Star.
London, England, 1818-08-10 00:00:00

MR. ARBUTIINOTI'S LETTER.

• " In the Gazette; of Georgia, the Ameticans report
that the Seminole ladians are continually committing
murders on the borders, and making incursions into
ibe State. These are fabrications tending to irritate
the American Government against the poor Indians;
for, during the time I was in the nation, there was
only one American killed, and he, with two others,
were in the act of driving off cattle belonging to
Botactt, Chief of Sawalinee ; whereas three meld
and a boy were killed last June by a party of Ame-
Ca t cattle-stealers, while in their hunting camps.—
The boy they scalped. And one of BOL BCH., head
men was killed on St. John's River, in July.

The back-wood Georgians, and those resident on
the borders of the Indian nation, are continually en-
tering it and driving off the cattle; they have in some
instances made settlements, and particulat!y on the
eloctohatche river, where a considerable number
have descended.

" By the Trerl with Great Britain, the Ameri-
cans were to give up to the Indians all the lands that
may have been t tken from them during the war, and
place them on the same footing they were in 1811.
It appears (ley have n•'t done so—that Fort Gaines,
on tl..e Chat:ahouchy river, and Camp Crawford, en
the Flint river, are both on Indian territory, that was
not in posse.sion of the Americans in 1811."
" The power," he arterwa7ds adds, " given me,
and the instructions were, to memorial his Majesty's
Government, as well a: the Governor-General of
.llavannah."

We have received te-day American Papers to the
14th'of July.
The seizure of Pensacola forms the principal sub-
ject of observation in their columns ; and we are

happy to find that there are some, even among the
Americans themselves, who view it through a diffe-
rent medium than the mere base desire of territorial
advantage. The Richmond Enquirer, in speaking of
the transaction, expresses itselt in the following dig-
nified and manly terms:
PENSACOLA.—GeneraI JACK3O/1, It appears, after
taking Pensacola, established a Territorial Depart-
ment, of which Colonel KING is the temporary Go-
vernor—he has also established an American custom-
house ; and, in fact, has• exercised most of the attri-
butes of sovereignty, as if it were our own territory.
We presume, that in these steps, he has gone with-
out the instructions of the Government: and that it
will not be hang before he will be instructed to evacuate
the premises. We will not suppose, for one moment,
that the Piesident has the slighest intention, in this
way, of occupying the Floridas ; for, little as we owe
the Spaniards, there is something We owe to our-
' selves. We repeat, that our Rationale:harm:ter is worth
a hundred Floridas."

The one sentiments are echoed, though in a more
qualified manner, by another raper, the lardy*

Re porter. It lilt's The annexation of the Floridas, bat
only—if it, can te justified—which it seems most tin-
*qui vociall• to • donht :
" The Capture of Pensacola, or more properly the
Conquest of West Florida, the accounts of which
have been published, is an event, at the present crisis,
of peep interest and incalculable consequences. We
were -prepared to hear, that General JACKSON had
visited the place, somewhat in the style of his visit
to it during the late war ; but the manner in which
he has now paid his compliments to the Governor,
and occupied the place, is very different indeed.—
We do not believe that he had any authority from
the War Department for what he has done. Neither
the War Department nor the Executive, unless we
are greatly mistaken, had the power to give such
authority to the General. It is undoubtedly an act
of war. War actually exists with Spain.
" In what way we got into this war we shall not
stop to inquire. If it can be justified, we believe it
will be hailed with almost unanimous approbatiort in
the Western Country, and be approved by a great
majority,of the American people."
The greatest apprehensions are entertained by the
Spaniards in St. Augustine, of the arms of the Ame-
sicans.being next directed against it; and the Gover-
nor Of the travannah, participating in their anxiety,
has sent them, as we learn from the following article,
a large supply of arms and ammunition—a circum-
stance which would seem to indicate an intention of
offering every resistance in their power to any further
aggression on the part of the Americans.
" CHARLESTON, JULY s.
" Captain Bateson, of the sloop Frolic, who arrived
here this morning, left St. Augustine yesterday. lie
Liforms us, that a Spanish corvette of 26 guns, a
brig of 20 guns, and an hermaphrodite brig of 18
guns, arrived off that place on Sunday last, in a
short passage from Havannalt, having under convoy
the schooners Barbarita and Santa Roso, loaded with
munitions of war, clothing, provisions, and about
20,000 dollars, in doubloons, for the use and pay of
the soldiers at that post. The vessels of war sailed
again on Monday and Tuesday—the schooners were
discharged when Captain Bateson sailed.
" A large body of Indians, with their women and
children, were encamped within five miles of St. Au-
, gustine, and a number of them daily visited the town.
The garrison, which amounts to about 400 men,
scene much elated by this timely supply of clothing,
provisions, and money, which they had been long
looking for."
The following is an extract from a letter from the
ilavannah, dated June 26 :.•" By the schooner Vo-
lant, Captain G. Sanborne, we forward you papers
from the Ist to the 21411 instant. Heetwith you have
alio aPrice Current to the 25th, corrected. This port
, is quite bare of vessels. Freights rising. Three
schooners have arrived with the Garrison of Pensa-
cola. Vt edo not think this will alter our relations
with Spain in this quarter. At least nothing will be
done hate without orders from Spain."

" BOSTON, JULY 13.
" Five 74's are now building and two more are or-
dered to be laid down ; some of these are in consi-
derable forwardness; a few years more will put us in
possession of a naval force, more efficient perhaps,
than that of any power LI the world, except Great