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floor, ll:tl I remaineJ silent, I should have felt
as it I was pursuing a cold and calciilaling pol
icy, as cold as 1 have been induced to think in
fluenced some honorable gentlemen opposing
every measure that originated in this House
having the slightes reference to the condition ot
Texas.
But, sir, the danger we have to dread is not
from Santa Anna alone. It may be that while
we may avoid any collision with him, every
gentleman, the least conversant with Indian
character, is perfectly apprised of the influence
that the war now in Texas may have on all the
Indian tribes in that quarter. M hen the work
of death mice commences, no matter by whom
or how, the first breeze that bears the scent o 4
blood, inflames their passions, and reg irdles ot
consequences, they straightway engage in the
contest on the' one side or the other. Let the
war become general with your w estern Indians,
Hiui 1 greatly fear that the treasure, of which
so much has been said, will not be ade
quate to the pressing demands of the public ser
vice. But it is not on your western and south
western frontier that your citizens are alone ex
posed :<> savage cruelty. Look to Florida; al
ready yoi: have appropriated about two and a
halt millions for the prosecution of that war, and
the first effectual blow is vet to be given for its
suppression. We alt know that the tomahawk
is seen gleaming in that quarter ; savage fero
city is yet unsubdued, and your army has been
compelled to seek summer quarters', in a heal
thy situation, in order to avoid, in some degree
the diseases of tint climate. Vegetation has
long since put ioith, concealing the approach
ot the red man, who lies concealed in ambush
for a favorable opportunity to attack, without
incurring much danger. Not only this, sir, but
there is a peculiarity in the face of the country
rendering any eifurt, in the summer season, to
s’l'iduo th ■ S miinules, difficult and uncertain.
k he low lands, the interminable swamps of that
country, afford ample security to the native In
dian ; his bihitsot living being plain and sim
ple aro easily supplied. I nder such prospects,
who can say w hi n hostilities in that quarter are
to end I But, above all, who will undertake to
mention the sum of money that will be expen
ded in that contest ? Nur is it in Florida that
indications ot the most alarming character are
becoming daily more manifest. Look to ti e
Creek Indians in Alabama andon the frontier
ot Georgia, A. tri e, not contemptible in num
ber withall th a feelings or restless discontent, in
the midst of whom is scattered here and there
your own citizens, unprotected by millitary force.
Instigated, as those Indians doubtless will be, by
the failure ot the biorida campaign, to acts of
cruelty, can we but foresee in all this, abundant
cause p preserve untouched the sinews of war !
Aro wo tn divide the last dollar in your Trea
sury, when the next mail from the South may
tell you tiiat thousands ot the Creek Lilians arc
embodied and in the field, spreading desolation
fir and w ide I Should a war breakout with the
Creeks, ot which I can have but little doubt, will
gentlemen tell me how many millions it will take
to put them down an I remove them to the west ?
Not like the seminoles, few and weak, the Creeks
number, perhaps, not loss than five thousand
warriors. Such force, with concert of action,
will desolate the whole of the country’ now oc
cupied by themselves and the whites in common,
before efficient aid can be called to check them.
But there is another demand upon your trea
sury that cannot be longer postponed, without
a total disregard ot the obligations of the Go
vernment to one of your States. Let it not be
forgotten, that as far’back as 1802, the Federal
Government entered into certain stipulations
for the removal of the Indians within the limits
of Georgia, so soon as the same could be done
peaceably. In consideration of this compact,
Georgia ceded to the General Government an j
immense tract of country. I will not say how (
that promise has been'redecmed, but 1 will sav, 1
that it has been permitted to rest, and to slum
ber, until the present administration Ims succeed
ed in effecting two treaties, the last of which is
now before the Senate for ratification. It may
bo, sir, that the fate of that treaty is known to
gentlemen, and that the sum of five and a half
millions that it provides for the payment to the
Indians for their country is to be divided among
the States, and the rights of Georgia to the qui
et possession of the Cherokee lands is'still to
sleep; but I hope that question will soon be set
tled, and if so, gentlemen will perceive that the
demand upon your Treasury, raising from tl it
and other Indian treaties, will not fall far short
of §8,000,000.
Nor is it alone, sir, the indications of ap
proaching difficulties on our own continent that
admonish us both to prepare bya wise and ju
dicious plan of public defence, and bya prudent
saving of our treasure ; but, the leading powers
of the old world occupy, at this moment, a po
sition full of interest to ns, I believe that aeon
test between Russia on the one hand, and Eng
land and France on the other, is not far distant.
Should such a contest rise, who can foresee its
influence upon this continent ? Who will under
take to say, in Such a fearful conflict, what ad
ditional force to our navy may become neces
sary in order to enable us to protect our com
merce, and to preserve that neutrality which
lies been and will doubtless continue to be the
policy of this Government ? Whenever the pe
riod shall arive that these great powers of Eu
rope slu'd engage in a war, when the principles
involved are constitutional government on the
one hand, and unlimited dominion on the other,
no one can forsee the period of its termination
or its influence on the policy of every commer
cial nation on the globe. One thing strikes me
as reco’um ’ i led by every prudential consider
ation for <>".r own safety, happiness and prosper
ity : that we should look well to all the means
necessary to put our navy on a respectable foot
ing, to be able to assert and maintain the just
rights oi a neutral power ; but this cannot be
done, it we unwisley distribute the moans of do-I
ing it. I have Mr. Chairman, detained the com- j
mittee longer t tan 1 had intended, in showing
tbit it was our first duty to provide for the pub
lic defence; sqpondly, in demonstrating that
there would not be a permanent surplus revenue;
and thirdly, if there should be, we were, for the |
reasons which 1 have presented to the consider
ation of the committee, admonish to husband up
that surplus to meet any sudden crisis of which
I have given the indications.
Mr. Chairman, I must now invoke the
indulgence of the committee for the time 1
shall consume in offering some considera
tions in nnsw er to a certain portion of a
-speech delivered to the committee on the
naval appropriation bill by the honorable
gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
T Irompson.) I had intended to have an
swered, as laras I was able, several grounds
assumed by that honorable member, but be
iotj unable to obtain the floor until many
geiideini-n had addressed the committee,
some of whom, and particularly my honora
ble friend from Virginia, (Mr. Garland)
have very fu.ly answered the prominent ar
gimietHs advance I by that gentleman. J
zlmll confine myself t„ a f< w of his remarks,
which either have escaped t| le attention of
those who have prececed me, < ir have not
been so fully replied to as I believe they
.hoitld be. Ihe honorable gentleman re
unified the committee “that the Prc-ident
of the United State* wag rapidly passing
from the stage of public action, andig about
to assume his station in history.” The
honorable genth.-m >n “would not anticipate
w’.m ftr-i •tatimi would be; he felt that he
was not an impartial judge.” Sir, I no
ticed this remark of the honorable gentle
man. nut for censure, but to return him a
similar acknowledgement of the gratitude
w hich 1, in common with all the friends ot
the President, must feel in this manifesta
tion of generous forbearance, by withhold
ing that which was so completely in his
pow er to dm Sir, had the honorable mem
ber “have anticipated tint station in histo
ry” which the President is to fill, can ant
oxe who knows that honorable member,
have doubted, but in despite of’ fate, that
station, and that alone, would have’ beJn
i the one which the President would fill ? Sir.
| for this charitable forbearance, so worthv
the heart and the head, kt the honorable
member receive a nation’s gratitude. Fu
ture historians may now assume their
office ; the faithful chronicler ofan after day
may now venture to tell posterity, “the sta
tion in history ” the President of the United
States did fill, but surely none would have
dared to have done so, had that station
been “anticipated” by the honorable mem-
■ ber.
The gentleman from South Carolina,
next in the older of Ins argument, presented
1 a table containing the various estimates
' from the dillereut departments, upon which
| bills have been reported. The avow ed ol*
I ject oi this table was to exhibit to the peo
ple oi the Union, the gross inequality oi'tlie
public disbursements, and to show that
now, as the gentleman contended, as
through all past time, there had been a
certain favored section of the country that
had shared all the Bounties and protection
of ilm government. The gentleman seem
ed to place great reliance upon the results,
as exhibited by his table, and broke ofl’on a
sudden with all that honest indignation that
naturally arises in a sensitive bosom upon
the detection of a stupendous fraud, into a
eulogy upon the patriotism of the South and
West,” ami that if the system which his ta
ble bad exposed, was to become the set
tled policy of the country, that you would
thereby “announce that tl is Government
is one, winch no man from the south or
west could desire to perpetuate, but one
; who was born to be a slave, and deserted
I his destiny.”
Such language exci.ed in my’ mind the
i most lively appreliemton that there really
■ existed some permriiein, fatal, alarming
I inequality, grossly unjust, ami calling for
I prompt and efficie.it correction. And w ith
Uie view of examing a question of so much
moment, stated by the gentleman’s fa
mous table of alarm, as if the gentleman had
aspired to no higher object tnat to frighten
himself, and set to a new tune sentiments
that have been chanted for a long time from
a certain quarter of the Union, he divides
our maratime frontier into as many divi
sions as wa> a certain army of late, calling
one the North Atlantic, including in that
division Virginia and Maryland, ami the
whole of the middle and eastern States;
another the south Atlantic, and the re
| maining division the Gulf of Mexico.
By this division the gentleman from
I South Carolina made a line display in
! figures of the inequality of the present ap
propriations. But, sir, was the gentleman
dealing fairly with his own intellect ? Was
he dealing fairly’ with the Old Dominion,
when he thus attached her to the north!
Tl>v belter i* suable him to alarm himself,
unless the honorable gentleman has suc
ceeded in proving what no one ever before
I pretended to assert, that Virginia and Ma
i ryland are northern States, he lias utterly
failed in establishing what he promised to
show, the gross inequality in the disburse
ment oi the public funds in the north Atlan
tic. 1 am willing to admit that the honor
able gentleman could come as near proving
either by figures or argument, that Virginia
was a northern State, as any gentleman on
this floor. Yet, sir, I should have thought
a recollection oi a small incident that oc
curred within the last four years, between
the States of South Carolina and Virginia,
would have protected the latter from being
so unceremoniously attached to the north,
“that ‘favored section’ of the Union, for
no other apparent purpose than to furnish
the gentleman with a from the aid of
which be so triiin.phantly exposed the in
justice aud inequality of the public expendi
tures.
Mr. Chairman, I will now call the at
tention ofthe committee to some further re
marks of the honorable gentleman from
I South Carolina, (Mr. Thompson,) which,
[ in my opinion, furnish many considerations
| of both a painful and instructive eharactei.
i And, sir, that I may avoid even the . suspi
. cion of doing the slightest injustice to- the
j gentleman’s argument, I will give that,por
tion of hisspeech to which I advert.
The gentleman then goesontosay :
There are practicable plans of disposing
of the surplus, if gentlemen w ill conquer all
their personaland party prejudices, and pass
the land bill, and the constitutional amend
ment for the distribution of the surplus rev
enue. These are in my judgment the only
practicable projects, and 1 rejoice in my
heart that they come from those two great
minds, which have for the last twenty-five
years so gloriously illustrated the history
• f their country. In the present, as in ev
ery past crisis—-of danger and difficulty—
the war, the A/mowr* question, theawpro
mise—two commanding figures have been
seen above the horizon, w ith the eyes of their
countrymen intently fixed upon them, with
a well placed confidence, which has never
been disappointed. These men are out of
power, or my voice should not be heard
here in their eulogy. Sir, the expungin”
process must be carried very far. You a)1IS ’ t
expunge the history of your country for a
quarter of a century ; you must tear from
that history its brightest pages; aye sir,
and you must expunge from the human heart
every virtuous and honorable sentiment, ho
mage for genius, gratitude for public servi
ces, before their well earned laurels can be
torn from their brows. They will have ad
ded another to their many claims upon the
trratitude of posterity, it they can succeed
in relieving the country fromjthe great dan
ger of an overflowing Treasury—a difficul
ty for the first time known in the history of
the world.’
Such Mr. Chairman, is the language of
die honorabla gentleman, and coming from
him, is entitled to a consideration which
such sentiments would not otherwise re
ceive from me.
(To be conti verl.)
(L’rceli AV sb a*.
Capt. William C. Dawson’s, Report to Gener
al Scot.
Columui s, June I'Jtli, 1836.
Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott.
Sir—ln conformity to your orders, dated on
the 14th hist, with my company, and a detach
ment from the Independent Artillery Company
(of Columbus,) consisting of twentv-five, 1 pr
eceded again in the Steam Boat Metamora, on
a cruise down and up the liver, between this
place and Irwinton.
When I decended the river, which was on
Wednesday and Thursday, hut few signs or in
diraiions of Indians were discovered—on arri
ving at Roanoak, 1 stopped for spine time to
cook, &,c. whilst there, the Steamer Hyperion
hailed to, and placed supplies on the bank, for
tint portion ofthe army stationed at Fort Jones
which consisted of a quantity of Bacon and
twenty ban es of Flour—the Hyperion left, and
in t short time, the Metamora also continued her
cruise. When I left the shore, the supplies
wefc still on the bank, and a small guard to pro
tect ahem. When I reached Irwinton, I im
nieciatel v inquired for Gen. Moore, but could not
heat nothing of his movements.—except, that he
hadtaken as prisiotiers, certain chiefs, ofthe
I. la*la Town, and the following names were
give! to me, of the Chiefs :—Tustenuggec
llarjt, Artimicco and others—that he marched
on tht 12th, took only five days provisions that be
was expected to return to Irwinton, and that he
had sent back no express—the despatch there
fore, n Inch you for warded by me to Gen. Moore,
I Ins not been delivered—it will be returned to
Head Quarters.
1 remained thirty minutes at Irwinton and
hastened up the river, to the mouth ofthe Cow
agee for the purpose of executing your order
in ascertaining whether the Indians have in
preparation Canoes and Flats and Rafts, as re
ported. I caused the Boat to haul to and re
main, until the examination and inquiry could
be made. No sigi of canoes or flats, or Indi
ans could be seen—and as tin? Plantations were
in cultivation, and Vbites and negroes both on
the Georgia side, standing on the bank, I got the
yawl and went to them, and made strict inquiry
and ascertained that lie reports relative to this
point are not correct. There is a company sta
tioned opposite the my.ith of the Cowagee,
(from Randolph county.) At this place, 1 receiv
ed information of the attack on Fort Jones, and
that an express had come for aid for the com
pany there. Hearing this, 1 immediately order
ed the Boat to be oft' for Roanoke, opposite to
Fort Jones, and to give hcM all the steam she
could bear. Her movements were rapid, and
by dusk I reached Roanoke, and found on the
bank two young men who had attempted to get
to the Fort, but could not. They informed me
that the battle was still going on, and that large
numbers of Indians were still firing on the Fort
and yelling excessively—that the houses around
the Fort were on fire. I had all my command
in readiness, and so soon as the Boat was ancho
red, I ordered twenty men to protect the Boat,
and for her to be hauled to, and anchored in the
stream. I then marched out with the Fatiche
Volunteers—Lieut. Lawhonatthe head of the
detachment of the Independent Artillery Com
pany of Columbus. We proceeded towards the
f ort, to aid in itsdefence, and endeavor to drive
l oft and destroy the enemy. On our march, we
■ met Gen. Lowe, and his mounted men, consist
: ing of two hundred or more, who had hastened
to the aid ot 1* ort Jones. The Indians had fled'
and takentotheswamps, and it being then dark,
it was impracticable to pursue them. Gen.
Lowe and bis command returned to Fort Jones,
and my command to the Boat. On our return
to the Boat, it was discovered tb it the twenty
barrelsof Flour, whichhad that day been left by
the Hyperion, to supply the Fort, were on the
Alabama side. \V e forthwith crossed over with
the Boat, (although very dark,) wentashore, and
found that every barrel had been emptied, and
the contents gone. Whilst the attack on Fort
Jones was going on, 1 presume another party of
the Indians were taking off the Flour. The
barrels seemed to have been floated across the
river.
Early the lic it morning, I went to the Fort,
where I found Gon. Lowe, and received from
htni and Capt. I lucllen of Monroe, the follow
ing information.
! hat on the day before, about 2 o’clock,
Capt. Fluellen, with fifty or sixty of his com
mand, were on a scout on Mr. Turner’s Planta
tion, and were fired on by about two hundred
and fifty Indians. Ihe firing continued for a
short time, and the number of the Indians being
very strong, a retreat was ordered, as the Indi
ans were extending their flanks, and endeavor
ing to intercept them at the Bridge on Lamp
kin’s Mill Creek :—before the retreat wasorder
ed, Capt. Fluellen received a slight wound in
his leg. Two of his company, Major Morgan
and Mr. Ward, were severely wounded. Major
Morgan was shot through the arm near the shoul
der, and the bone shattered very much. Mr.
Ward was shot through the leg—both these gen
tlemen I caused to betaken aboard the Meta
mora and are now in this place. The Indians
pursued the scouting party from the field, whore
the engagement commenced, and reached the
Fort in a few miimtes after them, and continued
to fire on it, from that time, until the arrival of
Gen. Lowe at d his command. From all Icould
understand, the firing continued more than two
hours. They set on fire, the houses of Mr.
Warren, in sight of the Fort, only a few hun
dred yards off, and others in view. They suc
ceeded in taking and carrying away many hor
ses-, belonging to the Fort. During the attack
on the Fort, nine of the soldiers were injured.
I saw on my visit to the Fort, one dead Indian,
shot by a Mr. Chambers of Gwinnett, in the act
of ridingoff a horse, belonging to the Fmt. How
many Indians were killed and wounded, is un
certain —around the Fort next morning, were
signsof much injury having been done them—
blood was seen sufficiently to trail them, as I
was informed. The number around the Fort
are said to have been two or three hundred.
Whilst at the Fort, Gen. Lowe suggested
the plan of extending his mounted men from
the Fort as high up the river as Turner’s field,
and for me to go up the river and endeavor to
intercept any Indians that might attempt to
pass. This was agreed on. 1 immediately
returned to the Boat, and had not been aboard
but a few minutes, before the Indians were
spied on the Alabama side.—The firing com
menced from the shore, as the guard first dis
covered them. The Indians returned it for a
short time—but so soon as the firing increased
from the boat, they disappeared.— What suc
cess our bullets may have had, 1 cannot sav—
theirs reached the boat, and some of my com
pany believe theirs reached the Indians.—We
then ascended the river slowly, according tothe
plan agreed on by Gen. Lowe. On the way
up, we saw where large numbers of Indians
had crossed in canoes and batteaus and on
rafts- —all fresh, and could not have been madebut
a short time. All the canoes, ifcc. were on the
Alabama side, except tv<o. We captured and
destroyed eight canoes and small flats, or boats,
between Roanoak and the Hatchachubba, many
of them were new, and had no doubt been pre
pared io pass ovi r and attack the fort, to obtain
provisions, and remove their families. 1 consid
ered the destruction ofthe canoes as frequent
ly hazardous, and in every instance had the boat
haidid to, and the protection ofthe mon, who
would go in the yawl, made as certain as possi
ble.
At the mouth ofthe Hatchachubba, we went
ashore to destroy a canoe, saw fresh signs of
Indians. The Indians, (many of them,) are
the standard of union.
well nulmted—we saw where they had swam
the hurt's across the river, which they had taken
from Firt Jones. One of my company, during
the firiig at Roanoke, ascended a tree and saw
an Indiin on horseback, standingas a watch. 1
saw out myself, who seemed to be closely ob
servingour movements ; be was on horse, and
about tlree hundred and fifty yards off. lam
of ojimtin they are well informed in relation to
all our movements.
During mv trip, and whilst acting in concert
with Gen. Lowe, a few Indians were compel
led to Ice so rapidly, that they dropped their
bundles of plunder, clothing and a Rifle, all of
which M e have now in possession. We also had
the unp.easant dutv to perform, of burying a
most worthy citizen, by the name of Warren,
who bad on Fridax last, beenmurdered by the
Indians, and found lying in Mr. Turner’s field.
I have thus hastily given you the information,
I derived from my last cruise, and the incidents
which occutred.
I havethe honor to be, very respt’ly,
Your ob’t servant.
Wm. C. DAWSON,
Capt. Commanding on Metamora.
[copy of gen. scott’s letter.]
lltifl Quarters of the South, )
CoLfMßcs, Ga. June 20, 1836. )
To Capt. W. C.Dawson, Ga. Volunteers:
Sir— l have just read your report of your
second cruise, with your company and a
detachment of the Columbus company of
Artillery in the Steamboat Metamora, be
tween this place and Irwinton.
It is due to you, and the gallant men un
der your command. to express to you and
them my high approbation ofyour conduct,
in this as in a former cruise. All the zeal,
gallantry and intelligence could accomplish
seems to have been executed on both occa
sions. 1 desire to have under my orders
no better Commander, no troops of better
dispositims and abilities to do honor to the
character of American Volunteers.
With great respect,
Yonr most Obe’dt. Serv’t
WINFIELD SCOTT.
The Geirgia forces, under the command of
Maj. Gen. Sanford, in number 2500, removed
from theircamp in Ala. through Columbus, on
Monday last and encamped two miles below the
City, on tie Georgia side of the river. Since
then, tlie irms have arrived, which we under
stand, were distributed immediately among the
troops. Tiearmy tookup the line of march yes
terday moriing at 10 o’clock and will proceed to
tiie lowest joint, that is presumed the enemy oc
cupies.
Gen. Scctt, we have been informed, will pro
bably leave this morning. Tims the army, has
at length mived in the direction ofthe enemy.
We shall wat with a great deal of impatience, for
the result ofthe next 20 days operations. We
hazard nothng in saying that, if the enemy
shows himsdf upon the field, that a goodly
rejtort will sdute the ear of the American peo
ple.— Colunbvs Enquirer, 23d inst.
I 'ron the Columbus Sentinel.
MOVEMENT OFTHE ARMY.
On Mondiy morning last, the army of
Georgia recessed the Chattahooche, march
ing towards Roanoke. At that point, under
Major Gen. Sanford, it will again cross the
river and, and enter the heart ofthe enemy’s
: country. A force will be thrown along the
- river below, to prevent the escape ofthe
[lndians. Such ofthe army as are yet un
| armed, will be supplied before this event
takes place. Me had the pleasure of see
ing the army march through our city, and
marked with pride and delight the anima
ted and cheerful expression which lit up the
countenances of all—every soldier seemed
pleased at the change, and cheered by the
prospect ahead&i eager to share the meed of
praise which has been recently won by a
handful of their brave comrades in arms.—
Being now organised the army of Georgia
will soon co-operate with the army «f Ala
bama, under Generals Jessup and Moore.
The latter are now on the field, and near
the towns efthe hostiles. They will wait
j for the eo-operatiim of the Georgia forces
I when a combined movement will lake place
[ aud if the Red Striks do not fly the track
nor let down.
There will be fresh laurels won,
And deeds of valor done.
At any rate vte hope that they will have
so much to do on their own side, (if indeed
they have any) that they will have to take
the trouble to cross the river to ours in or
der to get a fight in future.
We have great satisfaction in stating the
certainty ofthe capture or surrender of that
famous old verteran Chief, Neha Matlda.
This aged warrior and son surrender them
selves prisimers a few days since, to Jim
Boy, (a friendly Chief,) and were carried in
to Gen. Jessups’ camp. It is said he ex
pressed himself, when surprised at his camp
as being entirely friendly and that he iiad
long desired an opportunity of getting to
the whites, (this trick will not take.)
But one engagement of much conse
quence since our last publication has occur
red—lt happenedon last Thursday evening
near Fort Jones, between a large body of
Indians and Capt. Fiuellen’s company
from Monroe county, and Major Stil’s
company from Stewart. We have not re
ceived the details ofthe fight officially, and
therefore can only state it as we have heard.
Captains Fluel.en and Stii fought the ene
my for a considerable time, when they found
that they were about to be flanked, and their
retreat ent off at the bridge, on a creek
between them and the Fort, therby prevent- j
ing them from getting there, it was deemed [
advisable to fall slowly, decoying the In
dians on from the river swamp in which
they lay, and from which they had greatly
the advantage in position towardstlie Fort.
The scheme succeeded, and the Indians
pursued them up to tlie Fort, when a gener
al and severe fight was kept up to tlie close
of the evening. At this juncture, General
Lowe and Capt. Dawson came with their
respective forces to their relief, and the en
emy fled.
What the result would have been if this
aid had tmt arrived, is beyond the ken of
human knowledge, The killed on the part
of tlie whites was only one man, Mr. James
Warren, a gentleman formerly Sheriff ot
Pulaski county, a worthy and estimable
citizen. Tlie enemy lost one killed certain,
for he was dragged into the Fort and scalp
ed, and they were seen to carry off others,
(which Is their custom,) The Indians suc
ceeded in crossing the river the next morn
ing, and have not appeared on our side
since. They sent a lew of their number to
fire on Capt. Dawson’s company on board
the Metamora, as a check, while the main
body crossed higher up—[Q?w7c a jinesse.
War with the Cherokees no joke—Express
niter express is passing from that section to the
Governor; the people througlioutthat country
areim an extreme stale of imjuetude and alarm;
many families have removed—and are remov
ing. The Recorder and Spy published at Deli
lohnega Lumpkin county states that even as far
up as that, the people aro under great excite
ment a person from Murray county slates that
there are and have been for some time 600 Creek
Indians encamped in that country on what is
called the Ball-play ground ; and that a family
oi seven persons were lately murdered by the
bJieiokec. Ihe Governor has required S(X)
men from Maj. Gen. Hemphills division, and
a draft ot every 6th man from the division of
Wilkes, Elbert,Lincoln, &c to hold themselves
in readiness, at a minutes warning—that Serni
noles, ( reeks &> Cherokocs have an understand
ing, end are closely connected there is no doubt;
aud every tiling in this quarter portends a long
and bloody Indian war.
of
“T’/ze Jrictids of the (jnionare our frlends t (iHd its
enemies, our enemies"
___ TUESDAY
Mr. TOWNS's SPEECH.
Wj com nunce to-d ly, the publication of the
speech of the Hon. G. W. B. Towns, upon the
Fortification Bill, and shall conclude it as soon
as space will permit.
It is an able speech, and reflects high credit,
not only upon Col. Towns, but upon the State
which lie represents, and will be read by a large
majority of his constituents with great satisfac
tion.
Appointment by the President,
By and with the advice and consent of the
Senate.
AV ilson Lumpkin of Georgia, and William
Carroll of Tennessee, to k> Commissioners
for settling claims under the 17th Article of the
Treaty lately concluded with the Cherokee In
dians.
The 17th Article provides for the settlement
of all claims against the Cheiokees, arising in
tiiis, and former Treaties.
We lay before our readers with much plea
sure, the following communicaion to his Excel
lency the Governor, from whidi it appears, that
the Cherokee Indians residing in the county of
Murray, are disposed to remain at peace—to
submit to tlie laws of the State, and to fulfil the
obligations of tlie Treaty lately ratified by the
Senate of the United States.
We hope their professions may prove sin
cere, and that the same spirit of subordination
may actuate the whole tribe.
Coosawattle, 15h June, 1836.
To His Excellency WILLIAM SCHLEY,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief, dye.
Dear Sir—We herewith transmit to your
Excellency, the interview held this day, with
the Cherokee people at tin’s place, by tlie un
dersigned, who were selected and chosen as a
delegation by the people of Murray county, for
tlie purposes therein contained.
We iiave the honor to be, your most obedi
ent and humble servants.
M. T. C. LUMPKIN, j b
JAMES DONOHOO, Ig.
J. LAYMAN ER,
HAR. DAVIS, I 2-.
JAMES EDMOIDSONJ ?
Coosawatee, loth June, 1836.
Whereas, on tlie 11th day of June, 1836, a
delegation of five persons were selected, to-wil:
M. T. C. Lumpkin, Janies Donolioo, Jacob
Laymans, Harrison Davis and James Edmond
son, on tlie part, and in behalf rs the citizens of
Murray county, to hold a talk wiih the Ciiero- [
kee Indians at this place, in rehtion to the un
pleasant rumors that have beenset afloat upon I
this country, with regard to anicipated hostili- [
ties on their part:
And Whereas, oh the said 15th day of June, I
a number ot tlie Cherokee poo.de did convene
at this place, and after some deliberation on
their part, appointed a committee of twelve of
their leading men, to hold an interview with the
said delegates ; and the said delegation then
proceeded to propound the foilwing questions,
to-wit:
That the citizens of the couity had become
alarmed to witness so many Creik Indians mov
ing in among the Cherokee people, without any
knowledge of their intentions; and another
ground was, that we had becone suspicious of
them in consequence of the railication of the
late Treaty, knowing that a portion of them
were entirely opposed to the Treaty. And
again—knowing that the Crees and Seminole
Indians were then in an open sttte of vur witli
the white people for the same muses—that we
anticipated a difficulty with tbs Chenkees.—
and believing as we did, that our suspicions
twere well founded, proceeded to inform them,
hat General Orders had issuedffoni Brigadier
General Hemphill, to proceed vithoutdelay, to
wrest from them, all their firearms, iminuni
tion, &c. ; in answer to whiefc, we herewith
transmit tlie following answer :
Coosawattee, 15th June 1836.
To the honorable Committee of Murray
County:
We the Committee appointed in sebalf of
| the citizens of Coosawattee, Rabit Irap and
i Ostenolee Towns, after giving the varitus ques
tions propounded by the Committee in behalf of
tlie citizens of Mujray county, a deliberate and I
full consideration, beg leave most respectfully
to make the following report, to-wit:
That it is with feelings oi deep regret on our
part, to see or lieitr of any excitement on the
part of tire citizens of Murray county, ii antici
pation of any hostile movements on thiipait of
the Cherokees, more pinticularly if sich ex
citement lias been occasioned by any lire.it or [
act of the Cherokee people. So far as your
committee liave been informed with regard to
tho sentiment of the Cherokee peope, they
have been such, as to warrant your committee
in advancing an opinion, that no hostile move
ment whatsoever is contemplated on the part of
the Cherokees.
Your Committee influenced by motives of
frankness, must confess, that there are feelings
of coolness existing between tlie two parties of
the nation, known as the Treaty party, and tlie
opposition party, but hope tiiat those difficul
ties may be settled in a manner satisfactory to
both jiarties, and that peace and good feelings
will be restored; and your Committee further
•ledge themselves, to use their influence to
bring about a result so desirable.
As regards the Creeks, your Committee lias
been assured by their leading men, that their
object is peace; that some of them are con- I
| nected with the Cherokees, and that they wish
[ to remain in peace, and remove to the west
with them.
Your Committee solicits tlie citizens of Mur
! ray county, on their part, to see that tlie Che
i rokees be dealt with according to the laws oi
[ the State, in all cases, when any controversy
may arise between them and the whiles, until
j tlie time expires given them to remove, under
i the late 'l’reaty.
It is with feelings of gratitude, your Commit
tee secthat the citizens of Murray county man
ifest such feelings of friendship towards the Che
rokees under the present state of excitement
throughout the country.
J. M. LINCII,
GEORGE SANDERS,
JOHN SANDERS,
JAKE TORGA,
. In behalf of the Committee.
lest, John B. Bell.
OSEOLA.
I h:s bloody chief of the .Seminole Indians, bet
ter known by the name <.f Powell, is said to have
been slain a lew weeks since, in a personal con
test with one of bis own tribe.
AVe copy the fallowing account of his death ;
From the Mobile Chronicle, June IL
We received by yesterday’s mail a letter
which we publish this morning', giving some
account of the recent deatli of Oceola, or
Powell, the Seminole Chief. We publish
tlie letter with the signatures, and although I
we have not the pleasure of knowing the
individuals whose names are affixed to the
j communication, yet we feel satisfied that ev
ery reliance may be placed upon their state
ment as obtained from the Indian.
Mr. Editor, Through the medium of votir
paper, we think it our duty to state some
facts of a highly important nature.
Last evening, the Bth of June, an Indian
who calls himself O-ha-ba-ta-ca, came into
the settlement on Little River. He has
been three days coming from Florida, rides j
j a very gootl pony, and is on his w ay to tlie
j Ouachita tribe of Indians near Red River.
I The day before he left the hammock, called
Meta or Bear Hammock, Powell and a
youhg Chief, Ho-pa-to-pha, had a personal
fight. Powell received a wound in the left
side, near tlie heart, with a hatchet, which
instantly caused his death. The friends of
(lie deceased were determined to kill tlie
young Chief, but lie succeeded in making
his escape. We questioned him respecting
the disposition of the Indians. He stated
tiiat they would ever be unfriendly to the
men who had taken their land. He also
stated that there was much sickness among
them, something like a cholera or a bad
bowel complaint. These are all tlie facts of
an important nature which we learned from
him.
JONATHAN R. WATSON,
JACOB VICKERS.
Near the Head Walers of the Little Ri
ver.
June 9, 1836.
FROM
M e have been politely favored with the pe- |
rusal of aletter from Governor Schley, by which
we learn, tiiat the whole army had been armed I
and equipped, and took up tlie line of march
down tlie river, on tlie Georgia side, with a [
view to encounter the Indians in the region of
Roanoke, and to strengthen all tlie posts in that
quarter by placing at each, an adequate force
to meet any emergency ; and also tiiat twelve
i hundred Indians had come in and surrenlered at
i Fort Mitchell, among which were one hundred |
i and fifty armed warriors, die balance being old '
men, women and children.
THE CHEROKEES.
Me are indebted to tlie attention of our
vigilant Representatives, Col. G. W, B.
1 owns, and C. E. Haynes, for the fol
lowing letter from the Secretary ofWar:
The measure contemplated by the ad- j
ministration as developed in the Secretary’s
letter, will meet the most cordial approba- [
lion ofthe people of Georgia, as well as |
those of tlie States, bordering on tlie coun
. try inhabited by the Cherokees.
It will give confidence and security to our
; citizens, and avert the calamities which have
befallen those of Florida and Alabama.
War Department, )
June 18, 1836. j
Gentlemen:— ltmay be agreeable to you to
kno». that with a view to prevent or suppress
any hostilities among the Cherokee Indians, a
Brigade of Tennessee Volunteers, amounting to
from one thousand to twelve hundred men, on?
halfmounted, and the other half Infantry, will
rendezvous at Athens on the 7th of July, aiid pro
ceed immediately to the Cherokee country. Bre
vet Brig. Gen. Wool, has been assigned to the
command, and has been authorized, should cir
cumstances require it, to call for an addditional
force, and to take al! necessary measures for the
suppression of hostilities, among those Indians,
should any occur, and fortheir immediate remo
val. Very Respectfully, yourob’t. sev't.
LEWIS CASS.
To the Georgia Delegation in Congress.
Belvieu, Talbot County, >
June IS 1836.' 5
“Mr. Editor; owing to some strange fata
lity your paper never reaches our office un
der eight days after it is issued; while all
the other papers from Milledgeville come
regularly to hand. It is my duty to inform
you of the general dissatisfaction of your
patrons (who by tlie by are quite numer
ous,) witli a hope that the evil complained
of, will soon be removed, yours truly,”
Wc assure our friends and patrons at Belvieu,
that tiie fault is not ours.
Similar complaints have reached us recently,
of like failures in several quarters.
There is something wrong in the management
of the mails, of which we are ignorant, but
whatever vigilence can accomplish in search
ing out tlie cause and applying the remedy, shall
be done.
CHANGE OF DIRECTION.
M r e desire such of our subscribers as may at
any time wish die direction of their papers chan
ged from one Post Office to another, to inform
us, in all eases, of tlie place to which they had
been previously sent; as the mere order to for- (
ward them to a different office, places it almost
outof our power,to comply,because we have no
means of ascertaining'the office from which they
are ordered to be changed, but a search through '
our whole subscription Book, containing several
thousand names.
POSTAGE. .
It is a standing rule with this office, as well
as all others, that the postage of all letters and I
11 communications to the Editor or Proprietor,
must be paid. We repeat it again,—and re
_ fluestall persons having occasion to address us
. upon business connected in any way with the
I establishment, to bear it in mind. Persons
wisuing to become subscribers to the Standard
of Union, are particularly requested to give their
attention to this; or they will not have the pa
per forwarded them.
WHO ARE THE FRIENDS OF GEOR
GIA?
I liose who support her interests, and advance
her growth and prosperity.
WHO ARE THE ENEMIES OF GEOR
GIA?
I hose who oppose ber interests—check her
growth and prosperity, and embarrass her peo
ple in the exercise oi their just rights.
I lie truth oi these positions will not be de
nied, and the men who iiave labored to promote'
her growth and prosperity, are entitled to her
confidence and respect, while time who have
stood in uniform and bitter hostility to everv
tiling connected with her best interests, cannot
escape tlie honest indignation of her people-
Among those who acted the most prominent
part against every thing connected with our
j growth as a State, and our prosperity as a peo
ple, the name of John C. Calhoun stands odi
ously conspicuous. For tho last twenty years,
such lias been bis hostility to Georgia, and her
distinguished citizens, tiiat lie has availed him
self of every opportunity to foil or defeat her
in the prosecution of every measure calculated
to advance her rank and increase her weight
among her sister States. In 1817, when Gen
eral Jackson, acting as commissioner on the part
of tlie United States, concluded a treaty with
tiie Cherokees for tlie territory which they oc
cupied within tlie limits of Georgia, Mr. Cal
houn, then Secretary of War, availing himself
of “a little brief authority,” annulled that trea
ty—set it aside, and would not permit it to be
laid before the Senate—and for no other reason
than the gratification of his malignant hatred of’
Georgia.
During all our difficulties with the Creeks,
and the protracted contest in which we were
engaged for the possession of that portion of our
territory which they occupied, Mr. Calhoun,
was our decided enemy, and sustained all tho
measures of John Quincy Adams in relation to- •
that question, and has been from beginning to
end, tlie warm and decided friend ofthe Indians,
in opposition to the just claims and best inter
ests of the whites.
Tlie great anxiety prevailing in Georgia for
several years past, in regard to the removal of
the Cherokees, and the universal desire of all
parties for the conclusion of a treaty with them,
which should settle all matters of controversy,
and fix a time at which they should evacuate
the country for ever, was as well known to Mr.
Calhoun, as it was to our own citizens, and af
forded him a direct opportunity of repelling the
charge ol hatred to Georgia, by lending his aid
in the consummation of an object so devoutly
to be wished. But after years of fruitless nego
tiation, when a treaty was at length concluded,
embracing the most liberal provisions in behalf
of toe Indians, and submitted to the Senate for
ratification, John C. Calhoun, as if to mako
; his enmity to Georgia still more conspicuous,
recorded his vote in the negative. Yes! on
the day of 1836, John C.
Calhoun voted against the ratification of the
Cherokee Treaty—a treaty involving tho
paramount interests of many thousands of our
valuable citizens.
Thus has he pursued Georgia, step by step,
for twenty years, witli untiring vengeance; and
yet there are some in Georgia, who would exalt
him to the highest seat in the nation ; but let the
[ people remember, that, in all the trials through
| which we have passed, in the maintainance of
o ir rights for tlie last twenty years, John C.
Calhoun, has been our deadly enemy, and
above all, let it never be forgotten, that he vo
ted against tiie Cherokee Treaty, and that
fourteen others of the same FFAiZe— Harrison
Webster— Bank Whig family, voted with him;
while every friend of Mr. Van Buren voted iix
favor of the Treaty.
POST OFFICES IN GEORGIA.
Post Offices Established.
Stone mountain, DeKalb county.
Collier, Oglethorp county.
Temperance, Telfair county.
Chickamauga, Walker county,
Raamah, M’ilkinson county.
Post Master Appointment.
William, Midder, Store Mountain
Monford Carter, Colliery.
Duncan Mcßea, Temperance.
Jeremiah Holloway, Chikamanga.
James R. Lewis, Raamah.
TOR THE STANDARD OF UNION-
The late Florida campaign having terminated
without terminating the war, to tlie great disap
pointment ofthe Army and the country, is true;
but it seems most strange to me, that the public
mind should be diverted from the true causes of
failure, to the unjustifiable censure of the Com
manding General, (Scott) who of all others, to>
my mind, is least to be blamed.
I will appeal to the whole army, to say, whe
ther the plan of operations was not admirably
conceived, and so far as General Scott was con
cerned, equally well executed, (all the embar-.
rassment considered,) and whether his bearing,
as a soldier, was not in character with bis for
mer fame ? Admit this, and the Commanding-.
General is relieved from bearing the entire bur-,
den of rhe disappointment; but with tfie ba,!-,
a nee of the army, must share the cofliqioq rp
gret.
I tender these suggestions with a view of. dis
cussing the military conduct ofthe Commanding
General, during the late Florida Campaign, as.
far as it was known to me, (purely in a military
sense,) without intending any thing personal;.
entertaining as I do, the highest respect and
kindest feelings for all.
1 make these propositions, simply that tho
public mind may be disabused’iqron the subject,
or my error of judgment corrected, if any of my
companions in consider me in er
ror, thereby placing the country in possession of
the information upon which, conflicting opinions
are founded.
C. 11. NELSON, la.tc Captain
Os the Mounted Mountaineers Georgiy
