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From the Savannah Georgia*.
LATEST FROM FLORIDA.
The steam packet Florida, Captain
Hebbard, arrived yesterday morning
from Pieolata/Ta JacksonvilleJrcighted
with tiie gallant corps ofCapt. Robert
son, and Capt. Bones, from Augusta,
whom, officers and men, we welcome
back to their native State, after the
perilous campaign they have encoun
tered. Their conduct, and that of all
the brave volunteers who*sacrificed
their comforts at home for the perils
of the camp, must ever be a source of
the most unmixed gratification to those
w hose names are more than ever identi
fied w ith the country from whose bosom
they have sprung. We regret that
these gallant men returned so much
earlier than was expected, thereby de
priving our citizens of the opportunity
of making sum? preparation for their
reception.
Messrs. Andrew Low, jr..Wm. D. I
Berrien, Edward Purse, and Wm. Reed I
of this city, returned with the Rich
mond Blues.
Major Pemberton, senior Editor of
the Augusta Chronicle, was also a
passengei in the Florida., Hereturned
from Fort Drane, via Jacksonville,hav
ing been with the Army on the route
to Tainpa, and back to Fort Drane.
To bis politeness we are indebted for
the following information, in addition
to that contained in the extra of the
Jacksonville Courier.
One of Ihe divisions of the Army
under Gen. Clinch, left Tampa on the !
14th ult., for Fort Drane. Having;
proceeded three days on their march,'
they arrived within four miles of Fort!
Cooper, where Major Cooper had been
left with his battalion from Georgia.
Gen. Clinch encamped and detached
the two companies of mounted meu
frSm Jefferson and Washington coun
ties, under the command of Capt.
M done, of the Washington corps, with
wagons to rl ijor Copper, aad instruc
tion to join him. When this detach
ment had proceeded about two or 3
jniles, they were fired upon by the In
dian?, stationed in a hammock near the
road, and Mr. Howard and Cornet
Dawson,of the Washington troop,were
wounded. Mr. Howard received three
wounds, but is in a fairway of recovery.
Cornet D. received a wound (not dan
gerous) in the leg. The Indians re
treated before the fire of Capt. Malone’s
men, and Capt. M., on informing Gen.
Clinch, received a reinforcement of a
corps of infantry,who scoured the ham
mock, but without discovering the In
dians. This was on the 18th ult. The
detachment proceeded toFort Cooper
without further molestation. There
they learned that a considerable body
of Indiana had attacked the encamp
ment of Major C. on the third or fourth
day after Gen. Scott’s command left
them, but they were successfully re
pulsed by the brave Georgians. The
Indians refiewed their attack upon
Major Cooper for thirteen successive
days, but with no better success, than
unfortunately killing Mr. Zadoch Cook
of the Morgan Guards, commanded by
Capt. N. G. Foster.
After the junction of Major C. with
Gen. Clinch,the latter returned about
two miles to take an Indian trail, and
after proceeding a day or two without
meeting any Indians, heard the cannon
of Col. Lindsay, fired at 10 o’clock, A.
M. as a signal. They reached Col. L’s.
camp before evening. He was en
camped on the. great Ouithlacoochee
—had been suffering, as well as sever
atof his men, from sickness, but was
recovering. Col. L. stated that he
left Tampa on the 14th ult., and was
attacked by a party of Indians while
crossing the Hillsboro’ riv,ei w -and had
one of his men unfortunately killed,
Mr. James Branham; of the Alabama
Volunteers, asonofDr. Ilenry Bran
ham, of Putnam county in this State, a
young volunteer,whose loss was sincere
ly regretted.
Gen. Clinrh’sjdi vision havingseparat
fd from Col. Linsay’s, (latter intending
to return to Tampa,) proceeded on tbeir
way tv Fort King. On their march,
before reaching Fort Kmg, one of the
mounted Rankers,Mr. Bostick,of Jeffer
son troop, Was fired upon by Indians,
and wounded, though not severely
His horse was, however, s« badly
Wounded a? to dif?shorjy after. Ihe
Indians, although fir«J upon,escaped.
This division reached I ort King with
out any other incidents, except passing
over the interesting battle ground of
' Major Dalle, and falling in with, at
two different times, near two hundred
head of cattle and three p'voies with
halters. They arrived at Fort King
on the 25th, where they learned that
the Indians had made prisoners of two
friendly squaws who were washing
about one hundred yards from the
Fort. One js the wife of Indian BiUy,
who, with his son, was w ith oar arm
at the time.
At Fort King they first learned that
Fort Drane had been attacked, dnd
some negroes & several horses captur
ed, while outside the Fort. Major
Cooper’s battalion was left at Fort
Drane on the 27th ult., and expected
soon to be discharged. The mounted
men from Georgia had been discharged
as also the Augusta Volunteers. Gen.
Scott has,we learn from another source
reached Picolata, via Volusia, to which
latter place he accompanied Gen.
Eustis. Thus, it seems has ended this
unfortunate compaign, and the Red
man stalks unpunished over the graves
of Dade and his martyred associates.
Col. Mclntosh’s cotton house in the
vicinity of Fort Drane,- was burnt to
the ground onthe night of the 25th ult.
and about sixty bales of cotton therein
consumed.
Several officers of the army were
passengers in the Florida. Some have
proceeded on in the Seabrook for the
North, via Charleston.
We sympathise—deeply sympathise
with our bleeding brethren in Florida.
We have been brief in the above
statement, as circumstances rendered
it necessary to compress.
From the Charleston Mercury.
THE INDIAN CAMPAIGN TERMINATED.
Captain Finley, Aid to Gen. Eustis,
and Lieutenant Van Buren, Aid to
Gen. Scott arrived in this city yester
day forenoon from Picolata,via Savan
nah, in the Steam Packet William, Sea
brooks Capt. Dubois, from Savannah'
who have politely communicated the
fbllo"ing information:
Lieut. Van Buren states, that owing
to the commencement of the warm
weather, the campaign had been
brought to a close. The regular forces
had gone into summer quarters at St.
Augustine. There were supposed to
be about 200 on the sick list at Tampa
Bay, and 80 at Volusia.
Capt. Finley has communicated to
us the foliowing intelligence:
The left wing of the army of Florida
arrived at Tampa Bay on the sth of
April, left there on the 17th, &, march
ed to Volusia, by Pilaklikaha. The
active operations of the campaign have
ceased from the sickly season having
commenced. The South Carolina Vo
lunteers left Volusia on Friday, 29th,
to march to St. Augustine, where Col.
Brisbane’s regiment would be discharg
ed, and sent by transports to this City
Col. Goodwyn’s mounted men- would
be discharged at Jacksonville. The
regulars, it is believed, will in
Florida, in garrison posts which may
be important in the commencement of
the next campaign. The Indans were
no where in any force, and are suppos
ed to be scattered over the territory.
We give the following extracts of
letters:
“Camp Volusia, E. F., April 27.
“At 9 o’clock on Thursday, the 14th
instant, we were attacked by a party
of Indians, consisting of about one hun
dred and fifty in number. The attack
was first made upon a party of five
men,- detached to dig a grave, who
were fired upon within 300 yards of
the pickets, and two of their number,
lam sorry to say, fell victims to the
scalping knife of the ruthless savages.
yVe were at the same moment surround
ed and fired upon from every direction
by the enemy.- Our men appeared
punctually at their posts, and returned
the saiate with a volley of musket
balls. m sorry that lam deprived
of the pleasure of giving you here a de
tailed account of the whole affair, but,
for want of tiwe,Jam forced to be
laconic, aS the boat is about starting
otfin a few minutes. However, I must
say, before concluding, tha'l while the
savages were charging' bolJly in open
field upon our fort, Captain Quattle
bum, who was Very sick,mounted the
pickets and fired at one fellow, (at a
distance of about 130 yards.) who was
seen by many to fall into the bellies.
At the same time Mr. J. R. Dickson,
who was a bold volunteer on the occa
sion fired at another by the side of a
tree, and planked the ball into the tree.
Dickson, although engaged in other
business,and not expected to shoulder
arms, has been on every occasion, ex
ceedingly prompts
"The Shritfi-lGaFolina troops are now
it tills post, oft*their way homeward;
they will leave here in a day or two
for St. Augustine. They have had
several little fights but none very effec
tive. The war is not by any means’at
an end, and will be another winter’s
campaign.”
“Volusia, E. F., April 25.
“We have been without any news
for 16 days,-with the exceptionof a
daring attack from about 150 Indians.
On the 14 th inst., at 9 o’clock, our
camp was alarmed by the report of
three rifles, which was instantly follow
ed by the whole body. The camp en
closed about one and a half acres of
ground. The plan of attack was such
l as to try the pluck of our io6n,wb,o
placed themselves at the pickets with
the determination to stand the conse
quences. The first three fires biought
Sergeant Hblleday and Gough to the
ground, and wounded Watson. IL,
although mortally wounded, ordered
his men to fire; but they were so close
ly pursued they did not. They came
up within 120 yards of bur picket,keep
ing up a constant firing on us without
effect, when we opened djjort thenv
which they did not mind, and sfiodted
at it; but when our howitzer discharg
ed the bomb shell it surprised them,
and they retreated a little, but still
fired at our fort. The balls were pass
ing around us inevery direction. From
the cross-fire, the attack lasted about
50 minutes. They retreated; shout
ing at about a mile and a half distant,
which we could not interrupt.”
jP e x a s.
From the Columbus Enquirer, May 6.
In another column, we give as we
received them, every article of news
from this distracted province. The
following, which we received yester
day in the N. O. Bulletin of the 28th,
is the latest and most authentic infor
mation which we have received. All
eyes are now turned upon Houston.
It remains to be seen whether his brave
comrades will not restore to the ty
rants, sevenfold vengeance for their
savage butcheries. We confidently
expect.that such.will be, or has before,
this, been the case. Our informant I
left them in tine spirits and sanguine of
success. It is more titan probable thatj
our next paper will contain the,news of
the fall or triumph pf Fexas. May
Heaven defend, and save the generous
and the brave.
Substance of the information brought
by Captains Thornton and Jackson,
who left t;he mouth of the Brasses on
the 16th ult.
On the 14th ult. Capt. Thornton left
Gen. Houston’s army at Groce’s, 20
miles above San Felipe. On theeve
ning of the same day, Gen Houston
look up a line of march to attack a di
vision of the Mexican army, then re
ported to be crossing the Brassos, 30
miles below San Felipe, making their
way towards Harrisburg and Galveston ■
Geu Houston had with him 1200 eflec- j
live men, the number of the enemy es
timated at from 3 to 5 000 men, and i
thought to be marching in three divi-!
sions -the division on its way to Har
risburg estimated at from 12 to IpOO
men.
Capt. Thornton descended the river
on board the steam boat Yellow Stone:
on passing San Felipe he saw a num
ber of the enemy; and irom the num
ber of animals there, supposed their
numbers might be 400 men. On the
15th the steamboat arrived at Fort
Bend—the point where the enemy
were crossing, in number aboiit 1200
men; they were strewed along the
bank of the river for some distance.
The enemy endeavored to stop the
boat, fired upon her from a pleCe ofar
tillery, but missed the boat. They
kept up a continued fire from 1 small
arms, but done no injury either to the
crew or boat; her cargo of cotton had
been so placed as to' protect ail on
board.
Capt. Thornton is of* opinion that
Gen. Houston had a fight with the en
emy du the 17th or 18th: hrs men
were anient and confident of victory.
Capt. Thornton saw some and h&rrdof
many families, who had taken refCige
in the cane brakes of the Brassos bot
tom, and were in great distress, being
entirely destitute of male protectors;
those he saw entreated him to make
known their situation in this country:
husbands -and brothers bad taken the
field against.the enemy, and the wo
men and children sent their prayers for
aid and for volunteers to go to their
rescue.
Capt. Thornton confirms the account
already received of the massacre of
Fannin’s men, at Goliad, some five or
six men from another division had
made their escape,and arrived in the
Braesos.
The'following which we have re
ceived from a friendon whose veracity
we can‘place the fullest reliance, pla
ces the question as to the fall of Fan
nin and his men on the right footing.-
Hence, it appears that so far as the!
Mexican statement went, in represen
ting the Treaty as faithfully kept, up
to its date, it was perfectly correct.
It appears, however, that the treaty
hitherto kept without violation, was on
the eighth day of confinement, brutally
violated, when the whole captured
force, amounting witlr other prisoners
to 407 men,were marclied from Goliad.
Scarcely had they proceeded more than
a mile and a half—avowedly on the
route to .Copano, when they were star-.
tied by afire in Col. Fannin’s direction;
an alarm arose amongst the prisoners »
that the work of slaughter had com-
menced, and scarcely had they come
> to that conclusion when their own
• guard, amounting to a large force.
L suddenly formed and commenced fir
: ing by platoons on the unhappy men
, with such (Veadtul effect,that in a short
I time, the whole was cut off’with the
. exception of you 'g Hadden and three
: others.
For the jemainder of the news con
; veyed, we refer the reader to the letter
, itself, which he will find remarkably
interesting.
Harrisburg!, 7th April, 183 G.
, Tear Sir—This place is now the
: seat of government of Texas. These
are exciting times; every man now
walks with a full heart, moistened eyes
and compressed lips, indicating his
feelings of grief and anger. Young
Hadden is here; he alone escaped of
all the forces which were with Col.
Fannin. Onthe 19th ult Col. Fannin
who had weakened his force by send
ing parties on various expeditions, com
menced his retreat from Goliad, hav
ing with him about 300 men. Two or
three leauges on the road, he was at
tacked by a Mexican army of near
three times his numbers—infantry cav
alry and artillery. It was two hours
before night, and the Texians defended
themselves with the most undaunted
! resolution against the repeated char
ges and vigorous efforts of the enemy
until dark, when they drew off' their
forces having lost in killed and woun
ded 180 men. The Texians bad ten
men killed and several wounded^—a
mong the latter was Col. Fannin hirn
i self. During the night, the Texians
entrenched themselves in their posi
’ tio.’i on the prairie. The next morn
ing they found thsmselves surrounded
by the Mexican army who sent an offi
cer with a white fl ig, and he was met
by another from the Texians, and a
capitulation was entered into by which
it was stipulated that the Texians
should surrender as prisoners of war—
that they should retain their private
property, and that thej should be sent
to New Orleans and released upoa
their parole of honor not to serve again
against the Mexicans during the war.
The reasons which induced the sur
render without making further defence
was the want of water, and a belief
I that the Mexicans would comply with
I the article of capitulation, according
i to the custom of all civilized nations.
| The prisoners were a’l marched
' back to Goliad, and were joined by
i other parties of prisoners, amounting
jin all to 407 men. They were kept
eight days in confinement—being al-
I lowed only a small piece of beef to each
man once a day and no bread; on the
9lh day at sunrise, they were marched
(out, under pretence of taking them to
I Copano to embark for New Orleans.—
i The prisoneis rejoiced at the prospect
lof a speedy release, but when they
j found themselves divided into four par
ties, with a guard of overwhelming
• strength, and that these parties were
marched by different routes, they be
gan’to have gloomy forebodings. When
they had marched' about a quarter or
ha.fa mile, young Hadden’s compa
ny heard a firing Tn ttie direction of
Col Fannin’s party. F. murmur atose
that they were killing the prisoners.
At that moment the guard which Were
in two lines, one upon each side of the
prisoners, passed all to one side ai.d
commenced firing by platoons at the
prisoners; young Hadden and three
oters yet unhurt, started and fled.
The cavalry, armed with lances pur
sued them; they plunged into the riv
er and swam; one was killed in the
water,one upon the bank, and the fate
of the third is unknown. Young Had
den secreted himself until night ; from
his hiding ph ee, he heard the shrieks
and the groans of the wounded and
dying men,- the cries of “O Lord! O
Lord have mercy.!” and the most af
fecting ejaculations of distress were
mingled with the noise of guns, whith
gradually subsided about mid-day,
when the horrid work was finished.
The neighbors who have known
young Hadden from his childhood,
say, that his statement may be relied
upon with implicit confidence; no man -
can hear kirn tell his story and doubt:
its truth, and a blacker picture of per-:
fidy and blood, is not on record in the
annals of history.
The Mexicans have not, in this case,
as at Tampico, any legal grounds to
justify this cruel* butchery. Texas
has declared herself an independent
nation, and every man fighting ?n her
cause was a citizen and not a pirate
and outlaw. •
Miller, the Tennessean, Ward, the
Georgian, a son of Gen. Harrison of
Ohio, and many of our old neighbors
have fallen victims to the diabolical
massacre. The widow the
tender infant stares in wonder at the
mother’s grief. The whole popula
tion to the west have fled. In coming
up we stopped at the worthy old Capt.
B’s. No welcome greeted our arrival
-r-the house was chair
'' T £
whe.fe the aged grandmother sat
vacalt—the prattle of the little cliik ■
dren was unheard—the furniture wa»\
there, the milk pan was upon the shelf \
—thi dough lay in the kneading trough
--tty bacon hung in the meat house-*
the foor of the corn crib vibrated up- .
on 16 hinges to the flaws of the breezs,
the kows fed in the field—the pigi
lootrd in the garden—the chickens to
her tender brood, unconscious that
theit protectors were gone, and that
they were in danger from the birds and
the i/easts of prey; but the enmity es
the hawk, the owl and the wolf, is char-'
ity, lhen compared to the tender mer
cies of the tyrant wlio has driven from
thetyhorhes the aged matron and the
helpless child, who now flee for safety
without a shelter to protect them-*
the edd ground their bed—the caqo-.
py of Heaven their covering-r-beiiind
them an !y despair; and before them on
ly hope. Will the charity of ,the fair
daughters of the United Stat’e» suffer
these to perish with hunger! Will
the son?, proud of their descent frotp
sires who have shed their blood to pro
tect the helpless and 'oppressed, - afford
no relief to the innocent and helpless,
against savage ferocity, and remorse
less cruelty? Texas will triumph! tha
proud tyrant will be humbled and wfll
perish; innocence and vjrtue will.here
find peace, security and happiness.
Your friend, T.
From the Mew Orleans Bee,
Texas.— The following named per
sons, who were taken prisoners of "war
at San Patricio on the 14th March,
and carried to Matamoras, were shot
on the 14th April, at Matamoras, by
order of the Mexican commander:—
S. Curtis, Samuel McCandley, Thos.
J. Mitchell, R. R. Brown,G. Copeland,
IVm. Langinhum, B. J. E. Malian, S. ‘
Francis, N. Jones, W. Hall, L, H. Ben
Wm. Brunson, Wm Levin. An officer
of the schr. Invincible was shot at the
Brassos. The above information was
brought by a gentleman arrived on
Saturday evening in the schr. Com
peer, from Matamoras direct, and can
be relied on. , 4
The American brig Jane, Captain
Williams, h?nce, was seized at Mata-’
qioras,and the captain thrown in pris
on, for hoisting the American ensign
with union down, as a signal to an A
merican man-of-war which was off (hat
port. -
The assertion that the troops under
the command of Col. Fannin had not -
been butchered when made prisoners .
of war by the Mexican army, turns out
to be untrue. The melancholy tidings
have been confirmed by arrivals vester
day. It is also too well ascertained'
that Santa Anna left Mexico with the
fell purpose of carrying on not only a
war of conquest, but of extermination
and massacre. However his day of
retribution has drawn near.-Ji 27& ull.
By Major Horton, who came passen
ger in the Texian Government scbr.
Invincible, we learn that 1200 Mexi
cans had crossed the Colorado, 800
men at San Felipe, and 400 at Fort
Bend; tfiat Gen. Houston’s' effective
force was 2300. The Colorado had
ovorflowen its banks, and the 1200 ’
Mexicans cannot retreat. Houston >
bad despatched Maj Behen, with 400
men against 400 Mexicans, and was ad
vancmg himself with his whole force
upon the Mexican division*, whose re*
treat to the main army Whs impossible.
The total destruction of ihe 1200
Mexicans is certain, all was joy and
confidence at the Seat of Governments
The elements are fighting for Texasy
and the universal opinion is, that the
Mexican army between the Colorado
and Brassos, is already defeated.
Houston must have fought the battle
last Sunday.
A. O. Bulletin Extra, April 24.
i)x E adfcl Massacre!!!
We also learn that 73 unarmed emi
grants that left this city in the William
and Francis for Codnijo, and were lah
ded at that port, trusting themselves
unarmed in the power of the Mexicana
were in two hours butchered by the
soldiery, in sight of the vessels; the
schoonerescaped to Matagorda.
! Ihe Pennsylvania is expected up to
■ night with further information. The
Brutus wus to sail the day after the In-*
’*incibl6 with women and children,
■ We also leafn,that Dr. Harrison, sou
of Gen. Harrison, of North Bend, Ohio,
was while travelling with three Ameri-.
can gentlemen taken by the Mexicans,
castrated, his body cut down, and his
bowels torn out and left in that situa
tion before life was extinct! The wife
of Dr. Harrison came passenger in tha
Invincible. — lb.
Naval Engagement.
The Texian armed schooner Invin
cible,Capt Brown, fell in with the Mex*
ican schooner Montezuma, at anchor
off the Brasos Santiago: An action