The conflict of the United States Government with the Semi-
nole Indians in Florida, is not likely to end in a triumph over the savages. The American army amounts to 8,000 men. The war has already cost fifteen millions of dollars, and the lives of many hundred officers and men, chiefly through sickness, in the Florida swamps. The determination was to expel the Indians, who had committed a massacre of White men, beyond the Mississippi : but General Jessup, chief in command, has recommended the Govern- ment to make peace and leave the Seminoles in possession of a considerable territory in Florida. Mr. Secretary Poi NSETT seems to have acceded to this suggestion. In a published letter to the General, he says- osson..!‘ The department indulged the hope, that with the extensive means placed at yousdisposal, the war, by a vigorous effort, might he brought to a clo.:e in this campaign. If, however, you are of opinion that, from the nature of the coun- try and the character of the enemy, such a result is impracticable, and it is ad- visable to make a temporary arrangement with the Seminoles, by which the safety of the settlements and the posts will be secured throughout the summer, you are at liberty to du so."
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