Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-02-02

she'd il could not be otherwise Many vo un,ecrs '
left behnd them their business prniilablee npoyn en
and what is still more dear Ia Them their wre a.,
children to fight The battles of their country AT RI
departure of the Steam Boat: With the Yoluiscs i
board The two lately formed companies and the hp
sars. returned 10 the city and dis!n.ssed.Ce rm
tutOnniist
SPECIAL ORDERS.
In mastering you into the service OF the T. Sta {,
have performed Of the proudest dutIrs OF my ,
~ life Permit Inc to say tattii spectacle winch =!
Ecxbibt is refreshing to lie mind OF tic patriot ant +,
a,ing to the human character. At the call of yar
country you have relinqushed your individual pun q
whether of interest, lame, or duty and offered P
the shrine Of her safety and honor your lives and ;U
devoted services Many of you have broken mi.
the tcnderes and endearing ties OF human eff.
,ion-nany Of you have sacrificed the Just rev az:
of honorable professional exerons, upon which re
the friends from whom you VIII part, nave re lied &
and all of YOU will exchange the comforts am! L. s
Injuries of home for the rough fare OF camp, and a.
dous and unsparing duties Of the Soldier. And u,.a
what occasion have you made this tender of YOU;
services: Not form the Offering pageant # civl
festival or to swell the pnmp OF military parade; sui,
rescue smoking and desolae frontier from TIC tomaas
and scalpinp l. nlie OF the ruthless sarge 10 fly Il.
succour of the brave, who are hemmed in and SCI.
beset and from massacre and buchery the he'll
less female and infant, who, equally with the warrin
arms arc cut down by the bloody foe you meet
When look at the high and exalted feelings which }a
prompted you this act, noby do say you have reda
ed the pledge given by revolutionary toreatEers and
proudly do proclaim that the roll OF the Augusta w.
pntcers is aided 10 the deatrSs and nnnrsabe list O;
the brave Yes :hc prayers OF the gocd and vr rou.
will ascend for Your welfare and your saie" tie bes
sings of,Ic patriot will light upon your noble and hardy
enterprise and above al the consciousness In you
bosos that you performing an act OF generous aai
heroic selfdeyoton at the call oyour country, Will
tain YOU in the high path Of duty which you have chosen
Having said thus much, it becomes my imperative duty
TO remind you Of the necessity OF Decentralization AZ In
a., daft,
and each Of you forget that you were the equals
Yesterday If obedience 10 the command Of 81 per
be cxacted by the mechanism OF regular organH2loH,
how much more is ii called for sacred and peemp
tory duty from volunteers who have had Tie choce Of
their officers and who have chosen them for the very
Qualities which would secure excellence IN the slluoG
OF command. Remember that III obeying your suPe
rior you not obeyng him as an individual but Is
organ of that law which arranges each oil you III your
respective stations and expects of each OF you you
spccve duties; and let not this feeling he confined
the individual whom you have so Judlcously and h9ho
raLly chosen your leader, but let II extend 10 Dis SUD
allerns and TO all the Scrgeans and Coporals Ct Tue
command With the high impulses which have urgea
you to offer your services on this occasion, empeisay
that exalted discipline which becomes the fatrlM Sol
der, entertain sanguine conviction mat 'f' sds
and Stripes of your country, which have wav!d over
many field of victory will be safely committee 10 the
charge of tic Volunteers OF Augusta.
WM. LINDSAY, Col. I'd Any.
ADDRESS OF coll WILLIAM CUMMING.
Gentlemen Fuunttcrs!-l am invited, as one formerly
cnpared in service similar 10 your own, TO otI you
some suggestions OF advice, this cccasian so ui
interest They will BE- few, for few can be needed b.
men like yourselves. Indeed paItakiDg the universal
feeling of this community, far rather would enler
praises than counsel. Permit me, however, with IT,
spcc.tul friendship direct attention TO Ode point
which is sometimes unrrvalued IN the teryor Of YOUTH
though matter Of the highest and most solemn import.
nnce- refer military discipline Your noble atm is Ell
cenlly TO serve your country and to achieve glory for
nj theSp
be your individual prOwess you can only be successful"
corps-as n corps you can only become citecHe, by
slrc, obedience your officers Subornaon the basis
Of discipline without hch, the largest asscInblag Of
men is more rabbe, easily repealed by the ms sn!G.
cant enemy; while smaller body, animated nd guided
by the spirit of order, acquires gigantic, force
Discipline, discipline is your strength your :iGh your
glory. Without it, you can never triumph. But ycu
IoH maintain -you ml triumph Go, then, gclcirus
volunteers! Your cUumtrymen arc bleeding under tie
hand Of The ruian Seminole whole territory
cd with devastation, by ile most barbarous OF ices
March to the rescue! March; ministers 'f TIN; Just
vengeance of your country Farewell and rene Qtcr
in the hour Of battle the thousands Of hearts far away
that beating for your successhearts that will well
with c1ulng Joy, TO meet you again on this shore here
part, returning Sraced with TIC Iaurc!s OF Hc
and victory!
NOZZLE, Jan l3 The intelligence below from IL z
seat OF the Indian in Floa will BE- read with leE
interest. TIE stae Of affairs there is depora6lc ana ~
mediate measures Indispensable tor the prOecuo 10
the whole OF East Florida from the dcvasalions of TX
Infatuated Semnocs, aided as they are by banda " L
RUNAWAY negroes and supported as 1t IS believed
and ammunition from the West India Islands &
probably by tho Cuba iishcrmcn who swarm unIn q 3
ruptedly along the coasts
Major General Gaines, Of the United States All y Z
reached this city yesterday, on his way to Fensac D.
where he expects to obtain the assistance OF some Scs
of war; 10 copera!c with the land forces, al cut oil TX
communication Of the Indians with these foreigner II
single Indian Chief is said to be in possession OF my
casks Of powder This rai'ic must be stopped INIT cdr
acly, and for The purpose some small armed Ts s'
must be despatched to the coast, command all y az
proachrs by water.
Gen. Gaincs who fortunately toar of insci
tion when the late intelligence received, ,uk IN
mediate for dcspatching all the aid ~ j, pow.
or, to the Font at Tampa Bay.-Ur,nance, snhsis eno
Quarter Masters stores, nc, sent from : hon
Rouge, and will he on their way Tomorrow. it sex
pectcd that the 9th regiment Of Infantry at JEFF rrson
Barracks, will be Immediately ordered by the part
mcnt at Washington, to New Orleans, and theme w.
der command of Col. Twiggs Gen Atkinson bel as!D,
to Florida The present force of the 9th is abe .! l0
men-uddcd to those which can be spared from RaIcn
Rouge the whole aid from that quarter will IN about
60 regulars Gen. Gaines has in addition aGd'. sscd
letter TO Governor Uhc Of Louisiana, asking 70 :us4s
companies of volunteers, TO be held in readiness. (
The hostile Indian force is estimated at 300 y
Though tho massacre at Tampa Bay took place ~ 9
cembcr: it does not appear that it known at I"r
sonvlc the 9TH inst. E
Active and thorough measures called FOR to Hc@ =
the whole Peninsula, and subdue and pun ,l sun!r ,'
the maraudng murdeEcrs.
New ORLEANS, January ia hill as passed M' &
Houses Of the Legislature, authorizing app ,,r pn
Of 5000 dollars to be given by the Govcrlo. 10 20 fw.
volunteers leaving Louisiana for Florida assn ne
S. troops against the Indians.
Already have General Philemon Thomas ar d Nlci 4
Morgan Of Baton Rouge made tender Of t hcIr 81
vices, with 80 volunteers TO tho Governor for t. a''
purpose.
MAcox, ia I. d Is
More Indian .'furdcr-Ncws arrived in towr ycN1'
day ftwo mon being killed in Baker county by ap1l
of 40 80 Creek Indians, and several others oun1"
We have not time to state particulars II
1t thus appears as though the Greeks and Sc m''S'
were acting in concert in their savage warfare. f