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YOU IV.
aijisDDiitDjadi &
An Independent Republican Newspaper, Published
at Daiiloh !es»i Lu npkin C -unity, Georgia, devoted lo
the ; >r jservation of the unjon, and Sovereignty of
the »>ates. file sycophant of no Pai ty —theslanderer
ol no Individual —the friend of Jackson.
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the .ditor.to any subscriber in arrears.
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EXECUT >ll3 \N '» EniINISTRATDRS’DUTY
Notice to Debtorsand Creditors to be published
■ix weeks. Prince’s Digest, page 137.
Ad intended Safi - s of goods and chattels belonging
fotesi.dors or intestates goods mid chattels, shall be
published in two or tn we public places in the parish
( county} where such effects are to be sold, and in the
gazette, at east fortv days before the day ot such in
tendeds: ie.— ibid 101.
Allsalesto be between the hours of ten and four
o’clock, and if continued from day to day. notice to
he given thereof on the first day of sale.— ibid 167.
Sales of real property to be on the first Tuesday in
the mo»*li, it the place of public sales,after sixty days
publication.— ibid 171
Api '.'eatio if »r i. -'tersoi Dismission published six
months. — ibid 168.
F.STRAYS.
To be advertised by the Clerk of the Inferior Court
Law Notice.
OUR Copoi t ici-r ip is ti,is i.ay, by .nutual con
bent, £XJSOXi VX2.O.
A. B. HOLT.
A. J- II \NBELL.
Attorneys at law.
D.ildohnega, I.3th Oct. 1836.
1 snail con’.iuue >be p.active in the Cherokee, and
ttie adjacent C.>.l tie- of the V\ t at.-rn Circuit.—
Audtess, liAHI.GIINI.GA, Lumpkin County, on.
AND’A. J. HANSELL.
Oct 15, 1836.-231 f.
T»e R* publican Savannah Recorder Milledgeville
Senti iel Aiii.usta, will give i lie übove three monL.ly
nserti' ii-anil foiwa.d accoun s. A. J. H.
The eorgia Constitutionalist.
illS papci is print' u <i ily ir d inn e times
■ a week during six months ot ihe year ,
twii >■ a week dmiug the oilier six tn < > 111 h.H and
anottu.'r paper is punted weekly doling the
years. Ihe daily «t SB, per minim $5 f>r six
numths; toe tn weekly at $5 and the weekly a'
$3. Tne Cons iiutumalisi is now so Wi ll
known, that it is unnecessary to give a de
scription of tin; character n has assumed. The
editois, however, can assure their patron
that lor political and commercial information,
it will nm be surpass'<l by any paper in the
South, havig made admii Mini arrangements
for ohmi ung lie earliwsl news from almud,
poiitic.il as well as comioerci il. All pohiteal
anc commercial inleligeoce, will appear pub
lished in tins office.
The editors flatter themselves, hv industry,
and strict mention to their business, to render
their paper aecep' iloe to their kind mid nu
merous patrons, and to deserve an merei.se of
patronage, winch they respectfully solicit from
their fellow citizi ns ot Georg a.
GUIEU & iHOMPSON.
Aug ista, Oct. I't, 1835.
7a Press, and will sotn be published,
A PRACTICAL THE fl ISE <»N THE
Culture of Silk,
Adapted to the Soil ami < limate
of the (J. States, by F. G. Com
stock, secretary of the Hartford
County Silk Society, and Editor of
the Silk ( uiturist. Illustrated by
1- ngrax lugs.
fHI il E eue.i st in all parts of Ihe U- State’in the
,M Culture and Manufacture .t Siik. m.inilf'.e ' bv ’
the c<> ist inl < aIG t'.r tufo m ition on the suibj tt, Inc- i
ind red ine publisher *-* h<v prepared a plain Puac- |
TICAI. >>n the 4’til ivation of the Alulbeny
and r, arm 4 Silk - ortns adapted to the Soil and'
(Nmi tie ot tins v.uintr,, a.id to tne wants of plain ;
pr..« ti< al.
The Pra« tide Culm, let in thi’iO'iitry reeds a di-I
rectory aiHpied t«» the '"it on which he plants hi* |
tr.'ca. amt the Climate in which h rra s his vortns. I
Wiihoiu relrn nte t Su la and Climates less conce.i-1
lal to u.eii grow th I has been thereto, a the übj* <* I
ot the amhor to make a ’realise strictly p<a<ti.ai.
emitii g nothing ot important eto the Cu tu ists ami
adding mH <i -g >*t a useless or ext ram on s eha racier
As mak'w the ra.< niatc i.il int* Sewing sU*t and
Ttrtsl is very ( > othabl* to thi-nlk Grower, ail neces
sary i Umtnatr i. I i .hat pttrposa will be given.
T <• work will be published i i adimdei into <>l about
100 p ig'--, m .amts..no binding—price 50 c« ns. A
pari ot the edit .on win be put up in elastic covers to be
torwa ted by mat.
Editors of scwsp.ipers who will give th.* ab we three
insertions w ith this notice a d forward tin ir paper
wit i the advertise >.eet shall be entitl'd to a
C’lpyoitiie work, to be t<»iw*rd<d to t ru order.
\A M. G. COAKTtH K
Hartford. Nov. 14 1835. 31. 31.
.NO VU V .
FVIHI’. unsettled bun ess ot the Office of the
B W xstkhn lli.kaio. nm b» lomid u the ham 1 -
ot Al H <• kill Kit'll I Esj —to wtiotti those in
debted are HsQutsted to make pa vim tit.
‘ 0. P. SH \AV.
Dahw h tega, August 2Jih, 1535 ISlf
MIIV B 2 K S BKC•K •K R
SPY IN THE WEST.
“LET THERE be HARMON T IN THINGS E39ENT lAL —L IBERA L1 T Y IN THINGS NOT ES9E NT I A L—C II ARI T ¥ IN ALL.”
DAULOHA’EGiA, LVMI’K.I.X CGVN’TY, GEORGIA, MAY 21, 1831.
26,000 StfBSCIXXBSLiXS I
Philadelphia iviirror*
yr xHE splendid patronagr awarded to the Philadel-
J& phia Saturday Courier, induces the editors to
commence the publication, under the above title, of a
quarto edition of their popular journal, so long known
as the largest Fam ly Newspaper in th** United States,
with a list of near TWENTY SIX IHOL.-A D
SUBSCRIBERS. The new featurel'ecr-nt;y introduced
of furnishing their readers with new books of the b. st
literature ot the day, naving proved so eminently suc
cessful, the plan util be continued. S:x volumes of
tne celebrated writings ot Captain Marryab, ami sixty
five ot Mr. Brook’s valuable Letteisfrom Europe, have
already been pu.dis.ied without interfering with its
news and miscellaneous reading. The Courier i- the
largest and cheapest family newspaper ev*-r issu'd in
thi.-* country containing articles ii> Literature, Science,
and Arts; Internal Improvement, Agriculture; in
short every variety of topics usually introduced into a
public jornal. Giving full accounts of sales, markets,
and news of the latest dates.
It is published at the low price of $2. For this small;
sntri subscribers get valuable and entertaining matter,
each Week enough to nil a common book ot 20b
and equal to 52 volumes a yeai, and . ..h his estimated
to be read, weekly, by at least two hundred thousand
People, scattered m all parts "1 the country, from Maine
to Florida, aud from the sea boaid to the lakes. The
paper has been now so long establish'd as to render it
too well known to require an extended prospectus,
the publishers, therefore, will do no more than refer to
the two leading daily political papers of opposite poli
tics. The Pennsylvanian says—‘‘The Saturday Cour
ier is the largest, and one of the best family new spapers
in the Union ;” the other, the Enquirer and Daily
Courier, says —“it is the largest journal published in
Philadelphia, and one of the very best in the Untied
States.” The New Yoik Star says “we know < f
noihing more liberal on the pai I of '.lie editors, a: d i,o
means more efficacious lo draw ut he doi i.ant talents
ot oui country, than their unexampled liberality m
offering literary prizes.”
The Albany Mercury of March 16. h, 1836, says—j
-the Saturday Courier, is decidedly the best Family!
Newspaper evr r pubhsned in tins or any other country,
and i.s value is duly app-ecia'ed b\ the public, it we
may judge from its vast circulati m, which exceeds
25.00 U per wci k ! Its l onte'its are agreeably varied,
and each number coiitains more really valuable ‘rea
ding matter’ than is ptibii hi d in's w. ek in any daily
apcr i i the Union—l s mammoth dimensions enable
iis enterprising proprietors, Messrs. V> o. dward «fc
Ci.arke, ol Philadelphia to re-pub iso in its columns,
i i tin course ot a yeai, several ol the ost interesting
new wo.a- that issue from the bii'ish press; vvhicm
cannot fail to give to it a permanent interest, and ren
ler it worthy ol preservation. To meei the wishes,
herefore, t such of :heir subscribers as derire to have
tneii numbers Lou ,d, they have determin'd on
issuing an edition of Ihe Courier in the quurto mrm,
which will render it much more cutiv «ni< nt tor reading
.lien it is bound in a volume,and tliuvgiealiy tiihanct
.is value.’’
THE QUARTO EDI I ION.
Under the title of the Philadelphia Mirror. wIl
commence with the publn atmn ot die Piize Tale,
to winch was awarded Ihe prize of ijili'O. unnen by
Alias Leslie, editor of (be spb ndid Annul the Tok' n,
<nd air hor of American Liieiature. A large* mm bei
<>l songs, poems, talcs, &c. ollered i . conipe'itr ri for the
SSOO dollar piemiums, will a-'d v hie a .:l mte.esi to
the succeeding numbers, which will also be enriched
by a story from Miss Sedgewick, author ot Hope
' Leslie, I he Lmwoods «Stc., whose la tnl? It.ivr b t*n
I so justly and extensively appreciated, b. th at home
and abioad.
Tins a, proved FAMILY NESPAP I R is s'rt'llv
; neutral in religious aud political mat'ers. and the un
compromising opponent ol quackery of every kind
MAP'.
i In addition to all of which the - publihers intend fur
nishing th< ir patrons with a series ot engraved Maps
emrir.icing the iwcnty-tive States of the I nitm.Ki . tx
bibi mg th<* sitinii' ii.&c. of rivers, towns, mountai «
lakes, the s - a board, internal improvemems. as dis
play , d in canals, rail r. ads, Arc wiih other interesn o
and useful tcat'.res, roads. disianC'R Ac. forming a
a complete Atlas for general u-u - and inf rotation h nd
somely cx> < uted, and each distinct map . n a large
quarto sheet, ut nn expense which nothing bi,, the
splendid patronage w hich fi r six y ars p i-t has been so
generously extended to them, could warrant.
TERMS :
The Philadelphia Saturday Courier is still continued
in its large form, al the same p iera- l.erelof. re. The
Philadelphia Mirror bei g a quarto rditi. n ol the Sat
urday Cou ier, with its in< reused attractions, aud prin
ted on the best tine white piper of the sa oc siz. us h
New York Albion, will be put at pre* i-ely oi.e inlfihc
price <>t that valuable journal, viz: Three Delia s per
annum, payable in advance, (inch. ding r e Maps.)
WOODWARD 4 C ARKE.
I’i iladelphi. |
WALKER SI PERI R COURT.
llule . »
David AL Collum, ]
us. | Bill Jor
William Bond tjic
I hompson Gardeuhirc { pctfur
-1 lodge Rabun [ wia/uT.
Robert > tephens. J
ti appealing to the C*mst that t e defendants
I tiompsuu Gardenhire, AA ilham B .i.d anu Rob' ii
e*i< pli ,1-. i.ave no been se.veu by tne ."'ueri.. ilh a
copy <>t the above B.li ana dial the s. id B i d. Gar
d< mure and blepuen.- re.'iii. out ot sai conn v , nd
the said det. ndants Band and r>.r hens is ..b- i>t from
this State »r cannot he tumid tber. in. On rm tmi. ii
is ordered that the said deli ndant-, AA i..taui Bond
Iho upson Gardenhire aud lio.u it Mephvns, appear
andaiwwerat the next term ..I inis C urt, and that
s> rvii e «>t said bill be pcrtevied by a publnau.m o t
inis Kuie lliiie Months in one ol tne pub.ic Newspa
pers ot this blatt, previou to that tunc.
JAMES THO PsON.
Sol. pio. compt.
GEORGIA, VV alker county.
H alker Siiperioi Court,
'IAoCU I erm, 1837.
I John Caldwell. Cletk of the Superior ( o ut < f
sud com.ty. d-certiiy that the ab veordtr ■» a true
opv Imm the .Minutes ut the C ourt, this Ist a y oi
Apul 1r»37.
JOHN CALDWELL, Cl k.
41-3 m.
AKD
Ei A AV.
THE subscribershave formed a copartnership in
the practice of LAW, under the name and style
of
SZSZJJ &
and will punctually attend to all buliness entrusted
to them iu the Cherokee Circuit.
HENRY L. SIMS,
M. J WALKER.
April *22. 1837.—.37—Cw.
Address M J. Walker, Ctark-viile, Habersham Co’y.
Ueriry L. Sims, < ummin«, Forsyth county.
-LU 2 ’ ihe Southern Banner aud Standard of Union
'will publish the above 6 weeks and torward their
accounts to either ol the subscribers.
List of Letters
REAIAINLNG m the Post Uthce at Dah
iohticgti, Luftipkiti County, Ga. on the Is. day
of April, 1837. and if not taken uut beiur’e
the Isi day of July next, will be sent to the
General Post Office as dead Letters :
A Bi tee Howard
Moses Andersen Eli T. Haynes
Joseph Asli S. Hamby
B J
James A. Beard B. Johnson
Miss L. Blackwell K
Lewis Ballard, Henry King
Rowland Bearden Joun Keenum
M. B uius John Luckaby
Allen Bates M
Joseph R. Barnett 2 Eli McConnell
Elias Bruden, John McLeod
C Mathew AlcDonald
U. M. Clay Edw.ira Morgan
Nt tay Cason Hargrove &. iVlason
S. D. Crane Z.intna McGill
( Reuben Corn J. Maddin (
J. 8. Chastain N
; Mrs. barah Caldwell Wm. L. Newland
Piiibp Cullens. O
D Peter Oliver
Fr.ncis and Isaac S
Dari« r R. S. Perssc
John M. Davis W m. Phillips
Joseph Duin an George Paschal
E James Pursell
I iiomas E. Edwards Q
John Early M. P. Q'hilain
Alias Eliz’th. Ealtris R
F Ilyram Ray
W. W. Flemming Sanders W. Ray
Isaac N. Flemming, Ansell Kite
G Mrs. c-a ali Rice
John Guiiey 8
J<.i< ini 'h Gatrell Joseph J. Singleton
Jas Gnduis John il. Smith
i I ii-.m .s Garrison Larkin Satterfield 2
\ .a G. A. Griffin Stephen Smith
John Gage Fleming Staion
Jotin Giitord W
li wm. Woods
Georg* Headrick 2 L. R. iikinson 2
. yre Hatchei \\ tn. Wilcher
J u.es P. Haynes 2 Wm. it. Williams
I Joim Haidage
WM. A. STATON, P. M.
I ■ ■
To the Printers of the (J. States
<1 ENTLE\i LN —Most respectfully I present to
Si »ou my go'atful acknowledgr ruts for the ex
j tensive patio ago which I have received from you
' during the past ten years in which I have been engaged
'in type founding; and at the same tune inform you
, that I have relinquished the business in favor o
Messrs Law:en< e JohnsOf and Geoige F Smith, for
whom Is. iicii a c iitinuauce of your favors. This I
do with moie c. nfidencc, from a knowledge of their
ability and disposi ion to render ample satisfat tion (•■
those who may please to encourage their establish
ment. Or.eot rln firm has been connected with the
foundry upwards <»t twenty years, and his knowledge
<u the bn.-ini ss in all us details, assures those who
may j»nr« ha-e ol this foundary Hia tn»y will be ac
'■ m.uodaied io lheir .-atis a< ti..n. In future, ord. rs
j tor sorts or a< diton to founts, may he addiessed to
JGIINSO 6c SMI IH,or to the subscriber, and they
will be prompt.y attended io. He beg’ leave to in
form you, that hi lias on bund a considerable quai lily
ot type, in founts oi various kinds and weights wliicl.
can be obtained "it application either to Johnson and
Bmith or to v< ur obliged friend.
RICH vRD RONALDSON.
P.iilndelphis, Feb la, 1833.
TYPE FOUNDAR7.
HA\I>G pu chased «>f Mr. Richard Ronaldson hi"
. long estatihahed and very extensive Type Foun
a.iry, t .e subscribers have formed a c>| artnersbip lot
the purpose oi <on inumg said business, nd fir the I
<■<<nvemei.ee- I iheirtrif ndsand pa'r.'ii’, have removed
tneir > stabli’lunei.t to a rn«>re central part oi ihe city.
-\s it is tl.eir int< ution to keep m ham! a g"od asso.t- i
ment ut the b< st type and to m:*l e such additions ano i
impr 'Vemeuts as ihe tas’e of the trad' and ihe wards 1
ol the country require, they frailer themselves that;
his ess' abirstimeni will me it a larve share of patron-|
age. I’hey have now several founts uh hand, w inch i
cun be t rms.bed at a few hours notice and, are pre
pared-. v tn.tkc founts of all weights and siz* s, Irani ■
Pear to 22 line Pica, including a great variety of i
UrnaniriiUl Latter. lheir assortun nt ot Cuts and ;
Dash. s. Brass Rules and other ornaments will be
t .mid to be very extensive of which specimens will
be t'.rwamcd to printers as soon as they cen bei
prepare d.
I r .ting Pres’e < ot every description, Punting Ink
>d the most approved qualities. Comp' Strig 'licks,
B-ass Gala y s Imposing Slones, Ca«. s I’.Tpe- ami '
I • -»« Boarcs. b anding Pres’es, Funuti re, together
with n complrt< assortu.ent ol all irfic . s us. d in
Pi inting Otficr wi ~,|.
t hu» ■ - oom all j<a rts ot ii.e L ni'.ii will be ; rm <pt I v
•tt*. d .I »... a.,d pa ticulat Iv in supidy ing s< rts ot ail
1 ••'-’s furnished hy their pre-'eces’ors, B.nny a - .d
natus n, and Rii hard Ronald’i n.
JOHNSON dr SMITH.
N . C, ge street, I‘i>dauelph'».
Look at This !
j to Jail on the Bih
-fedr instant, a negro man who
/ says his name is REVES, he is
about 31 ytmrs of age, 6 feet high,
rather yellow complected, full mouth, high !
forehead and very full eves. Reves says he
belongs edhe to John Belew, Hdborn Chrit
! mas of Harvey Christmas, «f Madison county
j Mississ.ppt, near C'obinibus. Reves has beet;
badly whipped, and says tie runaway about
the Sih or 9ih ot last August.
C HIBBERTS, Jailor.
May, 12lh. 1837 dO’.f.
iQ 1 ” X.CC3Z AT THIS 11Z
G \>. 11!.'or, ot this plate, a few days
•jj? since absconded eaving a W ile and four small
children in tne most indigeul amt distressing circum
stances. His wife has been contim dtn bed for six
<>r saven weeks, and s e is not now able to step out
of d.rn.s • she and children are solely dependent on
charity tor subsistance.
JoUlAll GARRI3ON left t'.is vill .gc considerably
tn debt tie is about six iieet high, rather darkly
couiplecied, • hut visage a;d has a stiff knee his
countenance indicates any thins but cheerfulness,
honesty or intelligence, wnich is evidence of a partial
absence oi a soul, and an entire destitution or su.spen
sion ot all the finer feelings of the heart.
Ihe wild beasts of the forest cherish and support
their rdisp ing, and even risk t* eir lives in their de
fence; hut tins monster in human *>hape has left nis
wile and children t - .. starve to death, mdess they can
-..bsmt f.'.rn :.ie tew crnms iha- fall from the bands of
chatity, which by the by, a*e but thmlv sown. t
I nope that those amongst whom his lot in f.itm.
may be < ast, will .real this unfcllmg w retch according
io his deserts. "
, D. KILLIAN.
Da ilohueaa, Ga.,24th April, 1837.
NOTICE,
IOST or MIST AID, a certain pr.tmisory Note,
J made by Rowland Beard, n, and payable’to John
T. Ralston, Jr. and endorsed by said Ralston to the
subsenb-r, for thirty dollars, bearing dat< the 19(h
day of March, 1836, and dm* the 4th day of July
thereafter. 'I ! e public » r e her. by cautioned agninst
tradi tg for said N fe, and the maker from paying it
to any one excepiomysely, as 1 am the legal owner of
the same,
JAMES H. WORLEY.
D- c. 24th. 1836.-28tf.
— ,
N otice.
HERF.AS Jam's V Pax’on did on the sth o
V V January 1837, by irnpro; er means obtain from
Adolj hits Marable a Note ol hand doe fi*e months
aft* r date, for one hundred and thirteen dollars and
sixty two and a half cents, purporting lo be signed
bv Mathew Marable; now as said note was never
made or signed or re< ognized by me, but was frau
dulently obtained ftom s;.id Adolphns, I hen by notify
a|i persons not to trade fi.r aid note, as I am deter
mined not to pay the same unless compelled by law.
MATHEW MARABLE.
March 11, 1837 —37tf.
(xl ORGIA, 1 .uinpkin county.
\lfred 11, Witherow applies to me
w V I a Letters of Administration on the Estate of
WibiamJ. Githerow late of said county deceased.—
These are thcrefote to cite and admonish all and sin
| gular th kindred and creditors ol said deceased tu be
| and appear at my office within the time prescribed by
law, to shew cause if any they huv< why said Letters
should not he granted. Given under my hand this
21st day of April 1837.
M- P. QUILLIAN, C. C. O,
38—30 d.
Gi'A)j»(ilA, i umpkin (.'ountv.
V'K Cr.Rf.AS Saniml 31 < Carter, Administrator,
V < and Sarah Martin, Aiiministiatix. on the
Eestatr* <d Jesse Martin, late - I said Comity deceased,
applies tor Letters of Dr-mis.-ion Irom said Estate.
These are tlureime to cite and admonish all and
singular th*- kindred and cretii- rs of said deceased, to
ibe and appear at my office wit'iin th - time prescribed
hy law, to shew cause d any they have, why eaid let
' t< rs should m t be grnn rd.
I Given under my hami, IhisSlst tamn.rv, 18’-6
M. P Q( I LI.LAN, C C. O.
.32—w G m.
( |
Administrators Sale.
i A GREE \B; A to a . ord. i . ( the luf. rmr Court of
Muiruy coui.f., when suiing for ordinary j ur-
- poses, wdl be sold on Ihe 15tli day . f May next, with n ‘
i the usual hours of sale, at th. late teside- ce o|
' Saur el Blair dec. ast d, all th* - peri-bable propery of
I said de< rased. < m.sis - nt aof one r t.ll, two VX agg. .ns,
tie Hots* - , Cat I* , 11*.gs, ll.iu’e'.old and Kitchen
> Furniture, a | arc* I < t f arn.t g T..<* », tofclb. r with
some Bacon and the ra licies to*, tedious to me..tion/
Sa c to conti ue from day today untill all ate sold.*
r»Tms made knov. it on the - ’ar.
RoßElfr REID I , . . .
A B. gLIR. j
March 25, 1837.—37 Wd.
Si 000 Reward.
VWn’EREA.S the body of JOHN E.
G R \Y , was found iiear the vtllagjof,
Talbotton, on the 6 n msl . under such cir
cumstances as induce.- tin - J ,rv ct inq i-t to
decide that the satd J*d.n E <*'ray w st mtn.
dered by some person »>r persons unknown,
about one mon hor six weeks previous to that
time :
Now, notice i’, given, that the ci 1 zet s of
Talbotton, and the vicinity thereof, have mad<
op. by stdnicription, lite snot of one thousand
dollars, which will be pail .i’ a tew.i d lo any i
prisiiii or par.'* ns, who wdl ap rel end a..d
prosecute *o cunnchon. tne murdenr or mor- I
d* r» rs of the said John E. Gray.
Talboiton, Jan 16 1837. —35
Blank Deeds
KEPT F(SR SALE Al This OFFICE.
From the Louisville Journal.
Natural History of Missouri.—
Earthquake.
Ave make Ihe following extract
from an interesting letter, recently
written by Dr. Linn, one of the U.
States Senator from Missouri, to the
lion. John Davis, chairman of a com
mittee of the Senate, on the sub
ject of removing obstructions in the
St. Francis, White and Big Black
rivers, which, taking their rise io
Missouri, run nearly parallel with the
Mississippi for hundreds of miles,
and finally unite, far down in Arkan
sas, with the ‘Father oi Waters.’—
I his letter contains much valuable
geological information concerning
this extensive and almost unexplor
ed region, and discovers an intimate
acquaintance with the subject which
would authoiize a much more full &,
eleborate essay by the writer, than
a brief letter.
Ihe annexed extract embraces
the account we remember to have
seen of the earthquake of 1811, and
its transforming effect unpon the sur
face of the country. It would ap
pear by the statement of Dr. Linn,
that on the removal of the rafts in
these rivers, which may be accom
plished at an inconsiderable expense,
an immense tract of valuable public
land, in a benign climate, be redeem
ed healthful and productive. The
writer remarks:
‘From the town of Cape Giradeau
to Helena below the mouth of st.
Francis, is a distance of several
hundred miles; and from the banks
of the Mississippi to the high
grounds in Missouri and Arkansas,
average sixty or seventy miles. The
graater part of this area, with the
exception of a narrow belt stretching
along the border of the
is covered with an immense morass,
inundated by the overflowing of the
‘Father of Water’s or submersed in
rushing torrents from the neighbor
ing hills, the principal of which is the
i st. Francis: These streams having
their origin in elevated regions, when
flushed by heavy rains or dissolved
! snows fall into this great basin with
, tremendous force, and either from
'obstructions which actually exists,
' like the rafts on Bed River, or from
! not having sufficient descent to car
,ry off rapidity accumulating waters,
' spread over the country, giving it
the appearance of a vast lake, over
which magnificent forests of cypress
and other gigamic trees wave their
branches in gloomy solitude In
the midst of this wilderness, islands
of rock and elevated portions of land
[ appear; of various dimensions like
ca>es in a desert, aud denominated
by the French ‘cote san dcseid,’ or
hills without design. How came
these lost hills in this position? The
most reasonable answer that suggest
itself to that question, in my opinion
is, that the far greater portion of this
gloomy region; annually covered by
water, and at all seasons by a heavy
'growth oltimber, thick canebrakes,
closely interwoven by many plants
of the convolves order, was once high
ground, but during some convulsions
of nature sunk to its present general
level, leaving spots unaffected to
tower in grandeur over the surrourn
ding scene of desolation. At the
same time, the st. Fiancis forced
from its bed or channel, was com
pelled to seek its devious way to the
Mississippi, though lakes, lagoons,
and slimy quagmires. Nor is the
opinion altogether unsupported by'
tacts, or based on mere conjecture.*
Ihe memorable earthquake of
December. 1811, after shaking the
valley of the Mississppi tfr its centre
virbated along the courses Qf rivers
•NO. 42.