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1839. Aug. 7. continued. Arbuckle, at Fort Gibson.- The writers emphatically address the General as the people of the Chero-kee nation, in national conven-tion assembled. They respectfully acknowledge his communication of the 4th, with the accompanying copy of his letter to Mess M Brown, Looney & Roger. The answer given to this last communication by the writers, will put the general in possession of their views of that document, and also of their earnest desire, by just & honorable means, to being the present serious difficulties to an amicable close. The writers, from the tener of the General's communication of the 29th ultimo, were not dispo-sed to press that correspondence which he was desirous should be discontinued; & for that reason had made no reply;- but the General's letter of the 4th instant; having re-newed the correspondence, ren-der it due to themselves to notice certain paragraphs in his of the 29th ultimo. They can by no means ad-mit the charges of having pro-duced the existing difficulties among the Cherokees. On the contra-ry, they appeal with confidence to their uniformly peaceable and conciliating communication and conduct for proof of their desire to remove difficul-ties & to promote peace & friendship. They declare that the only offer to meet the emigrants, be-sides that of the 2d instant, was that by Mess Brown, Looney & Rogers, to meet at Fort Gibson on the 25th of July; and that was so unreasonable, so indef-inite, and in other respects, so inappropriate, that it can hardly be viewed as a serious propo-