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1S6 President, the propriety of nominating and ap pointing before we separate, a Chaplain to this Convention, whose duty it shall be uniformly to assemble with us, and introduce the business of each day by an address to tho Creator of the Universe and the Governor of nil nations, be- seedi ng him to preside in our council—enlight en our miuds with it portion of heavenly wis- dom—ittflucucu our hearts with n love of truth and justice, and crown our labors with u com plete and abundant success.” The Doctor sat down, and never, said Gen. ——, did I behold a countenance at once so dignified and delighted, ns was that of Wash ington at the close of (his address. Nor were the members of the Convention generally less affected. The words of the venerable Frank lin fell upon our eurs with a weight and author ity even greater than tvo may suppose au ora cle to have had in a Roman Senate. A silent admiration supercoded, fora moment, the ex pression of that assent and approbation winch was strongly marked on almost every counte nance; I sty almost, for one man was found in tho Convention, Mr. II , from who rose and said,—With regard to the first motion of the honorable gentleman for an adjournment, he would yield his assent; but lie protested a- gainst the second motion, for the appointment of a chaplain. fie then commenced a high Strained enlogium on the assemblage of wisdom, talent and experience which the convention em braced—declared the hi eh sense he entertain ed of the honor which his constituents had conferred upon him, in linking him a member of that respectable body; since lie was cmifi- 'den'ly of opinion, that they were competent to transact the business which hid been entrusted to their care, that tltey wero equal to every exi gence which might occur, and concluded by saving, that therefore he did not seo the neces sity of calling in a foreign aid! Washington fixed his eyes upon the speaker With a mixture of surprise and indignation, while he uttered this impertinent and impious speech! and then looked around to seo in what ni inner it affected others. They did not leave him n minute to dotilit, no ono deigned to re ply, or take tho smallest notice of tho speaker; but the motion for appointing a chaplain was instantly seconded and carried; whether under the silent disapprobation of Mr. II or Ids solitary negative, I do not recollect. The mo tion was then put and carried unanimously, apd the Convention, adjourned accordingly. The three days of recess were spent in the manner advised by Dr. Franklin; the-opposite parties mixed witlt each other, and a free and frank interchange of sentiments took place.— On the fourth day xve assembled again, and if great additional light had not been thrown on tho subject, every unfriendly fooling had heed expelled, and a spirit of conciliation had been Cultivated, which promised at least a culm and dispassionate reconsideration of the subject. As soon as the chaplain had ended his pray er, and the minutes of the last moeting were read; all eyes were turned to the Doctor. lie rose, and in a few words staled, that during the recess he had listened attentively to all the ar- S aments pro and con, which Imd been unje.d y both sides of the house:—that he had him self said much and thought more on the subject —ho saw diffiruMes and objections which might be urged by individual States against every scheme which had been proposed, and he thought now, more than ever, tffal tho Con stitution which they were abotijt to form, in or der lobe just and equal, must be formed on the basis of compromise and mutual concession.— With such views and feeling* lie would now move a reconsideration of the voto last taken on the organization of the Senate. The mo tion was seconded, thd vote carried, the former tote rsecinded, and by a successive motion nnd resolution, tho Senate was organized on the pre sent plan. APPLE ORCHARD. (From the People’s Adroeate.) It is aplcnsing.thing to me, to rend the ex periments and observations of men in our own Country, on any thing that) belongs to farming, and mine may be so to otliors. I have been taking observations nnd making some exper tnents on fruit trees, where 1 now live, for for ty years past. I shall give some directions how to hinnngo an applo orchard. When you aro about to plant an apple or chard, you may Iny it out in the following man per. set a stake at the corner of your orchard, and take your courso due south or cast,,{as tho case may be,) with a chain or lino of two poles long, and set up a stake at every length for as many trees as you mav want to plan* in that course. Then lako off at a right angle by a compass or square, nnd set up ns many stakes as you want rows in (hat direction, mid so also With the other two squares. Then tnko n plou jh and run straight from stako to stake, and cross at like for corn; then take n spade and dig a hole at tiio cross, big enough to receive tho roots of the trees without bending them.— Put a little soil in the bottom of tho hole, be fore you set in the treo, nnd set tho treo so deop as all the routs will lie below plough depth.-— Give your tree a small lean to the sun nt one o'clock; and fill up 'the hofo with pood soil, ond put some clay at the top to keep it firm.— By giving the tree this lean to tho south, the top will shade the body in the hont of tho day, which will be of great service to it in the dry weather of July and August; nnd the high winds in the spring, rfter great rains, will set the trees straight. If the tree should lean the other way, the sun w : II be apt to kill the bark on tho upper side. When you plant vour trees you should tie broom sedge about them with the twiggj of willow, or white oaks splits. This w II prevent rabbits from eating the bark, nnd hinder the sun from hurting them in tho sum mer, and assist their growth. If you do not wwrk the ground in corn, or cotton,' you should plough your rows of trees liko corn, to keep the ground moist about them, and it will make them grow tho foster. You should keep tho caterpillars from eating (lie blossoms and leaves. The cateruill&rf lay thgir eggs in June, on the small branches on tho outside of tho trees.— Here they remain until March before they hatch. The bunch of eggs is about three-fourths of an inch long, along the limb, ami abojt nne- fonrth of an inch thick around the limb. They qro covered with a black shining substance, like varnishing, and are laid on the late growth. These knots can be most easily seen when the leaves drop o(T; and at your leisure in the win ter you can pick them off. Whenever they hatch, they go up the limb and eat while the sun is warm. In the evening they creep down to some folk on'a limb, tvjiero they make a nest like the spider, /mil creep under th<! web when it is cold or wet. And when it is warm they go to eating; and when they have eaten all "the leaves and blossoms on that bratich, they descend to another fork; and so ascend new branches, until they eat all up, or until they get to their full growth. Then they scatter in every direction, .and creep into some close place, where they wind themselves up in a close silkworm-form, whore they remain until they are ready to go and lay their eggs. If they aro not killed before they make their web, the best way to destroy them is, to take a stick or polo and roughen it, and rim it into the fork and twist the caterpillars in their own web, and bring them down and mash them. This mast be done in the morning, before they leave their nest; or in tho evening, after they return from the branches. This you must repeat, as often as you see them collected info the forks of the In this way 1 keep mv orchard clear of these devourers, excepting those trees that are very.iarge. There is-another thing that is destructive to apple trees, which 1 call a cancer, for want of knowing what it should he called. It is u thing that grows out of rotten wood that has bark on. It grows in great plenty on the old post oak trees. The out edge is sharp mid hard in dry weather, hat in wet wea'lier it is soft like a mushroom. This thing starts from dead wa ter sprouts at the root of the apple tree, and by some means enters in between the hark and wood of the flourishing tree in tho summer time, and on the north side of the tree. When it once gets a start, the sap of the tree makes it grow rapidly, raises the bark from the tree and nkes way lor the thin edge to grow on be tween the wood and the bark; and it will soon burst the bark so that the brown sap will run out. By this you will first discover tho cancer, and in a few weeks it will grow clear round tho tree, and so kill it without fail. When weeds grain grow thick about the roots of trees, hev are the most subject to be killed this way. When you first discover the sap running ou>, you must take your knife and cut a,ll the growth of the cancer clean off, with all the bark; for if you leave a piece only as big as the point of a lancet, it will'gjW, if iho bark will slip from he tree. I have taken a piece eight or ten in ches square off the north side of a tree, and die tree would live a number of years after. Wlieu you find any of your trees die, that grow on rich soil, if you find that the bark is loose from ilm tree at the root, nnd rotten, be sure that it was a cancer. Tu preveut this, cut all your water sprouts close to the tree. I have lost a number of my best trees, before I found it out. The growth of tho cancer will be as thick as seal leather, nnd of a black color, and of so firm a substance as to burst the bark of large trees. • Amongst othor things, you must not neglect to take your gun in November and December, and kill every snpsucker that you can see cut ting holes into the bark of your trees to drink 'he sap; for they will dustroy the treo at Iasi, unless you destroy them, If you want to keep your peach trees alive, vott must take the trouble to take the grub worms out of tho roots of the trees, for they are in plenty in every tree from ono end of the year to tho other. They enter in through »he bark of the tree at ihc surface of the ground when they aro no larger than a grain of wheat, and they stay .and eat the outside of the wood until they aro as big as one’s little finger.— Sometimes there will be a dozen*of them in one tree. When you go to hum them, dear away the earth from the root of tho tree, take your knife and rub off the gum which conies out of the hole that they entor in; cut the bark'liro’ anti follow, the way tltoy have taken. Some times they aro above, and sometimes below.— It took me one whole day to clean sixty trees last spring. Do not throw bark the dirt to the root, but let the water stand about the root, for after the bark is opened the water will kill them that it gets at, if you should not find them. Tho timo to prune trees, is in tho summer At tho first sight ofa water sprout, or a small limb growing where it should not, you must cut it close to the tree. If this is done, the tree will soon grow smooth over it; and never cut off a lintb thickor than your thumb. If you do tho tree will seldom overgrow it. Those things I will hold to ho trtto. > JAMES HARRIS. For* mtriet. South Carolina, Feb. 1,1827. most cruel and eicrutiatiug tortures which the untutored mind could devise or savage bar barity execute. At ono time they were made fist to a tree or post and their scalps taken off; af-er which, the little remaining flesh on the top of their head* was violently removed and the bleeding scalps replaced, and per mitted to remain and adhere. The flesh thus cut front their heads was roasted and forced down their throats tu sustain exhausted nature. At another time a piece was disserted from die fleshy part of the thigh, which was also cooked and given them to eat. No resistance in this case would avail, and they submitted without opposition to the cruelties of their bai- barotts oppressors. Gregory however became so exasperated with pain, that in a state 6f wildness approaching to insanity, he arose up on his tormentors and actually succeeded in bringing several of them to the ground. Up on this, some of the Indians, in tlieir language, exclaimed, “he is a good soldier;” but for his reward, his right arm, winch had done the deed, was strip, and on the inside a gash cut from the wrist to he shoulder, into which was introduced a hot walnut-rod, aud tho flesh a- gtin closed. As if this was not sufficient en tirely to disable till* member, they immediate ly shot several bullets through the arm in dif ferent places, and then left him to groan and sigh that his hours uf existence might be few and his lingering torments soon overpower the pulsations of life. At another time their tongues were cut out; Gregory's about one third, and the others en tirely to the roots. Consequently Gregory is die only one who can utter a word, and he in distinctly, and from him the principal inform; tion is derived. Tltey finally succeeded in ef- fect’ug their escape by tho assistance of a squaw, wlm in kindness accompanied them through a thick forest, a dis.ance of forty-five miles, nnd placed thorn on, a track by which they succeeded in reaching the white settle ments. At die' time they nude the last attempt to free themselves, they were eight hundred miles front any white habitations. Many more of their sufferings and hardships could he told, but what we Itavo already related is sufficient to shock the feelings of liinmiiiiy and to excite the warmest sympathy for these miserable fel low beings; who, at this Lite day, so long after the execution of the heartless deeds, bear about them but the too visible proofs of itie truth of their story. Nichols and the third, we under stand, left wives and families in this city, and Gregory a mother, who had long since number ed them with the dead.—Boston Traveller, Is* ultimo. travelling pver an inconsiderable ridge; we fell on an niconliderable river, called Bear river, which rises to the south on the Utatv Moun tains, bears north eighty or ninety miles, when it tuins short to the southwest and south, and after passing two mountains, discharges itself into the Great Salt Lake. On this river and its tributary streams, and adjacent country, wo have taken benver with groat success. Since the autumn of 1824, you have no doubt heard, and will hear by the public prints, of the furs brought by General Ashley, which wera tho product" of our toils. In the first valley as you approach from the head of the river, is a small sweet lake, about one hundred nnd twen ty miles in circumference, with beautiful clear water, and when the wind blows has a splen did appearance.' There is is also to be found in this valley a considerable sour spring, near the most northerly point of the river. The valley is scantily supplied with timber, as is the case with most of the lov grounds of this coun try. The second or Willow Valley, is better supplied on this point—this valley has been our chief place of rendezvous, and wintering ground. Numerous streams fall in through this valley, which, like the others, is surround ed by stupendous mountains, which are unri valled for beauty and serenity of scenery. “You here have a view of all the varieties, plenty of ripe fruit, an abundance of grass just springing up, and buds beginning to shoot, while the higher parts of the mountains are covered with snow all within twelve or fifteen miles of this valley. The river passes through a small range of mountains and enters the valley that borders on the Great Salt Lake. The Great Salt Lake lies in a circular form from north- cast to northwest, the larger circle being to the south: it is about four hundred miles in cir cumference, and has no discharge or outlet.— mounted on fleet horses, with instrucUp^ ride him down and warn him of hi s But he was not to be overtaken—John gT in his celebrated London raco, did not er. In vain did the expresses urge for^l tlieir horses, in the hope of getting withfo^l ing distance—the speculator flew’before t;’I almost with the swiftness of the wind, i'tj hours ho was at Sandersville, a distaii 4 ticcnty-scven miles—getting a fresh horse thl?* and one or more afterwards, he arrived dace of destination, at least ?, rom Milledgoville, in about Jive Ao«n/^.av| road Wits never before travelled with. .1 travelled with su peed, and perhaps will not bo again, until**' Itavo another Land Lottery. A bargain the land was quickly struck and a part of purchase money paid down, long before rt! arrival of either of tire expresses. \V e , glad to learn, however, that whou the n^suL of the buyer had beenr discovered, the R e ^ tionary veteran cheerfully returned the and cancelled the sale. MISCELLANEOUS. INTERESTING ARRIVAL. Three men, Gregory, Nichols, nnd another whoso name we havo have not learned, former residents of this city, arrived in town last week, after a fifteen years’ captivity among tho Indi ans. Early in the late war, William Gregory, then at the age of only eleven years, enlisted in tho United States’ service, under captain Watson of this city; and the others entering the army about tho* same time time; they wore all ordered to the western or Canada lines to gether. They Imd not remained long on that station before they were compelled to engage in several skirmishes with the Indians, in ono of which, these three, with sixty-ono others, wero captured. Alter changing musters seve ral times, they nt last found themselves in the power of iho tribo called Flat Heads, by whom they were taken to the Rocky Mountains, and taught the red man's art of hunting ond fishing. During the long, lingering years of tlieir ser vitude, Gregory with tho other two mudo four several attempts to escape, but ware ns many times retaken; nnd as n punishment for thoir bold oadcavoi, they wero subjected to tho Indian Barbarity.—The Boston Traveller, after replying to the doubts expressed in seve red p ipers, as to the prob ibdity of the forego ing statement, repeat- it, with the following additional particulars related by one of the suf ferers, in the presetted of a physician who exa mined his cicatrized 1 mbs: “The narrative of lie sufferer differs in no very essential points from our statement, here tofore made. He entered the service as a waiter or musician a. eleven years of age—was in die army with Gen.' Holt when lie surreu deted at Detroa—>ud w.di sixty-.htee others was seized and earned off :>y the Indians. All of this number but seventeen, who were spared >n account of their youthftiliiesj, after being taken into tho dense wilderness, were tied to posts and trees, their clothes stripped off, and their bodies thickly perforated with pine torch es. In this comiiiion the splinters were light ed, nnd they were literally ro isted alive; and lien left to linger out ihcif painful existence.— Fourteen of the o Iters were alive wlten Greg ory and his comrades in tdu their escapo. “It was ono of his fellows'., but not Gregory, who had been scalped as was stated. Ono was a worthy Lieutenant, whose name, if we right ly understand the In • ken accents of our inform- itit, is M’Crea. Tots officer in ide tltrco at tempts with tho edicts to liberate himself, but the savages were so severe and horrid in thoir runisliments of scalping and in angling him, dint te durst not take an unforbidiicti step. He is bcl cved to be alive with tho Flat Hoads at the present time. Though Gregory was nor actu ally scalped, a gislt was cut from his forehead across his skull neatly to his neck and another across from ear to ear, so far, that a picco of die muscle could be dissected, which was roast ed and eaten by die Indians or their captives. “The flesh has been cut from bis thigh qnd other pans as we before stated, but in largoi quantities than we had imagiued. His arm hangs by his side a mass of senseless us well as useless matter. The rod inado uso of to stif fen it was not of wood, but u common ramrod; and was forced through tho flesh, from the shoulder down. Tito nerve of the arm,’called by anatomists the ntusculo-cacotous nerve, was also severed, nnd hence tho skin and muscles on tho back of tho arm and hand are entirely without feeling, and in a s.ato of violent con traction. Several scars of bullet wounds are visible on different parts of tho arm, which in size ts much larger than that of tho left side, “Tho remaining particulars are, as wo before stated them; and thoy wero indebted to tho kindness of the Chief Squaw, for their final release; who procured ponies for each of them, and mounted on ono herself guided them thro’ the pathless forest to the distance of more than forty miles; where she placed them in a track by which they arrived at last to tho white set tlements. Tltoy returned by the way of Green Bay, Detroit and Washington. At tho latter place, they made known thoir case to'tho Pre sident, who ip person, or by his order, furnish ed them with monoy sufficient to cnablo them to roach their friends in Boston; and assured them that tltey wero entitled to a pension, and that on their application to thoir Captain, still a resident in Boston, they would receive tho nocessaiy requisites to obtain it according to law.” It is generally shallow near tho beach, and has several islands, which rise like pyramids from its surface. Tho western part of the lake is saturated with salt, as not to dissolve any more when thrown into it. The country on southwest and northwest is very barren, bear ing but little more than. wild sage and short grass. The southeast and east are fertile, es pecially near the outlet of the Utaw Lake and Weber’s river. The former is about thirty yards wide at its mouth, the latter from fifty to sixtv, and very deep. “This river rises to the east in the Utaw Mountains, nnd in its course passes through three mountains, to where it enters tho lake.— Wo expect to start in a short time to explore the country southwest of the Great Lakr, where we shall probably winter. This coun try has never yet been visited by any white person; from thence to wlnt place ! ca'not say, bur expect the next letter will be dated at the mouth of tho Columbia. My long absence has created a desire to hear from voir, as well as tho rest of my people, also nty associates. I have been oo-the very eve of returning this summer, but owing to this unexplored coi ntry, which I have a great curiosity to see, I have concluded to remain one or two years. We celebrated the fourth of July, bv firing three rounds of small arms, and partook of a most excellent dinner, after which a number of poli tical toasts were dronk.” the rocky mountains. Extract ofa letter from BIr. D. T. Pott,, dated Roekv 'Mountains. July 26, 1826. “The southern branches of the Missouri are Scots Cadu, and Lewis River, and others of smaller note. «D< tec Ives 111 1 ini fee, (to [pot lie Let lit DOMESTIC. LAND LOTTERY. From the Milledgeville Recorder of the 28th ult, At last the Land Lottery is over,—the Draw ing having been concluded on Friday—and Fortune, true to Iter well-known character of a blind and fickle Goddess, has scattered her gifts, without any just discrimination, among the poor and tho rich, the prudent and the im provident, tho worthy and tho undeserving.— A groat deal of real estate, for the permanent ownership of which there will be a scramble for a year or two yet to come, has beon thrown., as it were at random, among tho people of the State—increasing their property, and adding to tlieir comforts—for such as do not wish to live on the land they have drawn, can, in almost every case, sell it for, some price. The new Territory will afford to a great number of fa milies comfortable homes, and those who havo ilenty of cash may get good land enough ad- . oining to form largo and valuable plantations. Money will circulate more freely—for many a bank bill and Spanish milled dollar, which has been for years in a stato of close confinement, will now escape from its imprisonment, and bo once more ushered into day-light and good company—nothing being more effectual in bringing out hoarded treasure than the prospect of baying bargains in land. The Lottery with all its benefits has not been quite free from evil—it has, it is feared, turned quito topsy tuny the heads of u few honest tnon. It has.also given rise to numer ous ludicrous incidents,—tho circumstances at tending one of these having afforded much a- musemem horc, we will relate them as they have come to our knowledge. The tract of land supposed to be tho most valuable in the new Territory remainod in tho wheel until the day’s drawing preceding the last—Number “fifty-one” in tho twenty-first district of Muscogee, (drawn on the 24th in stant by a female ideot of Columbia county,) was this groat prize. Every body talked of Number fifty-one—it was so pjttremcly vnln- altle—it would command so largo a price. On Thursday morning expectation was on tip-too and tho speculators kept a sfiurp look out. An hour or two before the invaluablo “fifty one" was drawn, another fifty-one, in a different dis- EMIGRATING CREEK INDIANS. Among the passengers who came up j B ^ I steamboat Catawba, we were much gratis j in noticing our much esteemed Folloxv-citico-1 Colonel D. Bi early, formerly agent for tM Cherookee Indians on the Arkansas, and no, I agent for the emigrating party of the Creek fo] dians in Georgia. > 1 Col. B. is conducting a delegation of four five chiefs and warriors of the Creek nation to I explore the country which has been offered I them by the govbrnmont, west of the Tertiton I of Arkuusas, in exchange for the lands ceded L by them, to tho United States, in the state of I Georgia and Alabama. We understand fo | will proceed up the Arkansas about one hun-1 drodjhiles above Cantonment Gibson, for tin I purppe of examining the country and select-1 ing a sire for ltis Agency; after which lie wifi. I return to the Creek nation, and collect and I bring on immediately as many of tho Indiam I under his charge as may bo prepared to remove. I It is expected that several thousand will re. I move in the course of tho present year, audit is not unlikely (if the present exploring part: 1 shall report favorably of the country) tha. eight I thousand or teu thousand will remove within a [ year from the departure of tho first emigrating party. From tho liberal provisions of the two. Z , (which allows the nation an annuity of If. . -six thousand dollars, and thirty dollars per head for every person who shall emigrate,)«. I gether with the advantages which they will en joy in tho country which is offered them, us re gards dim ale, soil, game, &c. it is not irapro-1 liable that the greater portion'of ] the nation, I which consists of more thqn *twety.y-one thou-1 sand souls, will emigrato sA tbVbosrso of afevl years. - T We arc gratified to lcarn-from Cp!- B. that the delegation who accompany him, appett highly pleased with the country, thus far, and from ltis own knowledge of tho country above, and the representation of others who have vi sited it, ho anticipates a favorable report uf it from them on their return to their brethrea in the Creek nation.—Arkansas (Little Rod) Gazette, April 17. New Orleans, May9. Marine Depredators.—Some years have e- lapsed since waters of this slutq fittye been in fested by vermin of this description—thanks to tho vigilance and energy of tho officers of the Custom House, and particularly of the com mander oftthe Revenue Cutter, Captain Jack- son. f On Sunday last, the schooner Isabella.Cap tain Byrne, from Tampico, proceeding up » town through the South West Pass, was bailed from a sloop, with orders to heave to. Cap- B. having a largo amount of specie on board, suspicious of tho stranger’s intentions, peremp torily refused to comply, and kept on his way. The sloop opened a hot fire of musketry upon him at tho distance of 30 or 40 yards, and as tho distanco between the two vessels increased, added occasionally a few rounds of grape a*l canister. Captain B. manfully seized thehclm, after the crew aud passengers went below and continued on his course. After having been chased in this manner for two hours, the sloop grounded, and- Captain B- reached tho mam stream of tho Mississippi :B safety. Influcncod by tho hope that he nig* meet with the Revenue Cutler at tho Balizc,he proceeded thither, and luckily fount! her-— Captain Stark, uf the Steamboat-Post Boyjnfo 1 ’ singular combination of circurastancos,happen* ing likewiso to bo ttycrc, handsomely volunteer* ed to tow the Cutter round to tho spot whereat was presumed tho sloop was lying. WVn tw Cutter came up with her, sho had got off, and was anchored in the middloof tho stream. Sho was immediately boarded and taken possession of without resistance, having on board upwards of twenty men. All tho threo vessels, the Cat* ter, her prizo and the Isabella, came up •» town yesterday, the two former towed by Post Boy. Tho crew of tho sloop wore lodged in prison last evening. Sho prove* to be Bolivar, with n national commission from 'ko republic of Colombia. Her captain has bn ca in Now Orleans for some ten days past; when tho eutrago was committed sho was under tW command oftho first lieutenant, who appear 5 ^ -- » - Itavo been apprised of tho Isabella’s cargo* nurnlui S°r“hT 0 "V T he »° Und eargerly intent on plundering it, for after h« number '’fifty-one had an electric effect—E- vessel nroumled kA desnatchcd very body started and stared—it was, however No. 51 in tho second, .and not in the twenty- first district, and was drawn by a revolutionary soldier of Jefferson county. Number fijly. one had taken so strong a hold on tlso mind of one of tho speculators, that he altogether dis regarded the District, and leaping upon ltis lior.se, was in a moment out of sight, in pursuit of tho man of tho Revolution; wishing no doubt to experience the pleasure which is af forded to every philanthropic heart in bein - the first to cotmnunicnto to so worthy a characlor tho full eztent of his good fortuno. Tito un fortunate mistake of tho speculator boingdis- covered nlmnct Aftor passing from this valley ’ covered almost immediately by hb ftiondsfthev in a southwest direction, we had very good i started after him, instantly, two expresses vessel grounded, I10 immediately despatch- his boat in pursuit, vvith 15 men, well !> rnlC . d ; with orders to pursuo tho Isabella as far up ll: " river up tho river as Fort Jackson. ’ men in tho boat wero also captured by the Co* ter on thoir return down tho pass. Tho number taken exceed* SO. , This same Sloop somo time since eapt' 11 ^ tho American schooner Antoinette, with a able cargo on Itor passage from Mobile to and proceeded with the prizo off the latter P ot ” where the lieutenant (the captain being Mobile) mado a proposition to the consignee* ransom tho cargo—which proposition was ^ ‘ jected, and both vessels returned to the cos oftho Unitcd^tales,and both were in coa'P^' when the shots commenced hci;pursuit»