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THE S ENT IN EL. U tlliuiei fii. Jo»e«. f*K*« ior t lie semi-weekly paper, l ive Doilarti pe annum, t paid in advance or Six Dollars, f paid *t the end ol'lhe year For tin. weekly paper, Three Dollars in advance, of 1 our Dollars al llicend of the year- No suViscription taken for less than a year,and no jiepor discontinued till all dues are paid,except at the option of the Editor. Advkrtiskments will he inserted the first time at Seventy-Five Cents per square, and Thirty-Seven and n Half Cents lor each continuance : Monthly HHdother Advertisements, not published semi-week ly Seventy-Five Cents per square for each insertion W Ee.Uers on busihios must he post paid. 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.