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INDIAN NEW S .
Muj. Jernlsan’s official Report.
Hi:ai) Quarters, Lumpkin, Geo. )
August sth, 1836. \
General. —After the battle on Sunday» ;
the24th July, I received by verbal express,
a desire on the part of officers in command
at Fort McCreary, to-reinforce them with
my company early next morning on the j
battle ground, and take jp the pursuit of
the savage foe, who were directing their
course to Florida. 1 returned a written
message on Sunday night, saying to the
officers I would meet and co-operate with
them early next morning. At this time
my company were at their homes recruit
ing. 1 forthwith summoned and col
lected those of my company who were
nearest, and called upon citizens for as
sistance. next morning l was in
formed the Indians had crossed the Cuth
bert road, seven miles below this place
1 therefore knew it would be a loss of time
to go to the battle ground, and also anti
cipating your orders to pursue with energy,
determined to take up the pursuit with my
own force—l immediately informed the
officers at Fort McCreary of the travel of
the enemy—that 1 should endeavor to cut
them oil' from the swamps below, and
desired their immediate aid, which, however,
I did nut receive.
I set out lor Mrs. Wamble’s on the Fort
Gaines road, and soon ascertained the
Indians had crossed Tetawla creek, and
gained the west side of the road, and were
making this way for Ecliowanotchaway
swamp. J louud their trail, at which time
1 was re-iuforccd by citizen soldiers—l
organized my company, and citizens of
Stewart and Randolph counties, eighty in
the whole, and with advance and flank
guards pursued their trail. After a march
of three miles struck the plantation of Mr.
Reuben Jones. The Indians scattered
and I am sorry to say, my advance guard
separated also. Capt. 'Thomas Stapleton
commanding the advance went with a few
others through the cornfield—l was met
■by one of the guard, and informed that the
■principal trail had passed on the west side
of the plantation, which I pursued until
iny own guardman gave mo a signal to
halt, lie relumed and stated he had
seen the Indians encamped on a branch
swamp, and thought himself undiscovered
by the enemy. 1 despatched him to give
signals to the flanks to return into line,
unci if possible to return Capt. Thomas
♦Stapleton with the balance of the advance,
lie, however, soon returned without being
able to find Capt. S. 1 dismounted ray
•company in silence, detailed a horse guard,
and was preparing for a silent approach
upon the camp, when, to my great sorrow,
a brisk tiring took place between Capt.
Stapleton’s guard and the Indians. The
tirst thought mat occurred to me was, that
mv little baud, who had passed through the
held, were surrounded. I therefore de
.termined, instead of approaching them in
silence, that 1 would make a lurious charge,
thereby direct them from the advance
guard, and turn them to me ; which effect
was produced, hut not in time to save the
unfortunate Capt. Stapleton. lie had
fallen. The battle commenced : the ground
•was closely contested by both while ami
rod men. Wo drove them back one
hundred yords, at which time they ceased
their yells. 1 ordered a charge, but such
was their superiority ol numbers, my order
was not obeyed. My men continued the
firing, and the Indians returned the blast
from the thicket and branch. They hav
ing decidedly the advantage of the ground,
I ordered a retreat of one hundred and
fifty yards, bearing my wounded before
,me, expecting the Indians would pursue
•and give us an equal chance with them,
[except in numbers] which, iiowcver, they
did not do. My wounded were carried to j
the house of Capt. Stapleton, to receive
•attention. With the balance of my force
1 returned to the scene of action, and
found the bodies of Capt. Stapleton,
Thomas Williams, Jr. and a young man
of the name of Cook, who lived with D.
M. Lesceur, of Stewart county. I saw
•evident marks of Indians being dragged
from the ground. Their loss is unknown.
My I oss was three killed and seven j
wounded. The names ot the wounded
.are Clements Bryan, of Randolph in the
shoulder, severely ; Robert Wellborn,
through the chest;- Felder, arm broke;
Martin, in the leg; N. R. Bryan,
in the throat, by a spent ball; Win.
Shield, in the foot; one other slightly
wounded, name not recollected. The
battle continued about fifty minutes. The
member of the enemy estimated between
two and three hundred. After returning
to the house of Mr. Jones, near the ground
of encampment, I made preparation, and
ordered my dead to Lumpkin, for inter
ment, and being near night, encamped.
IBattle closed about 12 o’clock, Mon-
Bay, 25th July.
U’ueeday morn in", 2«'J It. I resumed the
pursuit, and /bund tiio trail, which passed
many swamps and bogs, and such was the
irregularity of their course, that ten miles
travel upon the trail, led me within two
miles of the battle ground. They were
either lost, or hoped 1 would ove: run their
trail and goon below. About 12 o’clock,
after crossing Kchowav.otchawuv, their
course was easily determined. 1 pursued
untd near sunset: found I was near them,
and they travelled down a large swamp.
1 halted my company, believing it best not
to apprize them of the close pursuit, it
being so near dark that nothing effective
■ could be done in the swamp. I sent out
spies, and kept out strong camp guard at
Mr. Brown's, where 1 spent the night.
My spies returned, and reported the enemy I
travelling slowly. I was this evening
reinforced by a company from Lannahas- |
see, Stewart county, commanded by Capt.
Gulba Mathews; and at camp bv Gui
ford’s company, and a part of Capt. 1
Snellgrovc’s company. Col. Wood,} Mnj. j
Wills, and Capt. Smith, together with 1
many other brave officers and soldiers
joined ia the pursuit at (his camp tlie force
now amounting to about -‘3OO man, A
council of officers was called, who
unanimously requested me to take the '
general command, to wlfich 1 consented,
and requested Col. Wood, of Randolph,
o aid me by extending my orders through
the line, to which he agreed. I divided
my own company into three Captain’s
commands, and assigned to Mai. T I
bull Capt G. B. Ball, anc ] C ipt. ‘ N ; ;
ChKon, each a division. 1 i SSU ed orders
to Captains commanding to prepare for a 1
day light march. At th;° i received <
your complimentary orders confiding in
me to pursue and check the enemy. °
Wednesday, 27th. This morning be- I
fore sunrise the line was formed, and troops 1
in motion, and for two reasons without I
breakfast. First, no time to cook; and I
second, nothing to cook. The trail was I
soon discovered, and about three miles
below the camp my advance guard, under
command ol Capt. Moyc, heard the
Indians crossing Turkey creek, at its con.
fluenco with the main Ecliowanotchaway.
I advanced to the spot, and prepared fop
battle; ordered the advance forward, and
in crossing Turkey creek, which was
| swimming, the Indians fired several scat
tering guns from thick and
seemed to he moving forward? I ordered
the advance guard to ieturn and join the
main force, as 1 knew we were very close
upon them. 1 wished to guard every point
until I could go around and view the situa
tion, and make an effectual blow upon
them. I despatched Capt. Mathews, 1
Guilford’s and Snellgrove’s command to J
.side, of the main
creek, and below the Chumba and lurkey j
creeks. I stationed Capt. Clifton’s com- j
pany on the trail which entered the swamp. ]
Capt. Still’s and Ball’s companies l !
marched across the main creek, and '
despatched Capt. Still to a trail through
the swamp, which was said to he about
two miles. The pilot who gave me the
information professed to know the country
well. The distance, however, proved to he
five miles. Having now the few points
guarded, and knowing the Indians were
below us, I despatched Capt. Ball to in
form my eastern division that their force
would be the one required to approach the
swamp ; and as the point covered by Capt.
Ball’s company, was the least probable
for the Indian’s escape, I should blow the
horn before 1 countermarched, to induce
the enemy to believe that u station was
kept there. 1 accordingly joined the
companies of Captains Ball and Clifton
together, and from each detailed a guard,
and moved my horses to the high land.
Capt. Bull returned and informed me of
the arrival of Gen. William Wellborn, of
Irwinton, who brought ten men under his
command. The Genejul on his march to
join my eastern division, was cursed and
damned by the Indians in the cane brake.
He reached the station without being fired
on, and by consent and request of the
Captains, commanded and led that division.
The minute appointed, and signals of
enter into the swamp being understood,
with a part of Capt. B. and C.’s com.
panics, 1 marched to the swamp. At pre
cisely 11 o’clock my signal guns were
fired. The signals being understqfM, the
line of march was taken up. 1 knew from
Indian character in war, .tha‘ they were
well prepared tor battle, and would
vigilantly guard their trail; and from what
had passed between them and Gen. Well
born, that spies would be placed upon the
eastern force. 1 therefore determined, if
possible, to take them hy rut™"- j
marched through* Turkey and Chumba
creeks, leaving the Indian trail on my right.
After marching about three hundred yards,
the mud and water thickly set with cane,
l discovered a bushy water oak ; I sent a
spy up the tree, who reached the distance
of forty loot, and returned down, and
reported the camp at the distance of three
hundred yards, all cane brake, until we
reached the hammock, upon which they
were situated. lie pointed out a noted
forked pine, as a land mark. He also in
formed me that he could discern spies
watching their trail, and others watching
General Wellborn.s division. 1 directed
Capts. Ball and Clifton to move forward,
inclining to the left, in order to give them
an attack broadside. The inarch was
continued until I could hear the Indians
talk. 1 ordered a halt by giving signs,
and despatched Col. Wood, with others,
to gain iho rear of Gen. Wellborn, and
inform him where 1 was situated the situa
tion of the Indians, &c. My messengers
I had not bren absent two minutes before a
dreadful firing took place between Gen.
Wellborn and the Indians. 1 ordered a
charge with the sound of the horn, and iu
thirty seconds from the fire of the first
gun, tha two companies gained the
hammock, and covered the line of Indians
broadside. The firing from all quarters
was heavy and animated. The Indians
fought with more desperation and gave up
the ground with more reluctance than any
battle 1 have had with them. Such was
their determination to keep the ground, 1
saw one shot down not more than thirty
steps. Charge, was the order of the day,
and was ordered by olhcers, and perform
ed by soldiers, well worthy their country’s
praise. The engagement lasted 45 minutes
and ended about naif pasi one o’clock.
After forcing them from their strong
positions, two infant children were heard
to cry in the cane brake. I had them
brought to the battle ground. My loss
was three killed —Mr. Carter, of Irwinton,
Ala., David Sutley, of Randolph, and
Jolm Crocker, Jr., of Lumpkin. I had
thirteen wounded -a part of these whose
wounds were slight, returned to their
homes. The following is a list of the
wounded: E. Buttler, Frith, Thomas
Shepherd, Willis Barton, William Hughes,
Col. Wood and Win Hilborne, of
Randolph, Lewis Williams, Richard
Cannady and Capt. Green B. Ball, of
Stewart, Capt. Jenkins and Patterson,
of irwinton, Alabama. The Joss of the
Indians cannot ho ascertained. Such was
the extent of the swamp, their escape with
deadlv wounds is not a matter of surprise.
Lighten were found dead, some of them
three miles from the buttle ground. 1
returned to the camp bearing on twelve
pack horses and two ponies, captured from
the Indians, near SIOOO worth of Roanoke
goods. The most of the horses were lost
in the battle ou Sunday near Fort Mc-
Creary, and I am happy to sav have been
identified and restored to their owners.
| The goods were divided out loCaptuius of
companies, who distributed them to their i
soldiers.
Wednesday night, at Camp Fillingame,
I had the pleasure of seeing you with
reinforcements. One infant was taken by
my company on the next morning near the
battleground, and since my return to mv
station: I am informed that one of the
citizens found a girl six years old. lhej
three infants not exceeding six mouths old,,
were taken away by gentlemen who
seemed pleased to have them. I returned
to my station agreeably to your orders.
Nothing has occurred worth notice since
my letters to you at your camp in Baker.
In conclusion, I owe it to those brave
officers .to state that Gen. Wellborn, Col.
Wood, Maj. Wills, Capts. Ball, Guilford,
Still, Snellgrove, and Mathews, discharged
I- 1
next morning of
Jasper Riflemen, with a part of my company,
started on foot to examine the swamp. Whilst
on their way there there were informed hv ane
gre boy that he had seen a large trail which had
been made by the Indians across the road two
miles below tlit Fort. Upon learning which,
Capt. Clover despatched Lieuts. Brodders and
Beck to examine the trail, who very soon re
turned, and reported it to have been made the
night before by a considerable body of Indians.
These facts were immediately communicated
to me by Capt. Glover, when I forthwith organ
ized the effective force at the Garrison, to start
in pursuit of the enemy. This consisted of
Capt. Glover’s company, from Jasper, Capt.
Kendricks from Troup, the DeKa b company,
and part of Capt. Byne’s from Burk, the whole
consisting of ninety-eight men, was laid off in
to two divisions ; the command of the first was
assigned to Capt. Glover, and the 2nd to Lt.
Brodders, the advance w guard to Lieut. Beck,
every seventh man being detailed as horse hold
es. We then made pursuit with all possible
speed for about fifteen miles; when we came
up with and engaged them near Low’s planta
tion, eleven miles west of Lumpkin. The en
gagement was commenced with an attack bv
the advance guard, but very soon became gener-
ai throughout the line. A hot and energetic
I tiring was kept up on both sides for an hour and
upwards, when some unauthorized person in
the rear gave the order “to your horses,”
I which immediately threw a considerable part
j the battalion in such a state of confusion, that
! it was impossible to rally and bring them back
again, although repeatedly attempted by the
officers m command. The enemy made an at
tempt during the battle to flank us, both on the
right and left, which was prevented. They re
newed their attempt on the left with great fierce
ness, but they were beaten back a second time
with considerable loss, our men advancing over
their dead, took the ground which they (the'ln
dians) had first occupied on the left. Being
forced to yield their position, they next threw
a considerable part of their force on the right,
when a very hot firing was kept up until the re
treat. Our loss was four killed and seventeen
wounded. The names of the killed are Wm.
11. Orr, and John C. Willis, of the DcKalb
company, Pryor, of Capt. Byne’s company,
and a citizen named Colly. Although the en
emy more than doubled us in numbers, they
sustained inora than four times our Joss. Seven
Indians were found dead outlie ground next
morning when we returned to the battle ground,
and fifteen (I have been intormed,) have been
since found by the citizens in a swamp near
the place. \Ve did not lose a single man in
the retreat, and it affords me pleasure to state
the officers and men distinguished themselves
by their bravery, coolness and deliberation.—
Capt. Glover, Lieuts. Broddcrs, Beck and
Kirkpatrick, of tbe Jasper Itifiemen ; Lieuts.
Howell and Johnson, who commanded Capt.
Kendrick’s company from Troup; Lieuts. Pan
and Pool, of the DcKalb company; and in fact
all distinguished themselves by their activity
and bravery during the battle. 'J ho men witu
very few exceptions fought bravely : and many
I have no doubt who remained with the horses
during the tight, were good soldiers and brave
men who believed and in tact who were dis
charging the duty to which they were assigned.
The S meu were ordered to furnish themselves
with ammunition before they left the Fort, and
I thev did furnish themselves. It lias been sa
I that the men had but three rounds ot cartridges
not go The engagement lasted an hour and
upwards,' during which time the men kept up a
II constant 'firing, some firing us many as
I rounds. It is true that some men did get out
ammunition, but the number was very
■ session of all the facts and particulars of the
I matter, for which purpose please publish it in
I your next Enquirer, and you mnch oblige
■ Your ob’t serv’t, &c. •
K JAMES M. CALIIOUN,
H Capt. Commanding.
From the Charleston Courier August, 30.
From Florida,
The schr. Samuel S. Mills, Capt.
South wick, arrived yesterday, from St.
Augustine.
By this arrival, we received the St
Augustine Herald, of the 24th inst. and
also an extra slip from the same office, of
I the 26th, which will be found below.
ST. AUGUSTINE, AUG 26. — From
Micanopy q-Au express arrived in town
lon Monday night last from Micanopy,
I bringing intelligence of a battle at Fort
Drane, which took place there on the
morning of the 20th. The following par
ticulars have been politely furnished us
by an officer of the army, and are the
substance of the dispatches brought by
the express.
Maj. Pierce of U. S. Artillery, arrived
at Micanopy with the train from Garey’s
Ferry, on the evening of the 20 1 1 1 inst.
Fort Drane distant 10 miles, having been
abandoned on the 6th, was understood to
he occupied by the Indians. Capt. Childs
of the 13d Artillery commanding! at Mic
anopy, on the arrival of Maj. Pierce, had
I contemplated a movement on the enemy.
I This was at once sanctioned bv Maj.
I Pierce, who marched at 2 o’clock on the
Imornmg of the 21st ult. to find the enemy.
I His force was composed of Capt. Child’s
■company of the 3d Artillery—of a detach.
Iment of the Ist Artillery, and a field piece,
Imaunet. by a detachment of Capt. Gall’s
(company of the 4th Artillery—in all 110
I men.
I 1 hey arrived at Fort Drane at sunrise,
land found the Indians in th» 4 ~.-
ec. They were immediately and
[gallantly attacked—Major Pierce having
| completely surprised them, and given tiie
I first fire. The celebrated chief Powell
I was present in person, having been seen
I by those who knew him, and his voice re-
I cognised repeatedly. The enemy was
I soon routed and driven three-quarters of
I a mile into a hammock, leaving ten dead
lon the the field. The action lasted one
I hour. There can be no doubt that the
(Indian loss must have been 30 to 40, us
Itheir numbers were estimated at. from 3
■to 400. Thei* women and children were
Iwith them.
I The officers engaged in the alfair were
■Japt. Childs, of the 3d Artillery, Lieut.
■ rwinol the Ist., Lieut. Picked of the 4th,
HAeut. Spaulding of the 2d Dragoons,
■jieut. Betts ol the Ist, and Lieut. Her
bert of the Ist Artillery. The troeps
■were all regulars.
ff Major, ‘ Fierce returned the same day to
■Micanopy, bringing oiF his killed and
■wounded—his loss being 1 lulled and 16
Iwounded —among the latter Lt. Betts ol
■the Ist Artillery, Acting Adjutant.
Ij lt is understood that Major Pierce con-
Itemplates another movement on the ene-
Imy in the course of a day or two.
I An Indian squaw with two children,
[were taken on Sunday las:, near Brandy
yßranch, about 18 miles N. W. of Jack
sonville, by a Mr. Sparkman. She is a
ICreek, and it is reported that she came in
■company with 25 warriors; she gave out
■from fatigue, and they left her, will) a
■promise to send a horse for her.
ja Capt. Dummett's company of mounted
■volunteers have been stationed at Wend
■man’s plantation, eleven miles from the
Icitv, on the Picolata road. A daily inter-
Icoursc is kept up eacli way to Picolata and
■St. Augustine.
" A detachment of Capt. Phillips’compa
ny iiave been stationed at Hanson’s plan
tation.
Water Sjiouts. —Two of these wonder
ful phenomena were seen from on board
theSchr. S. S. Mills, on her passage from
Charleston to this place on Sunday lait.
They were represented as having presen
ted an appearance awfully sublime; they
approached within about a half a mile of
the vessel.
Office of the Herald, >
St. Augustine, August 26. $
We learu that last night, about 9 o’clock
| the sentinel who was on post at Hanson’s
| plantation, was fired upon by an Indian or
i negro from behind a fence, near to the
. house which is occupied by the detach
. merit who are stationed there. The ball
passed very near the sentinel, and through
' a door and lodged in the sill of the door
opposite. Tidcks were discovered this
morning in the field about 50 yards from
tiie house. It issupposeJ there were sor
6 Indians. A detachment of U. S. Troops
went out to reinforce those stationed at
that place. Hanson’s is 5 miles west of
this place.
This afternoon Ben Wiggins arrived
in town from tl»e neighbourhood of New
Switzerland, (Colonel Hallowe’s planta
tion whither he had gone to collect some
horses,) with two others, states, that this
morning after crossing Sampson’s Creek
on his return, they discovered a party of
Indians a short distance from them. They
suppose there were fifteen or twenty in the
gang. They put spurs to their horses and
rode with all haste to town, bringing with
them the horses they had collected. Jn
coming through tire 12 mile swamp, they
say they discovered numerous signs of
Indians. The 12 mile Swamp is a thick
dense Swamp on the road leading from
this to Jacksonville, and is the place where
Capt. John Williams was attacked by a
party of about 50 negroes and Indians on
the 11th Sept. 1812. The tather-in-law
of Ben Wiggins, and wc believe Ben
himselffigured conspicuously in this battle.
The Swamp is admirably adapted to all
the purposes oflndiau warfare.
The Mandarin Company have been en
gaged in scouring this region of country
several days, but the Indians always man
age to elude our troops w henever thev are
in superior force.
From the West we have nothing of im
portance since tlm affair oi the 20tIn The
post at Micanopy ia to he abandoned, and
a position taken up about 20 miles nearer
Garey’s Ferry.
From, i 1,0 Southern Baptist,
u Notices of Florida, atm iuc v.— ~-,uytis,
Mv iM. W. COHUN, an Officer ol
]M-tt AVing.”
This is the tittle of a work which has
iust made its appearance. The author is
a "cntleman ol the bar, and a repre
sentative of Charleston in the State Legi
! slature. When the call was made lor
i volunteers to protect the defenceless m
j habitants of Florida from the tomahawk
of the ruthless savage, he was one ol the
...ku went from this city lor
. that patriotic and manly purpose. He
i holds the pen of a ready writer, and de-
scribes in glowing language, not only the
scenes in which lie was personally en
gaged. but from the information derived
from others, details the events generally,
connected with the Florida war, from the
death of Gen. Thompson to the disband
ing of the South-Carolina Volunteers, at
the end of the campaign. His description
of the scenery in the “ land of Flowers, ’
is beautiful, while the moral reflections
which are made upon various occurrences,
do honor to the heart of the writer, and
show that lie is suscedtible of the finer
feelings of humanity. The work is also
interspersed here and there with genuine
attic wit which will force a smile from the
most pedate.
It commences with a historic sketch of
' the settlement of Florida, and of the late
Indian outrages and their causes in that
Territory, and is accompanied with a new
and excellent Map compiled from the latest
authorities, in which the new counties are
laid down, and describing the routes of the
different divisions of the army, which tend
much to illustrate the military operation
of the troops. A portrait of Oseola, or
Powell, also embdishes the volume. Upon
the whole we are much pleased with the
work, and recommend it to the perusal of
our readers
We give the following extracts, entitled,
Thoughts on the Scene of Dade's Massacre.
“ l have heretofore (page 60 to 78)
fully described this heart-rending event,
and yet I must pause a moment at the
graves which Gen. Gaines has made, and
pluck away the weeds, where only saddest
flowers should bloom, and weeping willows
bend. Ilow still! Ilow solemn the scene!
Its profound repose, interrupted only by
the low wind, winch moans us il in
sympathy with sighs. The
come not gurgling and foaming over
cataracts, hut flow as gently as iears!
Man here holds his breath, or speaks only
in whispers. All is quiet, motionless, save
where, scared by the presence of the
living, the harshly screaming vulture wings
its flight from the sepulchre ot the deal.
Why is it, when all is dark within the
mind, that the glare of light breaks
offensively on the view? Does not the
saddened soul seek unison e’en from in
animate creation ? Here, the blue of this
sky should he as deep as the green of these
pines is dark, or mourning clouds inter
vene between the war-stained earth and
the peaceful vault of heaven. Ilow is it
then, that the great eye ol day lias the
hart-heartedness to look down gaily on a
land wet with human blood, and on which
only sorrowing night should shed her dews?
Oh ! out of place is all this lively lustre
“ ol ihe Sun,
Cun lie smile on such deeds as his children have
done ?
Or is bis vermeil hue but a blush for their
butchery? Alas! What need of looking
up ana interrogating the distant arch, or
its presiding planet ? Do hut look down
upon the near and lowly hillock, neath
which heroes are interred, and ask of it
their story. You may read it in that
sold er’s belt, these cartridge boxes, this
sho c, with the feel hones yet in it. Here,
near the unfinished triangular stockade,
lie the oxen, yet yoked—there rests the
gallant steed, his bit unchamped --next
him a little dog, who could not recognise
the mangled features and once famili
ar form of his master, and faithful to the
last gasp, came to die by that master’s
well known war horse.
“We gaze upon these things, and we
gaze upon each other, but we speak not
---deep feeling chokes up utterance !
Curiosity in the soldier yields to grief of
heart and awe, and these give place to
indignation. But why prolong regrets
unavailing ?
“ The tyranuus and bloody not is done ;
The most arch deed of piteous Massacre,
That ever yet this land was guilty of.”
Let us therefore leave the dead in the
wild wilderness, that we may hunt out
their murderous foe, and wreak our
vengeance on forms less savage than their
souls.”
“ 'Bo day, we revisited the scene of
Dade’s massacre, and no man but fingered
as if his
“ Heart was in the Coffin there with Caesar,
And lie
“ Must pause till it come back to him.”
“ Over the hillock, wherein wore in
terred ihe last mortal remains of Dade
and his officers, might be seen to lean,
one who had known them kng and loved
them well. Folding his arms o’er his
grief-sureharged bosom, as if to repress its
swelling sighs, mournfully shaking his
head, and pulling his forage-cap low upon
his brow, as tho’ to conceal his private
regrets from the public eye, he would
retire to some distant shade, and there
relieve his choaking emotions. The solemn
silence, the sombre scenery, the soldiers
curirously examining the pines which
were raked by the cannon more than
twice the height of the tallest Indians—
our men gathering up relics of the dead
treasuring a button from the uniform of an
officer, extracting a bullet from the
triangular stockade—that unfinished de
fence itself, a breast work scarce knee-high,
telling volumes, contrasting with the lew
and faintly uttered comments which we
made to each other on what all, but too
w'ell, understood to speak of baste or
despairthe grief depicted on visages
whereon sorrow or sympathy having made
their visible temples, dwelt twinri’d, and
owning “no dividual being'’—these, all
these audibly said that the tribute ol a
tear, was not indecorous even in grown
men and gallant ones. 1 tore myself away
from this Aceldama, almost envying Genl.
Caines the chance or the conduct which,
placing him earliest on the spot, had con
ferred upon him the proud, sad privilege
ol gathering up their manes. These
funeral rites are described in a manuscript
poem, whence the following verse is ex.
traded.
Lonely ami sad is the spot w here we laid them
In the land oi the savages there mouldering awav
No stone marks their graves but memVv has made’
I hem,
A tomb in our I team that w ill never decay.
It may not be uninteresting to add that
I Major Dade’s soldiers were generally from
the middle states and from that green islo
which has so often furnished more than
Erin’s quota of heroes and martyrs. But
“ W e give in charge, '
Their names to the sweet lyre. The historic muse
iTouu i.„ r treasure, marches with it down
To latest times ; c.j < f .„i p ture in her turn
Gives bond, in sto te, and evt,. a., rln g brass,
To guard them, and immortalize her truot ”
Till then, Dade county, shall bo their
memorial, und no youth may learn the
geography of Florida, and not know the
history of their martyrdom. The parent
as she aids her little one with his school
day task, shall repeat to him the incidents
of the massacre; mingle tears, appro
priate to the sex of the one and the age ol
the other, shall wet the map, and even the
fiercer passions of man swell the bosoms ol
the mother and her child.”
From the North Carolina Watchman.
Wreek off thu kSac.tanl S]ot)s).s !
The owners and others interested, will
no doubt be sorry to hear that this fine fast
sailing vessel, which had been newly rig
ged and painted, is now lying a complete
wreck near frying pan shoals on the coast
of Rowan. The whole cargo which had
been freighted at the risk of the owners,
with a great deal of specie put on board
for the accommodation of friends is utterly
lost. It is said that the Whig wreck mas
ters have saved the specie, but claim it as
lawful prize. This vessel left Newborn
on Thursday, 11th of August, 1836, for
Governor’s Island—it had in tow a small
skiff, called the Martin Van Buren bound
for port President, and kindly offered to
escort her as far as Governor’s Island on
her voyage. They laid fair weather and
smooth sailing until they came to look-out
point, Columbus county ; where the weath
er became a little squally : however, they
got on pretty well until they came to Cape
Granville, where they encountered a rough
sea and a very distressing head wind. —
Here they had to shorten sail and tack for
Orange Harbor; here the wind blew so
rough and the breakers ran so high, that
instead of entering they steered clue west,
but were beaten by the stress of weather
into the Chatham Straits Here they made
a signal of distress, but would not land for
fear of the hostile temper of the natives.
One Cotton, a pilot, went on board, and
offered, for a reward, to conduct them pas:
the Carroway peaks, on the coast of Ran
dolph, but the two vessels had not got fur-
T'-im jLuuu tou, Oij me coast ol
Guilford, where they intended to take in
water and provisions, before they were
overtaken by a white squall, that earned
away the top-sails of the Richard Dobbs,
und strained her cordage very considera
bly. About midnight, not far from Uwha
rie Cliffs, a tremendous gale encountered
the two unfortunate ships, blowing off of
the Montgomery and Anson shore—here
the mainsail gave way, and the main mast
ol the Richard Dobbs was considerably
strained—she beat along heavily over the
whirlpools of Davidson, thinking that if
they could get to Mecklenburg Harbor, the
Richard could refit and go on upon her
voyage, but just as they got near Lord
Gravilie’s line, on the coast of Salisbury,
a tremenduous gale from the Mountains
took them all aback, and left scarce a rope
or spar undamaged. The Richard drifted
heavily upon the frying pan shoals, there
went down, her whole crew perished, and
her cargo, which consisted of loaves and
fishes for the army of the faithful, was en
tirely lost. They say that scarcely a
plank of the Richard Dobbs can be found.
The skiff which had suffered less than her
consort, in consequence of her moving in
the other’s wake and keeping better in the
winds eye, was nevertheless greatly dam
aged, und after the Richard went down,
was seen running from the Carolina coast
under bare polls. Her rigging is almost
in shreds and her crew greatly dishearten
ed, No one believes she will survive the
November storms.
It is thought that the loss of this vessel,
added to that of the David Newland, a
crazy leaky concern, which was richly
laden with srorns, and which went down
on the same day near the Painted Rock,
off the coast of Buncombe, will nearly
break up the joint stock political trading
company in North Carolina.
Di\ 1" ield, who was with Col. Panning,
and escaped death, being useful to tlfe
Mexicans, and ultimately eluded their vigi
lance and joined his friends at Velasco, is
at present in Charlemont, and has publish
ed a short narrative in the Greenfield Mer
cury. He confirms Mr. Spohn’s statement,
which we published, having seen him at
Goliad after the massacre. The followin'*
are the particulars relating to his escape:—
1 could not so well go alone, I proposed
to such of my fellow prisoners, as 1 thought
worthy of confidence, consulting one at a
time, to make a trial of elopement. Sev
eral weeks elapsed before I could find one
whose prudence justified a trial. They
all believed it impracticable, and that a
failure would be attended with immediate
death. At length a German, by the name
of Vose, whose impatience under repeated
insults bad subjected him to many mortify
ing punishments, came to an understanding
with me. The time, manner, and place ol
meeting having been agreed upon, we, by
various pretexts, obtained permission to
sleep outside of the walls. When it was
dark 1 took a path leading to the river,
where we commonly went for water, ap
pearing to go for that purpose, and having
descended to the brink, 1 shaped my course
up the river under a steep bank and pro
jecting rocks; and climbing precipices
which, under other circumstances, would
have been insurmountable, 1 at length
gained the plain and place of meeting,
where I found my companion waiting for
me.
We then ascended the San Antonio river
about one mile, where we found a place
that was fordable. Having crossed, we
descended an Indian trail, leading to the
north, the same that I came in upon a few
weeks before. Our course led us in the
direction of the Gaudaloupe river, where
we arrived the following day. Here, for
the first time, my companion informed me
ol his inability to swim. Setting my inge
nuity to work, I soon constructed a raff of
rails and other trash that I found upon the
bank, sufficiently large to float him across,
and, making a line fast to it, 1 took one end
between my teeth, plunged into the river,
and swam to the other side, towing him after
me. In like manner we crossed the Colo
rado also. My knowledge of the country
enabled me to avoid all public roads. On. !
journey led us trirough extensive prairies, j
and sometimes almost impenetrable forests. '
On the 11 til day, having travelled about!
one hundred and fillv miles, we accidental!v *
fell in with a soldier who had just returne
from the battle of San Jacinto. Here I
was informed of the joyful news of the
capture of Santa Anna. Our means of
subsistence during the time of our flight,
consisted of a few rations of bread that 1
had saved, and two small pigs found at de
serted houses on our way. Continuing
our journey we found ourselves at Velasco,
the present seat of Government, about the
middle of May. My health being much
impaired, 1 obtained a furlough with per
mission to visit my friends in the United
States.
Declension of M:ij. Jolin 11. Howard.
We have received a letter from Maj. How
ard, in which he announces his intention of
withdrawing from the Congressional Ticket,
lie assigns as his reason, the wish to afford the
Stale Rights party of Georgia the opportunity
of sanctioning the course of Gen. Glascock,
on tiie ab dition question, without injuring their
nominated ticket. Much as we regret the step
which Maj. Howard considers it a duty to his
Gauntry to take, we cannot but highly appreci
ate the motives under which it is taken. On
the subject of slavery, (the only question of
magnitude now before the Southern people,)
Gen. Glascock had the independence to diffei
with his party, and with Jus colleagues on rhe
floor of Congress. He acted as a Souther;
man, his colleagues forgot their duty to thef
Slate in their devotion to the interests of.
Northern politician : for this, his rourse re
ceives the approbation ol that portion of thr
people of Georgia who differ with him on oth‘
or questions. We were among the first, u
not the first, of iiis opponents, to applaud the
bold and lofty stand he dared to take against
the introduction on the floor of Congress, of
the question of slavery, our whole peo'ple have
sanctioned that course : they have drawn it
marked distinction between niin and the bal
ance of the Van Buren Ticket, and though we
approve the motives wh'ch have prompted his
high-minded rival for public favor to withdraw
from the contest, we nevertheless cannot but
regret the loss which such a man would he in
our public councils, should our ticket succeed.
We rather wish that both could wield their
povveiful eloquence in thrusting from the halls
of Congress, a question which that body has
no real right even to discuss.
Maj. Howard lias adopted his course under
a sense of duty to his country, and after a full
and mature deliberation. This determination
is another evidence that his country’s real good
■s with him, of the first importance, liis own
personal elevation nothing.
II;s letter reached us almost 100 late for in
sertion, and we have not room at present to
speak upon it at the length we would wish.
Georgia Journal.
Van has written a letter to Gen. Sherrod
Williams in reply to a tew plain questions ask
°d> w'-oupyiHg more than six columns of the
snjiiil print of the Globe. The wags of the
Whig pi ess denominate it a brief and calegor
teal rep,y lo lour short questions. “Glory
enough to have served” is illustrated in ever'v
l.ne. lie thinks with Gen. Jackson in all
tilings ! “I do honor even the very flea of your
ladyship’s dog” is not more wittily than truly,
quoted by the National Gazette, as the distiii
guisiimg character of the sycophantic epistle,
ror a memorable chastisement of the slavish*
sentiment, “Glory enough to have served under
such a chief ” see the address of the Whig
Central Committee. —Richmond Whig.
\Vc learn from Genoa that Dr. Giovanni
1 alrnenm as just invented a new machine of
iron, which Uiough of the utmost simplicity,
w |!| by a motive principle hitherto unknown,
del with a 1 tiic multiplied power of the theory of
Arcnimedes, and at the same time with all the
regularity of a steam engine. It is onlv about
three yards and a half long, three yards broad,
and three and a half high, and yet is of 1340
horse power. —Paris Paper.
L'>co Focoism.— The Hon. John Van Luren.
son of the Vice President, and heir loom of
the Empire, is at the Astor House. John is
the most sensible man of the family, and is
now electioneering among the loafers'and loco
tocos m old coat, old hat, and linen that once
Was white.—JV. Y. Herald.
This must he irresistible to the New York
loco TOCOS. How can they help voting for a
man whose son is such a real democrat as to
wear “old hats” and dirty shirts !” V. S Tel
egraph. ' *
I ankee Ingenuity. —Tin last specim „*n •
ol Yankee ingenuity we have heard of, is
the one adopted by the venders of spirits
in certain towns ol Rhode Island where it t
is prohibited. In public houses, along the *
shelves arranged for the glasses, are found 9
over a partial! ir glass, the words li ask, k
ond you shall receive These magic*
words pronounced, and the charm made •
more strong by money and the use of the
words “Gin” or “Brandy,” the shelf
revolves and a glass of the required
‘•enttur” stands before you. Ail this is
effected without any apparent human
agency.— Ev. Star.
COMMEIi c I A L .
We have no remarks to make this week in
relation to the Cotton market. Prime still
commands 19 1-2 cts , but little in market. No,
new Cotton except one load which came ij
yesterday, and for which 21 cents is asked,
but no purchasers at the price.
fl.iverpool t:ot on Mark:l.
I lie packet ship George Washington, Capt.
Holdredge, has arrived at New Vork from
Liverpool with files of papers to the 26th of
Juiy, and from London to the 24th. The fol
lowing interesting commercial extract was re
ceived in this city by the above conveyance :
“Liverpool, July 23, 1836.
J lie packet of the 16th instant having been,
detained, we now recapitulate the changes
taken place in our Cotton market since the 7th
instant. _ Prices receded until the 14 h, when
about 1500 bales were taken on speculation at
from 7 3-4 to 8 1-4 cts. per lb., which was a
consideraOie reduction on the rates current the
7th mst. This gave some animation to our *
market, and induced the trade to purchase free
ly ; and from the lowest point an advance of
nearly 1-2 per lb. has been established, 1< t
which applies to Qualities at and under l«i r
the better descriptions during the pressure*
from the scarcity, remaining stationary. Mai «
‘j* ** ,e '™c k last even ing, 30,020 bales
4/00 of these on Speculation, and 530 for
Export. Uplands 8 1-4 all 34; Alabama
and Tennessee 7 1-2 a lOd.
STOCKS. IMPORTS.
• . 1836 - 1835~' Ts3tf 1835
American 196000 2010:)0. 509337 507144
Other kinds, 75000 33000 140066 115925
271000 239000 649153 623069
Liverpool, July 23.
Lotion. —The speculations which took place
in the lower qualities of American ear] v last
week, has been since followed up by the trade
who have purchased freely, and the market has
closed at an advance of fully l-4d per lb. upon
the common to fair, and l-2d upon the better
quahnes of American. 4000 American and
700 hundred Pernambuco have been taken on
speculation, and 100 American, 320 Bengal
and 160 Surat for export. °
The sales amount to 30,026 bales, amornr
which are, 600 Sea Island, 20d to 36d • 90
brained do. 9d to lOd ; 8410 Bowed Georgia. 8
l-4d to 11 3-4 d; 7460 Mobile, Alabama, 8d to
12d and 7 l-2d to 10 l-2d ; 7530 N. Orleans,
ou to 13a.
Tiie imports for the week are 7645 bags.
~ Monday, July 25.
1 lie Cotton market is dull, but there is no
alteration in price. The sales on Saturday
were 4000 bales, and 10-dav 2000.