Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-06-24

thousands
"A There arc no" ..;,;nr am confined at camp, 5
,.s continually and have little opportunity 10 hear
Ias from town, al" s,s
m going on no,,u,e,, belonging to the same corps
= rem sn""Cc MILES FROM CotunBus, June IL.
a 1871 ns ms, returned from inSkegee, we teit mere
rsray week W's T TaH troop beth under The
~: company 90" Mccall We travelled sixty miles
nand Of the hear, of the hostes: We saw seve-
81 day 'o Of them, and fred on one of them; there
s''aIi friendly Indians with US, VINO reported that
VET r." ~. If Them after we arrived at Tuskegee,
70 kiee Nv, tho intelligence from other friend.
vAfr tES! nd from the hostile party that those be-
(]ss VIE 80 had an extremely fatigung day march
oased ,a, has been the principal seat OF the hos
cSer a 'V I,,ons Houses were burned to the ground
lie depEe''. onntane and the stock belonging 10 the
with all 'ns: dead around the yards and lots, and &C.
farms ~ nn5uried bodies Of the murdered inhaolt
caonai! Sur myself; and the troops great many.
ants at Tuskcgee, where there is about two
II "Ae sib,pla troops quartered, without any purpose
,hens' ~ ncceived, whatever, we renamed one day;
thai can " en- Jesup called our troop Tor twelve vo-
tie n' '. ccc;l him Line Creek, the boundary be-
81 !anse's ,,l,d part of the State and the Creeks.
q .Nctn 's ~, vou,ttt Us that went with him. We
vas one y, Of Alabama at Line Creek, -remained
Il ae inc lie had an escort Of sixty men, dressed
dse al yIe Blu, Gen. Jcsup, the next morning, when
back for PLAINLY sH NOW b ' had ne
Il Ind m"s ,,L.miaus commanded by the Governor
the SA ,sG he gave the Governor and his troop the
Nhsa w. rot near Caeba, where It vas reported there
1an u bosrcs embodied, he then ordered our little
-rs's 10 van and placing himself with us, marched
.;2c7 ~. ~. Calba with as manly confidence though
t50asn At the head of twelve thousand instead of
be hau w. went from Tuskegee to Ta!lassee; thence
'HsHe ,,sndrrson: thence to Fort Niece; thence 10
f0 o. and GU, of three days, through the upper Sec
tbs Ns hostile country, did not fall in with any In.
:.ns bu, saw great many signs In gong we passed
n,1,fh I'M nd e3 he
WIN" t, wc fred upon 10 that distance OF them
Ha'' ,b,, they were there, and expected there was
q n,,,r concealed in the swamp to attack us.-Our
,,y were ordered 10 form OIL the swamp side, which
@.Pdj With expedition and without confusion, every
l! having an eager anxiety for fight. Gen. Jesup
.I mr. troop very handsome compliment for the
pa !, which they depo!,ed themselves on that &C.
;"n There was party Of three hundred secreted in
a. nine woods, but they had not confidence enough to
make an attack.
, r.n upwell ! am in usual health. | stand it bet
S,n eYpected There are about 1000 troops here
.,nn Las, evening, while were taking sup
o. ,bs,e wus general alarm given; and just such an
,,,,r and confusion. pulling and hauling, never wit
,,,sd Our company formed themselves and was upon
5s field mounted ready and willing to meet any foe
@ m,rh, present ITSELF before any other troop in camp
~, ii turned out to be sham. would write more,
mi have written this upon the bottom of tin pan upon
nv knee. | an,, Nc
a. FROM the augusta Conshutionuli.t, June ~
FeSu ColrMBrs The following is copy of an ex-
press brough: Hawknsriic for which we ale indebt
s1os gentleman arrived in this city yesterdays
HEAD QrARTERs, Fort Irwin, June 10.
To GEN WILCOX:
Ss.ynformaton of the most positive character has
sspp received .rom Fort jones' Roanoke, TINT
large o,rty Of Indians crossed the river yesterday after
non s,y about 1000, and now on their march 10
Florida They will doubtless make their way either down
on The east side of Flint river that stream above
Inc border OF Baker county and 60 through Lee Irwin,
Iowndes and Ware, to the Swumps Of Florida. Many
Gccrrans hare teen killed from Stewart county, among
item David Dick. At the present crisis, action is eo.
'' b. order of w. IRWIN, Major General.
GEO. l.. BARRY, .7di't General.
ArcvsrA SEsr,sEr Orrrcr, June l6.
The rumo Of TIE destruction Of the Gwinnctt troop
turns out be greatly exaggerated but the particulars
d the affair have not yet reached here In such shape
Is 10 authorize me to enter into details.
The alarm in regard to the Cherokees has subsidized,
gsa, degree from the intelligence received yesler-
Coz morning.
The Dahollnega paper, which | forward with this,
ccnadic,s previous reports, and suppose gives fair
rev Of affairs at present, in that quarter.
We do not receive papers in due course Of Mail from
Mobile or New Orleans, more that once week. have
received since those sent you, the of which
see acknowledged by you.
Il 3 .
ion Columbus to New Orleans. If so. our exchange
p'peIs will be received 80 formerly
THE CHEROkEES.
DAHLonSxeA, (Lumphin Co., Ca June II.
Throughout the whole country, through which we
passed in our late excursions to Columbus and other
PAGES, much excitement and speculation might very
naturally be expected from the present Creek dislur
baces to be aat with regard to the probable at
,ute the Cherokee Indians will assume in relation to
tie Creek war. Already the country, at distance, is
r with the appalling stories of an ndscTinnate buche-
y Of families, and destruction Of property by the Che.o
KEGS. lcer-writer from Gainesville, in The Southern
Wing the 9TH inst says-"Dick Taylor end son reach
ed there Tuesday night from Washington City, much
dissatisfied with the ratification Of the Treaty. and young
Taylor repeatedly said there would be blood she'd That
tie people are becoming alarmed in many places, and
particularly about Dahlonega and that Allen Mathews
s'i!ved there the evening before with his family, and
sad several other families spoke Of coming n
II The !ecr.wrter Of the Wing, had consulted MIR.
Mathews, the people about Dallobnega, instead of
en- Imagination rendered renzed from repetition Of
blood shed by young Taylor he would have been inform.
- oi The true cause OF his removal at that time and The
tue state Of alarm about Dahohnega. It's we'll known
rFe That he contemplated removing that place as long
ago last November and that it only delayed until
now rom circumstances beyond his control No one here
ever dreamed that MIR. Mathews removed to Greenville
'o' protection from antic paled Indian hostcs and we
nov State for the purpose of alayng the fears Of let
T"rl'er hatlhe people, particularly about Dahohnega,
DID not thea, do they now, apprchend the least dam
ger from Cicero kee hostitics. But young Taylor,
iSa'an repeatedly said .:Uiood would be she'd
Rad and bloody 5oues!' But was that all he said
That occasion? No. lie further stated "there would be
Taclnosh case" Meaning, any one except irsh,cd
i's'at would readily perceive, thst John Ridge, the
Racer OF The Treaty party, would be assasslnaied oy
some one OF It's opponents This is the long and short
Of The Gainesville panic, and the threatened Cherokee
war.
is true, the Cherokees are in restless condition,
0 not more so than they have been since Georgia first
extended her laws over them And it is also that
very many ofhem bitterly opposed the Treaty Yet
e IDEA that there will be extensive hostiites commit
Sa 'y these people upon citizens, we consider wholly
soundless and without If any mischief is COM
.aed by .hem it is our f1 conviction, it will be among
themselves alone The provisions of the late Treaty are
'ey LIBERAL that we reasonably anticipate any
0'e hostility from them for the next two years, than
We nave seen since citizens first settled among them
When The time arrives for their removal the Govern
sh' may then have difficulty of some kind or other