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-*r» 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*. teTTms. Tiro iWlaw per sannia, if paid in advance, or I ooe Dollar for the first insertion, and for each continuance. Advertisements i^nnjthe number of insertions specified, r-"' I ^ifWunta forbid. I ^ of land and Negroes by Executor*, Adminis- I V»,'sbJ Guaidiana, are required by law to lie I’^jtiscd in a public gaaette, sixty days previous to 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. 1 fr.tll letters on business mnst be post paid. 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. ms I iir-| 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 &C.I 11 ofl Ken-1 ra’Cl tal ic ^ VEDJ Dt < i tbel »®f»r ttbol ^ 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