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Miscellaneous. Republican Office, Savannah. Jan. 24, 1842. From Florida. By the arrival of the U. S. steamer Newborn, Capt. McNuity, we have advices from Florida to a late date. The news is not important other- wise than of a cheering nature. Correspondence of the Savannah Rep. Big Cypress Swamp, So. Fa. January 6th, 1842. After Major Belknap routed the Indians on the 25th ult. and replenished our fam- ished haversucks, he divided his command into four divisions for the purpose of cov- ering a greater extent of country at the same time, and renewed the chase in the direction of the Southern coast. The country traversed by these several divi- sions was, even to a greater extent than heretofore seen, covered with water and extensive cypress swamps; but the few fudians here finding that their most ob- scure and inaccessible retreats were now penetrated by the troops, scattered so much as to render their trails invisible even to the practised eye of the Indian guides. I don't believe troops ever labored hard- er, or endured more privation, since the world began. The incessants marching with heavy burdens of provisions, bedding and ammunition, through water and mud, and over jagged and porous rocks, has torn and worn the clothes from their limbs, und the shoes from their feet. There are thir- teen companies of troops traversing this sunken district, charged with ferreting out some 50 lodian men, women and children. If we were tasked to hunt the wild deer from the hammocks, or the Alligators and suakes from the swamps, we might have hope, but, although the campaign has been contrived with uudisputed skill, and exe- cuted with the greatest alacrity and per- severance, the ludians now remaining are so very few in number, as to elude pursuit with the most perfect ease. In my opin- ion, the war as such is already closed. That roving out-laws, red and white, will for years secrete themselves in the ham- mocks and swamps of Florida, 1 do not doubt. Nor that the army, were it dou- bled, or quadrupled, is doing any good here, have I the least belief. Very truly, yours. The St. Augustine News has advices from Tampa to the 13th inst, which state that Col. Worth is still vigorously follow ing up his operations against the Indians. and is very sanguine of capturing the va- rious struggling parties that are now roam- ing about. The schr. Walter M. Capt, Hitchcock. arrived here on Wednesday last, from Fort Pierce. We learn that an expedi tion, with canoes, under the command of Capt. Vinton, left that Post on the 13th inst., for the head waters of the St. Johns. A scout, mounted, under the command of Lieut. Taylor.accompanied by Lieut. Ste- phens, left on the next day, for the purpose of co-operating with Capt. Vinton.-News 22d inst. ### Correspondence of the Baltimore Patriot. NEW YORK, Sunday P. M. One of our brokers was arrested yester- day upon a charge of negociating com- mercial hills, the names upon which were forgeries-about $8000 has already beer discovered-further no doubt will be known to-morrow. There is no truth in the re- port which appeared in one of our penny papers, that a forged check for $5000 had been passed on the Bank of America.- No such thing was attempted at any bank in the city. The weather is now as fine as possible. We had a gale from the westward on Fri- day, which has done damage to the east- ward. The mail due yesterday was de- tained until this morning. I have heard no further accounts of the ship Frankfort. I am afraid she will be much injured. The city was full of rumors yesterday relative to the recent measures taken by the United States, in seizing and attaching the assets assigned the Bank of the United States, which were in charge of Mr. Fra- zier, as the agent of the assignees. We have taken some pains to ascertain the true state of the facts, and our readers may depend on the following: Uuder a fi. fa., issued from the U. S. Court at Philadelphin, directed to the Mar- shal of this District, all the assets assigned by the Bank of the U. S. were seized, to satisfy a judgment in favor of the Govern- ment for $251,000, most of which assets were in the vaults of the Merchants' Bank for safe keeping; and an attachment was issued, under process from the Commer- cial Court of this city, on a suit entered by the United States, for the sum of near- ly two millions of dollars. What is the foundation of the latter claim, we have no idea, and have no opportunity of icarn- ing. Under the fi. fa. the Marshal threatened to seize the assets belonging to the Mer- chants' Bank; which, if executed, would have been a measure clearly unwarranted by law, as the whole stock held by the Bank of the United States in that iustitu- tion was sold in good faith, and the full consideration money paid by the present proprietors. On application to the U. S. Court, Judge MeCaleb at once granted an injunction to stay the proceedings against the Merchants' Baok under the fi. fa; and Judge Watts issued a similar injunction under the at- tachment. In the mean time the assets assigned by the bank U S. have been ta ken by the Marshal and are now in his charge, and the Merchants Bank and all her business and assets remsin in her owa possession, and her affairs have their cus- tomary regularity, free from any judicial interference,
