Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-02-12

riyef-theY are 10 DC si!ot piVO"' "'
is supposed are nearly "siSted No
difficulty is now believed to exist re.a,
tive TO crossing the Spanish line I; and
il Is understood, offensive operations, on
our part, viii soon be resumed. The
army WIS expected TO be reinforced IN
few days by three companies "f m'iila,
from the low country, and 100 regulars
A PARTY O, thirty or forty hostile lpalahS
we're scouting about the lower part oil
Chehaw, where they had rilied the house
Of f.iendly chief. When last heard
from they we're only twelve miles from
camp, and were proceeding up the rl'er
to cat of a party that had been sent TO
Chehaw, which hastily and safely re-
treated. A volunteer corps was about
forming, to 60 in pursuit OF them. >,
The Contractors Agent having tailed
to comply with the acquisitions ct Gene,
raj Games, for subsi.tins the United
Stats Troops, and the Georgia milaa
under General GIascock and he com-
handing General having found 1t IN
practicable to obtain funds without sub,
uniting 20 a discount, ullautherlZsa
and as he cOGceives, apropcr-ahd
believing it to be unsafe TO discharge any
part of the militia, while the iron'!ef
settlements of this state are menacea ny
the savsges has applied TO the uoyerh'r'
we understand, for loan OF Zen ihou-
sand dollars, in addition TO the sum al
ready advanced, for the purchase ct ra-
tons aud other supplies. 1t 6eg'ns to
be time, we thiuk, for The general go
yerumcnt, Gom whom little, If any, ill.,
nev has YET been received, 10 attend TO
this subject. 1t is enough for Georgia
to furnish all the militia, without being
obliged also to supply the requisite innde
for CARRYING on the war. General ua'Ee'
we are informed, is fully authorized " TO
follow the hustle Indians over the line,
aud attack them within FlOida. unless
they shelter themselves Jude: Spanish
post"
Extract Of letter fiom a respectable,
gentIepan To the Enitars Of t?c JGpf-'
nal, dated Rossviilc, Cherokee NaiIoii,
January 9Th, 1878.
1t is due to the Cherckces to say
that the Communication made through
the medium Of your payer, relative l"
their dsailected people forming an aIi!-
ance with the ccmlnUles is entiraly IN
correct. No correspondence Whatever
has been known TO exist between this nd
ton and the Scm!H9!es--conseqIehtiy
nothing OF their warliEe intcnuUns Of
preparations were known to the Chego-
kecs, uuTii announced in the papers, o.
through the medium of travelling ~klte
people, or friendly COwetaws. The dis
affected IherOkees, "a there are any
must De in their own cUu try, ard men
dispositions known 10 40 other persons,
but themselves. as EO9e have iest TINS
country 10 seek an asylum among other
tribes. TO depart from tie prInclnes
Of the nation on the approach OF war.
would be considered a capital offence
no person da'c therefore, 20 make their
GisaFGc,ion public, or their conduct scru-
pul0us--mOycOyer, the Ghcrckces are u
yer disposed to do away al suspicious
OF iide,iiy, and TO convince the adJ''n-
ing states, by their actions, thai they are
true friends 10 the United STATES ,hu"
lc.ow-ah, or hightowe., Che. oHes Ch'ri
Of distinction, is DOW raising wa'r.Ora TO
co operate with genera. Games, to chas-
tise the ScmiuUlcs.'
.IrHRG;, %.
An express from General Game to
to the executive, reached herc is morn.
ING, with the following unpleasant ,n;e!.
liscnCe.
Head Quarters Z
Hartford, Jan. 2S, 1918.
SIR-I have just now received a let
Ter from William Harris esq. of Tel
fair, containing the painful intelligence
OF the massacre of Mr.. Daniel bikes, and
his iaHiIs, by a party Of Indians, on the
SatiiI, DO miles from Tcfair Cour, House
MIR. Harris adds, that there was ,ea-
son to apprehend some other families
lave fallen near the residence Of MIR.
D.kcs. have ordered detachment Of
Cavalry to that Frontier, to pursue the
ladiaDs as far as practicable.
a detachment Of col. Wimberley's in
tantry will be sent down the Flint ca the
Indian side towards :he big bead, with
orders to reccpnOitre tue country, and
arrest or attack any PARTIES ;ound i'll that
quarter.
have the honor TO Re, very respect
fully, your ohedIent servant.
EDMUND p GAINES,
Major Gent CONG.
His Eycellency WILLIAM RABuK.