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i w used t IhcLrfaecdtne names ot?v apiou;
r v , t . i: -.i. 'UA.r f rAi t. rArtn
n...n ni jnnnsun ai hid 'ivbu - ; ww
JJUIbll 7
BBaesaaBaaeaBBBBBBassB
bee ffli.iheirdorae
MlAfA
than by openly opposing them
Hitioirwill tidw atratf them. Bochrmen" trill he
likely tu :fi.id iittbej&ith
too Kir mm attachment fortfef happy Union
to which tve, ow all our prosienty anu nappy:
. t.o? miirni imurR ; liiriii firm - : - . j , ... -; --. i j, - i
timnaOWoswii . -lr.-. F .. t .i..,r .,s.;nr; ;n nrr tn nrmlnr.p a section-
.m . a Mm n aw r nn -nasi t r m ia . - m hwiiii iiur vsiatiim wa m n w-h hit r.iLir.fTiinrn.Biawci w iiiuki iiiia ii u . u -
it wouldapbeaf, irith; j aesxgn.ui sppiewjHN rT-'"! 9 tZlZiL
union. J i nere is ,noiiung,viuafc,;u?
effectual, v conduce I to that end fas a di.sr
:iUMkW ..nA ;n "it, f W.4 .-1 B-firrf in the couth nfali the efiorts of the menu
h a m i,r.n..iiri u.AauLs a k ii v 11a w w u v - -.- ....
ctjnpaniea , ine
tinie auempis
- jl-I ja hAnnt iAr.ded enemies tmk for theDurnosef-elebitinff thlorUt them-
. T l j n'.MBot fUn iK &nn itr.1T from I nit niortith nf Januarv. besiilcs other indications 1 -of -the
BJ-...U r,niins liimself. . lrice'lh in disapprobation of a certain Nabolt so
at III wai t- - -i , si r f . 1
land-
e.. .i
;.! ;i
-ir-s'-A-J-
aLt HnriK. (n trrprcp in their
"1 t---i7i j r 'i. ' - ' .i I ..'ikn "i-iyiSt- Th:5 attmmnt
ananiraoualy passed.' il to excite; the feelings of the southern orderto
iOFEIGIA'
- The "following official 1 sti lemeht, 1 r eccjive'd
at 1 the Adjutant GeneraP? 0 Bee, gives aij in-
recoinoisance ioij "
gjllant Dape, w-"1
rielaacholy iate, in
knthe.28th1of tie?
reolntion was
r Resolved, i Hat we view
diapprobation, ' the avowed
cf tain Individuals of the abolition
fiation parties that the " violent
ue orsi serre oniy ip irniaie me t ieeiing, uu.
tBl'ennvince the conscience of the master.
d consequently to increase the severity, but What can so efiectuailyi disconrage tnem in
Di to ameliorate iae conuiuon oi inn ie
ixt the latter Tartv is now bntv -sustained and
fell, tnarether .hv the nrnceediners of the for-1 withMniury
ter both openly avowing their readiness for 1 man belongs to the democratic party, and is an
W to their unholy progenitor' tfin i infaiSoa. .n .boimc,0i,t. we AoW read him out of oor north Ja"-,"
Tbe democracy of the norm are strenuous- .; nnArt& that M.ior Gen
contending for ,the;rights of )he,soUUi,- ." "tVort tine! from frlmtftl
oil he 22d of Februa-
; their exertions as for ;the lqulh to disregard all Bajr, wuh his .command, on hf
i their efforts, and not only! so, but! repay them r? an v j i--l;,
with; injury and contumely t , To? say that a Jfc
iv.a'oVinep.n tu east the renfoach on tht$ friends
of the dominations of Van Burfen and Johnson
of being favorable to tbe abolition cause-a
reproach that isiot less unjust than indica
tive of the true cause of the determinaUon t to
i:.i.U ?Witinn tinestion in Congress I
vilt inform lbi Senator, and tbe whole South
ifc-iAwthVRttiti orNew Hampshire, there is
otL ;within the compass of my knowledge a
!hliidnWl."in faror of the nomination
alluded (o, who is not decidedly opposed to the
nresent- abettor of the anti-slavery catise in
New England. The primary meetings prepar
A, . Va Annual election are now being
held ib that-State. -Ever since 1829, the op
pctsitionof every name has been beaten at
i-u -i-w.;r..-nd it so haDPens that, tor the
: hanh9rt nnt as vet chosen to otter
t,. n no vmotoms, -eitner
e j.--.i nU.tinW m itcentraUon. - '-
i TK 'HiHaboromrh ; Council district, oemg
-bbont a fifth of the State; held its convention
i .-K- -r.uA.r nf JAriuarv. ; This district has
steadily adhered to the principles of the demo
cratic party lhroUgh evil report and through
- j 'm thA commencement 01 Jei-
.ministration to the present moment
,i-i.0 .rtmintr from nearly every
iown.l.ip "of the dl.lr.ct, mJ'W'?Z!LX ii&SUui fcii 7mS .r&'iron.- that Dosilioni He Wa adr.ncinK toward this
- v - . u n & k m . aw - Ai.K. . sti1 a Anm?vrjcaw vnn v s An a bt j Tr rvsuas' mi i tin who sa:Asss w v wmsv - .
ARTMENT,
Fort King,! Florida, Febfyary 23v1836
General :IAffreeably tdyour directto'ns.
six or seven miles
river, where Major
an aoomiouisi, we snoum reau uuu um ,ui yu i " " ; i 1 " ' z r r . ' j . . .
poliucarchurchYand;turnb
T . " r . . , - J.. t- ' tvv.M rt.. l.l l Keminole Indians on tneomoi uecei;iorr iabi.
-Stul further. Mr. f resident, Jnere is a town i a Hppan numne huiuub, . ' uk., v u.r r-- , , . . . aL- n r j-j
.ISr"! -A wv,ivaJhfi n hecesssitv tor thi for if oerchance. a and have thelionor to Submit the fqlloWirig re-
ir.-T 1 T . - i ' a J ,1 t - i-
the
oNw Hampshire, (Barnstead.) whicrr-has be no necesssity tor tftisi lor 114 percnancea
KiTKiS;; t: ; rnno,ohe .infiinebt: i.. ,hii:h ourSiartv In thi. t ihi. ppsr toy from Tamp, lay en
nnpAn .ntaii n n -1 - M . n n . . ..AAHnTv.mrsiifl htp fi-ttnnrniraniv. iiiiilhii k in hhkimlo- i tuuiivi - -.- - - j ,
lis ueinocrauc citizens on tne win oi janua-
rt passed resolutions unanimously approving!
the nominations before named, and also the
' Retolvei, That those foreign emmissaries be Ion j remernbered.as Ithe panic session,- f that position.
on. & . . .fV.rilifmn.itin A.. . U Un ik:. U.il., Unrl f nnncMpr (Kb nraicinl nfT.irla in rrpulfl tin
iolson andher unimouslylic appeals to our brethren of the'soulh, on the excitement on the subject of the slave questioo battle ground about 9 o'cl.ck in the morning,
n and Jonnson, anv . , L . , sl f. , . v ' , ... I J j .w : .,,.., in ur advanend rJnard had nassed the ground
. ! - -s .i - . I". f.2l.; X.. iLaH.....!.., .U.A
as. -j-. i s .
ST. HUQUSTlNEi March. 6.
'is.
eroW,
rention.
resol
n
j.L.iLj rnAr:nrAnlbtihnsV i kubiectof slavery, are anoin? the foundation as one of them
P d oI!;lirhat ihe relation of mister andpf our liberty and would glad ly sever our hap-, of, the North, would hef ei present themselves
itt"Tcia8;velT withn the regu-by Union.? " : ,.:) , iuu with numerous petitions? for abolishing slavery
" 'lithm oVthStates in which it exists, and thatf ; Resolved, Thai all legal measures -for the in the District of Colnmjbia, if they did not feel
" lt kip inhabitants of , othersuppressiori ,of , unconstitutional interference assured that southern, men in Congress would
States in regard to it, is not only unauthorizedby agents or incendiary , publications among I lend their efforts to agitate' the question. On
j :.:..f i u.'. rk:M nd dishonorable askouthern slaves, will meet our entire aDiroba-1 the 4th of March, two years asro, while certain
,ann luiruaiTu. ;r tj . . f . L!nn : . . j .. ! h ... . 1 fWmvd rAsnlniinnfi ftfterardR nassed bv-theSe- to the nfirht one or two horses wefe; seen.
JhK Kinds us together, a Resolved. That what we most abhor amon? nate, were under ilebate, I called the attention Within the! triangle, along the north ind west
Rtrtied Thai those who promote inflam-kbolionists, is their attempts to introduce the of the Senate tn the various excitements which faces of it were about. thir4y bodies, mostly
:-fT-"t ?t .rAmiiliv of dissemi-blacks into the societr of the whites, havinalhad been moved for bolitical effect, and I then mere skeletons, although much of the iclothing
. i .t . .i f ika enntn nnn irMVpn narprl a irlnnttham s fit aaanriaUs and I iTifldn nA of thft fnllnwihcr laniriiafffi i
.,Tngmon5 u ;nciirinmninirinV'nr nnr vn..tr. ! .nri rl,J A nrttlmi Bil-tot m ArA rprrni iw moved bv most every one of them, in precisely the ppsi
iertn are regarded by Ts as persons prompt-inestic inlercouse ; may all such meet the fate the agitators; is the slife question. Accord- turn they: must have oeenpied during Ihe fight
-C. c 1C? . . rJ. hi; unkf the pno.n imri.m.. '" i I I , ;nffW w kcritntnir at thm mthlir. mofU I their heads next to the loirs over which they
ai hvihemasi reckless wwksuusaoi . ; .v..vum. - . ? i t" j"" - ..-w . - , . ; . .i L'.-r
' Insane ' fanaticisms ufly as mischie voOs in its Resolved,: That we despise no hum an be- ings in South Carolina declaring to thetrfol- had aeuverea xneir nre, ana ef
iiasaue.iaijflwwuvr v . ntrfr it,- frrm r K5- v,-.., -J.k ai- Toirio o,wi: . 'fA therein a. A?- stretched with strikms reeulanty parallel to
i
withont halting, when the General and his staff
came upon lone of the most appalling sce nes
that can be imagined- We first saw sdmo bro
ken and scattered boxes ; men a cart, sine two
oxen of which were lying dead, as if they had
fallen asleeD. their yokes still on them : a little
T . L ... " - I . I i.
I hat we advert wunme uccjsi wu. mum upmuu w mc Aintuu race, i
r . - -.- ; . " -s ' . WW . rf W LW r -M
fact that aome individuals , pi me neir intellect is too leeoie, their passions too l norm, zo
r in ihia State, have made meirtrong, ana ineirxiisponitions too irratable : tolpr mat
consequences.
, v Resolved,
Veret to the
1ar.iril rtrde
pulpits the source of oxciting appeals, and vir
ulent denunciations orr the subject of slavery ;
that we consider all interference trom me sa
bred desk, in political questions, as aside from
the sphere I of the duties of clergymen ; and
ihat we view those clergymen who counte
nance the proceedings of the abolitionists, and
indulge in such appeals and denunciations as
pursuing a course hostile to our Union, and
to the cause of civil liberty, and contrary to
tbe true spirit of the Gospel of Peace' , .
" Stafford eoxxnXj Convention of more than
.11. ..loo fmni iiknnt thirtv townshios.
on the 18th of January, unanimously passed a
resolution : in favor of the same candidates for
President and Vice President, and the follow
VifmirncrA lhiir fma
iP?oed, That we set so htgh a value up- of the North befng,irt nine cases put of ten, work we found other bodies along the Toaa ofrhe officer d to b wonoded o oar side is pen
Union as to ennrede to! the 1 rprl the same oersohs who have labored so zealous- anq oy ine sme oi me roan, generan wutuu --. . i, t 1 s Ji -1
trees : wnicxi iiatt ucen resyrieu ro tor coTer?
ing:
liberate design on the part of the people of the each other. They had evidently been shot
drtce iVtc whole white population out eau ai, i tjieir posts, anu mc nmwi uau
count, to annihilate their TfrooertvYai9iTtteii mem, except oy ianrig nc scaP
l hex agitators I oi : uio oi iiiem. i rassinz miw hhic urcasi
inc einiesi rider nhn hih (,,m Z. K
he wa. .hot at by tfprty oIndi.nVJ5 or 20 in namSr '
as bB-unpoBei ; three of them fir.H ik-i, sn .LrV-.r i
naa lhro.lhe lop of hi. Hai'
Picofata, and Arrived safe there f kin mnin. H 1
ginaiifbelmiging to mr'Y-mgitm '
afternoon, reports thai hesa nine Jndiansat bis master' i
UUUK-i n""1 ; Si morning toeir tracks are
seen on (his rdfid liJ.ivferal places aaj icoutiag partiel
urcu vuii uut uiriu iu iub numeroos swamps and
thickets, and their activity, if Is verr difficult
them, and asfet none of thsffti naVebeefi taken. 1 ' i f
An aurro jmju given 4iu4be4ncajapienuf volunteers
abbot two miles from (oWn. last nirht ' ft is iit k.
Indian iiw and nre'd ufkjn by yhe?df the sentineh),
ahd'als6 by the officer of th jJnaM'ancfchaaed for half
a. mile, jrhert be escaped into the thkketiii. ; . j
lbe loiiawingeitract of a fetter to a gentleman of this
eily 4 J.ve a more particular hecouol of the baiisbreadih
escape tnade by the eftpreti I ' );1 ' " 1 I ; r
T" ST. AUGUSTINE, Marfh B.-A man naoiedFrtfflh
belonging to D. Company, ant another while maniafcd a
"t&bi. fl here for Picolala.espress Alter joceediiig
about II miles, while passing through a small thicket,
about fifteen Indians sprang) out in the ' road, I and fired
,tr. m r I 1 . I . . . . . '
ufjuufuciu.: xrene nia one unii, ,lDrougn his bat. "One
threngb hiscoattand while turning to make his escape J a
.kn)'ridcil tln...K ,t u: L..il i ' " .
biiu. . uiuuu mc ioi,r ut jiita bust, Bliu adUllier Cut
the frpntof hispantaloons the- two in 'co.npany wilh 4
him being behind, were not so much ei posed. The white
man had a ball passthroogh his eoat The three-escaped;
uninjured, and reached there last evening. . The Indians
were .within 15 or 20 paces of Prime when they fired at
themf and to this may be attributed his almost miracufoti?
escape." ' ' - f ri ;: j l-''' - ' . -..i
'-ATTIJE, WlTH;rHEjrNblAS:-l
The St." Augustine Herald contains the foirti ing account
of a most severe engagement, between General Gaines
and the Indians'; and also gives information lhat the Re
mains uf the gallant detachment of U.j 3. troof under the
command o Major Uaile, wno were massacred by the
Indiens, bad been discovered, and we have the melan
choly satisfaction of knowing lhat they, were decently
buried by l heir comrades in arms..,. .,; . ,A
We have been favored with the sight ot severe- letWrs
from St. Aurastiue, which gives some further, details r!
the above engagement, the substance of which we give,
without vouching for their correctneas as the accopnts
appear to be .much coofosed'.J ;- :i .I'Wh-'. .J. .f
. One letter says Gen. Gaines bad been, tiro days engas4
ed with the Indians .(I5U0 in number)fat Withlacoocbeo
that in conseqnence:of being short oi aenmnnitiom! hft
was fjoading his field pieces with trace, r bains, and firing
them; at he Indians with Iremendoos effect and that be
had sent to Gen. Clinch for a; reinforceiaepr, whocpald
not grant it, wilbout orders from Geo. Uf ott.-? . j
' Another letter states that 'between 2 aad 300' of the
Indians had been killed, when the express felt fort
Drane, and the engagement tili continaed that Gen.
Gaines .had written to Gen. : Clinch, to send him 2U0
moitnted men and provisional aad he would pot an. end
to the war. The writer espresses jibe opinion that; thrs
reiniorcement woald not be sent as soma jeAlomy
existed between' Gens. Scott and Games, aad 'thai the
latter was acting on bis ow n responsuut y, w it boot order
A nostcript to this teller intorros that sfx of Genera'
Gaines' men bad ben killed, Hud 50 wounded, after jScht
ing'SdaysJ .r, . .
Another letter says our troops ftjogt the Indians for
two: days across the river, aad on the third day, having!
formed an .entrenched Camp, proceeded with 20Mj men
f irlbe pitrjjose of- enticing Shera across the"Wilhhtcoo'l
cliff, ' He succeeded, and tbe IndiansaUaekcd b?m it
hrs errtrenehed ramp when tie committed great slaughteif
among mem, naving killed an oi tbetr number. I t)ad
If
our
iiAa thAiV Constitutional Rip-hta. Inavino- ly ! in the Indian agitation : these oersons re-1 tr
.1 . . '. -I I.J.JI ff r. ' . 5 .: . J I r.... 4kn onk'mir'a C ' 1 t..nmnff .Knill tlVt
im to manage T in?ir own internal anairs anul(iceu to aimost noj.irnre.in point oi nuraoers i"u ... au.auwug v
gumtc nicii unu m. i ' I v ...... .v.,.,... .... i - i .... ' , . . )
frhese resoluuons are from a cofflfflti
uJate their own morals.
and influence; by mimasktng of their nypocri-f hundred yards further, we found a poster
- - I - . - . ' . . .
TtnJnP,?.. That we 1 hate no teliowsnip
: whatever with northern Abolitionists a set of
deluded individuals, deserving rather of pity
tkarr AontAmnt. ' j i '
Grafton and Coos Convention, on the 17th of
January, with about the same number ol oeie
gates, approved the same nominations, and u
' Tinnimonslv ; ;- i ; ' ' ''
; . Resolved, That anti-elavery, as acted out
' by its present supporters, is fit employment
oaiy for such as nave no ousiness ui uioir own
and wish to interfere with the affairs of their
neighbors, f Should its advocates expect to
- ride into oQce by practising such wild delu
sion, theyjvill ere long discover their mis-
take i j: ! ' ; : : "- v -, . -
Sullivan county, (a part of the old Cheshire
Council district,) on the 20th of January, by
delegates from nearly every township, unani
mously declares for the same Presidential can
didates, and passes the following preamblejand
resolutions: i - ;v'!?i 'y' y-:
!- Whereas, much excitement has prevailed
in this State, in relation to the existence of
slavery in the southern portion of the Union:
And whereas, in the opinion of this Conven
tion, the constitution of the United States re
. serves to the slave-holding States the original
- Tight to the exclusive control of the servile
? portion bf their population : And whereas,
- the present excitement in the northern States
got up by fanaticism' and .morbid philanthropy
and based upon an ignorance of the true condi
, lion1 of the slave, Uie character of the master
and of the relative rights and duties ot the sev-
- eral members; of the ronfederacy.'i has been
- seized upon by wicked and corrupt man, with
'a view to divide the democracy of the North
.and Sooth, and sever the union of the States :
"And whereas,' in oar belief, the course of the
abolitionists, if persisted in, will lead to a dis
' Boloiion of tho confederacy and its attendant
' calamities, a servile end civil -war; There
fore, ' ' s. f - ' '
Resolved, That we view every Abolition
ists as an enemy to hU country, to the union
of the States, and .the integrity of the democrat-
!ic party.'! v';' ; i'-... ' U
Resolved, That it is the duty of the de
mocracy to discountenance and check, . by all
proper means,, the prosecution of the plans and
. .schemes of the Abolitionists y j Vi W
v - - Rcsolced,sTh&t i( Congress possess the
J . constitutional powerit is inexpedient' to abol
,. istt slavery in the District . of ColumbiaV , -
r Rockingham distiict, by delegates from its
fieterai tqwnsV on the 2$th January, passed
4 .Ihe following resolution, in addition to resol o
L' tiens in favor of Martin Van Buren and Rich
'.i ijiirdJI; Johnsoa. 4V-i'- rLVs-.i;
. I, lced, That we viewithdeep jCon
- txsrn'd rff the Accent exertions of a few
:?i5ntiC3 to disturb the harmony and peace of
JirZX fipm irrjhtsoTtdindepefldepcpflbe:
pectable and intelligent farmer, as hardy as
b face of the trranite hills i theVi inhabit, as
kdy to take up arms in their couniryfe de
pee as they are to vote down th man- n7
par who take ground against that country
frd a "community who have not sufficient
cocntion among themselves to give support
anousiness to a single village lawyer.! 1
e intelligent yeomanry who passed those
pla, common-sense resolutions, understand
wh duties the people owe to each other, and
to e States of this Union, quite as weli as
tha who split hairs and carry on a labored
s&jment at either end of the capitol, to prove
tvy Congress has not a right to interfere with
suery in the District of Columbia. On tho
od hand, a gentleman, (Mr. Leigh of Va,,) is
afyauded for hes most conclusive speech,
paring beyond doubt, that Congress' cannot
Ieklate on the subject, of slavery; and in. a
tre, another learned and able gentleman,
(If. Hoar of Mass.,) in another (hall, Is coiri-
pnenieu, pernaps oy me. same persons, who
evilly admire the talents and the principles
o oth speakers, with' having demonstrated
b ond ail question, that Congress has a right
t boltsh slavery in this District ! Both the
g tletnen belong to a party .that can agree or
d gree, whenever and wherever it imay be
n essary The object now is to keep; the' ball
0 ontention moving between the North and
ll South ; and no other course the' two gen
tl len can take will so effectually encourage
tl abolitionists on the orie side, and arouse
th slave-holder on7 the other. The people
ai aroused the seed ofdisuninn is strewed
inew ground and inveterate j sectional dis
tr t takes deeper root ; and our congressional
01 ors obtain a high reputation with all such
usjouiu ma&e our vjonstitution mean any
thar or nothing. They are little less than
"i-like" in their masterly expositions of
tnr constitution ; an; instrument so plain to
common: senses before; they. had louched4t.
ttt he who runs may read, and j rightly under
SEIUl - . . V-.V :- V-'.--: :" I - -4
Beside the strong alnd Unanimous expresBion$'ul0t et those only responsible on" whom
They attempt to aivarnlorLtalhelr" coniplaint3.
by calling meetings and delivering inflamma
tory addresses in varipoe (places ; and they
are attempting to operate on Congress by fac
simite petitions in various parts, asking inai
slavery may be abolished in the' District of Co
luxvb'a. Of these agilatprs it suffices to say,
that in tttb W2ie iiorwi no , unr luieingcm
. X IIC
efforts,
stance.
41 A
These efforts are madeftb produce tnS5 uitam
effect, and , they , are every j where formed
against a general expression of scorn from the
real mends of tlie Union, ; i f ' ;
Without intimating in the Senate that I had
in view any particular individuals when these
words were spoken two (years ago, I claim the
merit of having then predicted precisely the
course that has been taken on the abolition
question. : I now see in both branches, pf Con
gress an apparent desire to magnify this sub-
ect to keep the ball of contention in motion.
From what quarter .this intention comes, let
he records of Congress speak. , ,
. The book of Doc tor Ghanuing has been in
troduced into the Senate. - If the Doctor had
written his book for gain, he could desire no
thing better that this he will, now; sell ten
books where he would not otherwise have
sold one.' In my mind it is a doubtful am s-
lion, whether it be Impre reprehensible to
write such a bank orjtb read it in the Senate of
the - United: States. ;i The Doctor's motive
might have been good in one case, and the
Senator's motive might have be praiseworthy
in the other. I confess 1 was shocked at the
infatuation or the folly which would prompt
any man to deliberately; write what was here
read ; and if the direct effect of reading those
extracts was to spread before the people , of
the potrth doctrines the most odious ' and dis
gusting-if the effect pf spreading the nauseous
paragraphs in that region be to excite the co
lored population to Snatirty and rflwderr-if
the effect be Jo fan hihrUfee flame of dis-
bfpubhc meetings of friends of the Adminis
tttion, 1 have numerous ' letters from New
Ijmpshire .declaring the j public sentiment.
lie letter says: T
j Abolition f here is at
eb. Not a dog, attempts to move his tonsrue.
.Can recollect no political question that has
I t - !
c sr oeea oeiore the people, that has been 6o
aapletely put down. AH parties, s classes,
les and sexes,! hold the abolitionists id the
Ask utter contempt.; I observe that it is in
Joated by certain ; politicians in Congress,
t these professions of the people of the ndn
veholding States are not sincere that they
dre not toe the . mark, , Now let: those, gen-
J men come nere, anu they. wilt. find a people
hostile to disturbing the slave: Question fas
fe people of the slayeholding States - can pos
my be. ; Our - people consider this question
out which they have-nothingito do, iother
tan as a member of . the Confederacy, to con-
Jid that- the just rights of each and every
KuaiauMcu iu luein z inn am oi
iinion that Congress have no more right to
. . wm Bwvcry in tne uisirici 01 uotum
than they have in any of the States.
uutnci iccr aaya:
rfn. i J i
"Tha- leading feairire
00 which the times
of
conatuined by -nineteen c in every twenty in-
nt citizens of the; North, as is the agrita-
tionj of the slavery question in Congress . ,
4 t he present agitation in the North, is kept
up by the application bf money it is a state, of j
mmgs altogether torced. agents are hired,
disguised in the character of ministers of the
Mospel. to preach abolition of slavery, where
slavery does qot exist: and presses are incon
stant employment, to scatter abolition publica
tions through, the country . Deny the right
oi peuuon io ine misguided; men and women
who are induced, fipm no bad. motive, to peti-.
tion for the oboliUbnjof slavery in the District
of Columbia, , and ; ypn do. moretoVincrease
their numbers, than jwrill thand of dollars
paid to the emissaries, Who' traverse the coun
try to distribute abolition tractsrand to spread
abolition doctrines. ;.f Continue- to debate abo
lition in either branch of Congress, and : you
more effectually subserve the incendiary lews
of the:, movers of -abolition, ? : than any thing
they can do for themselves. ' It may suit those
who, have been disappointed in all their, poli-
evidently, the advanced truard, in the rear :of
which was the body of Major Dade and to the
right that of Captain Fraser. II
' .These were all doubtless shot'dojtrn e
rli at flic ;vrtne luuiaiioV fegrpV perhaps, Cap
tain Frazer, who must, however, have fallen.
very early in the fiht. Those inf the roadi
and by 'the trees, fell during the first attack.
It was! during a cessation of the fire that the
little band still remaining, about thirty in num
ber, threw up the triangular breastwork, which
from the haste with which it was constructed
yas necessarily defective, and couljl not prri
tect thefcn in the seconcj attack j ;w ,
We had xtilk ni "lany f the personal friends
of the officers of j&rjof Dade's command, and
it is gratifying to be abi Jo state that; every
officer was indenlifjed by undoubteJ eVidefce.
They were buried, and thf cannon, a,six-ppi;ii-der,
that the Indians, had thrown intd a swamp
was recovered and placed vertically at the
head bf the grave, wherr il is to be hoped : it
will long remain, , The bodies of the non-commissioned
officers and privates were buried in
two graves, and it was foand that every man
was accounted for. . The command Was compo
sed of eight officers and one hundred and two
non-commissioned officers and privates. The
bodies of eight officers and ninety-eight men
were interred, four men having escaped ; three
of whom reached, Tampa bay : the fourth was
killed the day after the battle. ,
It mBy be proptr. to' observe, that the. attack
was not made from a hammock, butjina thinly
wooded country ; the Indians beings concealed
by. palmetto and 'grass,: which has since, been
burned. t : J '
': The two companies were Captaius Frazer's
of the 3d artillery, and Captain Gairdiner's, of
1 K a O.l . stt?llsavV" HPKa trier At a ILTeivAV
anv ; ACka ? aas atuvt j f a u ymuui a : f a w . vs,ajks
Dadelof the 4th infantry, Captains! Frazer aod
Girdiner, second Lieutenants Basin ge, brevet
second Lieutenants R. Henderson, Mudge and
Keau, - of tbe artillery, and Doctor J S. Gat-
lin.-. 1 '.-"i?-.-. ' ' :----izy ;:i,r- :nu,:
I have the honor to be, with the highest Tre
spectj your obedient ' servant,1 ''v4 ji a a ; v
tea j -c a' ui'rinTinrrTr
IOI&UCUJ '-. ' JJ. tl. Ill l VUVUVlli
' Captain 1st infanty; Act, Insp'r General.
Major Gen; Edmund I'. Uunes, j '
Commanding VY esters Department,
FrtKing1, Florida.
3b force of Gen. Games , is stated , to have hccH
composed of militia from Alabama sou Louiaulaa,
The Pensacola Gazette of lbs 22lb oil asatef fSa
w i.ii vjrii. vj-iiines. rfsuiK-u in a I miacc on aos w v
from New Orleans to Tampa Bay, he reee(ed orders 1.
repair to tne iMeitcan rroatier", ito wmchr pomt, it seeii.
tne bin uegrment ot !nfntry na s ocen ordered. Uo this.
fa gt beinp made known to jthej troops aad volunteer?,
the latter manifested much dissatisfaction, and iriaistec,
hat as they bad Volunteered, to go under tho command
of Gen. Gaines, be should accompany, them. lUfndejr
these circumstances, he determined to do so. j j
ifThe editor of the Pensacola paperlaaya, this rs this
only propitious moment for operating effectually,ias thp
rwny season commences about the first of March, aau
faf a month afterwa-ds an army -will have abnndant oc
cupation in contending against the elements. N men,
he continues, knows these facts better than Gen. Gaines.
Itis believed therefore, that it is bis design to push fcr
ward in pursuit of ths Indians as far' as prudeiicL
allow, before the rainy season commeoccs. . - . ;
Onreachine the Indian Town' which w ih- fiLt J L
ject of his expedition, Geo. Gae found the fires of
the savages suit burning, i but their , women aad chil
dren the captrue of whom waa conaidered tej be f
great importance bad fled, v 4 f? r ; ' i.-j j T
jTbe Sl.-.Augiisline Herald stales that some wrong to
pressions bad obtained currency respecting the discharre
ot tlie rjortoa militta.. Gen. Eustis bas antkAri.i ih.
editor to sy t.l't bis order did not contemplate the de- :-
Itvery ot a single musxet. lie also desires ibe public to
be assured that it was ia a spirit oi kindnes and respdet
that his communication was made to Gen. ; Huwaitdez.
An express had arrived al St. Augustine, trooaM'Raa's,
who stales that he saw a large number ot lndian tracks
near Golcooda mill Gen, Eustis immediately ordered a
detatchraent of troops to scour .the country in that! direct
lion, a part ot whom went by water, and and a part ay
land.: : iv - -ii .. -i ? . .... 'T r
I The following paragraphs are copied from the St. An
gustine tieralo: . . i ? .N: -i.- i'
Gen. ttaines. we team j had joined Geo. Clinch with
Via tbe
started
lie low-
came.
The allusion hero was (o a vseeech" rebbrted bv
Ithe newspapers to hatibeenfmade by Mr. Calhoun.
ur wuaia varottirk j ? i: .
Extract of a letter from an Officer-at: Fort
i Drane, to the Maartermaster, general ;
" RAnAral Ha ins. with abDut 1000 men. con-
sistinir of four companies of the d t artillery,
seven cbmnanies of 4th infantry about five
hundred and fifty volunteers from Louisiana,
and about seventy friendly Indians, arrived sit
Fort Kinir on the 22d: , Tie trbobs left'Tara-
na bav on tne loui. vn uir,wir mey ourieu
the bodies of those Kiueo at tne oatite pi uuith;
lacboche on the 2th December, (Major Dadea
command) : they found all the bodies. They
saw hd hostile Indians oh the way, and yery
few "signs of ;them! :.,;,;;';;7-4?j
l '-u.M NDI A Kt-W-A-O
0".;
U FKUUr9iV.AUIiUaT.IN E.il-;U
: Jom t CAorleston Cotdier, a tke?tA Juorc&.
Anothen Battle y. fovgh
Major Dale, his Officers
l The schr. S. S. UUU,. Capt!
vesterdav raornins from St. A
we received the St. Augustine Herald ot the 2d iost. and
i-1 . . i . f i .... i .
BiTD oi lira rouowinj eiira sup, uaicu uui mi
with the Indians,-
and Men Buried.)
SotrrawicK, arrived here
ugustine. by which vesse
lOi men on the 24th Febuary, Irom Tampa Bav
uper crossing ol the Withlacoochee, aad had
back again for Tampa with 8 days 'provisions, bv t
er crossing. We understand that Gen. Gaines
through the scene of the massacre of tbe gallant hot on-
fnalun.!. If rV.i. I I . I . . i j r .
w rami, raojur inuc a suuuuBiig, ana inn iiey
and buried the bodies of 7 officers and 98 men. f It
posed that seven' oi this fated band had crawled off aod
perished in tbe woods, or were taken prisoners.' j
: hi ceremony ol consirntn ot them to their craves is rem
resented as solemn and impressive, and tbe effects proy
duced upon those present ar such as never will be for-
gotten. Every.; officer was recognised. . The llndianj-
had not aken their clotbes nor their jewellery J They
had taken away thr arms and belts, but had left Ithe car
tridge boies. ' ' i ' ' -
I An eipress arrived here from PtcolatathU afternoeo,
from whom we learn that it was currently reported here,
that Gen. G. had bad a battiest or near the Withlacoo,
chee, on his return ; that the first !diy, the Troops and the'
Indians were on opposite sides of the river; and lhat jotv
tbe night of the third day, the Indians attacked the camp
of Gen. Gaines, and that there had been 49 of our troops
killed and wounded. We belieietbe report tb be trues
though' we have no knowledge tVom Official sources. l
oince wnung ine aaove we learn offlciauy,
ibst Gen. Gaines bad been attacked on tbe niht of the
29th Febuary. by about ISlia Indians', as he supposes, arid
.A ..... . i I ....'-,:. . . 1 ? j-. .
mui Barn ngnune ine- succeeded ml beaung
them off. ' The loss On OOP side is 4 killed and 20 w nund
edi amobg the latter two oScers. . Gea. Gaines is hi a
dangerous ,situaKn; to use his own eipression, i'b
wounded are increasing, and his horses decreasing H
is short of provisibns, and entrenched and turrounuVd by
tarBemy..ma:r?:i ui vf:i;-:t.-ta 4 i.i' viU' "' .:
.. n t:; - e .iJi- iii 'i J . it!!
m wh i;hu; im.pt rfiau, p irv. unn, anq ariosa sisir
went in ine country to tov neignoornood ol f arlatsa, vt
drive in some cattle for Mr. Solano. They had collect-
td ncia, iiu ire, reiBfning witn tnem, panen m
erMsinfi.peep reek they were surrounded ! by a party
pi inaians, za in numocr, anat made prisoners, about
noon on Saturday. The Indians travelled nith them
nntit dark, when they encamped, and killed a beef aod
feasted. aungK and danced aeyeral hours, they ajl 'got
ksleepi; and the1 ne&roes made their kscape, and arrrveJ
in town on Monday night about 10 o'clock, having trs
yelled through the woods all the way, aad avoided evert
path. Jim atalee that he discovered very recent Indian
l.-. . . . ' .... .1 ii
ot piace wnere ne eroaaeq tne road, wnica in
duced him to . keep' off into the woods, and to trtI
throrigh the Swampa andpoqaa. ' Jim has rested anwnff
the Indians for BQipe'years.' and has a thoronffh kio'-
ledge of their lansruaee and customs, to which! bii. a'"?:
butes his escape, and that of Carlos his comDinion.ic
practised considerable duplrcify with th?m jeppesf;''
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