Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-05-18
FROM THE SOUTH.

Bv the steamboat from Norfolk We have a sim TO-
the Office of the Norfolk Herald, undp! date Of Su15,""
Nav l3. ) Z. NJ. containing news brought by the se,,,
racket South Carolina from Charleston, 10 Friday 49,,
inclusive. We copy from 4; the following liens of F..
IIdIln news: tNaf T.!
The steamer james Adams arrived at Charleston ,,
Thursday from GAINESVILLE, having On board a irw Ia
dams, men, women, and children, taken prisoners D.
Capt. Bullock, Of The Dfag0ons, near Fort Tayl, !,
the head OF the ST. johns river.
Brig. Gen. Eustis, Lieut.. Simpson, Aldo GIN,
Capt. Porter, Lieut.. Watson, Lieut.. Bnihe, and Lcg,'
Hill, with two companies First Regiment Of Au.e;,
also CANT passengers in The }. A.
lntellig nee had been received al Key Biselyre 2.
ult, that .ieck UajO, the Seminole Chief who neralrj
with Gen. Jesup, and surrendered to him, had bees .,5,
with all his immediate followers, by Sun Jones a64 Ia
.HickaSukieS. This assassination Is SAID very mgcl q,
have eXasperated the SemGnGles, and we are tod Ia,
many Of them now beg our troops 10 allow them to =.
main and assist in discriminating their late ailes-S,,
Jones and the Mickasukles.
The naval detachment lately engaged in Lieut. Pow.
ellis ex~ pedition have gone TO Pensacola 10 Join on! sor,..
ron for Vera Cruz. This squadron is detached 10 ?a.
tect our commerce from the Consequences Of the FreG:aI
blockade.
Lieut.. Magruder and his company came on in the 81,
olson from Key West to Key B!scaync, and thence ,hI.
ped IN the Campbell Tor 81. Augustine.
SAvASSAn, May y
Late from Florida From an officer Of the army wb,
arrived yesterday from ST. Augustine in the reycng.
cutter Campbell, Capt Cost, we hear that Col ilarney
had a sharp skirnish with Sam Jones on the 91h Nh
about 90 miles below Key Biscayue. Sam Jones Ned
with his followers, 4 large proportion Of whom we;e
women and children, into the everglades, before Col n
could come up with him. One squaw was Captured.
from whom Col. II. learned that Sam Jones had made :,
junction with the Spanish Indians on The Keys, aud Ina,
his party consisted Of 80 MIckasukies and q SemInocs;
that Ha!eck Hadjo, Of Tuskegeeis tribe, who had been
sent out to bring in the Se.miuoIcs attached to saa
Joncs's party, had been shot By Sam Jones, which occ,.
stoned a serious difference between the Mieka.ukics and
the Seminoles. Col. II. again started On the Both, with
ten days provisions in pursuit OF Sam Jones, aat hlt
under his command one company OF dragons, and Eve
companies of artillery GtOrgthH.
The appointment of Lieut.. Wilkes 10 the command q!
the Exploring Squadron is announced in the Army and
Navy Chronicle. The squadron is TO consist Of the
sloops.of war Vincennes and Peacock, the ship Relief
and brig Potpoise. Some change is expected 10 be made
in The present list Of officers.
The steam frigatc Fulton is % sail Tor Washington N
q few DAYS. The new ship Cyane is destined io' the
Mediterranean. The Leyant is 10 replace the 81, LOUIS
on the West India station.
The Board of Directors of The "Great Western Steam
Navigation Company" having passed resolutions 'nyIt.
inr Lieutenan,s f.. w. Carpenter and w. + Lynch, Of
the u. S. Navy, TO take passage IN the Great Western,
from New York 10 England, and back. permission has
been granted to those officers, by the department, 10 nlas
the yage.-.4ieIandrta Gazette.
WEST Polsr AcADEMY.-The Army and Navy Chrn.
nicle states that the following named gentlemen have
been invited by the Secretary of War 10 attend as i
Board Of Visitors the annual examination of The cadets
Of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, 10 CON.
mence on the first Monday in June, ISIS.
Connecticut Professor Thomas Hubbard.
.Neto Y0rk.-General Ducoudruy Ho!s,ein, Rev e.
Nj. Johnson, Professor VIM. NJ. Holland, James Shea,
and Medad Butler, Esqs.
Pennsyirania-D j b. Ard, Thomas b. McElwcc,
John c. Plummer, and Thomas Ross, Esqs.
.Marwand-Daniel Murray, Esq, and Professor }, T.,
Duca.el.
Nrginia John Z. Page, Hugh A. Garland, and Alex
ander Rivcs, Esqrs,
.Norih Carolina j. F. Burgwin, Esq.
svmh Carolina General George McDufic, rtoes.
sors F. Lciber, and - Holbrook.
Gsorgia.-C. J. Mcdonald, Esq.
~Kentucky.-Jndgc James.
IrnncSsfe-CoI George Wilson.
ohio.-Dr. J. u. Weston.
.MisSissippi-Dr. John II. Holt.
Illinois B. F.. Morris, ESQ.
.NabGnm.-H. W. Ellis, ESQ.
.MSsOuri-Col. W. II. Russell.
arkansas j. 5. Conway, ESQ.
michigan. DR.. Il. Pitcher, late Of u. S. Army.
EAsM!SATios OF MID;HIpMES.-A Board will be con.
vened in Baltimore, on Monday, the 25th inst, for The
examination of mldshiPmen whose warrants bear date
prior TO The LIST January, lS3S, and will consist OF Com.
James Biddie, President; Com. NJ. T. WooIscy, Cspts.
J. }. Nicholson, A. Cla1ton, and J. Gallagher.
The Mathematical Examiner are Professors L. {.
Ward and Duncan Bradford.