Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1836-11-01
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THE FLORIDA WAR


The everlasting Flords war .L.t,
already proved gave fr The gloty n C,,, A..
csn Grnerals ss Me. Calhoun sd n. l,.,
'et-hss once more cbitndsd Itself "a he All,
hon 81 tho country. When It viii /. closed IN.
alone can tell. is new eruption 4, n,,icelbv N.
Ne" YORK C"mmercisl Advertiser .ir ihc fnesirv
words and fgure' The Apshchcola c,r.t,.
" the $ inst, brings tie following iptelIse,,.
rom which It appears thu; hostile operation. b.,,
been commenced on the western side Of rl,,,.,
wi'h considerable spirit. Wenke Il Cor run,,s
list the most l. made Of tho affair. q. nsn,l Nc.
even surprising ,hs, tho number Of hostile fos,,,
Is eraicly exaggerated. /, issilla good bcsinnno
first success. though Of no great magnitude b,.
always good effect
From Tampd Bay --Tae steamer Merch,n,
"mch th'' port on the % h nit. with dc,ach-
n"n' ct regulars and friendly Indians under the
command of Col. L'ne For Tampa nay returned to
out whstf ,gnn this morning.
We learn thst Col fsne, on hi. ,,tiy,l, At Tsr.
pr. lost not moncn, IN commencing oper.uons.
bot with his usual activity, tashinr into The mil.
Of th' enemy Al once. They were enabled To- land
their forces OF Tampa on the morning ufths 30,L:
and having Learned that party Of the bos,Ies Ind
burned house near that place the NIGHT bef,r,
Cot. Lan", with party Of IL mounted men. and
about 100 friendly Indians on foot. set off The
same afternoon In pursuit Of them. Aner a ,etr
rapid march VI about - miles. the enemy s,t,
discovered on tho opposite eide Of Indian rn,r-
| Col. Lime and his few mounted who were consid.
crab IN advance of the friendly Indians, made f..
most vigorous md gaNn, charge upon the encm,
driving thom down the river to large bsr,nocl
where from the great disparity in M nbers tho,
deemed 1t pruden, TO await the arrival of tho G.,d
ly Indians, who were under the comma nd Of M,,o,
Watson, Of Columbus. Geo. A brisk Ere w.,
however kept up by Col. Lane, and III. enemy
held IN check till acknowledgements arrived A.
| soon as the friendly Indians came IN. very an,
mated night across the river ensued which l,s,ei
some hileen minutes; when Maj Watson ordered
charge was h'mseltlhe frs, 10 the river and
foremost ihroughon, the fight. The hostilen ,oon
gave ground. though slowly at first, and furh,
win desperation Tor mile and hsfwhen the
tont decame general. They were pursued BY Col
Lane aud his mounted men, ill nigh, came on.
| Col Lane was much exposed during the action
nnd HE HE was at one time probably saved by a
Mr. Kelly, Of the regulars, who seeing an Indian
taking aim at the Col. threw himself before HE Of
ieer, and received the bal, in HE own body
Maj. Watson ho. been since promoted. and tho
Col. speaks in high terms of conduct. 1t. Leonard
~ss also conspicuous Tor the bravery having had hi,
horse shot under him.
The loss Of the whites was only two woundeI
The enemys loss not known, as night came on and
prevented an examinations
The number Of the enemy could not be aceu-
raiely usceraned though estimated a, fro II one to
two hundred.
Soon after this affair, a diplomatic corps vos
sent out, and until their return, operations will
cease.
| This Florida. or Seminole war, i. would seem
never can be brought to end, no, withstandinc it
has, If Gen. Gaines aud Gen. Scott ca n be believed
been closed by both. lts continuance is to be de-
prcca'ed mud yet who is to quell it, if conno, DO
sllenced by Generals Scott, Ganes Maconb. Call,
and bakers dozen of other Genrars whose name
| 1.-TWO numerous" TO be mentioned.