Answer. I have. which deponent understood and believes, were Question. Have you not, between that period furnished by John Innirarity; and that when the and the approach of the American forces under government caused the said parties to be thus asmajor general Jackson, repeatedly seen diverssembled and equipped, they were collected at parties of hostile Indians in this town or its neigh-Barrancas, for the purpose as deponent conceives, borhood? Answer. I have. Indeed between the said month of November and the time that the hostile party surrendered to major Youngs, there were or less in town, sometimes in numbers considerable, sometimes fewer. Question. How or by whom were those Indians subsisted, nd from whom or by what means did they procure ammunition and other warlike stores or weapons? Answer I have understood, and do believe, that they were fed by the government here; as to ammunition, &c. I cannot state how they procured supplies, except it might have been from the stores about town. Question. Have you seen or been informed of any horses, cattle, or other plunder having been brought in here by the Indians within the time above alluded to? || to elude the vigilance of such individuals in Pen- Deponent further states, that since the said Attest (Signed) MILL. KINIEY, Sen. No. 37.g. Jose S. Caro, a citizen of Pensacola, being sworn, states, that, early in the present year, 1818, a party Both depositions sworn to and subscribed be of hostile Indians were in Pensacola, their numbers fore me the 19th September, 1818 (Signed( M. MKENNEY, Sen. A true copy. No. 37 f. Pierre Senac being solemnly sworn, declares as follows: not known, but probably fifty; that on hearing of the approach of the American army, under general Jackson, the governor of Pensacola furnished those Indians with provisions and ammunition, and sent them in public boats across the bay; the deponent saw the rations issued, and the party embarked. The deponent further states, that subse quent to this, he saw three parties of hostile InThat he has resided in the town of Pensacola dians furnished with provisions, the ostensible obconstantly since the month of November last past;ject of which was to enable those Indians to march that since that time, and until the arrival of major Youngs near this town, there were always consi derable numbers of hostile Indians in or near the town; that on many occasions within that period, he has seen from one hundred and fifty to two hundred Indians here; that their forces were regularly provisioned from the king's store here; that he has seen large quantities of sheet lead in the possession of the Indians, and considers it as greatly resembling the lead aprons of cannon. That the government must have furnished the lead in question, as there were no other means here of getting such lead, and that the said lead was run off into balls, which this deponent saw. That on the day major Youngs attacked a party of Indians near this town, there was then in town a considerable number more who were set across the bay in boats provided for that purpose by the Spanish governor to the interior, and give themselves up, but it was very generally believed that those Indians had no such intention. The deponent saw those Indians set out, and states that they had their arms. Deponent further states, that about the first of March last past, three considerable parties of hostile Indians, one party under the command of Leon Lesassier, another under the command of Arnaud Gilmer, (both lieutenants, in his catholic majesty's service) and the third commanded by an Indian chief, retired out of this town, and went down towards the neighborhood of Barrancas, where provisions and ammunition were regularly supplied them by the Spanish government; that the said Indians were armed with guns which they had received from the English during the late war, and that they remained encamped within from one to three leagues of Barrancas for the space of nearly a month; that these Indians, besides being armed with guns, had also tomahawks, (Signed) JOSEPH ESTEVEN CARO. Sworn and subscribed before me at Pensacola, 10th September, 1019. (Signed) H. YOUNG, Captain Topographical Engineers. No. 37. h. states: A Charles Baron, a resident of Pensacola, being sworn, Sworn before me at Pensacola, September 13th, 1818. VOL, VII.] No. 38. THE NATIONAL REGISTER. am, therefore, apprehensive that some of the General Jackson to the Secretary of War. Head Quarters, Division of the South, Fort Gadsden east bank of the Appalachacola river, formerly Negro fort, March 25, 1818. SIR,-At 7 o'clock P. M. on the 9th instant, reached Fort Scott, with the brigade of Georgia militia, 900 bayonets strong, and some of the friendly Creeks, who had joined me on my march a few days before; where, finding but one quart of corn per man, and a few poor cattle, which, From information received from Pensacola and added to the live pork I brought along, would New Orleans, I have no doubt but that St. Marks give us three days rations of meat, determined me at once to use this small supply to the best advan-is in possession of the Indians. The governor of tage. Accordingly, having been advised by colo-Pensacola informed captain Call, of the 1st infantry, nel Gibson, quartermaster general, that he would (now here) that the Indians had demanded arms, an sail from New Orleans on the 12th of February munition, and provisions, or the possession of the garwith the supplies; and being also advised, that rison of St. Marks of the commandant, and that he two sloops with provisions were in the bay, and presumed possession would be given from inability to The Spanish government is bound by an officer had been despatched from Fort Scott, in defend it. a large keel boat, to bring up a part of their la treaty to keep the Indians at peace with us; they ding; and deeming that the preservation of those have acknowledged their incompetency to do supplies would be to preserve the army, and ena-this, and are consequently bound by the law of nature and nations, to yield us all facilities to reUnder this consideration, should I ble me to prosecute the campaign; I assumed the command on the morning of the 10th, orderedduce them the live stock slaughtered and issued to the troops, be able, I will take possession of the garrison as with one quart of corn to each man, and the linea depot for my supplies; should it be found in the of march to be taken up at 12 meridian. Having hands of the Spanish garrison, they having supto cross the Flint river, and it being very high, plied the Indians; but if in the hands of our enecombined with some neglect in returning themy, I will possess it for the benefit of the United boats during a very dark night, I was unable to States, as a necessary position for me to hold, to move from the opposite bank until nine o'clock give peace and security to this frontier, and put a on the morning of the 11th, when I took up my final end to Indian warfare in the south. line of march down the east bank of the river for this place, touching the river as often as practica-ford, on the Conaco river, by land, I have orderble, looking for the provision boat which was ascending, and which I was fortunate enough to meet on the 13th instant, when I ordered an extra ration to the troops, they not having received a full one of meal or flour since their arrival at Fort Early. On that day, my patroles captured three On the prisoners, and found some hidden corn. morning of the 14th, I ordered the boat down the river to this place, whilst I descended by land, and reached here without interruption on the morning of the 16th. The eligibility of this spot, In mine of the 14th February, from Hartford, I as a depot, determined me, and I immediately directed my aid-de-camp, heutenant Gadsden, of the informed you of the measures adopted to secure engineer corps, to furnish a plan for, and superin-supplies, and in my last, of the 26th, from Fort Early, I informed you of their situation. To those tend the erection of, a fortification and indefatigable zeal displayed in the execution communications I beg leave to refer you. of this order, induced me to name it Fort Gads-only to add, that I left fort Early for fort Scott, Jan, to which he is justly entitled. His talents On my arrival here, I immediately despatched the boat to the bay for the balance of provisions known to be there, and to ascertain whether the flotilla, in charge of col. Gibson, had reached there; and which returned on the 19th, with the unpleasing intelligence that nothing had been head from the flotilla from New Orleans, since it was seen passing Fort Bowyer. I immediately put the troops on half rations, and pushed the completion of the fort for the protection of the provisions, in the event of their arrival, intending to march forthwith to the heart of the enemy, and endeavor to subsist upon him. In the mean time, I despatched major Fanning, of the corps of artillery, to take another look into the bay; whose return, on the morning of the 23d, brought the information that colonel Gibson, with one gun boat and three transports, and others in sight, were in the bay. On the same night I received other information that no more had arrived. Il Finding it very difficult to supply fort Craw ed the supplies for that garrison, by water, and written to the governor of Pensacola, that if he interrupts them during the present Indian war, I shall view it as aiding our enemy, and treat it as an act of hostility, and stated to him the propriety, under existing circumstances, of his affording all facilitres to put down their own, as well as our enemies, and that our governments, whilst negotiating, can take this subject under consideration; but in the mean time, our provisions must pass to fort Crawford, without interruption. I have and subsisted my troops on ground pease, corn, and some pork, that I could occasionally proce from the Indians, with some pork that I had on foot, the whole subsistence for man and horse, not costing five hundred dollars. Of all the supplies purchased for the relief of fort Scott, and the support of the Georgia militia, not one pound was received until 1 passed fort Scott. I said in my last, that blame rested somewhere; the cause of those failures, will, in due time, be a subject of investigation; and colonel Brearly has been arrested on the application of general Gaines. By some strange fatality unaccountable to me, the Tennessee volunteers have not yet joined me. They promptly left their homes; and through the inclement weather, reached fort Mitchell, where I had ordered them supplies, and where colonel Hayne, who led them, met my instructions to pass by fort Gaines, where he would get a supply of corn, that would enable him to reach fort Scott; but the idea of starvation had stalked abroad; a chief and thirty warriors making their escape on No. 39. General Jackson to the Secretary of War. Head Quarters, Division of the South, Fort Montgomery, June 2. 1818. SIR, The Seminole war having terminated, I deem it politic and advisable, to send to Washington John Blunt and bis Indian comrades, who have acted as pilots to me during the late campaign. John Blunt is a Tuckabatche Indian, has long been friendly to the United States, and in concequence of his opposition to the Red Stick party, during the Creek war, has drawn down upon himself their vengeance during the late contest. His settlement being in an exposed situation on the Appalachicola river, he was early at panic appears to have spread itself every where, and he was told that they were starving at forts Gaines and Scott, and was induced to pass into Georgia for supplies. His men and officers, as reported to me, were willing to risk the worst of consequences, on what they had, to join me; how ever they have been marched from their supplies. to a country stripped of them, when every con sideration should have induced his advisers to have urged him on to secure the supplies in the bay, and preserved themselves and fort Scott from starvation I have a hope that they will join me before I reach St Marks, or the towns; this would be desirable, as the troops ordered from New Orleans to protect the supplies, have not reached the bay, and leaving garrisons at forts Scott and Gadsden, weakens my force much, the whole effective strength of the regular, being but 360 privates. In mine of the 26th ult. from fort Early, inform-tacked by the Seminoles, his property destroyed, ed you that despatches received by general and his family rifled from him. Alone he escaped, Games on the 19th ultimo from the commanding and fled to Fort Scott, where, joining the Ameriofficer at fort Scott, induced him to set out that can standard, he has proven himself a most zealnight for fort Scott, to prevent its abandonment, ous friend and faithful pilot to this period. In &c. In his passage down the Flint river, he was justice to him, I am bound to state, that to his shipwrecked, by which he lost his assistant, adju-correct knowledge of the country, and zealous tant general, major C. Wright and two soldiers (drowned.) The general reached me six days after, nearly exhausted with hunger and cold, having lost his baggage and clothing, and being Mr. Hambly accompanies John Blunt. Mr. H, compelled to wander in the wood four and a half is a Spanish subject by birth, and has long been a days without any thing to subsist on, or any clo-resident as a trader on the Apalachacola river. In thing except a pair of pantaloons I am happy to have it in my power to say that he is now with me at the head of his brigade in good health. The great scarcity of subaltern officers in the 4th and 7th regiments of infantry, has induced me to appoint several young men (present) as second lieutenants in those regiments, who, from personal knowledge and good recommendations, I have no doubt will prove themselves worthy, and trust the measure will meet the approbation of the President A list of their names and the regiments to which they are attached, will be furnished the adjutant and inspector general by my adjutant general. I have the honor to be, Your most obedient servant, The Hon. John C. Calhoun, P. S. Since writing the above, I have the pleasure to inform you that the boat from the bay, has arrived with provisions, also colonel Gibson and captain M'Kever of the navy. I shall move tomorrow, having made the necessary arangements with captain M'Kever for his co operation in transporting my supplies around to the bay of St. Marks from which place I shall do myself the honor to communicate to you Should our enemy attempt to escape with their supplies and booty to the small islands, and from thence to carry on a predatory warfare, the assistance of the navy will prevent his escape General William M Intosh, commanding the friendly Creeks, who had been ordered to reconnoitre the right bank of the Appalachicola, reported to me on the 19th instant, that he had captured, without the fire of a gun, one hundred and eighty women and chiidren, and fifty three warriors of the Red Ground chief's party with their cattle and supplies; the attachment to the cause in which we were engaged, am I measureably indebted for the success. of the present campaign. consequence of his attachment to the American cause, and his active exertions to check the hostile feelings of those Indians disposed to war against the United States, he drew down upon himself and family their vengeance. He was forcibly taken from his home, at an early period of the war; his property, goods, and negroes, taken from him, and he violently transported from Nukamky, Suwany, and St. Marks, until finally relieved by captain M'Kever, of the American navy; since which period, he has been attached to my army, as an Indian interpreter. You will find him an honest and faithful friend to our government, and valuable for the information which he can afford of Spanish policy and intrigue. He is well acquainted with all the transactions of foreign agents in this country, of their practices, &c. and how far encouraged by the spanish authorities, &c. With respect, your obedient servant, ANDREW JACKSON Major general commanding, The honorable J. C. Calhoun, LIST OF ACTS, &c. Authentic List of the Acts, Resolutions, and Treaties, passed, approved, and ratified, during the second session of the fifteenth Congress, which commenced on the 17th of November, 1818, and ended on the 3d March, 1819; together with an accurate abstract of the laws of that session, alphabetically arranged under heads corresponding with the subjects to which they relate. The date of approval, and the branch of the Legislature in which each act originated, are also added. Accounts. 1. An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts." House, 24th Feb. 1819. 1. An act to enable the people of the Alabama territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union, on an equal footing with the original states. Senate, 2d March, 1819. 1. An act establishing a separate territorial government in the southern part of the territory of Missouri. House, 2d March, 1819. [Part of the Missouri territory, after 4th July, 1819, to form a separate territory, to be called Ar kansaw. A governor, secretary, and judges. Legislative power to be exercised by the governor and judges until the organization of the general assembly. Military bounty lands exempt from taxes for three years from the date of patents. When the people have a right to elect members of their house of representatives, they have the right to elect a delegate to Congress. Laws of Missouri, not inconsistent, in force. Arkansaw the seat of government.] Army. [this act contains, in general, the same provisions as preceding acts in like cases. Elections are to be holden on Monday and Tuesday, in May, 1819, and the convention is to meet at Huntsville, on the first Monday of July following, to frame a constitution. Waste lands are to be at the sole disposal of the United States. 1,620 acres of land are 1. An act to regulate the pay of the army when granted for a seat of government, in lieu of a sec-employed on fatigue duty. Senate, 2d March, tion formerly granted; and the state is to be entitled to one representative in Congress until the next census.] Appropriations. 1. An act making a partial appropriation for the military service of the United States, for the year 1819, and to make good a deficit in the appropriation for holding treaties with the Indians. House, 16th December, 1818. [200,000 dollars for subsistence; 50,000 dollars for holding treaties.] 2. An act making appropriations for the milita ry service of the United States for the year 1819. House, 15th February, 1819. [For pay, subsistence, forage, clothing, bounties, hospital department, quarter master's and ordnance departments, fortifications, armories, arsenals, half-pay and invalid pensions, revolutionary pensioners, Indian department, &c &c.] 3 An act making appropriations for the sup port of the Navy of the United States for the year 1819 House, 16th February, 1819. [For pay, subsistence, medicines, hospital stores, repairs of vessels and navy yards, medals and swords, and marine corps.] 4 An act making appropriations for the supPort of government for the year 1819. House, 3d March, 1819. [This is the usual annual appropriation for defraying the expenses of the civil list.] 5. An act making appropriations for the public buildings, for the purchase of a lot of land, and furnishing a supply of water for the use of certain public buildings. House, 3d March, 1819. [For finishing the wings of the Capitol, the centre building, gates, iron railing, &c. of the President's house; enlarging offices west of President's house; pipes for supplying executive offices with water: to be expended under the President's direction.] 6. An act making appropriations to carry into effect treaties concluded with several Indian tribes therein mentioned. Senate, 3d March, 1819 [The appropriations made by this act, are in pursuance of Indian treaties, ratified during the second session of the fifteenth Congress, with the exception of appropriations in virtue of the treaty of Fort Wilkinson, of 16th June, 1802, with the Creeks, and of the treaty of the Creek Agency, 1819. [15 cents, and an extra gill of whiskey, per day, to non commissioned officers and privates, when employed, not less than ten days, où fortifications, &c] Bank of the United States. 1. An act to enforce those provisions of the act, entitled, "An act to incorporate the subscribers to the Bank of the United States," which relate to the right of voting for directors, and for other purposes. House, 3d March, 1819. [Persons offering more than thirty votes, may be compelled to make oath. Any judge of elections may administer the oath in his discretion, or at the instance of a stockholder. No person allowed to vote as proxy, &c. without a power, with an oath, endorsed, and filed in the bank. The oath may be taken before a notary public, judge, or justice of the peace, and must be certified.Judges of elections, permitting persons to give more than thirty votes without making oath, or suffering any person to vote as a proxy without a power, as prescribed, are to be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and subject to fine or imprisonPersons wilfully and absolutely swearing falsely, subject to the pains and penalties of wilful and corrupt perjury. Persons giving money, bribe, present, or reward, &c. to procure the opinion, vote, or interest of the President or any di rector of the bank, in relation to the concerns of the bank, the person giving, and the President and director accepting, the money, bribe, &c. to be fined and imprisoned, and forever disqualified to hold any office, &c.] ment. Clerks. 1 An act to increase the number of Clerks in the Department of War. House, 5th December, 1818. [The Secretary of War authorized to employ 12 additional clerks. 12 000 dollars appropriated to pay them. Act in force for a year] 2. An act to incorporate the Provident Association of Clerks in the civil department of the government of the United States, in the District of Columbia House, 15th February, 1819. [This is an act to provide for the support and advancement in society of the members of the families of deceased clerks. Each associate pays 2 "dolls. 50 cents quarterly: the funds are to be de 184 THE NATIONAL REGISTER. [No. 12 posited in bank; and on the death of a member defend against aggression, &c. by any armed ves. of the society, his family receives a sum propor-sel other than a public armed vessel of a nation in tionate to the number of years he has been a amity; may capture the offending vessel and remember: in case of no family, persons may be take vessels of the United States, &c. Vessels or adopted by a clerk. The debts are not to exceed boats, from which piratical aggression, &c. has the value of property; the Society is prohibited been first attempted or made, when taken and from banking; and the charter is limited to the 3d brought into port, may be condemned to the use of March, 1834] of the United States and the captors, &c. Persons committing the crime of piracy on the high seas, it brought into, or found in, the United States, to be punished with death. This act in force until the end of the next session of Congress.] District of Columbia. Coasting Trade. 1. An act supplementary to the acts concerning the coasting trade. Senate, 2d March, 1819. [The sea coast and navigable rivers of the United States divided into two great districts. Licensed vessels, of 20 tons and upwards, may 1. An act to authorize the President and Mancarry on trade between the districts within theagers of the Rockville and Washington Turnpike great districts, and between a state in one, and Road Company, of the state of Maryland, to extend an adjoining state in another, great district, &c.and make their Turnpike Road to or from the Trade between districts not included, &c. to be boundary of the city of Washington, in the District carried on as already provided: 1st district, from|| of Columbia, through the said District, to the line the eastern units of the United States to the thereof. House, 15th February, 1819. Southern limits of Georgia; 2d from the Perdido to the western limits of the United States. This act goes into effect on the 1st July, 1819.]. Congress. [The powers and obligations of the Company of the Columbia Turnpike Roads, transferred to the Rockville and Washington Turnpike Road Company: the former to file a written release. The corporation of Washington may purchase out 1. An act to provide for the removal of the Li brary of Congress to the north wing of the Capi-the road, on paying the capital and six per cent.] tol Senate, 3d December, 1818. [Suitable apartments to be fitted up; and 2,000 dollars further appropriated for books.) 2. Resolution directing the manner in which the printing of Congress shall be executed, fixing the prices thereof, and providing for the appointment of a printer or printers. Senate, 3d March, 1819. [This act changes the mode of providing for the execution of the printing for Congress, from a contract, which has heretofore prevailed, to an election by the Senate and House, respectively. They may chuse the same or different printers; and if the work is not executed promptly, others may be employed; if these latter charge more than the fixed price, the excess is to be charged to the persons elected] Coins, Foreign. 2. An act to incorprrate the Medical Society of the District of Columbia. House, 16th February, 1819. A [Property of the society limited to 6,000 dollars per annum. Four stated meetings yearly. board of examiners. License necessary to prac tice. Fifty dollars penalty for practising without license or diploma Practising physicians resident in the states, and regular physicians, sent for, may practice] 3. An act supplementary to the act, entitled, "An act further to amend the charter of the city of Washington." Senate, 20th February, 1819. [Lots sold for taxes may be redeemed within two years on payment of purchase money and 10 per cent. If the purchaser cannot be found, or refuses to accept, the redemption money may be paid to the clerk of the county court: the clerk 1. An act to continue in force an act regulating is to report to the court, deposite the money, &c. the currency, within the United States, of theThe officer charged with selling real estate for gold coins of Great Britain, France, Portugal, and taxes, to report, in writing, to the clerk within Spain, and the crowns of France, and five franc ten days: clerk to record the report: vested rights pieces. Senate, 3d March, 1819. not affected] [The 1st section of this act regulates the cur 4. An act to incorporate a Company to build a rency of foreign gold coins, to wit: of Great Bri- Bridge over the Eastern Branch of Potams, bes tain, present standard, 100 cents for 27 grains, or tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets east, in the 88 cents 89ths, of France, 109 cents for 274|| city of Washington. House, 24th February, 1819.] grains, or 87 cents per pennyweight; of Spain, [Navy Yard (draw) Bridge Company. Capital 100 cents for 284 grains, or 84 cents per penny-25,000 dollars, in shares of 100 dollars each. weight, until 1st November, 1819, when foreign United States' property and troops, and militia, gold coins cease to be a legal tender. The free from toll. The bridge must me built by 1st section continues so much of the act of 29th October, 1822] April, 1816, as relates to foreign silver coins, in force until 29th April, 1821] Commerce and Navigation. 1. An act to protect the commerce of the United States, and punish the crime of piracy. Senate, 3d March, 1819. 5. An act supplementary to the act, entitled "An act to authorize and empower the President and Managers of the Washington Turnpike Com. pany of the state of Maryland, when organized, to extend and make their turnpike road to or from Georgetown, in the District of Columbia, through the said District, to the line thereof. House, 3d March, 1819. [A supplementary act of the state of Maryland, passed in 1818, declared in force within the Dis trict of Columbia.] [The President authorized to employ the public armed vessels to protect merchant vessels and their crews from piratical aggressions, and to instruct their commanders to take and send into port armed vessels, &c. which have attempted or cominitted piratical aggressions, &c. upon any vessel, 6. An act authorizing the purchase of fire enand to retake vessels of the United States unlaw-gines, and for the safe-keeping of the same. Sefully captured. 'Merchant vessels of the United nate, 3d March, 1819. States, owned wholly or in part by a citizen, may [The President to cause to be purchased two |
