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emotions"!" ill; rxpeililioit, tli")- ou^ht to be the j Th. «*" rciri.ig from b-C.rc gcr,™! Gain'is'cr.n.p] U^hSif
foasl. Gud kelp them, poor, patient, faithful, \ has recently baca explored by a detachment of: ami seeming.y with a view ot gaining our lett j comever yfaring and insolent, breaking open corn rni«
strufghn^ ac<i cridui'in |T creatures, and give » sixty volunteers, under the command of major flank, preserving the swamp of the river in their j ami carrying away what they desire, driving off hogs and
t'nem a better lot than a camp, or more kind M’Lemore, and the important fact ascertained, | rear. Our friendly Indians gave the shout, and ,
ou-siderute'niastcr. , that the channel has four feet water. ThcCe-1 our horsemen on ttic right made a charge, and ( >i,rlaxt, itrai they have recently mad.- application at irwin-
ljiiics:
live: and from wl
foil, about sixty,
from ten to fifteen
bailor the necessarily slow pace of the bag. J post will be susti
gage wagons, over an untracked, sandy, pmc j MT.emoie has r
I 1 i * . p . iitit: iiaLz• in i u^aiusi iiitit
era we left the Georgia bat ta 1 - j of the buttle ground where a strong blockhouse j then holding a coni ore nee with general t»am**s, | disaffected. Still we have heard nothing of op
Oar rate of travel has been has been erected bv major M'Lemore, and gar- with a view to a cessation of hostilities, but that i denianstmions <>i liasmisy among them. am
or eighteen miles, luougli, risoncd by forty men. We understand that this! alarmed at our re enforcement, they had ll. d to ■ ■ - ■
thf» h.t«r. I ms! will ho Rit-ttniiicd bv the governor. Major | tlie swamp
signed owing to ill health, and ; ed the camp, ant
^ . ; appear to be confined to corn am! ralllp, which ill v need
in the evening the interpreter hail t to satisfy hung r, and we are inclined to ttie 1>< lief*ilial iheir
id asked whether they would be U^gws ''tt'-tid u» forth r. They are inn wrenu.d na-ving
o r. ; slate, and a:c- mad desperate hv tin ir destitute situation.—
iter? i hat 1 - -
* '.led, wh.ii fin
prairies, whig
i> fi ooea pit Hi
barren, and ul eu, \vh<"il! y unexplored country, j will be s iceecded l>v cap!am M‘Cants, v> ho ac« 1 rrceiveu the next day or the tiay af ei! J nut j The g„vt rnnr’nt should lose no tiin.■ in rom wing il.em to
;n i * ;o necessity of frequently stopping to i eomremied the expedition. This gallant little ! the latter they would prefer, ns they wished to »l«* »’wt, as ih ir "iinatiun h.;.w8 mow d-plorii.lo ft«>m
make y passable rad tor them, over marshes, bund is entitled to great cedit for venturing . coiner wait then head cruet, t\Lcan.'|u, nton their n.ighbo.-hood, are kept in a most unenviable stttuuinn
«5-v."‘ C'rhl travel ■ twenty or twenty-five j into t lie heart of the Indian country with so I thirty miles off. They were told to come in the a* long as they art* drained, being under runstam excitement
i dies a day wish far more case, and loss fatigue, i small a force. They saw nothing of general i ne.vt day if practicable, but at all events the day
either on horseback of on foot, and to our horses, j Scott’s army, or of the Indians..— ib. j after. We waited patiently to the third du\,
<dsn a$ well as ourselves. | . " — i when the Indians not appearing, and we not be-
Thc whole region over which we have trav- i From the Mobile RegLtsr. ing able to hear any thing of them, it was
execution of the hammocks and j latc-rsting from ~ ,ortaa.—hy tnc arrival o. | thought advisable,our.supplies being exhausted
aro**“fo\y and far between/' is r>' jnera foM acornb, and ms aid. captain Cooper. ! j_ 0 retire upon Fort Diane. General Gain' s
k fret) the very poorest I ever ithe United hiatus’ army, and from volunteers ■ resigned liis command to general Clineli, and
saw. or that the hnaginn'ion cun well conceive; ! discharged from service at Tampa Bay, wejaftora halt of a day or two at this.post, pro
id for nothin 0 - b it i stock rin-e at b -s! o>- ,-ti i ‘ Kive u,iCn P ul 111 possession of the resudsot the eceded west agreeably to instructions received
Indian bunting ground; and on which, c^en the movements of the army, from which not!,ing : f mm the War Department. It remains to be
t'-ees are smaJi and stubbed. Really, it is not j " at * been nenrd liere be lu re since llicy marcheu | seen whether ins demonstration on the Within-
worth fr r hiin-’for. either by ourselves or the { tu !’ t ‘ ,e ^ ithlaeoociiee. General Macuinb came j C oochce, for I call it by no other name, is to
unain ■ ni °- ll ’ n o f' ( tT1 Fensacola, which place lie ; r( . su |i j n good or injury in tin: campaign against
reached last night from 'lamps. Bay, a United i the Seminoles. It is certain he was prevented
j states cutter, having with his aid, made the c:r j from crossing the river, and it is equally as cer-
jcuit of the Peninsula by sea, from Piculata.— tain that the Indians ceased hostilities Cinder the
| Dates from I ampa are to the 15th instant. impression that general Games was willing
| Phe three divisions of the army concentrated , cither to makq^i new treaty with them, or to
I at ^ 1 ampa Bay on the 3d and 4th instant, by • leave them unmolested, south of the Wilhla-
; d: lie rent routes. Colonel Lindsay had march- ! coochce, untii the diplomatic officer of the War
j ec | 1! P to the Withlaco'icheu, and failing to meet j Department could appear to treat with them.—
! with genera! Scott mere G3 he expected, return- | Knowing full well that no terms other than un
cd to Fort Brooke, which he reached on the 3J. j conditional surrender, would be granted by
Indian
on it,
home,
va! oj-
and why they should wish
ere astonishing, except that it i; their
To us, except from its position in a na-
r.;u.iu! point of view, it is worth, if pos-
tubal, k'ss tuaii nommg. iftti water is mioiera- 1
Me, t ■ me at least, so that I prefer enduring
the raging thirst of fatigue and cxcessivc hot J
weather, even when on fool, between my morn
ing and evening’s tin cup of coffee—(which I
of iisclf is a positive luxury, both in anticip.i- j
»;on arid enjoy meet, beyond anything I have ev -1
cr knowo before in tho war of diet, and that, j
1 Irer'efovo, well repays for numerous privations; j
though 1 never. 1 ik• J it before.) rather than
drink it. It is to be obtained oitTv from the
Stagnant p .mgs, which are very num tous
throughout the country—the Withlacoochee
( which furnishes the best, and is just t derablc)
and some three or four little narrow cutlets from
ponds, wliicii you can easily step across, being
'■G running streams between
was fired upon and h
ties of Indians concealed
with no hostile force. Bcott arid Guslis
nearly together on the lih, with their several
divisions. The division of Boott and Clinch
crossed the Withlacoochee at Camp Izzard, on
ihe 27tl
uuon bv
arrassed by small j ar- j general Clinch, and equally as certain that any
in hammocks, but met i other terms I should have protested against,
’nit mu! kiKiKin-nvi' l may possibly have been the cause ofthe Indians
not again showing themselves. It is clear,
therefore, that the work of finding the Indians
and of forcing them to unconditional suhmmis
si.m, remains vet to be done. There will be no
alarm from tlifir mnwiir Ms and threats. The alarm to
nume has h-vn so great, lhat they have abandoned iheir
plantations and remov. d oj il.is side of th * river, preforing
to 1"> a erop this season to risking their families and n; -
grors am'ing Ilu-m.
Major ilovvard, with his eomtnand still oeenpies his
elation near Bryant's t rrv on ill Heorgia side of ih" That-
lahoor h >e, and keeps a vgilant eve upon their inov m ms.
I h u ill no donlil promptly rep 1 anv ineiirsioris or d"i>reda-
lions which may he made hy the Indians on this side, should
they attempt any.
ll will he se, n hv the subjoined letter font ihe F.xeeiltive
of Alabama to geneial Shearer, that he also is taking due
preeaulion against hostilities m thai Slat ': and we hope,
th^ifeinonsiraiions making vvhieh have ah“adv been cum-
iniiiiicaied to ihe Indians, promptly to punish any overt net
ol war, will overavv th-’iii, am! pr-weiit lie in from breaking
out in op-'n hostility More than this vve cannot expect, as
long as they remain w In-r. ilieyar- Ilestitnie amt siarving,
and wii bout any other means than fraud or violence to
sap'U, i he cravings of nature, no threats or impending pttn-
ishm-nt ran p vent them from rebhiug and rduiuiering
lor ilie necessaries of iiie. W’.- rep ai, governtn ill arid her
agents cannot he too prompt and uuergeiic in their slops tor
their immediate removal
Executive Department, ' ?
Tuscaloosa, April 18, 13t!6. j
Major General Gilbert Shearer:
mr 1 have rt eenily received, hy express, such intelli-
li!' n d teei' prl 1 y flying reports, and alarming rumors, that
vve are bound to deny our credence to th<‘statements uniil
vv • receive a more regulaily authenticated account of it,
which vve exp ctwill arrive today hy tho Pennsylvania.
We also learn that sev'>nty-lhrec unarmed emigrants that
lefi ibis city in the William and Francis, for t'opano, and
were ia .led ai that port, trusting themselves unarm, d in tin
pmver of ilie Mexicans, were in two hours btitelmred by the
soldiery, in sight of the vessel; the schooner escaped to
Matagorda;. .
Th ' Pennsylvania is expected np tonight with fiirthi r in
firmr.iion i he Bruins was to sail the day after tlie invin
cihi.' with women and children.
GEORGIA BATTALION.
Telegraph <)jice, \lacon, April C r .*, lSofl.
I.af 1 evening a mail brought the ftillovving communira-
tiovi from a lale citiz -n of Macon now resident in New Or
leans, written upon the margin of a New Orleans paper,
dated \pri! t!3:
“J have conversed with Colonel Darrington. He says
that, afier he left Houston, he saw and conversed w ith two
very respectable gentlemen, who informed him lhat Ward
and his part' had reached Houston in safely, exe pt a few,
w ho w ere killed at the Mission He, having no pilot, g.
lost in ill" bottoms of the Guadeloupe, and was not heard
from tor fiv- or six weeks, but is now safe. Hid made /
good light at the Mission, &r Has Lamar and Jos. Will
iains c ached here yesterday on their way to Georgia.”
JUDGE WHITE and the. EXECUTIVE NOMINATION.
*'he Sun. (Judge White’s organ at Washington) contains
th“ following article:
‘ Mr. Kkndai.i. for Postmaster General.—Judge
While voted against this gentleman in a nnnll minoriti/, and
would have voted against him atone
• ‘ lie believed his appointment would make the Post
OfTiee Department a mere party machine. His reasons for
so thinking, among o.tiers, are the following:
‘•>!iiee Mr. Kendall has held the temporaty appointment,
there have been more complaints of failures and irregulari
lies in the mail, than during a 1 ik-* prrt"d under ariv of his
pr*rteiessors ns Judge White believed.
“'ir. h- r daii has appointed at M’Minnvilie, .Tennessee,
the tailor ol a violent varh/ neivtpaper, as postmaster whi! •
tlie same p.-rson is still eHiruig and condueting his news
paper. which is a direct violation of a fettled principle long
held sacred.
“Judge W bite understands and believes the printing for
tha Post Office Departmi nt in Tennessee, has been taken
from an old and establish, d paper of extensive circulation
and given to a new violent party paper, of limited circula
tion.
-iince the commute matt of tie 3 present session of con-
28tli, durinq which they were fix<
nail parties uf Indians. I lie nrxt j difficulty in the latter, if genera! Gaines’ move-
day they burnt Poweli’s town; on the evening j ment has not so alarmed the Indians as to force
the only
F
he
and
u
mi
Blow a
ft as it
.4
v ft It
sought sift
somewhat
ter if lias
t ramrdia
Dranc. ’ i ’ B
castor (.
, nearly
is asioinsiiing v\
I drunk bv
.y.
of the oO'ih, they saw a number of Indians, and
j the next morning a sharp engagement took
,,,. j ; place, t.i Witicn ioui* whites
as disagreeable to mv taste; | t;I / ;i ’ aen "°undeu. I l.ree ol the Indians and j runners and sj>ics, the Indians are still embodied
th what avidity it is ! 3 nc ff 10 ''ere Ibimd dead, and mai Its o! bloody j iu tho swamp of ihe Withlacoochee, at or neat-
driven back up-! the place, they first encountered general Clinch
oral water was nearly as,
and almost as thic
them to scatter and fly.
, As far as we are able to learn, there being a
were killed, and i very great difficulty to procure the serv ices of
ind often, vv
,y„, i tracks were seen. They were
scarce, bv those in the rear, even af- j on> a . !i< ^ ov ( I “ 1G ’* itn'acoocliee. ^ Major Coop--; and subsequently general Gaines, ll so, w<
been made extremely muddy bv the i Georgia volunteers was left in the In-! shall soon search them out and finish the work
t __ a of the horses. No one can believe, [ ^ J3n na! ' oa a battalion, and^ tne rest c: the | assigned us. All the movements of genera
except on saeiiiw it, that such water isdruak and j urni y sav two thousand under bcott, thousand Scott are now tending to that point, whatever
with such oag ■ rivcss, anti in such quantities.— ■ B ndsay, thi rieen huad i ed i .u>tis, met at 1 ampa j causes have consrj red hitherto to ret a rd his
For rnvsf:!*’, 1 can scarce?v believe it real, when ! Bay, on tho 4.h. In the march down, the town ! movements. His plans are now matured, and
genet* fn-niUhTiniutifs of Russell iintl llarbour (vihiclt is grere, several l- :»-rs from Nashville, Tennessee, ami its
f'lljy rurrohtiratt <1 by Intiors from rap«^iin ol the (J- n <‘*i;G^<>rjiooc3, ha\> hopn n reived by Judge While vviih the
nih il Stales army, at I oil Mitrln 11. arid major Howard, so that file rontents eould be read by any one
commanding a battalion of Georgia militia near the (’hatta- might choose, and the only one lie received from Tus-
hoochee; a>ji< av» « htlJedouht that the Crock Indians in lhat ^1‘iosa, Alabama, was received in the like condition; and
jyi-t ot this Siatemediiaie I.;>-4tiliiies against the while in- ae has been informed, un»» which he sent, under his frank,
iutiina.'its. Su strong is the evidnnet 3 of a di'totniitml spirit *oageiitl"man in Nashville, had been opened before it
°f hositlilily, aitiiiiigst tlios< 3 who are nstmlly called the i reached him
“Lower Creeks;’’ that] hive despatched rolon»-l Aaron | "‘Judgs White has no suspieion that any of these letters
Miannon, of tins place, to the Unit' d States’ Arsenal at were broken open in Je:iiics»ee, or Alabama, nor does lie
Mount Vernon, with a requisition on captain E. Harding, i Believe, either Mr. Kendall, or any other person, can indue*
who is in command at that place, for two thousand muskets ; all u ho are concerned in the department to he faithful to
and a sullieiem quantity of buck-shot and hall cartridges lor • ia ‘j* r trU!it , But fte is satisfied that some person having cus-
un ordinary tour of military service. ! t( >dy of those letters, and belonging to the department, most
i have instructed captain Harding to transport and de- ! ka\e been gniit*. ot violating th-* seals, and In he whom he
livei at Montgomery, tiie arms and ammunition required, to j ma Vi air ‘ Judge thinks !i; acted under the belief that such
you, or such oflicer as may he designated to receive them, | ^'•nunct would not be severely rebuked hy the head of the
1 flu sec ;!. I drank it but once wticn clear, on
the night prcvfo'is tutlie engagement, when \vc
were without collet: or provisions, and wa-* un-
well several uuvs aitcrwards.
April!.
of Micanopy was burnt, with a q::an:ity office! if the enemy lias not fled, the duties assigned
j gathered by lae Inmans. On tiie Ilia genera! j him must be completed, and in a very effectual
j bmun oi tho Ijouisianu volunteers wus sent ' itkiliner*
: with hunuredn.cn to Gnarlutte Ilatbor, to j d'tie right wing of the armv, one thousand
! ascend i.ie stream anu capture the Indian lami- | eiglit hundred or one thousand nine hundred
1 0,) the evening aider we-paried from the j ^ f ' S} supposed to be secreted there, while a force j strong, leaves this, on ils march to the Wilhla
Georgia battalion, wo encamped at a spot for- j cav;i ' r y amounling to two hundred were coochce, tomorrow. General Eustis, with the
metiv occinded by colonel Lindsay and his j SGnt out to drive tae Indians down in that three- ; Carolinians and some regulars, amounting t<
troops, ns ascertained from some scraps of writ- 1 Sl0n - i nearly two thousand men, crossed the St. John*:
troops, as
ing', <krc. foi
Irotn some scraps oi writ-
'.d there, and which was surround
ed by breast-works; and also gathered from the
same s’lurco, that they had same.fighting, and
returned to Tampa for want of provisions.—-
tomce arriving hero, we have ascertained the
mv-reel ness of llfls, and that he lost four men,
killed, of the Alabama volunteers, sad had
several wounded. He end his troops are now
encamped oo tho Hillsboro’ river, which runs
out of the Bav, and about threr
the
to
^ < j nearly two thousand men, crossed the St. John’s
On tne 12m general Scott shipped off from } at Volusia, on the 22d, and is advancing from
1 ampa Bay three hundred and ninety-nine ; the east to the same point; while Lindsay with
Seminoles, men, women and children, bein
Black Dirt and his tribe.
On the 15th the armv in two bndie
return on both sides of the Withlacoochee, in
the hope of meeting the Indians in some force.
The prevalent opinion is lhat the Indians
have broken up and dispersed into small patios,
r/iii
j a corps of Alabamians and Floridians, eleven
j hundred in number, is on his march from the
started to Bay ofTampa, south. The three wings, ap
proaching the same point, and so disposed as to
encircle it and cut off all retreat, must annihilate
the savages in a lew hours, or force them to
capitulate on our own terms, if they have not
escaped. If they have, the work of pursuit is
left them; arid with the force, as is now organ-
r-*- miles d's’aet: 1311180 more can be done at this season. The
nnd genera! liustis, who arrived from Volusia i I"' 01 *!'!* volunteers suffers, and the climate
on the 5th instant is encamped about fifteen a H 1 endiul one. I here are four hundred i ized, Carolinians, Georgians, Alabamians,
miles above, in thesame direction, with! ho Caro. J ‘ 5!c ‘ i at ^ Bay, an.i^ out of colonel Bris-; Floridians and regulars, all imbued with a spirit
lina infantry, while the regiment of cavalry | {J 100 ’ 5 regiment thatjefi, St. Augustine, seven j of rivalry, it will be next to miraculous if we
ir.tm the same fcflate, wmch came Witn him, ts
a! Fort Brooke, ca the Bay, about a mile and a ■ L’*
i between th
I hundred strong, not four hundred are fit for du-
It is, we hear, the plan of general Scott
half south of this cant] 3 , which is also close !o I todFcharge the volunteer-., and send them home,
Lie Day,
Mtioii.
We still
miking ol
the above
in full view of it, and a delightful s:tu-
A/r/712.
1 remain here, in Camp Georgia, and!
interest has transpired since writing
The vessel expected to sail for
Georgia, as above-mentioned, was ordered by
general tdcot t to the mouth of the Withlacoochee,
and no opportunity has yet occurred of for.
warding letters by any. I have just learned,
however, that some vessel will leave here for
New Orleans tomorrow, and therefore shall for- {
th instant and the 1st of May,
and selecting the most healthy point compatible
with tnc service, to establish posts of regulars,
of whom there are about thirteen hundred, to
keep the Indians m check until the season ena
bles the army to resume operations.
Genera! Shelton of the South Carolina vob
cannot overtake the Seminole and bring him to
submission. Unconditional surrender is the
parole: “no treaty” tiie watch wind.
i write in great, haste. The express is ready.
We inarch tomorrow at daylight. Two days
put ns across the Withlacoochee, and the next,
1 trust, will communicate the tidings of a final
termination of this war.
unteers is in this city, severely wounded.-
with the lead possible delay. In tin- nirnn iiim ! , 1 hav givtii
colonel Munition written instniciionf, in the event that
cajitaiu Huriiiiig should reiiise or d -line to transport and
ileljiv r tfie arms, die , agreeably to mv order, to demand
their dti.vtry to lum; and have required him to transport
them under Ills own direction, ana deliver ill in, in the
shortest prae irabie time, to yourself, or the ofiiecr who
may be designat'd i»y you to ricin.- and rake chargo of
them, at ill sain point, i presume lhat there can he no
Uouin, that ihe arms will be obtained and delivered, as
rt quirt d, by captain I larding, or colonel Shannon.
a be object intended lo be accomplished by this step will
be apparent to you. Although I do not feel authorised, by
facts presented, to ord -r into immediate service any portion
ol ih*' mill!la, such were the grounds lo apprehend danger
to our teilow-cilizens, residing iu that part of tb-■ Male
" hu h lias been m. miont d, tiiai 1 iL-It it to he my imperative
duty to make iiie coniempiated preparation tor their de-
tence. Arms and ammunition being deposited ai Montgome
ry, or to the vicinity of that place, would he convenient for
the uscot those wno would be most near to ours ffering
inhabitants, and therefore most apt to go first to their reli-t.
^ ouirie therefore require.! to cause the necessary arrange
ment to be made (or ih reception and sati- keeping of Un
arms and ammunition, which may be delivered at Mont
gomery, by captain iJardmg, or colonel sdiaooon, to your-
8- ll, or the officer whom y ou shall designate for the per-
idi niaoceof that duly. 1 on arc at liberty to ta ike the do-
posite ol the arms, &*-., euher in iiie town, or at any
place it! the vicinity, which you may deem more suitable,
aiiusoflicn iiily s> cure.
faking into view the distanre of th" eeat of government
from the theatre of the probable lioslilrlies, anu your com
mand bordering on the country at present uc< upi-'d by l.he
hostile Indians, 1 think it proper to say, i t the event oj ycnr
receiving satisfactory information that they have commenced
actual hostilities against the while settlers, you unit be expell
ed to ujjord the most speedy relief and protection in your
power, ir is not my intention to impose upon your division
tile hu. th' in of carrying on ihe anticipated war with the
Creek Indians—they have already furnished a battalion for
the Floriua campaign—but as the town ol Montgomery is
the most convenient piar. of deposit I r the arms and
ammunition, a.nJ the most prompt assistance mig'ni be ex
pected trom your command, owing lo ils proximity to iiie
enemy, i desire you to hold such volunteer companies as
are already formed with a view to the content'plated service,
not ■ x.-ceding one regnn- in, iu ream ness tu march ai a mo
ment'-, warning. iSuch a IbiC.e would be. -,n efficient van
guard—they Would hold the enemy m rh ck and afford
temporary protection to our citizens—and 1 would soon
bring to ilieir aid u sufficient force lo over u trim our savage
foes, and reduce them to unconditional submission. I shall
be anxious to hear l.um you as soon a. practicable, particu
larly in reference to ihe receipt of the public arms. I*l"ase
write by the return mad, and acknowledge l tie receipt of this.
1 am, sir, very r speclluilv, sour obedient servant,
C. (J. CLAY.
wa.ru this bv !.
From the Charleston Southern Patriot.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
Thc;s nrc others of foe sick volunteers also! The Knowing extract of a letter from the
here, whose names wc have not heard. j tIieam ; military operations hy the western
Genera! Macomb and captain Cooper leave) aial1 '^ 1- Minks, is of a latei <i n t ■ • than c!i:y
this evening for New Orleans, in the steamboat 8 . vel r ccnivcd, and altitough it does not add any
Mnrclian* ^cn t’nflr U’-vki'iirTon fin- ! t llilMT Uiateiial tO OU r previous illfiirma tion, con. ' interest; d land speculators li
r. we have just received or-1 cru-tm, on tnc.r v.a^ to as.n.igt«.n Guy, - - particulars not vet published j i"*ia.off.h i. deep.
, . • . , m . n , „ I via Mtssissir.pt. ta.ns a lew pntULUiars not \ei pumisnea. | heves that th- Creeks an; aboa
tiers to tnaiGd tomorro", on tnc lOwtc oacw .o i — - u Tampa Bay, Fort Brooks, April 20
Fort Dranc, where we shall probably remain in j The following is an extract of a letter from a j <-'j 3 j u - s w j|j j n f onil vou that I am at Tampa
about fifteen days, and then be discharged—the ! distinguished citizen of
whole of the volunteers—and close the earn.; foe army, dated
paign. A numb -r hits been discharged sick, j Fori Fro
arid that numb r will be greatly increased on; Mv Dlah Sir—A-
j conflicting statements of
—i with which the newspapers of tiie day teem,
CREEK DIFFICULTIES.
We must apeak plain on ilus question. It is m *et lhat
every Uiing rclaliug io it should be propcly understood —
We do not censure the ex--eutiv* ol Alaiiama for making
prepjraliona lo i-rstsl ll ■ :ggr ss.onsol a liosiile foe: on the
contrary, iveappr. . of his moitves, but we do reproimte
the conduct oi thus, who aro continually sounding the cry
of danger, wncu ilc re is none io be uppit-liondcd.
Is litis community never to enjoy, a season of repose? Are
from Alaiiama and Georgia,
deception on ihe public? Who iv--
t to assume a hostile altitude
towards Ihe whites? We answer, no "lie.
Th" id a of vvar i\it|i !I.e Cr *eks s all a humbug. It is a
T.'l
tile march buck.
loridu, connected with | P>n ,] will start against t!io Indians in a few days.
' i liave been in several skirmishes with the In-
■o, Marcn 2g, 1620. | dian-s, the severest action was at Fort Alabama.
:d Lie exaggerated and j { think l Icillvd four Indians in the skirmish that
department
“Judge While has some additional reasons for his vole
against this nominee, which cannot be assigned without
alluding lo INNOCENT and other persons, whose n:im"s
he would bo sorry to have brought before the public in such
manner us would give pam to them or to their friends."
I pun which the <;|obe comments as follows:
1 liese arc given by au'hority, a* JmLe While's reasons
for votingagainst Mr. Kendall. Let os consider lliein.
1. “.More complaints of failures and irregularities in the
mail, than during a like period under any of his predeces
sors.”
In the first place, we hr-licvc this allegation is not true in
point ol fact Great as the comidaints have been, they
have la>cn equalled, if not exceeded, by the two preceding sea
sons
Blit lias not Mr. Kendall done all that any man in bis
situation could do to put an end to them? Could he con
trol the st'arins of the north, and mnk-- roads instantly passa
ble after falls of two or three feet of snow, hurried into
dnf's .if from six to thiny feet deep by driving winds?—
Could he hold up thp rains of the south, and prevent the
roads being encumbered by almost impassable mud? Could
he prevent the freezing or breaking up of the rivers, and
arrest the floods ?
Gould he, indeed, prevent the wilful misconduct of post
masters and eoutrar iors, in neglecting to forward the mails
W hich thr-re is good reason to suppose many of than did.
fiir tin Very purpose of furnishing Ju ice White and others
with the reasons now urged to cote against Ids nomination?
As far as the delinquents have b-on discovered, they have
been, or will be, punished—tli“ contractors by fines, and
the postmasters by removal from office. For wilful de-
linqn -ney in it- tabling th" mails, no mercy is nr ought to he
shown hy the d"partm nt, and every man of observation
know s that its punishments fall alike on men equal in guilt,
whatever may b- their political faith.
But ought not Judge White, before h- mad-- this the basis
of so serious ama'ler as a vote against Mr. Kendall, lo have
called on th d parrnv-nj for the causes of these failures
and irregularities, and inquired what m-nsnres were in
progress to pul an end to th'-m? Was not this course dn-
to trulh, justice.and Mr Kendall? Would not Judge White
have taken it, had Iris object been truth or justice? Or does
lv- lltink ii right to stigmatise men, without informing them
of the ground of complaint, possessing himself of the truth
of file cayr*?
2 “Mr Kendall has appointed, at M'Minnville, in Ten
nessee, thp editor oj u violent paru/ newspaper as postmaster,
while tic same person is still editing and conducting his
newspapi r, which is a direct violation if a settled principle,
lone held sac ed."
In the first place, there is no such “s-trled principle long
held sacred." There w -re prolmblv a dozen editors hold
ing post offics in ih United States, when Mr K ndall was
appointed Believing, bow- ver, that such appoiotm-n s
ought not to be made, he determined t" lay it down a- a prin
ciple to he '“held sacred” hi/ himsel f, not to appoint an editor
postmaster. In rite case of M'Minnville, the papers did not
show, nor was the post master genera! appris'd, that the g-n-
tlem--n appoint d was an editor. Of him or his paper, he
j does not recollect rhat lie had ever heard; and the appoint-
j merit was made upon a most respei-tahle petition of the citi-
: Z'os, selling forth bis characr'-r and qualifications. Afrer
! the postmaster general learnt that be was an editor, he di
rected a letter to be written him, of which the following is
a copy;
“Post Office Department. December II, 1835.
Sir—I am authorised by"the postmasi -r g tieral to inlorm
you, Ilia: th-- fact of your being the editor of a newspaper,
was not known at the department at the time you received
the appointin nt of postmaster ai M'Minnville, Tennessee,
no mention having boon made of the subject in your rerom
m-'iidaiioii. It is t lierefor- requisite that you furnish the de-
aets, hut he says of the offender, “fee he wham he may, the
Judge thinks hr acted under the belief that such conduct
would not be si n lely rebuked by the head of the department."
What warrant has this calumniator to-cast out so gross
an imputation upon Mr. Kendall? Can the Judge point to
a ease, where Mr. K. knowingly winked at the commission
of a crime, w Inch it was his duty to punish? Has he not
often exposed himself io vi deni denunciation, and oven
personal dang-’r, by the infiexinility ot Ids course in expos
ing and punishing public delinquents?
One would pr sume, that in a ease of ibis sort. Judge
M hitc would have f.-lt it his duly to put ihe I’oslmaster
General in possession of th - fact, that tie- seals of these let
ters had been broken, with every circumstance which could
aid him iu ferreting out the miscreants, if ony there be, who
are so r card less of honor, honesty and law. If he had
d»tie this, and Mr. Kendall had refns u to make the inquiry,
or if, having discovered the delinquent, he had not “«evere-
ly rebuked” him, th-n would Judge White have had some
ground to complain. But what does h. dot Whispers
ib s- thingsainong his friends, but conceals them from the
Postmaster General, who. unconscious that an offence had
been committed, though the knowledge of the fact was in
the possession of a senator whose public duty it was to in
form h:m. is made responsible by that very senator for these
concealed delinquencies of his subordinates! ]« no' this
monstrous? Can Judge White hold up his head among just
m- n, after concealing :h" facts from Mr. Kendall, and then
voting agnnst him, because lie h li-v-d he would not have
(lour hi*, duly ii Iif had I noun tlirm'!
We do n"t hefieve lhat any body lias violated thi> seal*
ol Judge U line s it (lets. 1 here are many letters nnssin^
through ihe mails “with ihe seals broken,” without fault in
any one but those who sealed them. Many persons us*
s- aling wax vvithon; wafers, and all h Iters so settled are in
I.aug- r of being hroketi open, by being tumbl.M ini.) and out
of the mail bags, and by rubbing in the mails. If th auan
titv of wax used be slight, ihe least twist or rub br.aksit
and ill • filler «s open, i’hi* l^u^rs of inriniierH of Cunerraa'
arc put mto a nag at ihe <'npiml, arid earned to the'citv
poHi-officc in :i earl. so slightly are they somi t : m -s sealed '
that tins operation breaks the wax seals, and they reach th&
city otiic - "with the seals broken "
We have no doubt that Judg ■ White’s cases were such a*
palpably appeared to have been h i.ken by the motion of the
mail lie did not complain to the department, because he
knew th“re was no ground of complaint. And now. not"
having any holiest reasons lo vote against Mr. Kendall, he
resorts to this most contemptible, and, at thesame time
slanderous, of all his allegations *
So much tor Judge White's avowed reasons. By the cha
racter ol th->e, (he people may judge of those he has not
thought proper lo disclose. He had better have given none.
Nobody eared for his vote, except so far as it went to un
mask the man; and if he had given no reasons, every body
might hav esupposed he had some w hich he believed to be
good But now he cannot obtain credit for that. Therea-
sons given art- so false or so frivolous, so totally unworthy
of any mao who seeks (ruth or loves justice, that nobody
will consider ihem his true reasons. Nor do vve believe a-
iiV one can doubt vv Imt his true reasons were, viz: a DEAD
LY HATRED OF THE PRESIDENT, and EVERY
MAN WHO HAS BEEN TRUE TO HIM THROUGH
OUT HIS ADMINISTRATION.
From the Globe..
Expedition to the iSoul/t Seas and Pacijic
Ocean. Wo Imve b en waiting several days
to find space in our columns to say a word in
reference to tne above enterprise.
The practical views contained in the report
of the committee on Naval Affairs, recently
made in the senate, as well as the address of
Mr. Reynolds, delivered a few evenings since,
in the Hall of Representatives, lias left a very
favorable impression, and there seems now to
be but little doubt that the expedition will be au-
thoi ised.
What is the amount of our interests in the
seas where the principal labors of the expedi-
tioa will be performed?
To say nothing of the vessels engaged in the
various traffic among the islands in the Pacific,
the following will snow what interests vve have
in the various branches of the whale fishery
from different ports in the United States:
Vessels. I Ports. Vessel s
151 I Bristol 17
71 j New Jxindon 29
5 | Norwich 1
1 I New York 6
4 j Newburg 3
15 i Wilmington, Delaware, 3
2 | Dartmouth 4
3 Wareham l
3 I Edgarton 8
11 Plymouth 4
1 | Salem 9
3 i Provincetovvn 1
31 | Wise asset 1
4 j Newport 9
4 I -Moniiigton 3
3 1 Sag Harbor 24
i I Poughkeepsie 4
4 j Bridgeport 2
1
Ports.
New B> dford
Nantucket
Lynn
(.lo®cester
Portsmouth
W arren
Piovidir.ee
Mystic
Green Port
Hudson
Newark, N. J.
West port
Fairhaven
Rochester
Falmouth
Fall Ktvcr .
Durr h; *ler
Newbury port
Portland
This immense fleet of 400 sail will average
about 375 tons each—making one hundred and
seventy-two thousand five hundred tons, or one-
tenth the tonnage of the United States.
The cost of these vessels is trom twenty to
sixty thousand dollars each, on an average of
say forty thousand dollars—which requires an
active capital of eighteen million four hundred
thousand dollars!
The importance of this trade to the vast in
terior, even extending to the “far TVesf” and
South, is not so generally understood as it should
be. A single statement will set this matter in
a proper point of view.
Every time this whale fleet puts to sea,ihere
is required in outfits—
Flour, 80,040 barrels; pork and beef, 79,120
barrels; molasses, 021,000 "alloris; coffee,
552.000 pounds; sugar, 250,800 |Hiunds; tea,
172,500 pounds; rice, 1,500 tierces; duck, 46-
400 pieces; cordage*, 8,960 tons; iron hoops,
4.000 tons; copper, 552 000 sheets—vessels
Florida difficulties, j n i<rht, we killed and wounded about thirtv-three, shamciul misrcpr.-sentaiioiw .-xpused.
t; ^ . . \xt 1 1 T 1 VVe have iatuly conversed vvnh many of ihe settlers oi the
^ . . j numbers are uncertain. We have had another nation, and also ihe superintpiulant ot Indian affairs, and the
iSenimole liar.—An intelligent gentleman ! have thought a mere record of facts Horn one, | nn (j )0 road. There were three Alabamians unanimous opinion is, that iim.-c is nut ifing like a system <>f
IVom JSouth < ,'arolina, arrived iu town on Thurs- '• who has always been disposed to view things as i killed and several wounded, but not dangerous. m-'dieuul ..y th- Greeks;that the chiet-areuti«nv
evening, direct from tne s nt ot war, irotn j they aio, woti.e not, m this crisis, bo unaccep.a-1 We killed five Indians who were found n few their intention io resist iho tr.-aiy; that ih^y art? preparing
iiorn tve foam some in:ercs:ing particulars of hie to j’ou. I hav ■ seen nothing lo change the | ,] avs after. Our major is a brave and gener- to remove, and will, i.t a short time, catmaem e eraigraimg
views I early expressed of tiie chat actor of the j (iUS man. Wc killed two Indians at Camp King, leave. ri,ey have nothing left
conflict m which wc aie unexpectedly engaged, i ;in ,j a f t!W days after in a scouting party an In- on which to subsist, l’lu-ir property has ber-n taken from
- -- - - - - -*— -t. — 1. ...it j — -"’aged—and hy
should have
who were
may go an
torce, but the skill and determination which foe others. Major Road "of Vallahassee "is'foe SJlly 1"-^. /,W.‘ bUti0, ‘
base and dialmlical srlinii'-, devised hy intereshd m-n, 10 „„ - -. i„ ■ 1 . ■ ■ -
keep HI. tgncra.it . 1. u ; people tr„n, tnamiain.ng tier just n cr t w ,( . sufin-tenf i-vith-;ce of y.rnr hav.cg reltnqu.sIt- cnp|)erV( j every voyage; staves, 10,000,000
rights, ami todep.-tw .hem the small remaining pittance ? “i'T ' |,uhl,rat,on °f n >wm* r - j fo- a, nan
D j .1 , t . ,, tz . i . von df!clirip, it will herein;* necessary to make a nrwappoinl-
placed iindt'i tlt-ir control,;(trough the murnhc aiee ol the menf nF J |
gov.iriim-nt. We do trust, for the cu-tlii ot those eottc -ru
ed, tliat thes'-*bloo(i sucKera may be te. reted out, and their
the presort stale of affairs. It appears that
there is no foundation whatever, tor the icport
Yours, &e. C. K. GARDNER.
Postmaster M‘Mmnville, Tennessee."
The postmaster repli-'tl, promised to make oflorts to dis-
! pose of his printing establishment, and to inform the depart
ment. Nothin:; lias been heard from him sine, and ihe pro
tracted illness of th • eoslmaster general, has prevented a re-
currence lo lh“ subyr-t. While Mr. K- ndall is not to be
foic d to do what h - thinks to b- w rong, b will not let any
1 Npir
v\ hr
: th
which has gained currency, that active opera- \ or to alter my opinion, though in this respect I fo an W ns killed bv one of the friendly Indians. O'em-th™ stock killed m. H.eir ta.-m* p*u«g««-
tions against the enemy were tiuout to be nban- ; standing amiost aione,^ of tne small iiuirK-r.cal i Wo return to Fort Brooks for want of provi- g( omed to take such man ad carnage* of those w
doned for the prose::; season. General Bcctt strength of tho hostile Setninoles. It is not tlieir sions. I have suffered much, but not more than unprot ct d and d-tem-I ■». s-tcii vilianv may
arrived at Tampa on the 5th instant without
having fallen in with the main body of the ene-
i,iv. The left wing of the armv under gener-
has bjert displayed, which has magnified their
strength. Emboldened bv llieir eariv success,
nl Ci.ncli. passed t! 16 battle ground on the With- .- they have pushed foci r operations with an abili- j c . rn j Scant has arrived at
lucoochee, aivl had a skirmish in that neighbor- J ty well calcul
ftooil. Too division under colonel Lindsay, t this community
to dec
commander of the Florida battalion of the mi-1
iitia. 1 am in haste, I will write again. Gen- '
Wc start
a panic
From the Sew Orleans ijutUli.t. litli ultimo.
1 • ■ \i*T A
, , 1 l Ills place. Vve start By major Norton, who came passtngcr in ttu* 1'exian gov
and produced on j p ()r t ;, ( , Vv T ith!acoochce nnd then for home, if it eminent bciioom-r li.vmcible, we .cum Uwttwelve inmurod
that few have I f;,.,l fn emn> mv lift. ” Mexicans bad crossed ilia Colorado, eiglit hundred ineo at
P' otio -‘ s '»>«>? a-'cral Scot), also l;ad a„ j Wen able S «:c ttm, 3 * but .hro U -l, a mngnify. | j llndcr ^L^-W arrived in
ongngenvjnt Wxjio.li resultcu in considerable loss ] ing or false medium, ilence, {our or five j w e unucr. unu ii*4ii c,n express arm ca in ra( j a
to the enemy. Several Indian towns were do- j hundred warriors (certainly not
hundred) have been increased to twelve, eig
teen, and have rtow, in the opinion of many i _ .... r
swollen to two thousand five hundrt d, and even ' State to order out a sufficient militia force to mamlcr io cliief onifie main body of the enemy
fiad overflowed us banks, and llie twelve hundred*
to exceed six town last night, charged with a petition from Mexicans cannut retreat. Major Bak>*r, with tour huudrtd
dcpanmcia
Now, ui.g-'.t ;lot Judg.; White to have inquired into this
ca**, beth. dssuiu-ii it an ground for voting against Mr.
K iirin!:? ' - uiquiri •» a.mid liave i>een eheerfully answer
'd at Hi p.ir ni.-ul, and :us .>!>jei :ij:is on that s; ore shown
Iu in- ground!' xs
3 “Judg- White iiiuien.taiids nnd believes flic printing
of ih !’• s: Otfic Departnvnt in'ft nne.-set- bus been la-
k'"i from an old and -.-unit-lied pap r of • xtensive circa
hiiior. ..nt given io a new violent parly paper, of limited cir
culation. ”
'Lhe Judge t'.as refer.'nee to the trails!
ti: p : i-in: it Nasbviiie, from "the lhpublican" to "the
eiroycd ou the march to Tampa.
The pi esopt disposition of the army we learn
is as follows. The Louisiana volunteers under
colonel Smith, have sailed for Charlotte Har
bour to scour the country in that direction.—
Their ultimate destination is Pease Creffo.
where the Indians are supposed to be assembled
i:i large numbers. Colone! Lindsay with the
Alabama troops will remain at Tampa and that
vicinitv. General Clinch will return to Fort
firs
tarty, j Creek territory, praying the executive of the uooJlSss'to^^raake thnaancKu. connection with ihe^Li Th.jfiw, u„. !:«,* r knew oi it wu from ilm.letier of x
; I —x ... .. . .* — .1... »..onw , the folJcWtng ,s a copy:
i'lie total destruction ol the twelve hundred Mexicans is
government,
uuiverbal o-
Golorado and
wrote, though always at nvj country's call, I did j Various depredations have been committed upon
not know whether 1 should be permitted to par-! t' |!e property of the citizens—such as stealing
tinmate, personally, in the conflict; general their coin and other provisions, and shooting
posted there under major M’Lemore, of foe Flo- j the Bay of Tampa, had encountered the enemy case
Pod Ojjicc, Nashville, Tenn. 2d Feb. 1836.
Silt—I take the liberty of enclosing you the Un ; on of .his
dal.’. You will [» -e; !ha! it is now doing ihe priming for
this office Belbre t m;u|e the change, 1 satisfied myself
iba: the subscription of ihe Union m the city and county,
gU, tiit battle last Sunday. . rt,,s ;h “ ^publican, and 1 'know it is in-
— - o * . crons;fk iitor ’ rriDi(I!v.
Since p..iumig iiie auo\', at a i.ilt 11,1 V,. r fo ' l l ( )1 ! UespeetfulK, i have the honor to be, See.
through live Mexican con«ul, som« auauiouul iiilorm.iiion, r « UMSTRONU'
w htcii we presume ,o;i> be Y here will [ Io!l . Amos Kendall, Posl-Master General,
be many contradictory siatemcnts growing out ol Un dis- ,
acted slate of affairs in Texas, anu individuals diffrremly | This leu. r was noi answered. Colonel Armstrong sia:e<l
•iiange, which was deemed to be a good
tha! (lie subscription list of the Union, in the city
qual lo ilia; if the Uepubli. an,” and “is
rapidly.” I’ltc advertisement of leiiers
fore, be read in.the eiiy and county, where
’reive letters through the Nashville post office
the columns of the Union, than
i ida voluutccra. j on the Withlacoochee; that they had attacked
Genera! Fcott with the main army, consist- him with such spirit, as to force him lo cn-
t rig-of. the division under general Eustis, will j trench; and that enclosed within his breast
proceed direedy to Fcasa Crock, with two In- w orks, hehad been fighting for fourdays, and was
d';an gdidos who have ollbrcd t > lead him to Os- ! reduced to tiie last extremity for the want of
cola's camp, where they say he is prepared to j ammunition and provisions. I immediately
L*-' a desperate stand. There a junction I volunteered io accompany general Clinch to
ase, We presume he did not comply with the through the housi ol ill"- M' -sra. Lizardi, ol this city.— reside, more extensively in
c.i ,.i t . '.-i Thai the schooner Bravo (Moiii.-zumu) in end ?voiing to in thoseofthc Republican,
rayer of the petitions, although host.l.t.cs arc lllt . lost her rudder, mat at- Here, ihcrefore, the pot
warp over me bar at Maiaraora«. tost tier ruuuer, uuu m- nere. tncrciore, tlie poor Judge is again at fault. Mr.
Vv e hope, however, that ter wards suffered in an at-nun with tiie i'exiari M-iu-on? r m- Kendal! did riot make the change for w hieh ihe bulge would
vincible. lhat at ihe lime the liravo was tying at-aiichor. |.iinish him. and it Ii had riuui. it, ih*- change itself was
on ih ■ bar, and ihe action n suited w ilhout loss. 1 he Bra right, selling aside all party considerations
mal
will b(i oficCtad with tl to Louisiana voluirteers hfo relief. We left this oil the morning of the 6th
i
it is Imped the war
Bin'/'illjn. 2:Li uli.
will b
evidently impending,
he has, or will order arms to some convenient
point, so as to be prepared to repress the very
first hostile movement the Indians may make.
—Alabama Flag of Union, 23d ul!.
From the Columbus Sentinel.
THE LOWER CHEEKS.
• ■ t • , ■- , i t „ i .i Wc observe that various rumors ar. 1 afl.iar in relation ta
. m.;i.G . .. , or i in instant, and reacnec. L amp fozai u the HcXl ^ t j l0 dopredations of these people upon the white inhabitants
d.uv As -tve approached, some fod'ans were - ,-.nth«.C:cek lands- We haveniadaooniein-juiryami learn-
vosucceeded in returning to port without damage, and Ims And all this the Judge might have known, if fie had made
since sailed in company with the sefioon r commanded inquiry! But wit hunt seeking tor the irtnh, he undertakes
by captain i hompson, (late master of the Correo) convoy- to punish Mr. Kendall, upon mere charge and surmise!! Is
ing a vessel laii nt-d w ith provision^ tor ;>auia Anna’s array. . this an hor.es! Judge?
Wc- publish these accounts as we received tin m ir>ni sup- 4. Judge White has received several letters from Nash-
posed creditable aiurcf!*, and time will only disclose wluch ville, Ac “with the seals broken,” ns well as one from
of litem musi In tjr ihe siamp of truth. Tuscaloosa; and one of his, franked to Nashville, was re-
From the New Orlcun Courier, 25th ultimo. ct-ived there in the same condition
The following togs reached us, but so frequently have wo lie does nut pretend to charge Mr. Kendall with theso
Whaling gear, §1,000 cosi to eaefi vessel—
consisting of harpoons, spades, cambooses, &c.
&c.
Besides all these, large quantities of beans,
com, pease, potatoes, &c. are required in outfits.
COMMODORE DOWNES'S LETTER.
‘■'Charlestown, (Mass.) January 21, 1835.
“Dear Sir—In compliance with your request that 1
writiqg,rny views on the sub-
to the South seas and Pacific
that the circumscribed limits of a let-
than the simple expression of an
much naiional importance, and in
relation to which so much might he said in derail.
“I liave had sura" experience in ihe navigation of th®
less frequented parts ol ihe Pacific at on earlier period of
my file. During my Isle voyage in the Potomae, I have
had an opportunity to add greatly to the knowledge acquir
ed in formtir years An expedition fined out for the pur-
pose of improving our know lodge of the hydrography of
ihose seas, has often been ihe subject of my reflections.—
As ihe representative of a district largely engaged in the
w hale fishery, yon must frequently have seen, from the re
port s of masters of vessels engaged in lhat business, ac-
, - : counts of new islands and reef* being frrqccntly discover-
i^’’Tfoj., ; <H h and which are eiiher not laid down on the charts, or *•
0 erroneously marked lhat they can give no security to the
, , . „ . : mariner. It is probable that not less than fire hundred of
.e by the Portmas.f'r ^it Nasbv tile I jhpg,, j s | an j. all j ree ( a have been marked with sufficient
Kendall [ accuracy by our whalers, sealers, and traffickers, of on*
ot which kj llt | or another, toenable an expedition to examinethe most
important of them, without much loss oi' time in seeking
their [Kwitions. This will enable the discovery vessels to
do more, in less time, than has probably ever been ' fleeted
by a similar enterprise froas any other country. Of the ex
tent of our interest in those remote seas, i need not speak,
as i ou are conversant with the subject, besides, the interest
has be-, n fairly represented hy memorials to congress. Da
ring the circumnavigation of I he globe, in which I crossed
the equator six times, and vnrietl my course from forty de
gress north to fifty-seven degrees south latitude, I have nev
er found myself beyond the limits of our commercial ma
rine. The accounts given of the dangers and losses to
which our shipping are exposed hy the extension of our
trad- into seas but litile known, so far, in my opinion, from
being exaggerated, would admit of being placed ih bolder
relief, and the protection of government implored in stron
ger terms. I speak from practical knowledge, having my
self seen the dangers, and painfully felt the want of the very
kind of information in the guidance of a vessel in those seas
w hich our commercial interests so much need, and which,
1 suppose, would be the object of such an expedition as is
now under consideration before the committee of congress
I to give. Indeed, the whole of this business, it seems tome,
j is a plain and practical affair. The commerce of our coun
try has extended iisclf to n mole parts of the world, is car
ried on around islands and reefs noi laid down on Ihe charts,
among even groups of islands from ten to sixty in number,
i abounding in objects valuable in commerce, but of which
nothing is known accurately; no, not even the sketch of a
harbor lias been made, while of such as are inhabited our
knowledge is still more imperfect. It would seem to require
no argument to prove that o portion of our commerce might
be rendered more secure, and probably greatly ifecrease, by