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MILIiEDGEVILI.E, (GA.) THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1836.
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[WHOLE NUMBER 305
EDI TED BY
JOIIS A. CUTHSE21T,
State-Printer.
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.•V to Wl" 'ip-in <n itten”on
ed Will. Thus were tlu; sexes by the ears.—
Many were the ingenious speculations as to the
cause, were set afloat as month alter
month roiled away, and Wii! visited MissHau-
1,101 n ar.d slii did not change her name. No.
witii a volume of some wreathing about his
head.
Several nights went and came, but Wiii came
not. Alias iiaotiioro scarcely knew whether j
to iuugii or cry,at wiiatshe termed his obstma- !
the gentleman, “he is the man that bottles up j for that purpose, while the remainder lined the [ and sensible three days afterwards, when let*
tnuader and lightning.’ | bank, on the ground and behind the trees, t» I with the Georgia battalion on the way. The
protect them from a fire from the opposite side, only Georgians wounded, were two of the Macon
After much wading about, up to the neck, the
INTELLIGENCE.
i i r— O ■ / > wi »» imi anu t tiiv u ilia I’li^iitiu*
<jt y suspected them of a Platonic attachment, ! cy. She was not a little alarmed, when tidings
as neilliet of them were poetical enough lor any
tiling oi that nature. Might if not be romance?
is there no room for romance about an
bachelors iiead, or an old maid’s heart? The
truth is, people are not aware that romance plays
aioiitid a brow that has a wrinkle in it, although
some of the most romantic beings in the vvoiid
aic tnose who have >urvived tiie “equinoctial
line of liie, thirty years, and have preserved
reached her, that Will, instead of shooting u
bullet thr ougii bis heart, was engaged in tne |
From the Augusta Sentinel and Chronicle Extra, 21th ult.
FROM FLORIDA.
The following letter, from the correspondent
• otnance about an old very silly business ol shooting darts at Miss of the Augusta Chronicle, was received this
Warland’s heart. Gradually the flower faded
from Miss tiauthoru’s cheek and lustre forsook
her eye, and a pain gathered in her breast.—
She thought she would have the consumption,
and become the victim of a broken heart.—
Never was maiden in so sad a plight. Should
theii single blessedness without a flaw. Did you she give way? No: the mere thought of smoke
e court house door between the hours of 10 j J. V1,1 uttCnOlOl, Witii H lOWgrcy hftllS WUS lJlSUiitfi'uble. StlG WOUili discard Will, Stl6
d hi the advertisement. frcmdai toiiay a lightly sprinkled over a silver crown, talking thought so she would, and tnea she shed a flood
about moons.line and Moore’s melodies, sonti.
ment and sonnets, to a lady with a withering
blossom on her ctmek, while she sighed, and
fidgetled, and blushed, as his words stole an.
consciously to ht.*r heart? *Did you never see
any tiling of this kind? Then, I can tell you
that you have never witnessed ihe most interest-
morning by the Florida mad—the Chronicle and
Sentinel offices have united in presenting it to
the public.
Camp Georgia, an Tampa Bay, April 6, 1930.
We arrived here tins morning, altera tedious
march of twelve days from Fort Dranc, which
we left on the 26th ult. On the first ex'ening,
we encamped near Charley Town, the former
residence of Charley Omatfda, after a march of
ten miles. Soon after our arrival there, it was
ascertained that two baggage-wagons and a
former succeeded in crossing at that depth, sev
enty or eighty yards above, while the latter got
into swimming water, was borne down by the
strong and rapid current, and obliged, with dif
ficulty, to swim back. The bank was then cut
down a little on each side, and the whole crossed
one by one, on horseback, being joined before
the first trocp had all passed, by the Hancock
troop, to whom a messenger was despatched af.
ter the ford was tested. Se difficult was the
crossing on the opposite bank, in consequence of
its great steepness, that several horses were
thrown backward with their riders into the wa-
tor, and one horse was near drowning from ex-
austion before lie could be got out. The coun
PoE'ftt V.
BROKEN TIES.
BY JAMES MONTGOMERY.
The broken lien of harper day?,
How often do they seem
To eorae before «mr mental gaze
Like a remembered dream;
Around us each dissevered chain
In sparkling ruin lies,
And earthly hand can ne'er again
Unite those broken lies.
Th<* parents of our infant home,
The Kindred that we loved.
Far from our arms perchance may ruam
To distant scenes removed;
Or we have watched their parting breath,
And closed their weary eyes.
And sighed to think how sadly death
Can sever human lies.
The friends, the loved ones of our youth,
They too are g-me or changed;
Or, worse than all, their love and truth
Are dark-ned and estranged.
They meet os in a glittering throng.
With cold averted eyes,
And wonder that we weep our wrong,
And mourn our hruken ties.
Oh! who in such a world as this
Could hear thtir lot of pain.
Did not one radiant hup,- of bliss,
Unclouded, yet remain?—
That hope the sovereign Lord has givan,
Who reigns beyond the skies,
That hope unites our souls to heaven
Hy truth's enduring ties.
Each care, each ill of mortal birth,
Is sent in paying love,
To lift the ling'ring heart from earth,
And speed its flight above.
And every pang which rends the breast,
And every joy that dies.
Tell os to seek a heavenly rest,
And trust to holier lies.
ot tears to moisten ami keep alive her resolu
lion.
One day as she was lamenting her disconso- CRT’, one belonging to Captain Mulone of the
laie condition, Will came upon her—segurloss! Washington cavalry, had been left behind about
He told her his atfections were all her’s—with four miles, in consequence of the two wagons
the exception of a moiety, which belonged to breaking down; and another wagon, accompan-
segars—and if she was willing to take him with «ed by four of the Macon volunteers, was sent
ing exhibition of romance, which is indicated his infirmities, he was at her disposal; if not, , **ber them. About 10 o’clock,# negro, Allen, I ced by those crossing above, and which was
in human actions. j he would take her rival, Miss Warland. She belonging to Captain Malone, came in with one named by General Scon, “Camp Bledgct” (and
Will and Miss Hauthorn took their own time ’ told him her mind was fixed irrevocable, and °fthe wagons at lull speed—the whole having the crossing place “Blodget's Ferry f) as a just
to arrange their affairs, and the world wondered Mien burst into tears. Will could brave the bat- been attacked by six Indians, when Allen, who and generous tribute to the intrepidity and valu- ,
able service of our gallant townsman who led 1
the way.
The unexpected absence or inaction of the
volunteers, slightly, one in tiie thigh, the other
in the leg. The loss of the Indians is not
known, but probably not great, as but few traces
of blood were discovered in the line of their re.
treat, the last in the river, which is said t® be
bloody, where they swam across, showing that
our troops must have been close in their rear
during their whole retreat, so far, the pursuit
there terminating, in consequence of the diffi
culties of crossing the river. The number there
engaged is supposed to have been about one
hundred and fifty to two hundred exclusive of
their women, and so sudden was their retreat,
that the meat of their breakfast was found tu:!i-
cooked at their fires.
Their utimber was suppossd, before the at
om Public curiosity does not act like u spur on , tery of her vocal t leoquence, but there wus a wat *on a saddle-horse, after firing a pistol at
these ancient folks. They are deliberate on the , pathos in her tears, which unmanned him. and them » and receiving two bulls through his
JfttfcCELL Aft LOU*.
From the Cincinnati Mirror.
TIIE COMPROMISE.
When persons have arrived at a certain peri.
oJ in life, it is astonishing with what grasp habits
cling to them.—You may rectify a crook in a
sapling but you can never untwist a knot on a
grown-up tree. Cross-grained it is, and do
whatsoever you may, cro s grained it will re-
main. Speaking of knots and cross-gra.nrd
things, puts me in mind of a knotty friend I
once hud. People are very much mistaken bv
the way when they say that old b ichelors are
crusty. They arc not crusty—that is if von
have a crust of bread or a crust of ice in your
mind—for they are ofa hardness or iciness from
rib to backbone, and therefore no crust about
them. That they are knotty, I admit; and if
you have ingenuity to untie o..e who has been
in tne habit of consulting his own will, you mav
as well noi despair for finding philosopher's
stone yet as your sagacity is fully up to the
discovery of any thing.
Weil, I had a knotty friend, named Will
Tompkins, who nover perpetiated but one pun
in his life, and that was when a certain lady
told him once, that he was the most knotty fel
low she ever saw. Will, witii a leer in his
left eye, replied that she was more notty by half,
as he had been beseeching her to gel ready for
the altar and bridal lor the last six months, and
overy time lie asked iter if she was ready, she
replied she was not—not—not. And that con
tinued Will, is evidence enough that there arc
more nots about you than there are about me.
“You want me to get ready for the bridal and
the altar, do you Mr. Will Tompkins,” replied
the fair one; “I will lei you know that I am
neither a horse nor a culprit, and therefore I
will not have a bridle in my mouth, nor a halter
about my neck.”
I forgot to describe this couple, and I there
fore havt- got for to do it; us the old ball id
phrase is. Will was three-and-thirty; corn-fed
and corpulent—with tell-tale marks of red on
the extreme end of his nose—fond of the sex,
and, consequently of good living —and a lover
of jokes and his own way of doing things.—
Will had a streak of waggishness in his flesh—
his natural lymph was ail turned to good humor
—and wus aliogether'uiuqualled for the hoard
ness of his laugh, which emotion wmid cause
his cheeks to be lifted up to the almost total
eclipse of that bught little gray luminary, his
eye, which would twinkle in the show cast upon
it in a manner provocative of the most ludicrous
glee. How did Will manage lo preserve his
celibacy? Ah! thereby hangs a tale, which, it
you will give me time, I’ll tell you. But I must
describe Miss Susan Hauthorn first. She was
twenty-five—single ladies never get into the
second quarter of a century—she had a black
eye, which Will told her looked like Venus,
because it was bright and cold; and he used to
worship it every evening, as they do the evening j
star in Persia. Miss Hauthorn’s check was
like one of those roses which are always in
bloom—her brow was white like a lilly—her
lip was red like a honey-suckle; and thus much
for the botany/of her face, which like an eglan
tine blossom, was fair and delicate, and whole,
som.tto look upon.
Liiere was an attachment subsisting between
Will and Miss Hautuorne, of some \ cars’stand
t o the altar.
serious business of matrimony, and they are he left her.
not to be forced into it precipitately by any j pink billet,
amount of scandal and small talk that a gener
ous public can bnng to beak upon them,
j Among those who wondered most at the
| dilatoriuess of our hero and heroine, wus a lady
| by the name of Mary Warland. li was her
I opinion that it they meant to many lor the sake
! ol happiness which was io result from the con-
I nexion, it was high time they were about it.—
Miss Warland was a faded beauty of tliiriv—
that is to say, twenty-five. Rumor, which never !
lies, asserted that about ten years previously, j
Will had offered himself io, and was rejected ;
by Miss Warland, who at that time had an eye j
on a naval officer, who was flourishing like a I
moth about the brilliancy of her beuutv, and j
getting singed at every turn. The lieutenant j
was suddenly called away to service, and Miss ;
Warland, afto r sobbing and languishing for a
week, turned her eve vviiit a mollified expres
siun on Will. But Will, like a philosopher, had
already begun to besiege another lady’s affec
tions; and Miss found out, too late, that she had
committed a sad blunder when her hopes of an
officer induced her to consign Will to all the
pains and penalties of unrequited love.
Judge of Miss WaHand’s surprise then, wlieu
Will, ten years after, again returned to her,
with visits mos. flattering for the frequency.—
She fancied she saw n his attentions, indications
of a genuine passion in its incinieucy. She
forthwith made up her mind tliai she was wiser
than she liau been before, and tiiat if Wiil,
like the prodigal son, after yeurs of wandering
abroad, should return to her house, she would
ext* nd both her arms and give hurt the embrace
of a hearty welcome. Her heart had expelled
ns love for military glory, and renewed tiie pal
pitations of its younger days, whenever Will
favored her with Ids presence. Our hero visit
ed her frequently, and attended to all iter i.Ichs-
ures with wonderful assiduity forseveral months,
and the town began to think that the affair be
tween Miss Hauthorn and himself was out,
that is to say, that he had got his walking papers;
and that Miss' Warland would, after all, be the
chosen object of Will’s heart, and the deposito-
ry of his most sacred affections.
Suddenly Will deserted Miss Warland, wheel
ed right about, and resumed his attentions to
wards Miss llautho.u, who had evidently pined
away jus long as Wiil made his devoirs at tiie
shrine of her rival. There was a mystery in
ail this which people couid noi solve and wlr.ch
you, fair reader, oannot solve. Shall I do my
self the pleasure of solving tiie affair for you?
Bearing Miss Hauthorn’s ago in mind, it wi
not appear singular if she was a little, just
iittle squeamish, and quite fastidious. She had
a few prejudices which seemed to her to poss
ess unconquerable force. For instance, she
would have died rattier than have dwelt unde
the same roof where a kitten inhaled the breath
of life. Next to her hatred of kittens, was her
Hatred of tobacco—particularly ofsegars. She
protested it would kill her to look upon the
mouth of her husband smoking lim- a foul chim
ney of a damp day. Now, Will, oi all tilings
loved a fragrant segar, and next to it lie loved
Miss Hauthorn, and loved it is own will better
than the will of any body else. A dilemma is
now easily imaginable. Miss Hawthorn had
engaged hersell to Will, before she was aware
of tiis failing, and one night, as he was about
saluting her in a most affectionate manner, sue
shrunk back from his embrace and—fainted:
She came to, and assured Will »hat it was the
odor of his breath, tainted with pestilential se
gar smoke, wliich iiad caused her syncope.—
Sue besought him to forsake the filthy practice,
and he promised that lie would not! She
was vexed, ami hastily, declined slie would ne
ver marry him, or suffer turn to take iny liber
ty with iier, until he had desisted from liie prac
tice »*f smoking.
Here then, they were at issue. Alas! says
liie poet—
‘Alas! how slight a rans.> may move
Dissent urn betwixt hearts that love!’
They exhausted their [lowers of eloquence
and argument on the question of smoking.—
Neither pa; iv flinched from their original posi
tion. Titus tbey couried, and quarreled, for
two years. One night, Will, whose patience
was well nigh exhausted, went to see Miss
Hauthorn as usual. The ladv received him,
.is she always did, with kindness. For an
In un hour after,-sue received a j ciothes, seized the horses in the wagon, and
brought them in at full gallop. A white man, j Indians astonished every one, even general
Dear Susan; I will meet you half way. I na »icd Hinson, of the Washington troop, who ' Scott himself, but the entire crossing was uot
wiil compromise our tiifficuhy. 1 now smoko snapped his rifle several times at the Indians, j yet effected till some time after dark, when, just
next came in with his horse shot through the
fore arm. Several companies of horse and foot
were then despatched to the place of attack, and
four nnles on the road wc discovered, first, the
WILL.’ | fragments of the wagon sent out, strewed along
! one by one; then the cart much shattered, with
This proposition wrought a miracle, and the t | ie 8 {, a f t3 up> an d the contents, flour, meal, &c.
quarrel endeu in smoke. I lie chasm between scattered about the road; and next, the other
the loveis was bridged. Miss Hnutiioms vis- ! negro of Captain Malone, Edom, on his back in
age amended iiouuy. Miss W ariund was left : the road, dead, with a shot through the right { discovering and taking up the next day, the trail
six per daj—I will come down to three—one
alter each meal. 1 will die or what is worse,
marry , if you do not agree to this pro
position.
Yours, ever,
issaid to have been chosen with great skill and
judgment; and had they fired with coolness and
deliberation, at the entry of our troops into each
hammock, when the latter were fully exposed
to view, and they entirely hij, the loss on our
side must have been considerable, as indeed was
expected before the latter returned. During
tho engagement, a loud, strong, full-toned voieo
was distinctly hoard above the whole din,
harranguing and directing the Indians, supposed
to be that ol’ Oseola, or Jumper. Grenier in
trepidity was never manifested by any troops
than ours, engaged in this affair. Their firing
was admirable, and so simultaneous as to bo
almost like a single shot; and though the Au-
bs most of those in camp had laid down for the j gusta volunteers did not fire, they had equal
night, a loud and heavy firing was made on
those who had not yet crossed, and shortly af
terwards another upon the camp, on the side of
the Augusta volunteers and Georgia battalion,
whose breastworks were not yet quite completed
—but neither did any injury. The two com.
panics of cavalry that crossed at the ford, went
on a scouting party up the river, with a view of
breast.
iu the lurch and Will puffed a win, and fancied
the form ul his inamorata; in the smoke that came to us from tho woods, and stated that,
wreathed above him. j when the attack was made, the other two took
Fo. feui' of farther difficulties, they proceed- one of the horses from the wagon and lied in the
od to^ilie issue with comme idabie expedition, opposite direction towards Fort Drane, and they
and iu a fortnignt V\ ill JoJ the blushing damsel 1 unable to get out the other in time, took to the
T. H. S. [woods, and hid themselves under a log, near
which the Indians shortly afterwards passed,
anti they heard some one among them speak
English plainly—supposed to be my servant,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
In these times of party excitement and party
vituperation, it is as rare as it is agreeable to
witness instances in which the whig opposition
or any of its members, render voluntary justice
to the democracy, or those supported by the de
mocracy. When such instances meet our eve,
it affords us pleasure io record them us highly
complimentary to the justice and liberality of
tack was made, and found his way in.
their authors. The following extract is from J On the third day,about 10 o’clock, A. M. we
liie Washington correspondent ot the l\eto \ork arrived at the VVithlucoochie, without another
Sunday Morning ftrws—he is describing the j incident of interest, and encamped about three
“Magician,” and although he pain's wuu an un j hundred yards from the river, and two hundred
friendlv hand, we are willing to take the pic- J from C tmp Izzard, which still remained as left
Two of the four Macon volunteers ! by which tho Indians were supposed to have
•retreated, and a large and fresh trail was dis
covered. The other two cavalry corps, under
captains Campbell and Nelson, from Jefferson,
Cherokee and Wilkes, crossed at the ferry iu
the evening, by swimming their horses. The
Washington, Jefferson, and Huncock troops,
are united into a squadron, under the command
of major Douglass, formerly captain of the
Jefferson troop, who was elected to that com-
mand at P/coluta; while captain Nelson’s corps
having arrived after the election was made, act
independently of it.
On the next morning, we again took up the
line of march in the course of the trail above
mentioned, and partly in the direction ofTumpa
Bay, somewhat more to the right. After con-
tinning four or five miles, in consequence of In
dian signs reported by the flankers; the course
Alfred, who travelled with Captain Malone’s
negroes, and was missing. On returning to tho
camp, however, about 2 o’clock, after proceed
ing some distance further without discovering
any Indians, we found that he had arrived there
unhurt, having fled to the woods when the at-
ture as substantially correct, and let the ene
mies of Mr. Van Buren make the most of tiie
admission.—Pet. Com.
“It you attempt [savs the authority quoted]
to throw him ofThis guard and bring him into
collission, you will fail. He is always watch
ful, circumspect and ready. He meets every
thing with an imperturbable smile; anger is not
in him; or rather it may be said tiiat policy has
overcome it. His passions and feelings nre
subdued by the predominance of the master pas-
bv Gaines. The Richmond Blues and Hus
sars, (on a scouting party,) and a number of
stiagglers, while near the crossing pluce, about
11 o’clock, were fired at by the Indians from a
hammock just above, but no one was hit. About
six or eight shots were made, accompanied by
yells. The burial place of the gallant Izzard
was discovered near the southwest angle of
General Gaines’ camp, from the description re
ceived of it.
opportunity of doing so as those who did, but
reserved their fire iii! they could distinctly ses
an object to aim; for the judgment, coolness,
and presence of mind of which they were, highly
complimented by genera! Clinch, immediately
after the affair, on the ground. Their entire
conduct since their arrival in Florida, lias been
admirable, and is frequently returned bv him as
such, with regrets that they have not had op-
portuuities ol doing that execution upon the
enemy, in which he expresses the fullest con-
fidence.
The situation of the cavalry, in the prairie
during the engagement, wus exceedingly pain
ful and tantalizing; and their excitement so
great that it was difficult to restrain them from
rushing forward without orders iut© the ham
mock. They shouted and cursed, and gritted
their teeth, and spurred their heists with tho
utmost violence, so that it was sometime before
they couid either be kept silent or in the ranks.
But to permit them to enter the hammock, was
altogether out of the question, since every ot.o
would have sunk saddle-deep into the swamp in
tront, before he could have reached the edge ot
it; and I saw no attempt made to get them round
into the prairie.
The troops returned to the prairie about mid-
was changed towards the Withlacoochee, and a day, when we all proceeded back to tiie camp,
small Indian town, just deserted, was shortly j carrying the dead and wounded in carls and
discovered and burnt, and afterwards an Indian j litters; and I was astonished at the manner iu
encampment, about a mile from general Clinch’s ; which the latter were all exposed to the sun,
some with thair faces upwards, and the tetal dis
regard with which some of the regulars heard
a»y entreaties that they would get boughs to
An aitack being expected during the night,
sion of imbi ion. There be sits in the chair ' breastworks were thrown up round our en-
of the senaie and listens to the most dir- ct and J cmnpment during the day, three logs high, and
oftentimes, persona! insults from men, who are shortly after dark a heavy fire was made on it
responsible, at ten paces, for what they say, ^ ro, n the same hammock as before; but no one
>ng.
a squabble, or some such interesting issue, was
not furthcoming. In vain did they'attack either
° the parties—there was a crotchet somewhere,
vvas * was which no one
could answer. All the girls thought it must be
iss Hauthorn’s fault, and all the men suspect-
hour, they talked over the affairs of the neigh
borhood, and then W ill told her that lie had
made his mind up to one thing. While the la
dy listened with great attention, Will deliberate
ly d rew from his pocket a match and paper,
placed a segar in his mouth, mad*.- fire and li; it.
‘Now,—Miss—Susan,—]—want-—y<*u : —said
he, with a puff at every word,—‘to give me a
and no more is he affected by the attack than
by the snuff which ever and anon he gives his
nose. Mr. Van Buren was never known, du
ring all the party conflicts through which ha
iias passed,.both in the State legislature of New
York and in congress, to betray the slightest ex
citement of feeling upon anv occasion. This
is a remarkable fact, and sufficiently extraor
dinary and characteristic to be inscribed on the
tomb of the individual, if ever he should die;
but 1 don’t believe, myself, that he is subject to
any of the ordinary diseases which afflict hu
manity. He appears to me to be destined for a
miniature immortality on this earth. Fonunate
man! he is insensible to one half of the ills
which flesh is heir to, and appears <d»lc to en
counter and triumph over the other half.
‘.‘A thousand times have I been asked what
sort of a speaker is Mr. Van Buren. 1 have had
a pretty good opportunity to know; for, during
the whole time t hut he was in the senate, I was
a constant attendant upon its debates. When
called upon for a sudden explanation or reply,
he was never flurried iu the least degree, but
would evolve an answ tron an argument in such
a way as to confuse and conlouud hisadversary.
I may truly saytha’ 1 never knew him to muke
an effort; though what he did might seem to
those unacquainted with his exuberant and
glowing mind to be rite result of an effort. His
words always seemed t » rue to flow freely and
untrammelled, from the perpetual well-spring
of native mind; and vet they were alwavs so
checked and guarded by an apparent innate
sanse of propriety, as never to overreach their
mark, while, at the same time, they never fell
short of it. On some objects he would display
his powers, without reserve, as a mere speaker.
The most remarkable case of tiiis sort was his
speec.i on the bill granting pensions to the
remnant of revoluti'-nary soldiers- This, I be
lieve, whs in tlv» year 1 rty ♦ I was in the senate
chamber at the rime, ami (vas so enchained and
fascinated by the eloqence of Ihe “magician,”
as they now call him, that no lung would induce
me to leave the chamber till 1 Had drunk into
eager ear every word that he uttered, in a speech
was hit, and indeed the distance was such that
it is probable no shot reached it. Long before
daylight the whole camp was in motion, and just
first batrie-ground on the Withlacoochee, where
a part of the forces were left, while the others
proceeded onward, somewhat in a line with tho
river. An Indian and a negro were shortly
discovered, and pursued by the Jefferson oud
Hancock troops, but made their escape io the
direction ot the river. Capiaio Campbell would
shade two ol their comrades -whom they wore
folkwing, iu a cart. From what 1 have seen,
in this and other inslaaces, I am inclined to
think that humanity, of any kind, affectionate.
probably have scoured the negro, but that Lis J or brotherly feclicg. ia seldom to be found in i
horse sunk into a Gopher hole ac.d rolled with Camp.
Goph
him en the ground; from which ho instantly
rose ami fired, hut without aoy known effect.—
About three miles from the camp, on entering a
very large prairie, a number of Indians were
discovered, on the edge of an exceedingly dense
and swampy hammock, on the opposite side,
and in the direction of Ihe river.
An Indian, and negro interpreter, were sent
at dawn, tho first man crossed the river (swim- to them, and reported, it is said, some kidica-
ming) with a line, (with which he afterward
drew across a hawser,) and the “star spangled
banner,” bound around his head, which he plant-
ed triumphantly on tho opposite bank, where it
waved during the whole day. The honor of
this gallant, and, as was then supposed, perilous
feat was won by one of our Augusta volunteers,
Fostkr Blodgkt of the Blues, who nobly vo
lunteered to cross on the previous day, when,
and till after the crossing was effected, a despe
rate Hnd bloody attack was anticipated by eve
ry man in tho camp. The bank was lined with
hia brother volunteers and others, to protect him
as far as possible from the attack expected—and
the deepest anxiety and suspense prevailed du
ring his crossing. The hawser, which he drew
across, was stretched Iromside to side, and the
two flat-bottomed boats clamped together, and
brought from Fort Drane, were then launched.
The Washington troop of cavalry, captain Ma
lone, and the Hancock troop, Captain Swinnev,
under tho command of Major Douglass, at the
same time crossed nt a ford below, equally an
ticipating an attack, mid had one been made,
the former, from its exposed position, must have
been literally cut to pieces, from the almost ut-
ter impossibility of either defence or retreat.—
The side on which we approached the river, is
covered with a dense hammock, almost impassi
ble on horseback, interspersed with marshes
and lagoons, and about a quarter of a mile a-
cross. A negro guide, Nero, first entered, with
a small detachment, on foot, and returned, when
the Washington troop entered in single file,
mounted, aud after much winding about through
the more passable parts of the thick bushes,
vines and lagoons, got to the bank of *he riv'-r.
followed by the 1 G icock troop in !’
The former hat. amounted, to fo.m on the
bank of the river and protect the first who might
cross, when it was discovered that there was no
ford about tliere, and no one could tell where it
was. All was doubt and uncertainty; the hors.
tions ol an intention to come in next morning,
and hold a talk; and the small remainder of the
troops, who with general Suctt occupied during
tho parley, fhe centre of the prairie, were
drawn off at dusk—the great army having
been ordered back to their camp in tho rear,
apparently with the intention of encouraging the
Indians to come in—and the whole encamped
for the night in the rear of the prairie. The
troops having been ordered, at the other en
campment, to leave all their baggage behind,
many, including nearly the whole of our troop,
(the Washington, who, having the right of the
squadron, &c. I joined nt Fort Drane,) expect
ing to return in the evening, included their pro
visions, also, and were without any, either for
themselves or horses, till their return next even
ing. By dawn next morning we were again in
the prairie, and no friendly movements being j some attack while there can scarcely be rioubt-
manilcsted by the Indians, orders were issued j ed. Another object of this arrangement is Le-
catop.
Ou the next day, wo proceeded ouward, in a
southwest direction towards Tampa Bay, sur
prised that we had as ye* neither seen nor heard
of general Eusris or colonel Lindsay, who were
to have joined us at or near the Withlacoochee,
the signal guns had several times been fired.—
During that day or the next, I now forget which,
We discovered a large Indian town af twenty-
five houses or upwards, recently deserted, on
the margin of a large pond and burnt it to the
ground. On the next day, after travelling a few
miles, during a halt, by a largo pond, with a
view of facilitating the march, to Tampa, it was
determined by general Scott, to leave there the
entire Georgia battalion of major Cooper, and
the sick and the wounded, with ail the provisions
that could be spared, till our return that wav,
which they were told would occur in nine days;
and they were accordingly left (bv no means
pleased with this arrangement) with seventeen
or eighteen days’ provisions, and one cannon,
under the charge ofa lieutenant of artiliei v and
a few privates on a hit! near the pond. When
thus secured, the position will be quite a strong
one, and such as to enable them to defend them
selves against the entire force cf the Indians, if
attacked by it; and that they will experience*
to the infantry, consisting of tha Augusta vo'un-
of fou hours. Everyone seemed to feel him-1 es and men huddled together in the dense un-
self in the grasp ofa mighty intellect, and felt
awed, subdued and chastened, by the splendour
and power of that unequalled "ration.
The people wondered why matrimony, orj final answer. Will you accept me, as I an
‘I wiil not, so long as you are so filthy us to
smoke.’
‘Is—that—final?’—said Will, puffing.
‘Yp S —and-your impudence is most unexam
pled.’
‘Farewell/ said Will, and off he started,
dergrowth; an attack expected every moment
from an unseen foe; and the Hancock troop
coming up one by one, crowding upon us, and
canine off all retreat; when Captain Swinney
asked what was to be done, since any effective
action seemed impossible, if an attack were
made, and all would be at the mercy of the
enemy. I advised him by all menns to return,
While Franklin, the printer, was ambassador
to the French court, a ladv. who was about
being presented to the King, noticed his exceed
ingly plain appearance, and inquired who he
was. “That madam,” answered the gentle- j as the only safe course both for us and himself,
man, upon whose arm she was leaning, “Dr. ! till the ford was found; andhedidso; and after
Benjamain Franklin, tie d,ol>assa-lor from North j searching for sometime, the ford was foundsome
America.” “The North American ambassa- ‘ distance above. Commissary, S. Jordan, and
dor, so shabbily dressed?” exclaimed the lady, j Major Holmes, immediately and dauntlessly vo.
“Hush, madam, for heaven’ssake/* whispered j luntecrcd to lead the way, on foot, and stripped
teers, (both companies acting together as a
battalion, under the command of captain Robert
son, since they left Fort Drane,) the Georgia
battalion, under major Cooper, and the Louis
iana regiment, under colonel Smith, and the
regulars, to charge and scour the hammock in
front, where they were seen the previous even
ing.
Immediately after seeing it, a heavy fire was
opened on them by the Indians, mostly toward
the Louisiana volunteers, which was returned
by them and the Georgia battalion, in the direc
tion in which the fire came, without seeing the
Indians; for so very thick was tiie hammock,
that those in it could not see ten steps ahead.—
Small volleys of grape-shot were also fired into
me hammock, from one or two field-pieces in
the prairie. The attack continued, after another
fire on both sides, through the first hammock,
and across a narrow strip of pine land in the
rear, then another hammock, to the river, about
three miles. The whole forces wading through
the mud and water in the hammocks from
ancle to wast deep nearly all tho way, under of
course the most severe labor, many unable to
extricate themselves, haviag frequently to be
dragged out on the mire. The loss on our side,
was two killed on the spot, both Louisiana volun
teers, and thirteen wounded, one (of the dis
mounted United States’ Dragoons, two-tnirds of
them having been dismounted at Fort Drane, as
bad riders, and the others used as a body-guard
to general Scott,) mortally in the abdomen, so
that he died the same evening, and another (ol
the Louisiana volunteers) in the head, jienctra-
ting the bruin, so that it is said he cannot re-
cover, though ho was still alive, much better,
heved to be the establishment of a depot there,
for provisions, dec: and it is thought thnt a line
of posts will be established and stocked through-
out the entire route from Tampa to Fort Drane^
on our return. Nothing further of interest
occurred on our route to this [dace, except that
the army were put on half rations, the hard
bread and salt meat gave out, and the sick in
creased rapidly, in consequence of the extreme
heat ot the weather, tho b&d water, and change
of diet to extremely poor beef ami wheat flour
cakes, bothjiastily and very badly cooked.—
The corn, too, diminished rapidly, so that the
horses got very little and many of them none,
and those in the wagons tired out repeatedly
and had to be left behind. Only a bushel and a
half,-without fodder or hay, was allowed to each
of the cavalry horses during the whole twelve
days route; and that, and five or six days pro
visions for the rider, w*as carried hy each—ane
bushel from Fort Drane and the oth°r half
bushel from the neighborhood of the Withla
coochee. All this, however, is* nothing to a
light heart, determined spirit, and a contented,
cheerful disposition, with the consciousness that
it is at best but of short duration—all, at least,
excepting perhaps the want of food for one’s
horse, which I must confess was by no means
pleasant, and except that I have found the pri
vations and fatigues of the camp far lighter and
more tolerable than I expectcu 1 —and its plea-
sures, if they may be so termed, of excitement,
adventure, novelty, &c., quite us agreeable—-
though ihero be those, and not a few of them,
who think more of other privations than those
which affect the horses, which are infinitely the
greatest sufferers of all, while having- no in.
terest ;n the counterbalance" hones and ari;-
try.oa the opposite side, is high and open pine j tack, to have been much larger. Their position Jj
barren, and behind the trees immediately on the
margin, the men formed 09 fast as they creased;
but to our surprise, as well as of those who
crossed above, no attack was made, and we
proceeded to the encampment already coinmen-
