their homes in Georgia, defraying their expenses, in many instances, by the sale of provisions. Lieutenant Patrick submitted his final report on the 13th of June. Nearly one year had elapsed since the commencement of the undertaking. Though more successful in obtaining numbers than was anticipated, the good citizens, looking to the future prosperity of the country, were sadly disappointed in the character of those who came professedly with a determination to cultivate the soil and make permanent abodes. The statement of Lieutenant Patrick shows the number, age, &c., of those to whom subsistence was issued: There were comprehended in this thirty-two villages, or settlements, as they were familiarly called, extending from St. Augustine west to within thirty miles of Tallahassee, and advanced into what might be called the Indian country, as far as thirty miles south of Fort Brooke, Tampa Bay. This was Colonel Reid's settlement on the Manatee river, now one of the most thrifty villages in Florida. The act of congress, February 1st, 1836, greatly relieved the citizens of the territory. Driven from the plantations by the incursions of the Indians, they were deprived of food, or the means of obtaining it, and in many instances were destitute of clothing or shelter. A liberal construction of the law was demanded, but this had become so munificent, that the list of suffering inhabitants comprised some of the most opulent families. Like all expenditures connected with the contest, time and circumstances had sanctioned it, until the government ration was considered a right and as an inheritance. A rigid scrutiny was at once had into this overgrown and diseased administration of an act intended for the relief of the distressed, and not for their profit or continued support. While good resulted from it in many instances, it caused in the end accumulated evils to the country. The slightest pretext induced many to flee from their plantations, and a still slighter cause deterred a much larger number from returning to them. The spirit of enterprise was gone. The interior was a wil derness. Indolence and timidity were sustained and encouraged by the supplies afforded from the government stores. This system was now put an end to. The deserving and industrious were protected and encouraged, and required to rely upon their own exertions, while the profligate and idle were compelled to forsake long-indulged habits, and return to honest labor to earn their daily bread. The beneficial effects of this policy were soon realized. Large numbers re-occupied their plantations, free from danger, and after the lapse of a short time, were surrounded with every comfort, and rendered independent of the charity of the government. APPENDIX. Circular, Orders, Sc., connected with the erection of a Monument in Florida, to the memory of those who have fallen in the contest. CIRCULAR. ON or before the conclusion of the Florida service, it is proposed to gather the remains: 1st, of the officers and soldiers who fell with Major Dade; 2d, of other officers who may have been killed in battle, or died on this service. Preparatory thereto, the colonel commanding has caused the remains first mentioned, and those of several officers within reach, to be transferred to St. Augustine, with a view to interment, with proper ceremonies, on the grounds attached to the public buildings. Others, which it has not yet been convenient to reach, will be added to the number. It is further proposed, over these remains, to place plain but durable slabs, on which will be simply recorded the names, rank and corps of the individuals, and the occasion, if in battle, on which they perished; not doubting that this mark of respect will be acceptable to the service. It is also believed, that it will be equally agreeable that there should be a general participation in the slight expense incident thereto. If correct in this view, it is suggested as the most convenient form, that each officer and soldier serving with corps now in Florida, consent to set apart one day's pay proper, which will probably be fully equal to the sufficient but unostentatious memorial proposed to be erected Commanders of corps are invited to take the sense of their officers and men upon the subject and measures, that any funds resulting therefrom may be retained by the paymaster, and by him transmitted to the quartermaster at St. Augustine, subject to disbursement by such persons as shall be designated in orders. At the proper time orders will issue for the ceremony, in which every corps will be represented, and as far as practicable, every grade of those to whose memory is designed this mark of respect. Cedar Key, June 13th, 1842. S. COOPER, Assistant Adjutant-General. ORDER, No. 25. Head-Quarters, Military Department No. 9, I. The remains of officers who have been killed in battle, or who have died on service, including those of the non-commissioned officers and soldiers (being the command, save two) who fell with Major Dade; as also those of several non-commissioned officers and privates who fell under peculiar circumstances of gallantry and conduct, have been gathered and transferred to St. Augustine, where suitable vaults are constructed for their final reception, over which unosientatious monuments will be erected to the memories of our late comrades. For this purpose, the sufficient pecuniary means have been raised by the voluntary subscription of the soldiers and officers of this command. II. The ceremony of interment will take place at St. Augustine, on the 15th day of August next; on which occasion every corps now serving in the territory, will be represented, as well as every grade (from lieutenant-colonel to private) of those to whose memory is designed this mark of respect. III. The senior officer of the line present, will act as fieldofficer of the day; and will conduct the ceremony according to the established rules of the service. IV. The funeral escort will consist of as many companies, not exceeding six, as can be assembled without inconvenience to the service. V. On the day of interment, the flags at the different stations will be displayed at half-staff; half-hour guns will be fired from meridian to sundown; and minute-guns at the place of interment during the ceremony. By order of Colonel Worth. S. COOPER, Assistant Adjutant-General. Lieutenant-Colonel Belknap, being the senior officer present, assumed direction of the ceremony, and formed the escort as follows, viz.: Pall-Bearers. Captain T. P. GwYNN, 8th infantry, commanding the escort. Lieutenant A. T. LEE, acting adjutant. ESCORT, COMPOSED OF Company K, 8th infantry-Lieutenant J. SELDEN. Colors and band of the 8th infantry. Field-music of the artillery. Details from the dif ferent regiments now Lieutenant BENHAM, U. S. Engineers. Doctor MARTIN, U. S. Army. CLERGY. Platoon of the Guard of Honor. 1st REMAINS-contained in seven wagons; each covered by the and 7th wagons: Major VAN NESS, Lieutenant-Colonel HUNT, |