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1839. July 14. continued. to the part which says " we are again constrained to express our regret at that portion of your communication which relates to our western brethren, and your interposition in behalf of the Cherokee people". - He thinks it strange they should in their first letter to him say they are again constrained to express their regret; and still some strange, because he had no re-collection of receiving a letter from any of their friends containing such remark. He refers them to his communication for existence that there is no cause for that particular regret; and if they imagine they have any other, the general begs them to state the facts on which it is based, and pledges himself to con-vince them that his conduct in "not clear" particular connected with the diff-culties between the old & new settlers, is entitled to their thanks. The General thinks it indeed singular, after having been requested by Mr Ross in letter of June 22d & 23d, to interpose by force and otherwise, to prevent the further effusion of blood in the Cherokee nation,- that his interposition should now be complain-ed of, and without the assignment of any justifiable cause. He observes that they remind him of the high respon-sibility under which he acts: he says he is well apprized of that fact, & he hopes that all who have public busi-ness to transact will equally res-pect their high obligations. He observes their further remark that with his co-operation both tranquillity and perfect safety can be secured to the citizens of he United States & the Chero-kee people. He can assure them that it will afford him very great pleasure to unite with them in any "meantime?", calculated to effect this desirable object, which is not positively unjust to others; but that thing must perceive, as long as the Cherokee people are divided into parties, he can do little more than request each party t abstain from such meas-ures as are liable to create acts of violence. - He declares that the e-vent of difficulties in the Cherokee Nation, which he assures them he fears will very soon take place, - the mili-tary force in that country cannot, nor will not, be employed in conjunction with either party, but only to preserve peace and prevent the shedding of blood,