Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-06-16
THE ENQUIRER.
LlTORFIELD, JUNE e, 1889.

| &1E AHsA<Ds . 1--WE AOs AO1Os
arh is customary with children when they Get ,
new holiday suit to feel wonderfully tickled; and les
the world should not discover it. % tel Of among a.
their young associates and acquaintances. So per
haps ought we this week to tell our readers lest they
should not find il out that we have cast of part Of
our old (newspaper) dress, and put on new and in
our opinion much handsOmer suit We have length
ened our columns also little. 90 that we can give
equivalent 10 about two columns more of reading mat
ter than heretofore. o. In order to meet this heavy
expense we should be very happy to have alive
mean emphatcally AIL-ow delinquent patrons, whe-
Their for papers advertisements or job work. forthwith
to "pO"ey up the dust" Nick Edde's bills are good
enough tor us-n default Of these, however, specie or
other good bank notes. Of two dollars or upwards, will
answerour purpose. But-dont forget to forward US
something that will pay for types and paper.
The following letter from one of the Macon (Geo)
Volunteers, engaged in the Indian campaign in Fori
da, TO friend in Behle has been sent us for pub
hcation. Coming from gentleman Of intelligence
who has himself been in the wars, it will doubtless
prove interesting to many of the
principal part of the intelligence have before had
in various ways through the medium of the papers:
lsaA.y7s5 fa "" Macon, My 90, 1896.
.-"With respect to our late Florida campaign, can
not say mach that you are not already acquainted
with through the papers, they are full Oft To tell
you Of the hardshps and trials prvatons and suffer-
ings we have endured, and the dangers we have en-
countered and lived through. would be impossible in
the compass of this little sheet. We LEFT Macon with
90 men, and returned with 7l2l having left by sick
ness and returned before the rest and one died before
we entered the active campaign. We left home the
7th February, arrived at Picolata 16t and were mus
tered into the u. s. service the 18TH We marched
for the seat Of action 25h proceeded 90 miles, and
were ordered back to the St. Johns river, where we
lay till 10th March, doing nothing but play ball, and
eat and Sleep There we lived well, plenty to eat,
and good tents to cover from the weather On the
10th we again took up the line of march for the Ma
ton, and left our tents, cooking utensils, and almost
every thing but the provisions. It was then we began
to see hard fare and hard times We arrived at Fort
D1ane, the headquarters of Gen. Cnch, 24th and the
18th the whole right wing Of the army OF Florida
10000 started for the Wythlacooche where we arriv.
ed the 29h and crossed without any serious moesta-
tion. On the 3Oh came across the Indians and if
Scott had not been Ounce or q fool, we would have
gwen the Indians battle for we were in sight Of them
talk and make the Indians promise (ie) to come to
our camp aud surrender the next morning. So we
lay, or rather staid in swamp oil night, and next
morning no Indians came, and we were ordered to
find them. We had the day before waded some Of
the most dreadful ponds and swampsI ever saw. some
quarter OF mile across and over our hips deep. We
marched to the spot that we saw the Indians the
evening before, and proceeded to very large ham,
mock; and when within 100 yards Of it. and up to our
waists in water, then wading another pond"-the
Indians poured heavy fire upon US. We were drawn
up in company line, and the Indians should have killed
half of us the first fire; but, strange as s true, not
man Of our company was killed one was woundedin
the knee and one hit slightly across the back our risk
was narrow for the balls were flying all around us,
dropping before and behind us and between us. We
fought 4heun in that siIuauon minuUcs;-
rushed forward into the hammock when not an Indian
was to be found. They had fed at our approach. We
followed them up for two hours but they got out of our
way. After this fight the army proceeded to Tampa
Bay for more provisions, and our Georgia battalion
was left in the enemy's country the mean time, and
with only IL ounces Of meat per day, neither tea
coffee, and IL ounces -four only. Then we saw hard
times. The second day of our stay the Indians COM
menced firing upon us, and fought them for thir
teen successive days from daylight till and only
lost one man killed and three wounded We returned
to Macon just in time to escort the Bibb County Cav
airy out on their way to fight the Creeks who now
in arms and doing much damage. There win be
much Indian fighting before they are all subdued or
sent away ......... p. ..~...... .......r..
There is too much truth in the following remarks by
the editor of the New Haven Palladium not to engage
the serious and attentive consideration Of every friend
to his country and its moral and religious institutions
The attempt toremove the Hon. HENRY M. WAITE,
Associate Judge of the Supreme Court, it will be re-
membered failed in the House Of Representatives, for
the want of few more democratic votes. This fnea.
sure, in cmnexion with that of allowing Atheists to
testify in our courts which also failed, would have
been, had they succeeded the browning acts Of Con-
necticut democracy Enough voted for both to show
the people how they have been led to the preci-
pce that divides our democracy from that professed
and acted upon by Robespiere and Danton. and 9th.
er similar champions Of the people. With packed ju
res, partizan Judges and Attstcal Witnesses, the ruff
he-shirt Hartford Convention wings, the independ
ent freemen are called who win not yield their opin
ions at the fown Of power the seduction of patron
age would soon find themselves in condition far les
to be enyied than that Of fathers when suffering
under all the wrongs set forth in their Declaration
Independence. These proposed measures it is tru.
did not quite succeed; but the attempt was made
the spirit that dictated them was there, audit still ex
lists, and win become emboldened for another trial
an opportunity ID permited il may then Be success
full. VIII the people sleep on-disFeeardt the warning