Litchfield enquirer., 1836-03-10
Tom the St. Augustine Herald, Fe6. Is.

Indinn Deuastations.--The whole Of ,he country south of S'. Augustine, has been laid waste during the past week, and not a building of any value left standing. There is not a house remaining he- tween this city and Cape Florida, distance "f 250 miles, all have been burnt to the ground. On Sun day morning last dense smoke was seen in the south in the direction of Bulow vile, and il was conjecr.ed that the buildings on that plantation were in aames, as it was known that there were noRe but Indians in 1 that direction. The smoke was in the ssne di- recon On Tuesday. On Thursday, tt was reported, that Gen. Hernandez's houses at St, Joseph's were | fire, and, in ihe afternoon, this report frmed by two of General HernandeZ's negroes, who stated that they rode from Maa Compra Sr. Josephs Iha, morning, and came within quarter of mile of the house. and had full view of the burning build- i"gs. They the houses to have been fired abou, o'clock that morning. and that every house except the cora house was burning al tue time they were there. The Indians had posted sennels al some dis. l tance from the houses, while the main body were dancing around the fire. The negroes give idea io the number "f the Indians buI say that there a large crowd of them. The plantation "i Col. James Williams, was also set fire and des- troyed a, the same time. Mir. Duponfs plantation of Buen Retir", is also destroyed. There now remains no doubt of the destruction of BulowViile: il s the opinion oi many that after the battle "l Dunlaw,on, the Indians procured a large reinforcement aud re- | turned [" attack Buowville. The amount o(properIy destroyed s imme"se at En'o% @ vile a'o"" the h"d' ings said to have S50000. The property des. ,royed during the las, week these plantations no be less than 200 900 dollsrs.
 Extract of letter received in New. York, dated
 
 "St AucrsrrNE, Feb. IA. " The latest reports are that the Indians are within 25 miles of this rlace, burning and desroyng every thing that they lay their hands on, and that they have within day or two devastated the whnle Ol Gen. Hernandezs property; ii is. however sad that no implicit reliance can be placed on any of these mors.
 can give no certain in formation respecting our in. l tended movements, but think il more than probable we shall not take up the line of march until we are property drilled and more troops arrive. There are here 800 me" i" a! and more daily expected from o, h. | CT quarters than Charles'""."
 The editor of ihe Hempstead U.. I.) Inquirer thus sen'mentazcth upon the bitter severity f,he present winter:
 "The people have grown tired Of sleighiog-,he bells have fairly grown h"arse with constant shaking. | and jingle of tune. Seighing, "glor"us seigh- ing" has been voted uniashio nable-it has become altogether too common"
 But the wors, sufferers we have yet seen from hs eternal snow" are the poor crows and the little snow birds. The seeds and small vegetables which usually supply them with food have all been showed under, and they fly about the hay rcks and horses, or pick up scan,y meal in the street. On journey 10 the city few days since, we had occasion iO observe the peculiar effect al famine in rendering the poor crows tame and approachabe. As the sleigh glided by even within few rods of them, they hardly seemed 10 nO- tice it. Poor fellows, of them sat upon the fen ces looking fororny into the fields, dreaming, do"h!less of 'he good days of time. whe" they ble rascaIi,y ofruling up cor"."
 Pennsylr0nia.-The Baltimore Patriot says :-We take the following paragraph from leading article in the Harrisburg Chronicle OI Thursday. The Chron- ce is original Jarkaon and has been ths out, of the main pillars of the Jackson and Wolf party in the Key Stone State It is but too wei kns that the dict of the Globe and the Kitchen has, for some time past. been the supreme kaU with those who ruled the deslnies of Pennsylvania. We copy the subjoined paragraph from the Jackson and Wolf organ Harrisburg, to show what this dIciaton Is worth al the present day:
 "Among ihe causes which have led to the passage of the great Bank Bill in he Senate, none operated more powerfully than the Washington Globe. The editor of ha, paper could have adapted to fix more firmly the opinions nf those members who were inclined io vote for lhe bl upon Pennsviva"ia grounds than ihe rude, iDeung terms which he heap ed upon them, and the of arbitrary command m which he continued dictate to the free representa- lives of an independent State. They have taught him a lesson which we hope will be remembered-a les. which greater and more important men than he may read to their advantage"
 LEEr.-We have been requested by the Right Rev. Bishop 10 insert the following regulations. iobs ob. served by the Catholics of the New England States. for ihe ensniDg Lent--
 l. The use of flesh meat is allowed all Sundays throughout Lent, without any limitation to the num- Der of times.
 7. The same is allowed. once day only, Ihe Mondays. Tuesdays. aad Thursdays, from the first So"nay !" Lent until Palm Sunday. All other days are days Of abstinence.
 The use of egg: eheeso butter. and milk, is also