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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