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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.”