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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 !’’