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j/eijcvat VOLU.tfJH VI—XiniBER 45.] * — —— --- MILIiEDGEVILI.E, (GA.) THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1836. SOS [WHOLE NUMBER 305 EDI TED BY JOIIS A. CUTHSE21T, State-Printer. The UNION is published every Thursday at THREE DOLLARS -r annum in i lvmr.e, or FOUR, if not paid before me end c r ti.e ear. The OiSce is on Wayne Street, opposite the State Bank, ail ADVERTISEMENTS published at the usual rates. N. R. Bat h Citation by the Clerks of the Courts ofntdtnary tha nplicattor, has been made tor Letters of Administration, must he uWished THIRTY DAYS at least. Notice by F.xer.utors and Administrators for Debtors and t'redi- ,rs to render in tneir accounts, must be published SIX WE El S. Sales of Necroes oy Executors and Administrators must t e ad. ertised SIXTY DAYS before the day of rale. j :l t«s of personal property (except negroes) of testate and ntes- ,•« t antes by Executors and Administrators, must be advertised DUTY days. Applications tty Executors, Administrators and Guardians to the ourt of Ordinary for leave to sell Land, must i>e published FOUR MONTHS. a indications by Executors and Administrators for Letters Disints- jry must be imhlished SIX MONTHS. Applications for Foreclosure of Morte.ureson realeslate must be hvcrtis-'d once a month for FOl'R MONTHS -ales of real estate by Executors, Administrators and Guardians, *1 list be published SIXTY DAYS before the day of sale. These (tales must be made at the et *- * ' ^ t he morning and 4 in the slid, unless so expressed i , , Orders of Court or Ordinary, (accompanied with a copy of the sind, or agreement) to mike titles to land, must be advertised THREE MONTHS at least. " sheriff's sales under executions regularly granted hy the courts, *iiist he advertised THIRTY DAYS-^unilei mortgage executions SIXTY DA YU—Sales of perishable property under order of Court, must be advertised, generally, TEN DAYS before the day of sale. All orders for Advertisements will be punctually attended to. • aU levers Greeted to this office, or the Editors must he post- .•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-