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THE FEDERAL MIOIV. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA* THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1831. VOLUME 1, i>®. THE FfiD RRAL UNION is publisbfJ r '~p. .» iii THflEE d.» lars pi.r Jvnnuro, in ad- r y |fn ,. t paid before the end ef the year in 'iV'tyne-Street opposite McComb s Ta POLITICAL. rance, t n T»^ Office i* T *Aii ^DVF.RTisEMESTS published at the usual rates. . tl ., citition oy the Clerks of the Courts of Or- din i-y that -ipphcation has been made for Letters of Ad- minis ration m«i«t ( >e publisheit Thirtt Oats at least. N tice iiy Executors and Administrators for Debtors an ! O-ccIii >rs ta render in their accounts must be publish ed IX vEtttS S of in ^'oes bv F.X'-c.itors and Administrators must be a Jv a tis<*J “six rY DATs before the day of sale. Sa( ;s of p rsonul property (except negroes) of testate an i intest ite estates bv Ex cn'ors arid Administratiors, m ist be advtrtised Forty days. No sale from day to da» is valid, unless so expressed in the advertisement. Applications by Gx icnltrs Administrators, and Guar d's-is, to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Land most be published four m ntus. Applic l ions foi Foreclosure of ^torfgajjps on Real Es tate must he idvertised once a inonlh for six months. S lies of Real Estate by Executors, A<»m»nisir«tlora and Guardians must ue published sixty dats before the day of sale. These sal s must be made at the Court House door between the hours of 10 m the morning and 4 in the afternoon. Or lars if Coortof Ordinary, (accompanied with a co py f ihs hood, or agreemen') to make ti'les to Land, in ist ic advertised Three months at least. S i-;nff’- s ties under executions regularly granted by the courts, must be advertised Thirty days. Sheriff’s sales under mortgag e executions must bcad- Yertiscd Sixty days before the day of sale. Sheriff’s s ;les of perishable property under orderof Court m i-l be advertised generally Ten days. V! »RD'iRs for \d.trtiscments will Lepunctual!)' at tended to. .** + AM Letters directed to the office, orthe Editor, must Inpost-paid to entitle them to attention. t rom ine United States Telegraph, Feb. 25 Genera; Greene : I herewith enclose a si*t< ■lishment were made on his retard from Sa : j ioss io conjecfttre^w it passe d intp his hands cannab to t his place. . A*ibe lime I was de j or how he could conceive that it indicated un culedly and I may add zealously engage d in I friendly feelings qg hiui on the part of the wri- a.ent, which I wish te be published in yoULga j ^ SU * ,port °* General Jackson l believed his ter. tier as jUinnlrmnnl'd In mw rnrin»r.„n4nn/i„ i per as supplemental to my correspondence with General Jackson and which has been made necessary hy the publication of Mr. For sjth’s letter to Mr. Hamilton J C CALHOUaN. 24th February. 1831 In my letter lo General Jackson of the 20th May, 1830, published m the correspondence, speak ng ol the plot to destroy my political standing, I staled, “that several indications lorewarned me, long since, long since, that a blow was meditated against me ; I will not say from I he quarter from which this catnes ; hut, in relation to this subject, more than two years since 1 had a correspondence with the present district attorney for the southern district of N> w York, on the subject of the proceedings of the Cahinet in the Seminole war, which, (hough it did not then excite particular atten* tendon has since in connexion with other cir- rirsumsf ances, served to direct my eye to what was going on.” The letter from Mr. Forsyth to Mr Hamilton, « f N w Y rk to whom I referredpn the above extract publish ed by the former in I he llnnited States’ Tele- ioo by Congress was prevented l»y a de parture from a most important, fundamental principle in our system, and that he was the only individual in the country who united the, popularity and firmness to arrest, if elected, what I then and now consider a dangerous ten dency in our aff.lird Under this impress sion, I stood prepared to reuder every aid in mv power to secure nis success. This strong feeling was seized on, to extract .from me, if possible, some ha$ty and unguarded expres sion respecting the course of the cabinet on the Seminole question, by which 1 might lie entangled, Mr Hamilton, while here, requested to have some conversation with me, which on my part was carried on with freedom that is usu al with those engaged on the same side in a warm political contest. 1 viewed him in no other light than that of a vv.irm supporter of General Jackson. In connexion with some re mark of his, that there was a rumor of an at tack open General Jackson for hi* conduct in ttie Seminole war, he inquired if any motion had been made in the cabinet to arrest him — To which I replied in the negative. It may I communicated what I had beard to the two Senators r^JLhat time from Tennessee, Judge ^White and Major Eaton, and mv belief that ! Wli ‘ that tiie evidence i» POST OFFICE, MILLEDGEVILLE, \ M,rc!t 11th, 1831. ) *FVNI}0'.? and after the present date, the v - nil for Mnn- 1 ticelto will be Hosed on We-'.ne-day, at 9 o’clock, P. M. and arriv* on Friday, at 7 o’clock P M. The Mai*. for Louisville, will be closed on Thursday, at h \!f past 9 o’clock, A. M. nmlaii'ivi on Satutdt>y at G P. M. THOM AS F GREEN, P. M. IN forth 24 37 3t * MILLEDGEVILLE MASONIC HALL LUTTIIHY. 30,000 ]Dollars OF . .VPirAi. PRIZES YET !N THE WHEEL, viz: 1 of 15,000 Dollars, of 1 of 10,000 Dollars, 5,000 Dollars, HESIpre PRIZES OF $1009 $500 $80 j $700 -$SG0 $000 — $->£00 •; 3i}Q sV-fosJO $100j &-■ • O ,A FLj*ii> the o0.:i uu*. of .April next, the 4ih p-.v’* Pruuiiift r. hi cur.tiiiiitd, when ihere wiitbe diaivfi frma tii -wrKirwrw-tt&l y -is Tn* fes-* f-: P ja. Jdi. <»< The mere.demand for Tickets make* it necessary th -i tiiOot: who < < ci u, .select their numbers from a gre .t v:i i' ; V. U> send their ordcis soon. Those v. ho hold Tickt Is wait h may not be drawn previ- <>•13 tj th * coiihti nce.iH 111 of l!:e i'.fth and last day’- i virvr nt'iil riv.i.emhe? that such 'Pickets will have to ri J. Ute H’LF.MMI) PRIZE of 3Qjom DOLLA&S. hr«v]es otilci hin.i-e.iii JiflZ- -. tjell to In di pusited.— , -nit sold it \Vh'.l.-s SIU— Shares in proportion. iJjr. ss orders (p .st-p'ajd) to _ RHODO.M A GREENE, M-rHi Ci S. e’rv t .- Cemmss-ionrrs, graph oflhe 22.1 instaul, enable, am to iraco be .,, roper to rcnmlk | iete |ha. no S «cb connpiracy aga.nst m0 ( 10n or a ny olher was made, 'i’he discus iNt) 1 K ild. r*T-?F. firm of TU'.KEKS, & Co. bavin* been dis- JL solved, tise- subscribers itavt purchased their entire ini. res' and witi continue t<> tr;<n-a<- ! Ito-inr ss at the same s'itid under the firm of TUCKER *§• t.’/ffcoAfS/LiH , y iiae they intend keenin* a nentral assortment of the CHOICE GROCERIES for fatuity use. m ik r r; t f.w tucker, W1LMAM C. CRENSHAW. Those persons inelclited to the late firm if fUCKLK?>, & Co. will plcsc catJ and stitle their accounts by payment. TUCKER & CRENSHAW’. Milledcrrville, March 31 I A31 38 3! NEW AT BSDTJOED PHIOE3 !! f r I E soh-cribei a j i.- ittUiiKrn iit-lli N«-tv York ivli'Tt: lie hasselrclcd vviiii £, r cot care mui is NOW UECI IYING. ••nil will e.;a‘ii',’ie thr" , ier , 'nut *he «c ison, an elegant assortment of 00013^, Suitable for the Spring cr.d Summer trade. ISAAC NEWELL. Milledgcviilc, March'24 27— 4t 0 wi»W W m <m iv'ia>VMV W tfOtol CLASSICAL, SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH SEMINAR?, For the Instruction of Young Ladies. bKO' * N respvctfaily inform? P irei:ts and Guar- miis, (hat in consequence of ihe many upplica- tiuns to enlarge his sphere of oper itinns, end disse minate mure widely his system of Education, by admit'tn; a grea ter number ot pupils in'o his Seminary, be has been in duc'd to engage tlie assistance of the Rev. Mr. Arams,! Clergyman of amiability, piety and attainments. ’Tis presumed tb it Dr Brown’s undivided attention and €Xyieri ‘ncr, with the assistatice of Mr. Adams, Miss G.igg, Miss Clarke, and Mrs. Brown, will ensure more ban common advantages, and guarantee an improvement jlo the pupils not to be calculated on under ordinary cir cumstances. Board may be obtained in the family of the Principal, and in many other respectable families in the Borough. Pupils may be entered in this term to the close of the year, .md charg'd from the time of their entrance, but af ter 'his term none can be admitted lor less time than a year. That 8cottsborough is remarkably healthful is anestab- ished and «v. || atU sted fact, and therefore a favorable re eat f >r children living in sickly regions. March 24 - 37 tf »rj* Hu; Macon Telegraph, Messenger,*nd Columbus inquirer will picas* give the above 3 insertions and for- vard their accounts to this office for payment. GEORGIA—Pulaski county. W O ERE AS, Linkfietd Perkin*, Guardian or Olive Phillips, applies for letters of Dismission from the guardianship of said Phillips: These, are ther fore to cite the kindred and creditor* to ppear ot my office, within the time prescribed by I »w, to civ cause, if any they have why *nid tellers of dismi* fon should not be granted Given umfor my hand tins th March, 1831. * J CARBUTUERS. c. c. o March 34 57. a6ta another link m (his artful irsy character, which, I tiifot will form a suffi cierft Hftology for mv again intruding myself on the public attention. If a copy ot this letter which, it seems, was placed in the hands of the President, when Mr Forsyth put him in pos session of a copy of Mr. Crawford’s lett r t«» him of the 30ih April 1830 had been furnish d me, as injustice it ought to have been, the remarks that lam now constrained t>-- make would have appeared in the body ofl'.< correspondence wiib General Jackson, am: would have saved the pain of agam troubling the public. i I hen conceived I had a right to be put in possession of ail the facts and circumstances referred to iri Mr Crawford’s letter to Mr. Forsyth, and that the withholding ot them was an act of injust ice to me, calculated what ver mav have been the intention, to deprive me of the means of tracing out and exposing to the public, what 1 did not doubt to He .i base political plot. The letter from Mr F r, sytbto Mr. Hamilton, now published, it seem was the one referred to by Mr Crawford m his letter to Mr Forsyth, but with the name of Mr. Hamilton 1< ft blank in the copy of Mr. Crawford’s letter which was furnished me.— The facts disclosed by the publication ot Mr Forsyth’s letter to Mr Hamilton, taken m connexion wit the correspondence aiimled to with the present District Attorney of the Soul Lorn District ofNiv Y rk. Will prnvi 1 , as I will presently show, that ! had just cau*e lo complain that evidence material to my viodi cation, was withheld ; and I cannot hut rcgrei that Mr Forsyth’s “re-pect to the personal delicacy of Major Hamilton,” has, in its* fleets operated, though it may not have been so in tended, unjustly towards me by preventing me from tracing with my correspondence w.11: G neral Jack-on, one of the earliest, and 1 must add ihe foulest movements in the opera Lons of this political conspiracy What 1 Could have done, then, in connexion with ihe general chain of mv remarks I am n jw con- - trained to do in this detached way. with qreat disadvantage io my vindication; tiie full force of h would have Ween more deeply felt by viewing all the circumstances in connexion. This letter hy its date and ofh- rcircumstan ce«, clearly connects itself with Mr II .md edrr spondence with me, already alluded to ; makes that correspondence a link in ihe chain of this corrupt political intrigue, thereby carrying hack the movement to the early part of the year 1828 ; and by its reference to an] individual (_M-.jor Lewis) then residing in Nashville, as wril he seen *n the copy ot the correspondence w r ilh Mr Hamilton, hereto an nexed, shews it to be a part of the svstem of operations which, as appears by Mr Craw ford’s letter to Mr Batch, had been commenc ed against me in Decemb r 1827, and follow ing so soon alter, probably constitutes the so cond link in this foul plot against ah individu ,.l zealously co-operating at the same time m ihe same political cause with those conspiring agaiust him; and who. from ihmr pol<t*cal re lation to him at the time, he had a right to consider his friends. I take no plensur in exposing a transaction so disgraceful, but I tc< I myself compelled to do so in the discharge of a private and public duty, ft must be pain Oil and mortifying to the public to know, that the practice of such arts is possible under our system, but the knowledge that it is so, may jxtiard against its recurrence in future. In order !o give a clear understanding of the affair, it wilijbe necessary to make a few pre hminary remarks. It appears from Mr. Forsyth’s letter, that ii was written in reply to a letter, dated at Sa vannah, the 23: h Jan. 1828, from Mr. Hami! ton, who was then on bis return from New Orleans, where he had been, by the appoint ment of the Tammany Society of New York, to represent (hem, as I understood, jr. the cel ebration of the 8th January 1828 General Jackson had been invited by the legislature of Louisanna, to attend the celebration. Mr. Hamilton on his way to New Orleans, passed 1 'trough this city, in December, 1827 when Congress was in session, and after remaining here some days he proceeded to Nashville & accompanied the General and suite to New O leans. From Savannah bo. returned to New York ll rough this place, where he again remained some time, Congress being still in session. Whether this leter of Mr. Hamilton to Mr. Forsyth was the commencement of the otrigue, or whether it originated at an earli- r date, at this place on his way to Naseville. •r while there. I am unable to say ; but I can not doubt that the arrangements for its accom- »ny sion in reference to the course that might lie pursued towards him. took place on a sugges lion of the propriety of an inquiry into his con duct and my aswer was therefore in strict con formity with th • facts. I accompanied the answer with some general remarks »n the pro ceedmgs of the cabinet, such as 1 might with propriety make without any breach ot conti deuce. I however feci the most perfect con fldcnce, that I did not use the expression 'hat “the only point before the* cab.net was i he answer to be given to the Spanish Govern ment,”as Mr Hamilton states that he under- -iood me, in Ins letterof the 25ih February.— I n -ither did or cotiui ij-e the expression ‘‘only,”,is it would have been both inconsist nt with facts and absurd, as the publication- on the Semi, ole nffiir clearly i dicate that other points were considered by the cabinet If the statement be an error on the part of Mr Hamilton, it probably originated in my using he words “main point, or great point,"or some other expression of similar import, instead of ihe expression he imputes to me. The whole conversation was of a general character, such is aiignt with propm ty be held respecting the c.ibuiHi proceedings—and was by me consul ered in no way confidential, except the confi donee that exists b tive n gentlemen, that my n im was not to be used before the public m connexion with any thing i said. I certainly tint no: suppose liiai iu/ -couiluei* u: .ti.ii oi' any o'h^r individual, was put at issue and could have had no intention of making an er roneous impression as *o the proceedings of of the cabinet, nor the part I took. 1 suspect < ed no simst r object On his return Irom N :vv-Y • jk, 1 received a letter from him dated the 23t . February, the obj ct of which was, apparently, to know if ht understood mv conversation correctly He Mated that his object in being thus par ticular in endeavoring to ascertain from <i e w net her h s recollection was faitrdul or n - with regard to the conversation, was becaus*. lie wished to fulfil the object of his enquiry b> confirming Major L wis, a confidential frten of General J >cksoo in the tru.h, not with view to make the publication then, hut to hr prepared against the apprehended attack founded on events connected with the Semi nole Campaign This disclosure, particularly that the information was intended.for Maj r Lewis as a confidential inend ot General Ja< k- son, excited mv suspicion. Circumstances however, gave my eye a wrong direction, not towards myself but towards Mr. Monroe.— What they were, n becomes necessary to state, with the view of understanding Ihe corres po'tdence winch loiiowed with Mr. liamf, ton. When Mr. Monroe received the letter ot General Jackson ofthe.19th August. 1818 in Hiisw. r to hi» ot the I9!b September of the s :me year, both of which are published in my correspondence with General Jackson, lie wa it his farm in Atbermarle. General Jackson, iu his letter, objected to the construction which had been placed on his orders Mr. Monroe addressed me a private letter oflhe 9*h September 1818, a copy of which is here to annexed, marked A, stating the view which the General took ot his orders, the tone olj Hamilton, of the 8th February 1 cannot but his letter, and with some other circumstances, (regret that Mr Forsyth lias thought proper to his (Mr. Monre’ ) reasons lor thinking that e letter in the ^d&Session ol the General was Mr. M nroe’s to me, and stated, if it was, it would he in my power to shew that the letter, so far from being hostile, was directly of an opposite character. They wrote to the Gen eral to ascertain il it was the one supposed; and 1 addressed a note to Mr Monroe to ap prise him of what 1 had heard, and to request him to send me a copy of his private corres pondence with Gen. Jackson, (the one pub lished with the correspondence between Gen Jackson and myself,) to be placed in the bands of the two S nalors, as explanatory of the let ter in question, should it prove to be the one supposed. 1 have not been able to lay rny hand oo my note to Mr. Monroe, nor am I cer tain that I retained a copy, but I hereto annex an extract from Mr Monroe’s answer of the 28th December, 1827, marked B It was in this stage of (his affair, that I re ceived Mr. Hamilton’s letter of the 23th of February & very naturally suspected (bat his inquiry might have reference to something connected with the same, and, in my answer to it necessarily bore it in mind. I could not answer his question whether his understanding of iny conversation was correct or not, without going into explanations winch would lead to details that 1 did not feel myself at liberty to state; and which, if I had, I could not prudently, not knowing the bearing that it m ght have in relation to the affair above re ferred to. I accordingly waived an answer, but «n such ter As as were intended to convey the idea that his Understanding of my convert sal ion was not correct. Believing that an operation was carrying on against Mr. Monroe, at Nashville, as well from the fact oi the letter being placed in Gen. Jack sou’s hands, as other circumstances which a bout this time came to my knowledge, and suspecting that the object was to bring Mr Monroe and General Jackson iuto conflict for purposes bearing on the pending election; l»ui not knowing in what quarter it originated, I was at a loss to understand how it was to be eff ctod; vet I could not doubt that the appre- heuded attack on Gen Jackson, was some ho« or other connected with this base object Those impressions will explain the charactei of ray correspondence with Mr Hamilton, a copy of which is hereto annexed, and marked C The letter of Mr. Forsyth to Mr. Huni! ton places this correspondence, and the con versatiou that preceded it in a very different light fom the one in which I then viewed i Ii is impossible now to doubt that hi> corres pondence with Mr. Forsyth and his conver satiou and correspondence with me formed parts of the same tranasction Mr (lamiit n proceeded from Savannah directly to tin- place, where he probably received the answer •f Mr Forsyth, dated at Milledgevilfo, oti iho 8tn of February, to his letter dated 25 h oi January preceding. The very question which te put to me, as I must now sav, so io^idious- iy, whether there was a motion to arrest Gen •ral Jackson, is explained by a reference to the letter of Mr. Forsyth, in which the mo’ion *o arrest m ikes a prominent part of what be n-presents as the statement of Mr Crawford of what occurred in the cahinet on the Semi- iole war. Mr Crawford has since, however, dated in his letter to Mr. Forsyth, and the me to me, that the statement of Mr Forsyth was erroneous on this point Viewing then this whole affair as one trims action, (it can be veiwed in no other light,) what a spectacle is presented! I am approached as a zealous friend ofGeneral Jackson by one who, from his political relations with tne at the time. 1 had a right to consider as friendly, for the purpose of extracting from me, under he pretext of defending General Jackson, some unguarded expression, which at a tutur> period, alter he might be raised, in part by my exertion, to the highest office in the Govern ment, the power which 1 had thus contributed to confer might be used lo destroy forever the character and standing 1 had acquired by long, laborious, and faithful services to the country, and which was the only fund I had acquired In that service, to bequeath as a legacy to my children. In order that the whole of this iniquitous trans action may be presented in one vi. w, I annex a copy of the letter from Mr. F *rs vth to Mr* ihere ought o nc an official correspondence between th» j General and myseii, so that the ciews which wo respectively took of his or ders might appear on record This letter passed out of my possession into tbit ofGeneral Jackson without my consent hut at what lime or by what means, or through whose agency, I to this day iimniormed.— la December 1327, I accidently heard from a '▼entleman ofthis city, in a conversation turn Tng on the subj ct of tht* feelings of Mr Mon roe toward? General Jackson, (which I staled 1 knew to be friendly.) that there was a letter ot the former in the hands ot the latter, wnich al forded conclusive proof of his hostility to the General Having found, some tune before that the letter of Mr. Monro* to me ottl.e 9tn of September, a copy of which is hereto annex ed, was missing, I ascertained th* tact by an examiation of the letter to me that it was missing or a hint from a friend that there was a letter written bv Mr Monroe, as it was sup posed, to me, which was out of my possession and was intended to be used for political pur poses. My friend could not mlorm me m whose possession the letter was On hearing that there was a letter of Mr. Monroe s n General Jackson’s possession, I concluded it wus4 be the same, though 1 was utterly at a withhold from the public the letter of Mr Hamilton, of the 25th ol January, ^o which inis is an answer. It is rare that an answer can be Lilly understood, without the letter to which it 19a reply, and 1 do feel that justice to myself as well as to the country, and 1 will add to Mr. Forsyth himself, requires ils publi cation In making these remarks, I am not unmindful of the hope which he expresses, that his name may not be introduced in the further discussion of this subject. I feel every disposition to comply with his desire, arid judging, from my own feelings, I can well appreciate the pain which he must feel in being involved in the controversy: but he roust par don me for thinking that the claims of just ice are paramount to those of delicacy, and that in insisting upon the perf-rmance of an act, on bis part, which justice lo me requires, 1 am regardless of his sensibility. In coming before tiie public he has voluntarily put him self in a position which gives me the right to make the request. I would also suggest, that this is not the only letter in hi3 possession, connected with this correspondence, necessary o the full elucidation of this aff.iir. His letter io Mr. Crawford, to which Mr. Crawford’- letter, placed in the hands of General Jackson, was a reply, has not vet been put in the posse sion of the public. Until it be, the impression must necessarily rein r»ot rowfplete. Whether the letter of Mr. Monroe, of the 9t Ii of September, ^hich w as purloined from me, and passed into the hands of General Jr-rk« son, as has beutf slated,jwas intended as on<- of the means of placing us in our present relation, or was intended to exrite hostility between him and Mr Monroe, I am now unable to say. At first I supposed the latter, but subsequent events leave it doubtful The letter was finally returned to me by General J<*ck on, but without explanation of the manner in whxb it came to his hands Having so long remained in the possession of the General, and been the subject of a cor respondence, 1 might have adduced it in my correspondence with him, as conclusive proof that he < ught to have known that my const!uo« tion of bis orders in the S nunoie war, conin- cided with Mr. Monroe’s, anil consequently dif ffored from his owe. I was restrained, however from doing so, b> considerations which may be )easily cenceived but as the letter rs necessari ly connected; with the immediate subject of this statement, 1 am now obliged to present it to the public as a part of my vindication I do n >t deem it necessary t • make any re marks >;n Mr. Crawford’s letter l»» me. pub lished by Mr Forsyth, as h's fro nd The *r gument of Mr. Craw-f.-rd, in supper* of his statement of the proceedings of the cabin, t, rested almost exclusively or Ihe statements of Mr Crowninshield and Mr Adams. A ^ut se- quent acknowledgement ot the former tii.it ue was not present at the deliberation o: the ca binet, and subsequently, tnat Isis .-tatement to Mr Crawford is unfounded, and tlo- fret, dis closed by the letter of Mr Adams .o me, pub lished wi*it tne correspondence th >t Mr Craw-' tbrd has given n h;s letter a garbled extrac* of Mr. Adam’s sta emenl to him, omitting the material point, removed th -foundation of Ids argument, and with it the superstructure winch ho raised fell to the ground • With a knowledge of these facts, it iS diffi cult to conceive whjjL IV^r Crawford’s letter should be presented to the public, and still more so as it appears to reconcile its publi cation with justice without an acknowledge' inent of uncontested errors. I will conclude this statement by a single remark in relation to myself As unpleasant .is 1 find my present silnation. I exnerience one consolation without which it would tie quite intolerable. 1 have been placed in it l>? no fault of my own. Little did I suspect more than welve year- ago, when daring to construe or ders, which I myself had drawn, and to which 1 could give no other construction than it hat I did ccnsistenily with the constitution, acting •s I was under the cbligr.liou of an qath to ab sinth from the infraction of that sacred mstru- ment; and in venturing to suggest the c-'Ur«e, which, I honestly supposed ought to be adopt ed on their infraction, I should be exposed at his late day to so much difficulty and daoger. Yet this is my only off-nce. A Copy of a Letter from Mr. Monroe to Mr. Calhoun. Highland, Sept. 9, 1818. Dear. Sir: 1 have General Jackson’s reply to my letter ol July 19, from Washington, res pecting his taking possession of St M rks and Pensacola. He contends strenuously, that his orders left him free to adopt that course, if he found it necessary to lermi ate the Seminole war; that orders to General Gaines interior officer, not referred to i.-i the orders to *bim, subsequent date, were inapplicable, and not obligatory on him, especially as his enlarged the sphere of his duties. His letter is on the whole conciliatory and friendly H-- prorni-es to write another. Our vi vr of fo- power is decidedly diff -rei.t from hi.-, on w-ich too we acted without entertaining a.suspicion that ho would misunderstand it I am inclined to think lhai 1 nad hetrer answer this ie’ter im mediately. He may expect that , his concep tion of his orders shou d appear * document :n the department: and ii seems to be proper that the sense in which they were'tnvon, and understood by the department, after wfiat ha* passed, should be recorded there A commu nication between you, on this head, and in »his stage, s eras to be the more necessary from th* presumption that it may be my duty to state to Congress that he transcended his orders on his owe responsibility ; or at feast to state the -ense in which they were understood by ns.— Ai piesent nothing to this eff cl exists in your correspondence with him 'It is mine only, which is private. A coroavumcaiton on this point may commence either with you or him. I will suggest it to him, thinking, as i do, that •t had belter begin with him The affair may, I hops, be terminated to the satisfaction of all parties I will send y- u in a few days Ifi- let ter, [with a-former one] witfi the answer, irt ich I propose giving to it; which if you see no ob jection to it, be so good as to forward fo him. But if you do. return it with your objections to it. By coming from him, it wdl put you more at ease in your answer, and afford a better ' p- portunity for the exorcise of kindness and liberality. 1 shall attach no particular impor* t ince to the affur. » * my letter, leaving the ar gument lo you and him, so r ar us it becomes necessary to enter into it. B. Letter from Mr. Monroe to Mr. Calhoun. Dear Sir: In my compliance with your re quest in the letter of the Z2d, I now send yon di the documents referred to in it which you will find to correspond witlr the name inclosed, ft would be very gratifying to me t« knew by whom, and from wbat quarter tliis attack has been meditated, f am far from wishing you ;o communicate to me any thing which you may not feel yourself perfectly at liberty to • > communicate by the strictest rules of deli cacy : but the hostility towards me is so mark* d and unjustifiable, that it may be useful to ue to know iri what quarter it xisfs. I hava jxmn much annoyed iu this way ever since my