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1839. July 20.continued. yesterday authorized arms and am-munition to be issued to a portion of the militia residing near the western borders of Arkansas, to en-able them to protect the frontier in case the State is invaded, or the Cherokees should commit acts of hostility against the citizens of the United States; in all cases excepting these, they are forbidden to enter the Cherokee nation, un-less it may be to pass to "not clear" Wayne for subsistence stores.- Yet, as the militia are not required to leave their homes, it is presumed they will not do so without or-ders, or some circumstances near the time should render it ne-cessary. The General says he has also writ-ten to the Governor of Arkansas, advising him of the propriety of