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by the necessity q the case, aud Tor IA,
Reimbursement Of which. the TeIIiloI,
must look 10 the Genera, Government.
The militia law should be enforced. Tie
people well armed. and every coupan,
divided ioto detachmenis. each ready I,
proceed. Of moments warning. agsins
the Indians should they appear 10 lis VI.
entity. Fer these services, whenev-,
called for and performed. The mili,i,
should be entitled 10 pay. upon due proo
Of lhe eSigeney aud service performed.
with our PEOPLE, armed, acting in con
cert and always prepared for The ,Hiie. i
is believed that many Of the benefits ex.
pee'ed from Tie " Armed Occupation
BILL now before Congress, would b,
experienced, aud Tie martial ione and ef
hoaoy demanded BY tie crisis, would be.
long 70 the character Of our citizens.
( No occasion has We, occurred foF ieS.in,
The usefulness Of tie doss brought from
! Cuba. j, Is still believed, however. fha
they may be used with effect: and why
should they not be used 4: II robbers ant
Z asssssins sssail us, NAV we not defend oui
| property and onr lives even with blood
hounds; Shall We look upon our ruincC
dweiIngs-ppon tie murdered and man.
/ gled bodies Of uen, women aud children
and ten neskly say, "lhe poor Indian
have done this--we must be mercifu
and humane toihem-wc will not set oui
I dogs upon ihem-oh! no, that would Ia
more horrible than these butcheries -
{ Those who are safe fTom Indian alarms
IN distant cities and peaceful lands, may
indulge IN gentle strains Of humanity aut
hroihcFiN iovc-were they dwellcrs ia the
/ log cabins OF Florida, they would aiiuns
/ their notes 20 harsbcr measures. Lee
! these men. 10 whose hearts there is such
a gush Of the milk Of human kindness "
consioer a'teniively scene recently ex-
hiblied upon the Apalachieola MIR. Har.
lan's yelling was burned and his family
murdered in the afternoon Of 2g,h Of Jan.
last. Mr.. II. was absent, and an eve
witness gives She following account oil
the return OF The unhappy man, with an
armed party, the day after the occ urrence.
"On arriving at The spot, we found ev.
cry house reduced TO ashes, and at the
kitchen door the bones Of human being
nearly burnt up; after examining all a.
round, we saw the track OF moccasins
making inGress and egress The same
course. On The tail not far of we saw
articles Of clothing, potatoes aud papers
dropped. About 81 persons armed, now
arrived from lola; amongst them Mr..
Harlan, who in a wrelched State of feel
ing, Procee6edto examine the burnt bones.
which he believed 10 be those Of his wife
and son, whose knife be found among
them. One Of the company, in searching
behind the garden. about one hundred
yards off, called out, Come here Harlan.
here is your wife : JOY immediately
sprang 10 my bosom, and ran 10 sec the
dead come TO life, where there was a ge.
neral rush-but lol louad Mrs. II. lying
PROSTATE on the ground, behind some
pine logs, with her throat cut, ball shot
through her arm. one 10 her back, and a
! fatal shot in the head, which must have
been very near, as the patch Of The ball
was sticking 20 her head. Her youug esl
son, say s years old, lay near her side
with his skull fractured with a pine sick
which lay near ham. He exhibited signs
oflife, and had him carried 20 a shelter.
water given him, and bis feet which were
cold, pu, in warm water, and faint hopes
arc now entertained Of his recovery. Had
YOU witnessed the heart rending sight oi
Mr. II. embracing his lille son. and eall-
ing him by bis nickname Buddy Bud.
dy Buddy with The solemn sound oi
parental affection, sunk 10 The lowest cbh
Of detection, and then running 10 the
corpse Of his eiie, with his arms around
herr crying. My vifel my Wife, Oh, ny
dear wile!- know your feelings would
have given way as mine dill / had al.
ways felt a sympathy for these merciless
saVsges, but my heart now assumed .
stern fortitude, foreign TO lis nature, and
! felt Ike not leaving an Indian foot 10
make iraek in The ashes Of the dcsola-
ton they have made"
Who can read isex'rsci from the let.
ter Of a highly respectable gentleman.
without snguish Who can witness sucb
atrocities, without admitting II 10 be law.
iul 20 use bioodhounds assip.l such bell.
bounds
a citizen remsrkable fcf 81. tieiy asd
Intelligence, lately exclaimed ia uy pre-.
iencc. ! would use devils. Il coul5.
against such a. enemy" add ! am com.
pellcd io yield ascent ~ he sentiment.
Tie introduction u lhestanimeis IS ca.
tiiely. 10 ~ believed. q Territorial mea.
sure. II j. errdi;sblaio The officer vith
whom il oIipnaied, nd whose ample
Justification Is TIE Stern ncecuty Which
required a.
~ ne srsil 70 shich We are driven.
iho severett means ave The best ncans.
snd Whatever tends 20 the speedy ltru-
nlfi1n &C cur promoted dih ls.lct. N.H
ten slso io tbo pietevaGon II hgnaa
ifr. and % ihc adtauccmcni % tbe cssse
ofhumsndy
It's a matter 81 regret 20 me. thst be-
fore communicating these views 10 yo1
: have not bed IN oppouuHiiy Of person.
sliy confeniaz sitb he officer command.
Jog ths a. y afmv From iis etpfii.
eacs and Military sklil hsd expceftd 70,
derive v oeh 80 and ibif csmmuuicstou
has beta Delayed BY ihe hope 90 atsd
u.vFeif 81 chem.
TIE sftinlons nov exofsned have Beer
famed afeT some dehbefHs8a. ard Il /,
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