Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1842-01-26
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seil, VIC have dases lrotl v lotiuA ~ ''s
9Th insi.
: The numerous lel,srs from our friendly
correspondents 10 thai quarter, give an ae-
cnrate view Of the condition OF affairs ihere'
and from them our Eeaders can form 'oi.
erably s;ur, estimate Of the chances Tor auo
sgsiasi termination Of the war. eneer-
saintyis necessarily an element wnien en-
lers into every calculation oil this sHnd' ou'
uuun the whole il is obvious that the pros-
pecs of speedy end Of this %n, under
the energetic management OF Col. Wof'h'
Is more and more cheering.
Ralleck Tuienugeee has given QUE
,ro,,ps Infinite trouble. His owo bTothef
was lately wi,h,be troops at ,Fort. .Ne.lon' gs,
but was enlarged by the osaef % ,.. oo..
'Vor.h. A private letter which we nav
i,eiare "a. appears TO disoppfove : oi MS
+i;hera,io,,. and iusimaies that nc will 30
A. once 10 Halieck's camp and lei him
tro,r vehar is abroad. Bu, we must Say
,hnt Col. WORMS policy has WORKED wen
,ss,fisr, and il appears 10 Us mat &c is tu'y
justified in following i out.
Oar. correspondent a, Pilaisas who 's
well conversaui in military aiiasts. IN a
COMMUNICATION Jan. 5ltss tags :---.W e are
al, in hopes that the aiar S;is snpE's,e over:
Many OF the Indiana have saItendereq''
and those who s,ill .SSasala postile are so
worked upon by lhe esnmisearies ssat
ar,opr them, Thar ihey NJ socn, doubtless
choose rather 10 sscoine IL and be ted on
.UocIe San's ra.islas. Man 10 remain nut
aud die by s,arvaticn pg ihe sssnrd. So';
!. Worth declares lhat the war rshali DC ended
a;n a few weeks. Hhe ren do i BY no
other means, be will probably do SO by
p,oelcmqiisn. The recent outbreak in
the vicinity Of Mandarin, does not seem 10
dampen in the ieps, the ardor ol the sai-
Ian, Co,opei. tie has directed the prompt
rnoyrraen.. OF the troops TO lha, quarisr' as
loar and as far az provisions eaa De foreea
70 Her, or until the enemy be overhaaied.
.lu conformity thereto, Lieut.. Coi. hi-
lev of the Cd Infaniry, who has just re-
turned from, an a.ducus SCOUT leaves I'd
slay for Mnsquito inlet. ~,
.Maior Plymouth, with companies "B
and |. K, Of the ID lnfaatry, lefl yes'er-
day for Spring Garden Lakes, aseosnpa-
niSl by Capt. Smith, Lieuis. Ienrose,
Marin aad SuIly. A portions this com
nand is 10 proceed by waier, ~ canoes.
and the remainder by land. the whole CO.
operating with Lieut.. Col Riley, ~ ano'
,ber a,,emp, 10 seize the jnurderers. who,
,ose,bef with their chief The arch bandit
Hallsck Tustennggee, gre now known 10
be secreted on the eastern bank oil tne
81. Johns.
Correspondence of he Savannah Rep
EAST FLORIDA, Jan. &, 1872.
The news from Tampa is, that small
parlies of Indians cop,inue to come IN.
nearly oil the renegade creek iudians by
This tirnr. il is supposed have arrived there,
which Is good news mud relieves The SET
dement's Of Middle Florida from all dreau
OF these hostile wretches.
The steamer Isis was burnt up at Tam
pa Bay OIL the 5.h inst.. having jdst re-
vgs5eT; she occideniaIry caught IRE near
her. after hatch. after reaching the wharf
aud was entirely consumed.
Ia haste. yours.
Correspondence Of The Sav. Rep.
Bic CYPRESS SWAMP.
Dec. 25, lSil.
Tn my lasi had taken you with US Oh
,he scout 10 our skrmlsh near The camp Of
Koialke- Hadjo and his associates. You
will remember that five Of our seven days
for which we raiioncd ourselves. had en-
pired with ihu, event, and Oh examining
our havresacks il was found that IN conse-
auence Of the bread getting wet in the
swamps aud other causes, the soldiery had
already nearly exhausted their food which
compelled a return. The bndies of the
killed aud wounied were borne on the
shoulders OF their comrades some two miles
10 the burial. This solemn service was
performed by sinking their remains in the
water ia the middle OF a swamp, and con-
finins them by driving forked stakes over
the bodies. This course, although rcsret-
ted nv all, was deemed necessary 10 pre-
vent their disiuierment and mulilaiion;
but il ~ rs sad spectacle. and added much
10 the horrors Of war TO see two brave sou
diers. WIN the day befure had led The way
10 what we all though, likely enough 10
be the Jaws Of an amhrscade. thus deposi-
ted amid the bogs Of The swamp, coinpan-
IONS Ol Snakes. anu iboi foE GIlI1dtDIs!--
Never before did witness scrue so re-
yol,ing. Nay, could not look upon it,
completion.
Although our course was now directed
to the neares, depo, the troops, 400 in nnm-
ber, for the Las, two days Of our return,
subsisted on The eabbage lths soft aud un
exposed lcaves.) GU, from The palmetto
trees. Many Of the mems fee, were sore
aud the officers ankles strained aud swol
len, vet no, regret was expressed, nor a
murmur heard, Our guides, some of whum
have been through the war, and .he officers
Of The scou. of long service here, say that
bad Us The service is nearly every where
in Florida, nothing has equalled this cam
paiyn, aud rhe Indians have a, last been
iaus b, that they have no businesses so dif:
iicul, Of access that we cannot follow
,hem; We shall rcplenish our haversncks,
and again take up The chase.
BIO CYPRESS SWAMP,
Dec. %. 1871.
Major Belkuap's command has DOW been
IN the field, or 10 sneak literally, 10 mud |