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Extract from a lleport addressed by the War De-
partment of the United Sta:..:s of America to the
I Louse of Representatives, on dr: alfair.i of the In-
dian Nations:

" rirrARINITiNT or WAS, DEC. .5, 1818.
" The time seems to have arrived wizen cur policy towards
the Indians should under;ni an important change. They neither
are in fact, nor ought to he considered as Independent Nations.
Our views of th it .nterest, arknot our own, ought to govern
them. 13y a proper conibMation of tOrce and persuasion, of
punishmeets and rewards, they ought to. be brought within the
pale of taw arti civilixatiou. I el: to themselves, „h..y will never
reach 'bit desirable eeedit:on. Before the slow operatinn of
reason and ceocrience can coevinee them of its superior advaii-
Cages, they must be overwkeinied Ly the mighty torrent of our
pivot:no.. Sash small bodies, se.th savage customs and cha-
racters, cannot and ought not te he perrni.ted to exist in an in-
dependent condition in tht midst of cieisized society. It re-
mains to consider in what matne e our trade can be most sue-
c:safully prosecuted with the numerous Indian tribes who oc-
cupy the vast re ion extentli::< we to the Pacific Ocean. To
establish a decided coetroul over the numerous and savage tribes
within these vast limits, and to give to our trade with them its
utmost extei:sion, are declined to be objects of great national
isiportance.
" It Is believed, that within our limits, along the range of the
Rocky 'Mountain quite to the Mexican frontier, is the best re-
gion fur the furs and peltrits, on this continent, With proper
efforts, the whole of this valuable trade, extendine, quite amass
to the great Western Ocean would, in a few years, be exclusively
in our possession. To produce these desirable resoles, foreign
adventurers, whose influence must at all times be hostile to our
interests, and dangerous to our peace, must be excluded. With
this view, and to protect our own trade, means have been
taken to extend our military posts on the Mississippi, and Nils-
south Whatever character our trade in that quarter may as-
sumes the extension of our posts, as contemplated, will be indis-
pensable to its enlarged and successful pros.naition ; but it is be-
lieved that notwithstanding all the advantages which they will
afford, unless the trade he properly and efficiently organized,
we
shall not be able to rival with entire success the British com-
panies on the north, nor to obtain that decided controul over the
Indians, which is indispensable to its complete success. To a
trade thus situated, extenditeg over a vast region, inhabited by
numerous tribes not less warlike than savage, with the competi-
tion of powerful and long-established companies on one hand,
and danger of collision on the other, the unorganized efforts of
individuals, always jarring, and frequently with opposing in-
terests, appears to be wholly inadequate to its successful or safe
prosecution.
.S If these observation.. ere correct ; if thh_ uncombined efforts
of individuals are inadequete to a successful competition with the
British Fur Companies; if they willingly irjure our peace with
our southern neighbours, and lead to fierce and dangerous rivalry
among themselves, it only remains to consider whether a mode
can he devised of carrying on this branch of our Indian trade,
which will obviate these evils, and accomplish the desirable
object of giving the greatest extension to it, accompanied with
the most etti:ient controul over the Indians themselves.
" The united influence and combined efforts of the Fur Corn-
paniea referred to, can be met successfully, it is believed, only
by an eqsal conceteration of influence, and efforts on our part.
The jealous rivi.lry of independent traticrs, with its fatal conse-
(polices, can he obviated only by unloving the diversity of in-
terest by which it n otild be excited, and the danger of co!lisicn
on our Southern limits, completely to the will and the controul
of the Government. The consideration which I would propose
would be to vest the trade in a company, with sufficient capital
to be divided into shares of lOet dollars each, and to be limited
to the term of Co years ; to pay in amial tax on its subscribed
capital for the privilege of exclusive trade. It is thus that most
of the evils to be apprehended by leaving the trade open to com-
petition, would, it is believed, be avoided.
(Signed) " J. C. CALHOUN.
" The lion. H. Clay," &c. &c.

THE EVENING STAR.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1819.
THE FUNDS.
PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
Bank stock 2721-3 per Cent. Reduced 78;1
3 per Cent. Cons. 78i 77-I 7S—Cons. for Ae.7BlV,i
31 I,er Cent. 88 871-1 fp er Cent. 97; 97
5 per Cent Navy 107; lOG—lndia Stock 2331
Bank Long Ans. 2O', —Exch. Bills (2d.) 13 9 11 pr.

The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday have ar-
rived since our last. _ _

The Coronati,A of Louts is stated to have been
postponed till the 15th of August next, the Day of.
Assumption.
The Marquis de LA TOUR-MAUBOURG has been,
named Ambassador to the English Couit, in place of'
the Marquis D'OsNroND.
It is also reported that the Marquis MArsox has
been named Ambassador at Peter burgh, in place of
Count .NOAILLES, and General COMIC ANDREOSSY,
Ambassador at Constantinople, in place of the Mar-
quis RIVIERE.
The Chamber of Accusation of the Royal Court
has resolved that there are grounds for bringing Can-
talon. and Marina, to trial before the Court of As-
sizes, for being implicated in the attempt to assassi-
nate the Duke of WELLINGTON.

The proposition for granting a national recom-
pense to the Duke of RICIIELIE.U, came on for dis-
cussion in the Chamber of Deputies on Thursday;
when it encountered very considerable opposition.—
Baron de SALIS, Deputy of the frontier Department
of Ardennes, one of those which had suffered most
from the occupation by the troops, took the
lead in opposing any recompense to the reputed au-
thor of the Convention, by v. bid' the liberation of
the French territory was effected. Ile contended
that it was impossible to make any distinction be-
tween the Did.e. of RICAIELILU and the rest of his
colleagues in the Ministry ; that the Convention must
be regarded •as the work of the whole Ministry ; or
that if any of them might to be regarded as more
worthy of national gratitiitle than their fellows, it
ought father to be the two Members (M. DE C.I.XE and
Count Go u us ST. CYR) who remained in office, and
not those who by their resination had declared them-
selves unfit to govern in the new circumstances which
they, had themselves been in ,trumental in preparing.
lie further objected to the proposed grant as tend-
ing in the terms proposed by the KING, to burden
unconstitutionally the Civil List which is unalienable,
and in those proposed to be substituted by the Com-
mission who have reported upon it, as being in direct
opposition to the dignified refusal expressed by the
Duke of RICIIXLIEU, who would doubtless see with.

joy the sum they wished to bestow upon him, em-
ployed in relieving those departments who had most
occa..ion to deplore the invasion.
M. KERATRY, while he disapproved of t!,e project
under consideration, was still in favour of the prin-
ciple of testifying, by some mode of public respect,
die graLitude of the nation for the services of the Duke
of Riciremev, and submitted a new project of his
own, in five articles, which, for reasons not rendered
very obvious to us by the terms in which the pro-
ceedings are represented, anti which appear to have
been quite incomprehensible to Mr. KERATRY him-
himself, produced much laughter in the assembly.
M. CORNET DINO:TORT followed, and in addition
to the arguments used by the Baron de SALTS, urged
the inconsistency of the proposed grant with the fact
of the Duke of RicueuEtr's retirement from office ;
it was adding, he thought, insult to humiliation.
M. SIMEON, one of the Royal Commissioners, de-
fended the project, and, according to the terms on
which it was originally submitted by the KING : the
KEEPER of the SEALS, another of the Commissioners,
also supported it, but subject to the amendment
proposed by the Commission, namely, that the grant
should be made out of the National instead of the
Royal Domains.
M. D'ARGENSON, in a speech filled with severe
complaints against the manner in which the revenues
of the State were expended, joined in opposing die
law; and was supported in his course of argument
by his colleague, M. MAtitm. The usual hour of
rising being elapsed, the farther discussion of the
question was then adjourned.
The Keeper of the Seals announced on the same
day to the Chamber another Project of Law of very
great importance, having for its object to consecrate
by a positive enactment the principle of the respon-
sibility of Ministers, and to prescribe the course of
proceeding by which they may be impeached for their
misdemeanours, and brought to trial befdre a Jury of
their Peers. It consists of twenty-nine articles. The
Chamber ordered it to be printed, and examined in
the bureaus on Tuesday next.

We announced some time ago, that the Arch-
bishop of Jerusalem had had the honour of being
presented to his Majesty. This prelate, whose name
is Giarve, requests, it is said, in the name of the
Nlaronite Christians, whose Bishop he is, that his
Majesty would be pleased to order him to be fur-
nished from the Royal printing-office, with a fount
of Syriac characters, for the purpose of establishing
a printing press at Mount Lebanon. By it the Ca-
tholics of the country would be furnished with copies
of good religious works, of which they are in want.
The King received the Archbishop with kindness,
and conversed with him in Italian.

French 5 per Cents. Wedne9day, 69f. 75c. Thurs-
day, 69f. 60c.

We have received to-day a series of Frankfort
Papers to the 25th ult.
The States of Hanover have presented a Remon-
strance to the Government against the late Decree
forbidding actions to be instituted for the payment
of any arrears of interest due by the Royal Cham-
ber. They declare themselves ready to pay these
arrears, amounting to 2,500,000, and therefore re-
quest that the Decree may be revoked.
It is said that the States have also requested that
the Army of Hanover, which is now 30,000 strong,
may be reduced to 17,000; but the utmost reduction
which it is generally supposed will take place, does
not exceed one regiment of Hussars, two regiments
of Hulans, and 64. pieces of artillery.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
CAMBRIDGE, arrived at Cassel on the 19th ultimo.

A Hamburgh and a Dutch Mail arrived this day.
The Journals by the latter are void of all interest to
an English Reader. The following are extracts
from the Hamburgh Papers :