Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1856-01-24

with Baron Secbachs mission to St.s Petersburgh,
and has sent Baron Mantefeul 70 Dresden TO demand
positively to what extent Bavaria and Saxony have
engaged themselves with the Western allies. s;.7.
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THE INDIAN OUTBREAK IN FLORIDA.
The Tampa Pennsular Of January 9th contains q
long account Of the recent attack upon Lieut. HART
surr, and his company, by the Seminole Indians in
Florida. On Sunday, December 1G, the Lieutenant
and party were halted about ten miles from Fort
Drum. He spent several days in visiting the forts
and villages, which he found either burnt down or
deserted. Early Thursday morning the 10th, while
the party were preparing their equippage to start
for Fort Myers, the war hoop vas sounded and they
received avolley This, Of course, was utterly I'M:
expected, and all was confusion. Some little firing
from the party ensued, but several were out Of the
reach of their arms Williams was sixty yards dis.
tant from his rife sadding his horse; he made His
escape Those who could. get theirpieces fired them
and the rest loaded for the lieutenant Who, fought
bravely until he was wounded, when be exclaimed,
4 am done for, but suddenly pulling ont his pistol
cried out, NO, by heavens the pistol has saved my
life, for the bali has struck it Hannah and Baker
were wounded at this time. The survivors thon Sc.
parated, and it is presumed the plunder alone pre-.
vented the savages from pursuing them. y
Upon receipt Of Che news at Fort Myers, Gompa-
nies E. and K were despatched to the battle-ground
and preparations akento place the condi
ton for defence. Large fires were noticed by the
Punta Rassa force along the coast, and they have
been ordered to keep to- the block house, andit Is
supposed these signals we're to apprise the whole
nation of the recent events and that other h6stiIs
demonstrations might reasonably be expected. Ne
subjon IN interesting letterfrom Fort Myers dated
December 29th., which throws additional light on
these alarming occurrencss:-. ~ ;; y -.
'.Jfr. Editor At ]. A. NJ. on Wednesday morn:
ing, on express from company K. reached this place,
to report that his company was encamped twenty
one miles out having been sent in anq escort To
Lieut.. Hartsuf, who had been found alive Upon
the receipt of this news the Ambulance was at once
despatched for the lieutenant, and he was brought in
at P. NJ. on Wednesday. Company K. also came
in. The lieutenant looked weak and pale. but got
out Of the wagon himself. He has received two
wounds from one shot, it having entered his arm,
passed through and lodged in his breast 1t is not
vet extracted His version of the affair does not
materially differ from the rest, up to the time Of
their ultimate dspersion after that he knows moth
ing Of their action, except that some one supposed
to be Bow Legs called to him in very good English
Come out, come out! I'll not kill your This was
however, on evident feeler to resolve themselves Of
his whereabouts and lure him to his deash; SO he
declined their invitation, and lay under water for
many hours, hid by water and rushes, when heman-
aged to crawl by degrees to Fort Drum There, be-
ing unable to proceed further, he lay down to die,
but first wrote on account Of the mater on the mar
gin off newspaper, with pencil, intending 10 fasten
It to tree, that his record might be extsnt; 50 hs
laid himself down in pine grove and slept hourly
expecting that death, in some shape, would vizit
him. ~ ,,s9J.EsE
'It was dark when he aWoke, and yon may imng-
inc the revolution Of feeling, yon may conceive his
Joy, when the sweet music Of drum, beating OF
tattoo, met his ear NO tattoo to him, but the most
joyful ofreveies, indicating daxning of safety
But how shall he tell them Of his presence? How
indicate that he one whom they SEEK is near? Sud-
denly he bethought him of his pistol and, although
there was but little hope that the charge would be
dry yet the trial must be made, for he cannot talk
to them. He drew and fired the pistol fortunately,
it exploded-the guard heard 1.-THE long roll wss
beat, that the poor fugitive might be assured his
friends had recognized the signal, they formed and
marched eimasse to his rescue And oh, what meet
ing Strong men cried like children for very Joy
in the safety. litter was formed, and DR.. Brodie,
being in attendance, gave him all necessary aid.
Companies K and E. arrived at Ft. Drum on Sunday;
they had met with Borsedh whose principal trouble.
was, 1'm very hungry X. was Immediately de-.
tailed to convey the Lieutenant to Ft Myers, and T..
c. and L. went on the battle ground taking BorsedA
with them. 5-.s
"Upon their arrival there scene met their 1ie,s
of description so horrible that words cannot de-
scribe it; for the corpses of the four unfortunate
were still above ground, although IL areyobsnr con-
dition. They were scalped and indecenf,y mutila-
ted. Their death was, Of course, caused by the
large quantity of balls which had perforated heads,
chests &C., but that they wers mutilsted while still
living, is evident from the signs of warfare around
them, such as the tearing up of grass and sod the
position, the bits of clothesremaining in their hands
Curran was remarkably athletic man, he held q
piece of an Indian shirt still in his grasp. They
oil decently inferred where they lay at least
what there was of them, for the Turkey Buzzards
had taken toll of mortality and left little but bones
for the sections and worms. Their mourners fred a
sayo of Artillery into the adjoining thcket, but no
war-whoop of the foe was blended with the echoes
that answered. Their names were Horth, &c"
American; Foster, "E", Curran and Murtaueh, eK.
Irish. With respect to the effects, believe tyo
rifles have been recovered and one mule, shot in
four places, retaken;2 horses found dead and 4
missing; wagons, &c., were burnt, and mules shot
in their harness. Many heart turned sick as thew
gazed on the work of demons, and many o VOW was
registered whose fulfment will bring sorrow and
desolation into the cabins Of foes Nothing was
of Indians on the route going or coming though
doubtless the Indians saw them. All have returned
safe they went, save and except the fatigues of
journey where the water was oft mid.deep a All the
Ft. Dernaud command have returned safe to thei,,
post and the same at this place. Hartsuf is located
and tenderly cared for, in an apartment of Col.
Browns; his wounds are healthy but the ball stlk
remains unextracted. ~
"The Peninsular adds: In addition to the above
we will add The following, which We
learn from reliable source: Sergeant Smith, the
express rider sent to apprise Lieut. Larner and Ear
y of their danger, was fired at by three Indians. no
ball taking effect. At the explosion his horse sud-
denly shyed, breaking the girth and throwing its
rider and then returned Fort Myers Smith, find
ing that the Indians had discharged all their guns,
made his escape while they were reloading.
hls fnct goes prove that the attack of the Goth
ut, was prcmeditated affair." and that the Indians
are now determined to carry on their desultory war
fare with on energy that will require the greatest
precaution the part of those in command, to pre-
vent them from doing much damage, until such time
rs forces are raised competent to hunt them down
and send them to the West, or oblivion"