New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-29

The Savannah Ners says the. war against The
Seminole Indians in Florida is to be prosecuted with
vigor by the volunteers. The recent scouts have
shown that the Indians are secreed in the almost i'm.
penetrable Everglades where they have for the Lass
twenty years, since the commandments Of the war,
found safe retreat when pursued too closely by theft
nemies and the efforts of the volunteers will now %
irected to, dslodge them from their stronghold:
few more such scouts as those conducted by Cap.
Cone and the late Capt Parkhl will make the Ever'
ladies too hot to hold Billy BOwlegs and his followers.
We observe that our old friend and fellow aw-student
Capt Hsmln V. Smell, is in command OF an noe-
pendent volunteer corps of mounted men, and was
mustered into the United Ststes service OF Tampa %
Tuesday last. The Peniasuiar mentions that : y
e" Mouchet and negro man have been employed e
"gudes. They to use the trailing dogs heretoes
"spOken Of" .a- y Il
A correspoudept of The Silcer Creeh Mirror ssys
that Col Jacob Carol of Texas is the largest planter
in the United States. He $50 600 acres OF iapo
in that and adjoining counties. HIS home piamA,oS
contains about 8 600 acres, nearly all valuable o99Is
lands, along the Guadalupe River. Op this isrm -
mas over 500 acres cultivation, On which be lases
about 900 bales of cotton worth at the pan.
taton from 70 to 800 per bale, and ~, OoO bushels
about fifty field hands and he works about sixty mules
and horses and fifteen yoke of oxen. Col Carol hss
on his immense range Of pasture o lands about IUv
worth 81 900; 600 hogs, worth $1,000; 800 spanish
mares, worth $4,000; 50 jenIes, worth y, 600; 10
jacks, worth 5000 and 5 stations, worth $500.
His annual income from the sale OF stock amounts 20
from IS 0OG to $40 0 and from the sale OF cotton 70
from 81, 900 to geo, 900. 81. ms .3a1I
In removing a straw-stack upon the farm Of No
thanie Kalbach in Penn Township, tAe 18th inst,
old SOW and three pgs, that had been missed for
eleven weeks, were found under the straw. The old
SOW still living, and had nearly eaten up two OF
the pigs-the third one appeared 70 have been net
long dead. The old one weighed 80 pounds nc tho
time she was missed; when found, che Yves nothing
but hide and bones and did not weigh more than shout
50 pounds. She was unable TO eat ct fret but efter
some lard had been forced down her throat she sps
peared to gain strength, and began TO take EttSe
food Since then she has been daily regsning her lost
substance. During the eleven weeks cephneuent sne
had kept herself alive by eating the two pigs md ~
way Of variety, straw. She had eaten hole in the
straw large enough to turn around in. 'a4 Of b%'
The Hon. Forbes Brtton has introduced into fbc
Texas Legislature bill Incorporating the "we ~
Aresan Well Company and 10 promote tpss I'D
provements between the Neuces and the no 0fancs.
Il gives the right to bore artesan wells % any OF ,no
routes from Corpus Christi TO Brownsv,he, rom .or-
pus Christi to Rio Grsnde City and Roma from Lsr
redo to San Antonio, and from III Paso 70 san An'o-
MO, where these two latter rosos cross tne ~
Riyer). proyjded that not than seven wellr b
bored on either of said roads; and provides
ton as follows: For every well, from IO0 70 ~ ieet
in depth eight sections of land; and beyond w tnes
acre per foot be given IN addition 70 the go
tions and no compensation to be given mkss wsser,
running from the surface at not less than zen gaions
per minute, be first obtained. One Oh fne "e"7' ."
lesst must be bored by 1850 n
horrible accident occurred ct or neal y ss
vile last Thursday or Friday Is We wee -, ~
by gentleman from that place. woman ~ ,ns
Of Jane Lawson from sGs o. ,s ss sSsaHsS
IN the In.sne Hmpital, succeeded in making her
escape from the Hs. Means s were IL , -: :os
late the moor creature having been burned 70 aee.n.
II l. sunppsed that she had been warming herself
fire woods h where ,Ss ssSe .nd he's nae sss
taking IRE burned her to death. Lass.
THE pro,idenee Journal thus gracefully Pfeles1
against the senseless and improper custom ~ Co.
tuting upon hotel registers the word '''dy >"
:" wife," -. 49, pv..;Senk
some Of the papers announce that exp hS p
Pierce and lady have gone to Nader: N as moral
chs rnctsy we have never heard questioned, induces
10 contradict the impression which might be sIpc.ss
BY this unexplained snno1neemenSt; or Inc sss Wis,
and not, IS the paragraph might inpy' WIN 80
strange woman. . .|.a.I % '.