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the passage to Mobile and New Orleans,
an express arrived from the Governor OF
the territory with orders to charter a slea m
boat, and raise troops either by draft or
volunteer, to proceed forthwith TO the
neighborhood OF Tampa, for the protec-
ton oflhe country generally, and especial
ly for the reliefo of Capt. Holloman's Com
pony.
Col. Wood received orders to hasten his
company forward with all despatch Bot
on his arrival at Apalachicola, learning the
unpleasant intelligence by the different
points on the river, he concluded TO post
p,ne his departure till a despatch could be
forwarded to the Governor. informing him
of the exposed situation ofthat place and
the imprudence of calling men abroad 10
fight when their presence is absolutely re
quircd 10 guard their own homes. The
Gazette of May 23l, says that in conse-
quence Of this state of things, the order to
march TO the relief Of Lieut.. Walker had
been countermanded! Are those brave
fellows to be thus left to their fate-lo die
by starvation or the tomahawk.
The F,oridian adds The most active
measures will be taken fox the defence Of
the frontier, and perhaps TO carry the war
into the enemies country, at least TO drive
him beyond the WithIacoochee. One
thousand cartridges are on the way from
Mobile, and seven hundred stand have al
ready arrived from Tampa, also two hun
dred soldiers of the United States.
Extract offs letter dated
COLUMBUS, May "a, 1886.
Times here respecting the Indians are
much the same as when | wrote you last |;
There seems 10 be a confusion among the
officers, who is entitled 10 command, aud
they are more like crazy men than war
riors.
Gen. Low will not allow our troops to
cross the rivor until we get authority from
the Secretary Of War.
Yesterday two men returned that wen,
down on the Hyperion to Roanoke they
say there was not an Indian 10 be seer /;
the boat went on to Irwlnton, to see if
there was any chance of fighting there, and
to protect some ofthe boats.
Our Governor will be here to day when
no doubt the ruin will be set on fire ifthere
is any straw TO be had.
There will not be any danger in sending
up goods from the bay on accoun, OF the
Indians.
The Hyperion had ten guns and three
cannon on board, and all charged, expecting
an attack-and they might have whipped
the devil out of the Indians but the min
ute they were fred upon they were fright
oned TO death, and run the boat ashore,
and not an indian went on board, as q negro
boy staid on board and was not touched.
The Georgian got off safe bnt was fired
into. Roanoke is burnt 10 a certainty, and
the Indians did not stay on this side twn
hours after they burnt il.
A letter from Columbia in giving an
account of the attack upon the steamboa,
Hyperion mentions the following incident
"The captain run ashore on the side ant
jumped into the water and came UP here
The hands also escaped leaving a lady
on board, who after all had left, gathered
up her husbands money, herjewels. watch.
es, &c. and jumped into the water, and
with her hands padded along to the shore
amid a shower of bullets. She then walk.
ed three miles through the swamp and
plantations, until che come up with some oil
the boa, hands, who got her on n mule, on
which she rode up TO town. Her husband,
who was up here, mel her as he was with a
few men on his way down to the boat"
COLUMBUS, May I6.
Powell, the great Seminole Chief and
commander of the Seminole forces, is now
in the Creek nation; was recognized by a
gentleman a few days ago in Chambers
county, where his father resides. He will
most assuredly head the forces of the Creek
nation, and will cause many a hard battle
TO be fought and many a gallant Georgian
to fall. Houses and property are daily
set fire to in the nation, bridges burnt. and
crossing places obstructed. There will be
five or six months hard fighting before
these savages can possibly be exterminat.
ed; their forces are strong, and they are
well prepared with ammunition and pro
visions for a long battle.
A letter from Augusta, received last
evening, states that Gov. Schley was about
to proceed to Chattahoochie frontier, with
such troops as can be Immediately Assem-
bled; that he will be aided by Col. WIN.
Cumming, and that q larg, portion Of the
inhabitants of Augusta are ready to vol1n
teer in defence of their state.
AUGUSTA, May s4-at night.
Battle ,oiM the Indians. 1.-THE passen.
gers from the w est by to'nights Stage re-
port, that the Ind ans had attacked Irwin
ton. They had a hard fight, 40 whites
killed and 100 to 200 Indians, and one In
dian Chief taken prisoner. The account
is believed TO be true"
From the Columbus Enquirer of May 81,
we learn that about 700 Alabama troops
SIT out for the seat OF the Creek hostilities,
May 18th. Brigadier General Beall, with
500 effective mel marched into Chambers
and Macon counties Geo. the 10th. He
had a brush with a party of Indians at Lich-
afoco town, near the Chambers and Macon
line, and killed 9 or 3, and captured 6 or 8,
among the latter their cbief. Our troops
lost one man.
About 300 men had gone May 2ist, by
steamer from Columbus, and part by land
to dislodge the Indians from their fortified.
ton of colton bags in the smoking ruins o.
Roanoke. The intention of our men was