Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-12-25

RIA III.
r The Territory situated north OF line al posts oceu'
Med b.: the REGULAR troops extending from The Atan,c
south Of 81. Augustine, IN lnding wv" sl'o" :" W.
81 Johns river, PIaika, Wleel"ck' .neh"oPt' r.
r kaioo!cr, Nacasassa, a post between VIC ia'' ~ 80
Tanning, and Cedar Keys. ~
Tie lrnops That in the service oil the Ie'r',"
r. in vir;nc Of law ni the Legislature u
:,e mustered into that Of the United States, and form
mar, nj General Read brigade, winch has b'en IN
licensed Ia twelve hundred mounted anu hVe hu"u'eu
f,otr,cu md may bt raised L. fifteen hundieo mount
ed and five hundred iuGt; force WHICH 10 cons
ample for ;hc protection Of that portion o lile lrrio
r. assumed to General Read command Some drpre
datio,s having been committed IN HE heIghDnIh""a ="
the Okeltnokre swamp, four companies OF offe'a
militia have been mustered into The service OF 'nf
United States, charged with the deiehce u 'i'
Georgia frontier
Certain Of the hostile chiefs having sgnihed to Gene
raj Armiseai their desire treat. they we're invited 10
meet hun al Fort KING on The uh UT, a'o rom tue
circumstance drrnrd Fortunately OF the presence lhefe
If Delegation from The Western SrnInoles, hopes
we're enter timed OF terminating this prniracir stfue
r by the peaceful removal nf the remaining lnd'nns
After days spent negotiating, ana "it'r sv'hs
repeated ni their desire IL tilSa" anu ~
JOIN their brethren West of the Mississippi, the lnu'ans
suddenly disappeared without any assianabe cause i"r
tins abrupt rupture al the negotiation ilnst'lil'ts
have consequence, been renewed, ana wii pe prose-
cuird vigorously.
The rrp ular troops now in Florida amount t. about
800 men, aud thu militia III service In about 2ou''
recommend that authority be- gwen the Execu we Il"
engage the services of this Description OF troops Tor
rwrlvenonil, during the continuance oil h"sils III
Florida The three m"nilis IS innci t"n SNORT
Tor efficiency: aud frequent rnlstncnis are fruitful
URGE at lnsuburd nation, we'll as III great ADDITIONAL
cxpn-e.
The number Of Indians cmigra,ed from the interior
To the West siEcc the year le36, amounts 10 nearly
Al geo at which about 1000 removed during tln
pss and am happy oadd, Tint iiir Condition
i, those who settled III their new homes continues
10 he represented 10 rs prosperous and happy The
differences which unfortunately sprung up betwten the
Western Chemkers aud the lite emgrants of tina,
tribe upon their first arrival the Arkansas, have
neen happily adjusted and have accordingly directed
that their annue~, and other moneys dur l, Them,
should be pad, and placed them upon tlr same foot
inu a. other rmarant tribes From the character "i
this nation and thu advance made by miny OF their
number cw cation and in the arts Of life, i is hoped
now ha, they are removed from the rvil influences
WHICH heretofore hcsrt them, iher progress IL moral
culture and physical comfort Will br rapid and lasting
CONVINCED thai, # any great and general reform srv'r
- h.. effected among the Indians, Il mnst hi hy nraI's
i educ atom every ha- been made 10 promote
IT. not by ds nntrd I'll IT'S but hy adopting system
rn.ndrd t. embrace thu establishment 81 pr'mar,
sc,s over tn, whole lndan territory, and Of lns'ltn
ions Of n Iii cher order III suitable points, d.signaird
with 4 Ia the convenience ct thr Indians, aud o!
easy Far, C,ir, th- Arkansas riv"r, which
ma been ahan:nmrd military pos, has been select
ed FIR oi The er>tib Shnrnis Thus SITUATION p's
-cssas very decided advantages: Il The system hy
winch il j. proposed Improve them has my full apprn
hallnn Fur the details OF the plan, rrirr T. TIN nc
cnnpanylng report al the Commissioner Of Indian Al
fairs aud ,irticurly 10 his Instructions for carryn.
i, int, ,r:i addressed u the Super .ntcndcn ot thu
Western Territory.
Will. On tls subject il affords great qualification
L. IL, able speak ,rrns at mrrlird praise II tn
Nrihnst manual labor school ~ ih- SsIawnce c"un.
try The labors ~ inst sect 50 distinguishes Tor trr
Christian Teal IN in' cause al Indian ctvzlitpn are
.,krly u. ned with snccrs; and ,"rr n
hope lint The lI,ah cNp.ciations raised hv Tins ex
,rnsvr csiahl,shur Will ,e ius realized under ItS
present pouS and competent instructors. Inr Depart
n.nt wnild he happy t. Promote snilir establishments
M the pa o other rrig scct-, equally z"alrus, u"
doubt III spreading the rht Of the Gospel among tn,
Ind ans, ind equally disposed to advance their mora
culture. Ii IS convinced that. To produce durable brnr
tcia etl.s by educa,Ian II must he made practically
useful AID that those domestic arts which are mpar
ed 10 our you by the example of their parents and
sociales ind nrni, II were, part ct Their nature
must be nught r Indian III the schools. and nsed
into himhy education
Prrser erancr for one years longer IN the pn
~ o! removing the Indians from the banctul aud DE-
siructlv. influences winch surround them within the
S.acs and Territories, VIII unite the remnants oil tribes
sill within those limits, 10 Their brethren IN the West
offering as is belIcvcd the nnly chance, not onIy
Of ciyang the red man, bat OF perpctuatng his exist
ence.
b. tie accompanying report Of the Commissioner OF
Pcnsofs it will he that the number n pensioners
or ever; dc scripon o the rolls in all the States
aud Territories, and IN the District Of Cnnmba, (e1-
cep those paid out Of The navy pension fund.- amounts
10 fnriyfnur thousand three hundred and nnciyi"nr,
Of whici thousand and sevcnty-iwo cases have
hoe admitted since the period OF The last annla re-
pori III. NUMBER Of deaths Of pensioners that have
nccurrr,lduring the last year. and been reported 10 the
Department, IS sixteen hundred ana five From the
number f claimed pensions, II ~ believed that many
more haze died nf whose decrasc have no mir
nation The number If invalid pensioners IS now
four thousand hundred and eighty nine, having IN
creased ;lur hundred mud fourteen since l-.i3 tins
crease be- attributed, prncpally To the hardsips
of the s,fvice in Florida The number OF Rry"lntinn-
orv pensocrs ndrr the act nf March L. Isis, has de-
crrased fun above twenty thousand To thousand
nine hundred and fnry. Under the act at June
Z, le32 thirty thousand eight hundred mud eight
have brr, admitted the pension r"l ni winch mum
hpr twenty three thousand tw" hundred and seven yet
remain Eleven hundred aud cghty.sx pensioners
were admitted under the law q" May 10, les, lar the
benefit "iIicrrs and lders Of The continental army
whn served during The war only SIX hundred aud hvr
arr now ~ The rolls The number ut widows
p.usinnet under il ac al JULY 1, lca6, three thou
sand firhuulrrd aud sxiyrgili, 81 whom two thou
sand srvrn hnndtrd and SIXTY snrv'vr FIVE Thousand
nm. hunirrd and twelve wI"w- have received HE Dr.
nrlit al le act nj july, ,:,- hut the list now re-
d,r.d la five thousand five hundred and rIghiysx -
All If tlnsp now ris will b.. dropped on the II b
nj March next winn the term at il'Ir pensions rx'
prrs hy law. FROM the number If appl cal,"ns, thu
tounisson"r Is of opinion Thai u" 'sS Than fourteen
hundred q. II hc added tn the year lclI.
! The tial sum drawn from lhr Treasury dnrng the
past vra IL pas pensions. amounts IL is" ni'ii"n Tor
t;r,T thousand six hundred aud sixty three dollars
ryrusvr'. navy pensions.
The ~ irrrncr of two years confirms The OPINION
formerly Expressed Of iii" vcxainnS OPERATION al the
las az In 9th of April. 1889, winch iS's he short pc
Rod If r.h mnn, tor the return to III" treasury "i
unclaimed pensons The intention at the law, no
d.ubi was Ia Withdraw that sum from the prus'"n
igrni. whereas lis operation, On the contrary draws
I,, odd,,mnn amount from ihr Treasury al Washing
ton VIII IL it produces disappointment, inconvenience,
delay and yppnsr Ia thu poor pensioners
Re IN. tanrtrrui, art I'll. nf the Cherokee treaty ri
December 81 1885 flied May %, 1880, Il wa agreed
IN The prr ni The L. S that such warriors of thu Che
rnkne naimn engaged Oh Tie SIDE oi the ; /
m The last war with Great Britain aud the Southern
tribes of Indians, and wlI wounded III snc, ser
yrcc shall b. culI,ird To surh pensions a shall he al
nwrd them nv tin. Congress nf The L. 5. ! respect.
fully sn.rrst that C"rgrrs, h. asked Ia act upon ih's
..-iinu ~ The treaty There thrfnhr. |