Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-07-21

S~rvesine- and Exploring E<palhiom 20 de
Pacifc Ocean and Soulk Ssas.--Wei learn,
savs the washington Globe. that the Presi-
| Ann has 0iven orders to have exploring YES
~. G4+ef mt. with the least possible DELAY.
M. annronriation made by Congress was
an,nle 10 ensure all the great objects contem-
nlafed bv the expedition, and the Executive
E determined that nothing snail De wanting
to render the expedition IN every respect wor-
INV the character and great commercial re-
sources of the country.
The frigate Macedonia, now undergoing
thorough repairs at Norfolk, two briggs Of two
hundred tons each, or more tenders, and a
store ship of competent dimensions, is, we un.
derstand, the force agreed upon, to be put in
a state of immediate preparation.
Captain Thomas A. c. Jones an officer pos
sessing many high qualities for such ser
vice, has been appointed to the command !;
and officers for the other vessels will be i'm
mediately selected.
The Macedonia has been chosen instead of
q sloop of war, on account of the increased
accommodations she will afford the scientific
corps, a department the President has deter
mined shall be complete in its organization,
including the ablest men that can be procur-
ed, so that nothing within the whole range of
every department of natural history and phi
losophy shall be omitted. Not only on this
account has the frigate been selected, but al
so for the purpose OF a more extended protec-
ton of our Whalemen, and traders; and to
impress on the minds of the natives just
conception of our character, power, and pol
lev. The frequent disturbances and masSa-
ores committed on our seamen by the natives
inhabiting the islands in those distant seas,
make this measure the dictate OF humanity.
! We understand also, that to J, N. Rey-
nolds, ESQ., the President has given the APP
pointment of Corresponding Secretary to the
expedition. Between this gentleman and
Capt. Jones there is the most friendly feeling
and harmony of action. The cordiality they
entertain for each other, we trust, will be felt
by all, whether citizen or officer, who shall
be so fortunate as to be connected with the
expedition,
From the Globe
Extract from General SCOTS Official Des.
patch tothe War Department of2d July, 1886.
"Head Quarters, Army Of the South,
Sort Mitchell, July 2, 1886.
"Sir: Since my last letter, l have been
down the river to organize the service as low
as Irwinton, and to put the disposable force of
Georgia. after nearly doubling the guards ON
the left bank of this river, handsomely in the
field. am now just emerged from the creeks
and swamps to the south and southwest. The
Georgians moved in two columns, with three
small battalions of U. S.artillery, under Ma.
iors Pierce, LomUX, and Irving. / retained
the immediate command of one of those col
umns, and gave the other to Major Gen. San
ford. The two amounted to about 200 men.
We moved with pack horses, the country be-
I ing so deluged with rain that no Wagon
could accompany either column. | shall be
back at Roanoke tonight, (hy means of a
steamboat,) where shall receive Gen. San
ford's report. saw no recent trail of more
than two or three Indians, which were direct
ed towards this place or Tuskeegee, no doubt
for the purpose Of surrender.
"One hostile warrior only we picked up,
who declared that he was going to give HIM
selfup.
"The number of hostile warriors now here
in confinement lis about $50, most of them
with their families. The whole number OF
friendly Indian camps west 81 TINS, MAJOR lcdr
Gen. Jessup is enabled to give me with accu-
racy. He thinks there might have been yes.
| terday about $50 warriors at those places, be-
sides women and children and the party OF
Neah-M ico, $50, whom desired him some
days ago to cause to be disarmed. The ser
vice will probably be performed to-day.
81 enclosed note from Major Gen. Patter-
son to Major Gen. Jessup, which shows that
100 warriors may be added to the. foregoing
number, including noted leader, Jim Henry.
II received yesterday letter from Col.
Henderson, who is engaged in erecting a
shed, sc. on this side of the river, at the head
of summer navigation, for the reception of
army supplies from New Orleans. 1t con-
tains this paragraph-"I am led to believe
that the position you directed my command
to occupy has been productive of important
results. The day after the expedition of our
two companies and a part of Capt. Loves
troop, $50 of the hostile Indians, men, women,
&C. belonging to Jim Henry's band, surren-
dered to Gen. Watson without firing gun.
at is now thought by the best informed,
that there cannot now nc jim Inc late Creek
country more than from forty to sixty hosss..e
warriors. Some of these have sent word that
they will soon be there, and are probably on
ly delayed by the swell in the Euchee creek,
which renders it difficult to pass.
"A few minutes after my arrival at Roam
oke, fifteen miles above Irwinton, on the 25th
ult two Indian trails leading to Florida, were
reported to me--one 8 1-2, the other LIZ
miles below me, and respectively one and
two days old. Not minute was lost in or
ganizing two attachments of horses to give
pursuit. have note from Col. Beall, who
commanded one of the detachments, (three
companies, and six friendly Indians, with
subsistence for four days,) from which am
AFRAID that he halted at Fort Gaines and