The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-18


According 10 recent Southern advices, the rev
remaining seminoies will soou be carried on from
florida to the West. Col Rector had succeededsn
iaaueing the greater part Of them to assemble ~
ri Myers, TO be ready 70 embark for NeWo'-
ls'ns. This result is attributed TO the inhuehse
o. reliable delegation Of the seminoies e'
West, taken back TO Florida by the govefnmel'
agents, for the purpose Of representing 20 ''e
deoizens Of the everglades how much be"ef Oh
icy were on the prairie lands OF the west ''an
they ever had been in their native svannps, ara
how foolish IL was TO refuse any longer to Join the
main body Of the tribe, in iis new home. After
celebrating upon the matter, 1t seems that the
maicontents have At last agreed, and TO the nuns
Der Of sixty, viii! be deported by steamboat, bid.
ding long farewell to the land Of their fore'
fathers. who so braveiy resisted the comrades Of
Ponce de Leon and Fernando de Soto, to say noth-
ing of later eras.
We have no; much sympathy with the Indian
races but il Is only fair TO admit that IL the Sem.
inoles give up their country, they do not give up
their reputation. II they are sad NJ the thought
Of leaving their native swamps, they have the
consolation Of knowing that they leave with all
tho honors Of war, and that the Government, after
iryiug~a quarter OF a century to whip them out OF
Florida, had at last to 90 upon its marrow bones
and beg them to adopt a new home. To the voice
| OF argument and persuasion, they have yielded
al audience which the musket and sabre could
never euforce. General after General OF the Uni.
ted States have these valiant redskins, aided b,
the insuper able obstacles which the natural char
acier Of the connty afforded them, set at defiance
and at last, having proved that they are not ft
be driven of they consent to go Of their own SOY
| aud MI There is a IN tbeii
hereism. and dignity in the denouemens Of the
Florida war which redeems many OF the rascaiitie'
| Of the Indian character. The whites have otter
conquered the red men, but death before ais
honor ia a phrase which the Indian has never
| learned to mouth. yet which embod'sa the genuine
.,irit of his soul. The white man has never beer
able to make the North American savage slave
except by that destructive spell of intemperauct
by which the white nam ensaves himself. The
| Indian population is fast fading away, but 1T de
| ptrts with its pride unbroSen and its fierce apt
| naughty passions only curbes by the superior
strength of Its adversary. The dussy cloud IL dis
appearing IN the Western horizon, but ii is cloud
which has shot forth destructive lightDings ii
| its apdwhich has about 1t sulien aspect ant
.,mbre majesty that at least command our respect
With the removal of the Semlnoles, Florid,
will present strong Inducements to emigration
II is said TO have no more swamp land thai
| louisiana vet has scarce hundred thousa1t
| inhabitants 1t is also said to be better adapted
to the culture of sugar than OF any other Southern
product; many of the tropical fruits are fonnt
| there in perfection; land is cheap. the climate
| heaithful communication easy with the interior
and other parts of the seaboari We are safe IL
| predicting brilliant future for Florida.