-
lican ranks. They will both probably, denv
this. They are however both Clark men. This
they cannot deny, and they were belli anti-
Clark men until about 8 or 10 years ago; when
they both about tlio same time made a politi
cal summerset. They are both unquestiona
bly political turn coats. Air. Lumpkin is now
tho Clark Candidate for Governor. That pat
ty in this State, is a mongrel party, formed of
tho worst materials of the political parties
which have heretofore prevailed in Georgia.
General John Clark the leader of the party,
hut little to add tn what I have urged in iny j was believed to ho a federalist—hut finding
loiter of tho 2d October. The prinriplos sta-1 1824, that he could not induce his party to
led in that letter are believed to bo orthodox. J support Air. Adams, ho declared for General
In this republic the President is appointed by I Jackson. At the election in 1828, tho only
the nation, and he appoints his Cabinet by j two electoral candidates for Air. Adams, were
ind with the advice and consent oftlio Senate, j Clarkitos, one of them had been his conliden-
Tlie President and Ins Cabinet are therefore | tial Secretary when he was Governor. This
responsible to tho republic for their nets. 1 man (General Clark,) had succeeded in n won-
Those acts for which they nro responsible I derful degree in combining all the ignorance
ought Iherofnre according to the principles of
the government to be known. Otherwise the
highest public functionaries known to tho Con-
solution are irresponsible. To this rosponsi-
in the Slate in his support. It may he laid
down as an axiom that in llio United Stales, if
a man changes politics after ho is 30'years
ivld, lie changes from selfish and therefore dis-
* Gen. A. Jaeksnn to the Secretary of War.
/frail Quarters, DirisionSouth Camp, mar SI. Mark's,
.ipril 8th 1318.
Reports his attack on the Mekasubcan Village—His
taking tho Fort at St. Murk’s &e.
The above communication is nn file in Ilia War De
partment—l’"*t marked, Nev Orleans, April 30, 1813,
after tho decision of the administration upon I and was received in tho month of May, as appears from
events of the campaign had been formed. It the record, from which the above transcript is taken,
ivns impossible in tho nature of things that the Department of War, July 19, 1831.
President’s attention could he necessary to J0Uh ’ k '
that letter after the decision had been made on
the events of tlm campaign. I have beforo
me a letter from a member of Congress from
this State, in which tio urges “ that tho confi
dential letter must have been beforo tlm Cabi
net, ns it was necessary lo a correct decision
of tho questions growing out of tho Seminole
war. and that the President and Secretary of
War. ought to have been impeached if it had
been withheld.” XX hen Air. Calhoun referred
to the letter, my impression terrj, and is i:otr,
bifity inherent in our Constitution, there is but ] honest motives. Il is n notorious fact thnt
one exception sanctioned by reason. If the 1 both these men were more than 30 years of
secrets of tho Cabinet are disclosed while the j ago when they changed ilieir politics. It is
Cabinet is in existence and charged with the j not wonderful then that there should be sym-
managemerit of the nntionnl concerns, the C'a-1 pntliy between them nnd Mr. Calhoun. The
liinet might be rendered incapable of conducting; old ndage, that lords of n feather will flock to-
llioso affairs successfully.. This is the broad- 1 getlier, was nover more fully verified than
est ground upon which the secrecy of Cabinet
transactions can be placed. Bv sumo it is
Francis, and one of the principal chieftains were hang
ed.
General Jackson afterwords proceeded to St. Marks,
and look possession of the Fortrcsswitliout opposition.
It is (lie impression, tlml this blow lias been decisive ;
that die war with the Indians is at an end, nnd the
Geoigia miliiia will snon return to their homes."
[From the same paper of the 30th April.)
(EDI rORIAL.)
Wo have a few further particulars of I he late pro
gress ofthc Indian war. The Tennessee detachment
had one man killed and four wounded in the skirmish
with the Indians at Mickasukee. Of llie Indians, se-
veil were killed; how many wounded, not known. Five
negroes wero taken the next day. Tile commander of
the Spanish post of St. Marks taken possession of by
Gen. Jaeksnn, protested against the measure, but did
not oppose its execution by force. The Georgia noli,
til will lie marched to traders' hill and in a few days lie
discharged. Captain Arbuthnot, a British officer, was
captured at St. Murks, and is supposed In Imve been
llio same who, some timo ago, cininoanded the Negro
Fort or. the Appalatchicnla, which was desi roved by
our forces under Colonel Clinch. St. Marks when tu-
ken, was strongly fortified, had twenty pieces of heavy
ordnance, mounted, and garrisoned by about fifty men,
who have since cmtmrkcd for Pensacola. McIntosh,
whose vigilance and enterprise are said to merit com
mendation, has captured about one hundred more pri
soners.
In llie National Intelligencer of the "Sill May," there
is a despatch from Gen. McIntosh lo I). B. Mitchell,
staling lhat aright had taken place between his warri
ors and those of McQueen, in which the latter were tie.
fented.
[From the National Intelligencer of the 16th of May.)
“OF THE INDIAN WAR.”
Major Pcraiih of the United States tonographical
corps, arrived ai Mobile on ihcSOth ultimo, direct from
the seat of war, gives the subsequent additional intelli
gence relative to the operations und movementsofben.
Jackson. After the conflagration of the Indian town
of Mickasukee, and the destruction of the cattle ami
some few Indians, flic General prucoeded to St. Maiks
—Itie Spanish garrison suncmiered as prisoners, and
had arrived nt Pensacola. From thence hcdirecicd his
course to Swaney, where there were abuut two thou-
[t From the National Intelligencer ol April Sthli, ISIS.)
“INDIAN BATTLE.”
MiUedgcvdle, April 17.
Capiain Ca!!is who haajustairived in tins place from , ,
Fort llawkins, has politely furnished us with the foU sand Indiana an j negroes, who, it was supposed' woirid
lowing highly important intelligence. make some resistance. Major P. confirms the account
About the Gth lest. General Jackson attacked and of the execution of the Prophet Francis, and an Indian
burnt the Mickasukee town, with an inconsiderable Chief Arbuthnot, (-, oodbinc) is in lacks,,n’s posses,
loss on his part. The loss of tlm Indians is not staled, sion aud in Irons. The army oftieneral Jackson is re.
Previous to, and after the action, a number of the. cue- presented to be in health, high spoils, and aiiiulv
my surrendered themselves prisoners. All their re- provided—so that a decisive blow has no doubt been
sources (among which wore one thousand loud of cat-! given. IU: has been joined by live Ten .essee volu
tie) were taken or destroyed. The cslehratud Prophet j tetrs. llis force nr > • five thousand ...fl-Vd, Rep ") "
this instance. Tlio Vice-President is wel
come to tho copy of my letter which has been
obtained from Mr. Bnlclt without hts know-
ledge permission, or consent. I hove the let
ter of Mr. llnlrli now before me, in which lie.
says, “ The copy was nnt furnished with my
knowledge, privity, or consent.” If I Imd
supposed tho copy of the letter would have
been acceptable to Air. Calhoun, I would have
sent him a copy and thereby possibly lmvo sa
ved his friend Netvnan, from the shame and
disgrace of purloining letters. I have never
written or said any thing of Air. Calhoun, that
I would not havo written or said to lmn, had
the occasion made it proper. Mr. Lumpkin
whom I havo long known prides himself upon
being a very shrewd observer of passing
events. Independent of his strong desire to
cornmuniento facts, to his (riend tho Vice-Pre
sident, ho assumes the character of a propuct,
and ventures to predict what General Jack-
son will do. Unfortunately, tho shrewd ob
server of passing events, and tho prophet ate
equally at fault. Ho tells the Vico President,
“ That liom tlio day Pennsylvania took up
General Jackson, every conspicuous friend of
tho Vice-President supported General Jack-
son with constancy, zeal and uniformity, and
that General Jackson knows it.”—Leaving
it therefore lo lie inferred, that every conspicu
ous friend ot Air. Calhoun in this matter, had
been influenced so to act by tho Vice-Presi
dent. Now unfortunately for his friend Lump
kin, tlio Vice-President declares to the people
of the United States lhat ho was neutral be
tween General Jackson end Air. Adams.
Wonderful! ! ! 11 is presumed that there was
not another individual in tho United Slates in
this happy state of quicsccnco upon the pre
sidential election. General Jackson and Air.
Adams wero so unlike in their temper, man
ners, and principles, that it is at least difficult
to conceive, how any man who hud tho least
knowledge of the two men could be neutral
between them. But I believe Air. Calhoun
was i.ot cren neutral between those gentlemen.
Docs tho nation recollect the letter of the 3 1 ?
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