Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-01-16

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and demanded what in the world he wanted Of
all those beds!
Why look here,'' said he, strangers, aint
had no sleep these eleven nights, SO jus! hired
eleven beds, to get rested all az once, and
make up what have lost calculate to do up
a considerable mess of sleeping; I'ye hired all
these beds and paid fortbem, and hang me if |
don't mean to have eleven nights sleep OMEN
before morning!
MELANCHOLY FROM FLORIDA.
The St, Augustine Herald of the 28th ult.
gives the following melancholy details of fur
Their murders by the savages.
This morning about 8 O'Clock, young Pc.
lander named Posenantsky, aged 10 years, a
native Of Horchenedt in the Dukedom of Po-
sen, left this place on horseback in company
with the stage, in which was Capt. SevaIe of
the U. S. Typographical Engineers, was the
only passenger At six miles from this place,
Posenantsky riding in the rear Of the stage,
was shot, his horse took fright, and running
before il, his rider fell mortalIy wounded; Cap
S. got out, and while in the act of assisting him
into the stage, was also wounded Posenan,s-
ky died in about two hours. Capt S. has been
taken to Picoata. But little hope is entertained
of his recovery.
Six men were despatched from Camp Wead
man 10 procure surgeon for Capt. Searle
when they reached Long Swamp, three miles
from this cty,.they found the body of PHILIP
Weadman, senr, Oft city, dead, and his
son, a lad of about fourteen, apparently mortal
lily wounded; these two bodies are brought to
town.
/ Mr.. Weadman was on his way 10 his deser-
| ted pantaton--when he arrived at Long
Swamp "a miles from this) negro came III
and spok eto them, when two rifles were free
and he Tell. His son Bartola, SAYS me: Indians
reloaded and fired at himself; the ball strucl
the top of his head and glanced Featuring hi:
skull. The Indians were preparing to carry
/ him ofn the cart and had tied his legs, wher
the escort came up
We have not time for particulars, nor d.
our feelings permit us to write. TO part with
four citizens this morning at o'clock; and a
IL meet one OF them corpse, another appa
Irently mortally wounded, and TO hear that one
Iof the others was dead aud the fourth wa
nearly so, the victims of savage ierocty, is
more than an every day affair, and the curse
Iof Heaven must attend this nation if sucf
scenes command not the attention OF the gov
Iernment
The further details Of This melancholy anc
horrld TRANSACTION are substantially as fol
lows:
When the stage reached.the mile post, Pc
fsenantsky riding behind, was shot through the
body, but he urged his horse forward, passeC
the stage, and fell about mile ahead. Cap
tain Searle was wounded at the same time by {
ball fired through the back of the stage. Thc
driver urged his horses forward, and wher
they came up to Posenantsky, the Captain or
dered him TO be taken up--he survived till he
was laid down at Weadman's,
When Mr. Weadman reached the mile
post On the way 10 visit his ruined plantation
riding in a cart with his son, they were, accor.
ding to the sons account fired upon by two In
dams, while aTmulatto man on large horse
stood by in the edge Of the bushes--both balls
penetrated the body of Mr.. Weadman, and
probably he expired instantly. The lad says
the Indians reloaded and fired upon him, anc
,Ithen approached with their knives, giving him
1 a GU; in the face and u stab in the arm, when
the approach OF the volunteers irighted then
away His wounds are the two cuts and .
Fracture Of the skull, which was, supposed a
first to be the work of glanced ball, but we
understand it has rather the appearance OF
! blow from a very heavy knife.
The horroI and indignation oEour citizens at
behodng those with whom they were IN con
versation apparently but moment previous
brought back slaughtered corpses, with The
warm blood still gushing from their wounds,
will long be remembered
!. The amiable; the accomplished, the excellen
Captain Searle, cndeared to us all, will soor
/. be a corpse, Or should he recover, suffer ahar
! der alternative-the ball touched the spine, ant
. the lower part of his body, and the exiremltfe'
, are paralyzed.
I We have to add that on Monday morning
+ mula,to boy, named Damon, belonging to Mr.
lBayp. was sent with the Government mail &c
picolata, and led second horse. He has no
since been heard from; but no doubt exists that
he Joined the Indians, and was the ldentlca
. muatto who stood by to witness the murder o
Mr. Weadman. Lieut.. Newton Cd Dragons
II followed the track of the rwo horses through
the whole length Of Long Swamp on Monda!
n night. o.,,
N ing.
a.
ga striking cause Of justice" as the THE
.o;d when he was hogged ut the whipping posi-