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
