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erican people. ANDREW JACKSON. In obedience to the commands of the President, the following funeral honors will be paid at the several stations of the Army: At daybreak twenty-four guns will be fired in quick succession, and one gun at the interval of every half hour thereafter till sunset. The flags of the several stations will during the day be at half-mast. The officers of the Army will wear crape on the left arm for the period of six months. This order will be carried into effect under the direction of the commanding officer of each post and station the day after its reception. By command of Major-General Macomb, commanding in chief: R. JONES, _Adjutant-General_ GREEN HILL, _October 12, 1834_. Hon. LEVI WOODBURY, _Secretary of the Treasury_. MY DEAR SIR: I inclose you two letters from two of our most respectable citizens. They are good men and true. The letters relate to matters under your immediate charge, and when I come on to Washington will see about them. Marshall was our candidate for the legislature, and has no doubt lost his election through the influence of the United States officers at that post, who are all of them opposed to us, and if we lose _Brown_ this winter from the Senate it will be owing mainly and chiefly to this. The county of Carterett sends three members to the legislature, and is Jackson to the _hub_; but Major Kirby, who commands at Fort Macon, has used his influence in conjunction with D. Borden, who finds the troops with provisions, in favor of the opposition, and have beaten our men by small majorities. The troops, it seems, were paid off in Virginia money, which is below _par_ in our State, and this just on the eve of the election, and hence you may see the turn that was given to the matter. Dr. Hunt, who wishes to be appointed surgeon at Occracock, is a fine man, and I should like for him to have it; but of these matters more when I see you. You see our new bank has gone into operation. Suppose you open a correspondence [with] them about the matter we have been talking about. It is _all important_ that this matter should be attended to. With sentiments of great respect, I am, dear sir, yours, etc., J. SPEIGHT. [Indorsement.] Let a strict inquiry be had into the conduct of the officers complained of, and particularly why the paymaster has paid the troops in depreciated paper when he could as easily paid them in specie. It is his duty in all
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