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ryr y place. The gun, oitqarged, U Y
from ho .)odv. Other corojcrarv g
, f Tilloc«s , appeared in the teftimom .
V /iot of the Inqiel, ** Wilful murder,
u./-k father, J lTc Wood, aoetted by his
/n H zrkiah." ■
' "’he deceaf d, we are informed, wasabuut
. eirs of age, and had recently been mar
r... rhe father upwards of 50, and Ton
H itkiah, about 22. The gun was loaded
with a heavy clvarge »f flag {hot, the whole
of which appeared to have entered his right
breift, and to have put an immediate period
to his exigence.
NATCHEZ, July i.
The following very extraordinary cir
cumstance occurred a few days fmcc.
At about two o'clock, p. m. an Indian
vm difeovered by the family entering
»he foath end of colonel Gi rank's lane. He
drew their attention, being painted in ah
yrKomr.on manner, his whole body appeared
red, he held in his right hand a gun, which
h: hrandifhed with many gesticulations, in
Jus left a bottle ; he was attended by two
<vhcr Indians in rather a sober pace. At
the oppefue end of the lane some more Indi
ans were difeovered, among whom was a
man pointed in like manner, but unarmed ;
Jr h'/T? field and detained by a woman, but
wh n the one brandishing his gun came with
in "wenty (lep>B of him, he hurft fr.m the
embrace of his wife and rallied towards his
sntaiwniu— at about four yards distance they
bmh halted, when the unarmed one present
ed his naked bread to the other, who took
deliberate aim, but appeared to recollert him
fclf, he dropt Ins gun, took a drink from
the bottle which was tied to his wrist—the
other patiently and resolutely holding his
bread open and presented ; 11 this time—hav
ing finilbed his drink and given a whoop,
he took fref.t aim, and in an instant the
other dropt aimoft at his feet j this done,
hi loaded his gun with all potTshle speed,
gave it to a by dander (son to the deceased)
lie then in turn bared and presented his
bread, and was inftantancoully sent ir.to
eternity.
The dead bodies were carried each the
way thev had come, and by their refpe&ive
ftiends interred one at each end of the lane.
The wife and relatives of the unarmed ore,
who was firft killed, howled over his remains
three days and nights. They then disap
peared. On Friday lalt they returned again,
jired fcveral guns on approaching the grave,
gave a general howl about a quartsr of an
hour, and retired.
We learned frem one among them, who
speaks broken Englifti, that they had quar
reled over a bottle some considerable. time
aCro, when the Indian who was firft killed
hi had his finger bit by the other in such
a manner, that his arm inflamed ; he decla
r'd h<* was “ /polled and that they must
b -. li die, they agreed and formed the ar
rangement as related,
CHARLESTON, Aueusrn.
Captain Chester, of the schooner Renartl,
arrived at New. York, informs, that on
Friday, the 2j h. ait. in hit 52. 50. lung.
72, he fell in with Jerome Bonaparte* squad
ron, fleering w. n. w. The fleet was then
about ten degrees to the caftwatd of this
place. *■
Captain Kanifan informs, that the French
fleet, when he patted from them, were ly
ing to the southward of Charleston, and used
to form aline every night, waiting for the
homeward bound Weft-India fleet 406 fail.
Ccptain H. likewise informs, that he saw a
Spanifli gentleman at Curracoa, who infer,
intd him that he had the examination of the
prisoners taken in the schooners beloning to
Miranda's squadron. Eight of these unfor
tnnatas had died in prism, and fifteen were
condemned to he hanged, among whom was
a captaip Gardner. Alt the ports on the
Maine were opened on the Bth July, to neu*
tral reflVls, The privateer schooner Pengu
in, bound from Curracoa for Purto-Calvo,
had been taken by the boats of a Britilh fri
. ga:c,
At Adams (M (T.) on the i8 s h ultimo,
Miss Esther Allen, of that place, hung
herfelf by a Ikcin of yarn, No cause for this
aci isaffigned, nnlefs it may be attributed
to» gloom fixed upon her mind form ohfer
ving>hc eciipfe of the fun on the 16th.
ZENO ON LOVE.
Zeno being told that love was unbeesm
a philtdopher; If this wete true, replied
Zeno, the fate of the fair ftx would be la
mentable ; not to be Icved but by fools.
Died, yefterdav morning, after 2 :ew flours
illness, Mr. Jones, late of the Charleston
Theatre.
From the Richmond Enouirer*
. When our lalt winter appeared, it was
mild aimoft beyond- the memory cf man.
This fine weather was succeeded in Marcu
l>y a few days of equally intenfecold. The
farmers were much alarmed about ticir crop®
cf wheat } but their fears proved to be ex
aggerated. Then fucceedi d the boft of
caterpillars, of infects of evety kind, aod
among the rest, the poor Lombardy poplar
worm; innumcrabe eggs of these animals
having been no doubt preserved by the mild
uefs of the preceding winter. Meanwhile
the harvests proved aftonifliingly fi ie ; the
heads of wheat not uncommonly numerous,
but uncommonly full. At lengthy a D cugnt
has facaceded, not less rcmaikablc and much
more alarming than the plioeacmcna which
h.;d preceded if. It has now extended to
every part of Virginia from which »c have
had any accounts. There has been no rain
in this city for many days; the Ihowers
which we have enjoyed, have been rare and
penurious. But let the dtgrec of the drought
be told by its effects j 1
Many of the fpnngs and wells of water
have been dried op : Several who have de
pended upon their own springs for a supply,
have been compelled to resort to o her fticamr,
and Come who possess wells, that have never
failed, before, are now obliged to fink
them federal inches or feet lower, in search
of a more abundant vein of water.
Most of the running streams of water,
which supply our Corn-Mills, have ex
patented the fame drought, and the farmers
have either resorted to the Hand-Mill, or
lent their corn to distant mills, situated cn
the rivers, or on mora abundant streams.
It is a fnft that corn has been sent more than
sixty miles to the mills in Richmond and
its vicinity.
The James River is proVably lower than
ever it has been within the memory of man,
A great part of itsfhore is laid dry, and so
(hallow at err time was the canal, (that
g:eat artery of our city) that boats could
scarcely defeend it. To remedy this incon
i veniencc, the dirc&nrs of the Jerries River
Company, have formed a dam, extending
nearly half over the river, to force into the
canal a larger volume of water.
But our crops of Indian corn are likely to
fuffer mod by the drought. It is now in
that state, whan it mod particularly req tires
light and frequent (bowers. The tassel be
comes parched and withered up; and the
farina is confcqucnti; impeded in its growth.
Should the rain b 6 suspended for several days
longer, it is impoffiSle to estimate the dc
ftruCtion which will fail upon our crops.
Some ha ve calculated the loss at a fi f fh ; a
fourth j and forac even at one half; but
these calculations arc moil probably ex
aggerated. >
Snssxxvi. 1 ■■ol
Governor M*Kean*s NEhorisM, probr.bh,
in imitation of the popes es Rome,
Governor M*Kean, in his distribution
of the “ loaves and fithes," seems, to be
mindful that “ charity be, ins at home," and
to remember eh? example of the provident
(leward in the XVI chapter nf Luke. A
mong his appointments to (fire, arc the
following:
Joseph B. VLKean, (his son) attorney.
general of the commonwealth.
Thomas M‘Kean 1 hompson ( hisnephew)
fecreta.y of the cwm a veal
Thomas M'Keaif, (mother Jon) private
(■-Cretan".
Andrew Pettit (bis fen i» law) auc
u neer, and mlpedor of Sower for the
citv of Pbdade phia.
George Buchanan (anoth <r son in taw)
phvlician to the 1 ■zaretto e.liablifh er .
How many, or whether any, nv re [then
are a few more /] of his near relations have
been provided for by lim, we know not.
Os these, several of the appointments took
place under very unfa vou-able circumdanccs.
From the Aurora.
To THOMAS M’KEAN.
The constitution of Pennsylvania, art.
8 fays t —‘ Tnc governor (hall appoint all
‘ offi eis, vvhofe offices are eftahliflied by (his
* Ci.n(litution, or (hill be cifabliihed by law,
* and whofu appointments are not herein o.
‘ therwife provided for ; but no p erf on shall
* be appointed to an office 'within any county
, * avho Jhoirnot have been a citizen and tit.
* habitant therein one year next ' before his
* appointment feV &c.
Was ytrur (on in-law, Dr. Buchanan, of
Baltimore, a citizen and inhabitant of par
county, or of D laware, * one yeat* previ.
ous to his appointment as Lazaretto physi
cian ?—•lf he wa* nit, is his appointment
constitutional ? As a citizen (who fought
for the liberty of my country.) 1 conceive I
havea right to fati f ft try anfwerson these
queitions. Should you fail to make ihc ap
pointraent appear to be conftitotional, I hope
the next Jegillautre will nets, c that &nttme.
rous other acts ofan arbi rary nature of your
doings, & convince you, that v • u (hall not
sport and titfl with :he conlfitution 6c a»s,
or with the rights md reput ifton tfns (late
as you pleafc, to enrich your own family.
A MAN Oh * 7 S.
r - n~|~ ■ -
We cannot help expie(fiog our fatisfadicn
(fays, Beil's Mefllngtr ot the tBih May,)
at seme intelhg nee which !ia'> now reached
us, that every thing is t«kb g a pacific turn,
and that, under the mediation ot Prussia,
the continental powers are on the eve of peace.
It is reported with eq tal confidence, that
the BritiOy Mmifters have not lent a deaf
ear to these overtures, but that, yielding to
circumdances which they could not controul,
or alter, they rue rather employing their ef
forts in procuring a due weight for England
in the pending negotiations, than in endea
voring to renoer these negotiations Iruitlefs.
Such is the general report both in the cry
and at the court end oi the town, and for
cur own parts we have no hesitation to lay,
that we so far give it credit ihat we aoft af
furediv expect ycacs before the conclusion of
the | re sent year.
Wc do not think i' juftifiablc to fay more
upon this fubjetl; but of this mu.ii our
readers may rett alTitcd that a conftdnt co.-
refpondenne, part. fficial and partly private,
exiftt, his exiUtil, for a long time be
tween the two cabinets of France and Eng.
land ; and that this matter has proceeded so
far, that the question of war is lupportcd by
a very small majority of his tnajeify's mini
sters. We have therefore to repeat, that
’ we shall not fee Michaelmas next, without
a treaty.
Perhaps the tardy—we had almost said the
nugatory pregrefs ot Mr. Windham's mili
tary fyflem may be imputed to his confidence
of approaching peace. Every thing is at
prefrnt evidently relaxed from that ardour
and prepartion which we saw ferae tnomjbs
past. If this be not a proof, it i»«t least an
argument on our fide. We think that the
present Mintfters arc the very lait men who
would be thus negligent upon the eve ot a new
campaign and a new coalition.
There is nothing of very primary import
ance in the intelligence of the week. An
Extraordinary Gazette was pnblithed on
Friday, announcing w hat is called a peace in
India. This is the third time* peace has been
announced within these two years.
Inttrsji'itg (ind important experiment
in the culture of Wheat,
On the Bth of Acgufl, 1804, a g€ntk
men took a plant of wheat which had been
sown in the beginning of June, and divided
it into eighteen parts, and putting them
into the ground, let them remain till the
latter end of September, when he again took
them up, and fubdividiog them into 6~]
parts «f roots, replanted them ; they re
roained in this Kate till the end of March,
and the beginning of April, when the plants
were a third time taken up* fepanted into
500 roots, and again replaced in the garden.
Earley in the season he reaped his Ijltle har
vest, and found that, by this prccefs, a
Jingle grave had been made to produce twen
ty, one tholifmcl one hundred and nine tars,
hundred and/eventj thousand
grains, meafuting three pecks and three
quarters, and weighing 67!!;?.
Lon. paper,
r-rr \un li*** - r 1 ' j~ ‘ r
AUGUSTA, Augujl 23.
AS yet the accounts Irons all the Sea.port
towns are flattering—no instances of the
Yellow fever. The Mayor of Charleftoo
m..kes a mod pleafmg report of that city, as
to health.
Parr, Ca'Hy and Monroe, who were
lately removed from Richmond Jail to
Baldwin, have had their trials latt week,
and were convitfcdof the murder of a Mr.
Rogers, many months back, at a filhtrap,
ic r Fort-VV likinfon—they arc to die cn
Tu<‘fday nex r , w« undeilland.
J..a!t Monday, Fait, who made his es
cape from Sparta Jail, and being re-taken,
was confined so lo ng in this City, was re
moved to the former place—at the time of
his cfcapc, he was under fetuencc of death.
Vaj:s in the Nation, who had Ihot a
man tome time ago, has been (hot dead on
his turn.
The Savannah papers (late that the cater
pillar has made its appearance on the Sea.
coast, but we do not learn as yet, that the
j cotton has fufjered materially in ccofcquence.
Cotton this week fold from jS to tg cent*.
‘ COivIiViUNICA 1 lON: •
With tnat fmcere regret, which the me
lancholy occalioti is calculated to ex ire, we
announce the death of Mr. Joseph G, Cor
mick, merch mt ot this place.
Mr. Cormick was a native of Ireland, and
in the 26th year of hia age. The qualities
of this young man's quid, were ui no com.
mon older, pofl'efled ot an understanding na
turally vigorous and comprehensive, he had
improved it by the edmmon opportunities of
education, and by such reading, asabccorn
ing thirlt tor knowledge recommends. From
the society of some of the molt tplendid men
of the age—of men who have enlarged the
dominions ot knowledge, who have deligh
ted by their eloquence, and enraptured by
their wi>, he emigrated to this country about
four y eats ago, and those who were favour
ed with his intimacy, were convinced that
he had not enjoy ed fdch society in vain. He
was informed in the ufeful, and in tome of
the ahftrufc branches of the mathematics;
he was conversant with the mod important
aeras of ancient and modern history—his
mind had taken a wide range in the regions
of polite literature ; and some of the fine
ar;s, he polleHed a tatteexquifuely polilhed,
and elegant.
His virtues partook of the chara&er of
hii- undrrftanding—he was benevolent and
brave, ftcruly upright and feelingly humane.
--Nor were bin manners less estimable than
Inis other qualities. They were the result
of a happy combination of native mndefty
and a knowledge of the world—‘•exhibiting,
as occasion required, whatever was dignified
in reserve, ot pleasing in familiarity.
Go ! lamented youth ! Peace rothy manes!
Thy merit is embalmed in the hearts of thy
friends, and thy memory foall be cherished
wiih fond recolleftion.
The presents made to his Majclty the Em
peror of the French, by the Ambassador
from the Ottoman Porte, are of uncommon
beauty. One of the diamonds is estimated
at do.ooo dollars. The box prefen:cd to
the Emperor is of a curious nature. The
necklace prefemed to the Empress, is valued
at 15,000 dollars. It is remarkable that ic
is the firft time the Porte cyer made such val
uable presents, Paris paper.
The It. States not fear the arf-iffifaf
upon this fuhjcft, but famcthing wil g.-v
-ern which is beyond argument. Ntclfiry
will govern in all. America caumt do her
ufuai budnefft with G. Britain, it that coun
try docs net abandon its /honefull AJmi.
rmltj its impreflmems, its p-.c
-tended blockade, and other irregularities-
We must fatk remedy by ending a number
of her onjtu laws, mutatis mutindiu
* •
, hut, luieiiigcncfri
It appear! from the report of the Rafcn
Von Ko.acbne, in his recent travels thro'
Italy, thitr the boflnefs of unrilling ih«
Herculancan MSSi proceeds at Poriici va
der the direfllonof Mr. Hayrcr w iih faetifs
and rapidity.—One hundred and ihiny
manuferipts have already keen unrolled or
are enrolling, and Mr. Hay ter does rot
dcfp.iir of being able to decypher the 600
extant. Eleven ynnrg perfoqs a e coi fia* t«
Iy ctnplojed in or.fold 11 g the MS. and two
others in cop ing them, all nndcnhc direc
tion of Mr. Ha) ter, and at the txpencc cf
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Another wotk has been d.fcovereel rs Phi-,
lodemus, treating of vices, which bolder on
virtues; bdides a work ol Epicurus, o( Plse
drus, Demetrius Phalerus, Sc Colotus, the Jaft
in reply to Plato on FriemKhip. Among f, -
ven Latin MSS. M. Hay ter, has found an
hiftortcal work writtrh in the ft) le and man*
ner of Li«y ; and> amor g theGrcnk ones,
the entire works ot Epitutus in the bell ft;.te
of preservation.
For Sale,
On very low Terms,
6 Hhd* bed green c ffVe,
75 Pa-reli Mufcava-o Sugar,
t Hhds. do. do,
$ Chert’ 'refb Hyfon Tea,
a B xe» No. 8 Colton Card*,
1 do. No. 10 do. do.
2 Bagg» Pepper, <,
aooo Wt. green Coprafs,
10 Barrel* N rthward Rum,
2 Hhds. do. do.
2 Hhda. Jamaica do,
2 do. W. I. do.
2 Hhd*. Mrlaffcf,
1 Ton B, Steel*
| do. Get man do.
20 pi c«a Cotton Bagging*
1 Crate* Crockery Ware,
36 piece* Lw. price brown Holland*,
1 Case fov? pri r knap*d Hat*,
22 piece* long La'*i s,
1 Trunk low price Callicc rs,
jo dr. Cotton Stripe*.
All of wH< h wM be foid at whofafale 0*
retail for'Cafli m Produce, by
haurtson & Hamilton.
Oa Cc.mnr.ffi n, 1500 tn(h:.» ground
Sat.
Augusta, Anfenft 15, (t r )
Thirty dollars Reward,
0 AMAW,.V lr m ihe
XV ShVTcribrr, living ?n
Bt jSSmr' Hancock co- nly, on Shv>ul«
deib.;nr, lire miiea iron*
mtipSyllllllß Spafta, and one mile from
gWMyf* A JOfP Major Andrew Eax'cr'*
Mill*, .n the tft of 'hi* mm:h, two Nr.
groei; me fellow b*; the name of JAIV ES,
about 28 year* old, o ; a joliw coa.jrlcx'
ion, about 5 feet 4 inches high, well trade,* f
a pleasant countenance, fj taki plain Sc live
ly— the other a woman, low ano well made,
black compltflcd, by the rameofMAF Yj
when clofcly viewed, the mark of the po‘ k
may be difeovered, m t much 'inclined to
facak when fpokm to ; of a fallen di/j t fi
tion, fpeaki broad and breker- he above
reward will be paid to any perfnn that will
fecurc them in any ja I in the Pair, so *bn
I get them ; or 15 doj.ar* far either; and
if brought, all cx t cnce* paid.
SAMUEL DENT.
*3* [ 3
Ten Dollars Reward .
tji AN-,AWAY.um the
Su l fcriber, on /lie
wKvJijd of last moiit 1 , an /f-
V&sila FFk ~san Negro Maabout
1 g or 20 year* of age, 5
fact 4 or 5 itches high, ha*
rc»ark-b> fmallfeet and band*, hit coun
try mark* »reou * ach fide of hi* bread ; had
on at the time he WCf, t ft a hort l fpu» fh*t
and pantaloon*. a r ‘d * fawll h;ark 3 *_ *
fnrehafed thf rrgro lift Mawh o* Mr*
William Wilbourn, who live* in Franklin
cconty en Tugalew river, and 1 have every
rrafon to believe that he ii g re far th»t
place ; he is *n attfal fabow, aid 1 txp'fi
will dtnv hit tigff Riffle*'* name Any
perf n tlat will apprehend the fa id fellow
and bring him to me, in Lincoln county
near Ray* Million Little River, wrconfi.-.o
him in fame Jail, fa that I get him, (hall re
ceive the above reward fa'm me.
WILLI \M EVANS.
Jluyvft 73. * (3 )
Now in Scnven Jail .
BROUGHT to Jail on the <> b inftantw
N'*g7o Woman rn«ed MARY and
fay* far hefang* t« Mr. B ux a F
in AaC;C^ a 3 ~r,e W rc't fatched fett* wif||
her, no clo?'h't kot »h«t (he had ou, which
i* a brown Cloth Ccat with ■ body of the
fame. The owner i» hereby desired t« ome
forward, prove hi* pr operty, pay cxpenca
and take her away.
Wk. SMITH, J. *. c.
Augujl 23, l*-*>