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fifty dolllars and to the assistant messenger,
three hundred and fifty dollars. ’tf
Sec. 45. An 1 be if further eu. tiled, That
the sum of three millions one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars be and the same is
hereby appropriated for the service of the
Post Office Department ler the year com
mencing mt the first day of July one thou
sand eight hundred and thirjv-six out of any
moneys, in the Treasury, arising from the
revenues of said Department, to beaceonnt
ed for in the manner pointed out in the se- 1
corn! section of this net.
Sec. 46. And be it further enacted, That
this act shall be in force and lake effect
from the passage thereof.
JAMES K. POLK,
Speaker of flu Heart of Representatives
W. R. KING,
President o* the Senate pro tempore.
Approved, the 2J ot July, 183'3.
• ANDREW J ACKSON,
[RESOLUTION, No. 8. J
A RESOLUTION to furnish the Rolitndo l
with paintings.
R> solved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United States of A
neric.iin Congress assembled, That a joint
committee be appointed to contract with
one or more competent American artists for
the execution of four historical pictures up
on subjects serving to illustrate the discov
ery of America : the settlement of the Uni
ted Suites; the history of the Revolution;
or of die adoption of the Constitution ; to
he placed in the vacant pannels of the Ro
tnido; the sidject to be left to the choice
of the artists under the control of the com
mittee.
Approved, 23 d June, 1836.
MR. GRANTLAND’S SPEECH,
ON THE CHEROKEE TREATY.
Mr. Gr.vnti.and said : I do not rise, Mr.
Chairman, to discuss the merits of the Chero
kee treaty, nor tin manner in which it was
made. I shall not, sir, inquire, whether the
whole Cherokee tribe, for nation I will not rail
them,) or whether a majority, or less than a
majority, of that tribe, gave their assent to it:
r.or sh ill I, sir, consider it necessary to show
tha this treaty has been made with more than
usual fairness, or that tire agents of the Govern
ment, to effect an object not less, beneficial to
the Indians themselves than it is to several of
the States, may not have used some of that ad
dr ss and management which is commonly
practised by diplomatists, and especially in the
m iking of Indian treaties. But, sir, I cannot
forbear tn remark that, of the almost number
less compacts made by this Government with
Li lians for the cession of their lands, all nego
tiated by commissioners appointed by the Pre
sidin', it very rarely happens that objection to
any of them is made, either in the confirmation
by the Senate, or in the appropriation of money
to earn them into effect by this House, unless
it be with a tribe within the limits of Georgia ;
and then, sir, there is always doubt and difficulty
and vexatious delay, if not a charge of fraud.
How, sir, does this happen? Can it be that
gentlemen are willing to shut their eves and
close their ears, and almost connive til frauds
upon Indians, when the land is acquired for the
benefit of all the States, and the especial con
venience of their own constituents, but are ever
wide awake, industrious, and vigilant to hunt
out and detect frauds, though none exLt, when
Indian lands are contracted for, which, under
the compact of 1802, are for the benefit of Geor
gia alone ? It might be considered indecorous,
Mr. Chairman, were I to assert that this is the '
case; but every candid man must admit the
thing has a suspicious appearance. Yes sir, its
aspect is more than suspicious—it has an awful
spenting ! and need I say at what I
My purpose, Mr. Chairman, in addressing
t e committee, is, as I before slated, not to dis
cuss tills treaty ; that, sir, has been done by
one of my colleagues, and more ably by far
thau J could do it, and with a clearness and
soun Iness of reasoning that will convince every
member of this I ody, whose mind is often to
conviction; and I hope there are but few,
though some there may be, who will not <1 > us
and themselves the justice ofgiving to this ques
tion a fur and dispassionate consideration.
It is sufficient, sir, for me, that this contract
with the Cherokees was made by that d< part
meat of the Government to which al.me has
been eorh led by the constitution the treaty
making power; it was concluded by Commis
sioners of the Utii <• I States, duly authorise;! to
treat with the Indians, and has been approved
bv tho Executive, and confirmed by the Senate.
This, sir, is enough to satisfy me ; let those
w'i.i doubt seek f>r new lights ; but 1 admonish
them not io be led astray by some ignus faluus;
by plausible sophistry, or misplaced philanthro
py'. The treaty, sir, will speak for its< If. It
gives the Cherokees (besides an equal quantity
o: better 1.in.1 west of the Mississippi) about six
millions of dollars for a country containing
eight or nine millions of acres, nine-tenths of
which are mountains. But I again sav, sir,
that I did not rise to take pert in the discussion
o tins treaty, but to repel the aspersions cast
i y the gi -man fioni \ i.ginia (Mr. Wise) on
the "faith ii/i humanity of Georgia.” That
honorable gentleman has thought proper, sir, to
charge the State which bus sent me here, w ith
ba t faith. in the observance of treaties, and
wilii inhumanity to the Indians. These arc
grave charges; but. I deny, sir, in the most em
phatic manner, that the honorable gentleman
can sustain his assertions, and i defy him to
prove that which he has so rashly and unwar
rantably said before this committee.
Now, sir, I shall proceed to show that it is
not Georgia, but the General Government, that
has acted wi ll bad faith in the observance of
compact*. Il is known, to you Mr. Chairman,
and t > every member of this committee, that in
1802, Georgia made a compact with the Uni
ted States, by which the former ceded to the
latter, all her lands extending fioni the Chatta
hoochee to the Mississippi, and from the 31st
?■> the Tith degree of north latitude, a territory
<4 vast extent and almost unrivalled fertility,
out of which have since been formed tho nou
rishing Slates of Alabama and Mississippi.
vVhat str, were the conditions of that cession ?
condition was the payment to her by the
Unit'd States oi the sum of ft 1,250,600 (out of
' lie sale of her own lands,) which is less than a
l iurth part of ti. ■ amount to be paid the Chero
kees fur their territory, which is not a tithe in
quantity, id is generally mountainous and ste
rile. I’m die main inducement with Georgia
was to get possession ot the Indian lands within
her chart.'red limits. Has this been done?
Could it have been done by the United States,
as agreed upon in her contract with Georgia ?
I ask, sir, that the Clerk may read the pream
ble and the first and second articles of a treaty
concluded by the United States with the Che
rokees in the year 1817, and also part of a con
ven'i.m marie with that tribe in 18)9, which
annuls or modifies the bargain of 1817, and
maki s one of a very different kind, without the
consent of Georgia,deeply as she wasconcerncd.
[The Clerk here read from vol. 6, pages
7Q-»-4 r<rir' of the treatv of 1817 alluded to
r < '* ’ v 1
Joseph McMinn, and David .Merriwctlier—and
the preamble and boundaries of a treaty made
w ith the chiefs of the same tribe in 1819, bv
John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War.]
Now, Mr. Chairman, 1 have shown by the
preamble to the treaty ot' 1817, w hich has just
been read, tlmt, so early as the year 1808, de
putations from the upper and lower Cherokei
towns, duly authorized by their nation, went |
on to the city of Washington, the first named to
declare to the President of the United State.*
their anxious desire to engage in tha pursuits of
agiiculturc and civilized lite, in the country they
then occupied, and to make known to the Pre
sident the iinpracticvibility of inducing the mi
lion at large to do this, and to request the es
tablishment of a division line between the upper
and lower towns, sous to include the waters of
the Hiwassee river to the upper town ; that by
thus contracting their society within narrow
limt’s, they proposed to begin the establishing
of fixed laws, and a regular government ; the
deputies from the lower towns to make known
their desire to continue the hunter-life, and al
so the scarcity of game where they then lived,
and under these circumstances, their wish to re
move across the Mississippi river, on some va
cant lands of the United States.
. Air. Chairman, I ask your particular atten
tion and that of tb.e committee to the fact, that
the Cherokees of the upper towns, who desired
( to become agriculturists, were almost exclusivc
ily in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Alabama;
j that those of the lower towns, who wished to
j continue the hunter’s life, and to emigrate,
were in Georgia. The treaty of 1817 goes on
( to state that the Cherokees wishing to emigrate,
] did explore the country on the Arkansas and
V\ lute rivers, which they were pleased with,
| and had notified the President of their “anxious
] desire for the full and complete ratification of
I liis promise” to give them lands in exchange
for those they held in Georgia; and, forthat
I purpose, the treaty of 1817 was made. Fortit
: nate would it have been, sir, for Geotgia, and
1 for the United States, it that treaty had not been
j set aside by the subsequent one of 1819. If
I the first contract had been adltered to. Georgia
i would not now bo unjustly charged, ss she has
j been, with bad faith and inhumanity' ; nor
(would any complaint have been made by her
j against the General Government far tho non
perfomance of the compact of 1802,
Tho preamble to the treaty of 1819 states
that the greater part of lhe Chcnkee nation
bad expressed an earnest desire to remain on
this side of tb.e Mississippi, The United Slates
notwithstanding her engagements to Georgia,
and without consulting her, chose to gratify
them. And hence all the difficulties with the
; Cherokees.
, Now, sir, I say boldly, and without fear of
' contradiction, that bad faith is nvt in this case
, imputable to Georgia, but to the United States,
for tailing to carry into effect the compact of
1802.
I shall now, Mr. Chairman, proceed to no
tice the gentleman’s charge of inhumanity to
wards the Indians; and, here, sir, 1 shall not
fine it necessary to refer to documents to prove
what I say, though your library furnishes, as 1
am told abundance ot evidence on this point.
History, and the information of every gentle
man of this body will establish the fact that
whatever may have been the legislation of Geor
gia in regard to these people, (and 1 did admit
i have not always approved of it,) that she has
j no cause to apprehend any thing from a coni-
I parison between her and her sister States in the
treatment of Indians. The best evidence in
our favor is, that while the Indians in Georgia
have increased in number, in most of the States
they have diminished, and in some are extinct.
Doesit, sir, become the gentleman from Virgin
ia to talk about humanity to Indians? to rail
' against what he may consider their oppression
;by other States ? I ask that gentleman, what
i has become of the Indians who were once the
sole occupants of all the lands in ids own State?
Where are the Pamunkies, the Nansemonds,
and the Appaniattoxes, the Rappahannocks,
tb.e Chickahomiuies, and the gigantic Susque
hannocks? Where are they, sir ? I put the
question, Mr. Chairman, not to you, but to the
honorable gentleman from Virginia. Are they
not extinct, annihilated, or driven to the wilds
of the far West I I can assure the gentleman
from Virginia that I have no unfriendly feeling
to his State ; it is my native land, and I feel lor
it much affection—pet haps nearly as much as
he does ; but as much as 1 live Virginia, 1 love
Georgia still more.
Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Vir
ginia made one remark in regard to mv
State which I was put tictilarlv sorry to hear
from him. He said that Georgia for persist
ing to execute her law s in regard to the In
dians, and for refusing to obey the mandate?
of the Supreme Court, ought to have been
whipped into obedience by the General Go
vernment. li hipped into obedience ! Is
that, sir, the honorable gentleman’s State
rights doctrine? lam sure it is not held to
be orthodox doctrine by this State. Sir, 1 (
hope to God that I may not live to see the ’
dry, and that my children’s children may i
not Ihe to see it, when it shall be necessary
to "uhip into obedience" any State for as
sertion ofher rights. But sir, as some of
the generals sent to the South have been
thought rather slow in their movements, it
is my wish (should it be deemed expedient
to send one there on such an errand as this)
and the gentleman from Virginia be select
! ed to perform this operation of whipping in
-Ito obedience. I promise him, sir, that he
: will find w arm reception and be happy if
( permitted to retrace his steps.
j As so much has been said, Mr. Chair
; man, against Georgia, it may not be deem
|ed obtrusive or irrelevant, if I should say
I something in her favor; and, sir, with your
| permission and that of the committee, I will
' briefly recapitulate a part of wbat she has
• done for herself and for this Union. She
' fought, sir, by the side of her sisters, and
as valiantly as any of them, to achieve the
! liberty of this country. Her Clarks, and
her Jacksons, her Mclntoshes and her
( Twiggses, are known in the history of the
I revolutioiniry war, as are the Cmnrnings,
' the Applings, the Floyds, and the Newnans
in that oftlie late war. While menaced by
the Indians on her extensive frontier, and
tiie Britons on her sea-coast, Georgia sent
a co isiderable army to defend the then in
fant Territory of Alabama (bone of our
bone flesh of our flesh,) which bad been in
vaded by the enemy. When the Indian
war broke out recently in Florida, our vol
unteers rushed to the standard of their coun
try, sis they have done in the war with the
Creeks. The bravery of Captain Garnia
nv, and of his officers and men, and of
Captain Horne am! his small detachment,
when assailed by numbers greatly superior,
. is worthy of all praise.
But, sir, I can name circumstances to
show that, in devotion to this Union, in
public spirit and genuine patriotism, Geor
|gia is not behind any of her sister States.
?\t a most critical period of the late war
with Great Britain, when several of the]
Southern Slates had been invaded; after]
(your Capitol had been laid in ashes, when]
i your treasury was empty ; your credit tot-]
t.’i '... I (( V.■;»« s''"’if"'
us it lite face; w hen our Treasury notes sir,
whi h bore interest, were spurned as trash, '
anda preference over them given to notes t
of bmks in this district, these last being at I
a dscotmt of twenty per cent ; gloomy i
time; sir, when our Government could not t
furtisli a dollar to the contractor or quar- i
maser of your army —at this crisis in your
affars, sir, what did not Georgia do? ,
Sir,she poured outlier treasure in defence ,
of tie country, she furnished money to feed ,
you.soldiers and procure forage and trans- i
porhtion. She did more. Her patriotic
Govrnor, Peter Early, (whose memorj
shotld be held clear by till Americans, and
is reversed by every Georgian) pledged
the ailh of the Slate, and Ins own pin ate
fortine, to get loans trojn the banks, (or the
. Unied States. This, sir, esme within my
i oivt knowledge, and 1 doubt whether the
i nicest paid by Georgia, on loans thus ob
aind for the United States, has yet been
• 1 repad to her. 1 know, sir, that it was,
i whit Gen. Mitchell was Governor of Geor
gia,Mr. Rush Secretary ol the Treasury,
appied for and was refused, on the
, gromd that the Government never paid in-
I teret !
Mr. Chairman, I thank the committee
, for tieir patience and attention. 1 did not
• intend to have spoken on this occasion, and
> should not but for lite attack made upon my
1 State by t\ie gentleman from V irginia.
] Her character 1 will defend here and else
where.
i Jt'rom the Globe.
MR. CALHOUN’S RETENCHMENT.
Mr. Calhoun has bear laboring incessantly to
cut down the fortification bill, since the passage
of the late deposile bik This shows bow he
understands tho disposition which the latter
makes of the surplus. It is plain that he is nia
j king a new effort to regain some favor in the
! populous States by making the deposile system
j a distribution system. Aid as he once labored
|to rise by sacrificing the South to promote a
] northern interest in the taiili, a western interest
I in internal improvements, and the aristocratic
I interest generally in a natbnal bank, so lie now
( ] seeks consideration with tie same party through
j his compromise with Mr. Clay,which has raised
an immense surplus, of which lie was tiie first to
’ [ propose the distribution. And this surplus be
I ] tries to make as great as possible, by crippling
] for the next year the bills for the public deience,
I which were entirely defeated for the last.
. ] But how will the South endure Mr. Calhoun’s
I new sale of its interests for his selfish ends ?
j That devoted section cannot have forgotten that
it was the incessant complaint of Messis. Cal
houn, McDuffie, and all their nullifying friends,
that the tariff was a tyranny which justified re
volution and a dissolution of the Union, simply
because of the unequal amount of the tax which
it levied on the South. Mr. McDuffie, if we
mistake not, insisted that it took forty bales of]
eolton out of the hundred for tho share of the I
Treasury ; and that it operated in the same 1
proportion as a bounty to manufacturing labor of ]
the North. Mr. Calhoun’s compromise con
tinues this system to raise a surplus for distribu
tion ; and the shares oi this distribution, which
' it is evident he is laboring to make as great as
I possible, and to convert into an absolute gilt to
! the deposite-receivmg States, is as glaringly un-
I I just to the South, as even the extravagant ine
quality of the imposition which, according to Mr.
-McDuffie,the tariff levied on southern labor. In
j drawing its share in the distribution of the sur
] plus raised by Mr. Calhoun’s compromise, two
fiitlis of the southern labor is counted out. Al
; thoughtlie slave labor contributes most to rajse
I the surplus in the Treasury in consequencc*of
] the unequal operation of the tariff, and although
the manufacturinglabor receives more than an
equivalent in bounty for all the burdens of the
tariff, yet, when a division of the surplus is
called lot, Mr. Calhoun consents that, for the
most pait, it shall be according to the represen
tive ratio, and two-fifths of the slave labor taxed
to raise it; is excluded altogether from the cal
culation in distributing it!! ! Mr. Calhoun’s
retrenchment of appropriations for national ob
jects, therefore, is not to retrench the taxes, but
is altogether to increase the fund for this une
qual distribution. It is not to increase State ex
travagance, at the expense of “the common
defence and general welfare.”
From the York Ltcning Post.
The Richmond Whiz, in the course of
some speculations on the subject of the re
tirement of President Jackson from office,
asks:
“When the shades of private life, the ex
citement oftlie conflict passed, his flatterers
disbanded, bis creatures and sychophunts
worshipping at another shrine, their soft and
honeyed accents heard no longer, he comes
] to parley with liis conscience and to demand
]a verdict of the manner in which he has dis
charged his great trust, so confidently bes
towed, what will that stern and unflattering
monitor say ?
We can tell the Richmond Whig what
;that stern and unflattering monitor will not]
I say. It will charge the fearless, disinterest
j ed, clear-sighted old man, with no inti iition
( al deviation from duty; no selfish postpone
| ment of the public good to his ox\ n interests;
[no hesitation in wa king the path to which
i liis conscience pointed him, on account of
| the danger which might beset it. It will
tell him that he has faced the tempest of rail
ing, of slander, of menace, by which it was
. attempted to drive him from his honest pur
pose, with as little heed of its fury, as at an
■ earlier period he faced the balls of the inva
i ders of his country —and as triumphantly
i too —with a success as ample as deserved
■ and as glorious. It is equally to the credit
I of his moral temperament that he hasyield-
■ ed to no threats and fallen into no snares.
{ He will live, we hope, to see the American
■ I people unanimous in their opinions of his
: public conduct; though, perhaps, this is not
[ to be expected till the grave, closing over
. I him, shall end .JI animosities and soften all |
j prejudices. Already, however, the manner
| of his enemies in speaking of his public
I character begins to be changed ; and we
'may predict that when he withdraws, as he
1 i will shortly do, from the high station to
which he was worthily called, ami which he j
has honorably filled, not only in the eyes of I
his own country, but of all the world, the
mtirintirings of liis opposers will be unheard
(amidst the sounds of that loud and general
] applause which will follow him to his re
td lirement.
i Mr. Jarvis, an able and meritorious rep-
I resentative front Maine, has issued a card
i to his constituents. He was elected to Con
i gress at the same time that General Jackson
■ was chosen President, and then determined,
as he says, that if he retained the favour of
•I his constituents, he would continue to serve
i them in his capacity of Representative du-
• ring the time that General Jackson should
j continue to be the Chief Magistrate. The
I period he assigned to himself being nearly
f"r , - , rl. !*'■ drepnee :i rv-< !r< tion.— //».
THE ST INIIA III) OF UNI
Mr. / tin Haren's Private Character. —
The Salem Gazelle is one of the most ac
tive whig papers of the day. But it has I
been compelled, by the force of truth to bear,
we will hope, a not unwilling testimony to
the purity and brightness of Mr. Van Bu
ren’s private character.
“For one,” says the editor, “we have
not any thing to say against it; and it gives
us pleasure frankly to state, that we know
ol nothing objectionable to his private illa
tions. It would be unmanly to withhold
thisacknowledgernent. We have noground
to charge him with anv personal vices.”
Singular —There have been many cir
cumstances related of our revolution and
the great men who projected and carried it
through, which, were they not so well at
tested, would almost induce a suspicion oi
their truth, but the following striking coin
ciuetice is one ot which we do not recollect
ever before having seen a notice.
Washington, born February 22, 1732,
inaugurated 1789; term of service expired
in th:* Guth tear ot his age.
Jphn Adams, born October 19, 1735,
] inaugurated 1797; term of service expired
in the 66th year ol' liis age.
Jefferson, born April 2, 1743, inaugura
ted 1801; term ol' service expired in the
66th x ear of his age.
Madison, born March 16, 1751, inaugu
rated 1809; term of service* expired in the
66th year of his age.
Monroe, born April 2, 1759, inaugurat
ed 1819; term oi service expired in tiie 66tti
year of liis age.
The above is a list of five of the Presi
dents of the United State*, (all men ol the
revolution) who ended their term of service
in the66tli year of their ages! J. Ad
ams’s term of service, bad he been elected a
second time, would have also expired in the
66th year of his age.— i\orlh jllubatniun.
Had Andrew Jackson, who obtained in
1824, a plurality of the Electoral votes,
been elected at that time, his second term ot
service would have expired in his U6th
year. — Balt. Republican.
Mr. Madison. —We have heard of but a
lew particulars of the closing scene. Tho’
reduced to the last degree ol weakness, his
mind continued unimpaired until within a
few hours of liis decease. We Lave seen a
letter w hich he dictated, signed and franked,
on Monday evening, the 27th, some twelve
or fifteen hours before his death. It has all
the marks of his style, modesty and benevo
lence. The signature is somewhat confus
ed and blotted, though legible, iirtiicating a
.( baud tremulous from debility. It is certain
j ly the very last time he had a pen in his
, hand.
■| We. understand that he left, ready for the
! press, to which it will be fortinvith given, a
Report of the Proceedings of tiie Conven
tion which formed the Constitution, taken
' at the time, w ith notes, Bcc. arid, a compen
dious history of the events which led to the
call of that convention. The work will
make two large octavo volumes, and be
published simultaneously in diifi country and
in England, it is hazarding little to say
that no work oi greater interest and impor
tance, ever issued from the American press.
] His correspondence and other writings will
] be published, from time to time, and will
I constitute a massoi the most valuable polit-
( ical literature in the language.
He leit, w ith the exception of legacies to
| the amount o! $13,000 to the University oi'
i V irginia, and another or" $4,000 to the Col
onization Society, the whole of bis estate to
Airs. Aladison, who is constituted sole exec
utrix.—Fred. Arena.
IW F W ll WtrrtiawCMWLJill
Creelt Wai*«
CorsespvMdeMce ol’Oov. Schley, and
<xca. JessKp.
Camp Gibson, 2d July, 1836.
.. 1 lie tnulers igned having and feeling a deep
interest in tiie question, as to what disposition
shall he made oi that portion of the hostile Ln-
1 dians, that have surrendered themselves as pri
soners, and believing that the citizens of Gcor-
• gta and Alabajua have and feel a like interest
. with ourselves, on the subject, beg leave, in the
; exercise oi our undoubted right as officers and
soldiers, and more particularly as citizens of the
. United Slates, to suggest to Maj. General Win
field Scott, that stern ;;nd unbending justice re
( quires thal the blood ofour fellow-citizens should
be avenged, and tiiat the hostile Indians, gener
l ally, or more particularly their chiefs and lead
i ers, should be made to atone for the murders
and other injuries committed by them upon the
innocent citizens of the two States. We there
( fore, humbly request of Gen. Scott, (if not in
consistent witi’i orders from the President of the
United States,) that he detain the whole of the
hostile Indians that have surrendered themselves
as prisoners, until ample opportunites may be
afforded to the citizens of Georgia and Alabama
, to have said Indians dealt with by the civil au
thorities oftlie tv/o* States, and we protest against
any course of jiolicy calculated to screen said
hostile Indians from trial, and merited punish
ment.
Z. White, Brig. Gen. in command.
Robert V. Hardeman, Col. Ist Reg. D. M.
A. B. Dawson, Brig. Major and Inspector.
C. Cox, Brig. Major and Inspector.
John M. Williamson, Col. 2d Reg. G. V.
F. A. Baily, Aitl-de-Camp.
John J. Floyd, <Japt.
Augustus Beal), Lieut Col.
Daniel Dodson, Capt.
Thomas W. Harris, Capt.
Furgus Russell, Ist Lieut.
James \V. Crockett, Ist Serg’t-
Janies A. Cooper, Major G. V.
Samuel Cook, 3d Lieut.
Robert Cagle, 2d Lieut.
Win. P. Butt, Capt. Warren Riflemen.
John R. Starr, 2d Lieut. C. B.
John P. Austin, Ist Serg’t.
John Hanis, Adj’t 2d Reg. G. V.
I Jesse L. Baker, Ist Lieut.
i Janies M. While, Ensign.
! John P. Lucas, Capt.
B. J. 1 lih, Ist Lieut.
Q. L. C. Franklin, 3d Lieut. Warren Rifle
men.
Sheriff'Brustcr, Lieut.
Benj. J. Ensign.
Robert K. Moreland, Ensign.
George Reed, Capt.
Samuel L. Jones, Ist Lieut.
John C. Sannnons, 2d Lieut.
John Cain, Ensign.
G. B. Burney, Capt.
Alford R. Bridges, Lieut.
Win. S. Moore, Ensign.
Eli Glover, Capt. Jasper Mounted Rifle
men.
Ed. A Broaddus, Ist Lieut. “ “
A. Beck, 2d
S. W. Smith, Ist Lieut. Warren Riflemen,
Joseph Vardanian, Lieut. Col. Ist. Reg.
D. M.
ON.
A. W. Lune, Major.
Frederick H. Sanford, Adjutaut Ist Reg. <
D. M*
D. N. Varner, Serg’t Major. 1
Jereimiah Beall, Surgeon. i
Jonathan Adams Surgeon’s Mate,
Richard W. Roffi*, Reg. Quarter-master.
Jesse Smith. Capt.
B. B. Gamble, Assistant Quarter-master.
John Pool, Lieut.
Perry Wimberly, Lieut.
Wat. M. Bateman, Ensign.
Zachaiiah Roc, Capt.
J. R. Crocker, Ist Lieut.
Thomas Slaughter, 2d Lieut.
Henry VV. Gaston, 3d “
Richard Sloan, Capt.
Daniel 1). Folds, Ist Lieut.
James P. Perdue, Ensign.
Josepe Coleman, Capt. Muscogee Drafted
H. K-
Joel W. Hand, Ist, Lieut.
John M. MtMurray, 2d Lieut.
James P. Patterson, Ensign.
Davis Lane Capt. Jasper D. M.
Robert C. Barnes, Ist Lent.
John Alaisey, 2d “
Thus. B. Cainford, 3d. “
Willis Haddleston, 2d “
Win. B. Stewart, Capt.
John Jones, Ist. Lieut.
VV illiaftt McMickle, 2d Lieut.
William J. Ponder, Ensign,
William Brewer, Capt.
John M. Blunt, Ist Lieut.
M. Vance, 2d
Richard Hutchings, Ensign.
John Johnston, Brig.Q. AL
Head-Quarters Ga. »
[order.] Columbus,6th July, 1836. )
The Commander-in-Chief has this day re
ceived a petition, dated the sth inst. and signed
by a lanjc number of citizens, requesting him
“to tuk.e necessary steps, forthwith to have
such Indians as can be fully and sufficiently i
dentified, immediately surrendered to the pro
per authorities, and that a demand be made on
the public agents, conducting the emigration, to
detain all the hostile warriors a sufficient length
of time, until the people of Georgia can have
a.mple time to identity them, and that the citi
zens of Georgia be notified thereof.”
It is a source of gratification to the comman
] der-in-cliief, to he able to inform hisfellow-citi
zens,that every desire contained in their peti
tion has been anticipated by him, and that eve
ry measure in liis power has been taken to ob
tain the objects of the petitioners, as will
fully appear by the following correspond
ence.
By order of the Commander-in-Chief.
SEYMOUR R. BONNER,
Aid-de-Camp.
No. 1.
Head-Quarters, Ga. )
Columbus, 29th June,lß36. J
Maj. Gen. Thos. Jessup, Fort Mitchell.
Sir: Your letter of the 28th inst. has been
t received, requesting me to demand such hos
tile Indians as have been guilty ofcrimes, witli
. in the jurisdiction of Georgia. 1 have issued
an order, calling on persons who can prove any
facts, upon which 1 can make a demand, to fur
nish me with the necessary evidence. It may
1 require several days to obtain this evidence,
and therefore 1 would be pleased, that you
should allow a reasonable time to do so. The
1 murders and otiier crimes committed by the tn
: dians in Georgia, call for an atonement, and
public justice requires it. I hope, therefore,
that you will not cause these hostile savages to
. be stmt off, until 1 shall have had time to do
what may be neefissary and proper in the mat
ter.
j The party of hostiles, which crossed below
; Reauoke a few day ago; said to consist of three
j hundred, is passing on to Florida, and has nnir
dered some fifteen persons in Baker county. 1
i think, therefore, you have mistaken the true
'( state of the war, when you consider it at an
end.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant.
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
No. 2.
Head-Quarters Ga. )
Columbus,3oth June, 1836. J
Alaj. Gen. Titos. Jessup, Fort Alitchell.
Sir.* 1 have thismoment seen a letter receiv
ed from Fort Alitchell to-day, stating that the
' Indians are to be moved towards Aiontgomery
' to-morrow. If this be so, 1 presume you will
not sutler those hostiles now in the Fort, to ac
' (company them, as most, if not all of them,have
' ; been concerned in the commission of capital
1 j crimes, within the jurisdiction of Georgia. 1
i had the honor of addressing you a letter on this
| subject yesterday, and also of a conversation
witu you at Col. Crowell’s, in which 1 under
stood you to assent to the proposition made by me,
to allow a reasonably lime to collect evidence,
upon which 1 could ask you to deliver the'ac
cused to the civil authorities of Georgia. This
evidence cannot he obtained instanter. Many
persons who have sustained injury, or had
friends murdered, are not in this immediate vi
cinity and probably have not yet learned that
these Indians are prisoners. Could you not
send oil'all the Indians except those w ithin the
pickets ; and send those against whom we may
not be able to obtain evidence, with the next
cflnqianythat maybe emigrated?
Be pleased to let me know what the people
of Georgia may depend on in this matter. 1
do assure you, sir, they will be very much dis
satisfied, if these Indians should be taken off
without giving time to identify the guilty and
bring them to punishment.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
No. 3.
Head-Quarters, Ga. I
Columbus, 3rd July, 1836. J
Alaj. Gen. Titos. Jessup, Ala.
Sir: I understand that Jim Henry, the Creek
Indian who has committed many murders, rob
beries and arsons in Georgia, has surrendered
himself to the friendly Indians, under your com
mand, and that he is a prisoner in your camp,
or otherwise in your custody. This man led
the party which burned Roaliokc and killed ma
ny oi tin* inhabitants, of which fact 1 have abun
dant evidence. He was also of the party with
which Capt. Garmany’s company had a battle,
and in which some 8 or 10 Georgians were kil
led. He is amenable to the laws of Georgia, a
gainst which he has notoriously offended.—Un
der these circumstances it becomes my duty, as
the Governor of the State, to demand him for
trial, and Ido therefore now demand him of
you, and require him to be delivered to Capt.
Allen Lawlion, whom I have constituted an a
gent, to receive and conduct him safely to this
city, under a competent guard, which 1 have
sent for that purpose.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAM SCHLEY.
No. 4.
Head Quarters,
2d Army Corps of the Southern Army, )
In Camp, 4th July, 1836. I
His Ex. Wm. Schley, Governor of Georgia, i
Sir: I am in receipt of your conimunication
of the 3d inst. demanding the Creek prisoner,
Jim Henry, now in my camp, to answer to the
laws of Georgia, for sundry offences, commit
ted within its territory—and in reply, have to
inform you, that a similar demand has been
made by the Executive of Alabama, and that
he will be handed over to the Sheriff of Rus
sell comity, Ala., toanswer certain capital offen
ces, the commission of which he stands charged
with.
With great respect and consideration,
1 remain your ob’t.serv’t.
THOS. JESSUP.
Alaj. Gen. Commanding.
Head-Quarters, Ga. )
Columbus,3d July, 1836. I
Sir: I have evidence that the following Indi
ans have committed capita) crimes within the
jurisdiction of Georgia, ai)d that they are now
in your county jail : (Here 19 names are inser- I
ted.) These men are amenable to the laws of!
Georgia, and as the Governor of the State it is j
my duty to demand them for trial. 1 therefore
request you to deliver them, or any of them,
who may be in your possession, to Capt. J. Ur
quhart, who I have appointed agent on the part
of the State, to receive and convey them to
this city, that they may be turned over to the ci
vil authority and be dealt with as the law di
rects.
I am, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WILLIAAI SCHLEY.
To Alaj. Mclntosh, rr other officer of U. S. j
Army, in command at Fort Alitchell.
CREEK WAR INCIDENTS.
Col. Rockwell’s command have returned
and brought with them 12Indians, who were
indetitified as having been engaged in mur
ders and plundering on the Georgia side of
the Chattahoochie. Col. R. pursed as far
as Aiontgomery, where they overtook the
emigrating party, and secured these Indi
ans, there were many more present who
might have been identified but the evidence
of their guilt was not at hand. This we re
gret: we are surprised that individuals who
have suffered, and suffered severely too, from
Indian depredations during the late excite
ment should have been so indifferent to their
own interest, and to the demand of justice
and the loud call of revenge, as not to have
been on the spot and pointed out every sav
age scoundrel who was present at the differ
ent massacres, burning, ect. They have
now gone passed the swelling waters of the
Mississippi and in a very few days will be
securely planted on their own soil, in yon
der land where the sun makes his evening
couch, —numbershave no doubt gone away
with the emigrating party who were privy
to, or actually engaged in the most barbar
ous acts ol cruelty against our citizens—and
why should they have escaped the vengance
of an injured people ? for no other reason
I than that there has been negligence aye
. gross negligence in bringing these murder
. ous and bloody savages to justice, whether
requisitions will be made on the President
, of the United States, for such culprits as
i have escaped to the West, or not, we cannot
' say—certain it is that such a course would
be correct, and we have no manner of doubt
that if an individual or individuals should
come forward and promise to idt ntifiy, tha';
i the President would say, go forward make
out a clear case and you shall have the ag
gressor. Some thirty odd companies ofln
f.mtry from Gen. Sanford’s command have
been mustered out ol service, and have ta
ken up the welcome march for home.
The cavalry under the same command, will
be retained and ported as we stated in our
last, between this place and Roanoke on the
banks of the Chattahoochie, we are not a
little surprised and astonished however, at
the fact that whilst so large a force remains
as a guard on the river, that the Indians
should still continue to make their escape
and travel off towards Florida; a gentleman
of high respectability, who arrived from
Irwinton on Sunday morning informed us
that a party of about 30 Indians crossed the
- Lannahasse, a stream about 18 miles to the
: eastward of Lumpkin in Stewart County on
Saturday the 16th inst bending their way
• towards Florida ; —and reports from below
are daily reaching us stating the facts that
. the Indians are constantly strolling off to the
L Eastward! where are our horsemen? are
. they their posts ? If so, why not stop
! this Indian Emigration, which is taking al-
- together a wrong course ?
’ With regard to the war being at an end,
’ we remain of the same opinion as expressed
, in our editorial of last week; we do not be
, lieve that it has reached its final consumma-
I tion; there are still in the nation from 1800
to 2000 Indians, of whom no correct infor
mation can be gained and we have no right
under the circumstances to make up any
other conclusion than that they are all hos
tile. Gen. Jessup Iras recently stated that,
he believes the Creek War has but just be
gan —that a large number of Indians Who
have from the commencement professed to
be friendly have in fact been hostile and will
i soon show their true colors; we think with
i Gen. J. and hesitate not to express our ap
prehensions that much blood is' yet to be
shed, and that the most vigorous efforts on
the part of the whites, are yet requisite to
oriiig this war to a close and push these In
dians off' to the west.
The Muscogee Blues under the command
of Capt. Schley, returned last evening from
their trip toßaker county. The Cadet Ri-*
filemen and Guards w ill arrive to-day. We
learn nothing of interest from the Blues,
w ith this exception, that a party of Indians
I passed through Thomas county on their
. way to Florida a few days since, w hich par
ty the w hile men of the county w ho hador-
I ganized themselves in a milittry capacity,
• encountered, and a sharp battle ensued. In
■ this engagement nine Indians were killed
1 and several wounded. This circumstance
' furnishes another evidence of the fact, that
the Indians are daily getting off' to Florida.
Can they not Lie arrested? Shall they be
. permitted to go, and in Florida take refuge
• until the winter campaign shall commence
1' these, ami then fly back to the Creek Na-
■ tion, and there keep up a harrassjng warlare
on our border, God only knows how long!
' Let those Jn command see to this matter.
[Republican Herald.
Coroner's Report.—A. Coroner’s Inquest
was held on the 7th inst. on the body of a
negro wench named Clarissa, the property
of the esta’e of Airs Sarah Waters. The
jury returned a verdict that Clarissa came
to her death by a fracture on the right side
of the head by accidentally failing from the
window of tiie third story of the house of
Mr. John Wagner.— Sav.Gewgiun.
From the New Orleans Bee.
FROM TEXAS.
By the arrival from Texas yesterday mor
ning, it appears that there is but little like
lihood of att engagement between the con
tending parties. The advance guard of ei
ther army, it is believed, are not within one
hundred and fifty miles of one another, and
there was scarcely any probability o: the
Mexican army advancing, as they were
short of provisions, and every necessary mu
nition of war: it will be recollected that
their supplies were cwt off by the intercep
tion and capture by the Texian armed crui
sers,
Our informant states that a few days be
fore he left Texas, there was much indigna
tion expressed among the soldiery against
Santa Anna —and that they had made an
attempt to shoot him, but were prevented
by the timely interference of his guards. A
pistol shot was fired at Santa Anna but did
him no injury. The excitement arose from
the fact of the return of the Alexican army
into Texas.
From the Courier of last evening we glean
some further particulars. The Texian force
is estimated at about 3000 men, but from
the number of volunteers flocking in, par
ticularly fiotn the Western and Southern
states, it was presumed that in a few weeks
it would be augmented to 6000 men. Cos
and other officers, with about 400 prisoners,
are at Galveston Island. It is said to be
the intention of the Texians, in case the
Alexicans attack them, to put all their pris
oners to the sword.
The Alexicans (5000 strong) under the
command of Garrero, were at the Nucses,
waiting reinforcements.
It is rumored that Santa Anna had writ
ten to President Jackson, asking him or the
government, to be his security for any trea
ty which he may enter into witli ihe Texians.
He is said to have informed them that they
have no reason to apprehend an attack from
his countrymen, as he would issue a procla
mation that would induce them to evacuate,
without striking a single blow. The Tex
ians, however, appear to place but little
confidence in his word, and are preparing
for every exigency. They are well supplied
with provisions and munitions of war, and
we are informed would rather fight than
not.
General Houston had not arrived when
the Shenandoah sailed. Lamar, appointed
commander-in-chief in his absence, it is sup
posed, would resign on his return.
A few days previous to the departure of
the Slienandoaii, an individual, by the name
of Barts, died at Columbia. The general
presumption was, that his real name was
Barton, the Cashier of the Albany Bank,
who absconded sometime since, in conse
quence oftlie depredations which he com
mitted while cashier of that institution. He
had in bis possession fifteen thousand dol
lars.
Dr. Archer is confidently spoken of as
the next President of Texas, to succeed Bur
net, who is becoming daily more unpopular.
The schr. Julius Caesar, Lightburn, was
loaded and ready to sail.
The American schrs. Fanny Butler, Ca
manche and Watchman had been seized by
the Texians, as having Alexican property
on board, their cargoes confiscated, and the
vessels released, with the exception of the
Watchman.
Gen. Harrison’s Petticoat.—The fact
that the ladies of Chillicothe, Ohio, during die
late war, made a petticoat intended to be pre
sented to Gen. Harrison having been denied by an
, anonymous writer in a Pennsylvania paper Aies
; sers, John Bigler and John Anderson respecta
ble citizens of Dayton Ohio have made a pub
lication under their own proper names, in which
they prove the following facts which we copy
from the Lancaster (Pa.) Journal.
“ The late war, the Western frontier was
laid open to the enemy by a series of disasters
' and cowardice ; and the most important post in
the possession of Americans on the frontier was
Fort Sandusky, which was garrisoned by troops
commanded by Col. Croghan, of Harrison’s
army. General Harrison instead of throwing
, more troops in the Fort with a bravery that
proves him not to have the least claim to the
name of a hero ordered Colonel Croghan to a
bandon the Fort! Col. Croghan like a true
hero, refused to do so ; he remained and success
fully detendedjheFort, &by that means checked
the enemy until the western pioneers were pre
pared togivethemawarmreception. Underthese
circcmstances the ladies of Ctiilliothe, with tho
sp rt that has always prompted the American
lair, (while their husbands were preparing a
sword to be presented to Col. Croghan for his
gallant defence of the. Fort, against Gen. Har
rison's orders,) prepared a STIFF QUILTE D
PETTICOAT for Gen. Harrison.
[Danville Observer.
Aaron Burr.—-The ensuing Comt of Ses
sion is likely to be occupied with a trial of more
than ordinary interest, on account of the devel
opements excepted from it, and the previous
notoriety of some of the parties concerned.—
The person to be tried is a colored woman
named Alaria Wijliams, and amqngst the wit
nesses for the prosecution is tiie. celebrated
Aaron Burr, now upwards ofßo years old: Mrs.
Burr his wife, formerly Madam J time), and a
young widow lady, the daughter of a Lawyer
at Troy. The subject matter of the trial has
arisen from a suit instituted about a year back
hy Airs. Burr, to obtain a divorce from her hus
band, on the ground of ffis Htaving committed
adultery with the young widow above alluded tq
and the principal witness in support of Airs.
Burr’s charge against her husband, was Alaria
Williams, who has been indicted for perjury.—
Air. Western conducts the case for the prose
cution and it is said that the prisoner is also to
be defended by able counsel.
[2V. F. Jour, of Com,
“ Can you tell me where Air. Smith lives,
Mister?’, “ Smith—Smith—what Smith
—there are good many of that name itt
in these parts ; my name is Sniitb.”-r
--“ Why I don’t know his tothef name—bat
he’s sour and crabbed sort of a fellow, and
they call him crab Smith.” “ Oh, the de
vil ; I ’spose I’atn the man,
A Figure to Faint.— “ Represent me in
my protrait,” said a gentleman to his pain
ter, “ with a hook in my hand, and reading
aloud. Paint my servant also, in a corner
where he cannot be seen, but in such a
manner that he may hear me whgp I call
him,”
A. Sign.— That was rather a severe joke
oftlie man who cried out to the keeper of a
grog shop, on seeing a drunken man, heels
■ up, before his door, “ Mister, your sign
has fallen down !’’
