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BY A. 11. & W. F. PEMBEIITO.'Vs AUGUSTA,- SATUKDAY, MAY 14, VOLUiHK 50—AO* 33. ___________ I Published Every SATURDAY MORSI.VG, No. 26IJ!Bvoaa-sfrc*», opposite tl»e MASONIC ’ll A 1.1.. ‘ teisms. SEMI-WEEKLY PAPER, FIVE DOL LARS pci i..num, payable in advance, or SIX • DOLLARS at t!ie end of tlio year. WEEKLY PAPER, THREE DOLLARS fcor annttitl, payable in advance, or FOUR HOL LARS at the end of the year. No paper will be discontinued (except lit the fchoice of publisher,) until all arrearages are paid. ADVERTISEMENTS are inserted semi-week ly at63i cents per square, for the first insertion, dnd cents for each succeeding insertion— Weekly, at 62} cents per square for each insertion, and monthly (when not exceeding one square) at $1 for each insertion. Nolle, however small, is charged less than one square. Those intended to be limited must have the number of insertions, temi-weokly or weekly, written on them, or they will be inserted semi-weekly till forbid, and char ged accordingly. Thb publisher takes upon himself the risk of all remittances of money made to him by Mail— the poison remitting, first paying the postage, and obtaining from the Postmaster, a written or verbal acknowledgement of the amount, and Os its depb sitc in his office, to he given to the publisher in case of miscarriage. To Executors, .Administrators, and Guardi ana SALES of LAND or NEGROES, by Admin istrators, Executors, or Guardians, arc required by law, to be held on the first Tuesday in the month, between the hours often in the forenoon, aud three in the afternoon, at the Court-house ot the county in which the property is situate.—No tice of these sales must be given in a public gazette, SIXTY days previoiis to the day of sale. Notice of the sale of personal property, must iie given in like manner, FORTY days previous to the day of sale. Notice to the debtors and creditors of an estate, must be published for FORTY days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary Tor leave to sell LAND or N E GROES.mustbe published for FOUR MONTHS. ii | i«nn | n«»j* t 7J - » 11 i» ~ AU«nsTis WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1836. “ lie just, and fear nut RICHMOND BLUES. We are requested to state that this gallant and patriotic corps of Florida Volunteers, will be paid bft Tms-MonsiNO, at 10 o’clock, at the PlaN TF.ns’ Hotel. COMMUNICATED. (Jj“ MISS CARNES embraces this opportu nity of returning her sincere thanks to the un known “ Friend," who, on the occasion of her last Benefit, honored her by a highly complimen tary letter, containing a handsome enclosure. Augusta, May 10, 1836. THEATRE. Mrs. Barnes's Benefit, on Monday evening, was just such a one as we delight to see. The house was crowded to the overflowing, and the entertainments of the evening were unusually in teresting and impressive Mrs. B. shone in her admirable character of Mrs. Haller, with un diminished grace, and the highest encomium we can pay her is to say that she strikingly displayed her hitherto unrivalled abilities, in this difficult performance. The address of Miss Barnes, to the Volunteers was received with the most enthusiastic applause; and there were none, we believe, who listened to it, but felt that it came from a mind of a highly re fined, discreet, and elevated nature, richly stored both with natural and acquired endow ments. At our request, we have been favored with a copy for publication, and could wc accom pany its appearance in print, with the simple, mo dest, unaffected graces that adorned its delivery, we should attach to it a-beauty, which none hut those present on the occasion, can fully appreciate. BANK OF HAMBURG. We copy the following from the Edgefield Ad vertiser of the 28th nit.: “At a late meeting of the Directors of the Bank of Hambuig, many matters of importance received consideration. Among other things, the subject of a suitable site for the Bank buildings, was debated and agreed upon. They have purchased of Mr. Shultz, a most beau tiful lot, in a most commanding position, on Mar ket-street, between Ocntre-st. and the bridge; and propose to erect upon it, a large three-story brick edifice, in a style of architecture, honorable to Hamburg, and not surpassed perhaps, in beau ty and convenience by any Bank building in the State. A Resolution passed the Board unani mously, that no issue should be made, until the gold and the silver on all the stock paid in, should be deposited in the vaults. Under this Resolution, the certificates of specie deposit in 1 other Banks, or any other paper are but as mere rags. In their honest efforts to give the utmost stability to the Institution, they have wisely re solved to lay their foundation upon Gold.” TRIBUTE OF RESPECT. We publish with great pleasure, the following *o less just, than generous and flattering tribute, <o the public and private worth and services of a highly gallant and energetic Officer—* particular iy recognize the justice of its allusion to his kind and generous-hearted devotion to the “comfort and welfare of his corps ;” in which his merit as a commandeT, and his worth as a gentleman, were peculiarly conspicious r At a meeting of the Richmond Hussars, [act- I i n g as Infantry in the late Florida Campaign] held at the United States Hotel, for the purpose of tes- B tifying their high respect for their Commander, lE.—-the following Resolutions wore unanimously passed; Resolved, That we return our most grateful thanks to Capt. Samuel Bones, for his deport ment, not only as a skilful officer, but as a Gen tleman. \ Resolved, further, that we shall ever fuel grate ful for the kind attentions which he rendered, and the personal sacrifices which he was ever ready to make for the comfort and welfare of the Corps. Resolved, further, that wo return oar thanks [ to our commissioned and non-commissioned Olfi -1 cers generally, foi the faithful performance of I their duties. Resolved, further, that the chairman of this meeting wait upon the Captain with a copy of ‘ these Resolutions. Resolved, further, that the City papers, be re ; quested to publish these proceedings, and that ■ they be signed by the Chairman and Secretary. JAMES E. CASHIN, Chairman, _ A. S. Couuxei.l, Secretary'. from Florida; ' Extract of a letter, dated • “ Fong Du.ixE, April 26, 1836. t ■ [ Concluded from our last.'] 1 “A signal gnu was heard at 10 o’clock from Col. , Li\l)say’s division, in the direction expected —* returned; and about 3or 4 o’clock we arrived at his camp, oil the Tampa road, and within a few 1' hundred yards of the crossing place on the river; and encamped for the night between him and the river. Gen. Scott, with Gen. Eus ris and his Division, composed chiefly of the S. Carolina Vo lunteers, had passed Col, Lindsay’s camp in the morning, about II o’clock, and proceeded onward toward Volusia ; having left Tampa after Colonel Lindsay, and he one day after us. Col. Lind say’s Division was composed of the Alabama Vol unteers, about 750 irt number; and bad been at . tacked while crossing the Hillsboro’ rivet, and lost one man there, shot dead on the spot, who, I 1 was greatly pained to learn, was an old acquain tance, James Buanham, (son of Dr. Biianham, of Eatonton, Georgia,) who had recently emigra ted to Alabama, and joined the volunteers from that Stale. —A large number of the Alabama Vol unteers were sick, from the heat, bad water, and ‘ fatigue ; and their gallant and able commander. Col. Lindsay, also, was very unwell, though not seriously so, and getting belter. I forgot to mention, in my letter from Tampa, the most interesting incident and gallant ex ploit of the campaign, which occurred in Gen. Eustis’s Division of South Carolina Volun teers, on the march to Tampa. An attack was made on a party of Indians under Ko-ha ha-jo, one of the Chiefs who signed the treaty; and during the conflict, Gen. Shelton, of South Carolina, who was on horseback, charged upon this Chief single handed—both raised their guns together, but Gen. S. was so fortunate as to get the first fire, and lodged a load of buckshot in the shoulder of the Chief, close to the neck, which caused him to wheel round to the rear on that side, and fall on his elbow. Pursuing Ibis ad vantage, the General rode up, and as his determi ned enemy, though dying, was raising his rifle, leveled his pistol at his breast—it missed lire, and the ball of Ko-ha-ha-jo’s rifle, which was raised for the shot scarce higher than his waist, was lodged in his body near the hip. Both fell to gether—tiie chief instantly dead, with andtber deadly, though unnecessary shot in the back, from another hand, just as ho was falling—and the General, dangciousiy wounded, though hap pily, not mortally. I had the pleasure of seeing him at Fort Brooke, on Tampa Bay, and of learning that he was doing well, and considered, under proper care and attention, out of danger.’ God speed his recovery, and his return to his home and friends! On the next morning after joining Col. Lindsay, (who was to march back immedi ately to Tampa, and then discharge his Volun teers,) wc crossed the Withlacoochee, and con tinued along the Tampa road to the next branch of the river, about 8 miles; crossed that, pass ing through a wide dense hammock on each side, and disappointed in not meeting with an attack, at a point so favorable to the ene my, and encamped about four or five miles farther, on a spot formerly occupied by General Gaines, in his march from Tampa to Fort King, and surrounded by breast-works. During the day we captured three Indian ponies with halters on, between two hamnVocks, about a mile arid a half from the road ; Which were put up at auction in the camp, and sold for forty-one dollars. Next day, about four miles from the camp, wo came to the melancholy and disastrous battle ground of the gallant Dade, and his devoted band, and the troops were halted for sometime, to give each one an opportunity of carefully viewing tire sad spot, and the numerous melancholy vestiges of the bloody massacre still remaining on it. The most conspicuous of these is the breast-work, in the shape of a triangle, about twenty yards on each side, and three logs high, situated immedi ately on the road—in the centre of which are the mounds of the two graves in which the dead were buried; but the cannon placed at the head of them is gone—taken away hy the Indians of course. In front of the breast work, as we ap preached it, fie tlxc skeletons of a horse, and two oxen, with the skins still on, and in a state of much preservation—the latter as they fell, with the yoke on, and foreheads and backs directly up ward. In tiie rear of them is the ox cart, literal, ly riddled with bullet holes, and near it, in sepa. . rate places, the front part of the gun-earriage, ! the amrfiunition-box, and tiie lire and other iron ; of a wagon, in a heap, as it dropped off the wood i work, which was burnt. On the right, and near , one of the points of the breast-work, is the skele ton of another horse, and several pieces of iron . work; and on the opposite side of the breast I work from that which wc approached, is the hind • part of the gun-carriage. About 150 yards to the , westward, is the spot where the Indians buried ■ their dead, against the root of a fallen tree, and in the hole from Which the root was torn. The I country all arobnd is as open as any through which we have phased, with not a hammock in sight; and on the right, as we approached the spot, is a large prairie,the edge of which extends exactly to the road and the point of the breast work, and in 1 it, about 50 yards distant, is a shallow grassy pond. 1 The pine trees on the spot, and all around,are per forated with innumerable bullets, many of which , had been cut out as relics, before wc arrived, and ere wc left, the trees were covered with the blazes made in extracting them. A dollar was given by | many for a single bullet; and, being llio first on \ the ground, I hired Indian Billy, vvlio came up! with a hatchet shortly afier, to cut out for me as many as we could find at 53 cents a piece. | A bayonet-sheath was found which had been ! struck with five or six balls within the space of j two inches; aud the soldier (Spiiacue) who escaped with a violent wound in the shoulder, j hy feigning death, as lie lay upon the ground, I till soilietime after the Indians left it, was pre sent, with ins company, and explained the va rious incidents of the massacre, and the place where each officer fell arid was afterwards found. Mr. Blodoet, of the Richmond Blues, found an Officer’s cap, covered with dirt, with a bullet hole through it, and stiff with blood, which lie care fully washed, and now wears. The place natu rally arouced painful and melancholy, but exci ting sensations, and I lingered behind fur some time after all others had left it, to familiarize my mind with all Its external objects, and ruminate on the fatal incidents they had so lately witnessed. On the same day about a hundred cattle were captured; and as the detachment of Dragoons went out to aid in bringing them in, they discov ered six Indians on the edge of a hammock, and fired upon them, dismounted, and (after receiving a few shots from them,) charged into the ham mock after them,hut without success—* despatch ed a messenger to Gen. Clinch, who authorized Maj. Malone to proceed after the Indians and the cattle, with such mounted men as might choose to volvlntoer for the purpose, and all did so except those whose horses were sick or very jaded, *c., many of them having already been witliou corn for two or thee days. We trailed the Indi ans out of the hammock into which they went, and through another, in the direction of tiie dis tantly approaching cattle,on arriving near which, they had dispersed, singly, in different directions through the woods ; and, giving up the pursuit as useless, wc returned to tiie camp, and arrived there at dusk, a little in advance of the cattle. On the next day wo captured another lot of cattle in advance of the troops, among which was one of the finest formed hulls I have ever scon, altogether unsurpassed, if equalled, by any imported one. I regretted very much that lie could not be transported to the plantation of my old and excellent friend, Judge Kenan, or some other citizen of our stale who takes an equally enterprising and laudable interest in the improve ment of its breed of cattle. Being subsequently some miles ahead of the advanced guard during tile day, I discovered the tracks of two horses at a continual gallop the whole way—one of them shod—and was at a loss, witli others, to account for it. On arriving, with Col. Fitztatrick and Lieut. Chamdeus [who had just overtaken me,] at the “ Fourteen mile pond,” [so called from its distance from Foil King,] wc heard several shots in tiie rear, which wo soon ascertained took place at a thick hammock, four miles be hind, between two of the flankers, Privates Bos tick and Nichols of the Jeflerson troop, and , two or three Indians—the latter, having fired up on tiie former, who instanly returned the lire. One of the Indian'shots struck the horse of Mr. Bostick in the flank, near the hip, so that ho af terward died, & another, Mr. Bostick himself, in the breast—passing through iris clothes, and gra zing his breast and left arm, while in the attitude of firing. After firing he charged upon one of the Indians, dismounted, and struck at him with his sword, which cut into a hough above his head, that drew it out of his grasp, and then threw his pistol at him as he ran, which struck him on the head, arid cut away a little of the hair. The Indi ans were immediately pursued into the hammock hy a detachment of infantry, hut witiiout success. We encamped that night at tiie 14 mile Pond, and in (he night tiie Indian u Catl ” was distinctly heard in the hammock across tiie pond, which af forded a most favorable opportunity for an attack ; but none was made. The camp-ground here af fording favorable means of ambuscade, against any Indians who might visit it in the morning, Major Robertson, of tiie Augusta Battalion, ami Lieut. Temple [formerly Aid to Gen. Scott*] com manding a company of Regulars, without con cert, volunteered tlioir services to Gen. Clinch to remain in ambush on the ground, for an hour or two after the departure of the other troops. Their offers were accepted, and a very pretty af fair was expected. Volunteering to remain with Major Romehtson and his corps of Blues, we entered, before daylight, a small square breast work erected by Gen. Gaines, [who encamped there,] to protect a cannon ; ami threw ourselves flat on the ground—while Lieut. Temple and his corps took another position, at some distance, hid den by tiie undergrowth. .We remained there nearly three hours, upon tiie wet ground—as long as there was any use hi doing so—and, greatly disappointed in not meeting with the enemy, pro ceeded onward at a quick pace after tiie main body. Wc arrived at Fort King next day, the 24th, without any incident worth mentioning. Being in advance, I again traced the two horses, still in a gallop, to Fort King; and on arriving there,near three hours in advance of the troops, (though*l found that Mr. S. Jordan bad nevertheless arri ved before me J I learned that they were lire tracks ot an Express from Gen. Scott, brought by Maj. J. H. Watson of Columbus, [a Volun • I forgot to mention before, that Gen. Scott’s Aids, consisting of Lieutenants Van Boren, Temple, Chambers, and Johnson, oil quitted him at Tampa Bay, in consequence of his general conduct toward them, on tiie march to that place; but before our departure, Mr. Jon.NsoN returned to him, while Mr. Temple returned to his corps, and the oilier two with our Division of tiie Army to this place. However, it is suggested by some, that Mr. Johnson did not actually quit, and per haps it may be so.—l also forgot to mention, that Gen. Scott left our Division for that of General EusTis.ontlic return march, and that General Clinch, to the gratification of every man in it, took the entire command of the former —of course under the controiuig instructions of Gen. Scott. ! teer Aid lo Gen. Scott,] accompanied by Mr. Simmons of Charleston —Who hud both contm ! nod on, the former lo Picolata, and the latter to ; Micanopy. We also learned there (hat the In dians, a few days before, had carried off two In | dinn women, who were washing, outside the J [ Fort—one of them the wife of Billy, an cxceed | ingly fme-loolting friendly Indian, who attended ! the campaign, & is much in the confidence of the I whites, and had several children also at Fort j King. He was said to bo much grieved at the , loss of his wife; but I saw him half an hour as-1 j ter his arrival, busily engaged In selling raocasins; 1 and as he travelled to Fort Drane next day with j [ one of his sons, on a gentleman telling him he was sorry to hear of his loss, ho replied “ yes, Powel got my wife—me sorry, my son sorry— poor fellow, nobody cook for us now.” So much for the cojugal tenderness of an Indian, supposed to bo one of the far better portion pf his racc i The fact is, the Indian character is very little un derstood, and very generally overrated, and ac credited with virtues altogether imaginary, or possessed only by some two or three of the more prominent, who became, with those virtues, the more conspicuous in the eyes of the world, from the deep, unbroken blackness of the entire space behind them.. Yet, far he it frond nid to create prejudice against the Indians, after having for years uniformly resisted every act of unnecessary severity and injustice against them, however pop ular in our own State. I would merely place them in their true light, as an almost entirely ani mal people, divested of all the finer sensibilities and virtues of humanity, and correct that igno rant and mischievous ultra-sensibility and wordy philanthropy of thier friends, which is at least al most as injurious to their trde interests, as the cruel, unfeeling, and selfish barbarity of their ene mies. God protect them from both, is the sincere prayer of one who feels that the best interest and happiness of mankind consists in promoting the real, not imaginary interest and happiness of mankind. i I also ascertained that an express had arri ved from Fort Drane, informing that an attack | had been made on that Fort, on the night of the 20th, or somewhat after midnight, by a patty of Indians, who, under cover of a heavy fire on the Fort, carried off fifteen U. 8. horses, from a pen outside, and three negroes belonging to Gen. I Clinch. The sentinel tan in without giving the alarm, and after the Indian firing commenced; which, however, did no injury; but, from the quantity of blood discovered next morning, it was supposed that the Indians must have suffered se verely. Gapt. Landbcm, with a few invalids only, had been left in charge of the Fort. Fort King, which is under the command of Capt. Gates, is very prettily situated on a very elevated a s 1 apparently healthy spot, and con sists ol n ' icellent picket fence, a large Barrack house with an observatory on top, a range ol officers quarters, and another of kichens, all in side, whitewashed, and very neat and clean— and outside, several small houses, formerly Used i jas officers quarters, hospital, &c. but now unin- i habited —and within a mile, on the Tampa road, i are the tuins of two other houses, burnt by order i of the commandant at Fort King, in one oi I which, [the most distant,] Gen. Thompson was I shot. At Fort King I had the pleasure of mec- I ting an old acquaintance, Dr. Leavenworth, J formerly of Augusta, and attached to the army, 1 who arrived, there with Gen. Gaines, from New 1 Orleans, and is now stationed there. Next day, yesterday, wc arrived at this place, 1 Fort Drane, distant about 23 miles—the Wash- i ington and Jefferson troops, which I accompani ed, about one o’clock—having been ordered lo proceed, by a different route, via Wetumpka, for the purpose of rcconnoitering Ibe country in that direction—and the main body,just before surtset, On tire same evening, as I have just learned, the Indians burned the Gin house of Maj. Mcln tosh, on his plantation, about three miles from here —so it is evident that the Indian hostilities will be continued in this quarter, and probably the whole country devastated, and the inhabi tants driven from it or massacred, e's sooti as the volunteer Hoops have been discharged, which is now taking place. The four companies of caval ry have already been discharged, and three of them departed this afternoon, while the other, the Washington troop, leaves in the morning all by the way of the Suwannee. Maj. Cooper s Batlallion is in expectation of receiving its dis charge every moment, and will probably be on its way homeward in a day or two. Uncertain, then, what course would he pursued, I went to Gen. Clinch this morning, to enquire it the ca valry would bo discharged, observing that I pre sumed not, as they had a month’s service still due, and I did not see how the country could be protected without them, as the Indians would not j respect the Ports at a mile’s distance, or ought but j the mounted men, who might hold them in ■ check by continually scouring the country, back- j ward and forward; and, pained as I was thus to j go back to Georgia, leaving the country in a 1 slate ten limes worse than when our troops I came to its assistance, I would prefer to rc- j main still longer if the mounted men were retai- 1 ned—as long as any of them remained—but if , they were to be discharged, I should like to know j it, that I might make arrangements to sell my hofses during the day, and depart with the Au gusta Volunteers in the morning. Ho replied, that the order [from Gen. Scott, of course] was to discharge them immediately, and they would be discharged during the day. "What is to be come of the country, under these circumstances, during the approaching snmmer, God only knows. The prospect ahead, after (he volunteer troops are disbanded, and the Regulars only, amoun- | ling to about thirteen hundred, in the whole ter ritory—including the corps of Dragoons, w ho are all to be remounted —is melancholy, & sickening in the extreme. The campaign is a failure—a total failure—and will embolden the Indiana to the utmost arrogance and excess. After all the previous preparations for the campaign, march ing 5000 men through their territory, witiiout the least beneficial result beyond the experience it lias aflbnled, and then disbanding tiie troops and leaving the people anil the settlements almost \ entirely at their mercy, they must feel little less | than contempt for tiie military power of the coun try, and assume a daring, desparate and determi ned course of conduct, beyond any tiling they have yet manifested. I sicken nl the consequences to lie anticipated hy tiie people of the territory du- J ring lire ensuing summer, and from which nothing can save them but a general arming & resistance on their own part, or a speedy flight. The small body of Regular Infantry scattered over the coun try, in the different Forts, and so widely separa ted, can avail them little or nothing, since the In dians,fully conscious of the great superiority they possess hi swiftness of foot, and the safety it in sures them hy flight, may commit their depreda tions within sight of such troops, and then fly be yond their reach with impunity. Wlial they fear most is Cavalry, from their greater speed, and pow er to run then! down in flight; and all tlieir movements, in the late campaign, show how much they dread such troops, and cautiously guard against being caught by litem on open gtound. True, the cavalry have been of little or no service in the late campaign, if not an injury, by making the Indians more wary of iiny engage ment witli tiie Infantry ; but how different might herhopshavo been the result, [particularly at the battle of the 81st March,] if, instead of being kept always witli the Infantry, they had been se parated whenever we arrived in the neighborhood of Indians, and thrown in their rear, so as to cut off their retreat—or directed Id Scour the country in various directions, and either drive the Indians, if possible upon the Infantry, or, when they took to a hammock, hold them there till the Infantry could come up. That parties of Indians wore all around us, during the march, watching all our movements, is too obvious to every one who has attended the campaign, and will be to any one who marks the accounts of it, to need any illus tration. The great hotly of the Indian territory, and tha of the adjoining white settlements, is open piney woofls, with here and there a hammock, seldom more than half a mile through) and four or five miles long, and generally much smaller; and tiie Indiana, to reach the white settlements, must pass through the open space, where no body of them would dare to meet one-third of their own number of mounted men. If a body of two or throe hun dred cavalry, therefore, was kept continually scouring the open space between the Indian lino and the settlements, during the summer, in small detachments, and under such concert as to enable as many as possible to concentrate in case of an alarm or attack, 1 have no doubt that the Indi ans might be kopl in sufficient check to prevent any serious injury from them till the commence ment of the winter campaign. A still better plan than tin's, however, is the excellent one publicly suggested sometime ago, In case the Indians were not subdued this Spring, tiy Mr. Wyatt of Flo rida; viz; to erect a line of blockhouses on tiie ground suggested—garrison each with a small body of infantry and cavalry, and send out the latter each day, so as to communicate midway between the stations, and then return. But these junctions should not bo made regularly, at the same time, or the Indians, after ascertaining that time, would easily elude them, and this plan would lose the effect of that uncertainly of when and where they plight lie met, which would tend much to deter the enemy. I forgot to mention before, that an attack was made by some Indians several days ago, within a few hundred yards ofMicanopy, on two while men with a horse and carl. One of the men had his arm broken hy a rifle shot, and the other, who left his cart, was fired at hut missed ; and the Indians took out the horse and carried him off, with all that was valuable in the cart. We have the pleasure of appending the follow ing highly honorable and flattering discharge of the Augusta Volunteers, hy the gallant comman der of the right wing of Army of Florida, Gen. Clinch —a man no less respected for ins cool and daring intrepidity as a soldier, than his ability as acommandcr, and Ilia peculiarly amiable and at tractive qualities, as a gentleman—who has won the highest respect and confidence of every man under his command—and whose lightest word of approbation would be treasured and remembered by each with tile deepest interest. We speak thus of him here, because no one unac quainted with him can properly estimate tiie value attached to the flattering terms of the discharge, by ea(3v of the volunteers—a value, derived, not so much fiom the words themselves, as tiie worth of hint who uses them —as none but the ! truly praiseworthy, can honor others by their I praise. If there bo any one who thinks we I speak the words of mere personal partiality, apart I from the general feeling of the Army, let him ask ! the opinion of any Georgian—any man, who has I served under Gen. Clinch —and also whether it I be in the power of the Government to appoint ! any man to the chief command against the Indi ] ans, so well qualified to conduct it ably and effi • cicntly, or who could call into service again, so many of tiie volunteers who have been with him. And hy that one man’s opinion 4 we should be willing to abide. Head Quarters, T Hi:;!,! IVir.g, Army of Florida : > Fort Drane, April 20th, 1836. J Oit DE It Nl). Captains Robertson and Bones’ companies of Augusta Volunteers will march to-morrow I morning for Augusta, Geo. via Picolata. On their arrival at Augusta, they will be mustered out of service by any regular officer who may bo there to discharge the duty. If there be none, then hy their caplains, respectively. The officers, non-commissioned officers, aud privates, of these companies, arc entitled to an . honorable discharge, for they have honorably di'a ■ charged their duties ns soldiers. Composed of ; the most respectable class of the community, they i have borne, not only without a murmur, but with ; cheerfulness, every hardship of the soldier's life, i in a service of peculiar hardship. They have , sought, wilti eagerness, evbry opportunity of per il, aud met every difficulty with spirit and cour age. No troops composing this wing of the ar i my, have exhibited more obedience, promptness, , and discipline. The thanks of Gen. Clinch, and this testimony of their service, it is but jus tice to accord to them. He takes his leave of them with regret,and with his best wishes for their future prosperity, and a safe and speedy arrival among their friends and families. By eider of Brig. Gcn’l. Clinch : C. M. THRUSTON. Capt. Act. Asst. Adjt. Geti’l. "General Jackson lias occasionally made admi rable repartees ; that given lately loGorestiza, the Mexican minister at Washington, is pretty good. The ambassador learning flint the President is anxious to recognize the independence of Texas, called at the While House and endeavored to dis suade General Jackson hy various inlcrrogatives— ‘don’t you know (said Gorestiza) that it would ho very impolitic to interfere in a purely family quar rel I Don't you know that the treaty will pre > nt the American Government from taking an active part in this affair j and that the laws of na tions will ho violated if yeti recognize the inde pendence of the colony I You should let the con test proceed without any intervention: believe, mo the Texians are rebels, anil deserve no protection from this country—they have committed acts which deserve punishment, let,therefore justice be done.’—This was said in a pompous manner, in a tone half persuasive half angry, by a little infirm man.” “General Jackson listened cooly to the minister, and then added in a similar tone. ‘lt appears, sir, that your master is very fond of American Wood ; do you not think this will cause him indi gestion 1 ’ The President immediately walked into another apartment. South Carolina rail road. CO.NSIU.NELS. May 6.—Board * Pitts, Gould * Bulkley, Benson & Urqohart, J I) GucdrOn, George Par rott * Co, A Johnson, Young * Green, Hol combe, Peck * Co. L Richards, S Knoeland * Co. T Fngherty, Blovoll, Simmons * Co. E B Beall, Snowden * Shear, G D Combs, Miss E , Hacked, E Bustin, W J * I T Hoard, and R Bather. May 7.—W * H Bryson, E B Beall, R Bar -1 her, W Muller, Stovall, Simmons & Co. J W & IT Heard, J P Seize. L Gibson, Rankin & Evans, F * H Clark, D Lyon Thorp, Keers* Hope, L Cress* Co.S C Kirlland * Son, C Hall. Hnvi- Innd. Risioy * Co, W C Way, ’l’ Richards, Ben son * Uiqnhart, G Parrott & Co. Young & Greene, M R Smith, and J Sale. May 10.—R McDonald, M Frederick, R Bar ber. Blodgct A Flemming, Cowling * Gardell, F H Conk, W Edney, Stovall, Simmons * Co. Keers & Hope. Sol Knoeland * Co. R Malone, A Picqnet, II W Sullivan, Benson & Co. M R Smith, L Richards, J Sibley, Geo Parrott & Co. J Sale. rosaue iiisniii. LATEST DATE fIIOM LIVERPOOL, MaRCII 28. LATEST HATE FHOM IIATUE, MaBCH 19. Savannah Market, May 5. Cotton. —Arrived since 28tb tilt. 4265 bales Upland and 221 bales Sea Island ; and cleared in the same lime 3179 bales Upland and 268 bales Sea Island ; leaviirg a stock on hand inclusive of all on ship board not cleared on the Sill inst. of 29,641 bales Upland, and 1,700 bales .Sea Island, From the date of tire last report to Tuesday tiie Uplands market was drooping, and to effect sales it was necessary to concede j a j cent in the low er, arid } a } cent on flic higher qualities. On Tuesday Liverpool accounts to tha 19t!i March, induced holders to demand higher [nice?, but which buyers being unwilling to pay, the transac tions were very limited. The sales of the week comprise 3019 bales, as follows: 21 at 14}, 100 at .4}, 177 at 15.81 at 15}, 288at16, 70a(16}, 80 at 16}, 185 at 16}, 188 at 17, 03 at 17}, 158 at 17}. 380 at 18.287 at 18}, 421 at 18}, 216 at 18}, 223 at 19, 42 at 19}. For Sea Islands there lias been a moderate inquiry, at rather lower rates. The sales ol the week will amount to about 270 bales white as follows; lat 31, 11 at 34,1 at 36, 6 at 37}. 25 at 38, 15 at 40, 60 at 43, 66 at 41, 55 at 45. 30 at 47, 8 at 43, and about 30 stained from 18 a 35. Rice.—The transactions continue qui'c limited, and die few sales made wore at 3 50. Tiie stock light. Flour, —Continues dull and declining. Sales of 100 bids. Canal at 8 62, and 50 bids. New Orleans at 7 69. Corn. —Retails from store at 85 a 87 cents. Sugar.— A small retail business doing from stoics at our quotations. Coffee. —A sale of 100 bags St. Domingo at 12} cents, is the only sale we have to report, Mo/a ses, —Sales of about 250 lihds Cuba at 40 a 4 1 cents, and a small lot New Orleans at 48 cents. Jlacon. —We hear of no sales except small lota to storekeepers. Spirits. —Sales from store of 100 bb!» Balti more Whiskey at 43, Phelps’ gin at 42, Stock's. —No material change in stocks this ’ week, nor any important transactions, except ilia | public stile of 2005 shares Rail Road, which brought an average of 70c. Silos of this stock, it is mid, were made on Tuesday at 27. Sla’e Bank | is offering at * 125, dividend elf. —Shipping and Commercial List. Chanlesion Market, May 7. Cotton. —Our market for Uplands, at the com mencement of tiie week, exhibited no material change from the week-previous, former prices re maining firm, with a somewhat lessened enquiry. On Wednesday evening per steam pa- Irel from New-York, Liverpool accounts to flic 28ili March were received, giving favorable advice- of the cot ton market. Since then, we have Iroen rather improving in prices for prime and choice brands. We do not think.that fho same can be paid of an inferior article. Tiie demand for the la-1 two days has been good. Sale* of the week rising of 6000 bales, the particulars of which are as foliovys : 10, bales nt 13}. 19 at 15}, 92 at 15}, 618 nt 16, 0 at 16},245 at 16}, 57 at 16}, 133 at 17,52 at 17}, 332 at 17*, It f at 17}, 1219 at 18, 154 at 18}. 114 at IS}, 697 at 19, 20 at 19}, 472 at 19}, 39 nt ID}, 149 at 19}, 21 at 19} 852 at 20,29 at 20}, 300 at 29}. We quote Cliarlos'nn c'assifn’ation, inferior, 14} a 15}, ordinary to fair. 16 a 17. good fair to go ul, 18a 18},prime 19a 19}.choice par cels 20 a 29j. Several transactions in the article of long cotton* have taken place during the week amounting in all to 450 Laics. The principal part of those were Sea Island, at front 37 to 47 cents. About 145 bales fine and middling fine, above our quotations, 35 bales ■‘Santee.-, from 37} • a 40 rents, a few bales stained Sea Islands, from p 30 to 25. New-Out-sans Market, April 30. i Remark ». —The produce of the West is arri , ving freely, and the removal of it from the land , inglothe stores and shipping, and the transport ing of merchandize of various kinds from the different parts of the city, gives to the levee and ■ principal commercial streets quite a business-like pspectbu,t \ye regret to say, however, that fur ther than it relates to mere outward appearance, ' the business of the place has not greatly impro ved. The transactions in Produce are, perhaps, a little more extensive, but in the Grocery line, • and Northern and European articles, generally, the market remains much in the same state as previously—without animation. Out-door af fairs have met with some inrortupfro* from the frequent showers of rain that have falhrq during the week. The Mississippi is within 16 inches of high water mark, and rising. Cotton. —Arrived since the 32d inst. 12,391 bales. Cleared, in the same time, 12,665 bales; making a reduction in stock of 274 bales, and leaving on hand, inclusive of all on ship board not cleared on the 26th inst. a slock of 93,917 bales. Our last remarks left the market in a slate of almost unexampled dullness, which re Waned nearly unbroken up to Wednesday morn ing, the sales prior to that time being short of 2000 bales. Since then, there has been more bu siness doing in consequence of the sellers having made considerable concessions, being at last tho roughly convinced of the impracticability of maintaining the stand they hod taken; though even now the market is in a rather dull and somewhat unsettled condition. The decline on Louisiana and Mississippi Cottons is about.,on#, cent, on Tennessee and North Alabama as much probably as a cent and a half, this difference be ing caused from the fact that a very large portion of the two last descriptions, this season, is ex ceedingly inferior. Whether the reduction will stop heto or not, we will not venture to say, aa so much will depend on the complexion of our next accounts from Liverpool; and whether, also, the Cotton held over hero on speculation, will still he kept back, or thrown upon the market. The sales have been as follows, viz: of Louisi-, ana and Mississippi, 0(10 at 18, 43 at l6j,2S,at Ih, 108 at 19, 600 at Ifij, 60 at I7J, 56 at 16, 108 at 19, 600 at 16}. 60 at 17J, 56 at 16, 372, at 1800 nt 17, 252 at 16J, 241 at 16±, 79 at ISJ, 844 at 1 ?i cents j of Tennessee and North Alabama 320 at 144. 439 at 13J, 1200 at 14}, 1500 hundred nt 14} cents; of Arkansas 27 at 17J. and 30 Mpbileal 174 cents per lb. Liverpool classification, ordinary 13 a 14 middling 15 a 16 ; fair 17 a 18 ; good fair 18 j a 194 ; good and fine 20 a 21—limited demand.— Levy’t Price Current, llatrk Market, March 19. Colton. —The sales of the month have been 27,000 hags, the arrivals 26,000 bags : the arri vals for the year, 103,000 bags, the sales for the ' year have been 101,000. A lot of 100 Iwlcs Cot ton marked Sing'eton, per Caledonia from New York has just been sold at 105. Wo quote a* the prices of to day, Louisiana 130 to 178, Geor gia 127 to I 6. r ). Mobile 127 to 165. March 10—Colton transactions, as you will perceive by the annexed report, ore still carried on upon n very respectable scale and at full pri ces—indeed appearances arc now such as to war rant hopes of protracted firmness, and increasing consumption ; for Spinners and Calico Printer* are making money nnd extending both their works and slocks of the raw material, hence tho . steady run of busifiossiil oftr market, notwithstand ing previous heavy purchases and a somewhat en hanced currency.” . . Cotton. —The demand for this article has neith er been, during the lust eight days, so regular, nor so steady, as fiir some timo previous : upon tho whole, however, the sales present an aggregate of 7422 hales, consisting of 1585 hales Louisiana, at f. 131 50 to f. 172 50 [this last price far a lot of 40 bales, choice quality ;] 1207 hales Mobile, at f. 117 50 to f. 155 60; 2580 bales Upland, at f. 132 50 to f. 145; HO hales Tennessee, at f. 12? to f. 124 : 380 hales Pernambuco, at f. 155 to f. 177 50 ; 894 bales Bahia, at f. 127 50 to f. 172 60; 175 hales Peyta, at f. 128; and 484 bales St. Domingo, at f. 130; the whole duty paid, and without change in prices. The arrivals, per con tra, have been 5910 halos, of which 4313 ha)es United States descriptions, and 1597 bales Bra -7,i Is. Stock 29 Feb. 25952 b. of which 19407 b, c. a. Arr. up to 14 Mar. 19274 18677 “ “ 45220 38084 Sales to 14 March, 10914 14655 " Slock 14 March, 29312 23429 “ " ojr-lt is to he rertmrked that the frequent in stances of false packing of Colton received from the United Stales lead to difficulties on the de livery here, and the buyers in America, in their own interests, arc recommended not to overlook any evident intention to augment the the weight of the Bales by any false packing. A large num ber of rouml bales received lately from Savannah, have been found to contain in tho corners some times Colton seed and sometimes stones augment ing the weight nearly two pounds a Ba)e for which an allowance has been justly claimed and m ido here. >IA It IV K IVrEi/LHIENCIh ARRIVED. Sth. Steamer Richmond, Fraser, from Savannah, with tow boat No. 13. Merchandize fee. —to,W. M Ro« land agent, Rathbono A Baker, M R j Smith J Sibley. Ada ns, Parmeleo A Co. J Moiao, Q, W Lamar, R Harbor, N Smith it Co. It F j Chow, E I) Beall. M Nelson A; Co. Hand & Barton, P MrGran, G McLaughlin, L Cress A On. U Baird, K I’nstin, W Rowland, Rowe A Smith, Wright, Bull A Co. May ,& Burnett, A B uidry, and Stovall, Simmons A Co. I Bth, Steam Boat Tugnlo, Wray, Savannah, with boats Nos. 0 and 9. Merchandize, Ac.—to i E Cmnpficld agent, R Barber, L Roll, J A S [ Bones, Mcmre A Davis, S Kneeland A Co. T j Richards, Holland A Kilpatrick, E B Beall. Slo ! vail A Hamlen.Slovall.Simniops A Co. AGould, .1 R Jessup, Turpin & D’Anlignac, Kecrs A Hope, C L Hall, L Cress A Co. and Allen A Ellis. DEPARTED. 6ih, Steam Packet George Washington, Free- land, SavannaUl V 7ih, Stetrn Boat Forrester, King, S^vsnrndt^#**^ Bth,Steamer Tugalo, Wray, boats Nos. 10 and 2. 784 hales Cotton. 9th, Steam Boat Richmond, Croaswcll, for Sa-i 1 vannah, with tow boats Nos, 10 and 14, 657 1 halos Cotton. t EXECUTOR’S SALE.' On the first TuesJny in July next, PURSUANT to an order from tfi’o ifohora-’ ble Inferior Court of Columbia county sit ting as a Cour* of Ordinary will be sold at trie Court House in the Town of Greenville, Mcrri wether county, within the usual hours of sale, a tract of Land. No. 218, 9th District, containing' 3024 acres lying in said county, and belonging to the Estate oj Mary J. Wood, doveased. Sold fur distribution among tha heirs. JAS. BURROUGHS. BxV May 1 wld 6?