Postmasters appointed by the President and Senate between the 4th of April, 1841, and 21st of March, 1842. B. List of persons other than postmasters appointed by the Postmaster General between the 4th April, 1841, and the 21st March, 1842, with their residence at the time of appointment, and places of birth, so far as known to the Department. 2d Session. DEFENCE OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA. DOCUMENTS Submitted to the House of Representatives, relating to the defence of the State of Georgia against the Indians in Florida, by the Hon. Mark A. Cooper. MAY 18, 1542. Referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. EXECUTIVE DEpartment, DEAR SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, and the document printed by order of the House of Representatives, relative to depredations by Indians and United States troops, in the State of Georgia. I here with transmit to you the copy of a letter written by me, in reply to Colonel Worth's of the 10th April, and also copies of all the orders issued from this depar ment, either directly or indirectly, since my request to the Secretary of War to have the Federal troops removed from the limits of this State. By a comparison of these orders with Colonel Riley's statements in his letter of the 28th March, to Major Cooper, you will perceive how incautious that gentleman has been in alleging, without qualification, that the Governor of Georgia has authorized the mustering of three companies of volunteers into the State service, under Captains Jernigan, Johnson, and North. To entitle his allegation to the greater appearance of truth, he says they were mustered in while he was on the frontier. Few officers are entitled, from character and standing, to higher credit than Colonel Riley; and yet he has ventured to make a communication that has but a shadow to support it. Sixty men are all that were ordered out. If the other statements of himself and his brother officers are made with as little particularity, it is to be presumed that the evidence of respectable citizens of Georgia is entitled to as much consideration, at least. It has been a matter of much surprise to me that officers, having as high claim to military character as many of those in Florida, have not seen the necessity, during the whole Seminole war, of guarding, vigilantly and efficiently, the immense swamps in the vicinity of the Georgia and Florida settlements. It must have arisen either from a want of due consideration, that when an enemy is driven from one place of concealment he will take refuge in the next that offers him the best chances of safety, or from an unaccountable apathy for the security of the people of the Georgia frontier |