Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-03-22
Esi"taIasonas, E'ssessiay, March Ss:S
FLORIDA.

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amounted to nearIy 2G00 and were about TO cross
the Wihaconclrr, the boats and ioatIng hr:Cses
which Gem Gaines had prepared II was SAID ti'a' le
I:ars had cntrenched themselves w'tsiln lrs c lis
banks. Should lie crush the enemy al one dow, We
shall renc. at the result and the srnd1r Of the achieve
,cnt will be much calculated 10 eclipse The dSobedIcncc
and rrewulary which he has committed But II, as we
fear the Indians should retreat and dispense themselves
ia the a,n,ocks, marshes and iasteneSSes OF tie S"uth
the General will have seriously 10 account !oi Inc OF uels
he has viuatrd and Tie war he has Trptracted.
We understand, that Gen Scott let lIcoiaa on the
n"lt of the 9TH IN 4 scalrr, with Col Bankhead and
two companies OF u. ). troops, and arrived ii Hary
Ferry Black Creek next day; where he found three
small coulpancs of mounted Georgia Volunteers. With
these Two dcacncuts; he had been about to march 10
Fort Drane, Orange Lake, and ~ miles from "rt
King, which is within miles o! the Ockiawaa, llitlc
East of South.
The horse regiment for the lrl wing the army,
Gen Eustis 81 had lust arrived ST. Augustine. The
foot regiment had arrived some weeks octurc br water
This w!n- Or column is intended 10 move by V"i0*ia
ana pass the OckIawaa, either at the upper OF lower
crossing, march in the direction Of PlIak!ekala, and
extend itself to the left to communicate with 1nnpu
Bay and the right to communicate with am force that
may move from Forts King and Diane. The enemy are
on the WithacooCec, Or AnHXara) and wcn Tie lett
wing shall be at rila.Iekall il would BE- The
N.Y. and in position to strike; and more particmaTy to
prevent them from escaping /" the extremely dincn!t
counry to the Syuth East. |; scarcely possible,
however, for that wing 10 DC position before the 2Gth
instant.
But small part, too, Of the rght acay had arrived
the 10th This wing, under Gcu. C!nch, was intended
10 consist Of some t'gu'as ana Two ererh'S u! Hto'
EaiS; isSS ,ia' HAL Vi t"c ''c' 'tu 1"'I "P' "''a
!t'e n"Pc I'D" oec'l :" "a 'e '''
than GOO out IF the l4-0 ca!!'d for by Gen. Scott
to!one Lindsay hau PF"oaD? arrived III Tampa ba?,
with the Alabama Regiment Of 741-but there were no
means OF communicating "h I'i except Via lalahas-
see, ST. Alurks and the Sach, andcTstand
The pans n The Commanding GrAcrM
In the mean time, Gen Games IS iIPelied ~ Inc call
OF Tic Louisiana volunteers 10 coply VIII tile engage
tt ne Had el!Ieu !lito uti"Ec TIC iu eeei'eu MS own
ordeIs, u go WIN teIl 10 ro'i"a ie receives MS CT
drrs at rrsGcoIa on hts way TO Forlda-lo repair 10
the Mexican frontier lie is also advised that General
Scott had been charged win Inc dlTcG'"l vi Tie "ar-
Sill he lands at Tampa bay-cavrs his abundant rat"ns
al that posttook with n subsistence only to last !m 10
Fort King and while there draws nearly the whole OF
the subsistence from Fcrt Dranc ui the most difficult
posts 10 supply in The whole Licatie Ut opcraucns On
LIS retnTn lom fot hil I" an'ia Lay, ne encounters
The Indians on the " itHIA:;"o"re, where 'iuhateiF lie
Is 'TcI by Gen Cli!cii al ie mead vi about 'o men,
aHu '!ie AicAua hl''t''. .,,. -
Gen Ealts has behaved Win HIS "2"leo gaiIahry-
ana We nave no a"uot mat he VIII stfke destructive
hIo" IL Tie enemy put, can ne Cr"S thc.' u prevent
rruy n 'front.' betrc snrlc man is in position to inter
cent The rrlrr.t To their slrour holds NJ lrog. had ar
rived on the OchlawaIa CT 10 the Of ii-und he
had LETT but small g,ard shut III; at Tampa
We sincerely wish that Gen Gaines may not haY SO
prccipatrt and embarrassed the general operations as
IL the ca;nunJu ami yuosr orr lroous TO
fatal enemy which presents Itself in the climate Our
troops were beginning TO complain Of the hca.-and il
the indians slip through our fingers and escape 10 their
Businesses it may perhaps require troops for year
extinru:sh every spark Of tie war
Some hints have been thrown out in the Southern pa
pcr. against Gen Scott One Of them upp cienGs that
he is rather ,ardy in his movements others seem TO
susvec him of havin ordered Cen Clnch TO refuse all
relief 10 Cen Gaines. Why condemn the General, be-
far. ;b facts are asccrtainrI; Until the 9th instant he
had heard nolhiny further Of Gen. c. lie had suppus
ed him to have ESCAPED to Tampa-wllen he came 10
learn that Cnnch had marched to his rescue on the ,
and ON the 10th Gen Scott was doing the same with
the advantage of Icing 7nountcd-to Gen. c.
and then he expected 10 fall back Fort Drane For.
King.
He had met with great difficulties in carrying out his
arrangements He had been embarrassed by the elc
ments, and the uncertain agency OF men. The
troops he had called for had but partially arrived and at
the last accounts none in the positions which had
been drsrncd-owinr TO the uuaccOunlabc nUr.a1rvai
from Charleston and Savannah vi the wagolis and
horses intended lur the ba.rrarc train subsistence &c
Sunc companies of GcorgallS too after arriving at Pr
GOLIATH ha. rclus d 10 serve and went of in asscs-
These. which remained were iuhr xihc spirits which
would do their duty 10 themselves aud their country
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