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CHARACTER OF GEORGE IV.
We extract the following from the leading
article of the Edinburgh Review for April J
last It is currently reported to have been '
written by Lord Brougham; and if we may
judge from the ability of the article, the inti
mate knowledge of public affairs and the per-;
feet acquaintance with the Royal family dis
played in it, this report is not without good
foundation: [Eld. Advocate.
The Prince of Wales had been educated
after the manner of all princes whose
school is the palace of their ancestors,
whose teacher is boundless prosperity,
whose earliest and most cherished associ
ate is unrestrained self-indulgence, and
who neither among their companions form
the acquaintance of any equal, nor in the
discipline of the seminary, ever taste of
control. The regal system of tuition, is
indeed curiously suited to its purpose of
fashioning men’s minds to the task of gov
erning their fellow creatures; of training
up a naturally erring and sinful creature
to occupy the most arduous of all human
stations, the one most requiring habits of j
self-command, and for duly filling which,
all the instructions that man can recieve,
and all the virtue his nature is capable of
practising, would form a very inadequate
qualification. This system bad, upon the
Prince of Wales, produced its natural ef
fects in an unusually ample measure. He j
seemed indeed, to come forth from the ,
school, a finished specimen of its capabil
ities and its powers, as if to show how
much havoc can be made in a character
originally deficient in none of the good,
and few of the great qualities with which
.it may be supposed that men are horn.—
Naturally of a temper by no means sour or
revengeful, he had become selfish to a de
gree so extravagant, that he seemed to act i
upon the practical conviction that all man- i
kind were born for his exclusive use: and
hence be became irritable on the least in- j
cident that thwarted his wishes, nay,
seemed to consider himself injured, and
thus entitled to gratify his resentment as j
often as any one, even from a due regard
to his own duty or his own character, act- !
ed in a way to disappoint his expectations 1
or ruffle his repose. His natural abilities
too were far above mediocrity. He was
quick, lively, gifted with a retentive mem- j
ory, and even with a ready wit— endowed
with an exquisite ear for music ami a just
ness ofeyethat fitted him to attain a refin
ed taste in the arts, —possessed, too of a
nice sense of the ludicrous, w hich made •
his relish for humor sufficiently acute,
and bestowed upon him the powers of an
accomplished mimic. The graces of his!
person and his manners need not to he i
noted, for neither are valuable hut as the j
adjunct of higher qualities; and the latter,
graceful manners, are hardly to he avoid
ed by one occupying all his life that first
station which removes constraint, and
makes the movements of the prince as na
turally graceful as those of the infant, or
the child too young to feel embarrassment.
But of what avail are all the natural en
dowments without cultivation? They can
yield no more fruit than a seed or a graft
cast upon a marble floor; and cultivation,
which implies labor, discipline,self-control,
submission to others, never can he applied
to the Royal state. They who believe
that they are exempt from the toils and
hardly liable to the casualties of other
mortals, (all whose associates, and most
of whose instructors, set about confirming
this faith,) are little likely to waste the
midnight oil in any contemplation hut
those of the debauchee; and those who
can hardly bring themselves to believe
that they are subject to the common fate
of humanity are pretty certain to own no
inferior control.
“Quio done” (exclaimed the voung
Dsuphin to his right reverend preceptor,
when some hook mentioned a king as hav
ing died) — “Quio done! les Hois moment
ils? “Qu-lquefois, Monseigneur,” was the
cautious and courtly reply. That tiiis
prince should afterwards grow in the nat
ural course of tilings, into LouisXlV. and
that his infant aptitude for the habits of
royalty thus trained, should expand into the
maturity of self-indulgence which almost
proved too great a trial of French loyal
patience, is not matter of wonder. Our
Louis, notwithstanding the lessons of Dean
Jackson and the fellowship of Thtirlow
and Sheridan, was a man of very unculti
vated mind—ignorant of all hut the pas
sages of history which most princes read,
with some superficial knowledge of the
dead languages, which he had imperfectly
learnt and scantily retained, considerable
musical skill, great facility of modern
tongues, and no idea whatever of the rud
iments of any science, natural or moral;
unless the very imperfect notions of the
structure of goverments, picked up-in con
versation or studied in newspapers, can he
reckoned any exception to the universal
blank.
“We have said nothing of the great qual
ity of all—the test of characters—firmness
• and her sister, truth. That the prince
was a man of firm mind, not even his most i
uaacrupulous flatterers ever could summon
up the courage to pretend. He was much
the creature of impulses, and the sport of
fc'eltng'niturtilly good and kind—but had
r . becaßHU-Wbolly selfish through unlimited
indujgqeoe. —Those who knew him we!i
were woot say that his was a woman’s
character when they observed how iittie
self command he had, and how easily i.
ga've way to petty sentiments Nor w.;s
toe remark more gallant towards ilie sex
than It was respectful towards the prince;
inasmuch as thtfc character of n woman
ransferrH to ‘fhtHtfhe*
want of those qualities which constitute
manly virtue, without the possession of the
charms by which female weaknesses are
redeemed—independently of the fact that
those weaker parts are less prejudicial in
the woman because they are more in har
mony with the whole. That they who
draw the breath of life in a court and pass
all their lives in an atmosphere of lies,
should have any very sacred regard for
; truth is hardly to he expected. They expe
rience such falsehood in all who surround
them, that deception, at least suppression
;of the truth, almost seems necessary for
! self-defence—accordingly, if their speech
j is not framed upon the theory of the French
cardinal, that language was given to man
1 for the better concealment of his thoughts,
they at least seem to regard in what they
say, not ils resemblance to the lact in ques
tion, hut rather its subsen iency to the pur
pose in view.
“The course of private conduct which
one in such a station—of such habits, and
of such a disposition—might naturally be |
expected to run, was that of the prince j
from his early youth upwards—and when
he entered upon public life, lie was found
to have exhausted the resources of a care
er of pleasure—to have gained followers |
without making friends—to have acquired
much envy and some admiration among
the unthinking multitude of polished so-,
ciety; hut not tocommand in any quarter, j
either respect or esteem.”
We have the pleasure to extract the follow
ing, from the Columbus Sentinel and Herald,
a print politically opposed to Mr. King. But
we are happy to observe, in this just tribute
to Mr. King’s efforts, a devotion to the wise
policy of Internal Improvements superior to the
selfish and narrow spirit of party. [Ed. Adv.
IN TKRN A L I.M 1> KO VEMK NT.
'l'lie public mind in Georgia is aroused,
awakened, and active upon this subject.
Nor will it he suffered again to slumber.
.Men of talents, of energy, and of ample
means, have investigated the subject,
have become fully convinced of the prac
ticability and facility of building roads
and cutting canals in the South—of the
great benefit which will accrue there-*
from to Southern commerce : and of
the immense stream of wealth which would j
continually pour itself into the Treasury (
of each State; and these men are deter
mined to exhaust their resources of all j
kinds, and to spend and he spent, in the!
great, glorious and patriotic cause of Inter
nal Improve >,irnt. No stronger incite-j
ment, no example more powerful need be
wanted by such individuals, than the un
dying reputation left behind him by l)<
Witt Clinton. Statesmen and orators,
scholars and poets, may climb the rugged
steep of fame, hut none will stand upon
its summit more proudly acknowledged,
by civilization and improvement, than
him, whose genius lifted the flood-gates
of wealth upon his native State, and poured
into her lap inexhaustible treasures.
Thomas Butler King, Esq. a gentle
man who lias devoted a great deal of time
and attention to this subject, and who is
well read in improvements of the day, and
full of the spirit which prompts them,
favored us with a visit last week, and de
livered an address with which we were
pleased, as displaying avast deal of infor
mation, with regard not onlv to what had
been accomplished, hut what is now do
ing and may vet he done, lor the benefit
of Georgia and the South generally.
We would most cheerfully devote a lar
ger space to this interesting and impor
tant subject, hut vve are crowded with ad
vertisements, and necessarily compelled
to curtail our editorial.
In closing this article, we hog leave to
add a few words which on a pro\ ions occa
sion we addressed to our readers:
‘\\ hetlier our State shall live and
flourish, or whether she shall languish
and die, undoubtedly depends upon the i
progress of that great system of Internal
Improvement already begun. Shall it he
fostered, sustained, and encouraged, or
shall it he abandoned ! We trust that,
hereafter, this question will he carried up
to the ballot-box, throughout the State,
and there let the voice of independent
freemen speak new life into the system of
Internal Improvement, and hid it go on'
prospering and to prosper.’
[Columbus Sentinel & Herald.
*
A Fait which ought to he explain
ed bit will not he. There has not
; been a bag of corn in market here for
[ several weeks, at anv price: and yet the
. vessel w hich brought us a couple of hags
i from Charleston last week, carried to
j Charleston from Black Creek 1000 bush
els purchased there at fifty rents a bag
j and sold in Charleston at public auction
lat two dollars. Will this be put down
as a slander f Let the proof be demand
ed. [Jacksonville Courier.
Steam Packet Neptune. This ele
gant boat uas yesterday disposed of at
Public Auction, and knocked down for
the sum of $50,000. A number of the
former stockholders became the purchas
ers, and have formed anew company.—
[Charleston Courier,
The great increase of revenue of tho
New York and Pennsylvania Canals, men
tioned m late official reports, demonstrate,
; -av- the 'A ill’.a’: -sport Banner,) in the
most j-atistac-.oi _■ in .nner, the wisdom ot
me policy who •-•;i„i:,ated these internal.
improvements, an., remu-s the flippant,
Lot piausibie (i<-e .'.'.niation- which the
press for v-ov- vc*-- "romnlgMed on the
BRUNSWICK ADVOCATE.
Dreadful Affair. Last evening,
about 10 1-2 o’clock, a party of gentle
men met at the Carlton House, in Broad
way. Among them were Messrs. Ham
blin, Flvnn, and Edward VanZant.
| After some time spent in ordinary and
friendly conversation, Mr. Van Zant fell
j into an altercation with some strangers in
the room, which, however, was settled
* and the parties drunk several times to
igether, and a considerable excitement of
: feeling was the result.
Mr. Van Zant next engaged in a con-,
; versation with Mr. Hamblin, which was
' continued for some moments on the most j
friendly terms, till tlie parties separated.!
Mr. Flynn, while talking with some otiier
persons, was interrupted by VanZant, and
between them some high words were ex
changed, which resulted in Flynn’s re
ceiving several severe blows on the head.
Mr. Hamblin then stepped forward
[and attempted to separate and pacify the
parties. Van Zant then struck Mr. Ham- J
Llin several sev ere blows w hich nearly j
brought him to the ground; the assailant j
then turned upon Mr. Flynn and attempt
led to strike him again, when the latter ;
drew a sword cane and gave Van Zant
warning, that if he repeated the attack he
should defend himself as best he might.
Van Zant exclaimed, “see, the villain
lias drawn a sword,” and made a rush to
strike him in which lie however did not
succeed. But Flynn, in defence, made
a thrust with his sword, which pierced j
Van Zant in the abdomen, just above
the groin, producing a fearful and, it is ‘
feared, fatal wound. The wounded man
was led bleeding away, a sufferer if not
a victim to his folly.
In justice to the parties above named
it is well to state that, whatever the con
sequences may be, Mr. Flynn was fully j
justified in his course of conduct, anti j
that the blow given by him with the sword j
was only in self-defence. Mr. Van Zant |
had behaved throughout very boisterously, I
and while in the room had grossly insult
ed several other individuals. We hope!
for the best, hut greatly fear that the affair j
will eventuate very seriously.
[\. Y. Express. i
Dreadful Disaster at Schenectady.
—The celebration of the recent anniver
sary was attended with disastrous results
in Schenectady. The Democrat contains
the following additional particulars.
“Nothing occured to mar the festivities
until the pyrotechnic exhibition commenc
ed in the evening. The apparatus for
this exhibition were placed in a boat which
was towed out into the canal bason
; some ‘2O or 31) feet from the shore and
i crowded with hoys. After the discharge
1 of a few rockets the manager let off what
is termed a water rocket, which after per
forming several of its destined serpentine
j motions in water, bounded back into the
! boat among the mass of rockets still un
j discharged, and caused them all at once
jto explode. All the individuals standing
I round or near were more or less burned—
! some of them very severely. In the midst
[ of their agony they jumped into the canal
i and tin' most of them swam to the shore
- in safety, while others were drowned.—
The extent of the calamity is not yet fully
! known as it lias been found impractible to
drain off all the water from the canal
i bason. The bodies of three young men
lime been discovered, which were so
j dreadfully disfigured that they could he
'identified only by some article about their
persons. Their names are Theodore Al
lien, John Rogers, and Johnson.”
A New Discovery in Science. —Dr.
Henry Hull Sherwood, of New York,
claims to have discovered the law of the
variation of the magnetic needle—a mag
netic pole, which it is supposed, revolves
[about the axis'of the earth once in (Hit*
years; and by means of tiiis, and instru
ments and tables, invented and prepared
to conform, the latitude and longitude of
any place maybe ascertained with the
minutest accuracy, by the dip of the needle
only. It is connected with the laws of
magnetism, galvanism and electricity, and
it is supposed will explain several other
natural phenomena, of whose laws we
have bail no knowledge.
l)r. Sherwood has called the attention
!of Congress to his discovery, and the
! Senate referred its consideration to the
[Committee on Naval Affairs, who made a
special report on the subject on Tuesday.
iMr. Preston said the discoveries u'ere of
‘such importance that he would move the
printing of 5000 extra copies. It was a
vast discovery, and not of less importance
[than that of the mariner’s compass. Mr.
Webster said that the discovery was
either of vast importance or ot no impor
tance at all. He thought it the duty of
Congress to give the facts wide circula
tion, in order that the country might de
cide upon its merits or demerits. .Mr.
! Buchanan asked whether the principle
on which this discovery rested was made
public in the report. Mr. Tallmadge repli
jed in the affirmative. Mr. Buchanan said
! the discovery, if genuine, was the great
jest of modern times. The motion to
print the extra number was agreed to.
j Launch. We have omitted to notice‘
the launch cf anew Iron boat from ii;e
wharves of the Iron Steamboat Company
, a few days since. She was imported
.from England and boars the name of The
Lamar, having been so. cubed after our en
terprising feiiow citizen, G 3. Lamar, 1
Esq There are three Iron Steamboats
ii 'n •.>, o«jr ?nr; ; < aw!tn-..b Gcorgin
Border Troubles. —A letter in the
Courier of this morning dated Detroit,3oth
June, gives'ftn account of a state of af
fairs rather unfavorable to speedy pacifi
cation. It states that many persons repu
ted respectable, some of them members
ot the Grand Jury, are aiders and abettors
of the Patriots, (so called,) as well as
the civil authorities, with the exception
of the Attorney' General. A plan to rob
the U. S. Arsenal at Dearhoruville, 11
miles from Detroit, was discovered, and
a messenger of the Patriot leader, who was
intercepted by the officer in charge, was
taken through the different apartments of
the afsenal j and shown the preparations
for their reception. He was then released
and, as was anticipated, nothing more
was heard of the attack. Due credit is
given to the exertions of the [J. States offi
cers. [N. Y. Express.
The Georgia Pioneer, of the 30th ult.
says:—Bv a gentleman just from the
Agency, vve learn that there are at this
time, about (5000 Cherokees at that place,
and 3000 at Ross’ Landing. GUOO were
expected from North Carolina, the latter
part of this week; and 3000 have already
departed for their new homes in the far
M ost, making in all 15,000, which com
prises nearly the whole Nation.”
The same paper says:—On yesterday
evening, Capt. Means’ company of mount
ed volunteers, passed through this place
on their way to New Echota. They had
with them about 25 Indians that had been
laying out, and among them was the cel
ebrated Chief, Soft Shell Turtle. These,
it is believed, are the last remnant of the
Indians in this country.”
Going “ the Whole Hog” ix Guess
ing. Guessing used to be considered exclu
sively a Yankee privilege, but it seems
the "Long Islanders consider themselves
privileged to guess also. A tavern keep
er on the Island advertises a fat hog to be
guessed for, at one dollar a guess—the
person guessing nearest to the weight of
the animal to he entitled to it.
Major Head, of the Mansion, sets his
hoarders to guessing for wine, on the size
of an artificial swan in his dining room,
the Major being the sole umpire of who
looses. The swan of the Major must
he a profitable bird to sell wine by.
Later from Jamaica. —Accounts from
Jamaica mention that it had been decided
by the House of Assembly, that the re
maining two years of the apprenticeship
of the praedial laborers, should he aban
doned, and that entire and unrestrain
ed freedom should take place on the Ist
August next, on the Island.
j Caution. —Club boat racing is danger
ous in extreme hot weather. In a regatta
that came oft - at Nevvburg the other day,
the excessive fatigue and excitement of
rowing in the sun, caused the death in 24
hours, of a robust young man in high
i health.
Not B vi>. — A late European paper in
forms us that a few drops of sweet nitre
will effectually banish bed hugs. In some
of our hotels and steamboats, then, (adds
the Hartford Courier,) sweet nitre will
make night sweeter.
Balloon Ascension. Mr. C'lavtoii,
the Western aeronaut, made a balloon as
sention from Cincinnati on the 4th of July,
taking up with him a married ladv, who is
said to have been perfectly composed on
tlie occasion of her extraordinary eleva
tion.
The Cincinnati Whig of the oth inst.
says:—Mr. Clayton, with his ruinpagnon
dn voyage returned to town last evening
at. 1 1 o'clock, having landed about thirty
five niles from the city without injury.
Fire. A tire broke out in Now Orleans,
on the sth inst. in the four story house on
the corner of Levee and St. Isolds streets,
which, with its contents, was entirely des
troyed. The adjoining stores of Messrs.
Lewis, Knockernot tY Cos., insured for
$20,000, of P. Proner and of G. Sabatier,
insured for 10,000, were also destroyed.
The schooner Molacska, arrived at
New Orleans on the 10th inst,, from Tam
pa Bay, with the well known Indian chief
Alligator, and the rest of his tribe, 32, in
number.
On hearing of the safe return, to En
gland, of the steam ships Great Western
and Sirius, a subscription was proposed
in Havre for building Steamers of 15 to
1000 tons, for the New York line and three
millions of francs, ($000,000,) were sub
scribed in a few days. They are expected
to he in full operation before the spring.
Newspapers vs. Drink. “I positively
never knew a man in the country who
was too poor to take a newspaper. Yet
tw o out of three, even respectable people,
read no papers hut what they borrow.
As I speak generally, I hope I offend
none. If I do—the greater the necessity
to speak out. Every man is able conven
iently to take a weekly newspaper. The
cost is only five coppers a week ! How
many who think themselves too poor to
take a newspaper, pay fobr times ns much
daily for drink. Miserable man, thou art
poor indeed!— [Benjamin Franklin.
The Rev. Sydney Smith, in the preface
to a volume of sermons, condemning the
pi '-V nature of sermons in general, says: — .
f iiev are written as if sin was to be
taken oui of man, like Evi out of Adam, j
' ’• “''o; ! ;i:i ink .-lumber ’
Painful Rumor. The Republican, i
(published at Elizabethton, in Tennessee.);
of the 30th of June, gives the following
account of a rumor of a horrid report j
current at that place, but which, there is
reason to hope, may he either wholly nn
foundod, or grossly exaggerated.
Postscript.-A report reached this place 1
just as our paper was going to press, that
the steamboat Knoxville, on descending
the Tennessee river, laden with Cherokee
-Indians, colapsed her boiler, by which ac
cident five hundred of those unfortunate
beings lost their lives. We cannot vouch
for this report, but, from the character of
the boat, we are inclined to believe it is
true.
Philadelphia, July 11.
Hpttßiiii.E Occurrence. Yesterday
morning, two boys, one twenty, the other
seventeen years of age, apprentices to
Messrs. Blackwell Au Wagner, Black
smiths, Spring Garden, while at work on
a sharp piece of iron just taken from the
forge, the eldest deliberately walked to the
other boy and ran the hot instrument
through and through the fleshy part of
his thigh. He was immediately conveyed
to the Hospital and lies in a very low and
dangerous state. The aggressor when *
questioned as to the cause of the horrid
act replied “because hr did nut strike
straight.” He has fled.
Villainy in the worst Form. We
find the following in the Mobile Chronicle, it
being a letter communicated to the Editors by
Col. Hogan for publication, as it might throw
some light upon the mysterious disappearance
at times of negroes from that city and vicinity.
It was intended for W. De F. Holly, and Col.
Baptiste.
Jail, Quitman, Clark county, >
Miss. June 7,1838. (
Messrs. Holly &, Jacob,
Being under sentence of death, and to-mor
row being the day appointed for my execution,
I have thought proper to state a few circum
stances that may be to your advantage, in re
spect to the negro boys owned by you, whom
you supposed were lost in the bay of Mobile
in the month of July, 1837. Those three boys
were (the name of one was George, a yellow
boy; the names*of the others Ido not remem
ber,) taken out of your sail boat while going to
your boarding house at the mouth of the Pas
cagola. They were taken out of the boat near
Cedar Point, by James and John Elliott, the
persons to whom you rented your boarding
liouse, assisted by Archibald' Moffit, John
Gates, and myself. We took them to Petit
Bay’s little wood island, and there put them oil
board the Champion schooner, belonging to
the Elliotts; they were sent to Galveston, Tex
as, and 1 understood George was sold to Gen.
Houston. The others were sold in that neigh
borhood. When the schooner returned they
had uncurrent money; I expect it was coun
terfeit They gave me for my share, jewelry
to the amount of $1(10. I was hired by the
Elliotts. Your sail boat, when vve took the
: negroes out, was sunk in the basin at the head
! of Cedar Point opposite to where the cut goes
j through the Point, in about four or five feet
| water at low tide; the nmsts were cut down
j and two holes cut in it. These Elliotts were
I concerned in counterfeiting. I have had their
j plates in my hands—one plate was to counter-
I feit the bills of one of the New Orleans Banks;
| red backed bills. The names Ido not remem
! her.
j The above circumstances I have thought
I proper to communicate to you, as they may be
| of advantage to you, and that the gentry may
be estimated according to their deserts, and
you may rely on the testimony of a dying man
that the above statement, is all true.
I was in your employment in finishing your
bed room.
(Signed) WM. THOMPSON.
Messrs. Holly & Jacob—
We, the undersigned, citizens of Quitman,
M iss. wore present at the Jail in this place
when William Thompson made the above con
fession, and requested the same to be com
municated to von in the form and manner
above, lie was convicted at the last term of
the court at this place of murder, and to-mor
row is the day appointed for his execution.
From the tenor of his confession upon other
subjects, we have no reason to doubt the above.
JOHN TOWNER,
MARK M. MITCH EL,
PETER MITCH EL,
WM. WILLEFOR,
CALVIN LUDLOW.
[From the New Orleans Picayune of July 12 ]
Late from Texas. The steam packet
Columbia, Capt. A Moore, arrived last night
about 11 o’clock, in 42 hours from Galveston,
bringing up about 74 passengers.
Owing to the lateness of the hour, we were
unable to obtain our usual files of papers. We
received, however, the Bulletin from Matagor
da to Hie sth inst.
From a passenger we understand that a
commercial treaty has been entered into be
tween the young Republic and her old grand
mother, Great Britain. It is said to have been
signed by President Houston on the 4th of Ju
ly. We have heard nothing of its provisions.
From the Matagorda Bulletin we learn that
on the 22d ult. a party of 150 Mexicans from
Matamoras and the Rio Grande committed
some depredations upon the property and per
sons of the citizens residing on the San Anto
nio and the La Baca. They attacked seven
carts of goods, worth several thousand dollars,
and took them to the up country. In the ren
contre one man was killed and another so
badly wounded that his life has been despaired
of.
This is the second outrage committed this
year by the Western frontier of Texas. The
continuance of the blockade, will embolden j
them to make still greater predatory incursions \
—so that nothing but the taking v of Matamo- ,
ras by the Te.Gar#, or some other bold offens- [
ive movement, will teach better manners to |
the robbers.
P. VV. Grayson, Esq. has been appointed :
Minister to the U. States, in the place of Mr.!
Hunt, resigned; but he has refused the offer, j
The Bulletin is principally occupied with
political articles, advocating the claims of;
General Lamar to the Presidency.
Another Explosion. The Cincinnati pa- [
pers state that the steamer Reliance, burst her *
boiler on her passage to Pittsburg, just after [
she had passed an opposition steam-boat. For
~ wonder no lives were lost.
[From tIM Wetunr Georgian of July 10.
We are informed by Col. James Liddell,
United States Agent for settling Indian claims
that both the treaty ahd anti-treaty parties,
express themselves perfectly satisfied with the
late arrangements of the United States Gov
ernment, in extending the time of their re
moval to the first September; which will give
them, it is thought, ample, time to arrange and
bring to a final close, their business in this
country. They [the Cherokees] have moreo
ver pledged themselves to throw no obstacle
in the way, or ask further delay, but on the
1 contrary, use their influence to reconcile the
disaffected part of the Ross clan to the meas
ure. They are to be divided into ten detach
ments, and form encampments at ten different
points on the Tennessee River, and lines or
boundaries laid off around each, which no In
dian will be allowed to leave without a writ
ten permit from under thfc hand of the officer
in command, Those who formerly resided in
the same neighborhoods in Georgia and else
where, and who wish to settle as neighbors
in Arkansas, are suffered to occupy the same
encampment, which has been productive of a
great deal more harmony and good feeling
among the common Indians than at first ex
isted. They have also, entered into a writ
ten contract to suppress as far as in their
power, and discountenance every thing like
drunkenness, and suffer no spirits of any de
scription brought into the encampment When
the time arrives for their departure, they will
leave within two days of each other, which
will bring it to the last end of the month be
fore the last or tenth detachment will be able
to take up their line of march. By this time,
the planters throughout the States through
which they pass, will have their crops gather
ed, and provisions of all kinds will be obtain
ed much cheaper, than they could possibly be
had at this time. This no doubt will save the
Government some thousands, especially when
we take into consideration the large quantity
of provisions laid in at Ross’ Landing and
Calhoun, which, had they taken their departure
at the time stipulated, would have come under
the hammer, and in all probability sold for a
trifle, in comparison to the first cost. Too
much praise cannot be awarded Gen. Scott,
for the faithful and satisfactory manner in
which he has performed his duty to the States
interested; to the United States Government,
and for the kind and liberal treatment the In
dians have received at his hands, and at the
hands of the officers and men under his com
mand.”
[From the Western Georgian.]
The Wheat Crops throughout the Cher
okee country are abundant, and as far as we
have been able to ascertain, are much better in
the old settled parts of Georgia than they have
! been known for a number of years. The Fed-
Jeral Union remarks, “the growing crops of
j wheat in the different parts of the State, we
j learn, looks far better than they have for sev
! eral years past. A much heavier and larger
! crop will be reaped than has been made for
j several years in Georgia.” The Tennessee
[ Journal of the 27th June, says “the prospect
jof the farmer in this section of country, is
very cheering. It is enough to make a man
proud of his home, to see the numerous fields
of wheat, the best ever seen in the country
since its first settlement, waving before tho
gentle breeze and brightening for the harvest.
And then the oats and rye, and in short, every
species of grain crop has the most flourishing
appearance. Now, indeed, may the husband
man labor cheerfully, for he has the sure prom
■ ise of a rich reward.” The cotton crops in
' Alabama have been very much injured by die
' cold backward spring. Added to this, diffet
! ent kinds of insects have made their nppeac-
I a nee: and in some places, have swept whole
j fields.
More Victims to Savage Barbarity.
u T’he liar is considered pretty well at an end.”'
By the arrival of a gentleman from Garey’s
Ferry on the 4th inst we have received the
heart rending intelligence of the innrdeiuof a
whole family named Gwinn, who resided oik
the Santa fe River. They fell victims to sav
! age barbarity; a father, mother, and two
I children were found murdered at their resid
j ence on the 2d inst; a daughter about 13 years
'of age is missing. There are many conjec
tures as to her fate; but if murdered' her body
has not beqn found.
Tiiis is the result of considering the war as
pretty well ended, and of withholding from
the suffering inhabitants that subsistence
which would have enabled them to live ofT
from their plantations. If they had been mus
tered into service their families would have
been provided for and their homes would have
been protected.
A report is in circulation that two other
families had been murdered in the same neigh
borhood; making the number seventeen, but we
are happy to learn by a gentleman from New
nansville, that this is an exaggeration. Two,
persons whose names we did not learn, were
murdered since the massacre ot the Gwinn
family.
Our informant states that a large gang are
about the “Big Prairie” and its neighborhood,
supposed to be the Micasukies and Tallahas
; sees; a body estimated at three or four hun
dred, supposed to bo fugitive Creeks, are in
the Okefenoke swamp. Several companies
I have been raised “on their own hooks,” amount
; ing to about 200 men. A portion marched to
the Big Prairie, and the remainder to the Oke-
finoke swamp.—[St. Augustine Herald, 7th.
Sapeli.o Bridge. Our attention has been
drawn to the wretched state of this bridge again.
The miserable cobbling that has been from to
time pursued in tiiis county, respecting the
bridges, is the cause of their bad condTtion.
Instead of building anew bridge at once, they
now and again make small repairs which last
a very short time. We hope the proper author
ities will attend to this matter.—[Darien Tel
egraph.
Durham Cattle. —A sale of Durham cat
tle took place in the neighborhood of Cinciq- *
nati, a few days ago, the aggregate proceeds
of which weie about $28,000. One fine bull
sold for $1450 —one cow sold for s97s—anoth
er cow and calf for sl,o7s—another cow SIOOO
—a heifer, a year old, sold for sßs9;—the bal
ance for various prices, ranging from $37 1-4
up to SBOO.
A Sovereign Rhmedy.—The Boston
Post says that one of ils subscribers has
determined on haviiig aii his children
assassinated, to save them the small pox.
It would evidently prevent their dying “in
the natural way.”