The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-05
INTELLIGENCE BIZ THE mAua

WASHINGTON, Feb. =, 1910.
! A"s Owso~ Of al tie ksdton Tribes wxxisr on g.
0""me"t-1M CAoctGsss-Aw Elogxsmt PvS.
-A Dsserfe's VIE asks~g for Rei,xf fs~
Co~Svess-H~ Pea, &c.
Te'er fytchiin, Choctaw, has, through th>
Hoh' r. w. Tompkins. sent a memorial to Con.
gross against the bill now pending to unite III.
seVerai indian tribes west Of the Mississippi. under
one government. In speaking OF his ma ton. h.
says; 1--WE have ever been the friends of tn.
Americans, and have fought with them in both
their wars with England. and were ready and
willing to fight again IN the recent conflict with
Mexico, had our services been desired From the
time that our Ia theirs took the great Washington
by the hand, we have followed his cOunssls For
mere Pitiancs, we yielded to you our country IN
Misslssippi-the most beautiful and productive.
rendered dear to US by the associations of our
youth, the death OF our people, and the graves of
our our fathers We have learned the great truths of
Snstanity, and the arts OF agriculture and civil
~. NE; yet we gave up ALL sought a new hsms
n ne .al OH wilderness, and with the perseverance,
aha INDUSTRY which are characteristic of our pee
arms ," sue Sd mat wilderness rich and fruitful
tempt TO depict the trials, trlbuations. and m,s.
fortunes which attended us in our emlgrat,on.
eur nme WIN not permit it nor could the taeuts
violence. We were broken, but not consumed. cas-.
down, but not dlsmayed. We Immediately en-
gagged in agricultural and mechanical arts huh
churches, established Schools and enacted laws
tor the encouragement of virtue AID the suppressou
and punishment OF vice. Our constitution is purel
republican,; the gospel ministry Is well sustained
and the schools are OF high order. Our people are
increasing IN number; peace dwelIs within our
This scheme ~ may be od beau uHtafIs n
theory; but 1t Is the beauty of the summer cloud
that rises in the West, its borders tipped with
golden sunlight; Ascending in majesty, it tower
awe; but the forked lightning is within its bosom.
and lis bots scatter death arc md. The wild hur-
rlcane is within Its folds, and it Is let loose 10
seattle, to blast, and to destroy! Oh! let not tho
red man be smltten by Its uryp'
IL will De recollected that few weeks since. the
House OF Representatives passed bill to pay to
the legal representatives OF Antonio PachecO q
thousand dollars, as indemnity for a negro man
who was hired as an interpreter 10 Ddde's COM
mand, and, at the massacre, was captured by the
Seminole chief, Jumper, and subsequently,, at the
end OF the war, was sent west OF the Mississippi,
by General Jesup, to prevent hun from committing
mischief by stirring up again the war spirit among
the savages OF the everglades. A female, residing
IN New York, and named Mary Johnson, in
view OF the action of the house in favor of Pachs-
co.'s representatives, has sent a memorial to Coz
gress, representing that her husband, James, was
a soldier of the United States during the war with
Mexico, and deserted that when he was recap.
tured and brought before Gen Taylor, the General
SAID He Is not an American-he is a Mex can;
away with him ~ Now, being thus dealt with,
and sent to the enemy, Gas was the negro with the
Semlnoles,) she thinks that she ought to be paid
two thousand dollars for the loss Of her husband,
ESPECIALLY as a white man is worth at least two
negroes" We know not whether thus lady Is tho
same as was formerly represented In the popular
stanza, as quoted in DR.. Duncans speech, and fur
nshed to him by Judge Wick, who learned 1t at q
constructing IN Indiana, VIZ
"Msry Johnson . cass
And so are Sally Thompson;
General Jackson . horse,
And so am Colonel oh nson.
The Committee of the House. with less generosi-
ty than that on Military Affairs, refused TO aot
on the subject; thus expressing an opinion that
deserer Is az nothing compared with thousand
dollar niger.
The House devoted the day to private bills, and
thirty.one of them were passed. G.