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From the Magnolia for 1837.
The imprisoned Knight.
Yet once again! it seemed the sweep
Os steeds along mz prison side!
’Twas but the murmtrs, low and deep,
; OfOcean’s neighboring tide.
Alas! the captive’s sea-beat cell
Should know that dnary call full well!
Yet oft, at midnights hour of dreams,
That vision haunts nr fancy still:
The echoing clang <f armor seems
Blent with the clarionshrill.
I start —o’er Memory’s desert track
Visious of life and j«y come back.
In battle’d foremost ranks again
My plumes to Freedom's breezes stream
I hear the shouts of warlike men,
I mark the war-swordsgleam—
I rush to meet the w?lcome call—
And coldly grasp ny dungeon wall!
And brighter, softer Unties come
To cheer my fevered spirits gloom—
Sweet visions of a cherisled home,
Where flowers of beauty blom—
And voices young and lo ed, whose tone
Blessed me ere sorrow yet vas known.
Oh! could the wanderer hop. once more
Those vales of light and bliss tetread—
Beside that peaceful shaded shire
To lay his weary head!
To hear those tones of love—anl feel
Their freshness to his bosom steal!
With spirit unsubdued I’ve born<
For years the dungeon and the chan;
And prayed, by exile’s anguish worn,
One boon for all my pain:
that I, once freed from hostile hanl,
Might find a grave in Christian lane,
A burning weight is on my brow—
My bosom’s weary strife is past—
Yet more I pant for freedom now,
Though life is ebbing fast. j
It may not be!—this deadly pain
Bites deeper than the captive’s chain.
This sudden gleam!—my closing eyes
Can scarce endure the unwonted light.—
A voice!—it bids the prisoner rise—
I cannot seek the fight! i
Mine arm is all too weak to bear
With knigtly grasp, the shield or spear.
I know you—comrades!—and my heart
To greet your coining yet would thrill—
Death, who coldly claims his part,
Bids its last pulse be still!
And ye—for I was ne’er a slave—
'y me in a soldier’s grave! E. F. E.
5 orker. I
HISTORY'. (
The following interesting passage from i
a private journal, never before published. ;
has been communicated to the Plattsburgh |
Republican. The author is a distinguish- |
ed American traveller, who still lives to I
recall the proudly thrilling scene which .
he has so vividly sketched, as follows : j
EXTRACT FROM THE JOURN AL OF
* *»*♦**, p, 273.
London, Thursday, Dec. 4., 1782. ,
The great—the glorious day has arriv- j
ed, when our unconditional Independence I
I will be solemnly recognized by George ;
I 111. in the presence of God and man.— |
Such, at last, is the well-earned fruits of a
| sanguinary and eventful contest of eight j
j long— long years, in which period one hun
dred thousand brave Americans have co- !
mented, on the altar of their country, with
their precious blood, a prize which will |
bless unborn millions, and in its eventual j
effects produce a new era over the entire !
surface of this benighted world.
At an early hour, in conformity to pre-1
vious arrangements, I had the honor to be
conducted, by the Earl of Ferers, to the
very entrance of the House of Lords.
At the small door he whispered softly
into my ear : " Get as near the foot of the
throne as possible—maintain your posit ion
—fear not.” 1 did so with all the assur
,! anee of a travelled Yankee, and found tny
. self exactly in front of the throne, elbow to
elbow with the celebrated Admiral Lord
> Howe, who had just returned from a suc
-1 cessful relief of Gibraltar.
The ladies of the nobility occupied the
lords’ seats on the wool sacks, so called,
as an emblem of the power and wealth of
Old England, and that it has been mainly
derived from wool. The Lords were pro
miscuously standing here and there as 1
f . entered. It was a dark foggy day—a
, proper English hanging day. To add to
its gloomy effects, the old Saxon windows
stand high up, with leaden bars to contain
the diamond cut panes of glass. The
walls were also hung with dark tapestry,
representing the defeat of the great Span
ish Armada in 1588. I had the pleasure
of recognizing the celebrated American
painters, West and Copley, and some
Atnei ican ladies in the group—all rebels at
heart—intermixed with many American
royalists, some of whom were ■■■
relatives, with long
rage and
were '' '
■ two JdHMPyF,
A the I
• - " Jlßpl hiself in |
his royal I
V Kot fl and ‘najestc!
Fl ' f . * ’*• ./ick'» OOt • restlll g a j
st. < - ’ . agitated; draw-1
iiy . ' a scroll, con-!
taBL. B , 4 ,c h "'speech. 1 was ex
? actlyfflW|f_' eight feet distant,
1 with mv upon the last step
r of the throne, to sustain my position from
1 the pressure m tny rear, and critically
watched, with the eye of a Lav ate r, at
1 that moment, every emotion of his agitated
countenance. He began:
“ .My Lords and Gentlemen :” and in di
rect reference to our independence said,
s “ I lost no time in giving the necessary or
ders to prohibit the farther prosecution of
“WHERE POWERS ARE ASSUMED WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DELEGATED, A NULLIFICATION OF THE ACT IS THE RIGHTFUL REMEDY. ”—J eferSOH.
offensive war upon the Continent of N.
America.
“ Adopting as my inclination will always
lead me to do, with decision and effect,
whatever I collect to be the sense of my
parliament, and my people; I have pointed
all my views and measures in Europe, as
in North America, to an entire and cordial
reconciliation with the Colonies. Finding
it indispensable to the attainment of this
object, I did not hesitate to go to the full 1
length of the power vested in me and of
fer to declare them —"here he paused,
and hesitated for a moment, and was in
evident agitation—the pill he had to swal
low in the next breath was repugnant to
his digestive organs. In 1775 he repelled
our humble petition with indignity—but in
1782, he found himself prostrate at our
feet; —he recovered himself by a strong
convulsive effort and proceeded thus -
“To declare them Free and Independent
States. In thus admitting their separation
from the Crown of their Kingdom, I have
sacrificed every consideration of my own
to the wishes and opinions of my people.
I make it my humble and ardent prayer to
Almighty God, that Great Britain may not
feel the evils which might result from so
great a dismemberment of the Empire and ,
that America may be free from the calam
ities which have formerly proved in the
Mother Country how essential monarchy
is to the enjoyment of Constitutional Liber
ty. Religion, language, interests, and af
fection may, and I hope will, yet prove a
bond of permanent union, between the two
countries.”
It is impossible to describe the sensa
tions of my rebellious mind, at the moment
when the King hesitated to pronounce the
words— -Free and Independent! and to
notice with what a bad grace he had to
swallow the dose; every artery was in full
play, and beat high in unison with my
proud American feelings. It was impos
sible not to revert my eyes across the At
lantic, and review in rapid succession, the
miseries and wretchedness I had witness
ed in several stages of the war. prior to
my leaving America—the wide-spread de
solation, resulting from the obstinacy of
I this very man—turning a deaf ear to our
; humble appeals to his justice and mercy,
as if aGodbut now prostrate in his turn.
In his speech he tells us in one breath, that
he has sacrificed ’every personal consider
ation,’ in other words, not yet satiated with
innocent blood shed by his Indian allies;
and in the next, hypocritically invoking
high heaven to guard us against calamities,
&c. The greatdrama is now closed—the
ball was openedat Lexington, where the
British red-coats were taught to dance
down to Charlestown, to the tune of-Yan
i kee Doodle.’ On this occasion it fell also
j to my lot to march from Providence, (R.
i I ) with a company of 75 well disciplined
; young men, ail dressed in scarlet, on our
i way to Lexington, with packs at our backs; !
| but they had fled before we could reach
i the scene of action.
I From the House ofLords, I proceeded
!to Mr. Copley’s dwelling in Leicester- J
j square, to dine; and, through my ardent ;
i solicitation, he mounted the American!
I stripes on a large painting in his gallery the !
I same day—the first which ever waved in
| triumph in England.”
j In leaving the House of Lords, 1 jostled
i in side by side with M est and^C'opley—j
| enjoyiing the rich
land noticing,
anguish and
hi tile 'f
there
I good deal
> son attacked Lord Howe’s expedition to j'
I Gibraltar, because he had gumed a deci- i
j sive victory over the combined fl eet o f 45 i J
j sail of the line, with 37 ships. Burke then ;,
I rose, indulging in a vein ofutire and ri-1 (
dicul >, a severe attack on theKin“’s speech i
the day previous on the subject Amer- i
ican independence—saying it wasa ‘far- 1
rago of nonsense and hypocrisy.’ Young i
Pitt, the newly created Chanc e q or o f the «
Exchequer, then rose and handled Burke 1
with dignified severity, charging him with ‘
buffoonery and levity. j t
Having received from Alderman Wood, I ’
a card of admission to the galley of the ! 1
House of Commons, as the Hou S g was 1 1
about rising, the Alderman (u% was a •
member) came into the gallery and invited •
me to descend with him to the finer of the t
. House. I met Mr. Burke, with whom I t
had breakfasted, who introduced as a j
messenger of peace to Pitt, Conwjy p OXt *
Sheridan, and two or three other members t
grouped on the floor. 1 never feltniore <
elevated in my life. In describing this '
scene to a friend in France, in a nii)i lieil t 1
of exultation, I subjoined— t
“ Figure to yourself, my dear friend a 5
young American traveller of 24, in thef u ]j i
gaudy dress of a Parisian, hailed in q ie c
public papers, and standing on the floor of I '
the British House of Commons, ( 11
destiny of dear America has been sooft en > 1
agitated.) as a messenger of peace, su r .! 1
rounded by a group, the brightest constej.' 1
I lation of political men that ever *
(jjhe annals of English history I —and, why I
Wie ip gratifying to my American pride H
Tcv men, with one exception, whoh
entlvcompelled the tyrant George! j
a bad grace to all our just <!e.; (
iny presence ! Not to havep
at that tremendous cri-,
should have been more or less than
man.”
Note —lß33.- Dilling frequently at Copeley’s,
I noticed an uncommonly smart lad, who is now
the celebrated Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Chancel
l lor of England—the son of an American pain
| ter. His mother was a Miss Clark ol Boston:
his father, one of the teaconsiuuees, a great To
ry—then residing with Copelv.
Kecolicctiosis of I.uiuly’s Eatjtc.
by a BRITISH OFFICER.
Ihe sun had not vet descended behind the
gentle summit of Lundy’s farm. The cattle
had not yet returned to flieir <'Ve:iing pasture,
nor the wild bee to its hive in ihe'linht dug.
scathed pine tree: but the green pasture was
> occupied by armed warriors, and tin: fiiiiiibnin
of the insect creation was drowned in the
, slnill tones of the til'', ai’d the leudiT rattle of
ATBEYS, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, YOVEIIBER 19, 1 53(5.
the battle-drum. They Were the valiant troops
of niyown sovereign, arrayed in that enchant
ing scarlet and white, and the dear white and
blue cross of St. George flaunted proudly in
! each silken banner; and there were gay ban
ners borne aloft, with the emblazoned names
of manv a strong hold in rescued Spain, where
1 their gallant supporters had hardly earned their
crowns of laurel, when they lent their proud
! names to adorn the living page of history.—
; The noise of the ioud Niagara was lost amidst
the incessant rattling of musketry, and the fre-
■ quent tjiimderings qf a battery of cannon
, Welch crowned the gentle eminence already
mentiened; and the silvery column of spray
■ was obscured in the dense sulphurous vapor
which the awakening eyenjng breeze rolled
onward through the western woods. As yet
no living enemy hac appealed, and the fury of
. the assailants seemed to be wreaked on an un
. offending and defenceless grove of oaks which
lay northward from the centre of the farm: but
, ere long more formidable foes came; for there
issued from that oaken grove two compact col
umns of armed men arrayed in dark blue uni
forms, with many a gaily striped and star
spangled banner fluttering in the breeze: and
notwithstanding the murderous and successive
volleys of grape and musketry poured in among
them by the Bri’ish troops, these new comers,
and they were Americans, boldly rushed for- I
, ward to the very centre of their position.— I
Long, doubtful, and bloody was the struggle!
The sun sank red and fiery through tfie smoke
of the battle-guns; ai d when trie last faint rays
of the evening twilight mellowed the splendor
of the golden west, still the battle raged, and
various were the successes and hopes of the
contending combatants. Victory never hov
ered more doubtfully over well-fought field;
both armies claimed her. but, in fairness, she
belonged to neither; it might, with much pro
priety, be termed what it really was—>a drawn
battle!
It was now the lone hour of midnight, and
the scene had again changed; the pale moon
hung her silvery crescent over the eastern
wilderness, while and anon her gentle face
was veiled behind the fleecy clouds, which
were wafted along by the freshened night
breeze across the blue vault qf heaven, as if it
were too painful a sight tor her to behold the
carnage that bestrewed the battle-field of Lun
dy Lane. The loud bellowing ofcaunon and the
sharper rattling of musketry were heard no
more; Lundy’s farm was no longer the scene
of hurried movements, rapid advance, despe
rate charges, and quick retreats, for the con
tending armies were nowhere to be seen. The
affrighted herds had never returned to their
wonted pasture, but both glade and upland
were plentifully tenanted with the wounded,
the dying, and the, dead. There was also a
profusion ofbroken and useless arms along the
skirts of the forest, and tn the direction of the
summit of the open plain, where a field-piece
had been planted, and which still remained on
the ground, gome of them were, however,
disabled ; some turned, and, as it were, point
ing in the direction of those who had deserted
them; while others remained shotted, and
ready to pour forth destruction upon whoever
might approach them: but tho lately contend
| ing parties were gone. It scented as if both
parties, equally Weary of the conflict, had
simultaneously retreated, the Americans across
the Chippewa river, and the British to their
j encampment on Queenstown Heights. The
I niglt-wind moaned mournfully through the t i
! torn foliage ofthe forest, and mingled with its
i tniii’innnnnc’ «»’. »• ,
' inuiinurttigs were neard the groans and sup.
! plications ot the wounded and dying; the roar
of the mighty cataract was heard more distinct
ly, as it in mockery of those whose parched
lips would sqqii be lividmt death, but who could
yet hear its loud rumblings, and gladly would
'o- 'ri-onall i ;, “f in this world they ever pos
n°k fonfl parents, luoa dit of its pure but.
is called from-vere they who
CqR vt . rc
over; but
‘. in their gore,
sun should have tinged
the tall pine trees with splendor and beauty.
The morning came, and the sun rose in
unclouded glory, as if to exhibit more fully
the destruction which had been wrought du
ring the preceding night. Luadv’s farm was
one scene ofdesolation and death! The ripe
niug crops which had gladdened the husband
man’s heart, for they promised a rich harvest,
were entirely swept away. The fences were
all thrown down and levelled with the ground,
and the farm buildings were perforated with a
thousand bullets. The farm-house was again
occupied, not with the affrighted family, for j
they had not yet ventured to return, but with
the advanced guard ofthe British army. come,
not to slaughter, but to save; they had returned
to administer relief to the woti ided, and to dig
graves for the fallen brave. Never is a Brit- j
i«h soldier’s generosity more conspicuous than
in a hard fought battle; for it is then that lie
treats his vanquished foe as he would an un
fortunate triend, sharing alike with each those
kind officer and attentions which situation and
circumstances admit of: and that was a day to
tax his best feelings, for there was no lack of
objects to claim his sympathy and aid. On
no part of the field of battle did death appear
to have been measured out so prodigally as in
that portion of the woods on which the British
were, at the first onset, observed to play; for
it was in the grove that the Americans advan
ced to the attack, and. after repeated charges i
valorously made on the British lines, even to,
and past the cannon’s mouth, as repeatedly
fell back on this fated ground, charged, in torn
by our own troops into the dark bosom ot the
forest. Here, at the head ofthe pursuing par
ty, fell,mortally wounded, the young and gal
lant Mootsom. Brief, but brilliant was his
path to glory; the bloom of youth had but
barely ripened into manhood, when this last of
his many battles ended with his mortal career, j
Near him lay stretched in death the comman
dant of a brave brigade of Americans, who,
dike a trusty soldier, had been the last to retreat
jbefore the advancing fi>e. They sleep in the
'same gravs which was dug for them at the j
| loot ot a taP acacia tree, which, though wound- '
pd and rent by many a cannon ball on that fatal ,
’tight, will survive lor yet unnumbered years,
pd annually give forth its fragrant and grate
hdblossoms As a tribute in memory ot the vir
l”es of those who slumber in peace beneath its
silent shade. Jlloanzine.
,Sx Mic Courtship.
At a rustic mewy. ln;l | < jng Roger was seat
ed facing 1 atty, eii 4mol . L . ( ] ~f | lc r beautv, and
stung by arrows «f the ] it| i e go( |. H<, <>nlv
, vented his passion in Mv ] ()( , ks< . lll( j now and
. then touching „. ilh his foot under
, the table. Patty, eiihta- f eur f tt | that the parity
. ot her hose might be s<% k 01 . a ( . t urnii'ied to
' | make the youth express •„ ’ io n which he
i 1 appeared .0 warmly to fuel, -„ t i etl mh exclaim
•J cd with spirit,-If yon love tcl i nlo so ,
11 but di/u t dirty mv stm ki’ics,”
J GOVERNOR’S MESSAGE.
I EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Ga. )
j Milledgeville, Bth November, 1830. $
f Fellow- Citizens
Os the Senate and House of Representatives;
I Since the adjournment ofthe last session
s of the General Assembly, events of an ex
tra >r linary character have addressed
themselves to the sympathy and courage
of Georgia, and I am proud to say that the
appeal has been answered with a prompt
ness and zeal worthy of her pride and pa
triotism.
Information having reached the Execu
tive early in the month of January, by a
communication from Gov. Eaton, that the
• I Seminole Indians had raised the war
whoop tn Florida, and were perpetrating
its concomitant deeds of horror, and the
emergency being deemed too imperious to
await the distant action of the General
Government, a call was forthwith made
for Volunteers to aid our suffering coun
trymen to repel the bold and barbarous
invaders—and, to provide against contin
gences, a draft of 3,500 men was required.
I But. to the honor of Georgia, volunteers
I stood forth, from the sea-board to the
I mountains, in numbers far beyond the ex
igency, qnd with an eagerness evincing that
though “the days of chivalry are past,’ its j
spirit has not departed.
As all could not be accepted, and no se- >
lection could be made for merit where all i
were equal in zeal, the contemplated sue- I
cor was confided to those who had the for
tune to be foremost in time.
Before the necessary preparations were
contemplated, Maj. Gen. Scott, of the
Army, charged with the impending cam
paign, made a requisition on Georgia for
two regiments—one ol Infantry, and one
of Mounted Men. Ofthe first, five Volun
teer Companies, viz. the Morgan Guards
—the Putnam Fencibles—the Hancock
Blues—the Macon Volunteers, and the
Monroe Musketeers—assembled at Macon
and were organized into a Battalion under
the command of Maj. Mauk A. Cooper,
an officer of their own choice, it being
deemed proper, in the absence of positive
law to the contrary, to stiffer Volunteers
in the service of thcr country to elect their
own commander.
On the seventh day of February, this
battalion enffiarked on boats prepared for
the occasion, with orders to proceed to
Picolata and report to Maj. Gen. Scott, or
such other officer of the U. S. Army, of
superior rank to Maj. Cooper, as should
be in command at that post. Besides this
battalion, there were two volunteer com
panies from Augusta—the Richmond Blues
and Richmond Hussars, which embarked
at that city on board a steamer for Pico- j
lata. The second battalion of Infantry
was in progress of organization from the
counties of Coweta, Carrol, Campbell,
Fayette and De Kalb,'and was intended to
be conveyed in steamers from Columbus
to Tampa Bay, but before the companies !
took up the line of march, despatches were l
received by express from Gen. Scott, re» I
questing that they should not proceed to i
Florida.
Os the mounted regiment, one battalion, i
composed of the Washington Troop—the 1
Hancock Troop—the Jefferson Hussars—
I the Baldwin County Cavalry, and the •
I Houston Cavalry was ordered to repair !
to Dublin and elect a major to command j
them; but owing to the non-arrival of some j
, of the companies as soon as was expected,
the election did not take place, and each j
company found its way, in its own man- )
ner. to Picolata. Here the Washington,
j Hancock and Jefferson companies entered |
I the service of the United States and elect- I
ed Captain Douglas, ofthe Jefferson Hus
sars. to command them. In addition to
these companies, Capt. Charles 11. Nelson,
of Cherokee, raised amounted corps, com
posed of citizens of Cherokee and Wilkes,
and repaired to Florida, where they also
entered the service ofthe United States, j
The privations and perils of an arduous I,
and harassing campaign were sustained ! <
by these troops with a fortitude and cour
age honorable to themselves and their I
country, and which gave assurance, since
realized, that tn the hour of danger Geor- I
gia may safely rely on the patriotism and i
gallantry of her sons.
‘ A second battalion of mounted men, to !
j complete this regiment, composed ofthe!
I Putnam Mounted Riflemen—the Gaines
! ville Dragoons—the Walton County Ca
valry—the Buckskin Hussars of Dooly
, comity—the Butts County Cavalry, and
the Twiggs Cavalry, assembled at Haw
kinsville, the place appointed for rendez
vous, and were organized by the election '
of Major David Hoss to command them. |
This, battalion proceeded to Black creek, !
in Florida, with the intention of entering
| the service; but they were not accepted,
' because the campaign was about to be
closed, and the officer in command at that
station directed them to return. Although
this battalion was not formally mustered
into service, the United States have paid I
them and defrayed the expenses of their
march to and from Florida.
Brigadier General Burwell Pope was
appointed to command the Georgia troops
in Florida and proceeded to J’icolata for
that purpose; but one battalion 'f infantry
having been detained by request of Gene
ral Scott, and the second battalion of
I mounted men having been ordered back to
I Georgia, the troops were reduced below a '
! brigadier’s command, and Gen. Pope ac- J
i cordingly returned, without an opportuni
ty of taking part in the compaign.
Having no authority to draw on the
treasury of Georgia, to defray the expens
es of bringing these troops to the field and
marching them to Florida,! requested for
this purpose funds from the Secretary of
War, who promptly remitted to me twenty-
I live thousand dollars. The greater part of
j this sum was expended in that service, and ;
the balance has been applied to the (’reek
war. to- which 1 shall hereafter advert.—
I But before the receipt of this money, cir
i cumstances connected with the public safe
i ty compelled me to draw on the contin
, I gent fund for six hundred and sixty-eight
I tbllapj a||t| vents, which 1 Jiavc siptjQ.
returned to the treasury; and besides this
amount, the Treasurer, Col. Haynes, at
my request, promptly assumed the respon
sibility of furnishing me with such sums of
money as were necessary to meet the dai
ly demands - ofthe service, until I could
j receive remittances from the War Depart
ment. In addition to the twenty-five thou
sand dollars above mentioned, I have since
received the sum often thousand dollars,
which has enabled me to return to Col. I
Haynes the whole amount borrowed, and j
to pay off the accounts contracted for
transportation, subsistence, <fcc. &c. of the {
volunteers. j
In compliance with a resolution of the j
General Assembly passed at the last ses-!
sion, I caused the counties of Baker, Doo
ly, Early, Lee, Randolph, Stewart and
Sumter to be furnished with arms and am-'[
munition, company of Spies, consist- !
ing of tweni-y mounted men. to be raised ;
in each, to protect the people against has- |
tile incursions ofthe Creek Indians. These j
companies were kept tn service for some
time, and until it was deemed proper to ;
supercede them by a force believed to be '
more efficient. This was a small bat tai- ■
ion of mounted men, who volunteered at.
the invitation ofthe Commander-in-Chief,
to serve three months under the command 1
. of Major John 11. Howard, to whom aspe
i cial commission qf Major was given for
: that purpose. This battalion was muster- 1
jed into the service ofthe United States, i
and supported and paid by that govern- <
ment. The expenses of the spies raised
tinder authority ofthe resolution have not ! <
been paid, because at the time that the 1
accounts were being made out, and ar- i
rangements were in progress to pay them, *
the Creek war commenced, which so dis- j
turbed the people of those counties, and \ 1
occupied the time and attention ofthe Ex- i <
ecutive, that it was not possible to do so ; 1
and since that time, these causeshave not [
ceased to exist and exert their influence.
A short time before the expiration of the f
term for vt hich Major Howard’s battalion I
had volunteered, the Creek Indians be- 1
came hostile, and rendered it necessary to i
call on the people of Georgia to take up c
arms in defence of their State. On the t
13th May, a general order was issued, in- c
viting volunteers. The invitation was ac- ;■'
cepted with great promptness; and in a t
much shorter time than it is generally sup- t
posed that unorganized militia can be ’
brought to the field, a force of between '
four and five thousand, composed of Vol- <
unteers and drafted militia, was assembled <
at different points on the Chattahoochee, f
Some of these troops had to march a dis- f
tancc of two hundred miles, and yet they
were nearly all assembled at thu different f
places appointed, by the fifth day of June, i
making the whole time from the date of (
the invitation to the time of arrival only i
twenty two days. " i
The Florida campaign had exhausted '
the arsenal at Milledgeville of nearly all ;
the arms. Those which still remained,
were immediately forwarded to Columbus
and W est Point, and an order was issued i
to the military store keeper at Savannah '
to ship one thousand stand with the ac- 1
j coutfementsto Augusta, whence they were
■ immediately sent in wagons to Columbus.
■ No time was lost in the transportation of
these arms, and they arrived at different
j times between the 4th and the 15th days
lof June. I also requested the officer in
I command of the United States’ arsenal
’ near Augusta, to forward to Columbus one
I thousand muskets, which request was
■ promptly granted, and the arms were im-
I mediately put on board of wagons : but by
I misconduct or negligence in those having
' charge of the wagon train, they did not ar
rive until the last of June or first of July.
Major General Scott had ordered a quan
tity of Hall's rifles from Picolata to Darien,
and thence to Hawkinsville, to be convey
ed from that place to Columbus, together
with a supply of provisions for the army,
but these also were delayed by untoward
circumstances, long after the time of their
expected arrival.
Knowing that the President ofthe United
States had charged Major General Scott
with the defence of the nation against any
hostile movements ofthe Creek as well as
the Seminole Indians. I addressed him a
letter on the 18th day of May last, request-
i ing hint to repair to the Georgia frontier
on the Chattahoochee, and take charge of
the military operations in that quarter.—
This letter met him at Savannah, and he
immediately proceeded to Milledgeville,
where he arrived on the evening of the
28th May, in company with Major Gene-;
ral Jessup, whom he joined at Augusta.)
5 On the next morning these gentlemen and |
I myself left Milledgeville for Columbus, (
I where we arrived on the evening of the j
30th of May.
Before the arrival of General Scott and j
Jessup, and whilst the responsibility ofthe
compaign rested on me,. 1 had determin- j
cd to place on the eastern margin ofthe :
Chattahoochee a force capable of prevent- I
; ing the escape ofthe enemy, believing that j
whenever he should be pressed in Ala- j
: bama, he would seek refuge in flight, and j
that the conflict would be, as it eventually '
was. on the territory of Georgia.
This purpose, to which the troops were ’
directed as speedily as they could be or- |
ganized and armed, was recommended not I
onlv by the consideration stated, but by I
! the ine'ancholy fact, that the Indians had
I murdered or driven from their homes, all
1 the white inhabitants of Alabama that
were within their power, and destroyed
their property, before the army had reach
ed the frontiers of Georgia. There was
nothing left tv) tempt their cruelty or ra
pacity, and therefore no feeling of human
ity forbid the caution intended to force them
into conflict or capitulation. The events
ofthe campaign have confirmed my confi
dence in these views, for our troops on the
! river were engaged in almost daily contests i
with the flying foe, and all the battles of the \
Creek war hare been, fought by Georgians.:
on the soil of Georgia.
Immediately on the arrival of General j
Scott at Columbus, he assumed the com- j
maud of the army and the direction of the I
. w ar, and gave tip high saflk’tiojl of his ap- j
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j probation to the course which had been
pursued.
Want of arms, ammunition and provis
ions. which had to be conveyed from Sa
vannah, Augusta, Picolata and New-Or
leans, delayed for a time the contemplated
movement on the enemy, and was a source
of embarrassment, not less vexatious to
those who had taken timely measures to
provide them, than to the army, impatient
I as they were to avenge the wrongs of their
• suffering countrymen. But this delay has
! been greatly exaggerated by mistake or
I misrepresentation, and a just allowance
I has not been made for misadventures over
j which those in command had no control.
As trie troops arrived they were equip
ped and sent forward as speedily as pos
! sible. The first companies were mustered
i into service on the second or third day of
I June, and the great body of the army took
I up the line of march under Generals Scott
' and Sanfir 1 eighteen days thereafter. If
! due allowance be made for the time ne
! cessary to procure munitions of war from
; distant points, to muster into service, offi
cers, arm and furnish with ■ammunition,
camp equioage and provisions, between
four and five thousand men, whose peace
ful pursuits have given them but little apti
tude to military organization, it will be
found that the actual detention was una
voidable and very inconsiderable—and un
der less momentous and exciting circum
stances it would have received a more gen
eral and just explanation.
By virtue ofthe authority vested in tho
executive by the 45th sections of the mili
tia law of 1818, I appointed Major Gene
ral John W. A. Sanford and Brigadier
Generals Henry H. Lowe, Zachariah
White and Janies Wood to command the
troops. These officers discharged their
duty with promptness and ability, and to
the entire satisfaction of the army and the
people.
A few days before Gen. Scott moved
from Columbus, Gen. Jessup with the Ala
bama troops and friendly Indians, marched
from Tuskegee through the Creek country
in the direction of Fort Mitchell. To this
detachment ofthe army, a number of hos
tile Indians, including three or four hun
dred warriors, came in and surrendered,
whilst another party, said to consist of
three hundred, alarmed at the approach of
this force, crossed the Chattahoochee some
miles below Roqnokc, and proceeded to
wards Florida. Their trail was not dis
covered until a day or two after they had
crossed, and just at. the time when Gener
als Scott and Sanford with the troops un
der their command reached Roanoke.—■
The fact being made known to them, a
force under Colonel Beall was dispatched
in pursuit, and a portion ofthe enemy was
overtaken in the Chickasawhatchie swamp
in Baker county, where a skirmish ensued
in which it is said that nine or ten
were killed, and a quantity of goods,
ses, money and other property captured.
A battalion of volunteer Infantry, from
Muscogee county, under command of
Major Hoxey, also marched to Baker
county and searched the swamps for the
enemv, and subsequently a battalion of
: mounted men under Major Alford scour
ed that part ofthe State.
The Georgia troops engaged in the
Creek war have done honor to themselves
i and to the State, and presented conspicu
ous instances of gallantry that have called
torth the praises, and will long receive tho
gratitude of their country—-and this just
commendation of the artnv is equally due
to those brave citizens of Stewart. Ran
dolph, Early, Lee, Irwin. Baker, Telfair,
Thomas, Lowndes and Ware, who flew
with alactrity to the point of danger, and
with a high personal daring, sought the
sanguinary savage in his own fortress
swamps, and checked his cruel course of
death and devastation.
The hostile Indians who surrendered to
the troops under command of Gen. Jes
sup, were conducted to Fort Mitchell,
where the warriors were placed within
the pickets ot the fort. Believing, from
good evidence, that among these were ma
ny who had been engaged in the murder
of our citizens and the burning of Roan
oke, and other places on the Chattahoo
chee, and that it was tny duty, as the Go
vernor ot the State, to use all legal and
proper means of having them identified
a»d turned over to the civil authority for
trial. I addressed two letters to Gen. Jes
sup, at. Fort Mitchell, under date of the
29th and 30th of June, requesting him to
detain these warriors at the fort for area-
■ sonable time, that I might collect the evi
' donee to identify them, and to authorise
!me to demand them for trial. To these
letters no answers were received, and on
I the 2d day of July, all the Indians were
' removed from Fort Mitchell, on their way
' to Arkansas, except eleven warriors, who
had been charged, on sufficient evidence,
with the commission of capital crimes in
Georgia. These were afterwards, on my
request, delivered by Major Mclntosh,
who was in command ofthe fort, to the
civil authorities, and secured in the tail at
Columbus.
Believing that an indignity was offered
to the State, through her chief magistrate,
by this course of proceeding on the part
of Gen. Jessup, I addressed a letter to the
President of the United States, on the 7th
of July, stating the facts, and protesting
against such conduct on the part of an of
ficer of the army towards the authorities
ofthe State, a copy of wh'ch I sent to
Gen. Jessup. I have received an answer
from the President, in which he states that
he has caused a copy of my letter to be
forwarded to Gen. Jessup, with a call for
explanation.
Subsequent to these occurrences, the
Creek warrior Jim Henry surrendered
himself to the Alabama forces under Gen
erals Jessup and Patterson. Immediately
on learning the fact, I demanded him, as
amenable to the laws of Georgia, for
crimes he had committed within her juris
diction: but Gen. Jessup refused to deliver
him to the agent appointed to receive and
conduct him to Ge mgia, on the ground
that he had been previously demanded by
the Governor of Alabama, to be tried for