South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-02-13

prise. Very respectfully,
JOHN w. McCRABB,
ed Lieut.. U. S. 4th Infantry.
Gen. n. JONES, Adj. General.
Fort Mitchell is the old Greek A.
gency post. 1t is on the Alabama
side Of the Chattahoochee river, abou,
fifteen miles below the town OF CoIum.
bus, which is on the left bank of the
river.
From the Charleston papers we
learn that Governor McDuFFIE has
ordered an immediate draught OF soc
men, Of the city OF Charleston, to be
organized Immediately for 8 months
service in Florida. The following is
the closing sentence of Gen. HAMIL
TONS order on the occasion:
"The Brigadier General deems il al.
together supsrauous to make any ap.
peal 10 the gallant men Of his brigade,
to NEE. with promptitude and spirit
this call, which has been made upon
their patriotism, in defence Of an inter-
esting portion Of our common country;
for he is deeply and proudly Impress
ed with the gratifying conviction, that
no State ia the Confederacy is better
prepared than South Carolina, to dis
charge, 10 the hour Of peril, with alac-
rity and honor, its just obligations to
the Government Of the Union"
On the 9Th ult. nearly ESQ men
Including the Augusta volun.eers) left
Savannah for Florida +; and some u.
States troops we're to depart the mex.
day.-Nat. Int. Feb. s.
The mortality Of United States troops
at Fort Gibson, Arkansas, has been
unprecedented. The unheallhiness of
the post is easily applicable by local
causes. The Government persists 10
keeping up a garrison there, in the alb
sence Of any necessity arising from its
peculiar geographical position. We
wish some members Of Congress would
call upon the Department for its rea-
sons in maintaining post, at which
more men have died than a! ell the
other posts Of the Army.-Politieal
arena.
The Texas Volunteers.-The schoo.
ner Splendid, at Savannah, Georgia,
from Nassau, affords the following in
teresting information in relation to the
Texian Adventures, who were impris.
oned at that place, charged with Ipira-
cy: NASSAU, Jan. 10.
Yesterday the Court of Admiralty
Sessions met, for the trial Of Colonel
Stanley, and the other persons who
were arrested 10 the brig Matawam-
keag, bound to Texas, after some OF
them had landed on Eleuthera, where
it is stated they had been guilty Of
some improprieties, and created much
alarm. His Honor the Chief Jus
lice, President of the Court, charged
The Grand Jury at some length, and
bill of indictmen Mt for Piracy was hand
ed by the acting Attorney General to
The Foreman; who with the other
retired to examine the wit
nesses sworn in the case.
Abou, one o'clock, the Grand Jury
returned into Court with the indict-
ment, against Charles Stanley and o.
Tiers, to the number Of ia, endorsed
sNo Bill" and it was ordered that the
whole be discharged by proclamation
in the usual form, with the exception
Of Col. Stanley end ten others, who
are detained in prison to await their
trial for felony in the Central Courts,
which meets on Tuesday next. A
considerable number of those who had
been confined under military. guard,
aud who understood English, were
then brought into Coult, aud dischsrg-
ed and soon after wards, the Poles
with their head man, were brought
forward and discharged in like man.
ner. The whole Of these persons be-
hayed with every degree OF decorum,
and those in front bowed to the Court
on being discharged therefrom.
These individuals, it will be recol-
lected, sailed from New York, in No.
bound 10 Texas, and by some
blunder on the part Of the commander
of the vessel, got ashore on one Of the
Bahamas, where they were seized, and
charged with piracy.-Mirror.
Nav YoRK, Feb. 8.
The attempt of the Bea,s yesterday
to get up rumor, via. St. Thomas,o
the arrival of large French Fleet al
Guadalupe, proved total failure. 1t
appears from letter received by the
editors Of the Journal OF Commerce.