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id, and said to him',‘Thou*:!; I differed in you in the vote, i yet honor your con-•t, and will ever do justice to it.’ Mr. Van ren’s friends from the South frit that theyed him a peculiar debt of gratitude, (for, his vote alone was carried a measure lt;.* r* ^ % *ft-itial to the peace and safety of their ^fire-es,) and went forward under au \jrresisti-i impulse of feeling to tender him ttfyr coo-itulationson an act alike houorabfe\o himd auspicious to the harmony and best \nter-s of the whole Union. * Messrs. Bucha.• % n, Robinson, 'Fallmadge,-and Wright, were i only .members from non-slaveholding ites, who voted with him*“ If, after this signal and proud evidence Mr. V an Bumn’s. principles on this sub.-:t, as weil as of his elevated firmiiess and cision of character, wheii occasion requires, y shall be found so lost to all sense of jus. e as to question the one or the other, the •that has happened since the commencement of the present war, took place about t hr fie mi. above Fort Jones, on Thursday last. - About forty of the Gwinnett Cavalry, under Capt. Garmony, were stationed at the house of M?. Shepherd, the balance of Ihe compain having been detailed for some othpr service. Capt. G. in the forenoon of that day, had promised Col. Jernigan, who was then out on .1 .scouting party, to assist him, in case iie was attacked. . At * three ^o’clock in the eve. niag firing was heard at a short distance? which was supposed to be an engagement be-tween the afore.mentioned scouting party and the Indians. Capt. Garmouy immediately set off on foot with his forty Qien, who after proceeding about half a mile~discovered sev. oral Indians, who retreated towards a branch to their main body, consisting of about 240.The whites advanced and attacked themTwhen « * .a battle of more than two hours duration en.^ % . rious and contradictory reports of the battle fought at Dr. Shepherd’s plantation, between a detachment of Georgia* Volunteers, composed of a part of the Gwiiinett company commanded by Capt. Germany, with a part of the Stewart company, under* command ol Capt. B.»ll and Major Jernigan, and a party of Creek Indians, deemed it due to the char* acterof the State and her brave sons, to ob-%nit will be in the heart, and not the head, of] sued. It was evident from the movements ofut person. Should such an one be fountl the bouth, he must he content to lie under e double curse of ingratitude and injustice, send you the Bill and vote upon it.”The vote on the three Resolutions, in the . of R., attached to Mr. Pinckney’s Report, e further Signs of the Times—-Most of the ays are Whigs—Most of the Ayes are Re-ihlicans and friends ol Van Buren.THE CREEK WAR^From the Columbus Enquirer, 1 Sthinst,THE CREEK WAR.it would be impossible to find space, if we ere disposed to record them, for the num. jrless reports which originate in (he present ccited state ol public feeling. Many of them iving in truth no foundation, seem to gain ‘edence from , their absolute uburditV:—• »hilst others, having something of a beginning, crease as they fly, and swell so far beyond ictr proper dimensions, as scarcely to be re-gnized by their originators. At a time ke I iris’, there cannot be too much caution, thCr in relating .or believing ihe thousand id one marvelous ttories, with w,» « h the public ar is filled. Hitherto we have endeavored ascertain, as correctly as possible, the truth f the various transactions, connect ed with le present war, and relate them without par# ality or prejudice, fear, favor, or affection, 'his course we shall still pursue, believing lat our readers will prefer what facts we can ather, to the countless rumors that float in very breeze.the enemy, that their object was to ou;fi?nU and si/rround the command of Capt. Garmo nv, who ordered a retreat back to the housem 9The Indians pressed upon his men, keeping up a constant fire, which was returned with i he desperate courage of those who were determined to sell their lives as dear us possi-ble. Nothing could have exceeded the bruve-ry of tnis little band, who though compelled to retreat, disputed every inch of ground, and sent many a tawney savage to his last account. Capt. G. whose name will be re-membered for his intrepid and dauntless con. duct, slew three of his merciless assailants after he had retreated to the house—one ol them after he himself had been shot down. His men too, no less brave than !iimelt, kept up a constant fire upon their pursuers, until the arrival of a reinforcement from Fort Jones, who charged the Indians and relieved for the time the exhausted troops that had fought the lirst hard battle. Tins reinforcement being however too small to contend with the overwhelming force ot the enemy, were compelled to retreat, after lighting ten to one, for almost half an hour. In these engagements some twenty-five or thirty Indians are said to have been killed. Those who have since visitedvthe battle ground, suppose from the sign that was left, that the number slam was much greater.Whatever rumor mav sav of this fight' there can be no question of one thing, that every man engaged in it did his duty, and fought with a courage rarely equalled and never surpassed bv inexperienced soldiers.—ted with this unfortunate though glorious achievement. For this purpose he applied to Capt. Garmany, now confined to his bed by a wound received in the battle, and has obtained the following circumstantial account of the rencontre, which it is hoped will disa. buse the public mind of the false impressions made by the various slanderous reports which have been circulated to the prejudice of this small though gallant band. Georgia may well be proud of such sons, and may rest assured that her honor will uever suffer when committed to the care of Georgia Volunteers, whose motto is “ DO OR DIE.”By order of the Commandor-in-Chief.OSSIAN GREGORY,Aid-de-Camp.other shot me thro’ the thigh, which caused me to fall. The Indian drew his knife and made towards me. I raised up and shot him and he fell. At the time I fell it pro.duced a panic amongst those of my men who were present, and they cried out '6ur Captain is dead. I called to them I was not dead, but to fight on. After killing the Indian after I was wounded, I drew my pocket pistol,ain a correct statement of the facts connect- determined still to defend myself, and calledto my men to turn the horses'out of the lot;which they did. * All of my men that werenear continued to fight. During all thistime my men, who were on the other flank ofthe enemy, continued to fight with vigor and energy;Just at this moment, Major Jernigan, of Stewart county, who was at ForfJones, three miles below (he battle ground, arrived with a small detachment of men, not exceeding thirty, and charged upon the Indians, which di. verted them from us and enabled me to make my escape. One of my men seeing I was wounded, brought me a horse, took me up behind him, and carried me to Fort Jones; and all the men attempted their escape in the best way they could.About this time my mon who had beensent to Fort McCreary. and had heard the firing, came and charged thorough the ranks of the eneniv ; but they were too late to render much assistance. Four of my company hud been left sick at Fort Ingersoll, and two% *-others to wait on them and tw’o or three of my company had gone to the shop to pet their horses shod. These things account for the few men I had in the action.Now sir let me say to your Excellency, that those of my company who had an oppor-Coltjmbus, Juno 14th, 183$. His Excellency WM. SCHLEY :•»Dear Sir; On Wednesday evening, the dth, my conipauy was by order of Maj. Howard stationed at Pr. Shepherd’s plantation, about four miles above Roanoke: that night 1 placed out three picket guards, four men in each; one picket two and a half miles from ihe camp, where the Indians were expected to cross; one picket one and a half miles,and the third one and a quarter miles from camp. My picket guards remained at their | tunity in the engagement, acted with jjreatposts till about an hour b\ sun in the morning and returned. 1 had sixteen police guards out the same night, which were relieved every two hours. That night no Indians were seen by either of the guards. Next morning 1 re-ceived an order from Maj. HoWard to sendbravery; and firmness. Every man of them stood firm until ordered to retreat, and I can-not conclude this communication without hear, ing testimony to the courage and bravery of Major Jermgan and Ins men, who came to our assistance. In my company we havean officer and 20 men up to Fort McCreary, ; lost seven killed and four wounded, noneIn our last, we spoke of the number of Gwinnett and Stewart counties have a ri^ht•oops which had up to that time, rolled like le moving ocean, wave after wave, to the anks of the Chattahoochee. » Since then, at ;ast a dozen beautiful companies have arrived nd joined their patriot brothers on the tented eld. Nothing is now wanting but arms and rovisious. These are on their way and hour-y expected. A few inore days, and as fine .nd army «*sj Georgia, or any other State, ever ient into the field, will march in quest of the be. May victory perch upon the banners of he brave, and our gallant and generous ouutrymen prove to a savage enemy, that he blood of murdered women and children* vill not 6iak into the earth unheeded and un~ evenged. 'Knowing that, our readers are anxious to e informed ut what time the army will prob. ibly take up the line of march, we have en-ieavored to ascertain, but have been unable o team. In u few days, however, it is thought ivery thing will be in readiness; until (hen, ve can only interest our friends with a rela-ion of such matters, as trave transpired,'and ivhich seem to be. of importance in the pres, sut difficulty.TKe escort which accompanied Gen. Jos-mp to Tuskegee; returned on Saturday last.Lt was an expedition lull of danger, in as much as the gallant band passed immediately thro* the thickest of the hostile*. In another column, it will be seen that Gen. Jessup h^s done merited justice in Ins general order, to the firm and fearless conduct of tlie officers and men who flinched not, hut faced tho reported danger with a courage as undauntedas his own.On Thursday last, a detachment consisting of the Fauche volunteers from Greene, and the Independent Artillery of this place, under command of Capt. W. C. Dawson, was ordered to make a cruise up and down the river, on board the steamboat Metamora, for the purpose of preventing the Indians from cross, ing to the Georgia side. In a few'hours Capt. Dawson with his command went ei. board the boat, and forthwith descended the river. They had proceeded to the lichee Shoals, when the Indians commenced a quick and rapid fire, from both sides of the river, which was returned with spirit by the detach-ment under Capt. D. No injury was sustained on the part of the whiles, but from the balls penetrating and-in somo instances pass-ing through the fortificatiou, some of them must have narrowly escaped. . Five Indians and a negro that was with them, were seen to fall,and were supposed to have been'killed.When the firing cotpmeuced, Capt. Daw-son we understand, commanded the boat to round to, which at the moment was impracticable, she being at the time running down through the shoals. So soon as the boat could be turned, it was done, and she ascend-ded the river slowly, when the firing *n both sides was renewed. After this engagement, Capt. Dawson continued his cruise down aud landed, and in conjunction with the forces stationed at Fort Jones, buried the retrains otp % • zthose brave men, belonging to Ca/ts. Gar-many anti Ball’s companies, who had previ. ouslyv fallen in their desperate engageme /i with the' Indians. The Metamora returned ou Monday, bringing the wounded belonging to the Gwmuett company. It js unnecessary for us to say any thing of uie officers and soldiers belonging to .this expedition. ‘ Wealt know Dr. Hoxey’s artillery men, and if ^Dawson’s boys wont fight, they will do very well to fool Jhe world with. The Metamoia left yesterday on another expedition.One of the tho most serious engagementsto be proud of their sous, who in the hour of danger have nobly done and nobly died. lt;J. V. Tate, James 11. Holland, VVm. Simms, James M. Allen, Robert T. Holland, James C. Martin, Henrv W. Peden, and Isaac LncvrI w •of the Gwinuett Cavalry were killed; and Capt. Ganuony, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Huut, and Mr. Stepp were wounded, (if the reni-RobertBillufour miles up the river, to guard that place until 3 o’clock, when he would send another company down to take charge ot the Fort, which had been vacated by the troops, whose time of service had expired, which order was obeyed. As soon as these 20 men left, Col. Gibson and four ot mv men went to the river, in order that Col. Gibson would shew them all the places where the Indians would be likely to cross, he being well acquainted with their places of crossing. After scouting upand down the river, they returned about 10• • * io’clock without having seen any Indians; about that time Major Jernigan, with about 25 men, came to our camp, and about 12 o’clock he left on a scouting party on the river, and when we separated he told me if 1 should hear him in an engagement, to come to his assistance. That being the first daythought to be dangerous—of Major Jeruiiian’s men, four killed and three wounded. Of my men dead. Ensign Lacy, Orderly* Serg?t. Jas. C. Martin, Jas. H. Holland, Robert T. Holland, Jas. M. Allen, Wm. M. Sims, (by exhaustion) J. A. V. Tate, and H. W. Peden. Wounded, Captain Garmany, John R. Alexander, Thomas W. Hunt and Wm. Shipp. I tho’t there were from twenty.five to thirty Indians killed, but Col. Gibson who has since visited the battle grouid, is clearly of the opinion the number of the Indians killed, must have been much greater.Very respectfully,Your obedient servaqt,HAMILTON GARMANY,Captain of the Gwinnett Mounted Men.Those of the Stewartcompanv who fell in the battle wrere, DavmUelk, Esq. Jaredforcement from FortDavid. Delk, Esq'. Mr. Irwin aud Mr. Hunter were killed.4The two volunteer companies under Capts. Urquhart and Evans, hUve been ordered hack from Fort Twiggs, to ihis place, and arrived on SaturdaV last. Whilst in service below, they were engaged in every arduous and dangerous enterprise which the circumstances required, repairing at a moment’s warnin'*, to the. scene of supposed danger, and fearlessly scouring the almost impeutra-ble swamps in search of the onemy. If they# met with no Indians, it .was surely no fault of theirs, for they went through places where the sign that is * found in the breast of brave men would have been apt to have falleo down, to a coward’s heels. They have done well at home and abroad, and will be remembered for it by town aud country.from the time we had entered the service, ’ Irwin, Esq. Capt. Robert Billups, and a young when we had an opportunity of washing our munbvthe n a m*\of Hunter. They were ail clothes, I recommended to my men for some gentlemen of the first standing. Mr. Dlt;lk of them to wash their shirfs; as they were was a member of the bar, and occupied a very dirty having left our clothes -at Fort In- j Very respectable sration in his profession.—-gersol, when we were ordered down the river M*. Irwin was Clerk of the Inferior Court on the Saturday previous, with an cxpccta- j of Stewart county. Their loss will be longtion of returning in. two days to get our do-thirtg. The men had finished their washing and hung their clothes put to dry, and were just eating their dinner. Between 2 and 3 o’clock, 1 heard firing commence about In If a mile from where we were—supposingthat Maj. Jernigan and his .men had been attacked, I orregretted by the citizens of Stewart county and their numerous friends.—Eds, Sentinel.From the Standard of Union.WAR news.The fallowing letter from an officer of theFrom the Columbus Sentihel, June 17.Since our last the Warren Riflemen, up. wards of a hundred strong, and two other companies,'Whose names we have not heard, have arriveo and been mustered into service.Two companies of U. S. Infantry have al so arrived since our last, and marched to Fort Mitchell. Gen. Fenwick, with six companies of U. S. artillery, arrived yesterday, and Col. Henderson, with three hundred marines, is expected in all next week.The remainder of the arm* nnd ammunition will be here shortly, when it is expected that the army will forthwith be marched into the heart of the nation, and commence active offensive operations against the enemy.The Alabama troops, it is said, refuse to he mustered into the service of the United States; claim the Indian war as all affair of their own, and arc determined to fight under the state banner. Eight hundred troops, it is further said, have already entered the na. tion from Irwinton, and others are expected to leavo shortly from Tuskegee, under the command of Gen. Patterson.As the Anna Calhoun, which arrived here on Wednesday morning, was passing the mouth of the Hatchechubbe or High Log creek, a man' from the Alabama shore in-formed them that the Alabama troops, under Gen. Moore, had a general and severe engagement with the Indians under Eneahr Marth-la that morning, and that he (the informant) left them still fighting. We give this «s we received it, without vouching for its au ibenticity. A few days will confirm or dissipate the report.Gov. Schley and Gen. ScoTf still haveA stheir head.quarters in Columbus, and Gen. Sanfobd has his at Camp Georgia, where ’no Georgia troops are stationed, three miles helow Columbus on the Alabama side.'Gol. Williamson, of Newton, has been elected Colonel of the 3d Regiment' of theGeorgia troops. lt;, ‘' ■ v«? Maj. Gen. Bailey, who commanded at VVost Point, has resigned, and Gen. Wood, of Coweta, has been .appointed to the command of the troops in that quarter.m i ■■ ■■ ■'■■■■ . ■!■■■■■ .i iiii4 . ^ Head Qu-^ters, Geo. |J. Columbus, 15th June, 1836. j4^- V5' ORDER.The Cdmmander-in.Chief having heard va-Warreu Riflemen, co.Unins the latest' and dered my men to parade immediately, and ! most interesting intelligence from the Creek leave their dinner. We left our horses and■ \ ■* **, vall our clotlics, and indeed every thing we had except the clothes we had on, and several of the mgn had no shirts on, and w’e-re-paired immediately to the firing, Leaving one man in the hofcse to take care of our things.After we marched half a mile, and. found the Indians prepared for battle, we made the at-tack.* I directed mv* men to .reserve their•fire until they would he sure to make an ef-fective fire. Wh«n in about , one hundred yards, I directed the men to fire,; a number of Indians fell; 1 a*n certain 6 or 7—they were carried back, and the Indians retreated till they came to their commander, who was on horseback and formed the line; we then gave them another fi^e, which they returned —my company then stood firm until they fired four rounds, the Indians keeping up a regular fire. They again retreated until they reached their commander. Every timo they re-» treated they were reinforced to the number, I* • / think, of at least 250 Indians, and as long as (eotjld keep them in front, they were re-pulsed every time. But they became so numerous, and my company consisting of only 42 men in line at.the time, the enemy began to flank us. I found it necessary to ordermmy men to retreat and fire on the retreat, which we did; directing half my men to face to the right and the other to the left, and fire upon their flanks, to keep them from surroun-diug us. After having retreated and firing in this way about half a mile, we reached a small field, and used the fence as a breastwork, until we fired two rounds. By this time the enemy had. succeeded in dividing our men. By firing on the left flank, myself and about ten men succeeded in 'getting possession of the yard: at the time I entered the gate, the enemy had succeeded in getting into the opposite side of the yard, but we sue ceeded and drove them from their position.They then fled to the gin house, and we took a position nnd watched nn opportunity (o shoot as they passed around, the houses. I directed my men not to fire until they could be certain to kill. They obeyed my orders.( took a position behind two trees, so situated that they could not see me, and from that place I am certiiin I killed an Indian who was attempting to get one of our horses over the feuc€. When he fell another attempted to get the same horse, and beforo he succee-s ded in getting the horse, I shot nim and he fell within three feet of the other. I then loaded again, and just at that moment three other Indians passed round the corner of a small house forty yards frorc us. Two of my men shot, which stopped ;wd; and thewar:«lt; Camp Georgia, Alabama,18th June, 1830.News has just reached here, that the Troops below, have taken Neuh Mathla and his son, prisoners, and that the war is at an end.— That they have secured tho country west of Irwinton.I do not doubt that the r.ew’s is true.4 * , •I have just learned that Neah Mathla, was decoyed off by some friendly Iudians, and given into the bunds of Gen. Jessup.® * %Extracts of another letter, from a private otthe same company : /■“ Camp Georgia, June 16th, 1836.We have just received intelligence of s battle fought between the Alabamians, and Jim Henry, which is said to have been fought yesterday about thirty miles below this place .—the report is, that the Indians were badly whipped, and their town burned, bi)t I can’t say that the report is true, although it was expected that they would have a battle yes* terday—1 hope it may be true. It is also said that Neah-Micco and one hundred war* riors have given themselves up—If these reports be true, we shall soon end the CreekCampaign.■ i i i ■■ ■■■ ■ . .. i - —^........Neah-Mathla, (the great warrior of the Creeks, and at tho head of the hostile party,) and his son, have been taken prisoners and brought to Fort Mitchell, by Gen. Jessup* Gen. Jessup marched from Tuskegee with seven huudred white men, and five hundredV •friendly Indians. They passed near Neah* Mathla’s camp, and sent several of their Indians to him. They succeeded in decoying him a little from the camp, and took him and his son prisoners. This morning Gen. Scott was sent for from Fort Mitchell, and has gone there.Should the above news be correct, and there is the best reason to credit it. Neah* eh-Mathla’s capture must have a powerful influence in bringing hostilities .to a close: as he is the very soul o'the hostile party.The troops at Fort Jones, we are informed by the same authority, consisting of the Gwinnett, Monroe and part of the Stetfart companies, while scouting, had another brushwith the Indians. They wereoverpowered, ud had to return to the Fort. It is Said that thecomrrMssary James'H. Warren, formerly of Pulaski, was killed.—Sou. Recorder*' , . * t X / _ ’l W » j J. 4 .m ^ *v4l ,l ,From the State Rig his Sentinel. )r Extract of a letter to the Editor, dated Co* lumbus, June 17:“ A rumor has reached this placc, that
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