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AUGUST V HERALD. TUESDAY, JULY Si, 1821. NO Northern Mail on Saturday evening last, consequently our columns are void of any news from that quar ter to-day. CITIZENS’ CLAIMS. Persons having claims under the. late treaty with the Indians, are invit ed to a perusal of the letter from D. G. Campbell, to the Editors of the Geor gia which is published in oilr paper of to-day. It would be well, that it should receive an early atten tion, as in all probability, it would much iacilitate the mutual interest of those concerned. Athens, July 11,1821. Messrs. Camak & Hines, Gentlemen —l received your note a short time since, requesting occasion al information upon the subject of citi '/ens’ claims, now undergoing investi gation by the United States’ Commis aioqer, General Preston. I avail inv- Sclf of this opportunity of furnishing a decision of the Commissioner, which goes to the correction of an essential error under which many of the claim ants are engaged in a labor which will be Wholly unavailing. In the instructions to General Pres ton (directing the method of authenti cating claims,) is to be found this ex pression : “ The oath of the claimant to be taken before, the Justice of the Inferior Court, or Court of OrdinarV, will in till cases be required.”—The t construction given to this clause bv she Legislature and others concerned, has in some instances produced the plan of taking evidence before a sin gle Justice. Construing this clause by itself, the course which has been pursu ed, was obviously suggested. The Same instructions, however, requiring that the “ court” should certify as to the credibility of parties and witnesses, authorizes the decision whiiihthe Com missioner has made. He is strength ened also by the general strictness Which pervades his instructions, end ! by the caution and publicity which are ■ required on the part of claimants. By | this difference of construction, pro- ! ceedings will be fora time delayed, arid ! claimants will find it necessary to wait i until the sitting of an Inferior Court [ Or Court of Ordinary in their respite- { live counties, or in Counties conveni ent to them for the purpose of taking their testimony in open court. You ■ wiil perceive that it is the more neccs- j Sary for parties to be particular in the preparation of their testimony, for if a claim should be rejected for informali ty, it is not probable that the evidence j could be re taken before the Couufiis sioner adjourns. Our citizens haVe reason to congratulate themselves, that this appointment has been conferred on General Preston. To a deportment, highly accommodating arid gentleman ly, he adds a judgment, clear and dis- ; cerning, and particularly calculated j for patient and laborious investigation. | I sha’t Soon have printed instructions j prepared, directing the method of tak- j Ing testimony in support of claims pro- j vided for by the different treaties. Any : claimant wishing my services, can di- j rect bis communication to Washing- I ton. ° I k lam Gentlemen, with considerations ' of esteem, your obedient servant. D. G. CAMPBELL. FROM ST. AUGUSTINE. By the sloop Niagara, \w have re ceived the first number of the “ Flo rida Gazette,” published at Augustine, by R. W. Edes. The contents have been principally anticipated by arriv als at Charleston. George Gibbs, Esq. has been ap pointed Collector pro tan. of St. Au gustine, by Col. Butler. The U. S. schr. Revenge, Capt. Ham mersley, sailed the 12th lust. for Char , lesion, having on board Col. Gadsden. ’ The ship Meteor, and the fleet of ' transports chartered by government, to carry the troops to Havanna, sailed on the 14th, under convoy of the U. S. schr. Porpoise. [l'he Charleston pa pers state, that the Spanish Commis sioner Arredondo and Mr. Coppinger, gon of the Governor, are passengers in (lie Porpoise.] Col. Butler sailed in the Tartar bound to Darien and Charleston, [he has landed and proceeded direct to Pen sacola.] The government of the Pro vince, until the arrival of the Secreta ry appointed by the President, will de volve on C rpt. J. R. Bell, commanding the U. S. troops on that station. His Excellency Gen. Jackson, was on the Ist instant at Marean’s, (15 miles from Pensacola,) where the U. S. troops were encamped. It was ge nerally expected, that on the arrival of a transport, to replace the one lost on the Balize, the exchange would rake place, which would in alt probability b* on the 10th. None of the inhabi- tants were about to remove, all feeling tlie greatest confidence in the justice and urbanity ot their new Governor. Georgian. MECHANICS. - Useful and important Discovery. — idle Circular Saw, so far as I know, is a recent invention ami certainly a ve ry uselul one. The Shakers, at their village in VVatervliet, near Albany, have this in very excellent use and great perfection. ’ In a saw mill there, they have a set of machinery on this principle, erected at a very trifling ex pense, which, in cutting stuff fin 'win dow sash, grooving floor plank, gating clapboards, &c. with one man and a \ boy to attend it, will perform the labor ril thirty men. But 1 saw a new and novel machine in operation in this house, so full of in genious machinery, which deserves a place among the most Useful discove ries in mechanics of the present day. It is a circular buz, of thin, soft sheet iron, 6 inches in diameter, which cuts the hardest steel almost with the ease ot tallow. The buz is well secured with cottrels on an axis turned by .a bmid, and moves with inconceivable ve locity ; and the engine is so construct ed as to secure in a proper position, and bring into contact whatever you wish to cut. A steel saw-niill saw plate was placed in the machine, hav lhg the old teeth all taken off, and in four minutes it cut with perfect accu racy 11 teeth—<or half cut—for, in or der to finish the cutting, tlm saw niust be turned in the machine, so as to come work-wise for cutting the other half. With a machine of this kind in per fect order, I should say that the old teeth might all be cut witli an old saw mill saw, by a perfectly strait liue, and a new set ol teeth cut, gaged perfect ly, in less than an hour. The cUttum is done so accurately, that very little filing is necessary to complete the dress ing ot the saw tor business. The ope ration of this machine is a sortofphe homenon in mechanical philosophy. I saw it in operation in July, (317, and immediately sent a description of it to the publishers of ■ the new Cyclo pedia, but I do not know whether it has been published. The Shakers con sidering the discovery too useful to be l monopolized by a patent, consented to ! my giving it publicity as public proper j tv. Like most others, this discovery j was made by accident. A piece of | sheet tin, nfiaily round, was put into a i lame, and a. file applied to (lie edge, in j order to dress it uo\Vu to a perlect fir [ cle. The file had no effect upon the tin, but the tin cut the file, as in other matters it often happens that the biter gets bitec. Learning this f iU t, ; ,n in ■ genioris young Shaker, Freeglft Wells, j tried the experiment, succeeded, and | constructed the machine which I saw. 1 applied it to piece., of old files, and it cut them in two almost as quick as a j Candle could have been cut with a hot iron. [Ballston Farmer. A destructive fire broke out last night soon after twelve o’clock, in Ilat ; ter’s. Square, back of Union-street aad ! the building on Union street occupied i riy Mr. Amos B. Parker, as a Book i store, and Messrs. Michael Melfen & j Co( Crockery ware dealers, together with j a boarding house occupied by Mrs. ' Jones, and several other tenements in ! Hatter’s Square, were consumed. Few | places in town aimed greater materials j for an extensive conflagration ; and the fire soon assumed the most threa tening aspect. At two o'clock how ever, I dv tiie greatest exertions, aided by the circumstances of its being high wa ter, and the contiguity of the mill creek, it was got nearly under. [Boston Daily Adv. July 14. Burial Extraordinary. —A private letter from Madrid, dated April 2, says—-There lias been at Cadiz a solemn interment ol Despotism, accompanied by a grand funeral procession, and even with several ecclesiastical ceremonies, such as are usually observed in burial.,. An immense number of citizens with wax candles in their hands, inarched bes ore a chariot covered with black, on which was placed a statue of Despotism, in the shape of a matron with a poinard in the left, anil chains in her right hand. The place which according to our us ages, is designed for the parents of the deceased, was occupied by six asses dressed in black cloth, arid an enorm- 1 ous mule, which carried she emblems | of the Inquisition. Forty per.ons play- j ing on bassoons, and as many ehnunters, | performed the service of the dead" round 1 the corpse. Military music, detach ments of the National Guard and Gar rison, and some pieces of Artillery opened and closed the cavalcade. At three o’clock in the morning the images were thrown into the sea amidst dis charges of artdlery and the ringing of all the bells in the city. [Journal de Paris. An act for the relief of debtors and creditors, and an act establishing a loan office, have been reported to the legis lature of Missouri. CHARLOTTE CIBBKft. CoHey Cibber had a daughter of the name ot Charlotte, who married a Mr. Stark. She was brought up to the stage; but her subsequent life was one con tinued series of misfortunes, affliction, and distress, which she sometimes tried to alleviate by the productions of her pen. About the year 1755, she had Written a novel for the press, which (says Mr. Samuel Whyte, who relates the melancholy storv.) I accompanied iny friend, a bookseller, to hear read. She was at. this time a widow. Her habitation was a wretched thaiclied hovel, situated on the way to Islington, i not very distant from the New River i j-ead, where at that time it was usual for the scavengers to deposit the sweep ings ot the sheets. The night preced ing a heavy rain had fallen, which rendered this extraordinary seat of the muses nearly inaccessible, and we could only approach, by wading almost knee deep m the mud. We did not attempt to pull the. latch string, but knocked at the door, which was opened by a tali, meagre, ragged figure, with a blue apron, indicating what otherwise was doiibt lul, that, it was a temale before us ; a perfect model for the Copper Captain’s tattered landlady, tlwt deplorable ex hibition of the fair sex, in the comedy i of ; Rule a Wife;' She, with a torpid voice, and constrained smile, desired us to walk in. Ihe first object that presented itself was a dresser, clean it must be confessed, but wretchedly furn ished. To the right we perceived the mistress ol the house, sitting on a broken chair under the mantle-piece, by a fire merely sufficient to put lis in mind of starving. At our author’s feet, on the flounce ot her dingy peticoat, reclined a dog. almost a skeleton, who saluted us with a Snarl. “ Have done, Fidele, these are friends.” The tone of her voice was not harsh ; it had something in it humbled ami disconsolate—t-a ming led effort of authority and pleasure. Poor soul! few were her visitors of that description ; no wonder the creature barked! A magpie was purched on the top ring of her chair, and on her lap was placed a pair of mutilated bellows —the,pipe was gone. J jiese were used as a stfccedaueutn fora writing desk,on which lay. displayed her hopes and treasure, the manuscript of her novel, rlci ink stand was a broken tea cup; hei pen was worn to a stump. A rough deal board, with three hobiing support ers, were brought for our convcmience ; on which, without lurther ccremopv, v/e contrived to set down ami enter in to business. The work was road, re marks made, alterations suggested and agn 'id to, and 3o guineas' demanded for the copy. The handmaid, who had been an attentive listener, stretched forward her tawny deck with an eye of anxious expectation. The bookseller offered live guineas. Our authoress did not appear hurt; dis appointment had rendered her mind Callous; however, some altercation eu sued, which terminated by the bookseller doubling his litst proposal, which was accepted. Such is the story of the once admired daughter of Colley Cib ber, Poet Laureat, and patentee of Drury-lunc, who was born in affluence, educated with care ..ml tenderness, and who, though possessing, considerable talents, terminated a ence on a dunghill ! London Payer. ! _ liitpid Weaving.— Woven by eiglit girls in the week ending 23d inst.Tn l'G water rooms -,620 yards shirting, 29 inches wfide, making an average of 43 1-3 yaios per day to a loom, (or double to each girl; The above looms were under the care of Mr James Arnold, at the Cotton Factory of 11. Anthony & Son, North-Providence. r '. Nkw-MVveit, July 14. abuTHiMnoN; A year or two since a large ror.Jc on the summit of the IHnging Hill Mountain was discovered to be considerably detached front t|iat elevated mass of.green same. Several unavailing attempts had been made to roll it off'. Ou the 4tu July inst. a large party from Southington and the mountain,, and, under the din etton of'skil ful engineers, by u emsof a .thirty feet (ever, ropes and bjwcka, succeeded in tumbling off the rock. The mass thus removed was an oblong tq ia;e of solid mountain rock and by ac cural i edeti aftb t rr.uhl not be of less wmglit than s.x I rind red and fifty thousand ) pounds. Ihe first motion was a perpendi cular descent of an hundred and forty feel. A view of its fall was truly grand and sub* I.'me. After the first tremendous, crash the tailing rock had to traverse an extent of loose rocks and stones a distance of sixty • ids,.lying upon a desrr. t of fifty degree*. Here a terrible tumult ensued ; the princi pal mass led the van, pros’,rati ig la g- trees, removing every obstacle, and ciosely follow ed up by an incalculable number of louse rocks ol almost every form and size. The plunge of ihc l ock was well titled, being accompanied Ly the roar of cannon at Netv-Hsven and Hartford, which could he distinctly heard from the mountain. ( Keyitlcr. A gentleman from one of the north-we*. tern States related to me * few days since the f illowir.g anecdote, as illustrative of. I lie sense of honor ami devoted sentiments which characterize many of the Indian war , riors. Several years ago, at a treaty held with some Indian tribes at Vincennes, in Indiana, at which the celebrated Tecumseli was pre sent, Gen. Harrison acted us one of the commissioners on the part of our govern- ment. A bower had been erected in a field adjoining the town for the meeting of the parties. Before the Council was opened, General Harrison handed several chairs to the American officers and geiitleifieu who were present before he offered one to Te- Cumseh. On handing one to hint, the haugh > ty warrior thrust it aside ; and surveying those around him with a inmgled expression of pride and contempt, threw himself in a reclining posture on the ground. General Harrison endeavoured 'to sooth him, and through the interpreter, asked whether he intended to offend his Great Father. “My father! (said the indignant Chief,) the Sex IS toy fitter, and the F. a am, is my mother, and 1 will repose myself" on her bosom.” .ilbdny Statesman. FOII THE UEII.iLD. Mu. Beset, £>, I!tf yotif paper of June Bth, these appeared a notice of the arrest of one Jijfss J. A. IV; Glass, in this city, for forging notes, and as it seems, some persons ' *" Edgefield District, have identified ihe as | the individual alluded- to, I presume tfie It ' berty of remarking as follows It some | times occurs that the vision of Certain yin | llcmch, becomes obscured. In this instance, - there appears to have been a more than j usual ellipse ; and 1 have but one word for I -'hem to wit :. that in future, when, they at : tempt to [ ernS.* the columns- ofu newspaper, | pcrchahce, it would be more honorable at j least fur them, if they would suffer facts to j precede their conclusions; otherwise they may i be compelled by a power which they Cannot | counteract, toKstu cautions!</ and speak less, ! , JOHN GLASS. July 30th 1821. wrnmrn M COMMUNICATED. te So teach us to number our days that we mdy apply our hearts unto wisJorh.” DIED. —On the 25th inst. Thu mils draff up. J'/ult, suh ol John (1. Cowling, aged 2 years, 5 -mouths and 11 days. Only one short week before, this interesting chilli pro misrd fair to number many flu-,s ere lie -lept tin- sleep of death—but •* his like a shadow that d clineih" lie was a* “ the Jhwer of the field,” tile blast of death passed over him, aiul.he i> g’Oiie. rvkfeti Curfrent} AUGUSTA. COTTON, lb. , - llal6 FOB VCCO, cwt. 3 25 a 1 Bacon, 8a 10 50 CORN, lufshel, B£l2 a£l ! CORN MEAL, a2j l S.U.F, bushel 87 12a £t | V'\\Um\vty,\,V‘A WtAski j. i am Barrels and 16 Hilda. Low Hr Cash,,iiy I. Thompson. ! July si, 3d) | j (fX LdTl—'A slmall, fine Gold, URE AS r-PIN ; with a fine IVipaz cen tre, and chased Purdeze. The finder by leaving it at the Ilenild Ojlce, Will conf'ef a particular'avour on the owner, and will re ceive a- Uitablc i sward if required. July 27 8 . FOHSALK. Casks CU r NAILS, as sorted sises „(" |fan best quality, low »ol> Cash only. Ry 1. Tlioitipsdn. July H 7 DUsuUiUon. *. .V . 1 f ff Copurtneisfiip,. hitherto ex* J. istiog in this pine*, umler the firm of MclCknzik Rikn dit & Com pany, it this ilny dissolved by mu uni eunseiif. McKenzie and Benn< ch, will attend to all unsettled business (if that i iiucet n, , , Thomas .YtcDowall,, McKcu/ib & Beunoch. Jlugusta, Jut’/ 23, 1821. 7 I : -■■■ ; **- Dissolution. Cb|iuitnerslifp heretofore 3 existing under the firm of Rus srJ.l &. lipiuxo roN, is this dny dis solved by uiutual consent. The bu siness of the concern will be settled by dames Russell. Jarhcs Russell, J)aiiiol Edrington. Jhiguxta , July is NOTICE. , XT U S l URGES and N. L. J>| . STUIfWKS, .Tuu’r. are, eith er nf them authorised to attend to the business of the New,York Com mission Itoi.k Store, during the ab ' seuce of the subscriber. iSamuel JSturges, Jlgent for JV. V. Commission book store, June o lOt 97 THE Subscriber fes peel fully in- i forms his friends and the Citi zens of Augusta, generally, that his K( HOOL is now open (over Mr. J. Houghton’s Shoe-Store, four doors ab'.ve the Market,South side Broad Street,) where Ire will tgAf h Ifeadr iug, Writing, Arithuielie, English Crammer, Geography, Aj'c. I frtiw made known ou application at the .School ltunm. John I*. Gfeen. July 17. a it. McCoo.vibs, will act as my Attorney, during my absence. JOHN COOMBS. July 13 fit 4 .(.. \ . , One HwniAveA OcAWs HE WARD. "TT* 9CAEKI) fruin the Jail of Barfl. -3Li well District, (S. C.) on tlx evening of the 20th inst. disguised in female clothes, Joits Anthony, v*mo’r. who was confined tu Jail, under sentence of death, for the liitiriW of Elias , Morgan.— I tie suid John Anthony, is ebuut-68 years of age, rather below tha middle sise, pule complexion, thin visage, black piere iug eyes, white teeth, sharp nose and •bin, stooped shoulders, when walk* *'*s appears to be bow leged, about live feet six inches high—no doubt changed bis clothes immediately af ter his escape. The above reward will be paid by. the subscriber upou receiving the said John Anthony} Seu’r. . John Walker, S. B. D. Barnwell C. If. 2tsf July, 7 * GEORGIA, Richmond county. By Isaac He rb crt, Clerk of. Ike Court of Ordinary of Richmond County ., WHEREAS Jacob Eaulkenber ry, has applied for letters of Administration on the estate and ef fects of Jacob Eaulkenberry, late of •aid County, deceased. Nuw therefore, these are to cite and admouish ail and singular the kin dred and creditors of the said de ceased, to lile their objections in my office (if any they have) on or be fore the iirst Monday in September next, otherwise, letters of Adminis tration will be granted to him. Given under rtiy hand and seal ts olfir.e in the City of Augusta, this 80lh day of July, 1821. Isaac Herbert, CIA'. of the Court of orainary. (J EOUlil \,'Burke county. WHEREAS Robert Pugh* M&l --eoin Nieholsou and Simeon Luwrey, applies for letters of ad ministration itbonus non, on the es tate of Isaae Wmibmiy, deceased, I heso are therefore to cite and ad monish all and sing ilur the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to tile their objections in my olliee ( A s any they have) within the time prc T scribed bv law, otherwise letters <ft ifd.uiuistrutiou debonus non will bo granted to them. , •. „ Given under my hand and seal of ottice, at Wuynesborough, this 2 tub July, tß2t. John Be)l for i » Samuel Oarltck, (TU:. Georgi a, Burke, county. WHEREAS) Augustus 11. An der-on.and Isiao Walker, ap. f«r letters of administration on the estate of William Jones,deceased. 'these are therefore to cite and ad monish all and singular the kindred and, creditors of. tha said, deceased, to file tfieir objections in my office (if H«y they have) within the time pre scribed by law, otherwise loiters of administration will be granted tu him. Given under my hand and seal at oftiec, at Wuynesborough, this 26th July: In-21. Joint Bell for Samuel Uarlick, Cl’k. ~ ..<l-— 9 - §s* Have this day received by the Steam Boat, the Life of Gen era) Greene—Jackson on Fever NA Fiction, a Narrative founded on Re cent and Interesting Facts. —ALSO— A #RESH ASSORTMENT OV SCIIOOL BOMKS. FOII SALE Jit the JS'ew- Cork Commission Book* iitors. Samuel Sturges, JL(ent. July 17 at a Tor Stile, Casks t»l London Porter, REST QUALITY, Low for Cash, By t J- Thompson. July 30, at 6 „ V TO KENT, j <X Two Tenements on Broad Street next above Ralph Thomas. Esq. * 0 ...» ALSO— I'ifThe TENEMENT, No. 4, ttriffgeitow. /* 1 “—ALGO—— JjliiSL A Dwelling House on Campuell-Street, with every ueees sary accommodation for a familv Apply to M*Kenzie, Bennoch & Co July 20 6 J, X TO JiENr; J. «.L The HOUSE and LOT in rsprmgfield, «wnt-d and occupied by the late Mr. Patrick M‘Dowall. Apply to Peter Bcnnoch,. Jldrri’r. July 20 3
