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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 ? (S:e 9^md Page.)
