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1839 Oct: 14: continued. These facts, the General judges to be entirely sufficient to prove that no union between the late emigrants and old settlers has taken place, or that the small minority of the old settlers who deposed their chiefs, could give validity to such an act; and, adds the General, the proceedings of the convention of Mr Ross, conclusively from that Mr Ross would not have met the chiefs of the old settlers at Fort Gibson, or at any place, where he could not have enjoyed a positive control over them and over every measure he desired to mature. - The General observes that in the late communications of Mr Ross, he abounds in the expressions of good feelings towards the citizens of the United States, and of his desire to maintain peace, to allay strife with his own people, and discharge his duty to the government of the United States. It would afford the General much pleasure if the professions & acts of Mr Ross corresponded in their particulars. Mr Ross remarks in his letter to the Cherokee Agent, that the Agent is perhaps apprised that the people of the country have acted "upon the subject" (meaning the murderers of the Ridges and Boudinot, and the treaty party,) in a manner satisfactory to themselves. The General says it is not doubted that they have done so, so far as relates