Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-29
Richmond, TUESDAY, March :Sy.
LATEST FROM FLORiE.!.

We give n our preceaHT Columns !I.e !'St ''u''''
we have received from the Jacksonville and Savannah
n,prrs But we have still later Intelligence il! letter
rnw before u.s. which gives mst interesting hrh sfTc
view of the recent events OF The 81 tic toiI!liu"g
General and the prospects OF the war. AS Ills Ii tri
i nTolorrdly silent about treaty rng made ietwc"n
Cen Gaines and Powell the /" that effect must
bc entirely incorrect Pnwc!!s ncg1tr .ton was IN all
probability Il mere dc H"crrc-tic trick OF WHY
savage throw our troops on their guard hut I" the
"details The following is c'Etnua"ii {" III" events
which detailed II! Tie il< lGtsiHy Enquirer, rom
the Saia quarter
The letter before Us bears date Font Dranc, 10Th inst
As wr stated on Ius!ay, Gen Scot h'I arrived Oh
the iDlh al Gary's Ferry Dlac: Creek jnaar Whites
Vile, about Is mills from Fort Dranc) fi"'A HAT point
he was risling u;. %mI making premature movement
with about Bio (t";uirs nOnniedl to sTccour or
relieve if nccessnrv Grrras GaiaeS, AMI C!incI, on
the OuithlacoocEr. Eu licy Had. j:tOrc his arrival at
Fort DraEc, arcad; fallen back upon that place II
se.p,s tla, when Cen CIinc had reached Cen. Gaines
will! abnnt tl ln%r an! rood supply Of subsistence
the tr.n's CT Cen G., il their c!G:"mclci caiAr had
already commenced raIlu. h"!srs and dnsS i::S was
not ali 4 body Of Indians had taken position III
Gaines rear which wou! have prevented his sale re-
,rcal upon Fort D7anr. Even when he vas fresh lie lad
Lcr:. unable to fnrCc his way across the Frcf lie
whv force would most probably, have been *aci'l!ccH
but for the timely arrival ii Cl:nc Iii ~ days Gen
Gaines had not been able 10 MAKE single surtic rn:: us
rn,.cnc!rd caiIp which the enemy had aarroundrd ulu
Gen Cncl arrival No .aanliy of his own or OF his
rn,ps would have been able 10 save lrin III great Tic
rr, Il am lie disastrous fate which awaited them. GrE.
Cannes rave 10 the command to Gen. Cl!nci, AMI the
av after Gen Scots arrival Fort Dranr, he ST out
:oT Ny,. Orrals rin Tallahassee. Poor Lieut. lizard
la,! been killed. with or others, and about 10 wound
ed. l. is u,,w said that the c:.rny loss is less.
There is every to believe that Powell (OSto!"
with his people in the sane :r!ghOnriIGoH his
is nest fortunate for Scrts operations On the 10Th,
Eu&tis with 100 men, would be at iiak!rkaa on tiS
! loaL r3ia TAMPA Fort king-and Colonel Lindsay
had been expected IL BE- at CclncIaty, nearer 10 tampa:
with about but there Is too m!c! reason L"
fear tia. the dispersion OF The 700 troops from !aoaa,
wuud rmarrasS this part g." the arrangement Gen.
Scott could not. BY the lit have heard OF THIS Hnl0r!u-
na!c U.ircr,arS.-C nc! Oh the saline day. ("Z the
i!l wuI!L hr hack thu Ou!!hacoocLcc, with aout
lO r !t!ou: iiE) Of Clinc wing had hcrm ic!t by
Gen Scot. the ST JOHN Sbut they would be up in
.c w hist Scott attacks tirEl III Trt, Gn the one
side Euss and Lindsay were 10 close in Tie rrar-no
only To aid in the engagement; but to prevent the escape
Suwl!i-EI II the Indians REMAIN III their pre-
seal ,usituu-ad every body believed that they would
the great stroke expected To be given about The
lSlh (yrscrday and smaller bGGIrs wuuid then
be picked up The delay, till the 2cih, was to
make ii certain that EusIis and Lindsay III posi-
lion, aHd enable Cluch TO receive from PIco!aa aud
Gary Ferry the necessary subsistence All lie wagons
had gone 20 those places. HE a:y Was III line sPTt
and Gaines troops recovering fast from their recent su-
erinus Ii Gen. Scott should succeed III his operations
he Expected 10 hr AT Ia;nra Fay by tr 7h Ar:;!.
How far the disappointment IN receiving the Alabama
Volunteers will ctbarrass The operations Of the cain-
pagn, il is Impossible Tor us 20 determine. We have
every Confidence, however, III lhr gcnGs and resources
Of Cen Scott