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[From the Cassville Pioneer, May 26.]
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
Cherokee Agency, East, )
May 18, 1638. $
A letter w, ■ received here this morning from
Washington city, signed hy Edward Gunter, sta
ting that Mr. Ross’ proposition to the War De
partment, to remove the Cherokees himself to
their new homes, had been allowed bv the Se
cretary of War. It is generally' known that Mr.
Ross’ proposition was to remove the Cherokees
within two years from the 23d of May. The let
ter goes on further to state, that the general ar
rangements and stipulations in the proposition,
had been agreed upon hy both parties, and that
they would be ratified the next day in full.
The effect of such a communication upon the
Cherokees is now easily perceivable. But one
feeling seems to exist, which is a general mur
mur of honor and glory to John Ross. The in
telligence is generally doubted by tire whites;
hut owing to the responsibility of the author, it
is held by the Cherokees to be as true as revela
tion.
To the politeness of our correspondent, v/e are
indebted for the following
ORDERS NO. 25.
Head-Quarters, Eastern Division, ?
Cherokee Agency, Tcnn., May 17, 1838.
Major General Scott, of the United States’
Army, announces to the troops assembled and
assembling in this country, that, with them, he
has been charged by the President to cause the
Cherokee Indians yet remaining in North Caro
lina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama, to re
move to the West, according to the Treaty of
1835. His Stall will be as follows :
Lieutenant Colonel W. J. Worth, acting Ad
jutant General, Chief of the St ass.
Major M M. Payne, acting Inspector General.
Lieutenants R. Anderson, and E. D. Keyes,
regular Aids-de- camp.
Colonel A. 11. Kenan, and Lieutenant 11. B.
Shaw, volunteer Aids-de-camp.
Any order given orally, or in writing hy either
of those officers, in the name of the Major Ge
neral, will be respected and obeyed as if given
by himself.
The Chiefs of Ordinance, of the Quarter- Mas
tcr’s Department and of the Commissariat, as
also the Medical Director of this Army, will, as
soon as they can be ascertained, be announced
in orders.
To carry out the general object with the great
est piomptitudc and certainly, and with the least
possible distress to the Indians, the country they
arc to evacuate is divided into three principal
Military Districts, under as many officers of high
rank, to command the troops serving therein,
subject to the instruction of the Major General.
Eastern Division, to lie commanded by Briga
dier General Eustis, of the United States’ Army,
or the highest officer in rank, serving therein:—
North Carolina, the part of Tennessee lying
north of Gilmer county, Georgia, and the comi
ties of Gilmer, Union, and Lumpkin, in Georgia.
Head Quarters, in the first instance, say', at Fort
Butler.
Western District , to ho commanded hy Colo,
ncl Lindsay, of the United States’ Army, or the
highest officer in rank, serving therein:—Ala
bama, the residue of Tennessee, and Dade coun
ty, in Georgia. Head Quarters, in the first in
stance, say, at Ross’ Landing.
Middle District, to bo commanded by Briga
dier General Armistead, of the United States’
Army, or the highest officer in rank, serving
therein : —All that part of the Cherokee country,
lying within the Slate of Georgia, and which is
not comprised in the two other districts. Head
Quarters, in the first instance, say, at New
Echota.
It is not intended that the foregoing bounda
ries between the principal commanders, shall he
strictly observed. Either, when carried near the
district of another, will not iiesitate to extend
his operations, according to the necessities of
the case, but with all practicable harmony, into
the adjoining district. And, among his princi
pal objects, in case of actual or apprehended hos
tilities,will be that of affording adequate protec
tion to our white people in and around the Che
rokee country.
The senior officer actually present in each dis
trict, will receive instructions from the Major
General as to the time of commencing the re
moval, and every thing that may occur interest
ing to the service, in the district, will he prompt
ly reported to the same source. The Alajor
General will endeavor to visit in a short time all
parts of the Cherokee country occupied by the
troops.
The duties devolved on the army, through the
orders of the Major General and those of the
commanders of districts, under him, arc of a high
ly important-and critical nature.
The Cherokees, by the advances which they
have made in Christianity and civilization, are
hy far the most interesting tribe of Indians in the
territorial limits of the United States. Os the
15,000 of those people who arc now to be remo
ved—(and the lime within which a voluntary em
igration was stipulated, will expire on the 23d
inst.) —it is understood that about four-fifths are
opposed, or have become averse to a distant emi
gration; and altho’nonc arc in actual hostilities
with the Ended States, or threaten a resistance
by’ arms, yet the troops will probably be obliged
to cover the whole country they inhabit, in older
to make prisoners and to march or to transport
the prisoners, by families, either to this place, to
Ross’ Landing or Gunter’s Landing, where they
arc finally delivered over to the Super in tend ant
of Cherokee Emigration.
Considering the number and temper of the mass
to be removed, together with the extent and fast
nesses of the country occupied, it will readily oc
cur that simple indiscretions—acts of harshness
and cruelty, on the part of the troops, may lead,
step by step, to delays, to impatience and exas
peration, and in the end, to a general war and
carnage—a result, in the case of those particular
Indians, utterly abhorrent to the generous sym
pathies of the whole American people. Every
possible kindness, compatible with the necessity
of removal, must, therefore, be shown by the
troops, and, if, in the ranks, a despicable indivi
dual should be found, capable of inflicting a wan
ton injury or insult on any Cherokee man, wo
man or child, it is hereby made the special duty
of the nearest good officer or man, instantly to in
terpose, and seize and consign the guilty wretch
to the severest penalty of the laws. The Major
General is fully persuaded that this injunction
will not be neglected by the brave men under
his command, who cannot be otiierwise than
jealous of tiieir own honor and that of their
country.
By early and persevering acts of kindness and
humanity, it is impossible to doubt that the
Indians may soon be induced to confide in the
Army, and instead of fleeing to mountains and
forests, flock to us for food and clothing. If,
however, through false apprehensions, individu
als, or a party here and there, should seek to
hide themselves, they must be pursued and in-
V u surren der, but not fired upon unless they
s muld make a stand to resist. Even in such
cases, mild remedies may sometimes succeed
ier lan violence; and it cannot be doubted j
that if-.ve get possession of the women and chil
dren first, or first capture the men, that, in either
case, the outstanding members of the same fami
lies will readily come in on the assurance of for
give ness and kind treatment.
Every captured man. as well as all who sur
render themselves, must be disarmed, with the
assurance taattheir weapons will he carefully
preserved and restored at, or beyond the Missis
sippi: in either case, the men will be guarded
and escorted, except it may he, where their wo
i men and children, arc as safely secured as hos
tages, but, in general, families, in our posses
sion, will not be sepa r ated, unless it he to send
men, as runners, to invite others to come in.
It may happen that Indians will he found too
sick, in the opinion, of the nearest Surgeon, to
he removed to one of the depots indicated above.
In every such case, one or more of the family or
the friends ofthe sick person, will be left in at
tendance, with ample subsistence and remedies,
and the remainder ofthe family removed hy the
j troops. Infants, superannuated persons, luna
tics and women in a helpless condition, will all,
in removal, require peculiar attention which the
brave and humane will seek to adapt to the ne
-1 ccssitics of the several cases.
All strong men, women, bovs and girls, will
be made to march under proper escorts. For
the feeble, Indian horses and ponies will furnish
a speedy resource, as well as for bedding and
j light cooking utensils—all of which, as intima
. j ted in the Treaty, will be necessary to give the
’ emigrants both in going to, and after arrival at,
. ! their new homes. Such, and all other light ar
ticles of property, the Indians will be allowed to
co’lect and to lake with them, as also theirslavcs,
. who will be treated in like manner with the lu
| dians themselves.
If the horses and ponies be not adequate to the
j above purpose, wagons must bo supplied.
Corn, oats, fodder, and other forage, also beef
, ! cattle, belonging to the Indians to be removed,
will be taken possession of by the proper depart
j meats of the Staff, as vvrn'ed, for the regular
! consumption of the Army, and certificates given
to the owners, specifying in every case, the
j amount of forage and the weight of beef, so
- taken, in order that tbe owners may be paid for
the same on their arrival at one of the depots
mentioned a l ove. *
All other moveable or personal property, left
or abandoned by the Indians will be collected
by agents appointed for the purpose, by the Su
’ perinlendant of the Cherokee emigration, under
i a system of accountability, for the benefit, of the
j Indian owners, which he will devise. The Ar
| my will give to those agents, in their operations,
i all reasonable countenance, aid and support,
j White men and widows, citizens ofthe United
1 | Stales, who are, or have been intermarried with
; Indians, and thence commonly termed, Indian
g ; countrymen; also, such Indians as have been
g made denizens of particular states: by special le
j gislation, together with the familes and property
of all such persons, will not he molested or re
moved hy the troops, until a decision, on the
t 1 principles involved, can be obtained from the
T j War Department.
, I A like indulgence, but only for a limited time,
( 1 and until further orders, is extended to the farni
-1 lies and property of certain Chiefs and head
’ | men of tiie two great Indian parties, (on the
I subject of emigration) now understood to" be ab
j sent in tbe direction of Washington on the busi
’ j ness of their respective parties.
y This order will be carefully read at the head
of every company of the Army.
By Command :
: WINFIELD SCOTT,
j W. J. Worth, Lt. Col., Chief of Staff.
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[From the Baltimore American of May 30.]
WASHINGTON, May 29.
UNITED STATES SENATE.
s’ After the disposal of a number of private bills,
y the message ofthe President, sent on a former
, j daj', in relation to the Cherokees, was ordered
s j to be printed and referred to the Committee on
d Indian Affairs.
v The resolution of Mr. HUBBARD,for altering
the daily hour of meeting to eleven o’clock in
stead of twelve, was taken up. It was opposed
e j on the ground that such an arrangement would
d j produce serious inconvenience to the various
d j committees, who, as it wasi had scarcely time
f enough for consultation and discussion.—The
a resolution was finally laid on the table, Ayes
- 26, Noes 14.
THE CURRENCY.
. I The Senate then proceeded to the eonsidera
- tion of Mr, CLAY’S resolution, having been a
rnended last night, so as to leave only the amend
ment of Mr. Webster for repealing the specie
• circular, and which had been ordered to be en
. grossed for a third reading.
The question being on its final passage,
Mr. WEBSTER spoke at much length in sup
• port of ids amendment, and in explanation of
1 the joint resolution of 1316.
> Mr. STRANGE opposed it.
Mr. CALHOUN followed, on the same side,
; and Mr. CLAY was making explanatory re
; marks when this report was closed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
After the journal had been read, Mr. BOON
' asked for the consideration of the following joint
; resolution, submitted by him yesterday :
) Resolved, the Senate concurring therein, that
; the Speaker ofthe House of Representatives
. and the President of the Senate, close the
. present session of Congress by an adjournment
1 ofthe two Houses over which they preside, re
! j spect ively, on the first Monday of July next.
Objections being made, he moved a suspension
; ! of the rules, but the motion was rejected.
; j A resolution was adopted, making the consid
! eration of bills reported by the Committee on
■ Revolutionary Claims, the special order after
i twelve o’clock on Saturday next.
Mr. PARIS, the member elect from Maine, |
i in the place of the late Mr. Carter, appeared,
I was sworn, and took his seat.
NORTH EASTERN BOUNDARY.
After some remarks from Messrs. FAIR
FIELD ana EVANS, on the great importance
I of the subject at the present time, the latter
: moved to refer the message and documents to
the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Messrs. CUSHING and CAMBRELENG
i made some brief statements in relation to it, and i
■ at the conclusion of the debate, on motion of j
Mr. CAMBRELENG, the previous question
was ordered, but, on motion of Mr. EVANS, the
whole subject was laid on the table.
On motion of Air. CAMBRELENG, the
| House then went into Committee ofthe Whole,
. j and took up the
. 1 INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
'I he question was on the following amend
ment submitted on Monday last by Air. BELL
by adding to the end of the bill the following :
■ ; “ Provided, That, if the President shall ascer
tain that all discontent and further opposition on
the part of any portion ofthe Cherokee Indians
to tiie treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty five
can be allayed or avoided, by allowing an addi.
tional compensation for the lands ceded to the
United States by the said treaty, and that the
Government may thereby be saved the expense
ol keeping on foot the large military force in
the Cherokee country now contemplated, he is
hereby authorized to apply two millions of the
sum approprialed-bv this act to that object ”
Air. HAY NES being entitled to the floor, re
sumed Ins remarks, and had not concluded when
this report was closed.
U. S. SENATE—THE CURRENCY.
[ Our AVaehington correspondent’* letter pub-
Uslel yesterday, left the Senate on Monday
evening engaged in listening to the speech of
Mr. Morris of Ohio, on his amendment to Mr.
Clay’s Resolution. At the conclusion of his re
marks, Mr. M. withdrew his amendment, and
offered the following resolution, as an append
age to the resolution under consideration :
Resolved, That the joint resolution of 1816,
authorizing the receipt by Government of sound
specie paying bank notes be and hereby is repeal
ed.
This Resolution was rejected without debate,
as follows:
\ EAS—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Cal
houn, Morris, Niles, Smith of Connecticut,
Strange—B.
NAYS—Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay of
Ala., Cla\ T of Ky., Clayton, Crittenden, Cuth
bert, Davis, Grundy, Hubbard, King, Linn,
Lumpkin, Lyon, McKean, ?»lerrick, Nicholas,
Norvell, Preston, Rives, Robbins, Robinson,
Buggies, Sevier Smith, of Inda., Southard,
Spence, Swift. Talmadge Tipton Trotter, Web
ster, White, Williams, Wright, Young—36.
Tile question now recurred on the resolution
(in the form given to it by Mr. Webster's snb
si itute) which was as follows, and effects a repeal
of the Treasury Specie Circular.
Be it resolved hy the Senate and Mouse of
Representatives, &ic. That it shall not be lawful
| for the Secretary of the Treasury to make, or to
continue in force, any general order which shall
create any difference between branches of revc
j nue, as to the money or medium of payment in
which debts, accruing to the United Stales may
I be paid,”
In this form the resolution was ordered to be
engrossed fur a third reading by the following
votes:
YEAS—Messrs. Bayard Buchanan, Clay, of
Ala., Clay of Ky., Clayton, Crittenden, Guthbert,
Davis, Grundy, King, Lumpkin, Lyon, MeKe
| an, Merrick, Nicholas, Norvell, Prentiss, Pres
ton, Rives, Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier,
Smith of Inda., Southard, Spence. Swift, Tall
madge, Tipton, Trotter, White, Williams
Young—34.
NAYS—Messrs Allen, Benton, Brown, Cal
houn, Hubbard, Linn, Morris, Niles, Smith, of
Conn., Strange—lo.
Mr. WEBSTER now moved an adjournment,
. i (with the view of making some remarks on the
subject on Tuesday,) but withdrew the motion
with a view to take up the general orders.
WASHINGTON, Mav 30.
| UNITED STATES SENATE.
1 A message was received from the House of
| Representatives informing the Senate that the
joint resolution annulling the Treasury Circular,
and prohibiting any such order hereafter, passed
! that body.
i THE BANKS.
Mr. WEBSTER offered a resolution inslruct
r ing the Committee on Finance to inquire and
- report whether, under the depsite act of June,
; 1836, it. is now competent for the Secretary of
; tlie Treasury to employ any bank heretofore se
lected as a public depository, and which since the
, passage of that act has suspended specie pay
ment; and also to consider the expediency of re
pealing or modifying so much of that act as pro
hibits the receipt in payment for public dues of
the notes of banks which issue notes of a less
denomination than live dollars.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Mr. GARLAND announced tothe House that
Messrs. PRENTISS and WORD having been
elected by the people of Mississippi in November
last, and that election having been again affirm
ed, were in attendance and in readiness to take
1 the usual oath. Those gentlemen then presen
ted themselves to the Speaker, when Mr. Pren
tiss, on behalf of himself and colleague, stated,
that considering themselves as having been elec
ted in November last, they would take the oath
upon the merits of that election only, and with
out any reference whatever so the recent con
firmation of it by the citizens of Mississippi.—
' The oath was then administered and they took
their seats.
THE CURRENCY.
Mr. BOON moved to suspend the rules for one
hour for the purpose of taking up and consider
ing t he following Joint Resolution of the Senate,
passed last evening, viz:
Resolved, That it shall not be lawful for the
Secretary of the Treasury to make or continue
in force, any general order which shall create
any difference between the different branches of
revenue, as to the money or medium of payment
in which debts or dues accruing to the United
Stales may be paid.
A division being called, the motion was agreed
to, ayes 112, noes 34.
The joint resolution was then taken up and
read twice, after which Mr. BOON moved the
previous question on endorsing it to a third read
ing, which being agreed to, ayes 151, nocs 27,
the resolution was read a third time.
The question then recurring on its final pas.
, sago, Mr. DUNCAN moved to commit it to the
Committee on Public Lands, with instructions
to amend by adding a clause prohibiting tbc sale
of more than 32(J acres of public land to any one
person, and that upon the condition of actual
occupancy.
Mr. BOON moved the Previous Question on
the final passage of the Joint Resolution, so as
to cut off this amendment, which being ordered,
the Joint Resolution was finally passed, ayes
154, noes 29.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
On motion of Mr. CAMBRELENG, the
House resolved itself into a Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union, Mr. Howard
in the Chair, on the bill making appropriations
for preventing and suppressing Indian hostilities
for the year 1838, and for arrearages for the
year 1837.
The question was on the following amendment
submitted on the 2 1st instant by Mr. Bell, by j
adding to the end of the bill the following:
“ Provided, That if the President shall ascer.
tain that all discontent and further opposition on
the part of any portion of the Cherokee Indians
to the treaty of eighteen hundred and thirty-five
can be allayed or avoided, by allowing additional
compensation for the lands ceded to the United
States by the said treaty, and that the Govern- '
merit may thereby be saved the expense of keep
ing on foot the large military force in the Che
rokee country now contemplated, he is hereby
authorized to apply two millions of the sum ap.
propriated by this act to that object.”
Mr. HOLSEY resumed and concluded his
remarks from last night, (the House having re
mained in session till ten o’clock without faking
any question, most of the time being occupied in
deciding ineffectual motions to adjourn.)
Mr. NAYLOR spoke at much length, in re- I
ply, and in defence of the Cherokecs.
The debate was still pending when this report
was closed.
REPEAL OF THE SPECIE CIRCULAR.
In the United States Senate, on Tuesday
evening. Mr. Clay’s Resolution, amended by j
Mr. Webster to read as follow's, was finally
passed—
“Re it Resolved hy the Senate and House of
Representatives tj-c., That it shall not be lawful
for the Secretary of the Treasury to make, or to
continue in force, any general order which shall
create any difference between the different
branches ot revenue, as to the moncj’ or medium
ot payment in which debts or dues, accruing to
the United States may be paid.”
Before the vote was taken, ‘
Mr. CLAY, of Ky., expressed regret that the
second portion of his resolution had not been
adopted; and he hoped that some farther reme
dies might be provided, especially the repeal of
the provision in the depositc law of IS3G, hy
which the notes of banks issuing notes of a de- i
nomination less than S 5 are now excluded from i
being received.
The vote on the passage of the resolution was
as follow's:
Yeas—Messrs. Bayard, Buchanan, Clay, of
Ala., Clay, of Ky., Clayton, Davis, Fulton,
Grundy. King, Lumnkin, Lyon, M’Kean, Mer
rick, Mouton, Nicholas, Norvell, Preston, Rives,
Robbins, Robinson, Ruggles, Sevier, Smith, ot
Indiana, Southard. Spence, Rwifl, Tallmadge,
Tipton, Trotter, Wall, Webster, White, Wil
liams, Young—34.
Kays—Messrs. Allen, Benton, Brown, Cal
houn, Hubbard, Morris, Niles, Smith, of Conn.,
Strange—9.
AUGUSTA,GA.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1838.
55“0n our first page vve continue the report of
Mr. V*’right on the currency.
55“ A Communication in reply to “S.” lias been
received, and will appear in our next.
55*We are requested to state that the Superior
Court for this County, stands adjourned until Mon
day next, 11th inst.
55* We call attention to the regulations adopted
by Gen. Scott for the removal of the Cherokee In
dians, wi ieh we copy from the Cassville Pioneer of
\ May 26. Those regulations were adopted before
the information of the recent movement at Wash
ington City could have reached him.
The following intelligence was received at our
post office on Saturday evening.
ATHENS, June 1, 1833.
“Our Georgia troops have taken all the Indians
in the counties of Cherokee, Forsyth, Lumpkin and j
Gilmer—some 15 or 1600 men, women and children.
“ Exclusive of ihc above, 725 Indians have come
in at New Echota, Cassville, and the Sixes. No
difficulty is apprehended with the rest.”
’ 53“ A letter received in this city yesterday hy
express mail from Philadelphia, dated the 31st u!t.
! states that in consequence of the repeal of the
specie circular, the Banks in that city it was
thought would speedily resume specie payments.
A meeting of the different banks in that city was
to have been held on the Ist inst., to take the sub
ject into consideration, and for fixing a day of gen
. eral resumption, which it was supposed would be in
the course of ten or fifteen days. Should this re
sumption take place, exchange on New' York it was
thought would go down to par in Philadelphia. The
following is an extract of a letter from Nicholas
Biddle to John Q. Adams, on the subject. In this
letter, it will be observed, Mr. Biddle considers the
government as having changed its policy towards
, the banks, by merely repealing the specie circu
lar, and by repealing it too at this present time ! !
“PHILADELPHIA, May 31st, 1838.
“ Dear Sir —ln my letter of the 7lh ult. I stated
ray belief that there could be no safe nor perma
nent resumption of specie payments by the banks,
until the policy of the Government towards them
i i was changed,
“ she repeal of the Specie Circular hy Congress,
makes that change. I see now, what, until now, I
■ have not seen: the means of restoring the currency.
I rejoice very sincerely at :he termination of this
: unhappy controversy, and shall cordially co-operate
| with the Government, by promoting what the banks
are, I am sure, anxious to effect, an early resump
tion of specie throughout the Union.
“With great respect, yours,
“N. BIDDLE.
“lion. J. Q. Adams, Washington.”
TH EWEATH EiL
Since our last we have experienced a great i
change in the weather. On Saturday evening it ;
commenced raining, and continued with little in
termission, until last night, when our paper went to
press—at which time it was cold and chilly, resem
bling more the early part of March, than weather
usually experienced in June.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
Several new works, from distinguished and popu
lar authors, have lately been presented to ns by
j Messrs. Richards & Stoy; among them are ‘ The
Robber,” by James, the popular author of “Riche
lieu,” “The Gipsy,” &c. “Cromwell,” an histori
j cal novel; and “Alice,” by Bulwer.
BANK ROBBERhT
A daring robbery of the Bank of the Metropolis,
at Washington, was committed on the night of the
I 25th ult. It appears that the thieve' 1 , by the assis
tance of a light painter’s ladder, reached the top of
i the bank portico, they then drew the ladder up, and
| ascended the roof of the bank, crossing the balus
trade. Descending by the sky-light, and forcing
| tw'o trap doors, they arrived at the bottom of the
stairs, when they cut or forced their way through
a pannelofa door, which communicates with the
bank, and which door was lined with sheet iron.
They succeeded in forcing open the book safe, in
which were deposited twm cases of valuable jewels,
silver spoons, &c. w hich they took away. They
made great efforts to force the main safe in the
cashier’s room, but without success.
Mr. E. Sigourney Norton,ofColumbus, put an end
to his life on the 30th inst. in a fit of insanity, by
cutting his throat with a razor.
There was another fire in Charleston on Satur
day last, which originated in the Cabinet shop of
Mr. May, in Queen street. Ovvingto the exertions
of the firemen it w'as arrested without doing further
damage than destroying the shop ; n which it orig
l inated.
i The Commissioners of the New York Canal
Fund have issued proposals for a loan of $500,000,
bearing an interest of five per cent—the proceeds
of which are to be applied to the enlargement of
the Erie Canal.
The National Intelligencer of the 2Sth ult. says :
“The nomination of Mr. Woodbury (now Secre
tary of the Treasury) to be Judge of the Supreme
Court of the State of New Hampshire has been
confirmed; and no doubt seems to be entertained
of his accepting the appointment. Who is to suc
ceed him in the Treasury is a matter about which
a good deal of curiosity exists.”
55“ The legislature of South Carolina adjourned '
on Friday last. The bill for the rebuilding of that
part of the city of Charleston destroyed by fire,
passed both houses ; hy the House of Representa- 1
fives, 74 yeas 30 nays; by the Senate. 31 yeas, 1
9 nays. .
The following resolutions, submitted by Mr. .
Davie, passed both houses by large majorities :
1. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Legisla
ture, the Resolutions adopted at the last session,
recommending the separation of the Government
from Banks, and the eventual collection and dis- 1
burseraent of the publh- moneys of the United I
States, in the constitutional currency, have re
ceived the approbation of the people of this State. 1
2. Resolved, That in the opinion of this Legisla
ture, the policy indicated by those Resolutions is 1
essential to the best interests of the country : and 1
that any public servant who refuses to promote the ’
same, pursues a course injurious to the welfare :
and prosperity of the State. i
3. Resolved, That the presiding officers of this 1
Legislature, be requested to transmit copies of 1
these Resolutions to the Senators and Representa
tives ofthis State in tho Congress of the United !
States.
SCf Wc stated in one of our papers of last week,
that Mr. Van Buren roust have been deceived in
the information he sought and obtained in regard to
the public feeling in those states interested in the
immediate removal of the Cherokee Indians to the
west. The more we give the subject an attentive
consideration, the less can we believe that the
President gave the sanction of his name to the
proposition of the Secretary of War to the Chero
kee delegation at Washington, without having
been advised to do so by individuals who must
have been considered as qualified to represent the
public feeling in Georgia, Alabama, North Caroli
na, and Tennessee. There is something strange,
and even suspicions, in this extraordinary move
ment of the President, which must be cleared up
and explained to the satisfaction of the people of
Georgia.
W e never cast imputations on any of our public
men, nor ever denounced any of them, without
; producing the proofs for the course pursued by us,
and in justification of the charges alleged by us.
As we are yet in the dark, as regards the motives
| and the grounds which led the President to act as
he did, we shall therefore abstain from making di
rect charges; hut it is due to the people of Geor
gia, that we should call their attention to various
incidents connected with the intended prolongation
of the time allowed to the Cherokee Indians to re
move to the west. In doing so we may draw upon
I ourselves the abuse of some, and the slanders of
others; but, as we have always pursued an inde
pendent course, certainly our friends must expect
that we would continue to act as independently in
a case vitally important to the state, and in the final
i result of which are involved the peace and welfare
I of Georgia, and especially the lives and happiness
of a very interesting and important section of this
! large state.
That the President and the Secretary of War did
require the advice and opinion of individuals, now
at Washington city, who, it was believed, had some
knowledge of the condition of the Indian affairs in
the four states interested, cannot for one moment
be doubted. Who are those individuals? This is
a question which the people of Georgia will require
to be explicitly and categorically answered. And
if ever it is so answered, audit is ascertained,that
the President was induced by them to propose a
j delay of two years for the removal of the Chcro
j kee Indians, we would rather be worms crawling
j upon the earth; than be such individuals.
I Our readers will recollect, that in the remarks of
' the Globe, on introducing the letter of the Secre
tary of War to John Ross, and others, of the Che
rokee delegation, there is the following paragraph :
“These views, in connection with the proposed
arrangement, were made known to an individual
i Senator supposed to he best acquainted with the
temper of the remnant of the Cherokee people
yet to emigrate, and best able to judge of the pro
priety of consenting to their proposition lo remove
I themselves, through their ('loots and Head-men, as
: most likely to contribute to the peaceable removal
! of the nation. All the delegations of the Suites
interested, would have been consulted if it could
have been supposed that the proposed arrangement,
i in the slightest degree, affected, without liieir pre
j vious consent, the rights or interests of any of those
i states.”
Who is this Senator? It is not Mr. Cuthbert, be
cause this gentleman most positively declared ihat,
he had been surprised at the tenor of the commu
nication laid before Congress, and one which he
' had not the slightest reason for anticipating, and
that no information on the subject had been afford
ed him by the Department of War. or by any por
tion of the Executive branch of the Government.
I It is not either of the Senators from Alabama or
i North Carolina, for they all took an immediate and
| bold stand against the proposition of llie President
: and Secretary of War. Can it be AJr. Lumpkin?
If it be not this gentleman, we will inform iiim,
; that suspicion has sprung up in regard to the course
he may have pursued in this controversy, which l.e
] will have to explain to the satisfaction of his
friends and the people of Georgia. This suspicion
has arisen since the publication of the remarks he
made in the Senate on the reception of the Presi
dent’s message. In these remarks he distinctly
acknowledges, that from time to time he had been
conferred with in his official'.slat-ion by the Executive
of the country. He had communed with the pre
sent and late President in relation to this affair; and
that it might he doe to the Secretary of War to
stale, that ho had been consulted in relation to
this matter, from which consultation, he presumed,
the document in question might have resulted.
Mr. Lumpkin is not alone, about whom suspi
cion is now afloat in Georgia. In the course of
his remarks in the House of Representatives, Mr.
Dawson made the following acknowledgments:
“Mr. Dawson assured all parties that if they ex
pected to make any thing politically out of ibis
question they were very much mistaken. Where
could be the necessity, or what good could result
out of sending for persons and papers to investi
gate the validity of a treaty long since ratified and
confirmed? What! were they to suffer John Ross
to arrest and change the w hole action of this Go
vernment? Mr. I), had labored day and night to
bring this man to a reasonable proposition, but he
had no sooner succeeded than in an hour after
wards he withdrew,or changed his opinion.”
Mr. Dawson admits most explicitly that he labor
ed day and night to bring Ross to a reasonable
proposition? What reasonable proposition? Whet
reasonable proposition could be made by Ross to
| Mr. Dawson, while the treaty of 1835 was the law
| of the land? What reasonable proposition could
j be made by Ross to Mr. Dawson, when it w’as so
notorious that the people of Georgia would hear of
nothing but the execution of the treaty of 1835,
and the removal of the Indians from the territory
of Georgia, at the time stipulated in that treaty?
Could Mr. Dawson have entertained the idea that
he could have had influence enough to change the
resolution of the people of Georgia to abide by the
treaty,rigidly, and without the smallest concession'?
Mr. L umpkin admits that he was consulted by
the Executive, and Mr. Dawson admits that he la
bored day and night to bring John Ross to a rea
sonable proposition. Only those two gentlemen
are as yet implicated in this transaction. The other
members of the Georgia representation, declared
on the floor of Congress, that they were not con
sulted.
The lion. Patrick Noble, in compliance with the
request of a number of members of the Legislature,
and other citizens from different parts of the State,
has consented to be puti.i nomination for the office
of Governor of the State of South Carolina, at the
next election.
Monday the 28lh ult. was the day of the depar
ture of the Steam Ship Great Western, from Bristol
for New York. If every thing has gone right, her
arrival at New York may be looked for towards the
end of this week !
[From the New York Journal of Commerce, May 30.1
FIVE DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
By the racket ship Orpheus, Capt. Bailey, we
have received London dates to May Ist, and Liver
pool to the 2nd, hot' inclusive. For the latest
London papers, together with others of various
dates, we are indebted to Captain Bailey.
Capt Bancker, in our news schooner, boarded the
Orpheus far out this morning, and sent tip our pa
pers and the letter bags express across Long Island.
There will be no other communication with the
ship until a late hour. By this means the commer
cial community throughout the country will re
ceive their despatches one day earlier than they
otherwise would.
The London Times has an angry article on the
relations between the United States and Great
Britain. It professes a great desire for pacific ad-
justment of pending differences, but discourses in a
tone not very far from hostile. The Times is a high
1 orypaper. The Administration papers are much
more civil.
A discussion is going on in the newspapers rela
tive to Mr. Jaudon and the U. S. Bank.
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[COMMUNICATED.]
Messrs. Editors, —Do not misunderstand me. I
am not an enemy to Banks—well regulated Banks. » I.'
, Commercial commnnilies cannot do without them. Bi
- lam not for destroying, only regulating them, so ns JBS
3 to gain their advantages to the community, nnd avoid
1 as mncli as possible, the evils of such institutions. Bl
- I speak freely, perhaps too harshly, the convictions B*
of my judgment. It is nothing but the sincerity of JB
• truth that prompts me, and my energetic avowals Bb
r have no origin in a vindictive spirit, in regard to
I the institutions, whose mismanagement 1 blame. — 9B
[ I ;ay, it was their mismanagement that rendered
the suspension of specie payments important, if not 99
■ indispensable, to their continued existence ; and
was only indignant at the assertion from so high a
quarter, 1 hat the good of the community, and not the
‘ preservation of the Banks, required the adoption of t ”'V'
1 this measure. I am yet unchanged by all tha |
have hoard in opposition to my belief Before this
measure was adopted by the Ranks, their hills
were so plenty, flooding the country, that property
1 brought nearly double its former prices, not be- HB
‘ cause, generally, property had really become in
trinsically more valuable, but because bank notes,
1 with which it could be bought, had been issued to
' such amount, that they were not actually worth
) what they purported to be, and, therefore, it was B
, requisite to give more of them in payment, in order
to make up in quantity what they lacked in quality
- in other words, property was high, because bant B
f bills were low ; and they were low% because the - 9
were “plenty as blackberries.” What was th - B
consequence to the Banks, when specie was wnr’ M
- ed, in the course of trade, to pay onr debts ? Wh
s in most instances, it did not require much
j than one-fourth of their hills to be presentf^^P.,*-' T :
their counters, to drain their vaults of every I
1 in gold and silver. If they had been presented - I
’ what would liave been the consequence to the 9
( Banks ? Tliey r would hax r e been bankrupt. It I
was their salvation, then, plainly, that led them, I
■ (I grant it) with the approbation of the community, I
to suspend the payment of their notes in specie.— li,
• But how was the public benefited by this snspen- |
sion, or what disasters would they have suffered,
; if the Banks had gone on to pay. till they were ii
1 bankrupt for the want of specie to redeem their I
promises ? Would things have been much, or any I
worse than they have been ? The Banks, m one B
case, do net pay, because, (say) they will not; in B
the other, because they cannot. In the former, the I
community know, that their issues have been so
large, that they cannot pay, if pushed, more than ;
one dollar in specie for three of paper—two-thirds
must remain unpaid. What is the difference in
(he latter case ? Suppose the Banks had continu
ed to pay specie as long as they had it; under the i
most favorable statement of their affairs, two-thirds fIH
of their notes must have remained unpaid, when
their vaults were drained. What is the difference
to the community ? After paying all their specie,
they could but have done as they have been doing B
—exchanging other people’s notes for their own : B
and as lo the bugbear, started by the Banks, of all 9
the gold and silver going out of the country, it is ]
but a bugbear—a contemptible deception. Like J
other commodities, specie must obey the laws of 1
trade, and go where it is in demand. If, at first, ! I
were shipped to Europe to pay onr foreign deb' I
how much has been recently imported, or sent / I
European capitalists into the United States ? 'Jta
there ever as much in the same period of timo ?
If it goes out to-day, it comes back to-morrow, by
a necessary re-action. The exportation renders it
scarce at home; that scarcity creates demand, and 4
immediately the current flows back as steadily,
and with as much certainty, as any of the opera
tions of commercial speculation. The Banks, then,
have been principally, if not alone, benefitted, by
the suspension, for they have saved the
getting specie to pay their debts, which others W i
have incurred, and been obliged to incur. They
have been thus enabled to keep up appearances i
to work on w ithout total discredit, and if possible
to pay their debts out of the profits of a business’
which incurred no risk, and exacted interest while
it paid none. They have also, by the preservation
of some little credit, continued their chance of
availing themselves of the gullibility of the people,
who might be induced to overlook the true nature t
of the case, and forgetful of the past, and regard- I
less of the future, to take their rag money with the J
same thoughtless disregard of consequences, which
has alw«y» distinguished them on this subject.