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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. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, ’ By JI. £i. UiriIRIGUT, PHI xTED By 81 IU fcl 1- F1 FBJ fl. Terms -Tiiieu Dollars per mntim when paid in ad vance >r four dollars, if not paid until the end of the year. No paper will be discontinued, hut at the option of the .ditor.to any subscriber in arrears. Vlv wtisrinents and Job Work will be executed at the customary prices. Co n mi sicatio is t > the Editors must be post oaid to intnle them to attention. No subscript: n> received for less than a year. 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.