Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1836-08-16

CoLuMBUs, August At IS relhrh"oie 'uI,, -. ~
history Of The recent difficulties with the savages mat inc
whites generally believe the at an end, ABOUT lc
time il fairly commences Whether this arises from
want OF knowledge, among the c"mnH,"'ie ""IeI
the real character Of the Indians we 90 hol PIesa |"
saw One thing is however CERTAIN, that Gen oahes
made mistake of this kind. in relation 10 the seminole
difficulty and recent events have demonstrated mat
similar error has been committed IN te'eene " .'e
present strife with the Greeks a large ol '..e
ac,naI Grh1ing, during the campaign, has been done
nca those having the direction uithe war had proclaim
ed to the world that it was over and ended ,
IN our last we related far we were ate The CIT
cums,auces that attended battle fought on Sunday the
9Ith nil, in Stewart county On the next day, Capt.
Jern;uan one Of the energetic and valuable officers
that has been engaged in the service-and enc TOO as
cFariaud says that will do to het on, when any thing
like fighting is iDot-gahcred up his hue company
and went in pursuit of line enemy determined 10 harrass
and DELAY his movements until the cavalry from above
could arrive. 4 few miles tiom where the tight took
place on Sunday he up with lein securely post
ed in the run OF Creek, " here he attacked them; hut
from the security of their position and greater numbers
he forced to retire after spirited attack, IN whc'
he lost two men, Nothing daunted, the intrepid Jernl-
gan rallied few of his counyEen, anu such Others
from Randolph and elsewhere, as he could hastily assem-
bic and took The trail again On "Wednesday, the 2'h,
he oycrtonk them about twenty miles beyond LHmPkn,
making their way. mi lt and main, down through the
almost impeDetra6Ie swamps OF the lchaVragnochwec
Creek.
Here he brought them 10 dad halt and having dis.
poscd OF paron of bis force so to prevent the In
dams if possible from escaping rushed upon tile enemy
with such spirit as TO convnce even savage lhat
swamp was no very cool secure hding-pacc. There
were supposed to be upwards Of lwo hundred Indians IN
all fifteen or twenty of whom were lett where they ic
whilst the others, scattered through the cane and made
their escape. The route was complete Srch was ihe
hurry Of their fight thSt they left behind them large
amount of goods upwards of twenty horses, and three
of their children Two of these children they had evil
IDENTITY killed. to prevent them from making noise and
bctraYng their hiding place, the other was alive ana taK
tai, III E,,,r I lpI md
several wounded. Their names we have not heard
From all we can learn should Judge that The Indians
were most essentially whipped Jcrngan and his boys
had done enough before, to enttc them TO the thanks oil
the country their names will now lie placed upon The
lis, with huse who fought al Shepherds plantation and
the swamp of Chickasahatchie. Cen Sanford arrived
soon after the battle with fur or five companies ct horse
but the enemy had scattered, and Al our last auT:'s
could no, be found II they stay in that neighborhnod
long, the place will evidently get too l.t TO hold them
We arc happy 10 learn ;ha Major Ncmucan Hunt, for
mery Of this Bnrnngh where lie was engaged in NOR,
camille business under the firm Of Towncs ~ llnnt, and
more recently Of Oxford, N. c. has been appointed
njOr cnerni IN TIE 3rmyef TcrnS. He has just reach
ed Oxford with the intention OF COMMUNICATING %i'h tiioSe
who may wish to enigrae TO Texas, and aitU:dng them
such information as they may need n prosecuting Their
purpose The Oxford Examiner informs us that his ct
forts have been successful aud that in the count" I"
Madison, Miss number OF young men at once con-
scented To emutate under his direction We confess ina,
We do not like any Of the young men on the AT
lanc border Of the Southern States moving 10 the West
but if they determined 20, is we'll enough that
the whole should be laid before them by competent
witness-.lortoN Beacon.
THE RArHBuxs ARREsrED-The Buffalo Conn"r
cal Advertiser of Thursday morning says MI Ram
bun and his brother, Lyman Rathbun, were last right
secured and committed to Jail for further exaInnatlrn
The PARTICULARS mentioned by the Buffalo paper, add
nothing else 10 our statement.
We happen to know one or two circumstances not yet
rI ,yhici lr, Rasntun.
some twenty .ye years ago, did very large business at
Cherry Valley. and had something like Bank, in con
nexion with his father, but ultimately failed
1t was understood there that he had committed scr"-
raj forrerics but somehow that part Of tie matter
hushrd. From Cherry Valley he removed To SanduSay.
in Ohio where partly in consequence OF sickness of HIM
self and family, he became extremely poor so that III"
whole wardrobe of the household on their backs In
this condition about ~ years ago he entered Buffalo, and
hired small tavern with the iurnue.-.E I. JO1rnat
of (lMNcrce.