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ive nations, and that the united Brotherhood of the Indian nations might be preserved and perpetuated. Hoping that you will not fail to meet us around our great council fire to smoke the pipe of peace and shake the right hand of brotherly love, Thy friend and Brother,Kooweskoowes. John Ross, P'l Chief C. N. A Brush in the Sound. The New Orleans Picayune, of the 22d, has been courteously permitted to copy the following interesting report: C. S. Steamer Florida, Lake Pontchartrain, Oct. 20, 1861. Sir --I have the honor to advise you of the return of this steamer to the anchorage off this place. We left here on Monday last, and proceeded as far as Pearl river, for the purpose of wooding and filling up our water. In weighing our anchor the following morning we discovered that we had fouled the telegraph wire that spans the river. Before we could extricate it, the posts which secure it in the marsh were drawn from their places.--Every effort was made to ge