The Arkansas advocate., 1836-09-02

 :, bs o,,omnts 10 survey the member recently an oanIitv adorned A thifd had squeezed himself int
 n,r of frowsers which sounded the halt at every step fourth offered his watch for supply of Dutch her rings While fifth, inspired by the whskey, thfeY up his cap and huraed for the deyil lhis last speei men reminded us of one o our detacnmen' whom w he'd left in profound sunber on the road, under on' of the broken wagons of the Suter where we had ait him and covered him up in his blanket. lie was t,clane an Irishnan,v and very characteristic sPeei men he was He had been making free with hlmsei at the riyer but had started maniuly upon the mafeh From the badness of the road the party were some what scattered in their attempts to DICK out a path i;ut tfouo the centre was bad enough the sides 0 the road yereine on the pine barren, were still worse There the treacherous soil would sink under you fl considerable depth; and suddenly as to threaten tt break your legs. To our horse VIC found II extreme ly dangerous Presently at some little distance or our Jeff, we saw go down prone upon hs face in the mud 1.-the fall accelerated by the weight of hiS knapsacl and muske Up he got again, however and we supposed he had ouly stumbled. The de- sire 10 conceal, if posslble his real situaon caused him to make the most strenuous efforts, which, to us who had noted his condition on starting, afforded nc little amusement. In moment more he made another most profound bow his mother earth, pitching head foremost into her oozy lap! "Who is that" asked one of the officers who had accidentally sped him out, in the very midst of his udcrous difficulties but before any could respond to the query, the struggling Hibernian disappeared altogether! He had contend ed long and hard, but 1t would not do-his centre of gravity not to be preserved and he had alr- ly given it up bad job, and lay prone al his length hls face down. and his spread out in the attitude in which he had bndly and franticay branched them forth wnnowing the air in his efforts to avoid fall his knapsack tossed his head and his muske' grasped in one tenacious hand with the grlpe o death itself He fairly done up !-not another eff fort to rise---shame was dead--he seemed to say "Wel its just So !e-he effectuay foored. The youngest of the two officers approached and spoke tc him." -"Barney, can't you get up ?"but Barney spoke notstirred not. "Wo shall have to leave you here, --the threat little needed "Barney, give me your musket," said the officer laying his hand upon 1t as he spoke. "Oeh but by J---s wont, though o I'll be d-d frstl Give you my musket, eh No, but wont!' This indignant protestatlon seem ed 10 issue from mouth that was gagged-for 1t wa half stfed by the mud and water in which it was bur ed. "Give you my musket ha --ny only protection --no,Il be d----d if 1 doi---Il never give up m, musket!o
 ''I is good trait, at least" said the officer with smile, half eommiseratng the object before him; ye perplexed what to do with him. "Nery we'll you sha keep your muske if you promise not to get drln again f' "Fath, aud 1 never will from this day for wards; but you shall never have my musket while am in the innipeg's country" With the musket h prized much, still firmly clutched in his right hand and casting suspicious gances at those around him. If he would say, ssYou mean to snatch it from me you can-but you sha'nt !--no, by the Holy Powers but you sha'nt!"-he was lifted up placed under tn Suffers broken wagon some distance from the road and with himself and musket there quietly laid to sleeI covered over with his banket--we left hn1--tellin him to come early the next morning, and he woul find Us waiting for him at the encampment. True the time, he up with early the next day; an we were soon again upon the march,
 As we approached Aachua, the face of tn a fro,, al became high and rollingwith series, on either hant of the most extensive fresh lakes, that in sum mer like God-send to the traveller in the hot sandy barrens through which he has to wade. Nc that the whole country Is one pine barren. On tn contrary, il is literally dotted with Hammocks, of vas extent and amazing nchness-constituting the mos valuable land in Florida. But then (with few ox ceptions) they are to be sought--that IS in the o' country or near the seaboard. Here they lie far upo your right and lefteaving you to Journey along upo most monotonous and seemingly interminable roa of sand. But in the interior, and you go west hes formidable hammocks almost dispute your path an are the strong hold of the Indian. They are ofte skirted by what are called "Prairie Ponds,n [pieces water overgrown with broom) that oppose a frequent
 nsurmountable barrier to all approach to the hammocl These hammocks, too, are most commonly continuot that you get into them, it is not so easy matter 10 get out again while the prospect of follow ing them up--of penetrating them through--is genera Iy hopeless. They are, in fact, the natural breas works of the Seminole: and, from behind them, Ill seen himself he levels the deadly rifle, and your ranl are thinned by viewless enemy Often, too, he perched upon tree, whence, as you enter, he is en bed to distinguish the from the ofiicer--picks the later--springs to the ground with the agility of wild cat-and IS speedily lost in inc impervious han mock.--It is for this reason that our soldiers drea them. To charge hammock, perhaps requires mol nerve than to storm battery. The Indian plays Il Parthan in these asnesses and shoots you as he fife
 To be Continued.
 The .4merican Hest hdia Squadron, under Con Dallas, will shortly consist of the following vessels: