The Arkansas banner., 1849-03-13

In contracting, they had pledged their honofa and the faith of their party. they sqass&sred. In the fall of IsgS the Old Settlers held a coaucil, at which, by order of tae United States, the Cherokee agent was present. They elected twe cemrnis- sicncrv (IIarnagc and ChanbeFs) to adjndcnte the eebts contracted by their eh,cfs. The eammis- siofers performed tseir duty, snd aaudicatsd and allowed debts amounting to about S50 .e0o, and is- sued certificates to tle creditors. To my father and Capt Rogers they allowed S4 800 each; this Is all they ask, and moro lAan they NOW ever expect ic get. Their award wz referred to the council. and by u ratified The ccnncil thon instructed their delegation 10 have SJG,O00 set apart from their fuad; $30,000 to pay the amount of adjadcated debt and the cxPenss Of the delegation; sSd the $2o,00O which, like ghost. has so wrought upon is to % ss a bribe ts John Ross; again, to Judge Bryant; and, lastly, to my father and Capt Bogers was designed to refund that sS,ount advanced by the Prcsidept, and which WAS bY him borrowed for the purpose from CercOran & Riggs This $20,0oo (so 10 be applicd) forms the basis upon which Maj Borand has built such marvellous saperstructurs of fraud, bribery and coTrsptisn. It will Dc spen what slight foundation rests these charges. But Major Boriand, determined to utterly destroy them. makes nse of his official station pcrsecnc and dcfame them; aud for no other than the. exercise of their influence for their friend. The charge that the insence of my father used for Col. Seyicr, or against Maj. Borand, because the one would sid or tho other defeat hin, In nefarl- ous fraudulent claim, = Is false. Col. Sevier's character is too well kuown and too dear to Arkan- sas, for any cue fO harbcr the suspicion that he would lend his influence 10 such scheme. My father, in the qaet pursuit of his business present. ing claim, asking no favors from Congress, is not proper object for this dignitsrys slandcrcus assaults. IL becomes my duty, when he wantonly travels out of his way-after defeating him from receiving money dearly earned-to assaiI his char acier, to brand the attempt as fase malicious, aud slanderous. Why this matter is exhumed from the grave Of the past, and once more brought into life and being, unless te furnish Maj Borand m oppOr- tunity of gratifying his malice by injuring their characters and woundng the feeling of their friends and families, is more than can divine. Perhaps he designs to hold the lash over all who oppose him? I should like to know what reason, "potent aud ovztearng, made the Major so fOrgetfuI of his attachment to tho "poor Indians " es to uote, with out giving one solitary reason agains. the sppro- prhtion to pay them the money due under that same treaty which he is so careful shall not be violated. He could have fear of " fraud or specu- laiOn in that bill that money has been due nearly three years. II he is anxious that none of 1t shall go to "specuiators, why not pay it to them at cnce and be relieved of his "peculiar care D of it7
 In conclusion, challenge fair investigation, before any impartial tribunal, nto my fathers acts connected with this mathematician that these charges, wanionly made, will be proven wholly untrue. I may add, that the defense of him and Capt. Rogers has never been answered-no argu- ment used to disprove il. To those who have thought proper to publish these charges for Major Borland, have nothing to say, nor shall notice then If they are pleased with their positions, am satisfied; my object is to do justice.
 B. T.. bUVAL.