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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 Vol. IV—xAo. SB9. 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