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DOMESTIC. [Cnrrtspnndsnct of lit Baltimore Patriot.) FREDERICK, Jan 10. At th« ununl hour, th. Court »M*«nbl«d, when the Judge Advm.t. Mated dial Lirut. Morris desired to have a .light alteration effected in the testimony giv en liy him before the Court some days since, winch was acquiesced in by Uen. Scott, and accordingly done. A letter we* else reed beiore the Court by the Judge Advocate, which we* written by Major Clark, en Assistant Quarter Metieret New Orleans, direct ed to the Acting Quarter Me»ter General at Wash ington. In thie, the Major contradict* (he assertion that any newnpnjvr publication or letters had pre vented the Commissary from complying with the or der* of General 8cott. On the contrary, lie states that supplies were shipped and arrived at Tampa Bey on tire 6th of April, and the army of Gen. Scott arrived respectively on Hie 3d, 4th nod bib of April, at that place, fie also states that General Gaines had recommended him to comply with the order of General Scott, as provision* would be required at that post. General Scott arose nnd referred to the summons which had been waned by the Judge Advocate to Capt. Morrison, the Assistant Commissary at New Orient.*, and hi* answer thereto. He deemed the evidence of Capt. Morrison on this subject very es sential. and lie Imped still to avail himself of it; hut if the Court thought proper to order tlm letter of Major Clark on record, lie had no objection. The Court *aid. that ns it en reg tilnr course, und uld direct it to from the War Department, they w be filed. A letter of General Scott, dated at Columhtte, Georgia, addressed to the. Secretary of War, in speaking of the (then) contemplated rummer cam paign of General Call, any* he wislmf him the most hearty success, hut fear* that sicknemand disease, together with the absence of the proper supplies, will prevent him operating with effect. The 8etni- noles are not formidable in number; Ido not believe the whole force in the nation, iurlmiitg Indian* nnd •*#•*«**«• osooeils IfiOO and I do not think that more than 500 have been embodied at any one time. ||o Wll „ nn wtianm w ,i TO , snvs that the strength of the nation lies in the extent the arms. &c nt that place, and frightful character of their country, which transferred the command at Camp Igard to General Clinch and returned to Fort Drane. Correspond ent] was to rc-inforce or rescue the forces of Gener als Gaines and Clinrli on the Oiritldarnochee. The subsistence sent by that train was intended for those troops. Gen. Scott he-** referred to an impression which had gone abroad that Captain Van Ifuren was per sonally inimical to him, or that a misunderstanding had occurred between tlicm, end be therefore would suggest to the court that they were at liberty to put any question to the witness which might tend to eli cit from him. tlm charge of misconduct on bis (S'#) part during the Seminole campaign. Lieut. Belts, of the artillery, was then sworn. Trior to interiogating this gentleman Gen. Scott said he had a question to propose to Col. Depryater (bite annul to Gen. En»tis,)iti reference to the storm which occurred about Picolata, shortly after bis ar rival. Col. Depeyster stated that it w as an exceed ingly severe one—that lie crossed twice during its continuance, and that it Inffted six or seven days. Question to Lieut. Detts.—In vvlint capacity did the vviiuess serve in the Creek Campaign under Gen. Scott? Answer-*At the request of Gen. Scott I joined him at Columbus about the 2d of June, IS'.Hi, nnd acted as nid-de-camp to that General until about 20th June, when l was placed in orders in nil hi* opera tion* against the Creek Indians until the 0th of Ju ly, when lie was recalled. Question.—What was the conversation that hap pened nt Head Quarter* when the report of an ac cident which bcfel a steam boat laden with public stores, reached Gen. Scott? Answer—It was reported at Head Quarter* of Gen. Scott, nt Colinubiis, that n steam boat loaded with army ammunition and supplies, lind Unrated Iter boiler in the month of June, on the Onniilgec river, between Darien and Hawkitt*ville. Inconsequence of this, the news bad to reach Jlawkinsvillc first, before the Assistant Quarter Master could prepare other means for transporting the articles, lie was obliged to hire another boat w hich had been laid up for tlm summer—fit her up, and despatch her down the river for said supplies. Much delay was occa sioned in the arrival of the arm* by this disaster. It was reported that another boat similarly loaded, had met with nn accident which delayed the urrival of •evernl companies occasionally on the river en gaged with the enemy*prior to the 6th of March?” A neuter.—'“There wan oue company out of the limits of the breast work on the 29th of Fe bruary, and several companies were engaged in firing at the Indians across the river prior to the 6th of March." Gen. Gaines preceded the next question with a few remarks in reference to the opportunities which had liccn cninvcd hv flanl. Mel ’all dll .dllir abound* with hammock* and swamp* that are pre occupied hy the enemy, from whence they opernl< , much to our disadvantage. Not Wayne, nor any ; other of the greatest Indian fighters that ever lived j in our country, could undertake to say that he would , conquer those Indians in a single season. The General say* that every soldier who goes in- I fa Flnridn should he entitled to at least 1G0 ncrcs-ol land. (“ not Florida lauds, for that would he a I frond !") and each (oncer to nt (east three months' pay in advance, gratuitous; ns there i* but little] honor or glory to Tin gained by sacrificing health,1 comfort. Ac. in a wilderness like that of Florida. Two letter* from the Secretary of War to Gen. Scott, in referenee to the Seminole war, wore read : nnd one from Capt. Harding to Governor Clay, in referenee to the arms, Sir. in the nrseual nl Mount Vernon, AU. stating that there were 10,000 first rate muskets, i%. 10 pieces of ordnance complete, which, enid General Scott, “will show how the Alabama troops were supplied with anus and accoutrements, end ready for the field by the (till of June.'* The deposition of Governor Schley, of Georgia, was then tend. Tin* Governor remarks upon the coincidence of General Scott nt Savannah, Jesup at Augusta, and himself at Milledgevillc—having no previous communication on the subject, in suggest ing the name plan of cntnpnigti. Hi* views of Gen. Jestin'* treatment towards General Scott are clear ly defined. and jdace the conduct of tlm Quarter Master General in a very unenviable light. Gov ernor Schley is of opinion that fewer murders would have been committed, and a lesser number of the hostile Creek* escaped into Florida, had Jesup ml- Itered to the original plan of campaign, hy which both Grnernt* were 1o operate simultaneously ; hut Jcflttp was restless, lest all the honor of closing the war would be General Scott's, atnl ns he (Jesup) had tlm Indian* in his immediate neighborhood, he thought hy striking nn immediate blow nt them, lie could run away with the honor himself. He did act; the friendly Creek Indians enpfared the must formidable baud of the hostile*, nnd the war was closed. General Scott was recalled tontone for Ida delay in operating earlier, mid Mr. Quarter Master General, T. 8. Jesup, commander of the Southern army, is * • • A letter from Gen. Jesup to Governor Schley wns then resd in the Court. This letter c.nmplt *ued of Govornor Schley's having written to tin* President of the II. States, inconsequence of his (Schley) not hearing from Jesup in reply to a letter addressed by the Governor to him, asking for certain informa tion. The President directs a communication to Je sup upon the subject—whereat Jesup take* fire— looks at his file, am! h»! there beholds the letter which he forgot to send in reply to Gov. Schley’s, and which was enclosed in another, and then, when it could he of no use, sends it to him ! General Scott said that he should argue, at tlm proper lime, this peculiar failing of Gen. Jesup, and would prove that lie islialdtuated to writing letter*, end placing them on file, as though copies had actu ally been sent to those for whom they were intend ed. The Judge Advocate continued the reading of the deposition, and when finished, General ffontt pre sented a letter from General Woodward, which con tained evidence of the determination of Gen. Jesup to disregard the pledge to co-operate with Genera! 8<mtt, and of his having acted in disobedience of or ders. A letter from the Ifon. W. C. Dawson, M. C. who commanded a detachment of volunteers mid infan try on hoard of the steam hunt which was stationed ««n the Chattaho«tehee, enclosing his deposition, was read. His answer* are roufirmatoi^v of wlu»t has preceded, vi*; the exoneration of General Scott from iitineressnry delay in preparing to operate against the Creek Indians, and which the public will remember was tlm only charge against Gen. 8c.ll, in connexion with the*Crack matter. Gen. Scott than offered the Court another paper, signed hy Cohoml Lane, (then Lieutenant) former ly, nnd at that time an aid to General Jesup, which was evidently the handy work of both, pretending to be an abstract <4* the correspondence between General Jesup and others, in reference to the Creek war. General Scott said lie would offer it in evi dence, nnd at the proper time, lie “would visit it wiili the full measure of hi* severity, with as little allu sion to the deceased, (Col. Lniie,)ns was practica ble." Said Gen. Scott, '• I have no wish to distuih the nslies of the dead—my business is with the lit* ing." Mr. Ulnir's letter to the Judge Advorate was rend, in whieli lie excuses himself from attendance upon the Court, in consequence of his duties ns an officer ol the House of Representatives; says he will no* | ewer General Scott's questions, if reduced to writ- ! ing. and refers tlm Court to tlm Globe. Ccnrrnl Scott here made some remarks about his not having had any agency in any publication for a year past. CXCeping his letter* to Capt. Robinson, of Georgia, I and the editor of the Richmond Enquirer, lie said l bis object in obtaining filair’s testimony, wns to show ( that General Jesup hail sent to the Globe office, pnrt t only of the correspondence between him nnd (ion. Scott, with his own notes nnd comments upon them suppressing the letter of General Scou. dated the 16tli of Juim. ; Captain Van Buren was then sworn, and interro gated by General Scott, in reference to the Semiuoh Cm npnigu. truestw».-What docs witness recollect of the nr rival of the fir«t train of wagons at Picolata Iron Fort Drane. after Gen. Scott's at rival nt that place » ■daurrr.—The first arrival of wngntis from For: Drane was about the 1st or 2d of March, opposite t< Picolata, on the St. John's. Question—Wlint officer was charged with tin loading of that train with provisions, and rlutrgci 1 with the transportation of wagons and horses ncros- the St. John's. dwiffr.—Tlie officer charged with the loading of the wagon* was Capt. Shannon, the senior Quartn Master in Florida, and he had much difficulty ii getting the wagons and horsea over the river, although , the exertions were very great. tycofUM.—What does the witness recollect of the had ataie^of the roads, the weather. Ac. about the lima of Gen. Scott's arrival at Picolata. and of the j difficulty in getting the supplies across the St. John's? \ Answer.—The weather was very bad. An it mi- | suallv heavy rain storm occurred about that time Question.—What does witness recollect of being ordered l»y Gen. Scott on hearing of tlm disaster, to proceed in the direction of Hawkiusvillc, nnd wlint prevented his going to that place ? Answer.—In consequence of the unexpected de lay in the arrival of the arms nt linwkinsviUe. Gan. Scott told me to go hy day and night towards flint place, until I should meet the train of wagons for Columbus, nnd hasten their arrival by every possi ble means. I had mounted my horse to execute that order, when Major Heard arrived in n public stage from Hawkiiisville, and he assured Gen. Scott and myself that lie had the greatest confidence in the gen I and activity of the conductor, and their arrival could not he expedited hy my trip, and that they would certainly be there in two or three days. They did not, however, arrive until about a week from this time. Question.—What other cireumstancat occurred lo prevent the arrival of those arms? Answer.—I stated in my answer to the preceding question, that the arms did not arrive until 3 or 4 (lays after they were expected. The cause of which ns reported on the nrrivnl of the trnin wns n letter, written by Major General Irwin, of the Alabama Militia, to Brig. Gen. Wilcox, of Georgia, who bad been charged with the protection of the district of country on the route of the enemy to Florida. This letter stated that 2000 hostile Creek Indians bad crossed the Chattahoochee, and were laying waste the lower counties of Georgia, murdering in their progress, men, women and children, indiscriminate ly. On the appearance of this letter in the public journals, the inhabitant* of that portion of country find for protection to the interior. The conductor of the train was seized with the same panic, and chang ed his direction so as to pass above the sojipnsed en emy. Thereby delaying the arrival of the arms some three or tour days. Question—Wlint does the witness recollect of Ma jor Gen. Scott's sending for Lieutenant McCrnhb and Capt. Waite, after having received a letter from Gen. JoHiip on the 17tli of June, and the conversa tion which passed 1 Answer.—On receiptof a letter from Gen. Jesup on the lTffla of June, Gen. Scott sent for Lieut. Me- Crnhb, Assistant Commissary, and Capt. Waite, Assistant Quarter Master, at Columbus, and ques tioned them in reference to tlm supplies of forage and provisions on hand, and what amount they could prohabtv furnish tlm command of Gen. Jesup. To which Lieut. McCrahh replied that lie hud hut a small supply of provisions nn hand, and that lie had nearly exhausted the market in furnishing tlm troop* at Fort Mitchell, and those stationed above nod be low nn the river. Gen. Scott directed him in the strongest terms to use every exertion to supply the troops under Jesup, and if necessary for this pur pose to place the Georgia troops mi half or quarter rations. Question.—What does witness recollect of the state of the roads nml bridges between Augusta and Columbus, and between Hawkiiisville and Colum bus, in June last ? Answer.-*I recollect distinctly that ititicli rain fell in June, and know from personal observation that the road between Augusta nml Columbus, was in very had condition. General Scott announced to the Court that lie would boro rest Itis Creek case, reserving to himself the right of examining Gen. Woodward, should lie arrive in the mean lime, and that lie would he pleas ed if tlm Court could assign him Thursday next t:» commence his defence upon that question, in which the Court acquiesced—The President then adjoin li ed the Court until to-morrow inoruipg. nt II o’clock, when the case of Mnj. Gen. Gaines will he resum ed. Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. FRKPKittcx, Mn. Jan. 17th, 1837. Continuation of the Proceedings in relation to the failure of the Seminole and Creek Campaigns, conducted by Generals Gaines and Scott; and the dtluy of prosecuting the Creek Campaign of General Scott. Capt. McCai.Cs Testimony continued. Question of the. Court" What was the num ber of Indians that invested Camp Izard on the 2Dth of February, and how litany attacks were made on said Camp?” Ansuxr.—“The number on the morning of the 2l)tli, was in my opinion between 1200 and 1500, including negroes judging from the extent of ground covered—their fire ami war whoop. On the morning of the 3d, their number although apparently not so numerous ns on the 20th, were greater than air. subsequent period. The Indi ans made 5 or 6 attacks and occasionally, both during day and night, a few shots were fired in to the camp hy stragglers.” By the Court.—“No sortie was made upon the enemy ; what reason did Gen. Gaines assign for not making a sortie.” Answer.— “ lie did not explain to mo his rea sons, hut my impression is that it would not have resulted in auy important advantage to our side ?” By the Court.—" Did no officer during the siege suggest the propriety of a sortie f" .insurer,—“ I did not hear any officer suggest a sortie; nor did I know that auy officer differed with the Genera) upon that point.” By the Court.—“ What is your opinion of the forces being able to drive the Indians if a sortie had been made ?” A asterr.—“ I have not the smallest doubt they could have driven them off, hut the nature of the ground was such—the hammocks being very dense and extremely difficult of access to troops, the Indians who were lying concealed would have hern enabled to deliver their fire, and ow ing to their superior celerity nnd know ledge of the ground, passed through tho hammock and crossed the river before our troojis could have come up w ith them. Their facilities for crosottig being great, and the troops without the mcausof following them. Gen. Gaines here arose and said that he v submit a question in reference to a subject which - -- <—- - had been agitated in the public journal, tltrough- wbmh rendered the passage across the river very I out the North, aud he thought it wns due to him- 1,h - °'« of '!*.• *** ^ .elf, «i ihi. lime la nllu.lo lo it. He .ai.l he hn.l ■Mil 4c.m boot, the Emmv<>ii, w» 'lien u.efl for th. (Mirpuwi, but .oo.ul.rnMr d.lnv occurred in itn> ..tniriing, in consequence of no' being able to get Marlnilis op|Hi«i'«.hnre. Th. balt.lionofAriillrry, uinlnr Major tide,. » n. ntven or eight d.jr. in |i,i.>. Ing from 8rv.iiii.Ii In I'icol.u, a. I wiu infunnrd »J *“jnr li.tr. Inmutlf. , ®*f***— ~Wban did thm train le.v. th. Hi. John■ »j »nd whet did (im.r.1 Hentt any lit. nhjwt wa.tnle.viiig l‘i<'i>lnt. on Ui. Oih of March, with a II daUclimoni I hern ehnrjteil with meeting the enemy only ha- hind hrenat work., and hy ihi. w into he would •hew that he had fuught them for two day. u|>- oit the river hank, nnd compelled them to retire from the ronltiet. Me .aid that auHieient evi dence had already heeu adduced to the Court in pruve the impropriely of hi. making a aortic from Camp laard after the pledge he had made lo General Clinch, or the commanding officeral which had lieen enjoyed hy Capt. McCalldu'iug a long r -aidence in the Ittdian countries, in mak ing him.elf acquainted w ith the topography of thn.e part., and the habit, and cu.tom. of the Indian, while engaged in travel, or with nn ene my. He .aid that the officer who wa. deputed tn relieve him in the command in Florida, had atated in an official communication that he did not believe that more than 500 Indian, had been embodied since the opening of the war. That officer acknowledge, that hr. hail met no parties constating of more than SO or00, nnd he pre tend, tn judge of the number who attacked the command.at Cnmp Izard from the appearance of the neighbouring ground. Gen. Game, .aid that it was well known to some of the member, of the Court that large bodies of ludian. have travelled in time, of war, from one post to an other, without leaving any evidence of their ’ 1 strength—thi* he .aid was done hy the Indians hy treading in the print tnnde hy their leader, and the only way the enemy could judge of the opposing force, wa. by the depth of the print. J3y Cm. Guinea.—“ What i, your opinion a. to the practicability of a.cortainoig a week nr two week, after n battle, the number of Indians engaged in it; or the number encamped nt any one point; and do the Indian, leaven, much evidence of their number in Camp n. the white. T" .(natrrr.—“ I think it would he impossible a week nr two week, after a battle to ascertain hy the signs commonly left hy Indians, whamundiei had been on tho battle ground. Tho principal object of the Indians encamping in times of Avar, being to concetti their numbers; it would lie ex tremely difficult, perhaps impossible, to make even a tolerable guc». of their number, which orcupied nn encampment, nnlcs. they had occu pied it fur a great length of time. After leav ing nn encampment, tho Indians do not icavo any thing like its much evidence of their num bers as the whites usually leave." Gen. Gaines here referred to a portion of the testimony of Capt. Thistle. It will he remem bered hy ottr readers, that the Captain stated to the Court he hail never heard of General Guinn until ho saw him in Florida ; nod never knew of any dissatisfaction expressed hy the Volunteers when it was rendered uncertain whether Gen. Gaines cntild accompany them tn tho scene in Florida. The Gen. said that he was in hopes that Cnpt. Thistle for hit own sake would reflect again upon the subject nnd correct that part of Itis testimony, inasmuch ns the Capt. had /gone to Florida from New Orleans in the tame Steam /{oat, nnd on the passage thither had frequently converted with the tame Gen. Gainet, of whom hv had never heard until lie saw him in Flori da." In ordered however, to settle the matter, Gen. Gaines said, he would propose a question to Captain McCall, which would he satisfactory to tho Court upon that point. Hy Gen. Gainet.—What were the sentiments and feelings of the Louisiana Volunteers, ns ex pressed hy them on hoard the steamer M atch- 1 man at Pensacola, relative to Gen. Gaines con tinuing in command 1 Ansioer.—On the arrival of the steam boat Watchman at Pensacola on the (ith February it was ascertained that the steamer Merchant, with a battalion of Louisiana Volunteers, under the iimnediiitc command of Col. Smith, had sailed tho dny hofore for Tampa liny. On landing at; Pensacola. General Gainos receivetl the letter | of the Adjutant Gcueral notifying him that Gc- ■ ncrnl Scott had been ordered to Florida, and J directing Gelt. G. to await for further orders nt' New Orlenns. On receiving this letter, Getter-1 nl Gaines remarked to me that he would go ] with great readiness wherever his services might he most useful to his country, and said he' thought he \hould return to New Orleans. I 1 left him immediately, tn attend to some duties, j When tho troops learned the purport of the let ter, trinity of the volunteers collected around me, and inquired whether the General intended to proceed or return. I replied thut I believed he would return. They expressed in strong terms their regret ut this information, and the gencrnl opinion, us far us I learned, was flint he should proceed. After this, the commanding officer of the biittnlion on hoard of the Watchman, Lieut. Colonel Law.nti, came to mo and made the ! tame inquiry: I replietl as before. He snid ' that General Gaines wa. bound to proceed to i Tampa Hay, and he would he severefy censured { if ho relinquished the command. At the same | time, he asked me to urge him to proceed. Col. Lawson spoke of the confusion that would ensue, if he gave up the command. Col. Smith, next in rank to Gen. Gainos, was will ing, through personal regard to Col. Twiggs, to waive rank with that officer, for the purposo of giving him tho command of tho hrignde; hut if General Gaines relinquished the command of the expedition, Mnj. Foster, of the 4th Infantry, ami Iueut. Colonel hy brevet, would assert hi. right to command the brigade, in virtue of his brevet commission, w hich was senior to Colonel Twiggs commission in the line; nnd contention for the command would have arisen, which might cause the seperatiuu of the troops, and in that way endangered the success of the expedi tion. I saw General Games soon after nod lie told mo he had determined to proceed nt least to Tampa Hay, and that he would ho governed i hy circumstances in hi. future movements. On I hi. way, he showed mo the skeleton of a letter \ to Gen. Scott, shonld lie find him in tho (Htl.— Thai letter announced his arrival with the troops tinder his command, nml proposed a co-opera tion with Gen. Scou. Ilo at the same time re marked tn me, that if Gen. Scott preferred to take the sole conduct of li e war, he would without hesitation turn ovi+tlio coinnand to him. Hy General Gaines.—Wlint occurred at Dade*. ! Rattle Ground lo determine Gcueral Gallics to ! go lo Fort King ? ] Antivtr.—While the party who hnd been de- 1 tailed for tho purpose were collecting the bodies . for burial, General Gaines expressed to me bis anxiety to know where the enemy wns, not ha- | ving met him, as we expected, on ottr march to : that point, and his desire to know of the situa tion of General Clinch. He stated to me that the surest means of ncquiruig this information ! wns to proceed to Fort King, but he expressed an unwillingness to draw any supplies fiom that post, which perhaps might he slender. I then remarked that I was iufurined that moriiing hy the senior Uunrtcr Master, Capt. Shannon, he hnd hern notified thnt Inrgo supplies had been ordered tn Fort King. The General expressed satisfaction at this, and immediately sent for the Quarter Master, who produced a letter from the Quarter Master General's office, dated 10th January, stating that Inrgc snppliesof provisions had been ordered from New York to Fort King, and 30,000 rations to St. Augustine. On recei ving this information, Gen. Gaines expressed his determination to proceed forthn ith to Fort King, ami the order of a march was given the moment the funeral rites were concluded. Hy Grn. Gainet.—On his arrival at Fort King, not finding (he provisions mid troops he expect ed, whnt plan of operations did Gen. Gaines adopt ! Ansurr.—On arriving nt Fort King, and fin ding the garrison consisted of only one roin- pnny of Artillery, and a small supply of provis ions, which would only afford him two davs ra tions. he told me in the course of conversation that it wo* his determination to return to Fort Rronke, w here he had supplies, nml should he not find tbo edruiy on the route thither, he would then operate in the direction of Tolopclmpko. on Prase's Creek. In iulerrrpl the retreat of tho In- Hy Gen. Gainet.—Was it the intention nfGen. Gaines tn make a sortie in the event of hearing Gen. Clinch's or Col. Lindsay’s guns ? ,( nsirer.—The General observed several times nt Camp Izard that he should not he surprised to hear Col. Limlsny's guns from the other side of the river ; and if he did, lie would cross the river and march to his aid—or, if the Indians en gaged General Clinch on his advance, ho would march out and support him. The testimony of Capt. McCall here closed, when Capt. Thistle svas called and sworn, hut his recital of the scenes which he personally wit nessed, heiiig a cxtremely uninteresting and te dious, • have concluded tn omit taking notes of it. The Court adjourned at t) n'cluck, for the purpose of waiting on Gelt Santa Alma. Fmcdkrick, mb. jah. 18, 1837. The Court went into session at the usual hour, nml rontinitcd for a length of time this morning in taking down tile testimony of Cnpt. Thistle ; in the course of which he staled that he never thought the Indians were sincere in their pro position for pence. Gen. Gaines then submitted the following question : The witness has stated that he did not believe that the Indians w ere sincere in their professions nn the 5th and (ith of March, 183C, in sueing for peace, and vet, after the conference lie asked, and obtained permission to go out of tho camp with six of his men ; the witnoss will now state whether he would have considered it prudent or safe in going from the Camp with six men mi less he had placed confidence in the sincerity of the Indian's overtures. It appears that these negroes bad adopted the plan of making cartriges for’their rifles. A num ber of these description were found in their pouches, prepared from musket powder grouud fine. About a pound of good rifle powder, was found which hnd evidcully been recently pur chased in town. Several free persons of color have been taken up charged with holding intercourse with this gang of marauders aud supplying them w ith am munition. They have been committed for ex amination. This occurrence and these discoveries should call forth the exercise of more caution and vi- gilenceun the part of all our citizens. A plot perhaps, has been broken up, the consequences of which, had it been permitted to ripau, we well may shudder ut. Capt. Il’s party have done themselves honor. Wc are decidedly of opinion that these Marion incursions into the enemy’s strong holds, or places of retreat serve to strike more lerioriu their midst, than all the mnrehes and counter marches of disciplined armies, however able and praiseworthy the motives ol their distin guished commanders. The destruction of the hont in the Ouithla- ennehy, when 10 hostile* were killed and 20 wounded (as noticed in Thursday's Georgian) was, it seems, effected “ hy the division of the army under command of Lt. Col. Pif.rcc whilst moving on the South side of that river." The following is a copy of Capt. Hanlon's report. Sir .'—In obedience to the order of Colonel Antwe.r.-" I am ready to answer that. I did Crnn0 ’ commanding, I proceeded to trace the consider it safe. I consider myself a first-rate I "ho fired upon the Seiiund at my plan- woodsman ; and 1 have spent much time with I!»“«"' ° 1 n !"6 ,,lof 110 6lh - On the morn- the Indians; nnd 1 have done a great deal of , «ng of the 18 th, wc took their trad at Mmdtrie. ■ ■■ -• ■■ leading southwardly, keeping the Kings Koad a swamp, short dis- This movement trading with them ; nnd know them as well as,, any man ; and I think I am capable of keeping for 10 m.lca, and thence striking into a myself concealed, if 1 did not wish to come in l,n " 1 ‘hey re-appeared on the road, ash contact with them." • ,a " co f,om Fell,ce ■ Creek ' " i Fort Drane that he would not do so. Hy Gen. Gainet—“What part of the force diant l«ward the Kvergla'dcs, should he he driv .(aswsr Tlw train ltd the 8t. John’. „„ the fkh of March: the ohieeta. «nd.r.u«t from Gao. tfcntt. . , „ , , . „ , - - ta Msirhiaf with aamall dcMr.hnwnt fnmi PiroUia of General Gamas was outuf thabinilsnf Camp rn m that dtrtcUuu by the Iruopi operating a- ea the Ifch of March [Note. This day Ucu. Games Izard oo the 2lHh of February, and war. net hove. Gen, Gaines observed that ho was perfectly satisfied with the answer of the witness, nnd had no further interrogatories lo suggest to him. The Court adjournod at ono o’clock, haring di rected the Judge Advocate to furnish replies to certain interrogatories propounded hy Gen. Gaines which would supercede the necessity of the General's searching the chaotie mass of evi dence for accusations, which, he said, was“ like looking for the tiniest insect in a hay stack." Some of the letters arc so oxtrcmely long—-I wont say they are as long as from here to Mich- ilimackiimw—hut 1 should think them entirely ton lung for any officer to write, who wns so ex tremely anxious to hasten to the theatre of hos tilities without losing a moment. The General said that lie would show to the Court from the evidonce placed before them hy Gen. .Scott himself, that his plans and mode of operation in Florida, were pro cisely like his own, until Ito (Gen. Scutt) discovered that an other officer to whom he was henring the most violent personal hatred, was iu the field, nnd then he cried aloud to tho department that his plans were all upset, nnd his operations much retnrdcd. I shall also convince the Court that if my movement, did at all, embarrass or delay Gen. Srotl's it was nut more than two days. The President answered to Gen. Gaines, thnt his case would he laid aside until Monday next, in order to nfford Gen. Scott an opportunity to read his defence, which he proposed to com mence to deliver to-morrow, hut being somewhat enfeebled, he has deferred it until Friday. I hear thnt it comprises about 120 pages, quaito. FROM FLORIDA. Tho St. Augustine Herald of lhe21st •list, received hy the Inst mail from thnt suffering Territory, furnishes us some details of anticipa ted operations by the army under Gen. Jcsup’s command, ns also further particulars of events heretofore registered. Our aim being to he n faithful chronicler of events, so interesting though so discouraging to the American Reader, wc insert (apparently) at times the same intelli gence already noticed, hut, if our readers will examine for themselves, they will find that our extracts, being necessarily made from more than otia paper in tho Territory, convey intelligence, not before fully developed. In addition to the extracts, which we subjoin from the Herald, the ’following report in the same paper, will excilo all the sympathetic feel ings of our nature, aud make us envy those brave volunteers and regulars, who have respectively quit the endearmeuta of home, aud adhered to their country’s service, however discouraging nt present that service, rather than let the blood thirsty savage stalk, unsubdued, o’er tho fair fields of Florida, stained hy the heart’s blood of helpless women and children. M'hile penning these few reflections, protected as we „re, from the inclemency of tho season hy a warm hearth mid enjoying a peaceful home, our thoughts wan der to the hanks of the Ouithlaeoochy, or are ar rested Ity the war whoop of tho savage, heard, in imagination, echoing through the VVnhoo Swamp, while our gallant forces are wading shoulder deep in defiance of their rifles, to their very lair. Will no wreath await the brows of those men. who, tn sustain the honor of thcircouutry, have not only exposed their untried constitutions to hard-ships too often of a fatal character, hut lias braved the Lion in. his Den. Inacivilized warfare, the (eats which hav,- been performed hy n Fierce, a Herbert, an Ashby, aud other gallant men, would tint nuly have elicited, (as have been done,) the favorable notice of the F.xccntivc, as Comiminder-in-Chief, hut swords would ho voted by the Representatives of their grateful countrymen, as a badge to distinguish them through life—a legacy, in death, to their children, and children's children. The wounds of tho Grahams—of Ridgely, nnd other heroic spirits would “ plead trunipet-tongued” to their countrymen (through their ollicial organs) fur the highest honors of the Republic. For these arc the men who, with the Hhcltous, the Hris- haines, and others, of South Carolina,—the Jcr- uigniis mid tho Robertsons, tho M atsons, the Rakers, und others, of Georgia, and the no less gallant Louisianians, Alabamians and Tennes seeans, have braved the perils of n Florida or Georgia hammock, the hugs of theirswamps. to track the Seminole and the Creek to their hiding places and teach them thnt their cruelties shall nut pass unavenged. The nex; intelligence may be that the Indian lomnhnwk has pierced the brain of another de fenceless woman. Think youqGcorgians—think yen Americans, that such scenes would he cn- ncted before high Heaven, could :hc spirits of till Izard, ii Dadr, r Hasinufr, ho ever present tn shield the defenceless—to direct the energies of the American soldiery. If those spirits have departed, n Pierce, a Warren, a Herbert, a Mills, el multi alii, still live, and will we trust soon he found nt the heel* of these savage blood hounds [itnr. Geo. From the Herald. It is reported ntKIuck Creek, that the mail stage from Tallahassee had been attacked hy a party of Indians, mid that one passenger a Mrs. Kendrick, had been takcu; the driver nnd one passenger had escaped. M’e published on Thursday last the notice of the alarm at Hanson's plantation, and of the subsequent pursuit hy Capt. Hanson's detach ment. Ilis oflicinl report follows. Of the In dian negroes killed by Capt. II'* parly at Col. James Williams’ plantation, the Herald remarks. ’1 wo of them were Inditm negroes remarka bly large nml well proportioned, one, who, front the description given i* supposed tube the no torious dona Catar, a negro of great influence among the Indians, lie artod a conspicuous pari burning the plantations at Tomuka aud Mosquito about a year since. He was a bold and daring fellow, and if he has been killed, the Indian* have lost a masterspirit. There seems to be no doubt ill the minds of those nho knew him, that he ha* hern killed. John Osar t* us engaged in the battle of Dun. Ian ton, on the IHth of January lt*3ll aud it is a wns evidently made in order to deceive ns to their route, whieh impression was confirmed on reaching the bridge, from its partial distructinn Repairing the liriilge in order to its passage, wo advauced and found Hewlett's House on fire, with signs numerous and fresh, all tending lo the South. Following the trail, which wns circuitous, and very intricate, by the advice of Mr. A. Pellice, whose knowledge of tho coun try enabled him to form a correct estimate of the probable move of tho enemy, we came uear them before night, when it was thought advisa ble to delay our attack until they should have encamped. Awaiting at Long's two hours we proceeded onward to Williams’, when a fire, dis covered in an adjoining swamp indicated their camp. Proceeding to withiu a short distance of their camp, we halted, dismounting 16 men, with Lieut Fereira. I proceeded to within a short distance of their fire, nnd fired upon them They dispersed immediately, leaving three dead, abandoning every thing, so that we took six muskets, two rifles, all their camp equipage, aud several other articles, as tobacco, calico, thread, needles, &c. It then being ten o'clock, it was deemed prudent to await until morning when we resumed our march to this point. A- tnottg the slain two were Indian negroes and a free colored person named Merritt, of this place whose supposed loss hy drowning, some time Itnck, called forth the sympathies of the people here much in his favor. Tito possession of the articles enumerated n- Itove, can lead to hut one or ttvo conclusions, of that cither these negroes have been in the habit of entering the town themselves, or wereitt direct communication with one of its residents, either of whieh is, attended with great danger to our common safety, and seems to require the prompt and efficient interference of the civil arm to re press such communication. The articles were of recent purchase, as their newness indicated, and when we consider the fact that this very par ty had (he temerity to fire upon tho sentinel nt my plantation, there ran be no doubt that their design was known, if nut aided by those front whom they received their supplies. The arms taken were iu good condition, as well as their araunition, and to the unexpected nature of the attack, aro we alone indebted in escaping with out injury. 1 take great pleasure in reporting theefficicnt and zealous aid, whiclt was afforded hy every mau under my command. 1 am, sir, respectfully, Your oh’t serxnnt, J.M. HANSON, Capt. F. M. To Col. Jos. S. Sanchez. Extract of n letter from an officer at Camp Dade, dated 14th January. We Itnve captured from 50 to 60 negroes more, and among them are three of Col. Humphreys. In marching through the Wnhoo Swamp, we discovered 10 Indian villages within a distance of 10 miles containing 200 houses, which we Itnve burnt. Pntvell is said still tn he in the swamp and we are making arrangements to surround hint, to prevent his esenge, which it is apprehended he will attempt, and make his way to join Micanopy, Jumper and Abram, who are snid to heat Topekeuka or Annpopkn. Gen. Jessup is operating at present to theNorthin the direction of Camp King. Gen. Jessup has now a fine army, chiefly ol rcguli.rs. The 6th regiment of Infantry are at Tampa Hay, and the 4th regiment of Infantry arc on the Withlacnochce : 300 Dragoons and 2 companies of Artillery have arrived at Black Creek, and others are daily expected. The fa cilities Tor procuring supplies have heeu greatly increased. It is reported that all of Powell's adherents hnve left him, and that several small tribes are anxious to surrender. The loss of so mn- uy of their negroes must tend to dispirit them. Orders have been received from Major Gen. Jessup, dated 10th January, ofwhich thefolluw- ing is the substance : Lt. Spalding of the 2d Dragoons, lias been or dered to report to the commanding officer nt Fort Drane, with his detachment frr duty. Lt, Col. Crane is charged with the command of the Frontier extending from Black Creek to the Suwannee, in addition to his present com mand. and will establish his Head Quarters at Gatcy’s Ferry. Lt. Col. Fanning, on his arrival will pro ceed with tho companies commanded hy Cap tains Mellon and Vinton to Volusia. One or moro steamboats of sufficiently light draft will he at his command to aseend the’St. Johns River, into Lake Monroe, and to tow barges, so liarri ended as to protect them from tho fire of the enemy, and armed with a field piece, nnd will hold himself iu readiness to co-operate with the army, should it operate on the St. Johns. The Ratalion of Militia on its arrival from South Carolina will he mustered iota theservice of the I’nited States, and ouetompany will he seut to Volusia, and the others to be station ed at such points as in the judgement of Lt.Cnl. Crane, may best promote the interests of the service. The Dragoons, until further orders, are assign- ed to the duty of operating nn the line from Black Cteck to Fort Drane nml theneo to the Suwannee. They will scour the cuuntry nnd clear it of the straggling parties of Indians thnt now infest it, and their attention is particularly directed to the loiter purt of the Ockliwnha, where Alligator nnd his gang are taitl to he. Lieut. Col. Crane left this city this morning for Carey's ferry. From the t.ilitr liork Gazette. Pont Tim son. Dee. 27, 16311. I.ieut Jamison, let! Kurt Tmvsnii this ninriiiiig, (in Kurt Gibson, nml bml under Itis command all tlm volunteer* except the sick. Tbe sipnnlrnn of Drsgmins tinder Cnptain Trennr, arrived xesterday fimn Narocdnehee, nml Irate to- trim, for Kurt Gibson. Colonel Whistler, with I companies nf Infantry, i*rs|wrtrd to arrive in leers, lots just nl rived from Nacogdoches, u. , been nn duty n» nn escort party, with n train „/• gnns sent from Fort Gibson, tn that place with *t"' thing fur the Dragoons nnd 7th In fun try.’ J j|( c “' not Diigley sets off to-morrow, with n party I cor lose n ropy of n letter received a few I since, by Lieut. Ct|l. Vose.cntmnnnding at ibis” 0 '* from Mnjor Israel Folsom, no intelligent linlf J'"'’ Ohnetair, residing nil the Mountain Fork of I**? River. Nothing further Ims been henrd urn,,, !i subject. «bx 1 tofl*™*, Choctaw , December 23,1636 ’ / Dear Sir:—On Monday Inst, on. „f lfly i > arrived here, from Cross Timbers, who inf ' me, ns a fart, that lie was told hv tbe Carhie.Tl,'' 1 n party of the Cimianehes killed and scalped n wl’ man, in the prairies near the Cross Timbers » limiting party of the Clmcinwa received further ■ formation from the same Itnuil of the Caebl. ' all tbe different tribes of Indians in ike W«, w uniting with n view to declare, war against tin, 17 ted States. The war against Texas xvas>lr a ..i clnred. The Cncliinsstated, also, that the .Mero."' were their close friends nml would act in their x"* half: nnd farther stated, thatjl.e,, ,|| the chief, f different nations xvere busy in holding councils , effect a union of all the different tribes in the tv 1 Tl.e Cacbie, gave strung bints ,0 the Choctaw. 6 ’/’ join them. * 10 ■* I give you this brief account. j 1M , to me, thinking it is fur the interest of our counts, nffl to give you information of the plana ml.mted tlift wild Iuiitnn* Hgniu*t our pence. I tliankYr Mexican* nt* at the hend of it. The nhn nf J .7 • of aM the different tribes, is a policy loo deen n fo' , , wild Indians to study nut and adopt." " or Ne-nh-mi-co. n distinguished Chief and w.,.;. Of the Creek Nation, died two or three weak! W near Fort Gibson. Ife wns one of the Chief, wlm commuted the late massacre, in Alabama and w. among the first party of emigrants who were .. . through this Stale last full, to their new country. ' „ [Arkaniut Gouttr M e forgot to mention, at the proper lime, the , r rival a week or two since, of Mnj. Lee U 8 A i whom lias been confided, by the Secretary' of W, " the duty nl selecting n site for the erection of» Arsenal, nt or nenr this place. " Captain M. W. Bateman, U. 8. A., arrived this place, n dny or two ago, on his return from is pcrmteiiding the removal of one nf the large parti/' of emigrating Creek Indinns, who passed tlironsl! this State, a few weeks since, for their new hoc/, in tbe West. * rain a liable coincidence that he met with hi- j KnoGd^a. < * X '' * MI “* *.lb o« (be anniversary of U», I ,, llll(lial|| u>glfyi wiU| . duMcllln(n| v{ To the Editor, of the IVntiounl Inletligeneer : GKNTt.SMr.sThe accompanying meniorlfll was this morning enclosed to the Hon. Thomas Mnrrii nnd delivered to him in his sent in the United States Senate, with a note from myself, desiring him ns > friend, and demanding, ns one of his constituent, that lie should present it to the Senate. This lie re fused tn do, and returned me the paper without n re. ply. From the honorable stand taken by Mr. Mur! rii nn the night nf my seizure, in making nil almost unaided cflbrt to rescue a ciliz.en from injustice and oppression, I was led to believe that 1 might rclv on him lo procure the means of being heard, nnd nfde- nviiig the charges and abuse heaped upon me by Mr. Senator Benton. I might procure the presentation of the memorial through other members of thnt body, who aro my friends, hut ns nn one of them took part or lot in the matter, 1 do not think it proper lo trouble those gen- tlenien with it. " A proper sense of self-respect, nnd a due regard to mv own dignity, will not permit me again to nsk nny favor or right from those members who have shown such nn entire disregard tn individtanl justice, nnd the rights of " that Pco/lt" whose servants they are. ' Nothing then is left to ntc hut tn Iny the mntter be fore the country hy the snme means which have «|. ready made n pnrt of the transaction known lo the world—the public papers. The late hour prohibits my entering further into the mntter nt present. Respectfully yours, &e. M’M. b. LLOYD. Washington. Jan. 19. To the honorable Senate of the Vailed Stater: The nioimirinl of Wm. U. Lloyd, n citizen of the Slnto of Ohio, respectfully represents: Thnt mi Monday, the 16th of January a late hoar of the night, your memorialist was present, with a hires number of citizens, (all nf whom to him were en tire strangers,) in the gallery of the Senate. That, while the Clerk of the Senate was di.clmrg. ing the office imposed upon hint of " expunging" a certain resolution from the journals of your body, a loud, sudden, nnd continued hist proceeded from the people in various pnrt. of the gnlleries, apparently at the «nme instant. That your memorialist henrd nn order issued by the presiding officer, to cleor the galleries, which or der your memorialist wns ready and willing to obey. But immediately after the issuing nf that order, nod before it wns carried into effect, he heard the ilnnr. ordered to be closed. And your memorialist then heard nn individual Senator, in a tone of command, say, in substance, nnd as nearly ns your memoti.l- ist can recollect, in tho words that follow : “ Get the hired ruffians of the Bank, who are litre, as when the Bank was in power, armed to the teeth, attempt ing to overuwt the. proceedings »f this Senate, not ci- cape. Let themhc seized! Seize the ruffians! There!— there is one who can be easily recognized. Seize him Your memorialist xvns then arrested by the Ser- geant-iit-arms. and imprisoned in one of the rooms of the Capitol until conducted into the presence of 'the Senate, where he was also detained in close ms- tody, until, after being declared hy an individual Senator tn have been ** sufficiently punished," your memorialist wns ordered hy the presiding offi cer to be discharged. Your memorialist heard noclinrge preferred against him, except ns implied in the conversation nf Sena tors during the time lie wflis in custody, and from the language of tho individual Senator before referred to. 11 e *n\v no written procenK, nor doe* lie know or believe that any warrant or legal authority exist* ed far bis arrest. Nor were nny interrogatories addressed to him. And when your memorialist, in a re*peetftil manner, anked the pre*iding officer “it* lie might be permit ted to speak a word in bis own behalf,” the privilejis of speech and defence was denied him—hi* voics wa* attempted to he drowned by cries of “ remove him"—“remove him;” nnd, by order of the presid ing officer, be was thrust ignoinimutitdy from tli* door of the Senate. Your memorialist believe* that be wa* thus depri ved of those rights nnd privileges which are guaran tied tn him hy the letter and spirit of the Constitu tion—of those rights which the people of England so long struggled to secure—which our forefather* deemed of so high importance that they hnve indi vidually specified them in our own sacred charter. and one of which was Tt-ujfirintd hy your body in the eighth sentence of the preamble of the. expunging reso lutions which were passed a feu> minutes precious to thes arrest of your memorialist, in the following words: " And wherercwH the said resolve was not warrant ed hy the Constitution, and wns irregularly and ille gally adopted hy the Senate ist violation or the BIGHTS OF DEFENCE WHICH BELONG TO KVERV INPl* vii>uai. citizen," &<*. And, also, of thedeclnratioa contained iu the JOdi sentence of the same pream ble. Your memorialist ha* heretofore, from Ii»h earliest youth, entertained the most exnlted feeling of respect for the Senate of the United State*, a* a constituted branch of the Government. He Ims ever regarded it* member* as the guardinns o( the sacred liberties of the People, a* well as of the dignity of the nation, and he has ever considered it hi* duty a* well ns hi* high privilege, in that capacity, to honor mid respect them. That belief nml those feeling* ho wish?* ever to he able to maintain. Your memorialist, therefore, confidently nnd re spectfully asks of the Semite thnt his denial of the troth nml propriety of the degrading epithets appli ed to him on the floor of the Senate, and thnt this his statement nnd protestation against the course pursued in thus prejudging and punishing him with out a hearing, may be read and received hy the S.*- little. Your memorialist denies that lie is.- “ruffian."— Ami so far from being, ns charged and convicted. “hired hy the hank," he i* not even acquainted with any of it* officers, nor doe* he know that he ho* seen any one of them within the last ten venr*.— Nor has your memorinli*t nt any time been indebted in any sum of money* or in any amount of ner'ice, to that bank, nor has he nny amount of interest or concern in thnt or any bank whatever. Your memorialist, with all doe rea|»ect to your constituted httdy, cannot allow hi* own private cha racter to bo considered of less importance limn that of nny other limn living; nor can he. for a moment believe that his own conscious rectitude of intfMtmn i* tint equally well founded with that of any member of your honorable body. Asa freeborn Amriicnu citizen, entitled to the full and free enjoyment of all those light*, ami t« that protection which the Cmudilntinu nml law* "I nnr country piomme to the humblest a* well thfllnghcMt individual,your memorialist re*pm‘tt*”v demands the only redress whu it can now he cxictsi- ed In bun—the rending amt reception of this hi# eiun declaration aud protest. Washington, January id, !£!?•