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VOL. I
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, SEPTEMBER 3,1845.
NO. 21.
THE PATRIOT,
JJJHED ZVZltT WEIWXSDAY HOXBI1W, *Y
;; lS0 N TIFT & SETH N. BOUGHTON,
Editor* and Proprietor*.
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in its features; the Kennebec is the Hud-1 seem (o take all/ircd trouble to catch us.— had brought from the forecastle n kee of
son tn mtmoiure; and if Uie tasteful travel-! See how the Polly jumps! The-wav she powder, and knocked in the head wiiti a
ter will come and visit in ipe spring and j tosses water with her bows, I won’t* have — J — J '--—- -- - * •-
summer lime, when ihc sun is bright and j to wci her jib, she docs that herself 1”
the winds are still, he will gaze upon its “ If wo tlont get into the river, nnd them
pleasant shores and beauteous windings chaps overhaul us, what in natur’a to pc
of Peisonnl Property mnst be advertised
1 'i^w'o.'Uor* ani Creditors of an estate must
application win be made to the Court
I (limn for leave to sell Laud and Negroes, must
■tmUiibtd weekly for four roootlw.
ibntldy Advertisements, One DoBar per square
liiftth insertion.
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POETRY.
NEVER GIVE UP.
I vwr tit* “P ; il is wiser “d better
1 tinpi to hope tlian once todespair;
Irwofflhe load of Doubts cankering fetter,
1 ' tii fn ak tiie dark spell or tyrannical care;
pirc uj>! or the burthen may sink you—
' pawnee kindly has mingled the cup,
ij ill all trials or troubles, lietliink you,
He catchword of life must be, Never give np!
I liter rive up! there's chances and changes
I Uriping the liopcfal a hundred to one,
I ini tough the chaos, High Wisdom arrange*
1 Errr access—if you'll only hope on;
iNevcrgive upforthe wisest is boldest,
I Kooning that Providence mingles the cup,
I iud of all maxims the best and the oldest,
1 h the true watchword of Never give up.
Lame up! though the grape shot may rattle,
J Or Us- fill! thunder-cloud over you burst,
|Sad like a rock, and the storm or the battle
liilr shall iarul you, though doing their '
Iv-vrjive up! if adversity presses,
I hmilrnce wisely has mingled the cup;
|.tsdthc lest counsel in all your distresses,
L-the stout watchword of Never give up.
MISCELLANY.
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done Deacon T*
' “It wont do to let them capture the six
big guns, and the two barrels o’ powder,
with scarce less pleasure, without the awe
be lias fell in passing up the Hudson.
. There is a fortress near the mouthof this
river, just on the. skirls of the sen, called
Fort Hunnewell. It is now dismantled,
and is a celebrated resort in July weather
for the Kennebcckers. It was erected du
ring the last war to defeud the entrance to
the river. Itis situated upon a low beach,
which, half a mile northward, is comman
ded by a bold headland a hundred feet in
height, on which also frown the ruins of a
battery. _ The scenery around is made tip
of rocky islands, bold headlands, the river
penetrating far inland, the ocean spreading
is bosom away south and caslwardly, ev
er nnd forever heaving naif it were earth’s
great heart 1 A few fishermen’s huts dot
the sides of the shores, and the lower of
Seguin light gliltere white upon the head
of its porpoise-shaped island. The fisher's
skiff rocks lightly on the sea, and upon the
hazy horizon rests a sail or two, so distant
that they scent fixed like shining pinacles
of white marble lifting their tops above the
ocean.
At the period of our story, which was
near the close oi the last war, two British
armed vessels had been cruising off the
mouth of the river for some days, occasion
ally running close in with the fort so ns to
draw its fire, and then lacking and stand
ing seaward again. One of these vessels
was a sloop of war and the other n brig of
sixteen guns. They were effect tially block
ading the river, nnd for some time no ves
sel had either come out or gone in. Eve
ry thing was brought to, even to the small
fishing boat, nnd thastrictest vigilance was
maintained from the very- first day of their
arrival on the coast.
One im riling in June, just ns Ihc sun was
rising from the sea, flinging bis fiery spears
far across the sparkling wave, kindling up
every object upon which they lit, the two
English vessels were seen standing in to
wards the mouth of the river, under top
gallant sails, with the wind free on the
starboard quarter. They were aliout half
a mile apart, their cases converging to a
point. -This point was a small Kennebec
sloop hugging the land, and endeavoring
lo make the entrance of the Kennebec.—
Her broad mainsail was flung to the wind,
nnd she was sweeping along across the wa
ter like a gull flying before a storm. She
had been diacovcrca by the cruisers only a
fev minutes before, when they tacked to
gether and pressed after her to intercept
her, makingsail as they went. Fifteen min
utes more of the obscurity of morning, nnd
the adventurous sloop would have got into
the river and under Inc guns of the fort un
seen, or seen to late to be cut off.
It was a beautiful sight to behold the
three vessels in motion; one small, unarm
ed nnd with three sails to help her flight,
bounding along close under tnc land; the
others tall, frowning with batteries nnd co
vered with canvnss from deck to truck.
The sloop was two miles in shore of the
cruisers, and about the same distance west
ward of tlte mouth of the harbor, being dis
covered just stealing round Cape Small
She had, therefore, the same dis
and ton o’ shot that we’ve got for tlte. fort,
that’s a fact, ’Siah,” said very decidedly,
Captain, or rather “Deacon” Paul Butter
field, who owned nnd commanded-the Pol
ly, which had been a few days before, en
gaged by the Government Agent in Boston
to convey armament and ammupition to
fort Hunnewell. This enterprise the Dea
con, for he was a lawful Deacon in his own
town, which was Hallowell, forty miles np
the river, had cheerfully undertaken, assu
ring the Agent he coula get the Polly Ann
into the river safely, in spite of the cruisers.
Shrewd, liold and cool, the Deacon saw
that by running only in the night, and hug
ging the shore, ho should probably be able
to get into the Kennebec undiscovered, es
pecially as the cruisers used to stand off
shore at night a league ot two for an offing,
anti run in again at sun rise. The Agent
felt that a small ccast vessel, with so skill
ful a captain os Deacon Butterfield, would
be quite as likely to get into the river as n
large one, if not more so, and gave him the
commission. For the sum of two hundred
nnd fifty dollars, the Deacon had bargain
ed to take the cannon and the munitions to
the Kennebec, and also he bound himself,
if there was danger of his being captured,
to scuttle the sloop nnd sink her. Wc now
sec him thus far in the progress of his cn
terprisc.
iandepike, arid was now tying some half
peck of it up in a badanna handkerchief,
which he had taken from his neck.
“Doin’? I am goin’ to give ’em a gun;
darn’d if 1 an’tl If these here guns w got
to go to Davy’s locker, Pll git one fire out
on’em first, 1 guess I”
As ’Siah spoke he threw down a movea
ble section of the bulwark amidships, leav
ing an open Bpace to the sea, before the
muzzles of three of the enormous cannon
that lay across the deck. He then took
up his huge catridge, and thrusting into
the muzzle of one of them, began to ram
it down with a handspike.
. on ea fth is the critter at!” cried
the Deacon.
From (lie Philadelphia Saturday Courier.
THE KENNEBEC SLOOP
us rut: ciUL^uciieixiatx.
A TALE OF THE LA8T WAS.
rv reor. j. n. ingsabax.
The river Kennebec, in Maine, is with-
jout n rival in New England, cither for its
Ibiwir associations or the beauty of its nai-
■xal scenery. It rises among the passes of
|le lliglilaiiris that forms the north-eastern
unihry line, between the United States
lad Canada, after flowing through a rontan-
k region for many leagues, enters a valley
ionsurpasjing beauty, through which it
ueanders between level intervals of the
kh-st verdure. The waters of this river
kt'(markable for their limpid transparent
|j> while in a body their appearance is
Wily black. The hills that rise on cither
* are bold and nobly wooded ; and here
i there frown above* the silently gliding _
r »w> dark granite precipices, clna with i Point.
“ssnnd the graceful wreaths of Ihc moun- j tnnee lo run to gain shelter, that her pur-
Mme wltose beauty is cvcr-verdant.—-I suers had to come up with her present po-
[*}• and rapids, characterised by wildness jsition. .
“iven sublimity, nt intervals break thej The cruisers stood on for about five mta-
, A wiling ride of this beautiful river, nnd , utes after tacking in the same converging
Ftilc their roar awoken the echoes of the j lines, when the covcrctt signalized Ihc brig,
'«t clad hills. which immediately luffed and bore up four
Sumcroits picturesque villages adorn its! points eastward, while 'he former kept her
ini farm houses; while first course. The object had m view by
_"The canon were lorighattcry thirty-two’s
six in ninuber, and were laid athwart ships
side by side, upon deck. The shot were
piled forward, nnd in the forecastle was
stowed tbc powdci, in casks, and securely
protected under canvass; tarpaulins also
covered tlte guns.
“If wc can only stand on ten minutes
more, ’Siah,” said tlte Deacon to his mote
“ 1 don’t fear them arc two cruisers a stick
One on ’em has luffed to try to cut us off.
If ’twatit for ibis plaguy heavy iron We’ve
got in her, I’d show the enemy now lo make
a keel cut blue water through 1 But we
must get in, Lot,” he added, turning to n
ruggcil old man, who looked like a weath
er-beaten fisherman, who comprised all his
crew, nnd who wns now engaged in lending
the main-sheet, the slack of which be held
in his iron fist.
It’s get in safely, Deacon,” answered
Lot Uissci gruflly, “and get two hundred
and fifty dollars, or it’s sink the sloop, and
no insurance!”
“That’s a foe, Mr. Bissel,” responded
the Yankee skipper, with emphasis; and
shifting his tobacco from his larko&rd to
his starboard check, lie glanced under the
main boom to sec how the fort and shore
lay, and then hove his eye to windward
and took with it a deliberate inspection ol
the enemy.
“ Give a small pull aft on the main-sheet
Mr. Bissel. ’Sian haul aft the jib a bit
The Britisher is smoking his pipe I” added
the 8kip|icr, quietly, ns lie saw a jet ol
smoke bclchca front the bow of the sloop
of war. He had hardly got the words out
of his mouth, when the boom of a gun
reached their cars, and simultaneously
shot passed whizzing over.thcir cars.
“ 1 don’t stan’ that ’are!” said ’Siah, i
a very determined tone, which singularly
contrasted with his awkward, nnd rustic
exterior. “Givtf me leave, Deacon, and
I’ll give them a shot back, darn if I don’t!”
“ Your gun won’t score ’em ’Siah.—
Ease off the main sheet, Lot,
lift, shoved it into the muzzle after the
powder.
"Now for priming her; and then I guess
if I don’t give ’em n Fourth o’ July salute,
they never heard one I”
As he spoke, he poured a handful of
powder upon tno vent; and then jumped
to Ihc caboose, caught up a lighted pine
knot, nnd waving it to keep it bright, ap
proached the gun.
“ Stop, ’Siah, stop t” shouted tl»c skip
per, at tbc top of his voice; “ you’ll blow
ibq Polly Ann to Jericho, if you fire that
’arc gun niioaid on her!”
“ I don’t calculate I’d be took pris’ner
by tbc Britishers, Deacon, and be put in
parltnorc, I guess I I don’t mean to fire
jisl yet, but take a chance for a good aim,
,and then give ’em saltpetre
V (( li , ll chnlrM M*nrv Iwinn nt
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Ken-1
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^ and substantial
Nils and lowlands shining wi|h golden
n ?*> meet the eye at every league. The
"“*1 of the State, Augusta, stands upon
5 table or plateau, seventy feet above
rnver, in the bosom embracing lulls, and
winanding sonic of the loveliest of scene-
? m the north. Its waters are enlivened
7 me canvass of thriving commerce, and
"'inltragcotis streets of villas indicate a
ulaiion of wealth and refined taste.
Belov the capita), the river laves the
°f other fair towns, rivals in prosper-
f of the capital, and reflects upon its
>*>' bosom from either shoro tbc man-
s of lux ur y. Before reaching tho sea,
‘/f , P 5 ®t once from a deep gore, in whose
arms it has been for some minutes
■ pied, and spreads out into, a noble bay
in breadth. At the southern side
rou broad expanse, it enters another nar-
” pass between rocky islets, and sweep-
talong a few miles further, with stately
*|on, passing the handsome town of
it rolls between wild precipices with
1 lime fortresses, to discharge its sht-
’ Waters frowning into the Quo ocean,
/‘n in the vicinity' oPBath, and of one
lfortresses at the month of- the nv-
f'bw we tay the scene of nut story.. If we
KJ’Wagered to discourse of the fajrKen-
it is because our hrart is with inis
‘»ful river. Upon its banks We spent
I^yhood, and in maiurer age we have
J*** M as our summer home. We love
j.pfk waters its green-wooded hills, its
•*y* and its rocky cliffs. In no land
.."'wefoandmriver-^fsueh beauty ! The
L^°nw majestic and' grandly beautiful
L-feS*"* «the Tnfin nasm far the riser and
"Pu&ctiooia‘•The <krk flowing water.’
Be ready to
dodge, for I guess there’ll be another one V
them junks o’ iron t bis way. They on’t no
pilot, or they would’nt keep so near por
poise rock ledge I”
Cool and steady, the skipper stood at his
post; and directing the course of his little
craft. AH at once he gave a loud hurrah!
The sloop of war had struck, under full
sail, upon a rock, bare at low water, known
as porpoise ledge, and everything wns tak
en aback, white her main-royal mast and
yard went over the side.
“That is for not taking a pilot on
strange roast," said the skipper, dryly
while his keen little eyes fairly glitteret
with plcasuro; but he made no further de
monstrations of joy; but after taking a
second glance at the sloop of war, and see
ing that matters on board of her were in
loo much confusion for them to trouble
themselves further about him, lie now
gave his whole attention to the brig, which
was about a mile and a half from him in
n straight line, and about equally distant
from the entrance ti ihe rivet.
Upon seeing the accident that had oc-
- Not m toM as two timbers of the Pol- enrred to her consort, she bore down a lil-
lv Ann hold together,’Siah,”responded the tie, and hoisted a signal. It was respond-
Deacon, Who grasped the helm, arid whored to on board the sloop, when the brig ra-
with one eve ahead and the other watch-. sumed1 her course,
ing the enemy,directed the course of his. The sktop-of-war, I
little vessel lowanU the shelter he sought,{don’t want any aid; so
“If we’d only bad another ten minutes liberty to intercept us; said the skipper,
nfnre t he sun mt up, we’d a goLin. But “ It looks, too, as if she would be likely to
ftedav VSigmn’ mstonfor ariy man, and'get to the entrance as soon as the Polly,
it to All we must do is to and then I guess it’s all up with us! But .
InMherej ’fifshf 1 '* 1 ** ^ y° u d °-
this manoevre of the brig, it wns plainly evi.
dent to the fishermen who, from the rocks
on which their huts^tvere perched, were
watching with interest the pursueing and
pursued was lo intercept her ; for they had
quickly discovered that n direct chase
would he ineffectual, as Ihc sloop showed
herself to be a very fast sailer. So the brig
stood straight towards the mouth, hoping
to reach it in advance of the sloop, while
the sloop of war kept on to capture her if
she should turn back and attempt to run in
to Hurpswcll or Portland. .
«We shall be tuk, darned if we an’l,
Deacon,” coolly remarked a tall, ungainly
youth of nineteen, who with n dipper fas
tened to a ten foot handle, was baling up
water from the sea nnd throwing it over the
mainsail of the sloop, to swell the 'breads
of the canvass and make it better hold the
"'as be spoke, he paused in his work, lea
ned upon nis long dipper handle, and shut
ting one eye, took a deliberate survey of
the two cruisers.
It’ll snake every hone out o’ the Polly!”
said the captain, in' alarm.
_ As he spoke, the brig, now within a mile
distance, nred a shot across her bows.
“That means heave' to, Lot,” said the
skipper;” ’Siah; put out that pine knot.”
“1 mean to, by ’em by, Deacon I Wait
till I get a shot at ’em! I an’t afccred o’
hurlin’ the sloop a hit I You just yaw her
a lectlc hit, and bring the muzzle o’ my
artillery piece right agin the brig, and if I
don’t show ’em how a Yankee gun can
peak, I don’t never wnnt to see ihc inside
o’ Kennebec river agin!”
A second gun enme from the brtg, and
(lie shot passed within ten feet of '.he Dea
con’s head, made a rent a fathom long ill
his mainsail, and the shock caused his
>cak halyards to part, and let the peak of
tis mainsail down. This caused lift sloop
to fall off a point or two; and while the
skipper, unflinching and with a quiet look,
wns trying to bring her to the wind again,
’Siah, faking advantage of a moment as
she swung, in which his loaded gun bore
upon the brig, instantly applied the torch
to 'he vent!—The roar, the flame, and the
concussion were terrific.
The little vessel reeled under the recoil
of the vast gun, till the waves poured in
over her bows and stern. The skipper and
Lot were laid flat upon deck, while ’Siah
found himself hanging by the heels in the
Ice shrouds.
For a few moments the Deacon thought
his vessel would go down, she wallowed
nnd plunged so—but she soon steadied her
self, though with her deck flooded, her jib
blown away, and her windlass unshipped.
“1 guess if they got the &hol, it’ll settle
’em,” said ’Siah, as he dropped feet first
out of the rigging, into which lie had been
blown, upon deck, and tried to see through
the smoke.
“You ought to be settled,you ’lamnl
critter!” cried the Deacon engaged; “you
like to have sunk her, dam ve I”
“ Don’t swear, Deacon! I want lo see if
the brig got it!”
“Got it yon fool 1 I guess you’ll get it tf
1 see shore again 1”
As the smoke slowly rolled away, the
brig was discovered, no longer standing
down, but knocking about at the mercy of
the waves and winds, her foremast gone
by the board, and dragging over the side
with all its yards and sails. The shot had
cat off her mast within ten feel of the
deck I
’Siah was perfectly confounded; but he
manifested no surprise, while the Deacon
and Lot set up a loud hurrah of triumph.
“ Why, what is the matter? Why don’t
you hallol” said the Deacon, taking breath.
“Coz, it an’t nothin’ more’n I mennt to
do!” responded ’Siah, with inimitable sang
froid; “ 1 an’t surprised, if you be, Dea
con.”
In twenty minutes more, the sloop, with
her valuable cargo, was safely sheltered
under the guns of Fort Hunnewell. The
sloop-of-war lay upon the rock till the next
tide, and the brig lay by her, rigging a ju
ry-mast. Before sunset, both vessels made
mil, and steered eastward, on their wav to
wards Halifax, to repair datriages. Thus
tlte blockade was raised, greatly to the re
lief of the commerce of the river.
“’Siah” is now one of the most popular
of our Eastern steamboat captains.
A Sobs Srcu. of Weather.—-“Thom-
Bui ns,.epell weather,” mid a schooltnnstcr to
1 rtrtM nf fhff IHinilff
hTeart Welf’might the Deacon«k thisques-
K^2fspTay o”cr Ore mainskiL “Thcy.tion. The amhttious young Kennebecker
“ Well, Thomas, you may •*»
mid the teacher; “I think Mua
wont spell of weather we have had since
Christmas—bad as the season has been.”
down,”
the
CAPT. FREMONT'S EXPEDITION.
Cfcpt. Fbexomt is new on his third Expedition
beyond the “Rocky Mountains,” and intends to ex
amine the country lying between the Rocky Moun
tains and the Pacific, and between tho Columbia
river and the Gulf of California. The reports of bis
two former Expeditions, has just been published by
order of the Senate of the United Statue. From
this report, we have made the following interesting
extract, which, among others, we find in the New
York Courier & Enquirer:—
Having divested ourselves of every un
necessary encumbrance, we commenced
the ascent. This time, like experienced
travellers, we did not press ourselves but
cluned leisurely, silting down so soon as wo
found breath beginning to foil. At inter
vals we reached places where a number of
springs gushed front 'the rocks, and about
!,8UO feet above the lakes came to tho
snow line. From this point our progress
was uninterrupted climbing. Hitherto I
had worn a pair of thick mocassins, with
soles of parfiiche ; but here I put on n thin
light pair, w hich I had bought for the pur
pose, as now the use of our toes became
necessary to a further advance. I availed
tnysell of a sort of comb of the mountain,
which stood against the wall like a but
tress, and which the wind and the solar
radiation, joined to the steepness of the
smooth rock, had kept almost entirely free
from snow. Up this I made my wny rap
idly. Our cautious method of advancing
in the outset had spared my strength; ana,
with tlte exception of a slight disposition to
headache, I felt no remains of yesterday’s
illness. In n few minutes wc reached n
point where the buttress was overhanging,
and there was no other wny of surmount
ing ilie difficulty than by passing around
one side of it, which wns the face of a ver
tical precipice of several hundred feet.
Putting hands and feet in the crevice3
between the blocks, 1 succeeded in getting
over it, and, when 1 reached the top, found
iny companions in a small valley below.
Descending to them, wc continued climl'-
ing, and jn a short time reached the crest. ‘
1 sprang upon the summit, and another step
would nave precipitated nte into an im,
incuse snow field live hundred feci below.
To the edge of this field was sheer icy
precipice ; and then, with a gradual fall,
the field elbped off for about a mile, until it
struck the foot of another lower ridge. 1
stood on a narrow' crest, about three Tcct in
widilt, with an inclination of nbout 2lt° N.
51° E. As soon ns I had gratified the first
feelings of curiosity, 1 descended, nnd cncli
man ascended in [lis turn; for 1 would al
low only one at a time to mount the unsta
ble and precarious slab, which it seemed
as if a hreath would hurl into the abyss be
low. We mounted Ihc barometer in the
snow of the summit, and, fixing a ramrod
in n crevice; unfurled the national flag to
wave in the breeze where never flag waved
before. During our morning's ascent, wc
had met no sign of animal life, except the
small sparrow-like bird already mentioned.
A stillness the most profound, and a terri
ble solitude forced themselves constantly
on the mind as the features of the place.
Here, on the summit, where the Etulncs9
was absolute, unbroken by anv sound, and
the solitude complete, wc tnought our
selves beyond the region of animated life;
but white we were sitting on the rock, n
solitary bee (bromus, the bumble bee) come
winging its flight from the eastern valley,
andlit on the knee of the men. It was n.
strange place, the icy rock, and the highest
peak of the Rocky Mountains, for a lover
of warm sunshine and flowers; and wc
pleased ourselves with the idea that ho
was the first of liis species to cross tho
mountain barrier—a solitary pioneer to fore
tell the advance of civilization. I believe
that a moment’s thought would have made
us let him continue Yiis way unharmed;
but wc carried out the law or this country,
where all animated nature seems at war;
and, seizing him immediately, pul him in
at least a fit place—in the leaves of a large
book, among the flowers we had coUected
on our way. The barometer stood at 19
293, the attached thermometer at 44°;
giving for the elevation of this summit 13,-
370 ieet above the Gulf of Mexico, which
may be called the highest flight of the bcr.
It is certainly the highest known flight of
that insect. From the description given
by Mackenzie of 'he mountains where he
crossed them, with that of a French officer
still further to the north, and Col. Long’s
measurements to the south, joined to tnc
opinion of the oldest traders of the country,
it is presumed that this is (he highest peak
of the Rocky Mountains. The day wns
sunny and bright, but a slight shining mist
hung over tbc lower plains, which interfer
ed with our view of tne surrounding coun
try. On one side we overlooked innumer
able lakes and streams, the spring of the
Colorado of the Gulf of California; and on
the other was the Wind river vaUey, where
were the heads of the Yellowstone branch
of the Missouri; far to the north, we could
just discover the snowy heads of the Trois
Teton?, where the sources of the Missouri
and Columbia rivers, and at the southern
extremity of the ridge, the praks were
plainly visible, among which were some of
the springs of the Nebraska or Platto river.
Around us, the whole scene had one main
striking feature, which was that of terriUe
convulsion. Parallel to its length, the
