The Daily Madisonian

Office of the Daily Georgian,

Savannah, May 23—12 M.

MORE INDIAN MURDERS.

WAR NOT YET ENDED.

By the steamer Newbern, Captain McNelty the Editors of the Georgian have received the St. Augustine Herald of Friday last. We extract the following:

From the St. Augustine News, 20th inst.

INDIANS.

The mail of Wednesday brought us tidings of five more murders by the Indians in Columbia and Alachua Counties on the 14th and 15th inst. We are indebted to the attention of a friend at Newnansville for the following melancholy particulars, under date 15th May.

On the 14th, Messrs. William and Bryn Vansant, in company with Mr. A. Osteen, while hunting were attacked by a party of thirty Indians, who shot Mr. W. Vansant dead from his horse. His brother dismounted and was wounded in the thigh, and Mr. Osteen escaped. On the same day five citizens went out to bring in the dead. They found B. Vansant in the hammock shot and his skull broken with his own gun.

On the 15th, the same party, it is believed, attacked the house of Mr. Moses Cason, in Alachua county, killed his wife and infant child. Mr. Cason, though severely wounded, escaped with two of his children. They then proceeded to the house of Mrs. Douglas, a widow, with a large family of children, but they escaped on hearing the firing and yells at Cason's. Her dwelling was burned and plundered of every thing she possessed. There being a collection of people at Sulphur Springs on Santa Fee, where the news was soon conveyed; five gentlemen hastened to the place of bloodshed; they had not gone more than a mile, when they were fired on, and Mr. Stafford was wounded in the right arm and side.

A diligent search was made during the afternoon and evening, but without success. A party of fifty men were to start early on the 16th on a scout. The writer goes on to say: "These are facts, and how much more remains to tell I am unable to say. This is called peace! God help us, for the Government won't."

An endorsement on the letter dated 12 o'clock at night, states that an express had arrived for assistance to go to the relief of Mr. W. H. Ward. Many guns and yells were heard.

We are indebted to the politeness of a gentleman who arrived from Palatka yesterday evening for the following:

A few days since, a party of Indians, supposed to be about twenty-five in number, made an attack on the Alligator and adjoining settlements, killing about sixteen persons, burning houses, &c. This band is led by the Creek war-chief Octa-ha-chee.

Leaving the above section of the country, they crossed the county of Alachua, a short distance from Waka-hoo-ta, from which post Lieut. Baker, 7th Infantry, was despatched with six mounted men, to the trail. When a short distance from the post, he was surrounded by the enemy, who were concealed. They killed two of his men at the first fire, and wounded another. Lieut. B. made a gallant resistance to recover the wounded soldier, but was overpowered by numbers, and obliged to retreat. All the disposable force of the 7th Infantry are now in hot pursuit of the enemy.

Halleck Tustenuggee and his band are safely lodged on Sea-horse Key. Two of his warriors are to go out to the Pilaklikaha for five wounded warriors whose families are with them. This is a remnant of the party who fought the 2nd Infantry on the 19th ult. in which engagement Capt. J. Casey, of the 2d Infantry, and his officers and men behaved with great gallantry.