New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-25
NETWORK TRIBUNE.


renort reached JacksonENle on Iuesday even
- - ,be spoearsDce Of Indians Il BARRIERS s0Ou.
1900 4, : northwest direction from here 1ne non
s,,sv.l AZ the Tallahassee stage ~ iis usual hour on
Tesdsy morning crested some spprehen,ions tnstt me
r.nort ~ss true The stage arrived about 10 cocs -
INT and from Nr. Dexter. who came down IN !, Ne
l,srp particulars While Nf Barber was aoseni On Mon
dsy morning servant ~omsn reported that sne count
ed twelve Indisns hear the house
A dispatch was sent for Mr.. b who examiner toe
soot where ,se Indians said 70 b. seen and found
the grass ranpled The stage reached ns mouse aDou
supper TINT. and after the passengers "a, eAsn ~
Ger and while the horses were changing, MRS Barber
ran Ia greatly terrified from the kitchen laying tnat
yQps hsd been snapped a. Mr.. Z. from outside 81 tne
house the reports of which were dsuncty heard one
exclaimed the Indians were upon them, and DesSeo 81
the men 20 stand BY nasty preparation Tor defense
vas made and the party remained IN he house 81
night. expecting an attack
% Tuesday morning about sunrise negro MAJ %
longing 70 Mr. Barber, who had been sent 90 Mone-y
70 gather IN fodder, and for whose safety So
fears hsd been fs made HE appearance ana fepolD
that be had been carried away while Al "ofs y o-I 20
dsos and negro VINO detained MIN asked MIN nulye'
Of Questions and released him on eona.hDn 'ha n
would meet them again At Y ciCc< on Ites-sJ'
d..cr bed The four men Indiana, having noss IA 'hs
carr, and long black hair and ssys mat TIE pisok man
scted interpreter. Mf D1'ysi ~..ss'.d =. -
% commit robbery. Upon hearing The report ~ NE
man he gsthered several neighOOfs, and went IN Puf-
sait and we're heard Of a. clock Tuesday aisf
noon when the stage left
~ ons could nave expected 10 have Indians
this time In the DeighbOrbood and II the party seen
prove be such, ~ IL pfoDhDie thAt tnffr
number and that hey are On their way 70 Okeienokee
al old rendezvous In the late war
10 addu0n 10 this have cOnversed with seVera.
gentlemen from Florida psssengers on the boat Two o.
whom were In the stage when Il stopped a. Barber
on the night the attack was made and others "AO
passed 10 the next stage two days sief -, =.
An escort Of SIX accompanied the stage ION ~
haator 10 Jacksonville the last trp, sno IN tn'Ii
w. on Frdsv morning reported that Mr. Barber aud
his neghbors had taken the Indian trail on Weosso1y
and followed il the head Of bay on Ne" fe'
nd ed
oueuce Of hesvy rain falling, "hicn 0DhD'i -" a..
trace Of the trail The Indians we're 'uppys e., -
sonoe Is In number. The passengert VINO hif car'
IN we're not sau.hed that the attack was nlhne ~ ~
di.o. but that there attack made Il cosoe1.1
Those who escorted the mail on ffasy' ssJ va o.
B.rber insists positively that the trail he followed was
NJ Barber resides about IS miles from Jacksonville
ON the direct route for the Indians on their "ay ~
Os.fenoke.. from the Indian territory south
We rive the statements ~ we have received thein
the reader will Judge ss t. the facts ~ be ecieo th'i'
from There has been uouoie-sna sfssl ann ~, ,,
vsIs The indians could easily make their way IN SINAI
parties undisturbed through this section OF cOohtiy
The people are all for,ing themselves in throughout
the country, wherever they have Determined 70 nan
We are further Informed that the Indian agent %,
Spencer has returned from Tampa ana stats tna' oo'
one depreciation the first bias been comnitteo ,"
tbst .ec,on which has sscerained To have been
the work Of runaway negroes that mere mas oee 10
Indisns Indian signs seen recently 10 tnht secuon a
failing 70 obtain Interpreter AFTER On'fins
,um Tor one he was obliged TO return without Visung
The troop. are congregsting the country, and fer
ther developments will shortly appear There 10 but
one feeling oervsding the people. Whether these out
breaks have been but partial or not the Indians must
be removed
Feon IsDiAx RivER-rhe JacksoHrVic RcPa6.
Iean OF the 10th inst says The schooner Josephine
.y,ved at this port from New Smyrna direct on Satur
dsy last after a run of 20 hours from the bar she
brings the Of the Indian River settlers 'spt bum
ham, who had her In charge met MS fanny mere
IL. ain their ~
setters from Indian River At the time OF the massa
ere Capt b was absent at New smyrna, the site OF
town ninety miles or more norm oil ihoian nv
sr and which It time had population OF isp
souIs The remains of former wealth and taste are
still TO be the spot Capt B. reports that no
indian. had made their appearance at New Smyrna
when h. left Ii Adams. with detachment OIL regn'
lar troops hsd reached DunawtOn, the seat oil Mar
shalrs sugar estate With the assistance OF lev wne
men In Col Marshafs employ they had erected a bar
rcade of the bricks collected Tor me sugHIwofhs
Col NJ was resolved 20 maintain bis ground, defend
hs house and gather his crops He has IN the ground
amost promising crop of sugar cane
Mr. Sheldon has returned 10 gather In his crops ana
defend hs property He has grove OF several hundred
orans. trees in thrifty bearing state Mr. Stone hed
Quilted Indian River settlement immediately on ne
outbreak, but touched in passing down after all ne
other settlers had left None OF the houses but Cept
0sdde's was destroyed They were generally rihed OF
their contents and from the amount Of furniture, &C.
removed. Capt Stone supposes there must have be-,
more Indians than showed themselves At hrst IL seems
that when the Indsns rushed on Barker, he deend'd
toward HE I'll he had reached the ditch, when one
OF the Indians jumped over TO intercept him, and cu
of his escape by log that lay across then coming
behind he drove the knife through Bankers back into
his heart
Captain Gadde with two OF three others, returned
TO Indian River from Smyrna 10 look after the prop,r
" and crops. The fruits will not be likely to be DE-
stroyea In Capt Durham. field 100 pine apples, near
ly rpened left and all the settlers had more or
lees OF this delicious fruit growing beside corn and 81
gsrcsne The bananas, II Ia said, even II the stsk be
down, will not be destroyed but send up many
shoots There many bananas and other fruits of
tropical nature, In process OF culture
Prom III. rsnabssses ssatiosl. ltth
Such indeed, 10 the apprehension of danger
that the people in the counties Of Benton, Msri.n
Alschus and Orange are, for the cake of temporary
curity forming themselves into clubs and nelghbcr
hood associations until adequate protection can be Al
forded by the Government Upon this cumulative eva
dence of real or supposed danger Gov Mosey has very
properly. think authorized six seven additions
companies 10 be raised in East and South Florida Tue
Object 10 to establish continuous line OF defense
starting from Tampa Ray, aud running 100 miies east
cut on ~ tar practicable all communicate %
between the white and Indian settlements Anolhe
object 10 20 allow those persons who were compete.
TO hee their homes. to return 20 their plantation
with some OF protection In taxing care OF s
saving their crops which said To be very pronis
ing nut such thing entire safety and perfect -
curty TO the inhabitants Of south Florida either in hi
property, 10 feeling no more To be hoped for o
expected. 50 Ions " the Indians are permitted to r.
main In the country. Gov Mossley has sent 10 Wash
ington two gentlemen OF known intelligence and repu
tsuon. TO confer with the President and his Cabinet
reference ~ the and most efficient of pu
ting nnsl end 10 H. Gen Thompson and Col VIII
ner are In possession of Information which will entt
them t0 be heard aud their views TO respect and v
can Aat hope the authorities At Washington will adol
those measures of relei 10 tho people OF ksst AL
south Flctida which they much desire Gen. ls'
Tor understands the Indian character too well 70 hay
another seven years war with handful OF seminole
Bully BowLses.--The Jacksonr,ls Nevs Of II
llth met that II is not true that Billy Bowie
wss and eonversed with by the party OF trool