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THE BANKS OF SHETUCKET,
ahetucket ! oh thou lovely stream,
How sweet upon thy banks ’iwould teem.
Again to sit ami think on hours
I've spent beneath thy fragrant bow’rs.
’ r
ahetucket! oh how sweet to think
Os walks I’vcla’cn upon thy brink
With Mary, loveliest ol her kind.
Whom now I’ve left far, far behind.
a'ictucket! if my Mary sigh 1
Upon thy bank, with tearful e.yo,
Receive the treasure ; onwaid roll
And know ’tia pure as Mary’s soul.
Shetucket! does the queen of night.
Who sheds o’er me her pensive light,
Reflect from thee her silv’ry beam—
Does Mary view thy radiant stream?
* Shetucket! roll beneath her feet.
Let zephyrs from thy bosom greet,
lly Mary’s gently ruffl’d breast,
And softly lull her sighs to rest.
Shetucket! soon upon thy shore
I’ll meet my Mary : then no more
Shull seas or mountains ever pa ft
Me from the dearest of my heart.
Shetucket! oh, thou lovely stream.
How sweet upon thy banks ’twill seem
Again to sit and puss the hours
With Mary,'iienth thy fragrant bow’rs.
SHF-TUCKET BAR').
shs. From the Fusion f MarylandJ Gazette.
™ EXF.riT n OF JK.SSE GRIFFITH.
Mn. EniTOß. I'here amafus-u.-s of men
■whose biography are peculiarly interest
ing to the public; they are those of the
best and those of the worst character. •*
The subject of the following sketch has
been considered as belonging to the Ut
ttrclass. If you think this no infringe*
ment on the rights o your Oizette, 4011
may give it to the public through that
medium. GIVIS.
Dorchester bounty, August 1820.—The
poor unfortunate Jesse Griffith, lately ex
ecuted in Cambridge, M.irylaod, was .1 na
tive- of 'Snsst-x county in the state of Del
aware. Ho appears to have been of hum
b|e parentage, and had no education ei
tber literary or religious. His father
died when he was hut a chill, and Ills
mother, indulgent to criminality, hroug ,1
him up in idleness, and allowed him the
practice of those things which idleness
generally lead to. When he became a
man, he seems not to have entered u pon
any constant employment for a living,
yet he could do as good a days work us
most men, and followed different occopa
tions at different tim • and it. dift'eiein
filiMv-s, until he, with Ins brother, .loon,
brmod an alliance with the notorious ne
gro trader and kidnapper of Louistown,
{N. It ) They wont 011 in the trallic of
hum in flesh, until the bog nniug ol the
year 1811, when an unsucci -.si.ii attempt
in a d-socrate enterprise, brought .fob 11
and N. R. to the gallows at Georgetown r,
their native county, and Jesse escaped
only by turning State’s evidence in the
case. They It id -£reed to sell a negro to
a foreign trader, and agreed to meet
him at a c » ain hour of the night, it a
stated place, bet ween Gannon’s Furry and
tile tswn of Laurel, in order to dolls - r
the negro and receive the money be
fore the time o' meeting, the conspira
tors w-ut to tke place, threw sonv thin
n the roedto stop the horse, anti wai d
wish loaded muskets, with an intention to
sho t oid kill the trader as he should pass
in h-s ewrr-ago, and then rob him of al l
bis money They succeeded so far as
to wound him mortally, but a m n who
happened to be in the carriage with him,
and who was not h irt, drove on to 1. .urel.
This affair was a broad, black stain on
the already spotted character of poor Jus
se, a stain which he could ueTt 1 wipe off
hut with his own blond. The public mini
was very much exasperated against imn,
am 1 , almost every direction he took whs
hedged up, every neighborhood was a
larmed at his approach, and trembling
seized the man who chanced to meet him
without proper implements of defence.—
He lived generally in the most retired
places on the Naaticokc, above Vienna,
sometimes in Maryland and so uetidies iu
Delaware His habitation was generally
a temporary hut, where he lived witu a
little family except Ins wife, and wrought
at,small jobs of work, wherever uc could
employ. Awful o\d lamentable I
lies w ere continually afloat abmu him, and
aometimes companica of uu-n wou'd col
lect and go inquest of him iu the night,
drive hnn from Ins solitaiy ritual, a-il
demolish hi* humble dw« lling piace.-—lf
common report is to be depended on, e\-
cry tiers m's smoke house and hen rnoat
lie. iu the m ig'ib-rliood were iu danger,
as well us tin dftf ol any man -vim was
dating enough to oppose hitu. Tiies.
had scooniils w -re not always grouu'lh -s*,
nor did they always slop within tlu
bounds <>f truth. Hi seemed at any rati
to poas-ss the noble quality «f bearing
almost InsuporihW difficulties with for
titude and couragi,
H and hi* wifi disagreeing, they part
edi what hirnme of lor the artier of tin »c
lines know* not, but hr took up wid.
Hetsv Ask' ulgo, and lived aftei the man
par t-i winch he ha ) been accustom. d.~
Ifeuy's mother living wnh (Item, au-lp. r
bap* a I* mule or iwn bi sol.- Torsi
war* sli'sn his Is-uty win n that falsi «i.
•wr took plain winch uHtmaUl* lamuu
faUawp* 1 * ou ihs
He had erected hia cabin on an island
of a half acre ofland, lying between the
Nanticoke river and a large awattip 01
cripple] in Dorchester county. A disa
greemenl took place between him and
one M’Olister, about the wood which they
were cutting in the swamp; Griffith struct:
M’Olister, and threatened to make bee*
of his oxen—M’Olister swore the peace
against him as it is called The constable
refused to take him, saying an attempt ol
that kind would be attuned with seriour
consequences, and that he was the bent
off who had least to do with him Then
was however, one Kirkley, who profere-i
his serviees as constable, if he could b.-
deputised as such, which the mugistrati
took the liberty of doing, aud Kirkley
went off with a warrant, to take this
terror of the neighborhood. After one
or two unsuccessful attempts to lake him,
he summoned a posse of men from the
Walnut landing to take him by surprise
in his own house by night. They all had
loaded guns except the unfortunate Hin
son Tull, and he had a sword.—Griffith
wai sick with the meas'la, and was lying
on his bed when they came. TulHwent
in first, and was shot down. Griffith im
mediately surrendered, and was carried
to jail. This took place in the month of
December, 1818
Before court he escaped by some means
from jail, taking a negro or two out of
jail with him, which some say he sold to
a Grorgia-qyan.
In the Spring of the present ye.ar, 1820,
he was brought by the sheriff of porch- s
ter from the jail of Sussex, and put in
jail here, where he lav iu irons until tlu
railing of the special Court, which con
demned him to die.
lie did not plead not guilty at the bar,
but persisted in his denial of the murder
for which he was condemned, to the very
last. 19
He received his awful sentence on the
27'li of June; the Judge pronounced it
with a profusion of tears, and Griffith
was conducted back to prison, to await
the accomplish ment of the same. He was
repeatedly Hailed by the few Mr. Wel
ler and other preachers, who labored to
bring him to a sense of his lost estate by
nature, and the necessity of » speedy pre
partition for another world, and front Uu
best information wo have, he was a good
deal engaged for his sohl’s s dvalion He
professed to have obtained the mercy of
God, and the pardon of his sins, but pe-*
slated in iiis innocence, as to the murder
for which lie was condemned
The manner in which lie accounts for the
death of 'lr.isonTull is as follows, Which
we will simply slate witim it comment,
nearly in Ife own words. “When Kirkley
and his men came to take me,” says he,
“Tull pushed open the door, I asked who
was there, he said, “nobody shad hurt
you, but Kirkley and Ills men have come
to take you ” f ordered him out, he was
about to say something, when James La
compt, who had gone rcuhd the house
and pulled oft'a plunk or two, put his gun
through and shot him down.” To th
question, what .could induce ,1. Lacompte
to shoot him, his answer was, “Jim Lu
compte was drunk, and when he is druiik
he is crazy, aud 110 doubt he thought it
was me trying 10 escape.
Tim dri'ih warrant was received at
Canihridgi on the 16111 July, and on Fri
day, the. 28tli was to be th* fatal day, bu
on account of a long letter which one of
the associate judges wrote to die Gove;
1101 in his favor, his Excellency gave .uu.
a resjiite umi the I6th August, h.d In
might have time to be better inform
011 the subject.
On the fatal day, the said 16th of An
gust, about 11 o’clock, lie was trough*
out of Jail, dressed in his shroud, ami sea.-
ed in die cart, which was followed by »:
vend ministers to die piace of execution
He was then asked tty the shti iff, if in
tuid any thing to «.iv ; after a little pause
he stood on Ills feel aud after observing in
u faint voice, that he had du n to d.*e, a 1 I
professing his strong confidence in Go 1.
that he would save nis soul, he sa.d, “bn
as to tlie crime for Inch lam to die, Go.I
knows lam innocent of 11 1 never nun
a hair of his head, nor i« I tell who it was
dial did, through malice or tU will, but i!
was J'unrs I.ecu nipt -, wh . hided the man,
and 1 imve now to die fin Ids laidt.” l|.
then warned the young people against I
drunkenness, and bad company, ike. b
A few v.;rs<» of 1 sat awful liyipn, begin
niug with these linos.
“ Aud must I be to judgment brought.
To answer in that day, &c. be.”
was then sung by the ministers who at*
leaded him, and the throne i f grace .id*
dosed in Ins behalf by the Rev. Daniel
Maine Shortly after being asked by the
sheriff i* lit was ready, and answering
AI.L KF.A-JY, he was launched into eter
nity.
A Literary Curiosity.
rnOM TUR KiSTtICKT MOMIUR.
Our dictions usually give birth to a
great variety of interesting compositions
in the andidates and their friends The
newspapers during the electioneering
campaign abound in eulogies and attacks, 1
in promises and defences; and handbills
if idi uit auinlxrr are poured from the press. 1
tuning these productions, which, notwith
standing they aie read with much inter
est at the time, arc commonly epheme
ral, we occasionally find something worth I
preserving. Seldom, however, have ihe
u.idvi ss •-t flu.nuts A. Griftigs, who was a
candidate for Congress in the third Con
gressiunal District, to the voters of that
district. It is indeed a literary curiosity,
*ml, ha»l we room to devote to such an
object, we should be glad to insert it en
ure, not merely for the gratification of
our readers at present, but in the hop. ,
’ hat it might be preserved for the bene* |
♦it of posterity. As we cannot, however,
"coup) our columns wuh so voluminous ..
document, we will furnish a specimen of
ils character, and give our readers a last 1
o( its • xc« Menu ,ny copying the follow
ing concluding remarks. We think it
ourduty at the same lime to mention iio-
I act, that, notwithstanding Hie peouluu
merits of hia ad In as, Ur. Ur.ines w as . o
•deoil'd 10 the office he aspired to.
“ I admire to Veneration and idolise tin
f> dr rat consul Utkin of the United * tales, I
'hat fair fabric of human wisd >m, rm
balmrd by I’roviduucr, reared and rrcug
». d by our enlightened statesmen an
>agv revolutionists wetienng m their pn
• mils bliMwl lor the iiiestnnaole rights
i«*r»l« cmilMiod, which lod u uric irn
srf-01 ol*nt 1 that every than is burn 1
•J*isi, and bail) die mum unaiienabts
KwUfeMtble rt|i»( of tiwsbipiiiuy ba am
ker according to the dictates of his orn
conscience, and which secures the bU-ss-
n f s of civil, political, social and religi
•us liberty, to him and his posterity. My
ckiiowledging the right of instruction,
ncaning, whetTl speak of that right, that
the supreme, irresistible, absolute, uncon
• .oiled power and authority to be in the
people, so much as what they have not tie
tested in the constitution of the United
States, is retained in the constitution of
.heir own respective slates, and the peo
ple respectively, which is one amongst
ihe greatest privileges of a freeman here;
landing amidst the republican zeal, per
manently into the breast ot the Americans;
born in the wilds of this patriotic state,
where the light of heaven first blessed my
infant views, and nature breathed into my
heart that ardour for my country which
nothing but death can chill, here where
the scenes of my childhood remind me
bow innocent I was, and the graves of my
forefathers admonish me how pure 1 should
continue, here breathing amongst the
fairest, fondest, earliest sympathy of my
life, imbibing the happy routine of pality,
which tells me that merit is the test of
preferment, and the virtue the cham
pion of liberty, integrity and veracity
is the substratum which it rises upon—
-1 am never fond of hearing men speak e\-
altedly of self commendation, or 1 might
with propriety conscientiously aver that
my political sentiments 1 never heard
once questioned; the eclat is mine by na
tivity, bunded down as a rich legacy thro’
the ctheriai orb of Providence, intermin
gled with the revolutionary sages ami
consecrated by their precious blood: If
• should be honored with a majority ot
the suffrages of the enlightened citizens
of this district, my zealous exertions to the
best of my abilities, shall faithfully be
employed in ds'-.hargi ng the duties ot
the office, and relieving my fellow citi
zens from the calamities of the times, by
causing philosophies 1 economy to rise
again in the sky of a Faanklin, and glo
ry rekindle at the urn of Washington; and
restore this once happy land to its pris
tine condition
Wirii sntimenls of the highest esteem,
your humble servant,
THOMAS A. GRIMES.
Falmouth Pendleton Co Ky. July 16 1820.
[Rhapsodical as the above is, ’here is
one passage in it which is not often ex
c .eifed m beauty by the most finished*
Orations. 'Here, inhere the scene* oj' my
childhood reminds me haw i nnpeent / was,
and the graves of my forefathers remind me
how pur I should continue ’ There is a
nothtr figure would be happy if it were
not borrowed—that ’ of “glory rekindling
at the urn (shrine) of Washington.” It
is quite probable the first quotation abovi
is aiso borrowed, though we do not at pit
sent remember to have seen it any where.]
Nut. Intel
1 o RUNi.
AMD possession given on the first Day
of October next, TWO TENEMENTS,
■ext above that nf the subscribers, known
*o be as good stands for wholesale, or re
ail business us any in the city.
ALSO.
Two Houses on Ellis street, on the back
oart of same Lot. Enquire of
.rO!IN M‘MULLEN.
Sept. Bth, ts
TO UK NT.
t
». LARGE an I convenient DWELT,.
I\G HOU'R* ileasanUv situated on th
nh sid bi- ad s uet, below the market.
For particulars enquire of
. to . MART FOX. '
Sept. 12. 3t.
I o Rent,
V TENEMENT on Bridge Row, lately
'■ copied oy.lames .Vdean. For particu
ah'tye P> " l ° Uie Subscfibe, ‘» two doors
Who has on Hand
CASK B best London PORTER,
winch will be sold on reasonable terms.
(ieorge Dunbar.
August 2-1 fit
TO RENT.
T
1 HE HOUSE and LOT at present oc
cupie.t by Messrs, Mayre &, Co. and the
.w.. ad,..m,ng Buildings. The stand for
business is co .side.red equal to am in the
■' -uni two of the tenements are suits#
b,e ‘"TT 1 ' 9 ftnd dwellings— Possession
can be had on the Ist. of October next.
* or l'Z n ™ “PPty to the subscriber on the
s, * !Kl or Mr. John Cashin in Augus
. GRAVES, e.recutrix.
August, 29 Jt
To Rent.
T vwv
iwM E TE^ KM , KNT at occupied
by Messrs. Kerr’s & Graham.
- ALSO,
The Store and Cellar
of the one occupied by the Subscriber—
ror Terms »|>n!y to
M r m. Montgomery.
August 15-—wlstO
To Rent,
4
n. Commodious dwelling house at the
ower end ot broad street, belonging to
tbe estate of the late William Maclean i
Esq. possession to be given the first ol
test October.—For Terms appv to
JOHN COURSE, Esq.
Or WM. MONTGOMERY.
August 24 <wtf
TO RENT,
HP. House at present occupied by
L 1.. Oliver—<t is considered one of (hi
stands for business in this place—
For terms apply si the Stole, or to Psas
« Jii asua, llridge How
August i.—■ -|f
03“ To UEN l_.ii miiiull
IVmmeotsin Waslnugiun m m-t—posses-
UMI u» bv fnwn (h Ist ds> o| October.
Vs \Wli«r,
Aufu*4
l «———fs—^— —wosi
: CHRONICLE.
| AVtiTSTA.
. Tcksbat Mominira, SEPT. 19, 1820
, - - ' ‘ - ' ' 1—
1 “ GEN. JACKSON The Augusta
I Chronicle informs us that Gen. 'Jackson
■ has recently made a visit to the upper
t counties in Georgia on business of a pri
i vate nature. We are also told that his
■ enemies have seized with avidity this oc
l casion of prejudicing the public mind a
. gainst the general, by imputing to bis
r journey improper motives. It seems the
r accusation specified is an interference in
i the political dissentionS of the state :
and the Chronicle asks with a triumphant
: air, “ifit is prupable such a man would
1 condescend to dabble in the dirty pool of
I state politics ?” It may be thought this
'■ expression “ dirty pool,” does but little
’ credit to the politics of Georgia. But
, however that be, the lute petition to the
f legislature of his own state, signed .first
by Ihe general, affords sufficient proof that
he is in no wise squeamish of that sort of
■ meddling which the Chronicle affects to
believe he would scorn. Perhaps there is
L not a man in the world, if report does him
justice, who has less less scruple than
1 general Jackson,-in expressing h]s opin
• ions on any subject, in any place.
Another remark of the Chronicle is not
altogether accurate. It is asserted that
i the general “ has earned a name for his
country and himself.” That he has justly
earned for himself a high military reputa
tion, no one can possibly deny. But we
have yet to learn in what way he has earn
ed a name for his country!—The revolu
tion and the immortal deeds of its heroes
h.ft nothing of that kind to be effected by
any after-comer !”
The preceding remarks are from the
Raleigh Minerva. ** In verity” they are
“ pro-di-gi ous”ly specious! But the heels of
Mine ; e.t have usurped his head, and, ergo,
made him Badinage apart—
the Editor is wittingly in error; for he has
assumed positions which he knew to be ut
terly incorrect Why should he conclude
- that the expression “ dirty pool,” does but
little credit to the politics of Georgia?—
Common observation upon ’the fallibility
afid corruption of our nature, should teach
him that - dirty pools of the kind, are to be
found in a greater or lesser degree, in ev
ery state of the Union—yea, verily, even
tu the uncorttaminaled state of N. Carolina,
♦
So much lor the first objection of the
Minerva. The second is, that (ten. Jack
son is in the habit of expressing his opinions
on any subject, in any place !!!—Alas, this
is a charge no less serious than true—and
if FREEDOM of OPINION be longer to-
I crated, “ while reason is left free to com
bat it,” we may truly exclaim, good bye
to the Constitution !
So much for the second objection—now
for the third. The Minerva denies our as
sertion, that General Jackson has earned a
name for his country „• because, forsooth,
that was done by the immortal deeds of our
revolutionary heroes— Amen, and we say
it with all reverence. But, fie upon you>
Mr. Minerva, you are a great monopolizer- '
you have forestalled the market for patri
otism, and completely beggared the pre
sent and all future generations, by appro-!
{mating here and hereafter, to our gallant
forefathers, every thing that is good and
valorous. The Men of Ghent—the. Men
of Orleans —the Men of the Ocean— (who
are by the by not a whit behind you in
gratitude) will not be content to concede.
you this point, most ser/wnr-ine Minerva!
—We have done.
CITY OF SAVANNAH,
Police Office, Sept. 14, 1820.
I feel it my duty to announce to my fel
low' citizens, St to all whom it may concern,
that a mortality prevails in this city, never
before exprienced ; and that the character
and type of the fever, is of a malignancy,
which renders it prudent for any person,
who can make it convenient, to remove
beyond the city’s atmosphere.
1 feel myself also authorised to say, that
the fever which is carrying off our people,
is not contagious, and that no apprehension
ought to bd entertained of its being com
municated by persons leaving the city.
T. U. P. CHARLTON, Mayor.
THE STORM.
For seven or eight days past we have ex
perienced a series of winds from N. to E.
and about 12 o’clock on Saturday night, it
increased to a gale, which continued thro’
the day on Sunday, exciting some uneasi
ness for the fate of shipping upon the coast,
and inhabitants in exposed situations outhe
sea board. Fortunately the wind veered
to the westward in the course of Sunday
evening, by which the tide was kept down,
and the injury sustained thereby compare
lively trifling. Two or three small unoc
cupied houses, in different parts of the city,
were blown down by the wind, as were al
so some fences, and many fruit and orna
mental trees, but no other damage of con
sequence was experience The fail of
rain during thegule was very great, and no
doubt prevented the regular arrival yester
day of the northern mail, as the roads it;
the neighborhood are inundated. How far
the crops may have suffered bv this visits
lion, remains to be ascertained—no doubt
considerably.
Gspt Vincent, of the sloop James. who ,
est lybee yesterday morning, informs us,
hat the gale was by no means severe at
• hat place, and it was attended with vert
little rani Chat let .on Courier |2/A inti.
Dating ViHany /—On Friday night, Ist
insiant, two out buildings, on PatteiwunV
Uland, omuml by Mu, Prune** L,t/',ng
wur. set Aie to by sonic vill,»n or v.ihgu.
unknown. and on NuHday night following,
b ’ placing A?,
ornler the house m a Inch site was quiatp 1
reposed to sleep, but (oHunsUl, It *«>
d seovsred More th, t *j| Jsaiw,, i* 6U ,„
pteut Al wUA !>• nmi W«iJ Uwuhe • ,
d
• bore mined lady, who is far .advanced in
years, on the 30th April las', met with u
ike misfortune, though much greater i
amount, having had her dwelling' hoax,
r uad tlie articles therein burnt to the
ground, and the house frsi rubbed of a
bout 10 or 15,000 dollars in gold, apecit
and hank bills, as was evident from # h
'nek on the trunk which contained the nm,
i aeo, haring been broken In both those
!■ fiend-like acts, Mis. L. narrowly escap.-•
i- with her life ; and the unknown perpetra
■ 'or, having in the first place stript Ken t
her “ little fortune,” which she had acquir
ed by many years industry and economy,
■ and which she fancied would continue to
i be he. prop against the blasts of old ag,
and infirmity, appears determined to en
i deavortq strip her also of lire ! He may
■ continue his base deeds, and fancy, in his
dark and corrupt imagination, that he is
I secure from the grasp of the law; but he
7 may rest assured that justice will yet over
take him. The of such acts
: seldom go unknown but a short period
Strong suspicion rest's aomeivhere. —The
• hemprn cravat stands ready .o be worn by
r the villain—and we hope that he will short
c. ly be hunted out, together with his accom
f plices, if he had .any, and that the violated
i laws of humanity ayd of ourcountry may
i be justly dealt to them, and society rid of
i such abominable wretclies !
i We are authorised to say, dint a reward
• of Five Hundred Dollars will be given f. r
the discovery and apprehension of the
person or persons who committed the a
t bovi crimes.—Darien Gaz
i The Anny. —Publications are making in
son\e of our newspapers calculated to in
- tire the Army in the public esteem. One of
: these we have published, respecting vio
■ lence said to have been inflicted on a man
• in the fort at Portland; and we discover
i in the Kentucky Gazette u report of ille
' gal punishment having been inflicted on
soldiers on the stations in the West. With
respect to these reports, we do not under
take to say whether they be true or false ;
■ but we have no hesitation in saying, if true
r the offences imputed ought to be visited
with rigorous severity of punishment—
i We have not least doubt but the War
Department will take prompt step is for an
, investigation of the truth or these reports
and such further measures as may be
warrented by the result of the scrutiny—
The course is due to the high character
which the Army sustains: it is that which
was pursued last summer, in a case some
what analogous ; and, knowing the respect
for the laws entertained at Head Quarters,
we have every reason to believe it will
now be resorted to. We hope it will ap
pear that there is no ground for these im
potations. Nat. Jnt.
The Navy. —We understand that the
nature of the Mediterranean Service is a
bout to be essentially changed by a late
arrangement. The vessels are not to re
main so there; but are to make cruizes
from our ports to and from the Mediterra
nean, and in that sea, returning here peri
odically and by turnes for supplies. This
will afford advantages in the improvement
of the skill and discipline of the Navy, and
will obviate the ob jections which have
been urged, not without force, to long
cruizes in Italian -seas. By this arrange,
ment our vessels are, during their cruizes,
to pass down ibe Coast of Africa to our
new Colony of Free Persons of Color, ami
to scour those and other seas for the ap
prehension of slave-trade and pirates
The additional advantage will be gained,
by this activity given to operations of
' he Navy, that it will hereafter be wholly
, victualled at home, instead of being suppli
ed abroad by purchases there, or by store
hips expiessly sent from the U, S. For
'he purpose of supply, &c. to our vessels
of war, we understand that the port of An
uapolies is selected as a place of depot
for Naval Stores, Provisions, &c. &c.
Ibid.
Fhankkoht (Ky.) Aug 17.—Accounts
from Knoxville, Tennessee, state that the
Cherokee Indians of a very hostile nature
—and that they had frequently destroyed
property belonging to the white settlers
on the Hiwassee river. They had burnt
one house, and threatened to shoot the
cattle belonging to the citizens if they
were not immediately removed. About
thirty of the citizens had collected to re
pel those depredations.
Grcjat Fire at Port-au-
Prince.
Extract of a Letter to a gentleman in Bal
timore, dated
Ponr-AC-PkiNCK, 21st Aug. 1820.
We have at length experienced an e‘
vent in this ill-fated country, that might
have long been expected in some shape
or other. 1 do not pretend to say that I
am wiper than my neighbors, nor did I
dream that we should balance all out-stan
ding debts by a fire at Rue Frankfort,
but certain it is that my ideas has ever
been that some expedient would be in
vented in order to cancel the immense
debts to Foreign Merchants in this city.
On Friday, the 15th, inst. a fire broke
out about J past 11 o’clock, a. m in the
store of Mr. Cvuchon, Apothecary, skua
ted in Grand Rue; and corner of Rue Bon
ne Foi, which, which communicated to the
houses adjacent, & burned several streets,
together with (the hopes of foreigners)
Hue Frankfort, and all the Merchandes
houses in and about that neighborhood.
1 hose who had a chance of saving any !
property were prevented by the pillage
which is generally unavoidable on such i
occasions. The loss is estimated at about
three millions, a greater part qf which, of ]
course, belonged to foreigners. We can
not say at this moment whether this ca- J
tastrophe was occasioned by accident or
design. Several attempts have been made
since the 15th, to complete the scene, by
setting fire to different houses in the city, 1
in which they have not as y«i succeeded. *
'fhe utmost consternation has prevail- r
ed; however, to-day business begins to 1
assume its former appearance, at least as *
fsr as might be expected after this nielan- *
chuly affair. The government have been 1
verv vigilant, and strung pal rules day and *
night are constantly in motion. J
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To Meat. I
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orphans, .1 Furciilis. Mary
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B Ward, T Fiusmi, G\ p ,
A Henson, F A Moffet I
Kaiksiraw, w.-low, Mrs. &!%,'&■
dren, A Kilgore, S Gann. ?
phuux, J. tinman K.hmre,
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Bradfoid, E Camp. \ Walder
G Mews. J Itobertson’s n , n i;...,.!M
W Harris,JW
J W bitten, L Shuts. SH.itYi®
Sarah Carter, J Giaye, \\ Harris
cnet, 11 Harris. ’
COLUMBIA ■
J Harrison, Sus..i, Cotton, widow,
M Dei.t, widow, J Richardson I '\Wmk
S' S,m ,T 3 ’ w Dun "’ s orphan,, j 5,1 ■
Reynolds, orphan, S Colhns, L (.vflß
M Mappm, widow, J Douglass, BtiH" 1 -
de;s, L Newberry, sen. K n 881
diet Margaret Shaw,.! Gr.ffin wWR
J M dson, J Roberts, J Collins, (k;-1
N You. H S Wn, Whituaker, B HJ#B "
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J Screws, J Ross, F T Allen.
EFFINGHAM.
M Spier, widow, M Lunley, widtn
Koyler, Rebecca Boss, A t.nnor,
M Garrison, G 'Finer, 11C fiasbei.tSß
Christ’s orphans.
ELBERT. H
J Head, P Montague, P
Dobbs, J Dailey, J Alexander, S
Dobbs, J Terrell. A Kov.d.C W
FdhoU, A West, sen. J Wallis, J
J Davis t S laisuere, jim W Co.beitH’
liraconer, S Rembert, A Johnson,
Smithwick, E Moore, Rebecca Sadi, M
Cheek, E Baker, P St Maiiu, J WebbH
Gmn, H Warren,.! B Adams,! Willis,H
xzbethJ Matthews, MPWebb, J tloH
W Henderson, Martha Lyon A Diioeiß
Vickrey, C Saundridge,' Judith Fraiki,W
F Scarborough, R M Baird, J
W D Page, J Mann, I Cook, J S F:i:.B
W M‘Mullen, sen. D Fiionr.on, S r' - '.H
W Cunningham, R. S. KS
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Sarah Brady, widow, \V Hendley.SllH
levs, C Simeon, J Hawdus, F. Sa:<hri,H
Warren, B Nigln, E Phillips, N C
Joiner, R Mills, S Johnson, Eliz.io tlr i'lH
nley, V Hollingsworth, II Daro'cim, MuS
belt's orphans- H
FKANKLLY, ■
J Dooly, W Bright, R S Mary BjgletH
widow, T Turner, J C Reeo, G WO'KciM
K Fleming, J Keed, A Neal, W Spmbilfl
Higgons, P Jones, N Hicks, P'ue‘i-B;4B
T Wilkins, jun A Dunn, A Hill, Itfl
Helisley, E Pair, G Carrol, J Terrell, fl
Morion, T Ward, J Denman, J Waffjril,®
Hooper, Rebecca Jones, S Phillips, II thl'B
coirrl), W Fcstherston, G Etldn s, A H
J Warden, B Leach, B Whitaker, ■) B:-
jun, J G Hay, Isbell Blackwell, .1 liic .JB
-Smith, M Smitn, 11 M‘Daniid’s orphans, 1 ■
Cary, D Rose, D Paine, R Baxter. I
GREEN.
A Bledsoe’s orphans, T Mallory, S Bur'
ferd, Sally Winslett, widow, J Httnlen
U. Harris, 1 Knovvels, M Peters, J I-o«i
L Peek, B Torrers, W PhiHijis’s orphans,
J Farabec, J Allison, J Patillo, jan. >“*
cy Phillips, A Westbrook, J Knbfrtson,
orphan, Mary Ellis, B H Crawford. L'-cy
Mounger.J Shaw, jun. H Phillips, H fims
J Early, W Ray, W Copeland, jun. S
Wright, H Hall, jun. Mary Watson, I
Ligon, H Benyfield.
HANCOCK ,
W Arnold, J Parker, jun. N Hams, E
Peavy, J B Edwards, J Butridge, B 5
Richard N Biggins, F Tuckers’s orphan
H Tripp, N Roberson, orphan, H 'actsA
jun. W Griggs, sen’r. T Neal, B
Dickerson, S Weekes, M Braiel, 1 “ >
tick, T H Kendall, R Latimer, M jw
ston, J Bundridge, F M Traywct L Al
britton orphan, D Runnels, W Men>- I 'j
J II Chapbell, Sarah Lewis, It Matigh.
Dinton, W Brooks, S Pearson, J skin . M ,!
J Hall, S Turner, jun. P Pritchett, 1 >‘“l
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B S M’Cray, O Weems, T Phillip** j ul h
W Lyle, A Camp. W Blake,J H'Lolter.J
M’Donold, T M Camp, T Langley, f •
my. Saraii Reeves, window, Wrumoi •
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Baniuhu* B Johnson, L Serlain, J ’"a •
sen. H 8 William Wadkins, J ’
John Moure, V Mole, U.Trout, L 1
8 Power*, 8 Maily, B Dowdy, J Wh*** 1 '- j
J Culler, evn. J C Patrick’* orpl *"-
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Williams, l{ 8 Betty, LyU, W J** l- ' 1 ,
Madoalf, U M'Chisky, J llog»"< 1,1 w
Grtenr. Elisam Hi Cook, W
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