Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1840-04-02
Miscellaneous.
Ero,n the Macon 1rslsgraph.

B.oop HoUNDs--AFfEcTING INCL.
bESr.-Governo Reid has commuuica
ted to the Legislature Of Florida-a mes
sage on the subject of Indian. affairs. His
EScelIcncy thinks Two regular and two
volunteer brisades, all enlisted during the
war, would be sufficicn, 10 bring il to
successful close. lie suggests that the pay
of cavalry or dragons should be allowed
them; and also bounty ofland Of 500 a
cres 10 each private, and to the officers in
proporlon-to be bestowed upon the final
establishment of peace.
The Governor introduces into his Mes
sage the deeply touching and affecting IN
cident which follows this paragraph. Let
the sickly sensiblity and mawkish: senll-
mentality of those who can faint in the
most approved fashionable style, and
wreathe themselves into romantic agony at
the bare idea,of employing blood hounds
against "tbe poor indians" read it, and
learn to feel, If they can:
.sMr. Harlan's dwelling was burned,
and his family murdered, in the afternoon
of the 29lh January last. Mr.. H. was alb
sent, and.an eye witness gives the follow
ing account of The return of the unhappy
man, with an armed party, on the day al
Ter the occurrence: On arriving al The
spot, we found every house reduced TO ash
es, and at the kitchen door, the bones Of a
human being nearly burnt up; after exam
ing all around we saw The track of moe
casins making ingress and egrcss the same
course. On the trail not far of, we saw
articles of clothing, potatoes and papers,
dropped; about twenty-one persons, arm.
ed, now arrived from lola, amongst them
Mr.. Harlan, who, in wretched state OF
feeling, proceeded to examine the burnt
bones, which he believed TO be those ofhs
wife and son, whose knife he found amongst
them. One Of The company in searching
behind the garden, about one hundred
wards of, called out, "Come here, Harlan,
fcre is YOUR wife!!" Joy immediately
sprans to nv bosom, and ran ,to.see the
dead como 10 life, where they was gen.
cral rush, but, 10! found Mrs. Harlan
living prustrale OIL the ground, behind so.ne
pine logs, with her throat cut, q Dall shot
through her arm, one in her back, aud a
fatal shot in the head, which must have
been very near, as the ball-patch was
sticking in her head. Her youngest son,
say eight years old, lay near her side, with
his skull fractured by pine slick which
Law near him. lie exhibited signs Of life,
and had him carried to shelter, water
given him, aud his feet, which were cold,
nut in warm water, and faint hopes are
now entertained OF his recovery. Had
YOU witnessed the heart-rending sight OF
Mr. H., embracing his little son, and call
ing him by his nickname, "Buddy! Bud
dy! Buddy" with the solemn sound of
parental affection, sunk to the lowest eho
ofdeiec,ion; and then running to The corpse
of his wife, throwing his arms around her,
CRYING out, "My Wife! My dear Wife !.
o! my dear Wile!" know your feelings
M9ggg M9@ags haYts Ell syyfRp p%SaE mas o'a as
savagcs, but my heart now assumed a
stern forlitude, foreign to its nature, aad
! felt like not leaving an Indian foot to
mark track in the ashes OF the desolation
they have made"
Who can read this extract from the let
ter Of 4 highly respectable een'seman'w WIN
out anguish? who can witness such afro
cities without admitting it TO be lawful 10
use blood hounds? against such hell
hounds!
The introduction Of these animals is en-
,irely, it is believed, a Territorial measure
Iris credilable 10 the officer with whom
it itorigina,ed, and whose ample justification
is the stern necessity which required it.
A citizen, remarkable for his pie'y, in
tegrity aud intelligence, lately exclaimed,
in my presence, 81 would use devils ifl
could. agains, such an enemy" aud am
compelled 10 yield assentto the sentiment.
Iu the strait to which we are driven,
the severest means are the best means;
and whatever tends to the speedy termina-
lion of our pro,racIed difficulties, will tend
also, to the preservation of human life,
and to the advancement Of the cause Of
humanity"