Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-24
TS. Har in FlOr;da.-The following agree.

z able intelligence is extracted from the Wash irgton Telegraph of Saturday.
 Florida Wdr.-The accounts from ihis quarter are of the most interesting character. From slip received last evening from the office of the Charleston Mercury, we learn that Gen. Clinch with 800 men joined Gen. Gaines at his encampmpnt on the WyihlacuO. chee on the fourth instant, and that Gaines in- tended crossing tine river an the next day and attacking the Indians. He had his boats and raGis all ready, and six twelve p0unders to cover the landing of his men on the opposite side. It is said that the Indians are encamr- ed four miles from the river. protected by a breastwork which they have thrown up of dirt. and it is supposed that their principal force is at that point.
 The firing of cannon was distinctly heard at Fort Drane Onlae 5th inst. and we have no doubt Gen. Gaines has before this, succeeded in crossing the river and has completely beat en the Indians. To prevent the Indians from learning his strength, Gen. Gaines at no en- gagement he had with them, showed more than goo of his men. By all his movements he has shown great skill. and proves that he understands the character of his enemy. The, fact of his having cut off SD many of them in the engagements he has already had with them with so little loss 10 himself, proves that he has been an apt schnEar in the art of Indian warfare, and that he will soon put an end to the war by destroying the whole race of the Indians, or driving them from the field.
 4 cho!e .f1miiy JoHnd frozen to deatk !-The Haverstraw Times. of yesterday, gives the appalling details of most melancholy event in the vicinity of that town. On Saturday last as person had made his way into the mountains, which have been inaccessible until the late moderate weather. he found after passing the Orange county line, a man in a sitting posture near a cabin. On approach. ing him, it was discovered that he was frozen to death, with a wooden shovel in his hands with which he had evidently been laboring to open a passage from his snow bound hahta- ton. The traveller then entered the cabin and found on the floor the frozen body of middle aged woman and two children. The neig hbors were then raised-the nearest living at the distance of d mile and haIf-and upon examining the house, it was found that every particle of food and fuel had been exhausted. and the whole family without doubt had fall. en victims to the combined horrors of cold and hunger. The father was probably en- deavoring to make his way to a pile of wood at a little distance, and pershed in the midst ofthe attempt.-N. r. Courier.
 The Methodist Church has been peculiarly unfortunate of late. We regret to learn, by a western paper, that the Seminary at Nor walk, Huron Co.,. Ohio, under the patronage of that Church, was with its library cabinet, philosophical apparatus, S1c. entirely consum. ed by fire on the night of the 26th ult. The loss is estimated at S3OOO.
 The National 1nelligencer of the 16ih inst says:- We understand that the following no uni na one, which t''''U the I5rnale OF the U States, were yesterday confrmed by that body, viz:
 Roger B. 1aney, to be Chief Justice of the United States.
 Philip ?. Barbour o be an Associate Judge of the URiied States.
 Amos Kendall, 10 be Postmaster General of the U. States.
 O" the 18th the following nominations were con- Grmed by the Senate:
 And'ep Stevenson, as Minister io England.
 John #. Eoton as Minister io Spain.
 Gen. CaH, as Governor of Florda, in place ol Mir. Eaton, promoted.