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In regard to tho fteminolcs, we hare commuted the* error of attempting to remote them when their lands were not required for agricultural purposes; when they Were not in the way of the white inhabitants; and when the greater portion of their country was an unexplored wilderness, of tho interior of which we are as ignorant as of the interior of China. We exhibit, in out present contest, the first instance, perhaps, since the commencement of authentic history, of a na. t 9 tioa employing an army to explore a country, (for we can do little mere than explore it,) or attempting to remove a hand of savages from one unexplored wilderness to another. As q soldier, it is my duly, I am aware, not to comment upon the policy of the| Government, to carry it out in accordance with my instructions. I have endeavored faithfully to do so; but the prospect of terminating the war in any reason-, able time is any thing but flattering. My| decided opinion in, that unless immediate emigration be abandoned, the war will continue for years to conic, and at constantly accumulating expense. Is it not then well worthy the serious consideration of an enlightened Government, whether, even if the wilderness we arc traversing could be inhabited by the white man, (which is not the fact,) the object we are contending for would be worth the cost? I certainly do not think it would; indeed, I do not consider the country south of Chickasa Hatch worth the medicines we shall -expend in driving the Indians from it. If I were permitted, and it is with great diffidence I venture to make the suggestion, I would allow them to remain, and would assign them the country west of the Kissimtnee, Okee, Choboc, and Panai Okee, and east of Pease creek, south, to the extreme of Florida. That would satisfy them; and they might hold it on the express condition that they should forfeit their right to it, if they should either commit depredations upon the white inhabitants pass the boundaries assigned to them without the written permission of the military conimaudcr or agent. By placing an agency, and authorizing trading-houses on Charlotte's harbor, they could be soon concentrctcd; and stationing a competent military force there and at Tampa Bay, they might be readily controlled, and, if necesary, removed from the country, should they become troublesome, or Tail to fulfil their engagements. I respectfully recommend the measure to your consideration and that of the President, as the only means of terminating, immediately, a most disastrous war, and leaving the troops disposiblc for other service. 1 desire a decision as soon ?s your convenience will permit, as, by the middle of April, at farthest, the ~ ? ./ ti'it IwlrtMV- % ? ? V w* Should it be determined to remove the Indians by force, and to continue the war until they submit unconditionally, I desire that the communication be confidential nt Washington, in order that I may have information of it before it can be communicated by letter-writers to others; for there can be but little doubt of their flying to the swamps again and renewing the war, should the decision be to remove them. If it be determined that the Indians now in Florida remain, it wonld be better that those who arc at New Orleans and Charleston, with the exception of one or two of tneir chiefs, be sent to the West; their force would bo divided and weakened, and many of the relations of those sent West might soon be induced to follow. This communication will he delivered to you by my aid-dt-camp, Lieut. Linnard, a highly valuable officer, whom I earnestly recommend to your favorable consideration and attention. I have the honor to he, most respectfully, your obedient servant. Til. S. JESUP, Major General Commanding. The Hon. J. II. Poinsett, Secretary of War; Washington city. Copy of ci letter from t\r Secretaay of War to Maj. Gen. Ji:srp, dated Department of War, March 1, 1838. Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 17th of February, which was delivered to me by your aid-dc-camp, Lieutenant Lit;-' iiard. The subject of it is one of deep interest, and I havo given to it the most1 diligent and respectful consideration. I In the present stage of our relations' with the Indians residing within the States and Territories cast of the Mississippi, including the Seminolcs, it is useless to, recur to the principles and motives which induced the Government to determine1 their-removal to the West. The nets of the Executive, and the laws of Congress, fivmcc U (JClCriMIIUlllUll ill \juity Ukiv Wiu measure, am! it is to be regarded as the settled policy of the country. In pursuance of this policy, the treaty of Payne's Landing was made with the Scminoles, and the character of the officer employed on the part of the Government, is a guaranty of the perfectly fair manner in "which that negotiation was conducted and concluded. Whether the Government ought not to have waited until the Seminolos were pressed upon by the white population, and their lands become necessary to the agricultural wants of the community, is not a question for the Executive now to consider. The treaty lias "been ratified, and is the law of the land, iaml the constitutional duty of the President requires that he should cause it to be executed. I cannot, therefore, authorize any arrangement with the Semlaoles by which they will be per'tilled to remain, or assign them any portion of the Terri-< lory of Florida us their future residence, j The Department indulged the hope, that with the extensive means placed ut, your disposal, the war, by a vigorous ef fort, might be brought to a close this campaign. If, however, you are of opiuinn that, from the nature of the country, and the character of the enemy, such a result is impracticable, and that it is advisable to make a temporary arrangement with the Seminole*, by which the safety of the settlements anu tnv posts will Ue secured throughout the summer, you ore at liberty to Jo so. In that event, you will esut- ' blish posts at Tampa, anil on the Eastern j ! Shore, and wherever else they are, in your opinion, necessary to preserve the peace of the country; and I would suggest tho propriety of leaving Colonel Zadock Taylor, of tho first Infantry, in command of them. ' In moving north with your forces, you may make similar arrangements with the other bands. 1 deem it however, of great importance that every exertion should be made to chastise the marauding Indians, who have commitud depredations upon the inhabitants of the people of Middle Florida. I beg you will address yourself to Colonel James Gadsden for information on this subject; and you may, if you think proper, yield to his suggestion of leaving a battalion lor tho protcclion of ihc people in that neighborhood. It is hoped, however, that you will be able to put it out of the power of these Indians to do any further mischief. They ought to be captured or destroyed. As soon as, iii your opinion, it can be done with safety, you will reduce your force of mounted men from Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. Very, respectfully, Your most obedient servant, J. R. POINSETT. Maj. Gen. Titos. S. Jesup, CunuVg Army of the South, Fort Jufiter, Florida. RAVAGES OF THE SMALL POX. Below we give an authentic account of the teriblc destruction of human life among the North-western Indians, caused I y that fearful scourge the Small Pox. The ! is stntn.l I r. lk? k!> ? - II..1 uiouuog xv lij ouuuu in nit; ni. LiiMIlb Ulll" letin, was communicated in the followio" manner Pratt <fc Chouteau f St. L?? is, Mo., sometime in April last forward their steam boat St. Peters, laden wi'1* supplies for their various trading ports on the Missouri, and bound to Fort Union about 2000 miles above St. Louis. The steam boat was also freighted with the annuity goods due from the Government to various tribes on that river. When the .boat reached the Black Snake hills about 100 miles above Fori Leavenworth, and up<?f 500 from St. Louis, a mulatto board wn* taken sick with what was supposed at the time to be Measles; but when the boat arrived at the Council Bluffs, it was discovered to be Small Pox, Many of tivc Indian tribes had already had communications with the boat, and bv this it is supposed it was spread abroad in the country. Extract from a letter from Major Pitcher, dated "St. Louis, Feb. 27, 1838. "Sir: Having received authentic information from the remote region of the Upper Missouri, of a highly important ehai-nnlAv I rlnnm it inv dnfir In nnmmnni. I uukvi m. \?v\ in i ? in j Miivjr iv vwaiiiimtiicate it without delay, though not entirely applicable to my own agency, having, as I conceive it does, a bearing opon Mr. Harris's letter of the 11th ultimo. 44 It appenrs that the effects of the Small Pox among most of the Indian tribes of the Upper Missouri surpasses all former scourges, and that the country through which it has passed is literally depopulated, and converted into one great graveyard. The Mandans, consisting/>f 1,600 souls, had been reduced by the 1st of Or- j tobcr last, to thirty-one persons. The Gros Ventres, or Minetarees, a tribe about one thousand strong, took the disease a month later than their neighbors, the Mandans. One half had perished, and the disease was still raging. They no doubt, shared the same fate Willi ihe I Mandans. The Riearas, who had recent- j ly joined the last named tribes, and nurn-j bored about three thousand, wore most of them out on a hunting excursion when the ! disease broke out among the Mandans. and consequently received it s mething later. One half of them had fallen, and tlie disease was raging with unabated*fury, | not more than one out of fifty recovering from it. Most of those that survived subsequently committed suicide, despairing,) I suppose, at the loss of friends, and the changes wrought by the disease in their persons?some by shooting, i thers by j stabbing, and some by throwing themselves from high precipices along the Mis | sotiri. The great hand of Assineboins, ; , say 10,000 strong, and the Crrcs num-i hcring about 3,000, have been almost an- 1 j nihilalcd; and, notwithstanding all the i I precaution used by the gentlemen engaged I in the trade of that remote region to pre! vent it, the disease had reached the Blackfeet of the Rocky Mountains; a hand of 1,000 lodges had been swept off, and the disease was rapidly spreading among the! different hands of that groat tribe numbering, I think, about 00,000 souls. I have no doubt but the prediction contained in my letter of the '27th ultimo will be fully realized, and all the Indians on the Columbia river, as far the Pacific Ocean, will share the fate of those before alluded ! t0* GF.N. WM. CLARK, Superintendent of Indian Affairs. #4 ~ . , - W? [sr asautrr.J Useful Libraries for Public and Private Schools, and for Families.?At early at September, 1833, a distinguished merchant in Albany called the attention of the Board of Managers of the American Sunday-school Union to the use which might be made of our publications in public schools; and i t May, 1837, a southern gentleman laid bofwi * the 13 >ard a file of upwards of foTty letters on this subject, received by him in answer to a circular letter' which he had sent abroad. The substance of the circular was as follows. That thef a?-e S0,9J0 p iblic schools in the Unit*' dates, in w .tch arc taught from Si,000,9 J to' 2.50J.O.H) children; that the moral influence of these schools is not generally s.ich as to promise happy res a I is; thai the establishment of small libraries of nigral ami religions | book's, (such as are publishod bv the Ame- j rican Sunday-school Union,) in such .f these schools us might wish for them, would contribute much to their improvement; and the individuals to whom the circular was addressed, would confer a favor by expressing an opinion whether there is any solid or sufficient objection to the effort? In his reply to this circular, President; Olm, of Randolp-IMiicon College, Va., , says, 441 approve of the enterprise. It will, if carried into effect, arouse the j energies of millions both of parents and children, and will attract additional attention to the important subject of common education.1' Bishop M'llvaine, of Ohio, say9, 141 believe such libraries as you indicate would be great bless'ngs to the schools, and their neighborhoods, an.I I see no important objection to tl.e plan.1' Judge Dagett, of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, says, 441 can sec no objection to the proposed plan.11 Hon. Francis S. Key, of the District of Columbia, says, * I think your scheme for furnishing libraries to the common schools a thing very desirable to accomplish. Chancellor Walworth, of New York, says, 44 I am impressed with the belief that much good would result from having a smaii and select library of moral and religious hooks attached to each of our rornmon schools." Governor Vroom, of New Jersey, says, ' 1 think llie institution may profitably expend a part of its funds in the manner proposed.*' Not a single letter expressed an opinion adverse to the effort, and at the annual meeting of the society in May last, a resolution was introduced by B. W. Richards. Esq., late mayor of the city of Philadelphia, which was seconded by Hon. Judge Potter, of the United States Court for the District of North Carolina, instructing the Doard t take early and efficient measures to respond to the call | thus made. From among the four or fire hundred 1 publications of the society, one hundred and twenty-one volumes were selected, such as the movers of the plan seemed to contemplate. They are generally entertaining and instructive biographies; histories of tlie manners and customs, rites ami ceremonies, of various countries and nations; and stories illustrating the great principles ol social and personal duty, sucli as truth, forgiveness, temperance, humanity, honesty, obedience to parents, I &c. Thev are simple in style, adapted in matter and manner to the circumstances of school children, and most salutary in their influence on the order, prosperity, and morals of society. The Libraries are done up in uniform binding?each voltm-c numbered to correspond with its number on the catalogue, and the lettering to he according to order ?C. S. L. for common school library, or P, S. L. lor public school library, or F. L. for family library, or C. L. for children's library, &c. They are put up in a plain case, with a lock and key, and all necessary hangings. Upon the door the words Sch 01 Library are painted, which may he altered lo suit circumstances. On the 1 t* . 1 _ i _ . - _ _ I .... insiue 01 ine tioor we paste a catalogue sheet of the library, and furnish fifiy catalogues besides, in which the design and contents of each volume are concisely described. These are for the use of teachers nod pupils. The case is put in a box, and so packed as 'o be safely transportable to ary part of the country, and the whole together is sold f??r tiiirty-tiikee Dollars. When it reaches its destiny lion, the case is removed Irom the outer b"X, and is all ready to sust end in the school-room, arranged f ?r immediate use.* A sample of this library has been exhibited to many gemlenu n, and the expression of pleasure and satisfaction has been uniform and unqualified. Two Hundred and fifty sets only will be prepared at present, and for several of these we have orders. We suppose there are several thousand school-districs in the country, wh se inhabitants generally will be glad to avail themselves of such meuns of moral, social, atiib intellectual improvement. * These eases could bo made larger without any material increase of expense, and thus furnish room ; for additional books, if desired; or they could bo made einallor, at a corresponding reduction of price. Matrimony.?"You ought to marry.** '* Never.** " I know a good girl for you,** ' Let me alone.'* "But peshaps you? pashaw!?you don't know her. She is young." "Then the is sly" "Beautifull.** The more dangerous." "Of good family." "Then she is proud." "Tenderhearted.** "Then she is jealous." "She has talents.** | "To kill mo*" "And one hundred llioo sand dollars." " I will lake lirr." < oaimuiftications. Mr Editor:?Will please insert the following Ticket in your saper for Intern i dani and Wardens, at the next election. For IntenJant, JOHN M. DESAUtfSURE. For H ardevs, JAMES DUNLAP, JOHN C. WE;> T, THOMAS C. BRYANT, A. BURR. And oblige M\NY VOTERS. ? F u. T:U; COURi.it. 'The food of hope I* meditated action." \T? IT* ? i? -i ?? -- ' | ? ?>%* juuuvr.?i croetvm j uy juur iosi paper i.i: i i tho cloctiun for Intend -i.t and VVardenB is ordered on Monday ivcok, wilt vou permit mo to call the atI tontioa of our citizens to a few facta calculated to arouso thorn on a subject so important as this election should he deemed. First, thou, I presume I can assoari without fear of contradiction, that our streets for tho last year, have not had tho altontiou which our location requires; and to dornonstrato this, I noed hut refer to tiro condition of Church stroet, where tire water has boon pormittod to lie for months, and that too, when one day's work of a few hands would havo effectually repaired it?thon that of West D Kulb, a stroet of much travel, and from its ;>,e tsa it .".c.-t.on. is evi. deutly entitled to some little benefit of the public coders. Other streots, too, I might namo, equally as important, havo boon left without tho least work expended. And last, though not least, that resting place i for the doad, has been shamefully neglected, loft encumbered, and overgrown, until to tri.voiso it has becomes almost impossible. Are these not facts then, which it becomes us, as immediately interested, to consider ere we second our votes; lot "measures not men" be our principle, for it is high time that our streets should bo improved, and that too, when funds are at hand to accumplish it. Am I told that the want of funds is tho cause? If 60, then whore is the largo amount allowed to tho town from taxes, fines and sales?echo answers where? I make tlic^o hasty remarks prompted by 110 ill feeling townrd any one of pn 6cnt incumbents, for personally, I entertain for tlicni the highest rcspont, all I aek is, that we select tlukc men to srrvc us, who will do their duty witiiout fear or favor. Of the pre* r?t council, two have become non-residents of t c ,:ud of courso cannot bv candidates for ro.e!oc ' TAX T AVE It. , Filk I'Jtr. c VUIER Mu. Edu r - On ?l>e morning ?>f tin 17th inst. being, is is railed, St. Patrick's Day in the morning, I was astonished, sir, on beholding the cfligy of St. Patrick, hung up, extended by the neck, before 0 merchant's door, in this ] l ie- . 'I'he efln gy was neatly executed, cut out ?l p.stc board, ami the letters inscribed thereon, were "St. Patrick, I7ih of March." i'hi rcuicuious piece ??t uusuroity, ? cannot icrotmt for. I cannot conceive why they should try to wound the feelings of their adopted citizens, by thus trifling with ihe Washington of 'heir country. I cannot fora moment imagine, what h a Is them into such execrab! a hoihinations against eitizun soldiers, who fought anil bled for American hidepend.iuce. Nor caii I set why the puny eiforts of the individual (whom I know) should incline thus, h it because he wishes to distinguish himsell as a smart many and capable of doing a little of every thing? Already this fact is Known, ami wny pursue a mean course: It is 10 be lamented, it is very much re grctled, that these wite men were not living in the times that tried men's souls? they would not have permitted Charles Thompson, an Irishman, to net as Secretary of the lirst Continental Congress; Button, Gwinnet, and Hubert Morris, of England; Francis Lewis, of W ales; Jum< s Wilson, and John Witherspoon, of Scotland; and Jan.es Smith, Mathew Thornton, and George Taylor, of Ireland; to I sign the Declaration of Independence.? I Nor those distinguished foreigners. Generals Lafayette, Lee, GatC3, Stewart, MontIgomery, Pulaski, Kosciusko, Stenhen, JD^ftalk, M'Pherson, or Si. Clair, to peril pl^fr lives for the achievement of Ameii' can Independence. They would not have listened to the eloquence of Hamilton, nor admitted the worth of Judg- Wilson, DcGlanhee. Thomas Fitzsim i.ous, Wilj liani Friendly, and the thousands of other foreigners, who devoted their foi tunes. O 9 , their talents, and in numerous instances, their lives, to the cause of American Liberty, and f"r the pcrpetuiy ami happiness of this Republic. They were never .found crippled, cramped, or disabled f??i duty, where a Florida Campaign demand1 ed their services, or an American war.? Always able, ready anil willing to defend I the laws of their adopted cotintr) , and the Constitution of the United Stales. Wishing to hear from the gentleman, (if so I may call him,) I will conclude with the foliowiug lines: Who hang'd Saint Patrick's effigy, 'Twos the Arnold Tory bond, To insult tho Irish Patriots, For from thoir native land. * American Republican*, Consult your heart*, and Uf ? Hour you would bear the like insult, On the fourth day of July. > Were you in come far distant town. Three thousand miles away. And saw your patriot Washington, Hung in effigy, on Independence ua}", You'd ne'er permit your torlos here, Their inalieo to display, Insulting Ireland's Patriot On Erin's fontivo u ?>*, * i CAMDEN. SATURDAY, MARCH '21, 1*3K I \v o again have to muko an apology to our pattoiiri, for the h irrvuuess of our paper this wook. as circumstances boyond our control have been the cause. I Justus has been rcceired, and will probably appear ' in our next. At a largo and rospocta bio raoctingof the citizens of Camdon, conv nod at the Court Houtr*, on Tucrday the 20th inst. to take into Consideration tho propriety of again sending members to the Convention j of Morchants, to moot in Augusta, H. R. Cook, In| teiuhuit, was cilled to t!io Chair, and Gsokoe Q. M'Intobh appointed Secretary. The Chairman rose and stated tho obiect of tho meeting. It wa? an motion Rrw'red, That in addition to the former Delegates which consisted of C. J. Shannon, J. K. Douglas, C. Matheeon, and Alexander Young, that Intendunt Cook l>?< also added to the Delegation, which was - w?M?it>uvuaaj vtuaiVUt Cam leu Price Current. S.1 TfJR D.I V, M arch 24, 1933Cotton, - 7 a 10 Corn, per bushel, - - 88 a 100 Flour, country, per barrel, - 8 a 0 44 Northern, do - 00 00 Rice, - - - 3 a 4 00 Suear, per lb'. - - - 22 a 15 Cnff e, 44 ... 14 a 20 liar on, 44 . - 12 a 121-2 B.rf, - 7 a 9 Mackerel, - - $14 a 14 00 Sa'?, per sack, - - ? - $3 GO Fodder, per cwt. - - - Jjtl a 1 43 VVniekey, - - GO a 56 M'llassen. N. O. - - 5Ca75 41 Havana and Sweet, - GO l'i>r er. London, per dnz. - G a 5 00 Raisine, Mal??ya Bunch, - - 3 GO a 4 Tobacco, Lt ilwich, ... 75 Bagging, IVmp - - 22 n 2G 44 Tow, . - 10 n 22 Pale Rope - 12 a 15 Twine, - - 31 a 37 Spefmaceti ^nu'Vs. - - 40 a 45 Tallow 44 - - - 12 a 18 * mmmmmmwmm mm nr ?WW<pwt?w?wpr^???ja$ i ?t " ? 1 lie subscriber oilers for sale hin ' ' L wh le stock of ,Ary Goods, at cost and char, I gee, for eash J A M F.S M EW EN. I -areb 24 47 3t , j J" AN ,Ne:rr ,.8t Il rscs, u'e?. Cattle, Corn 1 . . _ C - - I - > - - " ' ; .? a r ?t ?:i?p - nv virme 01 tnc authority ves' ' tc?<1 m hu-. t\v the nst Will and Testament of John ; I Midrliclon. I nn deceased.late of rhfstprfield Diet. | nndhv perm-sion of tlio rdinary. J wi'ltrll at pub i lie nab', ot the e re-ddeneeof*the aflid 'ohn Mid/ d'eton. ?.ii Lynches t'reck. on fuesrinv the 3d day , of ' pr;t uext.nl! 'he p?"SonaI palate of the said J'din Middleton, consisting of Np^'Opk; n number o' 'I rses. 1 lea nd nits; 2 W tcruiis and Ciper.onp nrt nrOigand Pampas. one nrr?"p.lie a ml a ne>a: C nit Hr;-a twelve or firt * n bundr d It she's ctf <'or , Fodder, Pnns; 01 p n?. on ! 05 in, oiip sc? of* lark Sinit ' oola; Bt r? *?r>d !. td; 'louaehn'd a d K elien Furniture: !' . r rtensiiN, and n var e \ of rubor iirlii pb, I . merotta oho in rle 1 in an rdv rtiseuicn* onus.? \ I *un?s tinker 8'JO rr.*h; all > in s of | and v.-r on ctedli uu*jl the firs! of January next, with interest from I' e d ?y of ca.e: ur' chaseis !o give note and good security. M f will. 1 the same time n,.d place, sell the real j estate ?r tf??? sad John Viddleton, upon the f..Ilow 1 ! in<i terms vir. nr half the purchase m.uiey to b? ( ( p id on the f.r?? Jnnu r< next, and the other half ( on t no first anunry. one thousand eigi.t hundred and forty: each insta men! to hoar inter from the I dav of ?a e; t! e pureha rr to eive bond with appr?ved security, n<l n no rtgrace of the premises if doomed necessary. Persona* ishing to purchase, won d do well t-? examine the premises befrre the <in v ol sa e* The sa'r wil1 continue rromday to dav unti' all i? sold PKT.'.R l?. R6B' f()\Ei'r. ("hesforfie d t" I! ero?. 19 47 ;"SOITII C4ROMN4, suvTrp district: Summons in f'< nition, Jeffo-aon I/agan, i vs. I _ - Ransom ly>gnn, ami others. IT appearing t*? mv satisfaction, thnt David L<? {rnnnnd Sv this l?is wife, John Logan and SuRan l?ia wi e, Rligali Looan and Fdiza his wife, and Rnnaohi Downn. resides without this State" It ia therefore ordered that they do a pear and object to the division or sale of the real eatate of David J?oe in. dec'd on or before the first Monday in 'una next, or their consent to the same will be entered of record WM l.EW'.S O 8 D Match *J4 47 8t Pr's fee Jt4 50 % | SOUTH CMtOMiU KF1?S 5 AW DISTF.K T. B^OLAND C.ORNELIUS tolls before me, <*n? ; .Sot pale sorrel mare, with her ri^ht hind leg white up to the knee; the left foot white up to tho joint; a white spot on her left -ide, ina'k of tho girt, wi t? a h azed face, supposed to be seven yeai? old next spring Appraised at sixty five dollars t Uu nrn in hufnrn tnr* f' :?i Id \l:?TC h. 1838 K -ILL, J Q. LEROY JONES, DF.MCY GRAHAM, JAMES HOOD, March 21 47 1 Appraiser*. SOUTH CAROLINA, T.ANCASTF.R DISTRICT. IlIlOS K CURE YON toll* Ik fore me, ono , clay hanked horse, nhnut 14 hand* high, do , vfrubTe mark*, and about !."? rear* old Appraieetl at forty five dollnr* F. WILLIAMS, J. Q. March 24 47 1* TOWI* TAXES?Beinc d?e, the mibMrb . bcr will attend to receive the same, u the Commutation for Road duty. J, W. LANtr, Jan. 20 33 tf Rec'r and T&ubre*'