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0 VAN BOiLETTISH. i Washington, March C, 183G. j Gentlemen:?I have- the honor to ac-J knowledge the receipt" of your letter ap-? ' prizing me of the deep anxiety which is i felt by ? portion of your fellow citizens, r as to my views upon a topic vitally aflcc ting their immediate welfare and happiness, and of the importance of their being possessed o? a thorough knowledge of them, and asking me to say, whether I do cr do out believe that*Congress has the . constitutional power to interfere with, or 1 - n-? OWiituhli. cboliih slavery in u?c v? # I am not only willing, butdesirona, gentlemen, dial you should die most thorough knowledge of my ricws and footings upon the delicate and intcresiiog subject wij$ winch yooi question is con aeetcd; and* skall endeavor to acquaint you w ith them in the fullest manner in my 1 p.-wer. .. -Not baring, heretofore, had the honor' of being in -political coountuacation with, vod, I am not advised whether the sentimeats relating to u, which hate been * avowed by mjitffaud by my authority, within the 'hpltra years, have come to roar knowkwM- -1 deem iy therefore, proper, to furn^h you with thcsisbsuace wfv them, fcefofe I reply to yon.- more frtonirr. The avowals to which I ?Wrf wcrp - .*^1-. <7 t^t. An opinivn that Congress has no right to interfere in anj manner, or to any extent, with the subject of slavery in the Siilcs; C Sd. Against the propriety of their doing so in the District of Coiambu; and ' 3d. The statement of my foil concurin the sentiments expressed by -the -" citizens of Albany* in public meeting, the most Important of which ere as follow, riz. "That the constitation of the "United States carries with It an adjustment of all questions iarolved in tha deliberations which led to it* adoption, and that the compromise of interests in whibb it was founded, is binding Jo honor and . good faith, wrftpaarfraf/fr tjTlke fine ef on all who live under its pro tertian saJ participate in the benefits of which it is the Maices" 44 That the rchtion of master and slave is a matter u* chwlvely belonging to the people of each* State, within its own boanasty, nod thai tor attempt by the government or people of any other State, or by the tioneral Gore mm en t, to interfere with or disturb it, would violate Uvevpiiii of the federal co apact:" "That we can only hope to maintain the Union of the 3au? by abstaining from" at! interference with the laws, domestic policy and peculiar interests of * every other State:" rThat all sech inter" faience which tends. 19 alienate one portion of oar countrymen from the real, deserves to be frowned upon, with indignation by all who cherish the principles of our revolutionary lathers, and who desire td preserve the constatdtion by the exorcise of that spirit of amity which anijnatcdits Cramers:" "That theydeprecated thbsf oodect of those who are etteeMtiog to coecco their brethren In other States into the xbo.Stion of shivery, by appeals so'tt* fears p* ? doss of tfao tinve; ond All lhey M oos bvt consider i-Vcm m. disturber* cif the public pence, and wooid, by all constitaikmol means, exert their influence to smut the Drotwu of stfeb measures:" "Thai whiki ih?y would m^ntain inviolate the liberty of speech and /he freedom of the press, they; considered discussions, which* frtfta'jhetrinature, tend I?toflamt the public aiod and pot la ieopcioy the Uveaand property of their fellow dtijvea, at war thkpwrjr rate of oaoral doty, aod er tty suggestion ofiftmnitr, sod would M WMtnSaid, roorto vet, to regard those, who, with a foil knowledge of tfctfr pernictous tendency, persist in carrying then." on, as disloyal to ike Union*'* "That the! people of the sooth wooid do great injostiee If thev allow themselves to believe,' that the few who arc interfering with! the question of. ikftty, v*c acting in ac- j cerdaoce with UttHniuaonsoi mvhww upon the *ckneel;" and finally, " that they e^tbewdeebnti out to their southern j . brcihrtm in the mwc spirit of amity which bound together their father* and onra, during the long mad eventful struggle for independence* and that they did, u full rrjnembrance of that common at* sedation, plight lb them their faith to{ maintain to practice, a* for M lies in their power what they had thus solemnly do<l.wA" These views, the* expressed and sane- j ; flowed by myaeif, appear to me to corcr the whole ground, live the abstract qtits-! liorto whieh yoa bare been plefessd to call iny attention, and I cheerfully cm brace tKc opportunity you hare felt it yoor doty to aflord me, to explain myself fully on thai also. As anwoas as yen cap posajUfy be, to arrest til agitation upon this distw h'uig subject, I hare considered (he question yoo tore propounded to me, with a sincere W >t the conclusion, that the! *? r v ? subject, fa* rapeel to the District of Columbia, can bo HfnJjr pltoed oo she name froond oa which it stahfe in wfard to the States, Wx: the want oc ooosuumonaJ power in Congress to ih* matter. I owo it, howevrr, to candor, v? #0 to you, that I have not been ahtelo tttm. araatf that the gnat to Congrew*, in the ofi *> the power of urxd*uM *U\ MW mhotsocsw' over the Fader* District,! doer** confer oft that body the ?**# tboriif.orer the suhjcctthat would oihet*^ h*?? bee* possessed by the States of Msr>* land sod Virginia; or that Congress might 'v Z&r, ift eirtftdJb?n?? take seeh steps upon #v / * - f - fit die adject ia this District, as those States ra?g|u ihcuwelve* take wkfcio their own bmiia, and consistent!/ villi their rights of sovereign!/. " "' ? : Thus viewing the matter, I would not, from the lights now before me, feel myself safo in pronouncing that Cocgrcss does not possess' the power of ioterwiag' with or abolishiog darfcr/ iojfaa District of^ Colombia. Bat, wtnblsuch are my prescn&i oppressions upotu he abstract question cf the legal power of Coi^grest?impreasioiit which I shall at all times he not ool/ read/, but diapered, to safrender a poo oonvictioa of error. ?I do 90t hesitate to give it to you arm/ deliberate and well-considered opinion, that there are objections to the exercise of this power, against the wishes of the slaveholding S ates, as imperative im their nature ar^ obligations, in regulating the conduct pu!> lie mco, as the mast palpable t&anfi 'of constitutional power tSMutd be. ?otf have alluded in You letter to the conspicuoussituation 'in-which 1 have been placed before the public, and I lake it for granted, (bal H ie to thai circumstancr, rathe* than to any^oiher, thai 1 artf id. ascribe the solicitude fell by yoorflelici and your fellow-citizens in respect to my views on the subject. L recognise, to the fullest extent, the propriety of this desire on yeur part; and although their ia nothing in your Tetter.making the arovnl'necessary, I prefer that not only you, but all (be peopla of the United States shall now understand, that if the desire of that portion of themwbich is favorable to my elevation to the Chief Msjestraey, should begratified, I mast to into the presidential Chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of any attempt on tbe part el Congress to abolish slavery in District ol Colombia, againt the wishes of the sfevekrtktin* fiuiaa. and also with tho deter minalion cyaaBy^ decided, to feabt the slightest interference with the subject in the States where it exists. In saying this, f tender neither to tbda nor to you,* ?ny f ledges, hut declare only settled opinions and convictions of doty. Those who doubt that they will he carried into full and fair effect, are tinder no obligations to Jrost me. An opportunity is afforded them to exercise their free choice tn the matter, and they'may be assured, that there is no one tess iikcTT to complsfci of its exercise than mysellt The peculiar importance of the subject and a desire (which yon will allow, me Jo feel) that my views of it should bo correctiy understood, make It proper that I should explain the grounds of the opinion*above expressed. They are founded, amongst other*, on the following con?iderotioiu,irix: 1st. I believe, that if it had been lore teen, at the time of the adoption of the constitution, that the seat of the Federal Government would be fixed in a slaveholding region, and that the safaiccft of slavery would be there agitated to toe prejudice of those, holding this species of property, the right to do so, would, with the assent of the cion-slaveholriing States, have made en- exception to the unrestricted legislative power given to Congress over the District to be ceded. $dJy. I cannot but regard the agitation of tfiO subject in the District of Colombia, as a surprise upon the people of Maryland and Virginia, being very confident thai ff'Che state of things which now exists, bad been at all apprehended by those States, the cession of the District would not hare been made except upon the express condition that Congress should exercise no such power; and thai with such a condition the cession'would, in the thop state of rablic opinion, have been readilv aeeenteu. ' . ddljr. I do therefore believe, that the RbotitMBOMivinr intbfi District of Co* htmbia, aftUwt'thc wis!k# of the *Ureboltfiaf tfttln (iMUfnidf that Coimca Baa the power to effect It) would violate the apirit of that eontprocntae of inlereau which lice at the baeie of our aocial cons[p^ci; aod i am thoroughly convinced, Ihat it o,*?ii)d not be ao done, without imminent | peril, if hot certain deatraction, to the Uhi ; on of U,* States. Viewing the matter In I this light, it io my eloar and aettlad opinion, that the Federal Government ought to abtuin firfcoi doing to, aad that it ia the sacred duty oV thpae whom the people ol the United State* entrust with the control of isa action, ao to uac the constitutions! power with which they ere invested, ae4c prevent it. | 1 think It doe to the occasion, and onW i a aimilar act of justice tu my fcJIow-cid - * #t ?i.: i Mai^. zetxM or Hie norui, 01 an p<wn?? to odd the expression of my full belief that the opinion* above expressed accord in substance with those entertained by i larger majority of the people of the nam bit?holding Htatfa, this baa irrt befog ; rxiiletFIn loose States on a public qn#*< | lion of equal magnitude.' it ?* alao due tc ithem to say, that their sentiments on (hi* subject spring out of consideration* of too high a character, and look to conseqoen< ecs of too solemn an import, to be shakrn by alight causes. With only a generous confluence on the*part of the South in their brethren of the North, and a firm determination on the part of each, to visit with their seediest displeasure any attempt to connect the subject with party politics, those sentiments csuaot be overthrown; All future attempts on the part of lite obb4 ' liUonicu (o do io, will then *rrvo lo acetiI mutate and concentrate poblic odium on .'themselves. Thai Ultra are persons at ih? North who are far from concurring in th? prevailing sentiment I hare described. Is certainly true; but their numbers, when compared trith the rest of the community, are very inconsiderable; and if the cooifi* tion of thipgs be not greatly aggravated by Unpfndenco, many cf them, I hate no ^ v. jdoubt, will ultimately adopt sounder vie w?i ot thewabjeet; and tie efforts of those who toe; persist in the work of agitation, may be overcome by reason, or reading in operative by. constitutional ^remedies. * To one class of those who hare hither-' to petitioned Congress for the abolition of slavery in the;-Difllrict -of Colombia, 1 cannot forbear to refer.. I allude to the society of Friends, or the people^deaorriinatcd Quakers. 'Flic uniformity of their conrea opon this tabject, the temperate maoner in wbich it has been manifested, and the marked 'excellence of their conduet and character, appear to have conciliated respect for their motives, cren from those who differ with them in opinion. . far as my observation his enabled the to judgff, itis due to them to say, thstju there has been no indication of any changeotf opiuinn upon. tbetr part tJu. ia; the preaeotysxcitement,so lias there been no evidence of a disposition to lead lhem-, selves to the undue agitations 01 the pubti# mind, attempted by others. There U certainly no class of people in this country, who hare a deeper interest in the preservation of the Union and of the happy sysi tern of government which it upholds, than they; and it has now become very apptfri rent to all reflecting and observing n.inds, that the question ofslavcry iu the District of Colombia cannot bo pressed to the result they desire, with safety to those paramount objects. Do not these considerations justify the hope, that from them, at least, we may reasonably expect, for the I future, a mode of dealing with the subject trhifci it docs no injustice to their | principle*, shall repress, instead of incrcaT aog agiUlioo, and not endanger llic great T Interests to which 1 hare referred? To doubt it would be to distrosi the influence . which industry, morality, intelligence atui t republican habits?qualities trhirh all adi. nit them to possets in a high degree, are , calculated, in great emergencies, to exert upon the conduct of their possessors. i And for the like reason, It may ceruunly to expected that well-disposed persons of other religious denominations, who, without a full consideration of the difficulties which surround this subject and of the dtogcrom consequences to irliirfj the effort* of the abolitionists so evidently tend hare lent to these efforts (be influence of their names and character, will be carclul hereafter to avoid the repetition of an error so unfortunaloand mischicrou*. In every view of the subject, therefore, it does appear to me, that although there certainly-is, in the present cohdirion of the country in relation to it, sufficient to excite the most serious attention, there is nothing io the slate of public opinion in the Untied Slates to justify that panic in the public mind, which invariably disqualifies those who partake of it, from dealing wisely or successfully with the circumstances by which it is produced. From abroad we have, I think, some right to exipect lees interference than heretofore. \Vc shall, I am confident, for some lime at least, have no more foreign agents to enlighten os ou Ihe subject. Htrcr.t re suits here, and the discussion ariih which they have been attended, cannot fail to attract the attention ai the reading and re fleeting portion.of the foreign public. By. these means they will be made to under* stand our veal condition in this respect, and they will know thai the unchangeable law of that condition is, that the slave question must bo left to the control of the i alavchoiding Bute* themselves, without , molestation or interference from any quarter, that foreign interference of every de script! on can only be injurious to the la?*, without benefit to toy Interest, and , wMl not be endured by any section of oor , country? ami that any interference, com. lug from even the non-slareboldiug por\ lion* of oor owu territory, is calculate d lo , endanger the perpetuity, and if sanction\ ed by the General Government, irould inJ cvitably occasion the dissolution of our l happy Union. Seeing the subject in tbi?. t it* iron aapeCt, and eontciou* a* they must . be, that the downfall of" this republic I wonl<t1>e the severest blow tbattl?e cause . of liberty and self-go verumcnt could rct ceive, and from which its recovery would i be hopeless, the wise and the good f atuongit them?those who are realty guiII dad b) the principles of justice & burnetiiij Ijhp-wBI pause andachnowledge thai the? f have ntieapprehended the true bearing* I of Uiia question. Instead of accusing our ^Connirynieo, who hold property in slaves, . with disreMrdinff thufieneral principles of ) liberty antj (he iStotaiM of a pure rcli, gion, ihfy will recognize, in Uiie claw of [ of oar citizens, at sincere friends to the haj>i ptec? of mankind u any others, ami wtil ? become sensible 4hat this species ofproperty, i the result of rati?ores which they had ao : control, is to inheritance which they only i know how to dispose of. Instead of ch?rgi i;tf the people or the nomshveholding State* r and as has often been done, with hypocrisy in > profiting an ardent love of freedom, iliejr I will find that the free citizens of (he North i are only acting upon the pinniplca of fidelity, * - - ' ?- :/ to their most (oienin engogcmcuu; kmi u ?bey worn to attempt the accomplishment of what is desired of them by tho-c who regard datery as incooswteat wiilnbe equal rights on which our institutionc arc fonnded. they will involve themselves in the odium, either f seeking to evsdo a compact which was the : means at id the pl??dgo of our nationsl existence, or of arailing themselves of their pre-1 sent power end unexampled prosperity, to1 dissolve a connexion with their southern brethren, formed at a period of mutual adversity, for a cause which was then not only known to exfet but die continuance of which was expressly recognized in the bond of tbeir union. X hare thus gentlemen, been compelled to exlcud my remarks, consider*ldy_futlW thin* 1 intended, when" 1 commenced to tnifcr your inquiry: As, however, the nbject was dclicnte and important, 1 feel that there' not trespassed further upou your time iu its examination than was proper to eaah you ' to comprehend the views 1 entertained of if, or than was respectful lo (he considerations | which justified your call for those riews. ! And I feel assured, whatever may be the i difference of opinion, if any, which exists be; tween myself and any other portions of my fellow citizens, that the issue of this matter as of all preceding questions which have agitated the public miud, and have been thought to be pregnant with danger, will, in their bands, be such as to strengthen the ootids of thcit union, and to increase those fraidrna! and patriotic directions, which ocr past national history lias so often and so* honorably : it? SUU3U ytvu. I am, very respectfully, L Yuurobccient servant, f "* * M. VAN BUREN. Messrs; Junius Amis, Is -r.c J lull J ,!in Wall, C Yellow by, Samuel B. Spir if, and James W. Purziuu. Jackson, N. C.. I k THE LETTER. The P. Intelligencer draws largely on the gullibility of the people, whet) it has the audacity to any, that -.'Mr, Van Buren has, on every important question, proved himself the enemy of Southern flights." Was he*o. when he was the uncompromising opponent of the United Stairs Bank! when he is the enemy of National Internal Improvements! when he went ; for the reduction of the Tar iff? when fie supported Crawford against Adams? when be denounces the Abolitionists, and probounces his anathema gainstany attempt ? "?-"l-ll? alnvip\' J-i ihe Hicl-irl <if Columbia? when his leading political star is Thomas Jcflcrtonf J? lite InleJligcn* cer serious, urhoti it says thai the gnruc V. B. Js playing was "iulendetT* and must sesnlt in ihc triumph of the Fanatics!" Tlie man who makes such reckless declarations, is ihc stave uf prejudice, or the hack of ? faction. Tiie Whigs are terfibly annoy cd by Mr. Van Korea's Letter.?The Td**gMph prouojnces it, "coming oat as it does upon the ete of tbo elections io Virginia, as intended to influence the vote in that State." The letter it favorable of course, to the South! ? The Norfolk licrald calls upon the "South* ?... M.u>'a nm ?n tw? <tm*i>irr>fl h? fhit char. ?IU J?VVJ?.?. M'/? W - - ? ? j ?.?,? ? tncf, charm he nctrr an wisely"?and admits "in irmh, that Mr. Van Buren's opinions npon this subject, a* f?nh iu his letter to Ins N. C. friends," (enemies, the Herald should have said,) "and reiterated in those o! Virginia, nrc such, as any iXMithern own might entertain w it hour fear or scruple?and jet (ad-.'s (be Herald) eve \vonM not give a tig for them; because wo no hare no confidence in their sincerity."?Indeed? nrhst a suspicion* sceptic i hum an b? Will not he | bclem ike i. ^i solemn dedaratiuua thai i man crrr made! M lut most he thiol: too of ! Mr V. ll's. understanding? ?timLuu ! such pledges, would prote him out only U? be the basest rascal, but I be most cousumato fuel in the world.?Rich. Eaq.. What a pretty Kettle of Fish. The Washington Sun (lucos a non luccndo, Judge White's paper) contains llio following extract of o letter to the Editor, from "Hiciimond, March !." -You inusi, of course, hare beard of the resignation of Mr. Tyler, beforr this ? I ta-tsK t'nti linri* hf/iril V?V ??%- -? ? M. W ? MM - V ? his paper read in the Assembly of this State, and seen the writhing* and contortiosa of the parly aa (he damning truths, contained therein, were poured into the ( ear* of those recreant Virginians, who i hire voluntarily isubm.ttcd themselves to I the yoke of Van Buren, and given up the glnry of the Ancient Dominion. The . feeling evinced Ly them, *rn? worse Inan jany thing they can aspect to receive as a | puaitfhmrnt in the certain hell that Im ro ; come. On the other hand, you vrouid ' hare hern delighted wHt the high and ' noble hearing of the patriotic minority, , who have battled inch by inch, and word by word, with the cravens who have sold their independence forth c hopo of ofitec. It would have done your antrf good to admire their situation?it was worth a pil* grimage to the ends of Iho earth to bear . testimony to tlieir triumph even in seeming defeat. Stannrd Uronn Summers, Gilmer. Dot man, Wilchcr, Gregory, ami a , host cf others, the friends of White, the t protectors of tho rights of the Slate, have almost received th< ir reward tfhen tho? noble, calm, and derided |.-?pr r of Tyler's mnuiuing his rcfd^n. lion, traa ryaJ. Ll is the dtaili-knell to Y&if llurcnUm in this State. It is hoped here that nothing mil prevent Mr. Leigh from retiring lor a short time front the slaiiat) he f.lls with so much honor to himself, and benefit to hie constituents.*' j i t | Ah! but Leigh hn# not yet rciircd cTen , for a sht-ritiirc?aod lion* he has turned the tables upon his frictnl. What a beau I liful parody on thcabove precious inorceau 1 might he written on the scene of reading j of Leigh's letter. Never vii a |>a? ty 1 more discomfillcd and cowed. All the] "writhing* and contortions" were on the: other side of the House?all the "hign and noble benriug" gone! It "would have] done your soul good to admire their si- / (nation!" Could the same pencil which/ drew the above Fancy Sketch, hare only I pourtrayed lite scene of Saturday las/ in1 II its reality* what a gallery of woe?begone and chap-fallen countenances,ivould grace his canvass! The candid AVhigs admit themselves that their own "death- < knell is rung."?Richmovd Enqnirer Order rf g2- w M?kir f Moontfbrt* of the Ansr, lor a copy of the Order J of Geu. Gaines en refcawogtoGea. Cfiaeb the j? command of the gallant corps who marched from ?? New Orleans via Tamp* to U? relief of t iioeii. 1 It fir*, precaution which does bono* to the heart of I the veteran soldier: J^ % BEM^OAmu, Wtirttt DcrAmm, ) Fart hard, on 1kt JF&fcbiesft&tt* ? V Ifortfid. 1699- > *Vi ORDER NO. 7. I.?Colled to East ?krid*br the savage ohm* j ' ere* and conflagrations on the 28th Decoder, nit the following month. the CeronaodUy *J3caetin \ : hastily collected, io Looisissa, tire forces whicfc accompanied hits through that patriotic J&au?*:4l These troops, in the abort space of thirty-sir dsp^ ^ I have matched b* land and water neon*; rirht h&nJ ^ ' Jfed milrt?ooo huidrrd end forty thfotvfa (tw -'a I conatxr occupied by the enemy, whose principal % ! (orte they bate met, beaten," and Screed to sod fcr ^ peace. 11?These important objects of the ctanip S ' having bron accoraolisbed with the hearty end ccrdhl co-operation or Ilri; Geo. Clinch,"(So whgsw sound judgment the defence of this tnitiet^d .i been wisely confided, an J by raose fittotrytbe | enemy bod been chastised, on the 31st December, and since held in check as far as his limited abeeas < would allou-) the. troops of Lomsjaiih Jwgghptd, ; j under his command tu order to guard agsixtstlbe , ' known faithlessness at the enemy onfil w wiiml '-?j } of i he force under the officer charged with the di plooutio arrangements of (lie \Y ar Deportment- ^ Whenever end as soon as that officer wbaQ Meters . bis p-?k?:W ope?i*o?.?'and accomplish the dQbes *| ( aliened hira, the forces-iroai Louisiana wtifrrtani \ to New Orleans. ; - v -p. ; 111.?The commanding GesetoS jbusuUC ffmsis | lentiy with bis views of propriety, take lexve ef i the troops by whom he bu ra woBwbjH* Lureu. iTithout tendering to,lkf rIifr%|>tf1sl acwhich tbey have performed every dnmwS'bomo ; printioo), the recital of wtuen voom N( Utl to ! command Ike admiration of the virtnaoo Bfii vkn | of crrrj section of the ftrpabtie. the ofieevsanrf , : soldiers ot' Ike whole of these force*, (inclndfuf (be i Artillery from Tampa Bay. acting as a Light Bri- i ! gadc coder command of LL Cot Twiggs ot the i 4tU lo&ntrjr,) hare performed lhcw dale so mack to the satisfaction of the Ofcml, that he ewpt * discriminate between the rclatire claims of corps, . . of others another individuals, without the risk of inr.tljou* distinction:?all did tbtii'doty chrerfclly r and jolUatij, and when it became aetwnnf to \ meet the qurs^oo, whether to cat the meat of their . own bone*, or to abatnleo an, important position, ^ ! ?11 cbccrfoHy preferred this unpleasant subsistence | to soy inoremeot thatwdhld endanger the frontier. ! The bono meat was accordingly eaten bf efiom ; and men cntil the enemy was beaten and etied far ' I peace. A timely supply of provisions arrived, et- :s icorted by the brave Georgians, tlordians, and u 1.? M;?li M f'no KUMhl < lire pacific proposition of Lbe r army tme in the | act ef being answered The Indians *e? "fired j upon by the Ceoera!'* light tnwpaiefon be fosld be no tided of the object of their being sear "the > c&iou; they h?vo voce disappeared 'i .-.1 -g IV.-Tbc tiencral drcplj wptU the faUof is! Lieut. J. F. Irid, of the Dragoons, aetjfg Bri! f*dc Major, and m command o! thiMtiaoniud. Ho fell at Uu bead oI his corps, (hoogh saor| tally wounded, bad the heroic prrseucsofwdnd 4 ' to -r Jer, "Keep jour positionalto >1 close." 22Lieut Duncan,2dArU-'krjjWUtWijfrt- M 11 y wounded, Cipt danders coaznanditopotiend* J tly Indians, wsi eerereJjr wounded. Capt. Ann* ? strong of'.he Uoilcd States transport srttooaer Met* M to, ?ra? slightly wounded. The two hot nosiprf ! officers were in the advauee, 'where their sereiceo ' had been highly useful during the march. This ; officer and <treaty nine IV. C. cflnera and aulukTS -| ; of other couipanm of the Regiment, evinced their | gallon u? by their good conduct as well as by tbetr hooaiahie "wounds. The Qcawd^n^ iMWiiind WVUIU Utf MVMWI IV mvnF* ,4 ; The o/Bcrn of the Medical Department ciwrit a the approbation of the General, foe the attentive * J and skilful manner in which vkir doties ecndih j {charged. j I>st of kilted Jiod vronnded Kukd?!?t LieaL J Y ltd, Dnnew iMt. ' F. Dunn, 2d Artillery. Private*, F iknie, V. Beet, a 11 Butlrf, of Louisiana Volunteer*?Total, & ' J Wounded?Officers, Xoo-Commissiooed QBttn and Private*; S|l Artillery, fc'; 4th liif?tri, 9; * Louisiana Volunteers, 30?'Total wounded, 4b. By command of Major General Gaines. > (JBO.Jl. M CALL, % A. D. C. Actr. Aas. Adj. Qrngi!. - ^ . i A lei icr from an oCo?r. nnd<wGcoCStocfc. 4 daicd Fort Draoe, 13tb March, gifeThd* . J tail of the occurrence* which took; pko with Gen. Game's army. In speaking of i the succor given huh by Gen. Clinch, he | says* "Gen. Clinch procured Ml the iranannrla* tion he ccuid jxwsibty get, and with ,00 l?*d ol beef cattle, ionk up die iioe of nutk on the 5:h. We reached General Glint'sfcaihp * the next day, about 4 o'clock in tbe iter- ? noon, and of all the sufferings that bate, or will be boroc during this war, that oC- tbo forces undor Gcu. G. was the tnoat.aipain. Tbey were living on borae flrsh whtch eras starved to death, atid the dogs in the camp; one dog*# leg sol J lor $& Not i particle of bread had been seen for many daps ted the Indians kept up a regular fin, night and 4 day, for eight dir?, on the entrenchment? After i*ivi?g ti e troops all the supplies wo carried down, G?n, G. turned orer the command fo Gen. C, u ho put tbe whqjb in line of march lor this place on the 10th, and we arrived on the 11th, pretty well fatigued. It is trulv fimunntc tint Gcu Clinch had it in his potior in relieve Gaines, otherwise bis uU?lu mm* ni.iMtrrfr Seen cut off, ss disease had began to make its appearance in hie Lamp, ?r?d he had no possible means of carrying off his wounded men. Lieutenant Itard Ha a lit-: only officer killed, bat- apteral otheis ucrc wounded, and a boot 90 Mft, priutt|hill? of the Louwiana Volunteers ontier Gr.n<-r*l S'nuh. The Indian* erven the same rtrcr, but a l?li> back from Gaioe'a camp, in an impenetrable swatnpof Cypress, which has many tsjabds in it The Indiana say they are v.il^dg to quit ftgbtiaf, bat they w ill not ictvcific country-tbcy will die first.'! / CAor. Cot. Tn/^P^uDotnno Powul?We tie di- 4 recjMto stair, for the information of all con^rfned, that the Governor will ooi even eon* sider an application for Mercy, unless it be accompanied by an official sttMMot of (be case, by the presiding Judge. To act upon loose unauthentic* tod statements, would amount to a general gaol delivery, and it would be as well to repeal the penal code at * once. . Cohtmbia Times.