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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