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'1 ho following articles copied from th« Arkansas CU/.ette we recommend to Dr. Ely, for he it the only one we have noticed \vlio can draw powerful arguments, from »U' h transactions among the western In dians, i;i favor of the removal ofthose east ot'ilin Mistfisftppi. THE LATE OSAGE VICTORY. The following extract of a loiter from a gentlemrfh at tho Wostern Creek Agency, dated 10th ult'., to another in this place, conti ins some farther particulars of the victory which tho Osages havo recently ob tained over their enemies the Paw nees,' than we were in possession of when we published the account ci it in our paper of the 2d inst. "The Osages have just returned from a war expedition against their foes_ the Pawnees.--They arrived at their town triumphantly, having met with unbounded seccoss. They went to the Pawnee town, about 300 in number, and drove tlieni, after a short but bloody battle, into a large lake, where the Osages laid down their guns and chased them in the lako with the tomahawk, and massaoreod them before they could make their escape. It is asserted by them, that, since their knowledge of the Pawnees, they never have as yet had a fight where go much blood was spilt. It is re markable, that the Osages did not lose a single man. The number ol Pawnees killed is about 80 or 90—5 women taken prisoners—&. they bro't in 84 horses, which they stolo from the Pawnees." 7"i« late Indian Murder. —The fol lowing is an extract of a letter to the Edi'or, from n respectable citizen re siding at Miller C. H., dated 3d inst. Some of the particulars ofthe murder to which it alludes, were published in oijr paper ofthe 2d inst. • Mr. Isaac Murphy was murder ed by a party of from 12 to 15 Indians, while at work in his field, on the 22d Jan. The citizens, to the number of about 40, have pursued them, but have bo! yet returned. It is not ascertain ed vvhat Indians eomniittcd the mur der Mr. Murphy was a respectable citizen, living about 3 miles from this place "P S. Since writing the foregoing, the citizens who went in pursuit, of the Indians, have returned, after bav ins; pursued them to the Cross-tim bers, without overtaking them. — They ascertained them to he Paw ners, from their si sen arid trail tending directly towarcl their villages Signs of numerous bodie* of Indians, were discovered within 12 or 15 miles of 4ho settlement, but il is presumed that none came in except those who committed the murder.—The Cadoes are suspected of being concerned in the affair. "The citizens on Red river are much alarmed, being apprehensive that the Indian* wilt return again as eoon as the grass springs up sufficient ly for them to subsist their horses." CONGRESS. House of Representatives. INDIAN AFFAIRS. Mr. Bell, fromthe committee on In 4';an Affairs,to which was referred that part of Ihe President's Message which relates to the Indian Affairs, and sun dry resolutions and memorials upon the same subject, made a report j thereon, accompanied by a bill, to . provide for the removal of the Indian Tribes within any of the States and Territories, and for their permanent settlement West of the river Missis ' t'ippi; which was read and committed to the Committee of the Whole House -on the state of the Union, With the Report and Documents ordered to be printed. [The report is very long, occupying about sixty pages of manu re ript.] Mr. Buchanan said this was a sub ject of great importance; the more, as he had no doubt, from the nature of the numerous memorials presented to the House, that great misapprehension prevailed in the country on the sub-; It was commonly believed that the Indians vere to be removed from The Southern Stales by force: and no thing was further from tho intention of Congress or of the State of Georgia either, than this It was right to correct the erroneous impression of the public on this subject, and he «h- -efo re moved that ten thousand additional copies of the report be pri' ied for tho use the House. Mr. Bur%e»» did not rise to eontro yev< the printing of any number of c'opms of tha report, but in some sort PHEROK to controvert the Idea loggaited, nnino ly, that misapprehension nnd error had gone abroad on thii subject The gent lonian said nothinf was further from tho intention of this Government and of Georgia, than to remove the Indians by force. Mr. B. presumed, that nothing of the sort win in!ended by tlio Government of the United States, but when he »aw Georgia ma king laws to extend over the Indiana her jurisdiction, and excluding them from tlio exercise of their own rights,, and calculated to drive tlieni on, lie ; could not agree to tlio remark of the j gentlomeiv, He honed the motion' Would bo postponed for u week, by which time the report would bo print ed, and the House could soe what it was, and whether it was such as deserve this great circulation among the people. Mr. Wilde said he did not intend to be drawn into a premature discussion —premature, at least, in his judg ment—of the highly important cjuos tions involved in the bill and report of tiie Committee on Indian Affairs, which had not yet been road. He agreed with the gentleman from Pennsylvania, [Mr. B.] that great misapprehension hod existed on this subject, and disagreed with the gen tlemen from Rhode Island, who insist ed that there was no misapprehension in relation to the policy nml conduct of the State of Georgia. That State had indeed made provision prospec tively for extending her laws over eve ry person within her limits. In doing so she had done no more Mian had re cently been done by some of the new States—nothing more than had long since been done l>y several of the old ones. Ho denied that tlio State of Georgia entertained the project of driving the Indians froru her soil by force; and he believed ho had at least as good an opportunity of being informed as to the views and policy of that Stale, as the honorable gentle man from Rhode Island. Mr. Bales could not, until he knew wiiat the report was, consent to or der this groat extra number to be printed. He had great confidence in the committee which made the re port, and- especially for tho honorable chairman; but he wished the report to lie on the table until to-morrow or next day, to afford an opportunity for examining it, and he moved to post pone the motion for the extra printing until to-morrow. Mr. Thompson, of Georgia, col ted for tlte reading of the report This, was opposed by Mr. Sutherland, as an useless waste of lime; and was insist ed on by Mr. Thompson, who said it was necessary, inasmuch as the not knowing what it contained, was made a plea for objecting to the printing. Mr. Reed deprecated (his depar ture from the old usages of the Huiise, which was growing up. It had been the practice to print the usual num bers of a document, and when read and understood, if found of great in terest, to print an extra number. Now, it was becoming customary, when a report was made, for some gentleman, not a member of the com mittee, but knowing something of it he supposed, to got up and move an ex traordinary number of copies. lie hoped before this was agreed to, in the present c.ise, the House would be enabled to know the content# ofthe j report. Mr Thompson said, in deference to the opinions of friends near him, he would withdraw the call for the read ing. Mr. Taylor said a few words in fa vor of tho postponement, and if that were not carried, he should call for the reading himself, as he could not vote for this extra number without knowing something of the leport. Mr. Buchanan on the opinion which he had expressed, that great misapprehension existed in the country respecting this Indian qnes t.ion. The memorials which loaded the tables of this House proved thir fact He was satisfied that the fear» of the memorialists respecting the in tentions of the Government, and of the State of Georgia, were totally groundless. The forcible removal of the Indians was thought, in many parts of tho country, to be resolved on—n great excitement prevailed on the subject—enthusiasts have been busy in scattering firebrands and arrows throughout the country relative to this subject, calculated to create dis cord, to the seeds of disunion, and to sever brethren who on,"lit ever to be united. It was proper the CEE PHOENIX AXD TJKTDIAN# * ADVOCATE, People should hove information to re* move the error prevalent on this sub ject, and who, lie asked. would de sire to keep such information from the people? Mr. Wicklijj'e would be willing to print the some number of this report 09 hod of o report on the sonflTsubjfiel mode tome years a go—ho believed ot tho oloie of the IQth Congress—but no more. That report was made, and without boiii" read, a large additional number of copies wore ordered to be printed. Mr. Everett, of Mass. said the gen tleman wr.s mistaken, flo (Mr. E.) mode that report himself, and ho well remembered that it was rend trough, to tho House, before the printing was ordered. But as lo tho other ques tion: The gentleman from Pennsyl vania hud said that great misapprehen sion existed in (he country on Ibis In dian subject; and gave that as a rea son for moving the large additional number of copies of tho report. Mr. J5. said be would not contend about the correctness of this opinion, bo cause that would be plunging into the discussion, lint when the llousc is told that greut error- of opinion pre vails on a subject, and that a certain document is cilrulotcd to contradict that opinion and correct the misap prehension, would the House favor the extensive distribution of that docu ment without first hearing it? Was it not proper first to know what opin ions it contradicts, and what it af firms 7 lie bad sn much confidence ill the Committee, that had the printing been moved without any reason but the interest of the subject, he would have vpied for it without hesitation; but it was the reason assigned for the motion which mode him averse to conseni to it. Mr. 6'oodtnow, of Ohio, was in favor of the extra number of copies. As the subject was one of great im portance, and as lie had perfect con fidence in the Commit tcec, he was willing, on the faith of that confidence to vote for the motion. There was nothing, he (bought, more important, there was nothing more dear to him, than giving information to thb peo ple. Mr. Lamar, of Georgia, said he would not now enter into any discus sion of the subject; but, when the time came, lie could show, that, in the conduct of Georgia respecting the Indians, there wa» nothing inconsist ent with the Constitution or with propriety That now was not the question; but it. was true that great misapprehension existed in some parts of the country on the subject; the newspapers had teemed with state ments and comments calculated to mislead the public mind, & lie hoped that a large number of this report might be printed and distributed a mong the people, to counteract the great misrepresentations on the sub ject. Mr. Siciigcre of Pennsylvania, took it for granted that the report em braced all the laws of Georgia, res pecting the Indians, and all the fact 9 of the case, presented in a fair view; and as it would therefore the people to form a corroct opii "• on the subject, he was in favor of print ing the additional copies. Mr. S. con curred in the opinion that the most erro neous impressions were entertained a mongthe people on this subject, His own correspondence, as wcl as the nu- merous petitions rceived by tins House, convinced him of the fact, He had received a letter lately from home, expressing surprise at n propo sition now before Congress, as was honestly believed, for removing the Indians by force, arid the people in his part of the country iver'e actually holding meetings to petition Congress against such a measure. Another letter was in favor of the extension of of jurisdiction overt!* Indians, by the State of Georgia; but protested a gninst the contemplated forcible re moval: in favor of that which has been done, and against that which is not intended. He cited other cases to establish the fact of great misappre hension on the subject; and as this re port would correct those erroneous impressions, lie was in favor of the ex tra number Mr. Jifiller. ofPa. preferred-know ing himself what the report contained before lie voted for printing this large additional number. The debate had consumed more time than the reading of the report could have done, and he wished-it read. He had voted, some, days ago, for printing GOOD copies of a report, with ils noing read. [The report made by Mr. Cambrcleng, from the committee of Commerce,) and he confessed, if he bad known what that report contained, be should have voted differently, He wos re solved not to commit the tame error again. Mr. Hayncn, of Georgia, said, tho objection to the printing, seemed (oho the ideo, that the report w«» n partial one; nn argument on one side. This was mere presumption, and ought not to hinder tho distribution of the in formation which it contained among the people. Supposing the character of the report such as was imputed lo it, the House hod printed a large ex. tro number of a former report, of an opposite character, and it would be unfair to withhold this. Air. White of N. York,jceing no cud to this debate, and perceiving its ten dency to a premature discussion of the whole subject if indulged, moved the previous question—but withdrew his motion at the request of Mr.Cambreleng, who regretted lo hoar what the gentleman (Mr. Mil ler) had snid about the report of the ! committee on commerce. He knew not whether to consider those remarks as implying n compliment or n censure but lie ivas bound to receive them as complimentary. Would that gentle man suppress information, or withold itfrofii the people, because it might not correspond with his own views,or bee wife lie might dissent from the de ductions from il? Mr. 0. was sur prised at the opposition to printing the extra number oi' the present report. There had been an Indian war raging oat of doors, and lie wished to have the question brought in here, where they might have a fair and honorable war with the other side, who had been carrying it on out of doors. Me should like to sec who were the mem* hers that were opposed to having this question placed fairly before the peo ple; and ho therefore demanded the yens and nays on the motion for post ponement Mr. Storrti of New York, said that he wished to vote understaudingly on eveiy matter connected with so deli cate and important a subject as that before the Ilousre. He might or might not agree to the principles of the report, and could not say whether he did not, as it had not been read to the House, and he did not know | exactly what the report was. He hoped that he should not be pressed to voto blindfolded on any question relating to it. He had du ring the debate looked very slightly at some of the sheets at (Itc table, but had not time to read a passage of it carefully. In that part which he cast his eye upon he saw that a paragraph from an opinion was quoted from a case in the Supreme Court of New York, but he had not time to look and tnc. whether the report further stoted that the case had been reversed in (he Court of Errors there. He wanted information as to the nature of the re port and its principles. At any rate he did not wish to act in darkness upon it. lie moved that it should be read to the House, and asked the Yeas and Nays on that question. The Yeas and Nays were ordered, and the question was taken on ths reading of the report, and dpci/.ied in the affirmative. Ayes 120, noes 56. The Clerk accordingly commenced ! the reading, and had proceeded about half an hour; when Mr. Clay, of Alab. moved to dis ; pense with tlie further reading, which I was agreed to, 78 to 57. A motion was then (about 3 o'- clock) made to adjourn and lost.— Ayes 43, noes 00. Mr. If?lite, now renewed his motion for the | revious question, which v\as seconded by a majority of the House. Mr. Storm, of N Y. then moved to lay the motion for printing on the ta ble, and called for (lie yeas and nays on flip motion. The yeas and nays were ordered, and being called: the motion to lay on the table was lost. Ayes 37, noes 143. Tim previous quest ion .now recur ving, Mr. Vance demanded the yeas and nays on it, and they were ordered. And the previous question being put?" Shall the main question be now put?'? it was carried. Ayes 126, noes 58. I he main question was then accord ingly put. viz. on the motion to print 10. 0(*0 additional copies of the report I and decided in the affirmative. -Yeas, ' 11Gj noes, -56/ CIiEROKKE PHcKNIX. KKW ECIiOTA MARCH 17, IbSV The Indian Committees in both houteg of Congress hav.« reported, recommending, a* we anticipated, the removal of the In., dians to the west of the Mississippi. The question is therefore now open for discus sion, and toon we shall hoar what is to be» come of uk, 'l'he crisis is at hand. Wi!s justice prevail? Will honor and plighteA faith he regarded, and the poor Indians be shielded from oppression ? These arc men'ous questions which must in a vei-f thort time receive a practical answer, i: justice prevails, tiie Indians Iyill assiiredljr lie protected. But if treaties are disre'-* gorilpd and declared cf no validity, as many high in office have already done, then in deed shall we be delivered over to our ene mies—it matttfrs not whether we hide ouv^ - (jclvea in the western praifiet—our enemies will have no difliculty in finding us there* if therefore wo are to bo sacrificed, let the bloody tragedy be accomplished here, on our own native soil, around the graves of our fathers in the view of the people of these United States. The good people of this boasting republic may stand arid gaze on the oppressive acts of Georgia, consent ing or not, as they please,to our ilettructiorg It will not require their niil to destroy us-v they need only stand still—Georgia caa accomplish her design easily—But there- Msili be a reckoning hereafter. It is said, however, that the Government and the state of Georgia dp not contemplate using force. VVc have never intimated that open force will be resorted to—this .vould be too barefaced, Ilut measures are in operation whose •fy fects upon us are the same «s those fp compulsion. The object is and if it is ever accomplished, it most be done contrary to our wishesaud by means which honor and justice uiiift forever reprobate. It makesna difference whether we are ousted at the point of the bayonet, or by indirect and oppressive measures—it in the same thing with us, and we wish the public to knew it. I'eo*-' pie of the U. S. our appeal is to you—vrilV you, with a relentless hand, extinguish a) our rising expectations* The leading men of Ibis nation have. be#n charged with » studiej ait r >n;t (a unread their people in regard to the iia>- ture of the country allotted by the ;;ovrrr>r merit lorthe future residence of the Indians 'i'licy have said, and repeated a hundred times, that the country was unfit ;•>» ill t is poor and unhealthy*!—it is deficient in wood and water. On tha other hand, the agentaof the government have extolled it, as being unexceptionable in every respect. We can answer thrs? men by a retort. It is their studied aj-r tempt to beguile and mislead thr Indian and not only the Indian's, but the public We hope they, will never succeed. We have frequently said that the good land, if any there be in the west, was not sufficient for the support of the Indians proposed to be colonized there. In this Opinion w e are not alone. We invite cur Cherokee rfaders, ( 0 whom the deceptive promises have he.cn held out, to peruse »he lemarks which fol low. 1 hoy u'. - e la'kcn from an article if! the A'haViaS Gazette, headed, "On the fnrchase of Texas." 'l'he writer must be considered a good witness in tlie ease, so lar as the nature and extent of the country is concerned. The whole country west of Mis souri and Arkansas, (including the forty miles severed from the latter,) is tfl ready parcelled out to the differ ent tribes who now occupy it. The Chcrokccs and Creeks are already murmuring on account of their re stricted limils, and complain thai the Gove nunc nt has assigned to both the same tract of country. The produc tions of the habitable parts of the country ,|u»der the careless culture of the Indians, ill be found not more than sufficient to supply tho wants of its present population. And it should he recollected, that, tinctured, as the Indians arc, with some of the characteristics of civilization, the force of their original habits is broken, which readers them as little qualilind to subsist on the sterile prairies to wards the Rocky Mountains. ;>s ma ny of our own citizens. In meliorat ing the condition of the Indians, lift inanity needs no subterfuge; its prin ciples are plain, direct, and uncondi tional. The Government is bound to protect the Indians as a separate and distinct people, so long as that pro tection docs not interfere with the rights and interests of its own but when this sacrifice beCQincs nc-