Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1840-02-25

.hot ,bo;r object was TO kill Mr.. Rowlett and obtain
powder. She afterwards made her way 70 'he TIVE
where she found q boat, in which she reached APaia
chicola. ~
Tba ,rcops who went in search of the Indians, have
r.,urned afur an unsuccessful scout. 1t is supposed
bv some that the Indians are on James lslana, ana ~
considerable numbcrs-probably iFom one hundred aho
fifty TO two hundred warriors are between the oiocko
nee and Apalachicola rivers. MAJOR barley IS no"
securing that section, with iour OF I'VE . nc 'o0u
hounds, and his troops.
81. .9uruStinr, Sunday, FEB. ID.
MAIL CARRIERS MuRDEREp.-Ihe Northern man
Carrier, left Yesterday, at = oclock, with the man ioi
Jacksonville. The mail when was due the uneven
;nr nj 6 o'clock, BY the Pablo road not arriving, Great
ed some fears for lis safety. A wagon having been
sncn bv \ gentleman on the road, distant seven miles
from town, without horses, and It's contents streWeo
about the road, led him TO fear all was not right, and
he left the public road and came INTO town by a private
wav, AT 10 at nirht the City Council despatched Ser
peant Cereopoly, and nine men, IN quest oil me wa,
gon. and to make all necessary observation. a small
marty of active and determined young men followed, III
order 10 assist and ascertain the condition OF thihgs
This morning, at o'clock, the dead body OF the JACK
sonyille mail carrier was brought ln-one ball had
passed through the right breast. The enemy stripped
him of his coat and vest. carried on the MAJ! bag, ms
horses. and cut and dciaced the carriagc.-AtI o clock
this afternoon. the body Of Mr.. Joseph Garcia was
brought in-hc had received two balls. lie was ionId
in the Palmetto Scrub, entirely stripped, and but 4
small portion ofthe Great Northern Maj! due last eve
ming, scattered about. The horses We're carried oil
Both Of these murders occurred within the distance OF
a few miles, the one : and the other IA; much time
could not have elapsed between them.
A party of dragons went out this morning IN pur'
suit, and are now on the trail, which is in a Southwest
direction. The corporation are entitled to great ere,
dit, for their prompt investigation of the rnnlor, as well
as Sergt. Cereopoly, for his immediate activity in pur,
suit, on receiving orders.
Sr. Augustine, February IA.
From The South.-The Steamer HWidm CASTOR, Capt
Poinsett, arrived here ON Sunday last from Southern
posts. We learn that the troops are well at the various
posts. Indians have shown themselves at Indian Ri
yer and Fort Lauderdale, but escaped.
Lieut.. MLaughlin, in L. 5. schr. FLrt, has gone to
Havana for bio0dh0undS. He intends operating by light
canoes built in South Carolina, in the Pai-hai-0kcc; and
the dogs will be available in scouting among the Islands
which are said to be in the grass water.
Tea 7aMe Key will be the depot for operations by
Lieut.. Mclaughlin, and will be garrisoned BY Lieut.
Sloan's Company of Marines.
The brig. Star, bound to New Orleans, was wrecked
in the latter part of January, near Indian Key. The
passengers, forty in number, and the crew and cargo
saved; vessel lost.
The U. s. Wave, Lieut.. Rogers, which left this por
on the 2lst ult. on a cruise South, had her malnmast car
ried away close TO the deck III a squall off Key Blscayne
She ran down to Indian Key, to be re-ftted.
hdians-The wagon tram, when within : miles o
Black Creek, was attacked by Indians, a few days since
One tcaniStcr killed, with several of the mules, ana tht
wagons p~lnndered
ASS volunteers, II miles west of Fort Harlee, las
week, were cooking their supper, seven Indians rushed
in upon them, killed one man, captured their arms, am
munition, and v~ictuals, and walked leisurely off. Fou
years We have been learning wisdom-ltw Will be obtain
ed BY and by.
Offence of Seulemeais.-Gan Taylor has removed
the troops from this city, and assigned them duty Sontl
of us. The points Of occupancy are admirably we!
calculated to effect the great object of security, anc
checking the facility with which the enemy have here
toforc entered by our undetended Southern trails ant
entrances. The Gordon of three companies will extend
in a right line from Pellier's Creek to the st. Johns
opposite PIGtEG, and as the Matanzas inlet receive.
the waters of the creek, the line of defence will consti
tute a moving wall of armed men, as ehcctually cut
ting US of, and our Territory, 10 the em6o"chmrc of the
ST. Johns, from the Indians, as though we were resi-
dents of an island. The breadth Of the country is y
miles, and the two mounted companies operating TO-
wards the central post, will, if the duty is performed
faithfully, prevent all success from that quarter.
1t would be well, too, to suggest the necessity o
concerted action, or some regular system for the EARL
est and s]pccdicst transmission of intelligence from one
post 10 another. A want of such prompt conveyance
resulted in the successful escape of HUd- CIT, and more
recently Of the murdcrers of our icllow-cIt2cn, Mr.
Weadman. Had information been despatched TO For
Hanson, or Fort Pcyton, Immediately on the arrival o
the mail wagon ut the II mile post, the murderer
would have been intercepted at Uc"ietS Mills
Another source, too, OF regret, Is TO be found N ia,
frequency Of murder and outrage, and Tie officers by
whose posts the entrance and escapes are made, are
not subjected 10 inquiry or reProo', If required
The time has been when vigilance was a high military
virtue-and we trust that the day vii! be long distant
when the 0laithful sentinel shall be stripped of his re-
ward. In cases where the slightest omission occurs, al
example should be made-botlr az a warning to the in
dolent and Indifferent, as well as to the fair fame which
belongs to the army, as a school where patriotism ant
vIrtup are tauuit and followed.
Gen. Wool, Inspector General OF the Army, arrived
in the steamer Southerner, on Monday last, on 4 tou
of duty in Charleston Courier.