Macon Georgia telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1836-1844, June 23, 1836, Image 2

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I 4 CO N GEORGIA TELEGRAPH CHEEK 1VAR. From the Washington Globe. Extract from a let ter oj Gtn. Winfield Stott to the Adjutant General, :l tie.t “Head Quarters. Attar <if the South. Columbus,Geo., June 2. (836 “I have the honor to reportfor the information of the Secretary and Geueral-iu-Chief. that I ar rived hero three days ago, in company with his Excellency Governor Schley and Major General Jesup. "No eveut of import’*--'- : rts occurred in or a- bout the Creek con. «, in a week or two. A small party of the enermy crossed into Georgia the Jay before I arrived, murdered a few individ uals. and burnt some houses. “Until the troops are mustered into :ho service of tbo Uuited Slates, they are not under my com mand. This ceremouy commenced yesterday, and will proceed ns rapidly as possible. In the meantime, the Governor, whose owu military views are excellent, and who has the best possi ble disposition towards the Geneial Government aud its officers, makes me the compliment to con sult me ou nil points of importance. He has al ready taken measures- to guard tbo frontier of Georgia, above aud below this place, agaiust in cursions, and particularly to proveul parlies of the enemy from escaping across the river, in the direction of Florida- Additional measures shall be imtnedi itely adopted, to effect this great ob ject: first by the employment of a steamer, hour ly expected with a company ou board, and by pushiug some companies of mouuted meu, to points fifty aud sixty miles below. It is not thought here, that there is auy danger of the In dians attemptiug to cross the river lower down. miles above Fort Jones ou Thursday last. A I another i»caissiug supposed to ke killed* They boat foriy of the Gwinnett cavalry, under Capt. I were in tjie field at work; and one of them by Garmimy were stationed at the house of Mr. tbe name of Edwards, the other names not re- Shepherd. the halanoo of the company having been detailed for some other service. Capt G. in the forenoon of that day, had promised to Col Jernigan, who was then out ou a scouting party. collected. I have ulso just heard from Tuskegee, which is Head Quarters. Orderr were, 1 under stand, for tho army to have marched yesterday in quest of the Indians. Geu. Jestp stated that he to assist him in case he was attacked. At three I had reformation of fifteen hundred Teuuessceaus o’clock in the evening firiug was beard at a short distance, which was supposed to he an engage ment between the aforementioned scouting party and the Indiaus. Capt Garmony immediately set off on foot with bis forty men. who, nfter pro ceeding about half a mile, discovered several In dians, who retreated towards the branch to their maiu body, consisting of about 250. The whites advanced aud attacked them, when a Hattie of more thau two hours’ duration ensued. It was evident Horn the movements of the enemy, that their object ivas to out flank and surround the cotnmaud of Capt Garmony, who ordered n re- being on life march, who wero expected daily to join hint. There are about the same number of fricudly Indians at Tnlassce, also teadv to pro ceed, The forces of this county ordered out. a- j mounting to 3 or 400. aud beiug.one half of the men in it. are stationed for the pteseut at Fort Henderson and Fort Koss, just over the southern bouudary. Tbe excitetneut still keeps up, aud the alarm is as great or greater than it ever has been. Somo families are uow moving off-who have hitherto remained. The lowqr part of the couuty, particularly, is considerably thinned. If someiliiug is uot soon done to prevent it. there is treat back to tbe house. The Indians pressed j no teiliog to w hat extern the spirit of emigration upon bis tneu, keeping up a constant fire, which j may spread. Each dislikes to be on the frontier, was returned with tbe desperate cournge of those i I, however, do uot perceive cause for so great an who were determined to sell their lives as dear | alarm, except from the consequences of leaving as possible. Nothing could have exceeded the the couutry an easy prey to the Savage, whose brc.vcry of this little baud, who, though compel led to retreat, disputed every inch ul ground, and seut many a lawucy savage to his last account. Capt. G. whose uamo will lie remembered fot bis intrepid aud dauulless conduct, slew three of his mercile>s assailants after he bad reireated to the house- oue of them, after he himself had been shot dowu. His men too, uo less brave than him tc!f. kept up a constant fire upon their pur suers until tbe arrival of a reinforcement of a- bout twei ty meu from Fort Jones, who charged the Indians aud relieved for the time the exhaus- The strength cf the eucmv is variously esti i ^.troops that had fought the first hard battle - ted hv Well iofcimed persons, from 2.500 10 I ,h,s "'“forceineut bung however, too small to * contend with the overwhelming force of the ene mated ny wen iiiicimen persons 5100 Capt- Page thinks that there are at least 3000 hostile warriors. ••1 suppose there may have arrived ou this fron tier, .ibout 1,500 Georgians, mostly, 1 thiuk. vol unteers. As they are distributed over a line of more than forty miles outhc river, the Governor has not bceu aide, as yet, to obtain returns of the dotacbuients. lie expects as many more, and the companies almost daily arrive, but it is not expected that all will be up before the 12th, per haps (lie 15th instaut. "The Governor of Alabama will probably have iu the field about an equal number o/men Jly his letter ofthe 28th ultimo, a copy of which ^enclosed, it will be seen, that be thinks ha will be ready to march upon the enemy the 5ih iust. 1 doubt, however, whether lie has heeu able to secure subsistence for bis men, in advance, for eight or oven five days. On this side, there are no magazines. The troops have not suffered, hut the supplies have been rather precarious. Tins state of things must continue at least eight days longer, when tho one hundred thousand ra tions, aud other indispensable stores shipped Irom Picolata, St. , Augustm#. Savanuah, and Charleston, may begii to arrive from Macon and Hawkiusville, ontheOak.nulgee. by wagons, the supplies ordered from New Orleans canuot he expected before the 18th or 20th inst. Late, long and heavy rains in this quarter, have greatly injured the roads, bur improved the navigation of the rivers. “I ® nclo V 5 copies of my two letters to Governor Clay, and a copy of my instructions to Major General Jesup, who will probably set out to-mor row for Montgomery. He will require a goodcs cort to Tuskegoe, for miles, Beyond that point, the communication is understood to bo n-rlectlv free.” my, weie compelled to retreat, after fighting tfii to one, for almost half an hour. In these en gagements some twenty five or thirty Indians are said to have been killed. These who have siure visited the battle grouud, suppose,, fr^m the sign that was left, that the number slain was much greater. Whatever rumor may say of this tight, thore can be no questiou of one thiug, that every inan engaged in it did his duty, and fought with a cou rage rarely t quailed auu uever surpassed by iu- experieuced oldiers. Gwinnett and rite wart counties have a right to be ptoud of their sons, who. in the hour of trial, have uohly done aud nobly died. J. V. Tale, James II. Holland, t\ ai Simms, James M- Allen, Hubert T. Holland, Jas. C. Marlin, Henry \V. I’eden and Isaac Lacy, of the Gwinnett Cavalry, were killed, aud Captain Gitrmauy, .Mr. Alexander. Mr. Hunt and Mr. Stepp were wounded. Of the rcinlorcement from Fort Jones, Robert Billups, David Dell,, Esq. Mr. Irwin aud .Mr. Hunter were killed. The two volunteer compauies under Capts. Urquhart aud Evans, have bceu ordered back from fc'ort Twiggs to this place, and arrived on Saturday last. Whilst iu service below, they were cugngi-d in every arduous aud dangerous enterprise which the circumstances required, re pairing. at a moment's warning-, to the scene of supposed dangei, and fearlessly scouring the al most impenetrable swamps iu search of the eue- rny. If they met w.i h uo liidiaus. it was surely uo fault of theirs, for they went through places where -the sign that is found iu the hearts of brave men would have been apt to have fallen down to a i award s hiels. They have done well at home and abroad, aud will be remembered forit by town aud couutry. delight it is to plunder. S. J. McAlORRlS. Dr. Shepherd’s plantation, between a detachment of Georgia Volunteers, composed of a part of the Gryinuett company commanded by Capt. Garmauy, with a part of the Stewart company, uuder command of Capt. Ball aud Major Jerni- gau. and a party of Creek Indians, deemed it due to the character of the State and her brave sous, to obtain a correct statement of the facts connected with this unfortuuate though glorious achievement. For this purpose ho applied to Capt. Garmany. notv confined to bis bed by a wound received in tbe.battle, nud has obtained the following circumstantial account of the ren contre, which it is hoped will disabuse the public mind of the false impressions made by the vari ous slanderous repoits which have been circula ted to ilie prejudice of this small though gallant baud. Georgia may well be proud of such sous, and may rest assured that her hbuor will never suffer wlieu committed to tbe care of Georgia Volunteers, whose motto is “DO OR DIE.” By order of the Commander-in Chief OS SIAN GREGORY. Aid-ieCamp. From the Columbus Sentinel, June 17. THE CREEK WAR. We are still without news of a decisive charac ter from tho ludians. With the exception of the j three picket guards, four meu in each ; oue actiou between a party of about two hundred Iu Columbus, June 14th, IP36. His Excellency WM. SCHLEY: Gear Sir.—Ou Wednesday eveuiug, the 8th, my company was by order of Maj. Howard, sta tioned at Dr. Sheperd’s plantation, about four miles above Roauoke : that night I placed oyt dians and Caplaiu Garuiany’s Gwinnett Volun teers. we have nothing further of actual hostili ties which have come to our kimwledge. Capt. Garmauy's statement, with tbe Governor’s ad dress to the people of Georgia, will bo found iu another part of this paper. This action, though small, has beeu a most brilliant affair, aud reflects tbe higb.est honor on tbe courage aud couduet of those engaged in it. Thirty or forty of tho savage foe were slain, as many as were at auy one time engaged against them. We regret that elevcu of Georgia’s brave suus have fallen in the contest.\ A message, it is said, was recently forwarded to NeabrMicco from Geu. Woodward atTuskc- gee, saying to him iu. substaucp, that if he and bis men were frieudly to come iu to the whites, or otherwise he would he dealt with as hostile,—- picket two and a half miles from thccamp, where the Iudiaus were expected to cross; one picket oue nud a half miles, aud the third oue aitd a quarter miles from camp. My picket guards te uiaiucd at their po. s till about an hour by sun in the morning and returned. I had sixteen police guards outlhe same night, which were relieved every two hours. That night no Indians were seen by either of tbe guards. Next morning 1 received au order from Maj. Howard to send an officer and 20 men up to Fort McCreary, four miles up tbo river, to guard that place until 3 o’ clock when he wool*' scud auother co:npafty< down to take charge of the Fort, which had been vacated by the troops whose time of service had expired, which order was obeyed. As scon as these 20 men left, Col. Gibson and fouj of my inen weuttothe river, iu order that Col. Gibson would shew them all the places where the Indians led, but Col, Gibsou who has since visited the battle, ground, is clearly of the opinion tho num ber of the Indians killed, mpst have beeu much greater. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, HAMILTON GARMANY. Captain of the Gwinnett Mouuted Men. Those of the Stewart company whp fell in the battle were. David Dclk, Esq. Jared lrwiu, Esq. Capt- Robert Billups,'and a young man by name of llunicr. They were all gentlemen of the first standing. .Mr. Delk was a member of the bat, and occupied a very respectable station iu his pri.fessin. Mr. Irwin was Clerk of the Inferior Court of Stewart couuty. Their loss will be long regretted by the citizens of Stewart couuty and their numerous frientls. means necessary for carrying 0 „ the General Government, as th„ * War far .u most white inau in the country anil »!!! 0 * t ' 1 that a step of the kiud would lea ? ** tire destruction. Still we cou-ider’'° -1 gan’s men, four killed ahd three woundo.d- Of my men dead, Ensign Lacy, Orderly Serg’i. Jas. C. Martin, Jas. II. Holland. Robert T. Hol land, Jas- M. Allen, YVtn. AI. Sims, (by exhaus tion) J. A. V. Tate, aud 4. W. Peden. Woun ded, Captain Garmauy, John It. Alexander, every County, in the Cherokee ^ rBae »i, . Thomas W. Hunt and Wm. Stapp. I thought l ,are hself for auy and every e 0ui >ty, to^ these were from twenty-five to thirty Indians kil- might occur. u ‘ er geccy |l.. every County, in the Cherok. From, the Athens Whig, r,,„ „ Injustice to Mr. Taylor, we la»Ur ' ders the folfotying letter, and will , e0Sr *s I that if our correspondent misreDre° Dy re, »»rt I arose front the circumstance of his l leti *Sr| misinformed: as he is a genUe*,,^ U acter for veracity is above Suspici“ ° c kv ' ■ 1 Mr. J. W. Jones— * 18$ That upon receiving the message, the old chief j would lie Ijkely to cross, he bring well acquaiu- Sir—I Boticed in your last nnmi. Whig, a letter from a highly re,^^ *f ife mini of Gainesville as you call him Dick Taylor & Sou had passed vilie on their return home from Wash;*? '* , *i dissatisged with the Treaty, au d Taylor repeatedly said there wouhn ' 0Jc ; shed. 11 is uot to be wondered at that v ^ pie are becomiug alarmed when , )e .’“ c I**, such mistakes as your Gainesville f - * r ' le his letter respecting Dick Taylor and Son" ^ Taylor never was in Gainesville but,, • ^ his life, which was about eighteen niom'h It is true I came through Gainesville a ’ S , 5 \ 0 '** were several gentlemen very inq u j s i.j v “ l “ (, « suppose their object was to ranrepowJ* [ should say to item, I was asked whether *° ai * believed there would be blood shed I ° ril<11 * ly replied that 1 believed that the VnlfTf nation would have been better satUei ifi> had made the treaty, but in as much ai j. From the Cotumhus Euquirer. June 16 THE CREEK WAR. It vrould be impossible to find space, if we •wore disposed to record them, for the number less reports which originate in tbe prcsciii txci ted state of public feeling. Many of them hav- ing in truth no foundation, seem tegniu cr. dene.- from their absolute, absurdity: whilst others, .ba ving .something of a beginning, increase as they lly. and swell so far beyond their proper o'imcu- *i'us, as scarcely to be recognized by their ori ginators. At a time like this, there counoi be too much caution, either iu relating or believing the thousand and one marvelous stories with which the public ear is daily filled. Hitherto, we have endeavored to ascertain ns correctly as possible, the truth of the various transactions connected with tho present war. and relate them without partiality or prejudice, fear, favor or affection — 1 his course we shall still pursue, believing that our readers will prefer what facts we can gather, to the enmities* rumor* that float in every breeze. In our last, we spoke of the number of Troops which had, up to that lime, rolled like the mov ing ocean, wave after wave, to tho banks of the Chattahoochee. Since then, at least a dozen beautiful companies have arrived and joined thuir patriot brothers ou the tented field. Nothing is now wanting but arms and provisions. These are on the way and hourly expected. A few more days, and as fiae an army as Georgia, or a- ny oilier State, ever sent iuso the battle field. • . . . - • r , r will march in quest of the foe. May victory "? v °<ted cru.se, confirm rhe facts as stated by perch upon the banner, of ,he brave,^nd 0 ? r j ^ '"JMitfic-uo. of CapiLtoyd. 5«eenemVZt r T e hlII^ ry ? ,en £°*V° " I l‘t Lieut of the Fauci,e Volun.ters. vago enemy, tuJiz tne blood of raurrleresl women , irwrpii i«r c i YF<n>h and children, will uot sink into tbe ea.th rn.heed- »1 li. SANFOKI), cd and uiirrveuged. Ou the arrival of the steam boat Metamora, on yesterday, from a cruise down and up the river, uuder my command, with the “Fauchc Volun teers,” of the county of tireene, aud a detach ment from the ludepeudeut Artillery coinpauv, of the ciiy of Columbus, i understood rumors were iu circulation, that when the boat on her pas sage down was attacked ou the Uchee Shoals, bv tbe Indians, from both sides of tbe river, which rumor, in part, i understood to bo, that John R. Lloyd, Captain of the boat refused to rouud to. when w o were attacked, (aud other reports wnich need uot he noticed,) though ordered so to do Now . in justification of Capt. Lloyd, I feel it my duty instate the facts. Uhen the attack com menced. I iuimediotely ordered the boat to round to—to which Capt. Lloyd of the boat replied, im possible, as she »as then in the shoals, nud if rounded to, would bo lost, or words to that effect: bi t Le immcaiateJy caused the.engine to be stop ped ami let the boat drift, and in my view, done ail that he could do to comply with ray orders. I am perfectly satisfied on a review, that the boat could uot be founded to—I take great pleasure in stating that Capt Lloyd, during the whole cruise, acted with the greatest firmness and iutre- pidilj. aud done all that was expected of him, to pr„moin the objects of tile cruise. WM. C. DAWSON, Capt. Ciiinuibhding. W’c, the undersigned Officers, under the coin inond of Capt. Wm. C. Dawson, during the a- madeau attempt to carry his party as desired, but cauld not get more than about three hundred to join him, the remainder, (about five hundred,) determined to fight. It is further said that Nenh- Micco finding his party so generally hostile be came apprehensive for his personal safety, aud fiually slipped away from them duriug the night, with a few friends, aud made his escape to Tus- kegee. where he is ntnv withy iu all, about one hundred of his people. Previous to Neah-.Micco's aflight the hostile ludians killed bis cattle, and sbiuw’ed other deiuoustratious to convince him that his persoual; safety was incompatible with bis remaining among them. The rumors in regard to the conduct of Neah-.Micco have been very cutrad ictoiy (as p’robably his course has beeu, so he is quite an old man.) end we do not vouch for the eutire correctness of the above though we can state that we have received it from a source entiled to full credence. About thirty men and as ninuy women and children, w ho are frieudly, from Neah-Micco’s camp, have come iu to the friendly Indianscucamped opposite this city.— Others have goue to Fort Mitchell, and others, it is said, to Chambers county. They were ob liged to go off from thehostiles clandestinely, and consequently in small squads without concert of action. Old Neah-Micco’s camp has consequently been broke iip, and the hostile Indiaus are concentra ted with their places of crossing. After scouting up aud dowu the river, they returned about 10 o’clock without having seeu any Indians, about that time Major Jernigan, w ith about 25 men, came to ourcuuip, and about 12 o’clock he left on a scouting party ou the river, aud wheu we separated he told me if I should hear him iu an engagement, to come to his assistance. That being the first day from the time we entered the service, wo b id bad that opportunity| of wash ing our clothes, I recommended to my men for some of them to wash their shirts, as they were very dirty, having left our clothes at Fori Inger- sol when we were ordered dowu the river on the Saturday previous, with an expectation of re turning iu two days to get our clothing. The men had finished their washing and hung their clothes out to dry, and just eating their dinner. Between 2 au<! 3 o’clock. I heard firing com mence about half a mile from whore we were; supposing that Major Jenigau and his tneu had been attacked, 1 ordered my men to parade im mediately, and leave their diuner. We left our horses and all our clothes, and indeed every thing we had except tho clothes we had on, and several of the mcii_had no shirts on, aud we re paired immediately to the firing, leaving oue inau iu the house to take care of our things. After we marched half a mile, and found the Indiaus prepared for battle, we tnado tile attack. I di- THE CREEKS. The recent excitement so prevalent on account of the depredatious committed ou the settlers of the new counties, by a portion of the Euchees and Creeks Eastof ih ; Tallapoosa river, appears to have greatly abated—Col. Young, of Talla- poostr Co. commanding a Company of Volunteers composed of about au equal number of Whites »nd frieudly Indiaus, arrived here last Sunday tnoroing ou their way to .Montgomery Jail with Five of the hostile warriors charged with the murderand robbery lately committed at Henry Catling’s Store—next morning they proceeded . „ ou, after having received anothor prisoner at this uia<le and ratified by the Senate, tve tun],). place by the Dame of Win. Earle, wh° beeu *° ‘1° the best we could with it, ami that I (w;'* previously arrested, tried aud found guilty upuu v, ( * *h :lt “ oss ta ^ e a proper and charges preferred against him, of aiding, abetting course in the matter, and would use his inliae/ iu aud bciug otherwise allied to the hostile par- ! to prevent his people against any thing bkeU ty. . > | tilities. I hopo you will do tne the in,:;,,.. We learn that Col. Ytyung and his little mixed ■ sert the above, band was warmly received at Montgomery, aud that haudsotne presents were made to in-'.uy of tbo ludians as a tribute of respect for .heir gal lant couduct. We also learn that about 50 ot the hostile tribe, consisting of men, women aud chil dren have lately been captured aud are now at Tallassee. From the fact of a strong military lorco having been ordered to ibe relief of the set tlers, we lufer that further hostilities will be en tirely suppressed whithiu the borders of the Creek Naiiun. • ou uiu sne justice to young Taylor. THE CHEROKEE INDIANS. We have been favored with the perusal of letter from a highly respectable young m ;n r J inerly of ibis place, dated Chattooga, (WaV County,) June 1st, 18-6; in which he state, T. an excitement in relation' l«i the hostility Ch«rokees, prevails iu that section of the Staj e and that a Company of Volunteers had med, consisting of fifty men. whose duty i: sh,i ; ,;j be to examine the County thoron-lily, urnUstn. Capt. Bryaul who was despatched from this j * a, . u ’ if possible, whcihertho Lberokees deap place ou Monday the 15th uit. with a Company , «L»i:iJ5 any tniscfiiei or not. Me wouldih-tnkour of mounted men, to scour the country between ) f rie,, “ s quarter, for auy informationcoa- this place aud the Chattahoochee lias returned, j ceru ' u K future movements of these people. Ou his arrival at Tuskegee tho Company were j Covington Hearll joined by a numberof Volunteers from the neigh- j **7* boring counties, and by Opothlahola, Tusten- j Caswilm, Jut* I) iiugga, Yaria. Tuckabatchee Kiug. Hitcher Kur-1 " e understand that two Imiiausv.ere Ulle.ii;, uels, Clock Hajo aud Big I'otatoe! Indian Chiefs I’auMitiK cmnity, some lime last week. Th« aud their men. A number of prisoners of tlu- hostije party were taken, aud seut to .Montgom ery. The Company fouud the couutry devas tated. property destroyed, houses burnt and the settlers dispersed. Capt. Bryan is of opinion that 110 daugar need he nppreh»uded except from a few positions of tho liestil.<s parr, and that the settlers arc uow iu a situation iu a good measure, to protect themselves against further depredatious—Wetumka Argus. were shot by the owners iu au attempt to «ci| aud drive oil'their cattle. ting on the Ilatchachubco under Eueab-Matlila, 1 reeled my meu to reserve their lire until they Tho escort whirh accompanied Gen. Jesup to Tuskegee, returned on Saturday last. It was an expedition full of danger, in as much as the gallant hand passed immediately through the thickest of the hostilcs. In auother column it will be soon that Gen. Jesup has done merited justice in his general order, to the firm and fear less conduct of tho officers and men who flinched not, blit faced tho reported danger with a cour age as undaunted as his own. On Thursday last, a detachment consisting of tho Fauche Volunteers from Greene, and ih<- In dependent Artillery of this place, under com maud of Capt \V. C. Daw>on, was ordered to make a rruise up and dowu tho river, ou board the steamboat Metamora, for the purpose of pre Ensign of F. V. ALLEN LWVIION, 1st Lt. Columbus Independent Art'y- ASA BATES. June 14 1836* Col G6th Reg’t. G. M. I.aFayette, Chambers eo. Ala. June 7. Messrs. Editors- &mcc my former couiminii catiou.oue half of this couuty havo agaiu beeu called into service. That communication should have beeu dated the 29lli uit. instead of the 26lh, and it should have boon stated that Mr. Buriium went down to bury Davis’s family instead oft’apt Seals. With pleasure I do that gentleman the justice to correct the mistake, which was entirely accidental. You have 110 doubt, before this, heard of the cscapo of the prisoners, consisting of venting the Indians from crossing {o the Georgia j 15 Lidians and two whito men. fiom Mout- side. In a few hour, Capt Dawson with his com- « 0,ne 7 Ja ' j T f 1 '* ,ast week ’ f ftun ‘ la y maud went ou hoard the boat, and forthwith dc I 8 ® mo I'ldmu* * a ! e " ,fof,na "0" <0 Col. •ceded tho river. They had proceeded to the | ? ,0 , r 8; ,U i* U I p P? Se ? to Uchee Shoals, when tho Indians commenced a j 1“ ,h ® "bteh had craped,) who had taken quick and rapid fire, from both sides of the river,! r cfl! b® "in house about five miles this side of lal- whicli was returned with spirit bv tho detach-[ a * ce j '°L Morgan, with two or three other*, went under Capt D. No .njnry'wat sustained t «8 el,,er ' v " h fneodly Indians, tmmedi- •U'tdo part of the whilbs, butfrom the balls pea a,e| y P ursu,lnf "hen he arrived etrnting and in some instances passing through the fortification, some of them must have nnroi- ly escaped. Five Indians and a negro that was with them, were seeu to fall, aud were supposed to have been killed. When the firing copimenced. Cnpt Dawson, wo understand, ordered the boat to round to, which, at tbe moment, was impracticable, she bc- ing ht jibe the time, running down through the slionls: So soon as tho boat could bo turned, it •was done, and sho ascended the river slowly, when the firing on both sides was renewed.. Af ter this engagement. Capt Dawson continued bis crui-o doivu aud landed, and in conjunction with the forces stationed at Fort Jones, buried the re mains of those bravo meu, belonging to Capts. Garmany and Ball’s companies, who had previ ously fallen in their desperate engagement with the Indians, Tho Metamora returned on Mon day, bringii.g the wounded belonging to tbe Gwiu- ..giett company. It is unnecessary for its to say any thing of the officers and soldiers belonging to this expedition. We all know* Dr. Hoxey’s nr lillery moo, and if Dawson’s boys wont fignt, ' *r ‘1° very well to fool the world with-— 1 ho Maiamura left yesterday ou an expedition. fine of the most serious and desperate engage ments that has happened since the commeucq- 'Wen) vf- tbo present wat, took place qbout three there they had all fled, except 3 or perhaps 4. Those had guns with them, which they thrust through the cracks of the house and shot two meu, oue a friendly Indian, and tho other a white m.-|it from Tallasee, by the name of Roberts or Robert sou. Col Morgan had his horse shot under bun. Fire wm then set to the houses, wheu one Indian. in eudeavoring to ni;.ke his escape, was shot. The others-were burnt up in the house. Broad is now undergoing an ex-miiiiation, and no doubt but he will be committed. June 12. I have just seen persons from Fort Henderson, who report that nothing of importance has occur red in that vicinity latterly. Fort Henderson is situated 22 miles below this, n little w est of south, on the borders of tho couuty, and in tbe neigb- hordund of Lttchnpoga towu. which was destroy ed some 3 or 4 weeks ago. by the volunteers of Troup aud Chambers. A considerable quautity of plunder was brought in tbe other day to the Fort, by the friendly Indians, which had been taken by the hosliles qtnJ left. Their never ha- viug returned tp remove it, shows how complete- .ly they have been frightened off’, ami. the good ef fected by energetic measures indbc outset. The probability is that they, have not set foot in that town since: still, only teu or twelve miles east of that, and only eighteen or twenty miles below this, two mcS were killed <tn Thnrsday last, and supposed now to he from one thousand to fif:eeu hundred stioug. They are uo doubt preparing either to give tbe troops vigorous battle when they are marched against them, or make a de monstration upon this or some other place on tho Chattahoochee. A gentleman, arrived ou Tuesday .evening from Lumpkin, in Stewart county aud who is well acquainted with the Indian character, states that he saw several tracesof Indians on the road, pas sing from the river into the interior of Georgia.— He supposes they arc parties.ofJim Henry’s gang of robbers making their way with their uegrocs and other booty to Florida. The Steamer Metamora. with Capt Dawson’s command of I’ouche volunteers, which started on Thutsday week upon a cruize of observation dowu the river, returned on Mouday, They met with nothing of moment iu their excursion, it we except the little affair at (Jen. Watson’s plan tation, aud a visit to Captains Garmany aud Jernigan’s battle grouud. where they buried all of the brave fellows who bad fallen that they could find. The steamer Reindeer took her departure on Sunday morning, with the Twiggs aud Jones COtintj" trtmywi o«» Imw ill. I -rflM fr~ •*•—•• «W far as *rwintou. We have not heard from her since her departure. The Metamora left again on Wednesday, with Captain Dawson’s company, a part of Captain Hoxey’s artillery company, and two companies of Col. Ilardiman’s rcg’inent, who lias been or dered with his command to rciuforce Geu. Lowe on the Georgia side of the river below this place. The balance of Col. Hardimnu’s regiment de parted 011 the same day from this city by land. Since our last the Warren Riflemen, upwa/ds of a hundred strong, and two other compauies, whose names wo have not hcaid, have arrived aud beeu mustered into service. Two compauies of U. S. Infantry have also arrived since oar last, am! marched to Ft. Mitch ell. Gen Fenwick, with six companies of U. S. artillery, arrived yesterday, and Col. Henderson, with three hundred mariues, is expected iu all next week. The remainder of the arpis a,,, l ammunition will be hero shortly, wheu it is expected that tho array will forthwith be marched into the heart of the nation, and commence active offensive oper ations against the enemy. Tho Alabama troops, it is said, refuse to .he mustered iuto the service of the Uuited .States; claim the Indian war as au affair of their owu. and are determined to fijglit uuder the state ban- Eight hundred Hoops, it is further said. have already entered the nation from Irwiutou, and others are expected to leave shortly from Tuskegee, uuder the command of Gen. i'at- tersou. \s the Anna Calhoun, which arrived hero on Wednesday morning, was passing tho mouth of the Hatcheehubbee or High Log creek, a mail from the Alabama shore informed them that the Alabama troops, under Geu Moore, find a g'-u- eral aud sevore engagement with the Indians uu- der Encah-Maipiila that morniug, aud that he (the itiformaiit.) left them still fighting. We give this as wo received .it, without vouching for its authenticity. A Ic.v days will confirm or dissi pate the report.. • Gov. Schley and Geu. #5cott still have their head-quarters in Columbus, and Hanford has his at Camp Georgia, where tbe Georgia troops tire stationed, three miles below Columbus on the Alabama side. Col. Williamson, of Newton, has bceu elected Celouel of the third Regiment of tho Georgia troops, would be sure to make an effective fire: When iu about one hundred yards, I directed the men to fire; a number of Indiaus fell: I am certain 6 or 7—they were carried back, and tile Indiaus retreated till they came to their commander, who was on horseback, and formed the line: we then gave them auother fire, which they returned my company rheu stood firm until they fired four, rounds, the Indians keepiug up a regular fire.— They again retreated until they reached the>r commander. Every time they retreated they reinforced to the number, 1 think, of at least 250 Indians; aud aslougns I could keep them in front, they were repulsed every time. But they became so numerous, ami my company.cousis- tmg of only 42 men in line at the time, the eue- iiiy began to flank us. • found it necessary to order my men to retreat and fire on tho retreat, which we did; directing half my men to face to the right and the other to the loft, aud fire upon their flanks, to keep them . from surrounding us. Aftei having retreated and firing iu this way a- hout half a mile, we. reached a small field, r.ud used the fence as a breastwork, until wo fired two rounds By this time the enemy hail suc ceeded hi diyiditit: our >»■>- "" *1’° reft Hank, myself and about tea men succeeded in getting possession o f tile yard ; at the time I entered the gate, the enemy had succeeded in getting into the opposite side of the yard, but tve succeeded and drove them from their position.— They then fled to the gin house, aud we took a position aud watched an opportunity to shoot as they passed around the houses. I directed my men not to fire until they could be certain to kill. They obeyed my orders. 1 took a position be- hiud two trees, so’situated that they could not see me. and from that place I am certain l killed an Indian who was attemptiug to get one of our horses over the fetice. When lie.fell auother at tempted to get the same horse, nud before he suc ceeded in gtttiug the horse. I shot him and he fell within three feet of the other. I the" levied again, and just at that moment three other Indi dians passed round the cot ucr of a small house forty yards from us. T wo of niy men shot, which stopned two ; and tile other sltr.t me through the thigh, which caused me to fall. Thu Indian drew his knife and made towards me. I raised up and shot him and lie fell. At the time 1 fell Mostgomkr?, Jane 6. Major Gen. A. Patterson and his Staff - , arrived in this towu on Saturday last, and ou Sunday left for the seat of war. We understand that iu the course of the present week, active operations will be commenced against the hostile Indians, and kept up tliereafter un til the contest is terminated.^ We have no intelligence from the nation of import ance. Every tiling is at ease, awaiting reinforcements. The Indians have ceased their depredations, and are said to be embodied for the purpose of giving battle to the whites. Troops are daily arriving at this place, and in a short period of time die full force ordered ont by the Executive will be in the field. Two thousand muskets and several field pieces have aiso beeu brought front the arsenal at .Mount Vernon, and are now ready for use.—Adcertiser. THE CIIEROKEES. From the Winners' Recorder June., II The Chcrohces. Through! the whole country, through which we passed in our late excursions in Colu inbus nud other places, much excitement uti.l specula tion, its might very uuturally be expected from the preseut Creek disturbances, seems to be »- float with regard to the probable altitude the Cherokee ludians will assume in relation to the Creeli tyar. Already the couutry, a distance, is rife tvith the appufiug stories of ail indiscriminate Uutctiery of families; and ffestructiou of property iiy the Cherokees A letter writer from Gaines ville. in the Southern Whig of the 4th iust. says, —“Dick I’aylor aud sun, reached there on Tues day night.from Washington ci’y, much dissatis fied with the ratification of Hie Treaty, and young Taylor repeatedly said there would be blood shed. That the people are becoming alarmed in many places, anti particularly about ttaliloliucga, —aud that Allen Ai ithetvs arrived there the eve Nkwnax, June 16. Express after express is passing from tints’:- lion to the Governor, the people throughout that country are In an extreme sb.tt* of inquietude Hud alarm. Mauy families have removal, aud arc removing The Recorder aud 8py published at Daiohncgn, Lumpkin county, states that even as far tip as that, the people are under great cxtitc- ment—a person from .Murray couuty states tint there are. aud have been for sonic tiiuefiOli Cmk Indians encamped iu that county 011 nltat bai ted the Bail-piny ground; an : that a family it7 p-rsons Were lately murdcredvbv the Clierokws. The Governor 1ms required 500 men from Maj. G -n. Hemphill's .Division, ami a draft of every other man from the division of Wilkes, Elinrt. Liu'coin, &c. to iioid t’lieneHves i 1 readiness;t a minutes warning. XhaMheSetttinoles,Cret-L atm Cherokees have an midw.stauiHng, and arc , closely connected there is no doubt; ami even thing 111 iJtis quarter portends a lupg and idtnsb Indian war. . «• '.. * Another express—Mr. T. Johnson of Winot- C j. has gone express to the Governor, givtcg au account of the Cilorokces having burned a hints: and destroyed the whole family, in Waiker. a few days since. VI e may look out for 1ml '' ,Ik before the leaves faII — Puttauium. FLORIDA WAR From the St. Augustine Herald. Jim: l- Tue-K.01.1-KY.—'ibis is an ludii'.n timn, liio residence of it well known ellief of tho uamr ct I'hiiip and of h:-s tribe. The distauce fruni Augustine to it is ov -r 100 miles, iu nearly ns**" 1 direction, hearing a little west, but by the im* 5- aide route near 150 miles. Frt-m S>pritig-Gar- den it is uear 80 miles, aud to Pilakiknha. ttl&c lies west, it is about tlic same distance. I’lW formerly resided at the Wakahoivia tuim. ni 11 ^ lies about lour miles west of the Ht. -Johns, who* thu Indian trail to Topkoliky crosses jr, but L-' some years he lias resided at rhe latter nlare- We tire told that at Topkoliky there is a k.rr Lake, in which are several islamls, upon site h ( ‘ gest-of which Philip has establfthed It is !«•“• and that this island is surrounded hv water, w deep that it cannot be forded except in one pi.™ - * mug before with his family, auo said several I and that it cuutiot be approached from :iuypuiut other families spoke of coming in.”—If the li t- | without a discovery. Here, it is said Philip >,!0 " ter writer of the Whig, hail consulted Mr. Math-j residing with his women, children, old ii.cti- a ,; ■ ews, or the people about Dahlofiuga,. instead of] negroes, a leudiug to thcculuvationofiheirctflp, an immagiiiaiiou rendered frenzied Irom a repo | whilst his warriors are marauding about tiie tjtinn of blood sited by young 'Taylor, he would have been iuforined of the true cause of bis remo val at that time, aud the ’rue state of Marm a- Inm: Dahloliuega. It is well kiiowti here that be contemplated removing to that place as long ago as last November, and that it was only.dely- ed until uow, from circumstances beyond his con trol- No one here ever dreamed that Mr. Math ews removed to Gainesville for protection, from anticipated Indiaus hostilities; and we now state it produced a panic amongst those of my men I for the purpose of allaying the fears of a letter who were present; and they cried out our.captian is dead. 1 called to them I was not dead, hut to fight on. After killing the Indian after I was w'otmd.ed, I drew ;ny pocknt pistol, „determined still to defend myself, and called to my men to turn the horses out of the lot; which they did.— All of my men that were near continued to fight. During all this lime my meu, who were on the other ffank of the enemy, continued to fight with vigor anil energy. Just at this moment. Major Jernigan, of Stew art county, who was at Fort Jones, three miles below the battle grouud, arrived tvirli it small de tachment of men, uot exceeding thirty, ami char ged upon the ludians, which diverted them from us and enabled me to make my escape. One of my meu seeing I was wounded, brought tne a horse, took me up behind him. and carried me to I'ort Joinis : and all the meu attempted their es cape iu the best way {hoy could. About this time my met; wfco -had ben sent to Fort McCreary, and hud heard the firing, came and charged through tho ranks of the euetiiy; but they were too late to render much assistance. Four of my compatiy had been left sick at Fort Ittgersoll, and two others to wait on them, a uit two or three of my company hnd gone to the shop to get their horses shod. 'These things accouut for the few men I had iu the action. country. Tho lake shore-is .-urroiimicil !>y hammocks am! Indian settlements. if Philips’baud is hero, it is desirable that 1 should be dislodged atid nuni.-hed. lie It -' 1 " 1 more injury to the property of tbe inliabiiao-'* than all the Iudi»ti$t'dl tho Ti rritiuy, i» o' 1 ' P rt ( sent conflict; and it seemed to us strange 1 great an enemy should have been left sol«t’S u * disturbed, when there was a force at knuit siM cient to have broken him up. But this *' s ara<,lle ' the mishaps ol the laid campaign. , There exists various opiuiors of the slre ^" of Philip's party. It has been ciininw"** ’ low as 250 warriors, t ml as liigb asoOO, 1 is evident that it is from 350 ’o4W) ^triittg- c - si,ve of negroes; and that tbo mlvsii'.nge « writer, that the people, particularly about Hab- lolieuega, did not then, nor do they now, appre hend the least danger from Cherokee hostilities. But young Taylor, on ludians, repeatedly said “blood would be shed I” “Raw head and bloody bones!!” But was that alllie said on that oc- „„ e ._ casiott ? No He further stated “there- would i an equal force to attac.. him i 1 his t« wn * l ' U 5;,j c; be ti McIntosh ease.” .Meaning as any oue, ex- | ought to 5)0 done with as little delay : s F' 5 cept it frighted Fallstaff, would readily perceive, that John Ridge, the leader of tho Treaty party would be assassinated by some ouu of its np- piiuants. This is the long and short o^thc Gai- ou that oc- j tion are so great, that it will require iu<l ;' u!l | 1 ; j sum iiy l‘ aV# I . .... , , , ... 1 “ ,C “ “0-0 1 OUU IU IIIU <11. HUH* Maj. Geu. Bailey, who^ commanded at West Now sir let me say to yojur Excellency, that Point, has resigned, andGeti. Wood, of Coweta, has beeu appointed to the cotnmaud of thu troops io that quarter. Heap Quaaters. Georgia. Columbus, 15th June, 1836< ( ORDER. Tho Commander-in-chief having heard various And eerUracHctory ropprtsof the battle fought at none thought to bo 11 dagerous—of 5L£or Jorui- those of my company who had an opportunity iu the engagement, acted with grent bravery and firmness. Every man of them stood firm . until ordered to retreat and I cannot conclude this communication without licariug testimony to tho courage and bravery of Major Jernigan and his meq, who cj)uie to our assistance. In my com pany we have lost seven killed and fottr wounded ucsvitle panic, ami the threatened Cherokee war. It is true, the Cherokees aro in a restless con dition. but not more so than they havo heeu since Georgia first extended her laws over them. And it is also ti un that very many of them are bitter ly opposed to tho Treaty. Yet the idea, that there will be extensive hostilities committed by these people upon our citizens, we consider wiio- lly groundless and without reason. If any mis chief is committed by them, it is our full convic tion, tt will he nmoug themselves alone. The provisioucs of the late Treaty nro so very liberal, that we cannot re9i>nahly anticipate any more hosliles from them for the uext two years, than we have seeu since our citizens first settled among them. Wheu the time arrives for their removal, the Government may then have a difficulty of some kiud or other with them. They have long since, even the most uncivilized among them, ahaudoned every thought of a ivnr with a Gov ernment, and are now in a state of desperate n- larui. and say the white people have become hos tile towards them, aud that they fear an exter minating w ar has been declared against them by tho whites. And besides they are as sensible of their weakness and eutire destitution of every for until this is done, svo shall cutis their scouting parties to disturb us. . . There is a tradition amongst tho * 1,118 L.*.jge,l when the Spaniards visited Florida, they ‘ ‘ themselves at 'Topkoliky; from ^ stance they have given it that name—'' said that the Islands in the lake shew ifi'^y BOt vidonces of ancient breastworks. It c ° . . jj 1( . have been Paniphilo de Narvaez who lin ' r - r , m country in ' 1328,'^oi his course f J oro ,L P i , # d Santo, pas north, through fields ot m j, villages filled with provisions,! a » (l ' '®.“ inJ5 , -solitudes, deserts, thickets, forests • ' and frequently crossing rapid streams ' ' M way to a country called Apalachee. « , UU( j. reputed to he extremely lertilc ate ing in gold. . Esviril* Hernando de Soto, who arrived a> Santo, in 15711), pursued a north easier ) . tf . which course riius: have brought hint U P° rjr jj likn « heretic probably may have ren, , al <s iDg days to recruit, after the difficult aut ^ a . march through swamps, over as it gainst an opposing enemy, which aui j D does now. The Indians were se 01 nD9t ai»l force, but invariably retired to the sw in small parties hung upun his flanks. k vi ed him in his progress ; sometimes m ‘ r w goroos onset and then retiring, t' 0 111 t seeu for sonic days. . Norr. TopJcoiibfi is the town of -