The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-04-14
From he National Imeaigeneer, Of sl" 1iar.
PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN TOUR.

The AlbemsrIe and Pamblico Sound, % Wi
mingion, Charleston and Savannah, having n
view, IN reference TO public defence, care
FOL inspection of all the iolets from the ocean.
The reports u The Board of Comm ssioners,
cou,istng Of Office's OF the Corps vi Engl.
neers end of the Navy, fei1Jye TO naval oe'
pot, deck yards and iorufcatioIr, point oU
the pblec's peculiarly deserving nis aitcntios.
Prom Sayaoosh his course Will pfooab }
depend upon cIfcumslances. Ibe season
is expected, Will bc too Ear advanced TO adn, q
his passage by land 20 New Orleans, it ~
deed il were proper 10 TAXI that fou,e before
the late treaty with Spain is carried IN stf
Should he not continue his Jou ney toward !,
New o leans, il Is said ihai &c VIII proce.u
westward by Ausoss, III oUgh TeDne ssee
and X ntueky, To, he new states, OF 10 somt
of them.
Ia mat section 0. the Union, macy oblcc.,
Of lht hignesl interest present themselves ca
view, d correct knowledge ot wbIeb, IS u.
iicyed, vould be riui 10 all emp'ytd Ia
,he public councils. Ou iSid'ione vith ~
Indian tribe, 40 o. the immense ces sions .,
To dtory oh a,neo ifom Ihcal by rue ifeai =
OF lhe iast year, are Of hat character. Tie
game on winch they have principa.y onc,
ne c, oio'e. viii 90 longer furnish them WIN
. subsisteuce. New efforts viii be neces
say 20 ciyilizs them, and offsctuai regula.
uons must be adopted Tor the purpose, or
they vii perish. The great amoont OF the
public lands, which constitute an me xhausta-
Bile source OF wealth To the whole nation The
disposition OF our Uoops 20 ptoiect our iron
tier settlemeo,s and preserve peace with ,hc
lndiaos !; to proiect he IndIaas themselves
from iojustice and 20 secure he pubn,
tands from INT usions are subleCts highly
wortby OF the atention OF those % whom 10
maoasement tbereotis en,rU,t, d, and par,lcu
larry of the Chiei Magistrate.
ihe Secretary OF War sat cut with tn
Presiden,, and will accomp pany MN onui lac
leaves the coast Tor the interior.
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Education.--A west n paper states, thai
the teact of laod granted by Congress, for the
support of q College in Alabama territory,
designaled by the Secrerary Of ,be Tressu y,
contain, 10000 acres, adjoIo,ng the Tenne'-
see river, aud is Dodera's'y calculated ~ ee-
i0g worth haf a million of doAars.--Th
was q ptoposilion belots Congress At the Est
session, 10 make donations OF land to the
sever al States, nd as we'll as new, tor tbs
support OF uhive, oi;irs ard echoois bu, u
have hUas OF their "nn, winch may be apPlo-
priated to this objeeI, or school funds dr'nsd
fom tho ssles 1t theI lands, roe bave none,
and the grant OF tract >.mla 20 he abose
mentioned lI5esal donation to AsDana terri.
tory, would DC q iiae hing tor khodc Island
s are We know of no be ,e, use To which
small por lou oi the I'm nensc national do
main could De pphod, han ~ pcoruin, he
means OF etlIea,i0n 1t would be az ex;cndcd
bless,ng--it wo ,d bless The siyer lnd ieceis-
&C, aud ado new engjh to The cham OF IN
oa - Prov Peniot.
Aa ex,rao'dina .1rrespoodeace, (with
notes,) Occupying 1--we columns u close ptipi,
has appeared in the " Y,k Evening Posi-,
which mas iound u "sy D the public eye -
an extrao dIos y nannsi. The aisto.y -
this; In AprI, 1917, General ckson issu-
ed an nrdeg d,ec ,ng nis ubordioates oot TO
obey any orders from the WAt Dcpartmer',
unless tney came through ahm AZ chlet of di-
vision. This order Il the Time occasioned
IN och amin diversion from different quarters.
General Scott, al a private able, IN a eonver-
sation with Governor Cintoo OF New Yo X,
who was 9 gsssi, spoke freely of ,pis orde |,
as muiinous ~ rs character, His obscsva-
,ious, with some s!anderous accusations Q.
gainst the administ aton, were transmitted
20 General j. x IN an anonymous letter,
who intned,s'ey Jemanded OF Scott, an ac-
Acknowledgement denial. 5. 10 reply, ,'ated
the rema Ks which d been drawn f'om hin,
and wrote him ave rash and aug 'ettcr,
couched like ha,'enge Gen. ). dl,passioa.
s'ely snd p,syfuI,y declined; and mere II was
thought the matter would rest; bot, 1t ap.
pears, Thar Geo J. ,here being an order o'
he Wsr Department against publications de.
falling the disputes Of officers, While on his
late visit TO NswYork, exhibited parts OF the
letters which had passed between Scott and
himself, which induced 8. % d cola,e the
whole in manusccip,, and il has 'hus got in'o
'hs newspapers, IN violation OF a wholesome
order Of tho War Oihce. Governor Cliotc'
,ppears deeply implicated in this buslns>.
&C, only as the instisator Of a private quar-
oot ss ,hs anonv of thc ,du,ini az atioo -sb