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From the Sentinel of getter day,
.Mr. FiUlor —On making a visit this
to Mr. Headdes’b room, I hail the pleasure ot
seeing his representation of the Departure of
the Volunteer! of our Town, for Florida, The
painting fully sustains the reputation which
this promising young artist had acquired by his
pencil, sine* he has been in Augusta; and is
worthy the gallant band whom it is intended to
honor. I believe he purposes to present it to the
city, ns a token of his admiration of the patriotic
generosity which they manifested in their liberal
appropriations to defray the expense of the cam
paign, and as a testimonial of his gratitude for
the extensive patronage with which he has been
favored by the citizens. Shortly after the depar
ture of the Volunteers, I hastily penned the fol
lowing stanzas, which were never intended for the
public ; but on seeing this picturesque represen
tation of the heart thrilling scene, they were so
naturally re-suggested to my mind, that you may
insert them in yourcolumna, if, unlike their au
thor, you deem them worthy of publication.
Departure of tlte Volunteers.
Freedom’s band with throbbing heart
Proudly thronged Savannah’s shore ;
With loud exulting sow dcpait,
The patriotic, youthful corps,
To Florida’s vernal clime:
The beating drum, the bayonet's gleam,
The fife's shrill note, the tramping steed,
The cannon thundering down the stream
There fitly ehriraolcoised indeed.
The martial scene sublime.
T(rc volunteers, witlr slop as firm
As o’er heroic Homans trod;
With hearts ns brave and souls as stern,
As e’er repoU'd oppression’s rod,
Dado their ‘ sweet home” adieu,
And as the gallant boat wheeled round,
Her prow adown the rolling lido ;
A cannon pout’d its earth-quake round,
On the trembling air riven wide ;
On the wind their bnnncj (lew.
A thousand huzzas rent the skies,
A thousand plaudits shook the shore ;
Mule the tear from a thousand eyes,
“God speed” did cry a thousand more,
Bo brave, ye gallant boys;
Preserve the boon your father's won,
From Britain’s tyrants numerous bund ;
Let each one prove himself a son
Os those who ’qneulhed you this fair land, —
Freedom and freedom's joys.
From the Jtooton Heart.
TUK riIISONKII icon DEBT.
nx j. «, wiil-rm.il.
Look on him—through his dungeon grate,
Feebly and cold, the morning light
Comes stealing round him, dim and late,
As if it loathed (he sight;
Reclining on his strawy lied,
His hand upholds his drooping head—
His bloodless cheek is seamed and hard,
Unshorn his gray neglected heard ;
And o'er his bony fingers flow
His long dishevelled locks of snow.
No grateful firo before him glows,
And yet the winter’s breath is chill;
And o’er hishnlf-elud person goes
The frequent ague thrill!
•Silent—save ever and anon,
A sound, half murmur and half groan,
Forces apart the painful grip
Os the old sufferer's bearded lip ;
O sad uml crushing is the lute
Os old ago chained and desolate !
Just God ! why lies that old man there 1
A murderer shares his prison bod,
Whose eyeballs, tlrrotigh his horrid hair,
Gleam on him fierce and red .-
And the rude oath and heartless jeer
Fall ever on his loathing car,
And, or in wakefulness or sleep,
Nerve, flesh and fibre thrill and creep,
Whene’er that rnflian's tossing limb,
Crimson with murder touches him !
What has the gray-haired prisoner done 1
Has murder stained his hands with goto 1
Not so ; his crime's a loulor one:
God made the or.n mas toou!
For this he share's a felon’s cell—
The fittest earthly type of Hell!
For this—the boon for which he poured
His young blooil on iho invader's sword,
And counted light the fearful cost—
Hia blood gained miieutx is lost!
And so, for such a place of rest,
Old prisoner, poured thy blood as rain
On Concord's field, and Bunker's crest,
And Saratoga’s plain 1
Look forth, thou man of many sears,
. Through thy dim dungeon’s iron burs ;
It must be joy, in soolb, to sec
Yon monument* upreared to thee—
Piled granite and a prison cell—
The land repays thy service well!
Go, ring the bells, and fire tire guns,
And fling the starry banner out;
Hlroul ‘Freedom 1’ till your lisping ones
Give back their cradle shout.
Let boasted eloquence declaim
Os horror, liberty, and fame;
Still let the poet's strain be beard,
With ‘glory’ for each second word,
And every thing with breath agree
To praise ‘our glorious liberty !’
But when the patriot cannon jars
That prison's cold and gloomy wall,
And through its grates the stripes and stars
Rise on the wind and fall—
'i Link ye that prisoner's aged ear
Rejoices in the general cheer 1
Think ye his dim and failing eye
Is kindled at your pageantry 1
Sorrowing of soul and chained of limb,
What is your carnival to him 1
Down with the law that binds him thus 1
Unworthy freemen, let it find
No refuge from the withering curse
Os God and human kind !
Open the prisoner’s living tomb,
And usher from its brooding gloom
The victims of your savage code,
To the free sun and air of God !
No longer dare as crime to brand
The chastening of tire Almighty's hand,
•Bunker Hill Monument.
The Steam Packet James Boatwright, Capt.
Martin, has boon chartered to proceed to Gray’s
Ferry, Black Creek, Florida, with the three corn
panics of U. S. Troops which have lately arrived
in this ci:y. She will leave to-morrow.— Chat
Courier, S ih tint.
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From the St. . lugmtine Herald, 25 th nil.
FLORIDA WAR.
Fort Drank, June 14th, 1836.
There has been scenes of some interest
taking place in our neighborhood for (lie
last week—rumours of which you have
perhaps heard. Upon our arrival at Mi
canopy on the Blli, we halted there for
lire day, &. an exnrefcs was sent so Lieut,
[ Burke, commanding at Mclntosh’s, who
, had hardly got half a mile from ns when he
r was fired upon. Talcntt, who was stand
r ing outside of the pickets at the time, cal
i led upon a dozen men standing around,
> to follow him, and ran down the road—
his party soon came up with and purmi
i cd several Indians and negroes—one or
. two other parties of whom made oil' in
r dirt'erenUhrections. W heelockatrd inv
r self followed in pursuit as soon as our
• commands got under arms, and had a run
ot two miles (or nothing, l ire express
! was again sent,but byway of Fort Diane,
, and returned in safety early in the morn
ing- He, brought us the intelligence,
• that the night before our arrival at .Mi
canopy, the sugar house at M'lntosh’s
had been burnt, and an attack made on
Burke a( the same time, by about 200 In
dians, but no one wounded. On (he
same night, Gent. Clinch's sugar house
was burnt. The garrison was so much
reduced at Fort Drane, (we being absent
ami 100 on the sick report) that (lit • -Hard
had been withdrawn (rom it, and the In
dians set it on lire by stealth.
1‘ min the information received from
Burke and Capt. dates ol the number of
Indians around us, Major lleilcinan
thought it prudent to wait until we could
be reinforced, as we were but 4.1 strong,
dragroons and artillery and one smiotiri
der.
About 9 o’clock on the Dili (wo rifles
were heard, then two more—from the
spot where the express bad been fired at
the preceding day,— We understood it,
it was a challenge or else a ruse to draw,
out a small party and inveigle (hem into
an ambuscade. Captain Lee as order
ed by Maj. Ileileman, to move down on
(he right (brought that narrow hammock
that runs along M’lntosh’s road until it
joins thp great hammock ; he had about
‘2O men. VVheclot k with 23 or 21 dra
goons, all that arc now (it for duty, was
ordered down on the left. 1 was about
dismissing my company, supposing that
as we had all been on guard the night he
(ore we should not be wanted, when I
was ordered to move down between the
other parlies, passing Col. Humphrey’s
house. I had scarcely got a quarter of a
mile from the pickets, when I heard the
(ire ol the dragoons, about 300 or 400
yards in advance—l quickened my pace
—saw Lee about 100 yards in advance,
and on my right, and both of us pushed
on. In less than live minutes more Lee’s
'"i'll were firing and bringing (he compa
ny into line in open order, (hey cominen
red the same play in less than a minute
alter. Eight or ten dragoons with Whec
lock were on niv left, and in this order
we continued advancing and firing until
we drove the Indians into the great ham
mock, where of course it was useless to
follow them.
The fellows disputed the ground with
great obstinacy and made the bullets
wbiy, about our heads in rapid succession,
hut they lire miserable. They were not
more than 20 yards from Lee’s then
when (hey tired’’at them, and yet Lee
was (he only one wounded and he severe
ly. I had a busy time of it, being the
only ollicer in command of the foot. The
devils woe constantly trying to outflank
us, and being very numerous, large ho
llies were moving oil' to our left,"appa
rently from the hammock and not from
those we were engaged with. A tall
spare Indian was seen by those on horse
back motioning to his right, our left evi
dently directing the movement.—lt kepi
me busy enough to prevent this and bring
forward the line at the same time.
The. enemy in our front had been dri
ven into the hammnek, which we ap
proached obliquely, our right being near
it and the left some distance oil’, but
(hose on (he lelt seemed determined to
olVect their purpose, when up came the six
pounder, a lew rounds from which sent
them to join the others. Whcelock had
live men wounded, one mortally, for he
jumped right among the fellows”, hid in
Uic ami behind the trees, be
lore we were up to support him—four
horses killed and live or six disabled.
One horse had live or six bullets in him.
Lee’s company, one man wounded ; ours
none. Upon our relurn they sent out
buckets ol weak grog, and I tlio’t the cup
ol it I thank (he most delicious draught
that had ever passed my lips. Two hours
alter, an express was sent to Burke over
the ground we had been engaged on, to
break up his post immediately and join
us at Micanopy. Our express returned
towards morning, with the information
that Lieut. Burkeltad broken up at M'ln
tosh s, but had gone to Fort Drane instead
of Micanopy. The next day, it having
been arranged that as large a force as
could be spared at Fort Drone should
meet us hall way we moved with the train
and meeting the parly from Fort Drane
at the appointed place, arrived without
molestation at Fort Drane. The I tulians
have gone down to the Ouithlacoochee
again, for our expresses pass in every* di
rection without being molested. The
night before our.nrrival at Fort Drane,
lent pie executed one of the most daring
leats that has been attempted during this
war t A large quantity of sugar and corn
had bent lelt at M Intosh’s, contrary' to
orders, yvhich yvere to destroy every
thing that could be useful to (he enemy.
lemple, yviih 18 horsemen went down
there, the night after the plantation had
been abandoned, and upon emerging from
the hammock, perceived the house and
pickets to be on lire. He left the main
body of his men at the little pond in the
road, about 400 yards from the house,
and yvitn four men, advanced to the
burning pickets. An Indian dog yelped
and barked at their approach and as Tem
ple was standing in the glare of the burn
ing house he could hear the rapid talking
ol the Indians, yvho yvere apparently lay
ing the plan for the destruction of ids par
ty. He remained there until the bttild
mgs containing the sugar and corn (the
range yy here the corn yvas formerly kept)
"etc in lull blaze and it yvoulil have
been impossible for any one to extinguish
it. He then returned to his party, and
; }' oi a moment to lose, they
. dashed at full speed down the lane. As
I the last file passed into the hammock
(Corpl. Noble) he heard a rush of many
persons behind, and looking back, saw an
Indian spring to the fence and look over, t
breathing hard, as though he had run far I
and rapidly. Three minutes later and ;
(he ambuscade would have been formed, i
■ and Temple instead of returning without i
■ I any mishap, would have chanced to have
. lost every man.
Burke’s company is now at M'lutosh’s, i
. and they have a six pounder.
From the Columbia Sentinel, B th inti.
Return of (Jen. Siolt anil Staff, with the
.'lnni/ under lira. Sun fern!, and Brig.
• (leu. Lnwr, with their respective Staffs.
On Tuesday evening last, Maj. Gen.
Scott, of the U. S, Army and Stall', re
lumed to our city. On the next day,
1 Maj. Gen. Sanford and Staff, and a part
of the gallant army of Georgia came in,
all in excellent health and cheerful hpir
-1 its, and encamped in (he vicinity of the
' city. Brig. Gen. Lowe and Stall' came
> up several days ago, in consequence of
■ the serious indisposition of Gen. L.
• Since yvhich, yve are happy to staterhis
health, although yet far Irqm being es
-4 lahlished, is much heller at this time.
1 liter since Gen. Scott and (he army
crossed (he river at Roanoke, they have
been actively employed in scouring the
swamps of the Hatchachubbee, Cowag
-1 gee, and I. dice creeks, searching for the
enemy, but yvithout success. The In-
I dians had cleared out to parts unknown,
■ or surrendered in time to save their ba
ron. 'l'hey have played the game up so
• Ho: lirtntire—look rare to do all the harm
1 they could, before the yvhite people could
j march against them yviih an organized
1 force. As soon as this was effected, and
- the lotce got in their neighborhood, lo!|
(hey give up, and are taken into camp,
led well, and hauled off to Arkansas,
4 laughing in their sleeves, all the time at
(he success of their (rick. This is but the
1 realization of what we at the start pre
> dieted ; it (urns out true to the letter.
Tis true, ami iiity ’tin, ’tis true.
I
The army yvill be disbanded and paid
, "If. at this place, as soon as (he rolls can
be made out, (at least all that can be
| spared.) They yvill return to their
I homes, yviih the praise'of their comman
ders, and the thanks and yvell wishes of
our whole community. With prompt
l ness and alacrity, the volunteers came to
I the rescue—we say let a similar prompt
ness and despatch be used in dismissing
them to their homes, (heir yvives, and
their lille ones. And may every blesing
altend them through life. ”
) °
, From the Marne.
, WESTWARD, HO!
, From Fort Mitchell, on Saturday last,
, 'he contractors for the removal of the
I Creeks, had the pleasure of stalling six
■i leen hundred Indians, men, yvomen, and
children, for Arkansas. The hostile yvar
riors, hatid-cnfli'd, marching in double
(tie. A long train of wagons conveyin'*-
the children, and such ol the old \\o
men as were unable to yvalk, followed in
their wake. ’Their departure for the
West presented a scene on one side plea
, *i ligand gratifying; on the other, solemn
ami sad.—Necessity, the dictates of hu
, inanity, and the preservation of their fu
s lure national existence, have all conspir
, ed to force from them a long and last
I lareyVell to the homes of the it- youth,
i Surrounded by a yvhite population, bro
. ken up in their nationality—wretched,
. and every way undone, (his miserable
, remnant ol a once powerful people, have
, at last yielded to the force of circum
stances, ami yviih a bitter curse upon the
heads ol their enemy, they have left Us,
lor what yve hope, a better country, and
a happier condition. On the march, the
contractors yvill gather a considerable re
inforcement from Echo Harjo’s camp,
near Toskegee. At that place, they yvill
find Neha Micro, Cheemalee, and Jim
Henry. The hitter has been refused to
be given up to (he Executive, of Georgia,
on the score ofltis being a citizen of Ala
bama, and fonscnuciitly, that he must be
tried first by the layvs of that State. We .
at e much pleased at the course” yvhich our
, Executive has taken in this matter: he
look (lie cai list opportunity of inviting
his fellow citizens, yvho had suflered any
injury from the hostiles, to go forward
. and identify them, in order to have them
brought to punishment. As soon as he
heard that the notorious Jim Henry yvas
a prisoner, ho despatched Capt. Gar ma
ny yviih his command, with Capt. Lawhon
. o> the Artillery, to bring him in. But
, the demand ot the Governor yv.ia refused
I to be complied with, on the plea above
, slated. The Indians are placed beyond
t the power of our Executive, by the people
4 of Alabama yvho claim to have them tried
i- ns their citizens, and by their own laws.
, However, notwithstanding, nevertheless,
i the Governor has succeeded in lodging
I nine of them in the jail at this place, to
i await their (rial.—Among this number is
. the notorious Dave Hardridge. In a
I short time, there yvill be but few Indians
oj any sort below the Federal Road, and
s it the gang which escaped to Florida can
1 he nabbed, yve shall soon he blest with an
i end of the Creek War.
t From the Same,
> We have at length received some de
• finite information from Cols. Beall and
Holmes, yvho yvere in pursuit of the runa
■ way Indians. Gen. Scott received this
, morning (Wednesday) an express from
>■ Col. Beall, a copy of which we have ob
s t lined, and publish for the information
» of the public. Gen. Scott has ordered
> immediately to the scene of action, the
Columbustiuards, under Capt. Urqulmrt,
. Cadet Riflemen, Capt. Evans. The Ar
i til lory, Capt. I ,awhon, and by the earnest
I solicitation of the Muscogee Blues, Maj.
i Hoxie, yvho has ’ the command of the
1 whole has consented to let litem have a
i chance in the expedition. They have left
e ou board the steamers Metamura and
, Raiudeer.
e Head Qi'artkrs, near )
I Chickasahatchee Swamp, y
Baker County, Ga. J
Sir .- In obedience to “ orders,” 1 have
r pursued the Indians to this place, yvherc
. I find them encompassed in a swamp,
. said to be 23 miles long, and varying
from one to four in width. At 12 o'clock*
- \. M. the Ist ilist. I learned that the In
) dians yvere encamped within four miles
. of this place, but yvas unable to reach
i them short of sixteen miles march.
I On yesterday, about 10 o’clock A. M.,
1 made an attack upon the enemy’, sue
; ceeded in driving them from their camp,
yviih the loss of nine, that were left dead,
and from (he signs of blood, 1 suppose
i 20 or 30 killed and wounded. The In
qm nopfjZQj&tt'
dians fled precipitately in every direction, *
but i was unable to pursue (hem, in con- ‘
sequence of the denseness of the bushes >
through which they retreated, the exhaus- j
lion of our men, and the state of our I
wounded, having seven of them, and two i
I fear, mortally, I think there is no i
doubt that the Indians are still in the I
swamp, and from the most intelligent t
persons here, I am induced to believe I
they design remaining. We need one I
hundred friendly Indians, commanded i
by Paddy Carr, to pursue the Indians
and ferret them out, ami shall be gratill- i
eil to receive them as early as practica- (
hie. In consequence of the incessant
tains we have had, and having fought in
water, we need 3000 cartridges. Jn the
meantime, I may take the liberty ol say
ing, that the expedition will be brought to ,
a close, and as soon as it is, a full report
will be made as early as practicable.
Signed THOMAS HELL,
Tel. Tom. Ist. Brig. Mounted Volunteers.
To ,M ij. Ten. Wi \ DFi i:i.n Scott.
Head-Quarters AhmvovtiieSouth, f
Fort Mitchell, July 2d, 1836.$
Sin I am directed by Major Gen.
Scott to inform yon, fnat Maj. Gen. Jes
sup will, under his direction, establish,
in a lew days, two military posts on the
post route between Columbus and Tus
kegee.
Very respectfully,
Vour obedient servant,
nion. j. m;k,
Lieut. 4th C. S. Art. Aid-de-Camp.
I o the Post Master at Columbus, Ga.
Jl will be perceived, by a perusal of the
above letter of Gen. Scott, that the mail
communication between Columbus and
Montgomery, will be re-established in a
lew days.—We. learn verbally from the
Post Muster here, that, by direction of
Geu. Scott, two small battalions of regu
lar troops will move this day from Fori
Mitchell, and take position on the post
route. One battalion will establish itself
or McClellan’s fifteen miles
this side til I’nskcgec, and the other at
Adams’or Elliott’s, twelve miles from
Columbus.—After the posts are estab
lished, the troops, or a portion of them,
will be kept constantly moving between
the posts, in order to arrest any straggling
Indians who may he found upon, or near
the road, and also to inspire confidence
as to the perfect safety of passing the
road. In addition, Capt. Garm,iny’s
company of Mounted Infantry, left Co
lumbus yesterday morning (or Tuskcgce,
by the mail route, in order to open the
way, ns it is some time simAt the road has
been passed over, and will return this
day. A mail wagon, with a mail, will bo
despatched in company with the Moun
ted Infantry, and the mail will be con
tinued tube transported regularly there
after, although it may be conveyed often
er than tri weekly for the first week or
ten days alter the line goes into operation,
owing'to the loss of stock, and the bad
conditionthe road.
Extract of a Letter from Edwin For
rest.— Letters have been received from
Mr. Forrest as late as the 14tlj ultimo, in
which he mentions that he was in the en
joyment ol excellent health, and about
to visit England VVc copy from the
London Morning* Herald a lively extract
of a letter from Mr. Forrest to the editor
of that print, relating to his visit to the
ancient capital of Russia. Our gifted
countryman, it will be seen, has not con- !
tented himself with following the ordina
ry track ol (hose who go from this coun
try to the old world, visiting merely (he i
most interesting countries of Western
Kurope, but has made the entiic circuit I
of that continent, with the exception of
the Spanish peninsula, and has even wan- •
dcred into Asia.—Here lid lows the ex
tract from his letter.— New York Eve
ning Post.
Moscow and Russian Power.—(Ex
tract of a letter from a traveller.) —“Since
I saw you 1 have been in strange lands,
and seen strange sights. 1 have traver
sed the Baltic and the wide dominions of '
the ambitious Autocrat-crossed the Eux
inc and dipped into Asia and European
Turkey— ‘ kept due onwards to the Pro
politic and the Hellespont’—wandered’
amid the faultless fragment of the bright !
clime of battle and of song’—sailed by
the lonian isles—visited the chief towns
of the Germanic Confederation, and here
1 am at last, safe ami sound, in (he ever
gay capital of France. 1 thank, Heaven
my travelling in the ‘Far East is at iui
end. < )ne is rather badly accommodated
there: in (he way ol rail-roads and steam
ers. However, take it alt in all, I have
every reason to be satisfied with the voy
age, for there is no kind of information
but must be purchased with some pains
taking, and one day I shall fully enjoy
all this in calm retrospection from the
bosom of the “ unpruned forest.’—Yes,
the sight of the city of Moscow alone,
would amply repay one for all risks and
fatigues at sea.
Never* shall I forget my sensations
when from the great lower ot the Kremlin,
one bright sunny day, 1 looked down up
on that beautiful city. The numberless
homes beaming with azure and with gold,
the chcequered roofs, the terraces, the
garden slopes, the mingling of all the
styles and systems of architectural con
struction, now massive and heavy, now
brilliant and light, and every where fresh
and original, enchanted me!—and, I am
free to confess, Russia asttmished me. 1
have sailed down the mighty Mississippi
—1 have been in the dark and silent bo
som of our own forest homes—l have
been under the eye of Mount Blanc and
Olympus—i grew familiar with Rome
and with London, without experiencin'*-
the same degree of wonder which fasten
ed upon me in Russia, f thought there
to have encountered with hordes of semi
barbarians : yet 1 found a people raised,
as it were, at once from a state of nature
to our level of civilization. Nor have
they apparently, in their rapid onward
course, neglected the menus to reader
their progress sure and certain.
And then, what an army, a million of
men ! —and all wearing the best forms of
men; (he best disciplined, and better 1
able toendure the ‘labored battle sweat’ !
by the constant activity, the rigour of i
their climate, and their ignorance of nil t
pleasures which serve to effeminate. The 1
navy, too, though in an imperfect state, ■'
compared with the army, (in sailors, not I
ships) will doubtless hold a distinguished
rank. Only think of such a power, in .
creasing every day —stretching out wi
lier and wider, and all confessing one du
ty—obedience to the will of the absolute 1
sovereign. Though I am unskilled in
‘political lore,’yet as we “Yankees as
sume the right to ‘guess’ upon all sub
jects, 1 calculate’ your government had \
better keep a watchful eye upon the er- 1
mined Scythian, Or he’ll bother your com- <
merce in certain quarters. He hates both I
England and France, and his warlike at
titude from Cronsladt to the Crimea, at t
least deserves attention from those who i
know how to appreciate peace and free- -
dom. You will say this is all stuff, but
you will think otherwise, when, in a short |s
time, Nicholas shall have possession of I
Constantinople and the Bosphoras.” i
...»•»<* i
From the Charleston Jllercury, 1 \th inst, 1
L ATE FROM THE NORTH.
The Steam Packet Sindh Carolina,
Capt. Colley, arrived here yesterday
forenoon from Norfolk,furnishing us the
papers of that place to Thursday last,
7fh inst. inclusive.
The papers do not contain any later
foreign intelligence. A few items of do
mestic news will he found below.
The Hon. H. L. Pinckney, and Lady,
and Gen, Coflee, came passengers in the
South Carolina.
Sales of IT. S. Bank Stock at New
York on the sth inst.—soo Shares at
123 ); 183 do (on time) 123) ; 350 do
123) ; 200 do 123|.
The Hank of-the United States have
declared a dividend of Four per cent
for the last six months.
Congress closed its session on the 4th
inst. A number of importaut'bills had
been disposed of, but there yet remained
a great many which could not finall y bo
acted upon. The Senate has unanimous
ly adopted the Report of the Committee
on Foreign Relations on the subject of
the recognition of the independence of
IVxas. The National intelligencer re
marks that the sentiment expressed by
this vote of the Senate is in substance
this, and no more, viz: that the United
StatesVill, in regard to Texas, act upon
the principle established by the action of
this Government in all cases of civil
war among foreign people. That is, it
nill recognise the actual Government
whenever it is satisfied of its being enti
tled to the character of an Independent
Power; and it will readily recognise the
independence of Texas when it shall be
made apparent that it is an independence
in lact as well as in name.
A breach of order was committed in
the House ol Representatives, by Mr.
Williams, of Kentucky—Dr. Suther
land, of Pennsylvania, being in the
chair.
Steam Navigation to Europe. —The
New York Courier says:—“ We are hap
py to have it in our power to stale, that
Capt. Cobb and ins assistants of the “ the
•'ll ianl Ic Steam Company” havccomple
ted all their arrangements for establish
ing a line of Steam Packets between this
port and Liverpool, and have actually
contracted with Messrs. Brown & Bell,
for a Boat suitable for (he purpose, the
building of which, will commence im
mediately. They have also contracted
with Mr. P. A. Sabbaton for the engine,
the lines of which will be constructed
for burning Anthracite Coal. This in
lormatioii will, we are. quite certain, give
very general satisfaction both here and
and in Liverpool, and we may add, that
at (lie meeting of (he next Legislature,
the company will probably apply for an
act ot incorporation, with a .capital of
two millions of dollars.”
New York, July 4. I
Cih) News, Saturday, P. M. —This ,
has been a day of more excitement
among (he banks in Wall-street than we
have ever known. There being three
days payment in one, the payments were 1
immense. The Merchants* Bank had 1
over six hundred notes paid at their coun- (
tei ; at (he Mechanics’ there were over *
seven hundred, and other Banks in pro- 1
portion. W c have no doubt that over *
ten thousand notes were paid at all the 1
Banks. The crowd was so great that at 1
some positions of the day the bankin'* <
moms large as they are, would not contain !
tlio persons doing business. <
The manner in which the President of 1
the Bojird of Aldermen, has been cho
sen, creates much excitement——opinions 1
*irc various.- At last vve have real warm ‘
weather, with every prospect of a hot 1
4th July day. I
from the Courier. I
Ihe French frigate I' Jlrthemisc, re- *
ccntly arrived at New York, from Mar- '
tinique, with despatches from Admiral I
Mackau, from the Governor General of '
the French West Indies for (he French '
Consul at New York, is commanded by 1
the Chevalier He La Place, advantage- !
ously known by his history of (he voy- |
age round the world, made for scientific 1
purposes, by (he French frigate Lc Fa - 1
vorilc. On the 2d instant, the Mayor of 1
New York and Gen. Morton dined on
board the U Jlrlhcmise, by invitation of
her commander, and were received on i
board with a salute from the guns. The
defences of New A ork Harbor wore, left 1
so destitute by drafts of men for the In
dian war, that none were left to welcome
the French commander by a salute on the
part of the United States.*- The /,’ Jir-
Ilionise had anchored in the North River,
anti the New A ork Courier & Enquirer
remarks on the sincere gratification of '
the citizens “at seeing the flag of our
ancientrally floating in amity over our
waters,” and their anxiety “to show the
distinguished gentleman and gallant olli- '
cer who bears the commission of France,
those civilities which are due to his na- j
tion and personal character.”
It is reported at New York, from in- 1
•urination received from Washington,
that Jonathan J. Coddington has been
appointed Postmaster of that city, in !
place ot Samuel 1,. Gouverneur.
Col. Charles K. Gardener, first Assis
tant I ost master General, has been
transferred to (he new station of Auditor 1
of the Post Oflice. Mr. R. Johnson, of J
Kentucky, takes the situation thus vaca- i
ted by Colonel Gardener. 1
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'tariff. Mr. tan Karen’s organ in this city t
Sl // 'fiei'eituvtion of the Tariff in now inevi- ,
Uihic. Hear this ye manufacturers Down East, 5
who two years since agreed to support Mr. Van ‘
Uuren as a Northern and n Tariff man. Your 1
lute is sealed—the Tariff compromise is to lie bro- 1
ken, not by the South—the faithful South, hut by *
your own time serving politicians—the men you •
have taken up for being hostile tothc South—that I
south your true friend, if you could but under- i
stand where your interests lie.—.V. J*. Evenin'-
Star. a C
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Peaches have been sold in Boston at.half a dol- n
tar a piece—one dozen were sold at this price. I
From the Charleston . M icuru , 11 th imt'
FROM ST. AUGUSTINE.
The sclir. S. S. Mills , Capt. South
wick, arrived hereon Saturday afternoon
last, furnished us the St. Augustine Her
ald of (lie 2d inst. from which we make a
few extracts.
There is no ne#sof the Indians at Pi
colata ; it appears to be a very general
impression that they have gone to their
corn dance.
It is very sickly at Fort Dranc ; it is
stated that more than one half of (he
troops there are on the sick list. Five
out of seven officers arc also sick.
A company of volunteers, consisting of
Go individuals ol'St. Aiigiistine, was mus
tered into the service of the U. Stales on
the 29th ult.
Officers nairieSi
.1. S. Phillips,.Captain.
David Levy, Ist Lieutenant.
I’ortolo Olivares, 2d do.
John 11. Andrew 3d do.
Exertions arc making to form another
company.
It is ascertained that the person, who
was murdered at the same time with Dr,
Crews at Charlotte harbor was Martin
Lane/., lormerly of St. Augustine.
Capt. Dumoti’s Company of mounted
volunteers, have been out scouting, sever
al days during (he past week ; they scour
ed the country from Picolata, but saw no
fresh Indian signs. They have collected
several hundred head of cattle in their
excursions, and driven them into town.
A detachment ol Capt. Carry’s compa
ny accompanied Capt. Dummcttiii one of
the excursions.
Gov. Call has assumed the command
of ali the (orcesin the Territory of every
description. All other posts for the pre
sent will he considered as dependencies
on Fort Drunc.
Capt. Graham, ina letter to the Indian
Bureau at Washington, dated November
22d, 18.53, estimates (he Seminoles at
1000 or 5000 individuals, and Gun.
Thompson stated in another letter, (hat
there were large numbers south of their
reserve, who had never been within its
boundary. This is exclusive of their ne
groes.
Extract of a Letter, dated
Sr. Augustine, July 8.
We have heard but little of the Indians
since their attack on Micanopy. An Ex
press arrived here on Wednesday last
from Fort Dranc, which brings us intcl
ligence up to (licslh inst. An Officer of
the Army writes to a friend here, that
Col. Warren with 50 mounted men, sur
prised mx Indians at Capt. Priest’s house,
about 9 miles from Micanopy, and killed
5 of them, the. sixth made his escape.
The Indians were comfortably ensconced
in a luxuriant manner, under .mosquito
nets. Among the killed was an Indian of
bad character, named Billy John, a Chief
of spine influence. He-begged for quar
ters very humbly, but it was refused, and
he was instantly put to death.
A letter from Suwannee Old Town,
dated 30!h June, stales (hat the planta
tion of Alexander Watson, Esq. was de
stroyed by the Indians on the 18lh at mid
day. A party of men the day previous,
had a skirmish near there with the enemy,
they lost one killed, and report 4 or 5
Indians killed ; the latter kept the field.
They are augmenting their nmnbers daily,
but whether they are of Souii
noles, is a matter of conjecture.
Mr. Watson’s loss is between 50 and
40,000 dollars. The Indians obtained
about 2500 pounds of lead at Watson’s.
The other plantations in the vicinity will
be abandoned.
From Ihe Si. Augustine Herald, July 2.
We have lyard it surmised that the
Indians will experience much inconve
nience for the want of provisions ; this
cannot be the case, but on the contrary
they arc supposed to have abundance to"
last there for years. It is estimated that
they have driven oft’ from Alachua coun
ty alone, not less than 15,000 head of cat
tle, and east of St. Johns river, and South
of Julington Creek, 4 to 5000 head more;
and the Government estimates of cattle
owned by the Indians, is 20,000, and a
large number of horses.
With regard to bread stud’s, they are
equally well supplied. They have carried
away almost all the corn from the plan
tations and stored it; and with the extra
labor of captured slaves, in addition to
their own, they will bo enabled to raise
an abundance. From the best informa
tion we have, their prospects arc very
promising. The farinacious roots, from
which is prepared a Hour similar to Ar
row Root, are inexhaustible. Add to
these the plunder which they annually
gather on (he coast, consisting of wrecked
property, a considerable portion of which
consists of Hour. We have been inform
ed that they m ake an annual journey to
the sea-coast, after the heavy gales, for
the purpose of gathering up the wrecked
property, and a number of years ago, our
informant states that they said they had
gathered 1300 barrels of Hour, besides
other articles of provisions, atone lime.
From the Richmond Whig.
IHE CHAU ACT EH Ol" A MAN DEVELO
PED in his sentiments.—lt is glory
enough lor me to have served under such
a chief (Gen. Jackson) exclaimed Mr.
Van Biiren on his compulsory return
from England.
In 1828 or 29, Mr. Van Boren in a
speech at Albany, defended Ir self a
piinst the accusation of being unlriend
ly to the Turin’, by the statement that he
had invested twenty thousand dollars in
sheep ; thus expressly recognizing pecu
niary interest, as the source and motive
ot his political conduct, and claiming it
as a sufficient guarantee forjiis sincerity
and consistency.
These two declarations are equally un
deniable and degrading. They are the
most unworthy which have ever emana
ted from a man of Mr. Van Buren’s ele
vated station. They furnish a key to
his character and mark it as grovelling,
mean and selfish. Mr. Robertson of
Virginnia. on the floor of Congress, de
nounced the first as a sentiment that
would degrade a slave, aud every man of
spirit will concur in the justice of the
remark. But the first is out stripped in
meanness by the last. When the politi
cal fidelity of a Senator of the United
States is challenged by his constituents,
he replies, is it not my interests to be
liiilhfiil —my personal pecuniary inter
est r Have I not invested $20,000 in ’
sheep r It I vote for the Tarill’, will it .
not increase the value of my wool? If 1
I vote against it, will it not' diminish its 1
—: U -V- J ~ r - u " *" Tu * l j *. rjr t. 3
value ? Can you require better evidence
"1 my pastjvotes, or a stronger guaran
tee for the future ? Put into plain En
glish this is the literal meaning of Mr;
Van Buren’s Albany defence, and he
himself thereby endorsed Ihe accuracy
ot Dewitt Clinton’s celebrated portrait
ol him; “A Grimalkin purring *over
pctiy schemes and mousing over sinister
stratagems,” all directed to the ends of
a selfish and heartless policy.
So utterly mean a sentiment* never
(lowed from the lips of a man aspirinto
tiie first honors, ami filling a large space
in the eye of his country.—-Nor'can they
he deemed accidental and uncharacter
istic. They accord with his life and con
duct. Nothing generous, or elevated,
or expanded—nothing that betrayed mo
mentary Maxalion of an intense and
lynx eyed selfishness is known of him,
or so much as assumed by his minions,
flatterers and biographers. For his rise
in Iced he is indebted more than to his
abilities which arc nevertheless respecta
ble, to a union of nnmiiigating se'Bsh
ncss and frigidity of constitution, which
at once disposed and enabled him to cm
brace all opportunities for self-aggran
dizement. The generosity of his feel
ings opposed no obstacle to the aspirations
of his self-love. Personal obligations*
party ties, and recorded sentiments have,
all alike been unscrupulously sacrificed
when the interests of his promotion de
manded it. Past commitments and en
gagements were never sullercd to inter
fere with present and prospective advan
tage. lie is a monument of wltat patient
industry and sleepless selfishness may
efleet, and the height to which crawling
sycophancy can rise.
From the ,A'ew- Orleans Bulletin, 27th till.
The following names comprise as far as wo
have collected a list ofllio unfortunate individu
als attached to Fannin’s corps, and who were in
, humanly murdered by the cold blooded Santa
Anna. 'Flic list as will bo seen embraces those
who wore killed in battle before the surrender—■
the few who escaped from the company when
marched out so be fired upon—those wiio were
• taken and reserved as physicians, aud laborers—
and those who fell in the massacre of the nufor
tunalc division, when marclied out under a sacred
guarantee that they should bo escorted lo Copano,
and from thence lo bo transported to New Ur
ic,ms.
Braccy, Blackwell, Coo, Fresell, Henry Kcn
hart, John Gleason, Eddy, Hands, Wood, Boyle,
Bee 1, McKpighP, Powers, Johnson, Martin, Jas.
A. Hamilton, (-ash, Foley, Davis, Grimes, En
glish James, Kemp, Loverin, Prusche, Baker,
Weston. Osborne, Frost, Churchill, Williams,
Jas. McCoy, Weaver, Humphries, Mi von, Dixon,
Bipley, Gold, Cross, Beck, Franklin, Young,
’ Pierce, Brook Ajl. Eels, Kiddle, Dean, Ycaniaus.
Persons killed in the battle before the surrender
. lo the Mexicans:
! Dorsey, Mann, Jackson, Quinn, Francis, (a
i Pole,) Kelly.
r Capt. Brooks wounded in the battle afterwards
• killed.
Persons who escaped from the company, march
ed out to be fired upon :
Davancy, Cooper, John Duval, .1. M. Brooks,
Simson, Isaac Hamilton, Irish.
, The following were taken out and reserved as
physicians and laborers:
Dr, Shackleford, G, W. Brooks, Fag-an, While,
E. Patterson, John Lumpkins, Smith, Incut.
Francis, Hammick, SpilJors, Jack Hitchcock,
- Callihan, Dr. Barnard, Voss, Thus, Cantwell,
Kosenburg, Bill Welsh, P. Gridin, Bills, (since
dead) 11. Ehronberg,Wilkinson, Barnwell, James
Neeby, Callihan, Dr. E. Field, Shaun, Joseph
Fenner, Jack O’Onmiiel. B. Odlcman, Sherlock,
A. M. O. Boyle, Stewart, Dull'Green, Gamble,
M. Moran.
The above list affords but a email part of tho
names nl individuals belonging lo tins unfortu
nate division, but which when received wc shall
publish.
We add to flic names published a few days
since, the following, being tho names of some of
the members of the Now Orleans Greys attached
to Fannin’s Division at the time of the massacre.
Capt. S. O. Pettus, Va.; Joseph Kiddle, Penn,;
C.. J. Carriore, So. Ca.; Allen O. Kenny, Va. ;
W. Brennan,escaped, fre’d.; E. S. Heath, Mass.;
Geo, Green, England,; J. Keys, escaped, Wales;
, John Wood, S. C.; VVm. Preusch, ha.; N. It.
Blister, Adjt. Va.; Lieut. Grace ; W. Hunter, Va.
escaped ; Noah Dickenson, U. C. Win. Harper,
Ireland ; John Logan do.; James West, Penn.;
Chas. Sergeant, Boston ; Gen. Gotland, Penn. ;
G. Voss, escaped, German; Dennis Mahoney,
Ireland ; F. H. Grey, Scotland.
J'rom the Tallahassee Floridian, 2d inst.
Intelligence was received on Thursday, by tho
governor, that a body of Indians wore traced on
Sunday last, from the Chattahoochee to a swamp
near Newton on the Flint.—'The trail indicated
about filly horses, and from one to two hundred
on fool. J his is probably Jim Henry’s band, en
deavoring lo join the Seminoles.—ln their pro
gress though Baker County, several families
have been murdered, under circumstances of
tho most hon id barbarity—Wc understand that
about four hundred men arc assembled at New
ton, and that two hundred men were lo march
from Bainbridge yesterday for the scene of ae
tion.—Should this party pass the Flint, this
district is prepared to march, at a moments notice,
a largo body of mounted men, lo intercept them.
'1 he United States’ soldiers under Majot Sands
arc ordered to march for the Suwannee.—They
will bo posted at Old Town.—Should this point
prove unhealthy, they will he moved lo a more
favourable position.—They are accompanied by a
body of mounted volunteers, who will relievo
Captain M’Cants command.
Judge Bandall, of the Superior Court of the
Middle District, has been appointed lieutenant co
lonel, vice Colonel Cctiiiieht resigned.—We
understand that this appointment has been vc-y
acceptable lo the mounted volunteers, who have
been placed under his command.
>e®s 44M
Post Os ice lie pertinent. —A new principle of
appointment “ for the occasion,” has been adopt
ed by Poslniasslcr Kendall. Being “FIRST
ON ’I HE LIST” is now tho necessary requisite
for an appointment. When Kendall entered the
Post Office, ho came out with a great flourish of
trumpets, and promised that he would ‘•reaped
the -wishes of the people ” in making the appoint-’
ment. And in a case in Virginia, Ihe Globe had 1
a pompous notice calling on the people to conic
forward and say who they wished to be postmas
ter. A nolher case has lately occurred in tho same
State, at Abingdon. A Mr. Preston was recom
mended for the office, by four or five gentleman.
Colonel Keller was recommended by more than
a hundred. It is staled in the Abingdon States
man that the reason assigned by the Postmaster
General for the preference of Mr. Preston was
that ho was “ FIRST ON THE LIST V'—U S
Telegraph, sth inst.
Wc believe John Bascombe, the victor in the
I.rent Lace, reached this City yesterday on his
return to his owner’s Stable. In that Stable, wo
learn, that besides Bascombe, will bo BUI Austin
Hickory John and Long .treasure. It has been
a long lime, since one stable contained four such
horses. It is time for competitors to be looking
about them, that the purses next season may not
all be taken in a gallop. —Georgia Courier, 11/&
inst.
The Now Orleans Bee of the 28lh ult. says
it is rumored that the Mexican Schr. Almalia*
Capt. Vanslovoreen, which cleared for Vera Cruz'
with brandy and dry goods, on Saturday week'
was chased on the 21th by a Tcxian schr. called’
Union, supposed to be a privateer, and succeeded
m reaching the S. W. pass, where she asked and
received protection from the U. S. Revenue Cut
ter Dallas, Capt. Green.