Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-11-12
ECEPTION OF THEPOrTAwATOMIEs
by THE PRESlDENT

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Yesterday the P.dtaw ainail,e l.Jians, now IL,
his city. visited he President. accompanied by
heir agent Col. Il. s, Ellioilfor the purpuse
Of paying their respect him as the head
Of tho Cover n ct. Half Dav. po,awatomie
osa,or expressed to the P:esdrn, TN. gra icatl.
- hich they ali fIt seeing ard $ ak,ng hands
wnb their gr~a. father. The President replied
tina, he was Ileased Ia see Them thai some Of
them were old mcn, tho had Come u .ung distance
n attend to hat they cms,d' matters Of i'm.
Poriance; anc lha, they should b.. patiently heard
a.d full justice done Ia them. The Government
he said, desired to preserve relations uf friendship
aud peace viii all the ldi,n tr,h.'s; he trusted
that hef,rc they left the city ali he, bush would
b. satisfactorily arranged, AID ,ia, tie ha,che be.
tween the red aud the " hue mar might long re-
main buried.
Half Day rejriued that they bad great respect
E,r the Government nf the U,nr d States that
III. y had snld to the Government ali their Country
upon the great lakes; that they never reflsed
their great father when he asked hem for land !;
that their reply was Eyes 5" that they could not
help Looking back to the fine country which they
had parted wih, where they bad Jeff the bones of
their grabdfatheIs; that the country is no Longer
theirs, bat they love II sill, aud wien they thlrk
Of -, their hearts are sad. They had now, he
Sail Country which they we're Told was to be
their hume long he sun sh,nes and waer
a,ws: IN. re they were to grow ui like The grass
of The prairies. |. was good country, he said
and they love it. They had always lived up TO
their promises with the Government. But they
bad been asked to go Southwest Of the Missouri,
and are in trouble, for they know not what TO do.
Eleven Winters ago they were told, he said,
that # they had but wIgwam their present
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,sed them: but they had not seen all, and there
fore had come all the way to " ashngton TO in-
quire Of their great father concerning il; that
there was clold before their eyes, which they
hoped he would take away. Y.u are from he
West, said he to the president. a. d % know what
your red children wall. We look TO YOU for
justice.
The President replied that the Government
woulc act in good faith toward them tina, the bar
gains with them had been voluntarily made on
their part, and should be scrupnlou.iy fulfilled by
the Government AID that the Secretary Of War
would see that they wete heard AID IT. aled prop
srly.
Tine Presiden, farther said he would see them
and shake hands " uh them agaiA when they got
their business adjusted.
The Indians then toUk leave BY shaking hands
with the Pfesdsn,,tbe Secretary Of ,,hs Cum
missio.ers Of Indian Affairs, Mr.. Crawford lex.
Commissioner. )Aud other gentlemen present. The
interviews was interesting, and tie manner Of the
President To the Indians klld aud concilnory.-
National Intelligencer.
EARTHaUAKE.--Ah osrse runib ing noise, SIM
liar somewhat 10 heavy thunder, trundIing Of
thousand railroad Cars, was very distinctly heard
accompanied by a tremendous vibrating motion
which sensbly shOvk the houses, and Caused a
rafting of windows, lookiug-glasses, crockery,
stoves, e.. We were sitting al our DESK a. the
moment, aid our better half was up in chamber
putting on: responsibility to bed. Surprising some
thing had happened them went hastily to
the stairs 10 inquire what was the matter, and
zero me, by our affrghied RIB. who had come al
90 to he stairs to find out what had occurred be-
low. The real nature ofthe occurrence then be-
came manifest. The motion continued for about
6ve seconds. We think it not improbable iaat we
shall ere long hear some melancholy Iides Of this
terrible convusion Of na,ure.--Bridgeport Ct,
Farmer Oct. %.
Effects Of the Tar1.--lt viii hardly be belev-
3D. il is certainly not generally known that while
two years ago there were but Two anthracite iron
furnaces in Pennsylvania there now no less
than fscenfy seren, in active operation consuming
100000 tons of coal annually. Such facts should
be spread before the people as extensively rs pos.
s.blc. Il would be curious inquiry for some
gentleman having the facts at his command, to as
certain The amour, Of labor employ, in these I'M
mense works, tracing tina, labor through all its op
erations, the effects upon the business Of the neigh
borhoods where the different works are located
the immense advantage to the agricultural inter
est aud the result to the trade and commerce o
OF the metropolis Of the CommonweatIh.-Phi
North, Am.
CorToN MANUF AcrUREs IN SoUTH CARoLINl
The Charleston Courier has the following par
sessph.
We request tbs attention Of planters and Others
Interested To sample of'negro cloth left OF TIT
Office Ct w. NJ. Martin E-q; Broad street manu-
f--s.e1A ! ~ ihs u hro,,d Eacfnrn naar Aunu.ia