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boar is found, in considerable numbers, in the j a very opportune step, for at the moment of
northern district of America. In size and form' taking possession of the town I leil in with a
be approaches nearest to the brown bear; but< party of about eighty of the enemy, who fled
ins color is a uniform shining jel black, except; as soon as I charged them, and, entering a
on the muzzle, where it is fawn colored; on the j thick wood on the banks of the river, escaped:
lips and sides of the mouth, it is almost gray, another party, however, of twenty.nine that
The hair, except on the muzzle, is long and ; were endeavoring, to gain the same point, fell
straight, and is less shaggy than in most other | into my hands; tie veil of them remained prison-
species. The young ones, however, are first} ers, and the rest were killed, including their
of a bright ash color, which gradually changes , leader and another officer,
into a deep brown, and cuds by becoming a ; It now only remains for me to recommend
deep black.
The American black bear lives a solitary
generally the cond
valiant chiefs, office
From this time, their deeds o! savage barbari- j
ty have been too numerous to particularize. A •
woman was brought in on Tuesday, wounded in
the hand, whose husband had been shot dead the |
preceding evening at the Uchce bridge. Colonel ,
A. B. Dawson’s negroes, who were taken by
the Indians, but made their escape, state, that
they saw three corpses in the road near the.
lichee bridge, a mau, a woman and a child,
who had all been murdered.
We learn that about one hundred and fifty
re|>orted themselves at
to assist the
uct and intrepidity of the j friendly Indians have reported
n-s, and soldiers, who with Fort Mitchell, and are ready
Major-general M‘Douguld is absent.
Ooeolu, say the friendly Indians, will honor
us with a visit in about ten days trom this time.
We hope to give a good account of him when
he arrives.—Columbus Sentinel, 6th 'instant.
life, in forests and uncultivated deserts, and sub- so much honor and determination displayed, in whites. .
sisis on fruits and the young shoots and roots of the action of the 19th, the valor Which charac- j General Lowe lias esiablished his head-quar-
vegetables. Of honey he is exceeding fond, ; terizes the Mexican army, their courage giving i ters at this place, and by his advice, c>>l"itel
and, as lie is a most expert climber, he scales place tojthe most admirable indulgence on see- j Bates has put every man capable of doing doty,
the loftiest tree in search of it. Fish, too, he ' ing their enemy had surrendered. This gen- j upon the militia roll. We give our feeble sanc-
delights in, and is often found in quest of it on erous feeling, after so fierce an engagement, is J tioa to the proceeding. In times like these,
the°borders of lakes and on the sua-shore.— worthy of especial recommendation. there should be no laultonng, but every one
When these resources fail, he will attack young i JOSE URREA. should do his duty. General Lowe has also
qindnipxb and oven animals of some liagni- Artkks 0 r Capitulation proposed Ip Fannin. ordered **» b: "‘ alion3 fl '" m I,arns c ' ,u, " y '~
mJo. As indeed, is tunl, in such cases l,,s , ^ , T lic Mexican force having cslab
In-c of lies., grows with the use of n.-ll ccUp ■ ^ , hl , ir balu . rJ . dislaiwu of one hun.
Mcssi ngcr. died and sixty paces, and opened their tire, we
' i hoisted a white flag, upon which colonel Don
l^TELLlbL.ltfc. j uan Morales, colonel Don Mariano Salas, and
" From Mexican Papers. lioiitraa.it colonel of engineers, Don Juan Jose
: Holst tiger, came to us, when we proposed to
Army or L peuations. surrender at discretion, to which they assented.
Head Quarters oj Bejar, Mart i . •..->• Art. 2. That the commandant, Fannin, and
To His Exc<;lU*nry ilio Secretary ot \Yar niul the Navy ^ wounded, be treated with all possible con-
Gcncral Don Jose fllana X omul: I . ’ , . ‘ , .
.. . , , .j •.' sideration, proposing to them also to deliver up
\ ictory accompanies the army, and at tins , * °
moment, being eight o’clock of the morning,; a ' ^ dut achmei.t to be treated
wc have bad a most complete and glorious one, I as isoncrs of wur> nlJ j ,,i a ced at the disposi-
tlio nu rnorv oi which# tunc Ccinnot ^liucc. i • • .
im, uiuiiui y oi » v > , .. . __ ct I tion ot tne supreme government.
As announced to you die - ithol the past i • J \ \jp;s W. FVNNIN
month, on communicating the capture ol this ■ j> WALLACE,
town, I waited the arrival of the first brigade ol j CHANDEV1LLE.
between Guudaloune and
1836.
to come up, only three battalions succeeded in 1 When the white flag was hoisted by the one.
netting here bv 'doubling their marches. With ! mv, l sent to inform their leader that they must
these “battalions of Zanadorcs, Aldama and j surrender at discretion, without any other con-
Toluca those of Mctanwros, Irminez, and San I dition: the other articles proposed by those who
i,Poto«i I was enabled to select, leaving out j sign the above are not assented to, which they
the recruits fourteen hundred infantry. These j were informed of and which they agreed to, as
being divided into four columns and a body of I neither would or could assent to any thing
as indicated in the general orders of j &c. &c. &c.
•‘’Tisthe Uar-sp:ingletl banner,oh, long may itwave
• -O’er, he la.art of the free anil t he home of the brave."
FKDIiRlL UNION#
MILT.EDGEVII.LE, MAY 19, D3C.
infantry, in order to ojierataefi^tuallyu^ii the ■ Q ncar Gohl ‘ 0>
tortress of the Alamo: but all the dmsious of - Varrh*t)
which the brigade is composed, not being able j " bal a > c '*
reserve, __ _ .
vesterdav, a copy of which accompanies this
despatch, the assault was given at five in the
morning, and met with the most obstinate resis
tance, so that during thestruggle of an hour and
a half, it was necessary even to bring up the re
serve.
JOSE UlilREA.
Guadaloupe Victoria, March. 23, 1836.
General Don Francisco total Fernandez:
Comrade and Fbiexd—I am so fatigued
i that I have only time to enclose t-.» yon copies
i of my despatches to our general-in-chief, re-
Tho spectacle which this conflict exhibited ; forrmg to my last operations. 1 have in my
was cxiraordiuarv. Men were seen, in every j power more than six hundred prisoners, who 1
direction, contending hand to hand, and disput- i intend shall rebuild the houses they burnt at
in** for the mastcrv by tlio most heroic courage. Goliad. 6cc. Ac. &c.
Twcnty-onc pieces of artillery, which were ! •JOSE URREA.
served with groat dexterity: me rapid fire ot Division of Operation's,
musketry, which appeared to illuminate me m- Guadaloupe Victoria, March 23, 1836.
terior of the fort; and ihe ditches and the \\<i s,. Most Excellent Sir—Yesterday I march-
were insufficient obstacles to the undaunted , CL j f r0in ij as place, as 1 informed your excellen-
They
behaved
A
like valiant men,
Mexicans.
and deserve the "consideration of the supreme
government, and the gratitude of their fellow
countrymen.
1 cy oil the 21st. 1 directed my march to the
i house of Ltm, winch is situated upon the La
goon of La Baca and the river Guadaloupe.—
Two motives took me there: one was to collect
The fortress at length remained in our power, sonv , supplics l knew were about there; the o-
with its artillery, park, See. h e buried in the . t |j er to cat G ffi a party of about one hundred
ditches and trenches more than six bundled bo-, Americans, wiio got away from me on the21st,
dies, all loreigners, and in the immediate vicini- ; n j 0 t fj 0 woods on the banks of the river. At
tv an increased number, not vet accurately ! two I*. M. I reached the mouth of the Sucam
known: these, endeavoring to escape the baj o-, 'AornWo, ulJ j captured four Americans, whom i
nets ot the iniatitry, fell beneath the sautes ot C ompelle«i to inform me of the retreat of their
our cavalry, whom I had placed in opportune; companions. As soon as they made ms ac-
situations. 1^ feel assured that very lew have > q Ua ; ;;le j with it, which was in a remarkably
escaped to inform thetr companions ot the rc_ , thick piece ol* wood, I surrounded it, and sought
suit. , : the enemy in its centre; having found him, 1
Amongst the dead were found the liiat an ‘d summoned him to surrender at discretion. Five
second in command of the insurgents, Low m ; ni j l)U j cs G f parly sufficed, and colonel Ward,
and Travis, colonels as they entitled themsoLea,) as jj e entitled himself, ten officers, and ninety
Crocket, another of the same stamp, and the j m en, delivered up their arms, surrendering at
rest of their leaders, acting under authonty of , di scre tion; and they now remain at the disposi.
their convention. On our side, we had sovemy ij otl 0 f your excellency and of the supreme gov.
killed, and about three hundred wounded; a- . e p n u icn t. I shall send the prisoners to Goliad,
mongst whom, two principal and twemy -tnieo . vvhore the rest are. ore. «ic. vA;c.
subordinate officers. The just cause we are JOSE URREA.
sustaining somewhat reconciles us to this loss, it y a //; v Excellency the President and General-
being the dut\ r ot every Mexican so.d.cr to die in-chicf of the Army of Operations, Don An-
in defence ol his countiv. lo tins chousned tonia Lopez de Santa Anna•
object all are disposed to make every sacrifice, | ^ _ _
determined to permit no strangers, whatever | INDIAN WARS AND MURDERS,
may be their pretensions, to insult the nation and ; Since Saturday last, our city has been in a
occupy its territory. ; state of unusual excitement, owing to the open
The bearer of thi* despatch carries with him; hostility which was then first developed on the
one of the flags of theenemy, taken upon this ■ part of the Lower Creeks. On that day we
occasion, that°the designs of these treacherous received certain intelligence that the Uchees
colonists, and their co-operators from the ports ! and Hitchitees had broken out in open war, and
of the United States, may be more clearly per- •; that they had already sacrificed their first victim
* j in the person of major William II. Flournoy,
ANTONIO LOPEZ DE SANTA ANNA. formerly of Putnam county in this State. lie
FROM THE MERCCRIO OF META-MORAS, APRIL 3. WaS Oil lfis WilV fl'Om Ifis plantation tO I'Ol’t
Guadaloupe Victoria, March 21, 1836. i Mitchell, and was brutally murdered and scalp-
To Ills F.xccllcncj' ihe President, Don Antonio Lojirz de . cd while passing from the olio place to tlie other.
8an:a Anna, His body was brought to Columbus on Satur-
Generat-in-c'ijrf of the Ar.-ny oj Operations: . day, and interred itl tlie burial ground.
Most Excellent Sir—The fortress of Go- ] A Mr. Hobbs, an overseer of a plantation
liad was abandoned by the enemy on the 19th • among the hostile savages, was the next victim,
instant, alter a sally made in the hope of beat- j He was most barbarously murdered by being
ing this division; the fortress, therefore, remains ■ shot through the cracks of tlie house in which
at the disposition of the supreme government, lie was living. lie hud laid down for the night
So are likewise their leader, Fannin, his coad- i with another person, and was killed in bed.—
jutors, and more than three hundred soldiers, I Tlie person with him made his escape by rais-
fas they cal! themselves,) who formed the gar-; ing one of the planks in the floor, and getting
rison of the abovementioned fort. They car- under the house; where he remained until the
ried out of their trenches w ith them nine pieces ; Indians entered, and then made olf into the
of artillery, and about one thousand muskets, 1 woods. In tlie morning lie returned to the
with abundant munitions. With about three ■ house, procured bis cloths, took the corpse of Ihe
hundred men, infantry and cavalry, I came up | deceased, put it into a wagon and brought it
with and attacked them in tlie Perdido plain: 1 to this place. This death occurred on Saturday
drove them out of a beautiful wood, which they night.
contended the possession of with ir.e by repeated On Monday we received the further informa,
discharges of artillery, attacking them, notwith- tion that hostilities had commenced on the road
^.standing their superior force, and the ad vanta- between Columbus and Montgomery, at lichee
ges of their armament and artillery, my own bridge and further on, and in the evening the
nut being come up. The action was very se- bridge at this place and the streets loading from
vcrc, but the valor of our srldicrs was distiu- i it Were thronged with the unfortunate refugees,
guished on tlie occasion. At the close of day- who were fleeing before theirsavago neighbors.
( light I collected my forces, and took a position The pitiable condition of many of them was past
in columns, in front of the enemy, at less than [the power of description. Wives severed from
two hundred yards distance. Thus wc passed their husbands, parents from their children, all
the night; and the following ’day (yesterday) * dismayed, all terror stricken, presented a scene
as soon as two six-pounders reached me, which which we never again desire to witness. An
1 had sent for to Goliad, I planted my battery interesting looking girl, just blooming into wo
nt one hundred and sixty yards from the enemy, manhood, was brought in on horseback behind
I was preparing a second attack, but the cnc- a beneVolentrftranger, who had found her in
my, disheartened by the intrepidity of our sul- the nation, making her way, unattended, to this
diers, although they had fortified themselves in j place. She slarted in company with her parents,
the night time with a square trench they had j but before they had proceeded far, they were
dug, surrendered at discretion, as soon as wc j brutally shot down before-her eyes. She fled
opened our fire; as is confirmed by the accom- i to the woods and escaped from her savage pur-
panying document and petition which the ene- suers, and was found and brought to Columbus
iny’s leaders made lo me, and by niy answer,; as above stated.
which they agreed to; they all of them, with A young man arrived at this place, also
their arms and ammunition, fell into my power. [ witnessed the savage murder of his parents.—
Notwithstanding the fatigued and foot-sore slate j Another young man in tlie act of fleeing, per-
of the troops, I immediately marched with two ! ccivcd the Indians dragging away his sister.—
pieces of artillery to occupy this place, befbre i lie returned, declaring that he would rescue her
the enemy could be reinforced in sufficient nutn- j or die in the attempt, disappeared, and has not
hers to hinder the passage of the river; this was ‘ since been heard of.
Previous to our last publication all tlie settlers
below the Federal road, had come in. rfitice
that time the Indians have destroyed a family,
(Mr. Davis’ consisting of seven persons,) a few
miles above the Federal road, and many of the
settlers in that neighborhood have fl.-J to town.
The plantations below Fort Mitchell have
been sacked, and a few negroes are missing.—
Several of the buildings on these plantations
were burned to the ground on Tuesday and
Wednesday nights. The bridges also on Big
Uchce and Little Uchce, have been burned.—
The furniture of all tlie deserted houses which
have buen visited, is destroyed, and cattle killed.
A scouting party of fifty men went out yes
terday, but returned without finding Indians,
except a small party of friendly Indians, who
were coming in for protection.
Last night it was expected that the planta
tions in Broken Arrow Bend, from three to so-
veil miles below this would be burned. A par
ty of forty whites and fifteen friendly Indians,
repaired to the place, to defend the plantations.
They returned this morning. Tlie Indians did
not show themselves.
This morning a letter was received from Mar
shall’s settlement fifteen miles above tins, con
taining information that the neighbors had yes
terday embodied themselves, (thirty in number,)
they had a small brush with about fifty Indians,
killed one and wounded several others. So
that it is certain that they are hostile above the
Federal road also.—Columbus Enquirer Extra,
From the Columbus Republican Herald Extra, IGth instant.
CREFK WAR INCIDENTS
In thp Cr.-ek ruuion, nt this moment, the sc iv-s of Flori
da are being acted over. Tlie wild savage, frenzied by ihe
smelt of blood in his nostrils, is prm\ lina the wilderness,
skulking around plantations, k-vi liing the deadly rifl - at the
breast of the white man, sealping the unoffending wife and
mother, and beheading the innocent and tinstisp i-iing ball >!
We have heard of some rases which make the blood chill
in our veins: a house, in which lived a man. his wife, arid
six children, was suddenly surrounded by a savage band,
who entered the peaceful domicil, inhumanly massacred ev
cry soul, securing the scalps of all, and s -vering each child’s
head from its body! The house of a Mr. Colton was at
tacked and himself butchered without a moment's warning,
or the least opportunity for resi.-ianee. We believe, in all,
from forty to fifty murders have been commuted, besides
numbers of negroes and plantations. Fires have b»eu kin
dled in every direction; farm-houses, cotton-gins, out-bou -
es, corn-cribs and all of value swept away from the honest
and industrious planter who was laudably striving to locate
himself comfortably for life, and provide for his children.—
The hostile Indians have been found as low down the river
as Irwinton, und as high up as the Federal Road, or about
thirty miles above that point. The following towns and
tribes of Indians, are without doubt hoslil : a part of the
lichees, the Hitchaties, the Pah-lo-cho-ko-los, the So wok-
ko-los, and a part of the Ufollays. Neah-.Mathlee, chief of
the Hitchaties; etc. is full of i!!-f eluig towards the white
people, ami determined on revenge. Old N-ah-Micco, the
head of the Creek Nation, must he consul red as hostile,
having been sent for several limes, to come in and hold a
friendly talk—and as often refu-ingto comply with the re
quest. Colonel Crow 11 has lc-en acquainted with this old
chief for a seri s of years, and they haye hei n on terms of
strict friendship. Neah-Mathhu? refuse tl to come in to Co
lonel Crowell, and sent him word that “the young m n of
his nation were bent on.wnr.”
The Indians have acted with a great d al of boldness
thus far in this war. Notwithstanding Fort Mitchell is
tv •)! dof’n lad and picketed in the most secure and substan
tial manner, yet one eight last week, th" hoslil ■ foe ap
proached within thirty to fifty yards of the pickets, entered
the hospital, and carried off whatever th< y pl- as 'd. It was
not deemed prudent, of course, for th” officers or soldi rs
to leave the fortifications. Many friendly Indians have fl-d
for safely to Fort Mitchell, and the pickets are now full to
overflow ing.
On Saturday night, the mail from Montgomery to this
place, was attacked about twenty miles distant from Imr •; »
driver on that route was riding along the road on hors-back,
about fitly' yards ahend of the sta e, when he was fired up
on by, as he supposed, about thirty Indians, (and from what
he could discover, he thought ther* mus: have been at 1 ast
one hundred in the gang,) who, wonderful to relate, all
missed iheir mark! His horsp taking fright, threw biro, and
he thereby made his escap - to the swamp. Soon after, he
heard firing behind, and when he reached the next singe-
stand, the horses, had arrived there without ih • stage, hav
ing about them som ■ remains of tlie harness. Mr. Adams,
anageiit who was in the stage mad“ his escape; the stage
upset, w hieli enabled him lo leap into the hushes, and there
by save his life*
A driver who was on the box, (Mr. Green,) and Mr. Rus
sell, who was inside, it is supposed were killed. There
were nineteen horses in company belonging to the stage
line, out of which but three have been recovered, and they
were pierced with several bullets.
Not content with their foul deeds on “terra firma,” the
savages have approached to the brink ot the Chattahoochee,
and made their death marks on hoard ot our steamboats
The Hyperion, captain 8myth, while ascending our river
on yesterday, was fired upon by the Indians, some fifteen
or twenty in number, w ho had stationed themselves on the
plantation of the Messrs. Abercrombies’, about eight miles
below this place Fight rifles were discharged in quick
succession, and at the first fire, Sir. Brockway, the first
pilot on tlie Hyperion, who was standing on the boiler deck,
fell dead, being shot itl the throat; one of the pi lots, Mr.
Smith, was badly wounded, and four oilier individuals,
whose names we have not learned. The boat was run
ashore, and the passengers fled from her in terror and dis
may.
The old Georgian, whilst lying at Roanoke, was set on
fire by tlie Indians, and burned; not a soul oil board escaped,
except the engineer. The town of Roanoke was at the
same time fired and burned to ashes. The citizens were
forted in, and we believe no lives were lost.
P. 8. We are informed that a contest is now going on
between colonel Spivy’s company of mounted volunteers,
and n party of Indians on the Alabama side of the Cliatta
hoochec. A sharp tiring bus been heard within the last
hour, and no doubt a severe buttle is now being fought.
An express was sent to Talbot county, this morning by
major Howard, ordering a regiment from that county.—
Also, a battalion from Harris county—should these troops
come, they will afford us great assistance.
UNION DEMOCR ATIC REPUBLICAN
TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
MARTIN VAN BUREN.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
R. M. JOHNSON.
EIICTORAI TICKET.
THOM AS ANDERSON, of Libert.
WILLIAM It. r>l 1.LOC11 if Chatham,
SAMUEL DROVES, of Madison,
THOM AS HAYNES, of liatduin,
REUBEN (ORDAA, of Jasper,
WII SON LUMPKIN, of dark,
WILLIAM PENTICOST, of Jackson,
THOM A'! SPALDING, if M‘Intusk,
JAMES <’. WATSON, of Mu -coffte,
WILLIAM li. WOFFORD, of Habersham,
THOMAS WOOTEN, ’f Wilk s.
by Genera! Gaines, without concert, to that though there seems to be no doubt of his being
post. At that late period, the slow and toilsome murdered on his way home from Columbus on
work of filliti" bis magazines, with iiis small the same day, having to pass through the Ucheo
aid feeble train of wagons, over a hundred Town where the brave Flournoy was slain
miles of road, much of it almost impassable That there will be a war with the Creeks non*
morass, was again commenced by General can doubt. Hundreds of The inhabitants of the
Scott. territory are fleeing from the country, having
Tlie division left by general Gaines at Fort their farms, their provisions, and all to the mer.
King, instead of receiving its supplies at Tampa, cy of the ruthless savage. Poverty, wretched,
i was now to be subsisted I rum the provisions ness and ruin must result to those unfortunate
transported with so much difficulty into the : peopja-who, having exhausted their last dollar
interior, while waiting in camp for the period of j in lav ing in their provisions lor the year, are
active operations. At length, about the 25th of driven from their homes; destitute of every
March, general Scott believed that he bad earthly comfort. I saw several large famifii
collected supplies at Fort King suflicienlly
abundant to authorize his march against the
enemy: or porlmps he yielded to the public
impatience of bis delay. In three days, at the
head of one division of tlie artnv, he was in the
earthly coinfitrt. . *.... a. mi^t: iumni£$
who had fled so precipitately, that they left
every thing except their wearing apparel
There seems to b< but one opinion where 1 was
in relation to all the present difficulties in Ala
bama. The course pursued by the investigating
heart of tlitT country occupied by the enemy; I agent has completely defeated all the projects of
emigration, anil the Indians are all flittered
w ith the belief tliat they will have thfcir land
restored. That our patriotic chief magistrate has
been truly unfortunate in his agents must be ac
knowledged; or \vi- might in this time have be» t>
relieved from so harra'ssing a neighbor. That
the policy of the government and the safety and
interest of thousands should be jeopardized
through the cupidity and ambition of a few
corrupt men, is too outrag ous to be borne.
,1 j hope that strong depots will be established at
s as w,, H- st ’leete<i points in the interior; and that
«cm.7 / «7ro.g'fer^matk-a rapid | ^PP'f 3 "«"ply tor such a force as
U conquered enemy remained ! b " . w,1 i be collected in due time
\Ye learn that major general Scott in his
official communication, icceived at the «<n d; -
partmen! a few days since, gives it as his opin
ion that there has not been as many as six hun
dred Indians embodied at any one place, and
states that the signs about the Withlacnochee
do not contradict his estimates. He also states
that it is the opinion of all the commanders that
they are now dispersed in war parties, or par
ties of observation, consisting of from sixty to
two hundred each, with, however, great facili
ties of concentration. The women, children,
and negroes are supposed to be concealed at
their settlements on the upper and lower part
of Pear creek, and engaged with a portion of
the warriors in planting, fishing, and hunting
To this point a combined movement was made
from Tampa Bay on ihe 12th an 1 14th of April,
with a view of capturing, if possible, the wo
men and children, and of destroying the settle*
mCnts.—Globe.
THE FLORIDA CAMPAIGN.—The un
successful termination of the campaign in Flor
ida has produc' d great public disappointment.
Our vast superiority in numbers, and in the arts
and resources of war, had led to an expecta
tion that tlie savages could be conquered with
ease and rapidity. Instead of brilliant and de
cisive victories, our soldiers return without liav- J
ing flight the enemy, who retains possession of|
his forests, with numbers undiminished, and with i
spirit u..subdued, prudently waiting fora favor-J
able season to renew his depradations. deso- j
late our settlements, and to slaughter our peo. j
pie, on their unprotected plantations. Already j
lias this harassing and destructive warfare been
recommenced. The battle of Clinch on
banks of the Wiihlacooc e was hailed by us as
a victory; butt!
retreat; and the conque
master of the field. No atonement lias been
made fur the horrible slaughter of Dade’s gal-
lam, but ill-fated detachment. Gaines’s hasty
expedition for a time gratified the public wish,
which could not brook til" delay of systematic
preparation, and was impatiently looking for
some brilliant and decisive action. But the un
successful termination of t is ill advised move
ment only heightened the public disappointment.
Rashly separating himself from his supplies, Iiis
.trim was subjected to most distressing priva
tions by the extraordinary improvidence of the
general. He makes a ten days march into an
Indian country, without knowing how his army
i- to subsist m the hostile wilderness. When
he attempted to return to his supplies at Tunq a,
the Indians threw themselves across his path at
tlie Withlacooche. Although the subsistence of
his army depended on it, he dared not attempt
to cross that narrow stream. He could not pass
ibis river to save his army from consuming fam
ine; but tli" cnemv could pass it whenever the\
chose to attack him, und repass it, whenever
they chose to discontinue the attack. lie con-
fitted !iis starving soldiers within their intrench-
ments, while the savage enemy, abundantly
supplied, fearlessly surrounded those intrench-
ments in tlie open forest. General Gaines was
afraid to meet the enemy in battle; he dared not
march out even to attack the enemy when cros
sing the Withlacooehe, and while his forces
were divided by that stream. Abandoning all
lio’ie of victory, he depends not on his own talent
or courage, or on the bravery of 11is men, but
on tlie Immunity and spirit of General Clinch, to
rescue his army Irom utter destruction. Here
was defeat, and humiliation, more disgraceful
to our arms a thousand times, than tin* dread
ful slaughiei of Dade’s two companies-, falling
under the unexpected fire of superior numbers.
Whether the enemy before whom General
Gaines quailed, was superior to his army in
uumbe's, is very doubtful. His disobedience
to the orders of the secretary of war, the im
providence of his expedition front Tampa, his
timidiiv before tin* enemy, and the falsehood of
bis boasts that iie had conquered that enemy,
are all calculated to imprint an injurious stigma
on the character of the American artnv.
Notwithstanding our vast superiority over the
Seinitiolcs tiie operations in Florida were at-
tended with great difficulties. General Scott
was appoint'd to tin* command in January, wo
believe in the latter part of that month. He
arrived at tlie South in the early part of Feb-
run rv. The Indians had at that time broken
up almost every settlement in the peninsula,
south of St. Augustine, and were extending
their ravages. It was necessary immediately
to check their desolating progress. For this
purpose General Scott made a requisition of
men on the states of South Carolina, Georgia,)
and Alabama. The men were promptly fur
nished; but bow were they to be subsisted?—
Not a bushel of corn, nor a sheaf of fodder, nor
a vvhisp of hay could be procured near the seat
of war. Supplies of provisions werecoilectecl with
great celerity, principally from New York, and
; ranspot led to convenient points on the St. Mary s,
and the St. Johns. But before the anival of
our forces in Florida,- the Indians had retired to
ihe hammocks of tin* Withlacooche; and not a
blow could be sl-uck without marching a hun
dred miles into the interior of the country.—
Without previous time for preparation, it was
impossible to provide a competent tram of wag
ons for the transportation of provisions; and
the road, passing through numerous swamps,
was tt I must impassable. The feeble horses
could scarce draw half loads in the wagons.—
If General Scott had immediately marched with
such a train, neglecting to establish depots of
provisions in advance of the army, lus men and
horses must have perished from hunger in ire
wilderness, before lie had found an Indian force
to fight. While lit* was assiduously engaged
in the humble, but necessary preliminary, of
transporting provisions to Foit King, for the
subsistence of his army, when it should corn-
meuce operations, the public were impatiently
expecting some splendid achievement of arms;
and the commanding general was censured for
tardiness and inaction. By the 20th of Febru
ary a large quantify of provisions had been ac
cumulated til Fort King, within two days match
of tlie hammocks in w^ic-b the Indians had con
centrated their forces. But this supply was
consumed by the haif-famished troops conducted
while the other two divisions, under generals
Lindsey and Eustis were approaching the same
point by those routes over which it was be-
Sieved that the savages would retreat. But
scarcity of provisions, the great difficulty
which Dud heretofore delayed the operations,
controlled the -movements of the army, and
deprived it of every opportunity of victory and
conqui-st. At the approach of geneial Scott,
tlie Seminoles retired into the hammocks of the
Withlacooche, and the smokes of their fires
were se< ii rising from the dense foiest, at no
great distance from the army. But the supplies
were barely sufficient to sustain tlie men during
■a rapid march lo Tampa; ar.d the general
could not employ a few days in pursuing the
enemy, without incurring tlie hazard of the
destruction of the army by famine. Unable to
strike a blow, general Scott, with the main body
of his army, leaving the Indians behind, march,
ed directly on to his supplies at Tampa, posting
major Cooper, with the Georgia battalion of
volunteer infantry, in the heart of the enemies,
country. This force was too small for offensive
operations; but it firmly maintained it’s post,
during tht* absence of the army.
And thus ended, in utter failure, a campaign
in wtiicli brilliant and decisive victories nad been
expected.
There is now an opportunity of preparing
for the next season of active o;>eration.s. We
A competent train of baggage wagons should
be in readiness; and the roads over which it is
probable that the provisions and muniments of
war must be transported, should Ir* made firm,
where it is practicable. The Seminoles must
be subdued, cost what it may; and the war
should not be allowed to linger, for want of pru
dence and energy on the part of our govern
ment.
GEORGIA BATTALION IN FLORIDA
—A l<'tter from a volunteer in Major Cooper’s
battalion, dated at Fort Drane on the 1st m-
stant^states that the battalion was then at that
station; and that it would probably bo kept
there until the expiration of its term of ser
vice, on the 18th instant.
THE CREEK INDIANS are proceeding
with an audacity which demands prompt and
vigorous measures on our part. They have
burnt the outhouses and fences on the plantation
of Col. John Crowell, the United States agent
situate a few miles from Fort Mitchell. A par
ty of them, conjectured not to be more than
seven or eight in number, fired from tlie Ala
bama shore, into a steam boat in the river, on
ly eight miles below Columbus. Their first
fire killed three of the crew; the remaining
boatmen immediately abandoned her, and es
caped to the bank on the Georgia side, ft is
supposed that the Indians have plundered and
destroyed her. Another party, whose force
is not known, crossed over into Georgia, and
attack' d the village, Roanoke, situate on the
Cliattalioochie, in the count) of Stewart Here
they took possession ofanother steam-boat, ly
ing tit the wharf; and it is reported that they
have taken tlie village. But this is doubted, as
a sharp firing was kept up at the village, at the
time of the last information (torn the neighbor-
liood.
FANNIN’S AND WARD’S MEN.—The
following extract of a letter from a member of
the Georgia delegation in Congress to the edi
tor "I the Federal Union, dated Washington I
Cits. 8th instant, leaves some hope that these j
brave men are vet in existence:
COMMUNICATED.
“B1L/IOUS PLEURISY.”—That this term,
offensive to the physicians of Hnwkinsville, was
not the-coinage <ff inquirer's ignorance or ha.
tred, the following editorial article which ap.
peared in the Macon Messenger of the 12lh
instant, conclusively establishes. Indeed, in.
formation similar to that received by the editors
of the Messenger was, on very respectable au.
thority, circulated in the metropolis, with the
addition that the disease in question was called
the ‘‘co/d plague'’ by the country people adja
cent to Hawkmsville, und that, in that village,
one individual had, in tlie cottr.se of a few
weeks, realized eight hundred dollars by niak.
ing coffins. It is not, however, my obje ct to
step to the rescue of inquirer. That writer did
not, I opine, inteirogate without having weigh-
ed consequences and prepared to meet them.—
Mv desire is that all the information bud by the
faculty of Haivkinsville in relation to this ptir.
tieular form of disease may be divulged fir
public benefit. I can imagine no good motive
for withholding tiie name which they have ap
propriated to the disease, the number of patients
treated by them laboring under it, how many re.
covered, and, if post mortem examinations were
made, the anatomical cliaracters. Science, they
should recollect, courts investigation, and scorns
concealment. HOMO.
From the Macon M* singer, 13/ft instant.
‘•BILLIOUS PLEUKI8U.”
A single r> murk which w inmle a few weeks sinrp, jrj
which we used tliis terra, has elicited some inquiry in the
Miffedgeville papers, and at length called forth something
like an eriicliuion of Bile from the ‘‘Physicians of How.
kiusville." In this, we conceive ourselves treated some-
vvliat cavalierly,—but, perhaps this has been more owing
to improper inf-renees having been drawn from our remark,
than from any thing conrained m it. They intimate that we
have reported the death of Judge Polhill by that disease.—
We have never said so. or published anv thing trom which
such an inference could be drawn, and if this lias been don©
by “Inquirer," or any other writer, it was wholly graiui-
tous. so far as w- are concerned. Our information, t lint the
Physicians applied the i.-rtn of‘'Billions Pleurisy” to the
prevailing disease, was derived from highly respectable in-
dividual.-*, from Hawkinsville and the vicinity. If they were
in trror, we sliali not fuel very guilty for the part we have
had in the matter. We are not Physicians enough to know
th" natn ' of a disease by intuition, without Icaring any of
the symptoms—and were we to know tli-un, we will not say
that our decision as to the name of the disease, would da
our medical acquirements any credit. We have only done
as we usually <Jo—cr-dit the word of disinterested gentle
men in a plain mailer of fact, without making particular en
quiries into "symptoms.” We must say in reference lo some
of their introductory remarks, were ** the “Physician* of
Hawkinsville” we would endeavour not to exhibit a ‘•diog-
nosis" of being very irritable sort of gentlemen.
In reference to facts, they say that a disease has existed in
th; neighborhood of Hawkinsville. that has in a large nura.
her of eases proved fatal in a few hours—that hut six deaths
have occurred in Hawkinsville since first of January—that
they have witnessed some cases of “Billious Pleurisy,” two
of which proved fatal.
From the Xew Orleans Bulletin.
TEXAS.
Colonel A. Houston of the Texian army has
arrived in the steamboat Caspian, and confirms
the news of the glorious victory of general
Houston, and has favored us with the following
list of Mexican officers killed, wounded and
prisoners.
Kilted—General Castrillion, colom.1 Batunes,
colonel Mora, colonel Trevino, colonel Don
Jose Maria Romero, lieutenant colonel Manuel
Acquirre, lieutenant colonel Castillo.
General Cos and many others supposed to be
killed but not yet found
Prisoners—General Antonio Lopez de Santa
, ,, „ , , ,. . Anna, colonel Almont, aid decamp, colonels
*\\ lull* I was at IM r rorsvtn s this evening, r. t <- , ., , .. r> -i
, .. , •»« - ^ , Caspedesoftbe Guerro battalion, Bringas, aid
ie received a note Iron) the Mexican minister, , o . » n .-n i i n a • • j .
, . r to Santa Anna, rortilla de la redreguire, aid to
'l;.l Hymn -nd tro.^ W.rd Sil „, a AnKlt N „ ner , lieutenant
wen* prisoners co | om .| s pjlipe Romero, (woun'led) -Valenti,
been massacred rv... n.a.a n n\ i.. —t
with tlie Georgians under flint,
not
by the
I have no time to add more.”
of war at Goliad, and had ,.u, „eea, massacreu Pedro d ,.f Qardo, Fernando Urriza, wound-
,S ab ° Ul ,OCl ° Se ’ i ed, aid to Santa Anna, A,cos. Encise, Mugla
Dan Ramon Curo, private secretary to Santa
Anna; also five captains and twelve lieutenants.
General Santa Anna made the following
proposition; that fii.s army should lay down their
arms, Texas independence be acknowledged, the
expense of the war to be paid bv Mexico, Santa
Anna to remain as a hostage. General Hous.
ton hnd issued orders that a furthei advance of
Extract of a letter from Major General feailev,
to Governor Schley.
“l/nGrange, Troup county, May 13/A, 1936.
His Excellency William Schley:
Sir—The party which was sent out tlie day
before yesterday front West Point to ascertain
the facts in relation to the reported murders by
the Indians, returned yesterday evening, after j the Mexican arrny, should be the signal for the
having found and buried the bodies of eight per- slaughter of Sanla Anna, and all the prisoners,
•sons, mostly women and children that were { The report of the terms of peace were not offi-
k i I led, scalped, and otherwise most inhumanly ' cial hut supported by a great number of letters
mangled, near the plantation of Mr. Brittain j from offieersof the army.
Hams, about twenty-five miles southwest from j T ~»7~T • . , •
Wc.,, Poim. Th.- citizens oflhis lown sen, a „ i f he ' nd ‘ an CreulM—Mud, unx.ely begins
express to me lus night between midnight and**?^ Ielt " bo, ". tlm r “ ,e , ,l,e Cherukeo und
dav, i.iforming me uftheso facts, und represent-1 Ch 'PI> cw “ tr, ' n,les ' now lmn S'"8 for «
ing their own situation to be a very unpleasant
one—their inhabitants are very much alarmed,
and their town over crowded with refugees from
the Indian country. They have implored me
to give them aid, and I have ventured to antici-
pate your excellency's orders by making a re
quisition on the colonel of the seventeenth regi
ment lor two companies, one of them the Beat
Company at West Point, the other captain
in tiie senate, and supposed to be jeopard- d by
the start which the distribution bill has got of
them. The Cherokee treaty requires five
millions six bund ed thousand dollars, and the
other one million six hundred thousand dollars,
making about seven millions and a quarter; a
sum loo large to be spared from the distribution
fund this summer—which is the summer pre.
ceding the presidential election—and, therefore,
G la ize’s company of cavalry, which wife I **'««"* yield to the distribution bill—
assembled with all possible speed at Wes. Point, I A da > s W,M P robabl >' dtC,de th ‘
and there await your orders. It it is found to confl,cl,n ^ rn f 1 asur ) es ’ afld s *! uW what u the s D“ ls
be necessary, I shall add to this fo.ee, and per- i V* Tt J are wdl todo ,n , d,V,dm S° l ll | the conte, ; S
haps establish on the dry line higher up; as yet i ° r the treasury, hi the meanwhile it may le
Itowevt r. I have heard of no hostile movements for 1 - ,e
in that quarter.” i after * a , Hm £ ™ RT ' -FOUR YEARS for tl e
| United States to comply with tlie compact tor
To the ^Editor of the Federal Union, from m extinguishingihe Indian title within her limits,
friend in the western part oj the State. has at last extended her jurisdiction over all tl e
Dear Sir—I have just reached home from country occupied by the Cherokees, laid it out
Alabama, and feel as though I had made a into counties, organized her judiciary, granted
fortunate escape, for while in the nation, the the land to her citizens, and fixed tue 25th day
Indians commenced hostilities. On Wednesday of November next for the dispossession of the
last, it set ms they killed and scalped Major Indians. Jf the treaty takes effect the Indians
William B. Flournoy, whose mangled body was are to have a longer time for removal; if not,
brought to the city of Columbus, and interred the dispossession is to begin then; and as con-
in the public burying ground on Saturday.— ! gross will not be in session at that time, what-
The body of Daniel Torrent had not been found, ever is to happen between the Georgians and