of New York and elsewhere_, to the great injury, scandal, and disgrace of the said William Apes, and against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth aforesaid. SAMUEL D. PARKER, Attorney of said Commonwealth, within the County of Suffolk. PARKER H. PEIRCE, Foreman of the Grand Jury. A true Copy.--Attest, THOMAS W. PHILLIPS, Clerk of the Municipal Court of the City of Boston. Subsequently, I entered civil actions against two others, for the same offence, and had them held to bail in the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, with sureties. This soon made them feel very sore. They had put it in my power to punish them very severely for giving rein to their malignant passions, and they asked mercy. I granted it, in order to show them that I wanted nothing but right, and not revenge; and that they might know that an Indian's character was as dearly valued by him as theirs by them. Would they ever have thus yielded to an Indian, if they had not been compelled? I presume it will satisfy the world that there was no truth in their stories, to read their confessions, which are as follows: _Extract from a letter written by David Ayres, to Elder T.F. Norris, dated New Orleans, April 12, 1833_. "I have arrived here this day, and expected to have found letters here from you, and some of my other brethren respecting Apes' suit. I never volunteered in this business, but was led into it by others, and it is truly a hard case that I must have all this trouble on their account." _Extract of a letter written by David Ayers to William Apes, dated July 1, 1833_. "I am, and always have been your friend, and I never expected that any things I wrote about you, would find their way into the public papers. I am for peace, and surely I have had trouble enough. I never designed to injure you, and when all were your enemies, I was your warm friend." _Extract from a letter written by G. Thomas to Rev. Thomas F. Norris, dated New York, July 12, 1833_.