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Columbian ilUumun, ■WB* SWANN AH GAZEXTK. VUINTEO AXD PCBUSHBII ON TUB bAy, BY MICHAEL J. JCAPPEL, sis CO. ~J. ——— Terms..,.nAti-y lAtyable in advance. ‘Country papf.R, issued ott Tuesday, lhurxday, ■xiA Saturduv, (containing all the news and new advertisement* of the daily paper) g 5 per an ruini —payable in advance. rt-j 1 •-—. ‘ - L — : —— l SAV.WMM, sATunnir Monjci-VG, /)•.<>. FORGET THEE ! NO ! BY MBS. OPIE. Then be it so, and let us part. Since love like mine has fail’d to move thee ! Rut do not think this constant heart Can ever cease, ingrate, to love thee. No—spite of all thy cold disdain, I’ll bless the hour when first I met tlice, .And rather bear whole years of pain, Than e’en for one short hour forget thee. Forget thee ! No. . M memory,'now my only friend, Shall with her soothing art endeavor My present anguish to suspend, By painting pleasures lost forever. She shall the happy hour renew, When full of hope and smiles ! meet thee, And little thought the day to view, When thou would’st wish me to forget thee. Forget thee! No. Yet I have lived to v;c\V that day ; To mourn my past destructive blindness ; To see, now turn’d with scorn away, Those eyes,once fill’d with answering kindness. But go —farewell! and be thou blest, If thoughts of what I feel will let thee; Yet thouglrthy image kills my rest, ; Twere greater anguish to forget thee, j Forget thee ! No. NEW-YORK, NOV. 24. A beautiful ship, pierced for 3? guns, ■was launched from the ship house of messrs. A. & N. Brown*, on Saturday morning, having been built in 73 days, under the superintendance of’captain Banker, of this eity.—Wc understand another corvette chip, of 900 tons, will be launched this forenoon, from mr. Eckford’s ship yard. A letter, of which the following is a copy, has been received from Bordeaux, by the editors of the Mercantile Advertiser, .ac companied by a request that it may obtain a place in the papers of the different sea ports throughout the United States, as an useful article of commercial information. “Caution to Merchants and Masters of Vessels. —The undersigned, ship-brokers Bordeaux, deem it necessary to caution all merchants and masters of vessels trading to Bordeaux against prohibited goods, am) manufactured tobacco in particular, which oflate are frequently secreted by pissen gers or seamen, and cause very serious dif ficulties on arrival; as vessels are answer able to the customhouse for all thatis found onboard, and are thereby exposed to seiz ure, and at best have to sustain heavy fines, after using the utmost solicitation to escape the rigour of the law, which is the confisca tion of the vessel. Svizier, L vrrrrTE, & Constantin, Ship-Brokers. Bordeaux, Ist Sept. 1817.” Agricultural flint —A writer in a New- Jersey paper recommends the boiling of corn for horse 9 and hogs. He says if will afford one third more nutriment than when given whole or ground, besides saving, in the latter case, the tenth taken for toll. He also ad vises hoiling of the cob, which he says is as wholesome and sweet as the grain. .fbvedoie. —A. gentleman was lately in quiring fora vounglady of his aquaintr.nce. ‘ She is dead,” very gravely replied the per son to whom lie addressed his enquiries. Good God ! I never heard of it—what was her disease?” “Vanity” returned the other; “ she buried herself alive in the arms of an old fellow of seventy, with a great fortune, in order to have the satisfaction of a gilded tomb.” A letter from Natchez of the 27th ulf. states, that there was no abatement of the fever, that mosts the houses were shut, :md that the bani had discontinued buri- M>s r . The population, did not exceed 300 persons. The governor vs N’ew-.lersey, by procu rin'., -*cer*n:end* Thursday, the first) ,-, ,Jtr m’ v ;it xf, as h day of Tiinriks-j u. l fVnyer throughout that state. MILLfeDGEVILLE, DSC. 2. FXGAGEMEXT WITH THE IjXMAXS. Copy of a letter from major general Gaines to the Governor of ■Georgia, dated at fort Scott, near the confluence of the Flint and Chatahoo cliie rivers, 21st. of November, 1817. Sir,—The first brigade ot the United States troops arrived at this place on the 19th instant, ‘1 had previously sent a run ner to notify the Fowl Town chief, En, he munt,hy, of my arrival, and, to ascertain whether his hostile temper had abated, re quested him to visit me—he replied that lie had already said to the commanding officers here, all he had to* say, and that lie would not come. He had warned major Twiggs not to cross, or cut a stick of wood oti the cast side of Flint river, alledging that the land was his, that lie was directed by the powers above and below, to protect and defend it, and he should do so. This being the talk referred to, and his town having continued to be hostile ever since the late war— having participated as the friendly Indians assert in the predatory war carried for some time past against the Georgia fron tirne, I yesterday detached 250 men (sup posed to be about the strength of the town’ under the command of major 1 wiggs, with orders to bring to me the chief and warriors and in the event of resistance, to treat them as enemies. The detachment arrived a; the town early this morning and were in stantly fired upon, but without effect. — The fire was briskly returned by the de tachment, and the Indians put to fliglv. with the loss of four warriors slain—and, as there is reason to believe, many more wounded. Amonir the articles found in the house of the chief, was a British uniform coat (scar ■ let) with pair of gold cpauletts, and a cer tificate signed by a British captain of ma rines, “ Robert White, in the absence of colonel Nichols,” stating that the chief “ had always been a true and faithful friend to the British.” The reports of friendly Indians concur in estimating the number of hostile In , dians, including the Red-sticks and Sem • inoles, at more than two thousand—inde . pendent of the blacks at and near Suwan ! ney, within 120 miles of this place, amoun i ting to near four Inyidred men, and increas : ing by the addition of every runaway from ; Georgia able to get to them. The friend ly Indians inform me, that the hostile par ty and blacks have been promised a Bri tish force to assist them, from New-Provi . dence. This promise, though made by . Nichols and Woodbine, is nevertheless t relied on by these deluded wretches, who, - I have no doubt, will sue for peace, as they t find their hopes of British aid to be without foundation. f I have called the militia from Fort Haw t kins to this place, and have directed Col. 1 Brcaiiey to confer with your excellency r upon the subject of an additional battallion ! for the protection of the frontier from Ok i midgee to St. Mary’s. 1 have the honor to be, most respectfully, - your obedient servant, ED. P. GAINES, M. G.Comd’ng. ‘ Beware of counterfeits. Five dollar notes purporting to boos the Mechanics’ ’ Earth of this city, and at first view, well cal culated to deceive,have recently made their ’ appearance. The notes are shaded with blue waved lines, made payable to W. Lee, and dated Nov. 14th, 1814. The signatures are a good imitation; but on close.exami nation, the engravings will be found inferi or to t!ie genuine notes. The vignette re . presents a ship on the stocks. The notes f at present appear quite new, aud are evi | dently of anew emission, but the vigilance i of the public may prevent a more extensive i circulation. No new genuine notes of that description are in circulation. A3 r. Gaz, Vermont. —Gov. Galuska has appointed the 4th December to be observed as a day of public thanksgiving. “The being of a God” ’ says the governor “is written as with a sun beam on the face of nature. The heavpns bear the impress of his fingers, and earth the footsteps of his power, the rise and fall of kings and kingdoms, empires and repub lics, nations and individuals, are but his smiles and his frowns. On those we live, at these we die. The sacred scriptures are a display of his perfections, the signet of his sovereignty, and history of his love. Hence to dispute His existence, completes the cli max of folly. To refuse Him reverence and honor is the heighth of presumption. To withhold from Him obedience and direction, is the extreme of ingratitude. We have received by the Trident,Bengal papers of the 2d of August. The American )ship Saltis, Harrow, arrived r.t Calcutta, on the 30tl July from the west coast. •V. V paper. A letter from admiral Brion, to a’gentle- 1 man in Kingston, dated Augustura, 29th < Sspternber—says: “It is with the greatest satisfaction that I am enabled to date my letter trom this city; the Venezuelan flag now flies tri umphant on the whole of the Oronoque, whilst gen. Bei mudaz has marched with a strong division to join general Zaraza and enter Caraccas. BUFFALO, NOV. 11- NIAGARA FALLS. Bridge to Gyat Island. —Augustus Por ter, esq. the proprietor of the American side of the falls of Niagara, some time since pur chased Goat Island, lying in Niagara river, dividing the falls- This island, being situ ate in the rapids, has hitherto been deemed inaccessible or dangerous of access, there being only one point to approach it, and that by putting into the river, a mile or more a bove the falls, and then dropping down be tween rapids, on the head of the Islands; this way however, could not always be con sidered secure, as the least mismanagement of the boat in departing the island would be fatal. In order therefore to approach the island in safety and to improve it to advan tage, the enterprising proprietor has con structed a bridge 34 rods in length, found ed on 11 piers, each pier when filled will contain 50 tons of stone; and from the size of the piers and their foundation being solid rock, it is confidently believed that the bridge will be permanent. It is, we under stand, the intention of judge Porter, to cul ) tivate this enchanting island, and erect, thereon suitable buildings for the accom modation of strangers and others, who de sire to view one of the grandest curiosities of nature, in a new character. The Island contains about 80 acres of ’ land, is about 100 rods wide, but at the low er end between the falls, it is only 90 rods. Burial of lieut. Brooks. —Several officers of the army, at Detroit, friends of this gal ■ Sant and accomplished officer, (son of Gov. Brooks of Mass, who fell 10th Sept. 1813, . at Perry’s victory,) who was buried at Put . in-bay-1 si and, have removed his remains to . the city of Detroit, where on Friday week, . they were interred with military honors.— . The clergy, civil, military and citizens, all testified their respect for the memory of the deceased. LONDON, SEPT. 29 a Hatch Cruelty. —The horrible tragedy of * Dutch cruelty’ has already commenced in Java; and it will not stop here. The Quar terly Teview, just published, contains the following account of a most atrocious trans action, to which we scarcely know where to look for any parallel, unless it be that of the Black Hole in Calcutta, the massacre of the English in Amboyna, or of the Chi nese in Batavia, when the streets of that capital literally ran with blood. “We pledge ourselves (says the Reviewers) for the truth of the statement; and by exposing to the whole world a scene of such infamy, ’ feel that wc are performing a public duly.— May we hope that this exposure, will be the means of creating such universal indigna . tion against the parties concerned in the > bloody deed, as may prevent the recurrence . of such inhuman and disgraceful transac . lions.! i “ Towards the latter end of November , last, the Petingec or chief of the village of ; Chipamoonchong, in the district ofChatsem. . named Keysa, observing dissatisfaction to . prevail among the inhabitants of the ais . trict, in consequence of some unauthorized exactions of the Capato Choorack, and other native chiefs in authority over them, took advantage of the circumstance, and getting several other heads of villages to join, pre vailed on a number of the lower class to assemble, under the ostensible plea of going to Indramaj’o, to lay their grievances before the “ Landrust,” as the president’s assist ant, who had charge of the police in those districts,was usually called. “ Having collected together a body of men in the first instance, small parties, under aqtive emissaries, were dispatched to the neighboring districts to beat up for recruits, and many cases occurred of poor people being actually tied and forced to join the party. As they increased in numbers, the part y moved towards the river Chitnanock, the boundary between the Indramnyo dis tricts and Chcribon, and in their route were joined by all who had, or fancied they had any grievance to complain of. Among these it is understood, that, very few were from kandang houses ; but some heads of villa-*- gesatid a considerable number of the lower class, are stated to have joined them from the district of Indramayo, anil of the latter, a number from the lower Crawangdistricts. At this stage of their progress, it appears to have been first circulated aiming them tlmt the I’ungaiian Kanoouian might be expect-) ed from the “seaside,” to join them as their chief. The Pungarian Kamooman, who, I understand, was banished during the insur. rection of Bagoos Rangun, is represented to be a descendant of one Seedan, who was first promoter of the disturbances in Cheri bon formerly, and his family have always possessed great influence in the western part of that district. “ Whatever the real object or expccta. tions of the leaders of the deluded people may have been, it. is ascertained that not a single chief of rank, above the head of a vil lage, joined them, or appeared, in any man ner, to give them support or countenance. “ By the time they arrived at Lobenar, a village situated on the banks of the Chima nook, 7 palls from Indramayo, the party amounted to about 900 men, which number it never exceeded. It is a fact well worthy of notice, that in the course of a desultory march of nearly fifty palls, from Chasm to Lobenar, not an instance is known to have occurred of property of any kind having been injured ; arid although they remained stationary at Lpbedar for many days, du ring which the rice, paddy, cattle and other | property of Mr. Muntainghe was most temptingly in their way under the charge only of a few slaves, not a single article was touched, not a human being molested, “Preparations were now in forwardness by the residents of the Priangar regencies and Chcriiion, to attack the insurgents, if they may be so called, and it was carried into execution at Lebonaron 20th Dec. It is estimated that 100 of the insurgents fell in the engagement, and 504 were made prisoners. Kevsa, the Petangee, who first commenced the insurrection, was observed to be very actively encouraging his men to repel mr. Mottman’s attack, and this man was found among the killed. When the prisoners were disarmed, mr. Motlman,the Dutch resident (whose conduct merits praise for courage and humanity) deliver ed them ever to the military, in order that they might be securely guarded to Indra mayo. On their arrival there, they were all put into a coffee store-house within the fort, and the store-house surrounded with centinels. In the course of the night it is stated that an attempt was made on the part of the prisoners to escape from con finement—the soldiers oh guard fired upon them, and, horrible to relate, it ended in the masacre of about 500 souls, in cold blood, by the military, under the orders and in the presence of their own officers ! . Mr. Mottman did all that was in his power to stop this dreadful sacrifice of human blood, but without effect; no attention seems to have been paid to his representa tions, and he was obliged to submit, as he himself declares, with feelings not to be . described, to the spectacle of .an unarmed multitude of poor misled creatures, whom he had vanquished and made prisoners in the morning, massacred by their guards, commanded by two officers, one bearing his Netherland majesty’s commission of captain, and the other of lieutenant, under the weak, inconceivable, and inhuman pre text, that they could not be otherwise res ponsible for the security of their prisoners, or for their own safety. Will it be credited that a number of un armed wretches, confined in a secure leak wood building within a fort should ever think of attacking a military force surroun ding them as guard.*:; and to whom they had justKurrenilcred with their arms yet in their hands? He must be credulous indeed, who can bring his mind to be lieve thus 1- It ever the truth comes to light, it will then,” I am convinced be found that an effort to give themselves fresh air, quite natural to so large a body of men confined in a building of comparative ly small dimensions, the doors and win dows of which were no doubt dosed for security, was by tiie pusillanimity, if not cruelty of their guards, considered as an attempt to escape—and the scene of blood once begun, the prisoners apprehending what was to follow, made such resistance as they had in their power, in the vain hope of saving their lives. But let this be as it may; those who remained alive from the massacre were embarked in coffee prows, and dispatched up the river to Canony Samburg, and while on the river the second act of the tragedy took place. An attempt is said to have been again made by the prisoners to escape and on this occasion many more were sent to the other world to join their companions in misfortune. In deed, so insatiable appears to have been the thirst for Javanese blood, that of 504 taken prisoners by mr. Mottman, on the da} r of engagement, but 113 arrived alive at this place where they are. now in confinement! “ Chidncore . 2ld Jav. 1817. It is added that the Hutch had taken to themselves great merit for the gallant con duct displayed by their troops on this oc casion. Poor Javanese ! what a dreadful change of mitsterp have you experienced. From the Columbus (Ohio) Gazette. To the Curious. —Mr. Willoughby ink;, Ornithology, gives an account of a goose, which was knownto be eighty years 0 f age. Had that goose annually produced six goslings, two males and four females had those goslings with their progeny cur’ tinued and multiplied in the same ratio til) the eightieth year, at the death of the old goose, what would be the number of herd* scentanls? Were those geese arranged in one straight line according to their a? each occupying the space of a foot; hoy long must the old goose live that she maj visit her remotest ofispring, flying at the rate of twelve miles an hour ? Again, what sum of money would purchase those gees, at 25 cents each ? Were the purchase ney given in soli4 gold, allowing a cubit inch to be worth 8177,11, and this gold posited in the plane contained within Herschel’s orbit, whose semidiameter j 9 1,803,584,599 mi.es, to what height would the whole plane be filled ? Whoever will answer these inquiries shall he entitled t ‘one of the goslings. zei.os. iw* ’nmsygoinumm w-wewßWiwin DIED. —In this town, yesterday morninj mr. Vjj f or Uohet, by suicide. ■.•■n.flill- Hal nnnnM*!,. . | OTWMW MUX'RRZSUU* Port of £>ahannal]. ARRIVED, Sloop Katty, Carpenter, St. Mary’s. cleared, Ship Woodbine, Willet, Havre de Grace—£ Howard & co. Ship Prudence, J-ield, New-York— C. If. Cc peuter & co. • Sloop Liberty, Gilbert, st. Mary’s— master. The schr. Two-Brothers, Coakley, has arrbed at Nassau,from this port. Clearances for this port. Brig Georgia, West, at Boston, on 22<! nit, Aurilla, Hitch, New-York. 2(3ih. Schr. President, Adams, Alexandria, Ya. 2/& Vessels up for this port. At Charleston, sloop Express, Hammett, was to sail on the 3d instant. At New-York, Nov. 26, brig Roderick, Har. ding, to sail on the 27th. At Boston, Nov. 24, brig Almira, Atwood, tn sail with quick despatch. Baltimore, Nov. 27. Ar. brig Calypso, Neill, Port au Prince, 20ds. sugar and coftee. Left schr. Jane, Fisk, from Balt just ar ; schr. Ann Maria, for Bait, in 2 ct 3 days ; brigs Heroine, , for Norfolk, unc; Margaret, late Ritchie, N. York in a few days; Cosmopolite, Campbell, do. for Bordeaux; schs. Lady Macdonough, Ingersoll, N. York in 2O ds; Milo, Snow, N. Orleans, 0 ; Spartan, Johnson, K. York, unc ; Eagle, Blackman, Philad. 20; Han nibal, Norton, Wilmington, unc ; iioakby, Spin ney, Portsmouth, s- h. do; Kising-sun, Gardner, Philad. 8 days ; Paragon, Mackay, Boston, 3ds; Hector, Holbrook, Philad. unc ; Gazette, forN. York, do ; L'nion, for Norfolk, do. ; sellr. Elia f’iglm, Wwtcr-'WR, XT Vrlr. f1i0L...’.-1/Jg*, had run ashore on the x. s. end of Turks Island,” ses tained but little damage, except loss of anchors and cables. Passed oti Point Eemetine, bound up, ship Rapid, of and for N. York. The schr. Franklin, Fitz, from Balt, v.as spoke off the Mole on the 24th Oct. bound to Aux t ayes. On the 18tli Nov. lat. 36, 14, lon. 75, 40, passed the sch. Calypso, of Charleston, blowing fresh, could not learn where bound. A number of other Amen , can vessels left at Port au Prince, names not re collected. Cleared—brig Harriot, Cathell, st. Salvador; schr. Sarah & l.ouisa, Murphy, Martinique. Nov. 28.—Ar. sclu. Sampson, Powell, st. Jago de Cuba, 16 days, sugar and coffee. Left brig Fanny, Stevens, of Balt just ar. from windward; ship Montgomery, of Charleston, for Turks Isl and 1 in 5 or 6 days ; brig Gen. Jackson, Hambur ger, for Philad. in 10 or I2 ; schr. Eliza, Tho mas, 9 days from Norfolk, and a few others. J hUadelphia, Nov. 27. Ar. brig Betsey, Johns, Portland, I2 days;sch Julia-ann, Johnson, do 1 2 ; Resolution, Mar shall, New-York, 4; Orion, Champlin, do 5; Bel vieiere, Cobb, Boston, 13 ; Comet, Hall, do 15; sloop Sally, Chase, Newport, 7 days. Below—ship Mercury, Singleton, I jvcrpooi and dutch ship America', from Amsterdam. Cleared—dutch ship Vrow Elizabeth, John son, Amsterdam ; schr. Ann, Clark, Mobile. New-York, Now. 26. Ar. the british packet countess of Chichester, Ki: kness, 49 ds from Falmouth, via Halifax, t days, with the October mail; ship Eliza Taubman, Dublin, 54, coal, bale goods, drill passengers; schrs. Pocahontas, Sevbert, Ph& delphia, 3 days ; Eliza &. Dorcas, Pugh, Wai ington, c. 5 ; Aretas, Price, Philad. 3; Fas- Play, French, Baltimore, 10 days. Below last night—ship Albert Gallatin, ClaA 66 days from st. Petersburg, hemp andiron. Cleared—ship Paragon, Halstead, N. Orleans schr. Critic, Jeffrey, Halifax. [J!y the schr. Henry & liobert, er. at Chartestei ] NASSAU, Nov. 12.—Ar. his majesty's brill Rifleman, capt. Huff, from Havana; schr. Tw Brothers, Coakley, Savannah ; schr. Swift, Bali New-Orleans. Nov. 15—Sailed, schr. Two Brofliers, Sno% for Halifax ; Speculation, Hester, for N. York The schr. Do, of this port, Wm. Milk-r, mat ter, from Philadelphia, was wrecked on Abaft in the night of Friday the 7th inst.—the vessel entirely lost —a small part of the cargo has be {S saved, which with the crew and passengefs,ar rived here on Thursday night last. Nov. 22—A few weeks ago a schr. apparent? bound for this port, w as seen by several persons on this island, to be brought to and carried ort'm another schr. which was at the time asserted be the \ emis of this port, then on her pa*ap to Jamaica, and whose arrival there has mentioned in the Jamaica papers. It now that the capturing vessel was a priw trom Amelia, and the schr. captured, a Spam® slave vessel from the coast of Africa, which j” endeavoring to gain this port for safety- •>’ was carried lo Amelia, w here the slaves wit sold, as report states, for 50,000 dollars Cleared—brig Venus, Morris, v Orleans _ Boarding. I.IROM s*x to eight Gentlemen c m hr :u p tinted w ith hoard atui lodging in !l ‘ ‘" u *,- pleasant part o the citv. 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