The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-24

shot with same the gun, and butcher knife
was found sticking in her neck. Their
bodies had lain there three DAYS be
fore found, as judged by the smoke
which was seen, it was then remem-
bered, going up about tnat time
from the house, winch was found In ashes.
! Mr. Carpenter saw the smoke himself. All
these four bodies we're carried to New
Smyrna and buried in one box IN the same
grave. This was i ! 1855. All the inhabit-
ants Of the whole coast south left their
homes and came to New Smyrna and Dun
LAYTON
SEEKING PROTECTION
from what was feared would become a gen.
eral India noutbreak. Mr.. Carpenter simply
removed with his family to the Shlver
Place But their fea RS were in vain, as
/ the Indians were only after spy and
| Courier Sheldon, who they failed to
/ KILL but whom they supposed they had
killed in a most horrid and cruel manner
/ 70 satisfy their savage revenge.
While Mr.. Carpenter lived at Cape Can
averal, the first few times he went on the
coast, southwark he carried spade and a
| mosquito net. One was to protect him from
mosquitoes and with the other he dug in the
ground near the shore for fresh water.
On one occasi while be was under his
net sleeping, during the night, bear aud
! two wolves walked around his improvised
| bed to their hearts content without waking
| him uD. The next mo ming he traced them.
| The bear turned away from the beach after
mile, but the wolves kept on after the
| horse tnat had broken loose the night before
out Of fright at the intruding animals, but
when they saw the owner of the horse they
| fled.
While living at New Smyrna Mr.. Car
penter had an encounter with tiger, which
| he shot, on the canal near Hillsborough
river, in the shoulder. The tiger was about
to get away from all the dogs that pounced
upon him after he was shot; whereupon Mr.
| Carpenter and his fellow-hunters caught
the tiger and killed him with a lightwood
+ knot. Men and dogs aud gun were too
much for Mr.. Tiger that time. Mr.. Car
penter also tlls about bear hunt he went
on. 1t was in a dense swamp. A bear was
SOON come up WITH and he was shot by Mr..
| Carpenter in the shoulder. Then be ran as
| fast as he could in the direction of Mr.
| Carpenters horse. When ne saw the horse
| he turned back. Mr. CarrSnter was ready
for him and fired, but did not hit him
| Whereupon he reloaded his gun and took
| his trail into the swamp, and traced him by
the blood coming from mis- wound from the
first shot in the shoulder. Suddenly the
bear came to huge bunch Of grass, showed
his side and LAID down; but as soon as he
saw Mr.. Carpenter he raised up and made
| the strange noise peculiar to his species of
animals, something like this-"whar." The
bear then got up on his hind feet and
walked about forty or fifty yards to
across it. When he got TO this log MIR r.
c. was near enough to shoot and
kill him. 1t was dusk. Mr.. c. took
out the entrails and spread over the bear
| his hunting shirt and won't to New Smyrna
for help. George Sheldon returned with
him to the dead bear. 1 hey put the bear
on a cart and started home, George Sheldon
taking a different route from that of the
cart. He soon found and shot two more
| bears, but smaller ones, aud these they put
| into the cart, and with three bears they
went into New Smyrna on Sunday morn
| ing. That day was spent in trying out the
fat and cooking doushuts with be lrs OIL a
very superior oil for culinary purposes.
THE LARGEST BEAR
Mr.. Carpenter ever killed weighed 56j
pounds, with entrailS ali out. The fat on
his back cut inches, aud they got p gal
| Ions Of oil from him. This ar was shot
| from a distance of 50 yards, and was hit by
| two mu sket balls This was the largest one
of the three bears carried I'M o New Smyrna
on said Sunday morning. Ga another occa-
sion, and while living at the same place,
Mr.. Carpent sr killed panther that weighed
ITO pounds, with entrails taken out. He
carried HIM knap5ack fashion for Is miles,
through n dense scrub. Is tie panther
oravet Mr.. Carpenter says one look at
hin square in the eyes is enough to drive
| him away.
Mr.. Carpenter does not concur in the
opinion, from what he has seen and k lows
of bears and panthers, that these animals are
So very ferocious as they are represented to
be by some people.
We come now to another epoch in Ora
Carpenters lie The Vermonter must
consider the war between the
states, which had broken out. Mr.
Carpenter was still living at New Smyrna.
OF Mosquito inlet one day appeared d
blockade vessel, three miles dis aut
from New Smyrna. 1t remaiued there
throughout May, June, July, up to August
and all the while it was there from one &
four or five shells were daily belched forth il
the direction of New Smyrna, but without
reaching to It, Great streaks of smoke, and
at night OF fire, could be seen emerging from
heavy guns. a man on the masthead of a
DO II could be plainly seen, by the help of a
glass, securing the whole shore through
a gla which no kept before him.
After finding out by some means thai
Mr. Carpenters house WAS a reudezvou.
for blockade runners, the aforesaid vessel
sent men TO Key West for a steamer. which
was rul into the river opposite New
Smyrna, and anchored parallel with the
shore. They opened frcm 800 yards broad
side at a time, aud soon completed the
bombardInent OF Nav Smyrna. The fami
lies were forced to take flight on a Sunday
without even changing of clothes and
without shelter from the weather. The
bonbardmoat was begun about the middle
of the day, and was kept steadily up until
about 10 o'clock at night, and Their
occasionally all through the night. 1t wa
resumed next morning at daylight and was
kept up until 10 O'Clock a. m. By this time
the houses, especially Mr. Carpenters, were
riddled and the occupants had all fled, NOT
however, without having been fired upon a.
they were fleeing.
| When Mr.. Carpenter returned from a few
days trip which he had made from hom,
he found this state of things, with thi
added:
HIS FAMILY WERE HOMELESS AND PENN,
LESS,
literally out of doors, without money and
without anything to eat. But in this time
of distress the militia from the interior
gathered for protection and contributed
$50 in supplies for their relief Soon after
this upon a conscript order Mr.. Carpenter
enlisted in the confederate service, feeling
that although he was from Vermont, and
all his relatives lived there, yet his interest
were here, and he would seek to aid in theil
protection aud defense. He said to him
self, IF l should meet my brothers on the
field of battle, l shall have to consider them
| my enemies -