The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-09-25
Prom thr HDma Journal
TALES OF pEgE SOUTH.
49, 4 sorruEHs MAS,

Inc ptNluult war ~ iipfiAA was lht luhB
est, II got tho bloodiest aud most romantic
contest waged with the Indians in the South,
Some Of our best generals as Scott, Taylor
and TNiggs, and other officers Of Lesser nOlt
figured in ils campaigns, and won II not
laurcls for themselves, at least experience to
benefit the country on other Yid widor fields,
Those who blamed our commander for the
tardiuem Of the war, and the indeolsiye issue
Of its battles, betrdy Ignorance Of the geogra-
ply Of the country where ethey were fought
and also With the method and resources Of
lndisn warfare,
= FLORIDA, almost peninsula, and washed by
tho waters of the Atlantic Ocean and the
Gulf OF MNico, along liHe Of coast cytcn-
aiye enough 70 give livery considerable com
morcial and maritime advantage, has been
redeemed say naturalists, from the basin Of
tho gulf by the lubors Of those insignificant
marine insects, known as the coral reef build
ers Of the dcep, These little auiiccrs-lo-
boring through the long lapse Of focniudes,aud
in countless numbers beginning their net
work of cells on the bottom Of the gulf, and
constructing layer above layer until the ag.
gcgatc mass roac above the surface Of the
waters, and rcpe,Snr-s!si. process until the
successive lateral hmiuu OF cells bad adj
yauccd as fr out into the basin Of the gulf
az the building capacity Of the coral insect
would permit IL Co Eo-hayo literally Jomded
state by the dilliscut masonry Of iufusorial
instinct. Horizontal sections even Of the
surface soil, bctrly the cellular origin Of the
strata, and develop tho cause which produces
the geographical pcculiudty Of the State
The coral laminw, lying only a small depth
below lhg top earth, form an impcrmcahlc
floor, above which the vegetable deposit has
produced tie soil adapted to agricultural pur-
poses and below which the waters cannot
pcuciratci and thus the drainage hy pcrcola-
ton being arrc,tcd they s,agnatc into marsh
and give rise to the cJcrgmdcs-thc most
striking physical feature Of Florida These
are tracts Of land covered with gra,, aud wa.
f,UU1 occupy considerable podi1n Of The
superficial area of the State
Within the vegetable and watrry fis'ucs,
or the cycrgladc, the Scmiuocs rc,r,atcd
and long blHl,l the strategy Of the generals
and thr provcss Of the ,pdicry sent to dis
lods, them. For what could kill or c,ur asc
a--or-rii-+ rr-t-'rtt v-t-;-
and hiding ike snakes under a covert whose
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lover IN INC blood anu maIasinue IN lhe nLaln,
produced "} 'h' "1o'm "i i"uu 'Ah''""""'
famine o''''m's' o"d pressing want i'''
q"'h"l w '"e camp ''us'" "y '''t N'""l"'u
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no "'S'"u' 'u'u'' 'u'l mu,' " wiz o' S','
"P"t crying 'l9uN ''' mas o'e' uone 10 "'
o'oNo Ecn''''S an" '"''u"' so'u''' S-.V'''1V'
ana reSu'ar-""o 'hparAeu III Tue fIorlu'
war that theme Tor inc yet uh"H''ch lii'''
oi our lhuloh woes
Inc writer ielt constrained 10 say th''
much oy way oil Nlnaieating thc Shill oi th'
generals a'HF7he eiheiehey oil the soluierE "h'
went to the florida war; against Inc n'ppah
ernd''es OF those military SciohS's ana mar
tnets OF the quill and the hnS'ingS who
however NalorouS with tongue or PEN were
all oil thrm' TO man. SotdioS during th'
Peace' ana c'LlSc"S during the 'ar with th'
scmlnoies' ms grateful task performed h'
passes ON to relate u thrilling h,ue adventure
which occurred m Florida during the pro
grCSs OF the war.