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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.