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THE FLORIDA WAR ENDED.
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TIE FLORIDA WAR ENDED.
CouRUR OTrcr. .
CHAELEsroS, May 81. ,
INTERESTING FROM FI.ORlDA.-we
are At length able to make this oi,-rrpeaied sni
on deiusiye annunciaiion in COOL earnest. Ma
jor-General M,coNs arrived here this morRi1.
IN the steamer Cincinnati, from jacksonville
(East Florida having made the definite pacific
arrangement contained in The General Orders
which Ne gave below, AMI OF winch he has PO-
hieiy furnished US copy. Tie arrangement
made BY the Commanding General Is a wlss as
well as humsne one. IL ~,I be better to leave
the slow bu; sure influence Of adyancin: eiyili-
ration 10 relieve Florida Of the remnant OF her
savage Inhabitants. than further 10 prosecute i
war, NJ the cost OF millions IN order to eIpcl a
handful Of Indians froa l.acesssible hammoeks
and increases.
GENERAL ORDERS.
HSsd Qu1fsrs Of me .irssy # ne 4 8. ,
FoHr MISC, F!oriJs,) NAV Is. 1859. {
The Mslof General Comman I'm. ant Chief
has the satisfaction OF announcing 10 me Army
IN Florida, To the authorities CT the T,rritcfs
and 10 the citizens generally. that he has thiS
day terminated The War with the Seminole In
rrsrE-NruoLE, principal Chief OF the Scmino,es,
and successor 10 AEriN,, commonly called = u
JoNLS, brought q thIs pos. - L,cuicnau, Colo
mel lihrNEY, 81 tie - dragons. Gsotn the .lh-
era par, OF lie peninsula. The terms OF To,
a2reemrtt are; That husi..,icS Immediately
cease t-;Sron ihe parties; that lhe trooiis at the
United States, and The Seminole suI " .ca..ga.e
ehIe:s aud Warriors, now u u i..:Ancc. be made
acquainted. "a soon Is po.S o. with TIC fact TIA,
tie peace exists, all iat all hcsi,cs are {, RIB
Win TO cease ca 10Th ada; the ScInlns.cs AMI
M1eSNsuil~s a-.rerlns 10 TeLrc lai1 a.f.ct OF
country IN FLORIDA below Fcasc Greek. the lou.-
da'ies Of UaIch ar a. fellows, va: Ecgan.ny
at tie most southern point Of Ian! between Char
!oiie haroUT an! tie Sarslci or % COS "a :
nyer, opposite 10 Sanssei iNlaud: theme. INTO
Charlotte barber by the southern pass, between
Pine island and said point, along tie eastern
shore OF sad harbor 81 Ta!k-Choplo or Pease
creek; thence UP that river 20 Uaichcc- Tho h o
rT BIG Creek thence up sad creek 10 49, sourcr,
thence esSic'y 10 the northern point Of LAKE Is
ioE7oSa AeEec along tic eastern ou'!c, Il SAL
'',e, called iSiokP"Sa creek, ia ,he klssumrne
T.FI! lineage sCui!4cIiy cUan the h .SsI!lrn- 10
LAKE OGGchfbcc; u.Cnce south through Saii IA
TO EcuP!ahs,ohce or Shark riyer; thence down
said Tiycr wcsisar1y to rs mouth thence alon,
the sea shore nor;hw ariiy 10 The place o! i-si..
nibS. That SIXTY days te allowed the Indian,
north AL east II that boundary 10 remove the a,
families and effects into said DISTRICT where ,hey
are TO remain, until further ARRANGEMENTS are
. mace. under the protection of the ircovs Of The
United States. who are 70 see that ii.y are 10,
mo.eSied by iniruieTS. citizens or foreigners. an
thai the sad lniisnS 10 not pass the limits a..
sisncd them, except TO visit lie parts which Val
I've hereafter Indicated 10 them. All persons arr
therefore forbidden 10 enic. the dis:Gct A. sned
10 SAID Indians, without written pcrmisa.on from
! some commanding officer OF n military post
ALEXANDER MACOAfB
Mayor General CosunIfi I'm -i.- ri. +
BY Command OF the General:
EDMtSo ScHEivER, Capt. s. Is. Id. Gen.
THE FLORIDA WAR.-we copy. from
the Globe, GcnerAi MlCoNu's official dr>pairh.
announcing The conclusion Of peicc with the In
dams OF Florida. At the close of this ootnmu-
n!c-iion, The General announces that he dii ,'Lot
ia'nA II Fo!iIie. at Ihis time 81 say anY lhiny
about Their emigration, leaving inai sIbicci
open 1" such fuiurr arrangements E.e Co
vcrhmeni may think proper ~ make vlia
" ihem."
|, IS undoub,e lis good thing tha, n. Flor.I,
war Is ended, and We trust, 10 Is ended forever
and day but We presume no one will now de-
ny that TIC Government has abandoned the OBJ
Iect Tor which 1t went 10 MAR. or, what IS the
same thing, has made peace without insisting
upon the Condition which induced ;he Rel M-n
10 take the field. With all allowances FOR the IN
Hi's.C ctHicH.'g NJ conducting 4 war with tie
Indians Ia the Inhospilable territory OF FloriIa.
II Ii impossible FOR any candid man 10 do other
~hiSe than admit that our army have been most
shamcfully and dsFracefglly unsuccessful. aud
That The Indians have achieved -. the triumph
they ever sought, and have gained all they
Claimed The war has cost, certainly, upwari,
OF twenty millions q dollars, and peace has been
made without the accomplishment 81 single
design which urged The government 10 undertake
II. The Indians have teca asked Il hey would
consent 10 mahe peace aud remove. no" was
their heroic answer. III yen withdraw Your
" troops, aud Jet ia alone We viii not - beyond
" our own territory; but. II you lnss, upon our
removal. We viii ,ht as long rs our ainmurl-
" lion lasts, and then take 10 the bow and AZ
" row. The Government, thwaf:ed aaI beaten
has taken them at their word. has agreed urcn
their territory, and !efi them m und.siurled pos
session. That this peace will be lasting one
- more than can be hoped for The Indians
cannot 1--we, ia Their mOiaSSsS and SwampS " III
out punder. They have exhausted th- small
stock Of provisions which they had, and IA war
or m peace, must live hy depfedaiinc upon he.
white neIrhhcrs. The moment he e. S,stes
troops are w;hdfawn. their work OF plumber and
murder will re-cOmmsnee, and when they have
recovered their strength aud fresh courage for
fshi, they ~il Be found again Lufs,inR unon ihs
settlements and deSCldiIng, far and wide The
fair-si regions of FLORIDA Such are the lies
inES thA, now from The nal-sdminfs,ra,fcn Of A
weak and imbeci!e Executive eAis,o,s Ckyen-
ieIe.
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