Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-06-14

,,It;oo a n His
Knew that in taking up against .e willie non
,as .nh;actine himself the penalty consequent upon
;rec;;on and murder. Let it now De Vis'eu uPG.
their heads Let every Chle ana SV'iy n.u'u and ~,
heio 3-ce conduct the balance Of them forthwith 10
s s cnuntry appointed 10 them West OF The Mississippi
Then shall we have peace, lasting ana abiding, out not
That there are number Of unprinciped white men !
connected with the Indians in their numbering and plum
dcfing aiding, counscilng and directing them in Their
movements will scarccl admit 81 doubt. Some, We
Understand, have recently in utter having pee'
with aa;ns the Indians for Il month"; unm"rst1
ed. This could not have been, unless they had a'u'
and acted with them. We look upon these characters
infinitely wursr than the Indians themselves "e vi"
acting from impulse Of savage ierocity anu urnu'J
hatred to the white man; the other willing 10 hrcFe e
whole country III blood and slaughter TO era'iy I'ie
cupidty and understandable thirst for Pundel ii"'"s
swindled and p:undered the Indians IN every sn'r
manner within their power, until nothing more was 10
be obtained from them their nrx step has pech 10 SCI
the Indians numbering and punuering Inc I.al'
and they appropriaug The richest Spots 10 l"'eNcs
4, the attack on the mail Stage, willie man was dis-
nc,lv recoruzcd among the Indians, and the letters
since redeemed and brcus INT in bear lnconeSuoe MARKS
Of having been handled by monster perfectly acqnalnt
ed with tho difference between bank notes. DIES o! OK
change &c In proof III this assertion we introduce
letter from Mr. ~ F. Collins, respectable gentleman
residing Macon county, Ala to tho Postmaster OF this
place. as follows:
IlrAp OF BIG SWAMP.
i.dcOn Co., .iin- Sunday Morning.
j. Van Ness, Esq Sir: have procured the servi'
of four Inans ID. figron al the head 10 bring in the
letters and other valuable papr that remained at the
destruction of the Stages and mails by the hostile Indians
Much risk was incurred, and prospect Of reward held
out to them nducrmen for this hazardous enter
prize Al tue letters, they stale That could have been
possibly decyperrd were brought IN somc much burnt
aud otherwise mulatr', All bear evidence Of the seal
having been broken, except perhaps dozen. No mo-
ney found among them | had them to the
Postmaster AT Tu<kegrr. 1t was understood liberal
ward had been offered by the citizens Of Columbus to
Brown "a half brred To procure the mail: if So these
persons equally entitled TO it. If any thing can be
made up for them, please have it done, they expect
something for the risk they have aud their exerlions
during the recent Indictment weather From the discr
mnalion tia. was made between bank bills aud drafts,
bills of exchange and other papers OF that character
many of the latter richly engraved and bearing great
similarity to bank notes. of opinion that possibly
there ght have been person, present That could
read if there not, the Indians certainly had very
gHod luck in selecting all the bank notes and leaving all
the bills Of exchange, drafts Sc tina! drawn prin
cpav the Northern cities and Europe, and not
of such certain and immediate benefit as the cash. OF
| this time will determine.
In haste, yours, DC.
N.F COLLINS.
! We are further informed by those who have seen
Of the letters that they were all carefully broken at
| the SEAL Just white accustomed TO handling let
tcrs would do it, aud an Indian would not do it; and
the three facts, of white having been among
the Indians the time Of the attack the stages the
letters carefully broken open and the hank bills ju
dciouSy selected from the bills of exchange &c.
leave 10 doubt that white the head
Of the gang. II then becomes most important question
to every citizen Of the cnmuuv and most particularly
the business Ct those entrusted with the direction and
management Of the operations against the hoslileS who
the person or persons guilty Of this most henous Of
fence? Some they they OF Nlurrcls gang,
others that they the land stcacrs "a gang by the bye
equally badO perhaps they unite both characters in the
same person Let them lie wl"n they NAV. quarlrrug
would be too gracious death for them. We hope every
officer in command and every soldier duty, will usc
his best exertions to apprchend ,hem and that the
unrelenting justice Of outraged bleeding country will
be visited upon The lead of each and every white man
who has had the slightest agency in insligang the In
dians TO this Insurrecllnn.
How IS rnts 1T is somewhat strange but not less
true, how the Indians obtain information of occurrences
from Forida after the events take place there
We learn that they knew Of the advance of the Semi
Rolcs upon the plantations Il short distance below ITALIA.
hassee and the attack made upon Fort St. Marks some
time before heard OF it. 1t proves beyond doubt
thattere exists constant comma nication between them
and the Creeks, eigbors-and there remains
not doubt but that the Cherokccs arc up to this game.
all ntents and purposes. We understand, that Gen.
Brooke ascertulned beyond doubt, that Seminole
belts had been ndus!r"usly circulated among the
distant Wcsterny Indians, and that too, before he
appriSed Of the actual hosltes of the Southern tribe.
Now that the Cherokee treaty is established so entirely
at with the wishes Of Ross and his party who il is
well known have the lead of the nation what are We to
look for but difficulty with that tribe' We desire not
| to awaken the fears the alarm amonr our
friends who reside in that purchase-nr be it from US to
cause unnecessarily, single individual TO abandon his
home to be pundrrrd and burnt; but il is nevertheless
duty, II we Just 10 apprehend difficulty
to let it be known, that white friends up there can
be prepared 10 meet it in Time Caution is the parent OF
security and taking time by the foIelock has ma
ny man deal of pain and distress We say, then, to
our brethren, one and all, who live in The land of the
Observation-Disclosures up and doing-prepare for war
while yet there is peace. Organize and equip the mill
tia, prepare sockades for your and children and
if should come, by this You may be enabled
to make stand: and to both your lives and your
property.
Who look around and behold the distress IF our
friends and acQuanurces Of Alabama. WHO have had To
fly for their lives, from their peaceful and PHOSPHORUS
homes: but few weeks ngo-whn hear the recital
of the bloody deeds at massacre INFLICTED upon defence
less aud children, and not feel The necessity Of
raising warning voice TO friends and acquant.
IN Inc Cherokee country? For ourselves we do
believe that therearr clouds Of danger gathering
around and over the unway heads Of the settlers Of the
Cherokee purchase, and would most rcspcclIuy
suggest to viglant Grrcraor to look TO his fellow
citizens in the upper counties Of tie State without de-
lay. The Whole State, with eye, is looking l.,
our Executive for energetic measures and feel salts
fled that oar people will not have TO look in vain. Blu,
what can Gvrernor do II his people will not stand
up to him in time Of danger How can he rrrl and
equip for war, when they will even take cure of
the sent to ttcm' How The Generals pcrnrn
the duty required O them, when will not perform
thc!1 duty soldiers towards tcn,o 1t never will do
this state Of things will cventuae in dispracc Il was
but day or tw" since that Of the Editors Of this
paper had The modification to see an armed file OF men
paradng our streets iG "l search of few drafted NEIL
who haze been called into service by the Govcrnor-
And how Is It with the arms Which have been iiom
time to tim: sent out 10 this place: Five hundred fine
muskets, mt out by The present Secretary of State Mr.
Forsyth, then Gorernor-hrec hundred hrstrale guns
sent US in January last, by present Governor with
every thing complete, now w:efe they; aI Echo
answer where; IL is well known that out Of these $40
mrskets, m" more Than ore hundred and fifty could,
few days ago, be paradcd by the reGuson Of Briga.
dierGeneral Lowe and wha, is worse all the blame of
the less Of these arms, is thrown directly upon our
Gcvernor-te hue and cry is raised against him Oh