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Wili practice in all the courts of the Chattahoochee circuit, ami in the adjacent counties in Alabama. March 4 4 3rn LA W . THE undersigned will attend tothe PRACTICE OF LAW, in the name of JONES & BEN NING, in most of the counties of this Circuit, and a few of the adjoining counties of Alabama. Their Office will be found near the Oglethorpe House. SEABORN JONES, HENRY L. HENNING. Pept. 16.1839. S3 ts L A W. THE subscribers having connected themselves m the practice of LAW, will attend all the County Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit, and the adjoining counties of Alabama. Office in Mclntosh Row, immediately over Allen & Young’s Store. ALFRED IVERSON, June 14. 19lf J. M. CHERRY. \Y. G. M. DAT IS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Apalachicola, Florida, PRACTICES in the Courts of the Middle ani Western Districts, ami the Court of Appeals Refers to Hon. J. S. Calhoun. John Fon t w vr, Esq. and S. li. Conner, Esq., Columbus Georgia. 40-52 t. L A W. Mil. AUGUSTIN S. WINGFIELD having taken the place of Judge Taylor, in the late firm of Taylor & King, the business in future will he conducted under the style of KING & WINGFIELD, their address b*fin<* Fort Gaines, Early County, Ga. King & Wingfield will practice in the following counties, viz: COUNTY. PRINCIPAL TOWNS. Randolph, Culhbert, Decatur, Bainbrulge Baker, Albany & Newton, Lee, Palmyra & SiarksviMe, Dooly, Drayton, Macon, Lanier, Sumter, Amcricns, Stewart, Lumpkin, Earlv, Fort Gaines & Blakely ALABAMA. COUNTY. TOWNS. Henry, Abbeville and Columbia, Barbour, lrwinton and Clayton, They beg leave to refer to the following gentlemen, viz : Milledgeville —Hi? Excellency, Charles J. McDonald. Iverson L. Harris. Columbus. —Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn, Frank lin A. Nishet. Macon. —Messrs. Poe & Nesbit.Neshit, Hines & Blake, Col. H. G. Lamar. Fort Gaines. —lion. William Tavlor. Palmyra, Lee Co.— Hon. Lott Warren. Greensborougii. —Hon. William C. Dawson, T. fi .1. Cunningham. Ikwinton, Ala.—John Gill Shorter, Esq. St..losepii. Fl a— \N iley Mason. Esq. Apalachicola. —Messrs. Lockhart le Young. March 11 5 4t E. 11. P L ATT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (CuthSert, Randolph County, Georgia.) ■ 47 1 EL promptly attend to any httsin ss entrusted w to his care in the co nties of Stewart. M ari on, Randolph, Early, Decatur, Baker. Lee, Sumter, Macon and Dooly,Georgia, and Russell and Barbour of Alabama. REFERENCESt Columbus—Hon. T. F. Foster and Colonel John Banks. Lexington—Joseph Henry 1 timpkin, F.sq. B. F. Hardeman, Esq. Lewis J. Dupree and George F. Platt. Washington—Hon. Garnett Andrew s. Macon —Col. D. O. Campbell, Jerry Cowls. Esq. Forsvth —Messrs Dunn & Mar*i Thomaton —John J. Carey. Esq. T. B. Bethel. Apalachicola, Flo.— William G. Porter, Esq. Charleston, S C.—William Harris. New York.—Messrs. Collins, Reese & Eo. March 11 5 ts MEDICAL. DTv SCHLE Y will continue the practice of Me dicine, Susgery.&c. Office ab he old stand of Chipley & Schley, on Broad Street. July'-23. IS4O. 24 ts DR. TAYLOR HAS removed his office to Presl on’s Row, a few doors East of Preston’s Corner, v here he may generally be found, unless when professionally engaged Feb. 9. 1 ts REMOVAL. DR. JNO. J. B. HOXEY. has removed his of fice to the room over the store of T. A. Bran non, a few doors above Taylor and Walker’s, and nearly opposite Col. John Banks’ Drug Store. Jan. 12. 47tf LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE on goods consigned to SM ITII. BEAT TIE & Cos. Auction and Commission Mer chant, Columbus, Georgia. November 13 c 39 ts The Commercial Advertiser, Apalachicola. Flor ida, will insert the preceding, three months, and transmit the account as above. THE MUSCOGEE INSURANCE CO’Y ARE now ready for the transaction of business,— Office over William A. Redd & Co’s, store. directors: JON WARREN. JOHN TEABODY, GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, THACKER B. HOWARD, E. S. GREENWOOD, KENITH m’kINZIE. JOHN BANKS. President. Matt. R. Evans, Secretary. Feb. 17 i ts ‘ LIST OF LETTERS Rb M UN ING in the Host Office at Coiumbu- March Ist, 1841. A Allen Jno S Atwood F G & W H Archer F C Ain n James Aiford l.ucretia or James Adams Susan Amos Wrn Atwood Win H Alden Geo W Averet Albright Arno! i Benjamin Anderson Gto Acee Doctor B Riggers Jos Britton Jos Barite# J M Buel Batij F Brown \Vm Beckham A G Bradley Jared Barnett Janies C C Billups .Mrs E A Banne Lewis Busby Jacob Burxvell F W Brown R R Bowen Thomas W Ru ey N J B .nker Win Barnard Edwd B nnett Simeon Beall Rev J Beall Jn W Bliss Thos W Barkalow W V C Cazey Miss Eliza “Chandler Ebcnezer Chew Jno P II Cary Randal 2 Collins Lmdev Chaffaut James L Chamberlain Rev R Coleman Col Carloss W Coates A G Oiouch Cyrus Cannon R T orN Graham Carneroi D 2 Clark Richard Cain Jn W Clernments Jtio F Coleman Mrs Catharine Coleman Susan B Crowell Canty E Carblac Allen Canning Jno Clark Thos J H Crittenden Samuel CooprrGerrge Campbell J 11 3 Clark Louis D Davis Thos 2 Daniel Henry G Hummer Capt Diggars Mrs Ann Doles Miss Clarrissa B Doty Cyrus Dockins Charles Dent M L Dill Augustus A 2 Dawkins Pliebe A E Elliott Ceo W Engbsh A Edwards Wm Elliott Mary D English Louiza Elbert li C F Fanner Rufus Forrester Joel Froxier Win Fratsure ‘1 lumas Fleming Elizabeth G G Glasson Henry Griffith Ezekiel Garrett Wm A Glass Janies Cltss-on Miss Ellen J Garrett Obadiah Gowan Sol Clenn Jno li II Iltigens Robert Hillyer Elizabeth Hood Daniel Hisgins Thos B Howell Jordan L Hopkins Lucius Hamilton C P Houge Win Holland O S Hoffman Sebastian Hays Miss Harriett Hills Stephen Jun Hoffe John liowel M W Howell N Hoffman Michael Hughes Jas M Higby Fomroy Hill Janies V/ Hammock Mrs Martha Hieelifield & Hyman llonfe.y Jno Hunter Jas W Hal er Jacob Hurt Mrs Lucy Hall Miss Martha A Helms Elbert Harley Joshua D I Ivey Magirt Iverson Wm Ingersoll Dr S M J J hnson Aaron Jenkins.Tno Jones Master Burrows Jeffries Belin S K ICnight MissSelatha Keith Alexander Kookogey Sam’l 2 Kenneymore Michael K>nt Elijah Kirbo Joseph Kimbrough B L King A C Kenneymore Bynum Lucas F W Levingston Jan as Llovd James M Lawrenoe Eliza Lewis P D Lawrence Miss Mary Lxne Thos A Love Robt Lintard Paul Law all M Lane Wm G Gee Wm LaTaste Victor 2 Lowe Willis M Manor John A Mai ten Capt Jno Moffett Henry 2 May Jno MorefieldJ li Mnkirovv Jeth W Morgan Win H Motitgomry U M Math"s H Minis B JM Mott Mrs Nancy McGee Mrs Mary Alack Lorenzo McGildany Janies Morton Jno McCrarv Tnbert Mail ie C S McAlistei Elizobeth C Moss Alexander McQ,neen Robert, or his Murphy W Agent N Newsom D R Nott Dr Rufus A Neister H M Nut Jno Nubhtt Thos P O O’Neal Wm VV Owens WmC P Pruett Alvin H Price Miss Lydia Pardexv James A Partridge Jno l-ortuvent Miss Rebecca Pavne Win C Pace Wm Jr Park Wm Porter Nathan Prator iito B Peterson J S Pace Win Jr Pye Valentine Pace Wm or Ptnkark P Pace Ekanah Philips Sarah Prather Emily C Parker G Pool That as Pruett JsiTU*: Pike James Powers Wm A R Rogrrs Miss Martha M Ru=sell Jas RylanderWm l llobmson Andrew Jr Reeves Pryor Ruse George Rogers Adam Reynolds Prudence Robinson Andy Richardson Jno R Ross Geo VV Rose Adrian T S Smith Rev W A Sharp Hubbard P Shurman Jno Smith Mathew VV” Shaw James Sluder Air S.t tkey Dr R T Sxveet Manly A Shafter Catharine Shepherd Jno Stevens C G Sburlock Jno Sievenson T. H. Shivers & Parker Smith Esq Shipp Gustavos Smith Moses Stem Janies A Smith Hopson C A Stallings Mrs Emily Stroud Jno Snowden G T Shorter Catharine Stronss Jno ‘-eaxvell James Stratton C 2 Segnor Wm P T Tippet Rev H H Thornton Jonathan A Tarver Jno Tucker Wm Thornton Thos A Tarver Milton Terrv Miss Caroline E Took Jno Trent Wm B Taylor J W iieknor James H Toxvns J G Taylor Elizabeth Tozier Jno C V Vestra* H O Vance Marcus w Warren G L 2 Walker G A Wynn Airs C T 2 Ward Wm G Walton Jno Witherby P Willis L K Willard Geo VV ison Wm H Wright II L Wood Thos G 2 Worsham Jno G Walker .Mrs Sarah V Williams Janies S Wilcox Airs Nancy Wtlliotns Wm Wilson Joel Whealhinglon Wm Woods Af G Walls Jesse V Young Samuel JOHN SCHLEY. P. M. “ YOUNG MEN'S THE Democrat! Republican Young Men of Randolph county, are requested to meet at. Cuthbert on the first Tuesday in April next, for the purpose of appointing a delegation of one hundred and fifty, to attend the Young Men's Convention, to be ; held at Milledgeville, on the first Monday of May next. Young Men of Randolph, the reins of Government are in the hands of the enemies of your country, the Post Office Deportment at Washington City, is now under the control of an aholi'ionist, a'-d it devolves upon you to unite with the Young ?.len of o'her sec tions of the country, in hurling fanatics from high pla ces and restoring Democracy in its puritv. A. M. HUGHES, E. H. PLATT, March 25 7 2t Committee. ~ NEW BOOKS. CJ EOOND part of Democracy in America, by De- D Tocqtieviile ; being a continuation of his treatise on our ins itutions, which are known as bein<r the most correct < f any ever written. A ne v supply of Georgia Scenes, illustrated edition. The American Almanac for 1841. Friendship’s Offering. The Token. Mercedes, hv Cooper, &c. &c. Just received at NORTON & LANGDON’S. March 11 5 ts “■"HTHEREAS Jairws Kirkpatrick, applies to me W for letters of administration on the estate of Thomas P. Kirk pat tick, late of said county, dec’d.— These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at mv office, within thettme prescribed bylaw, to show cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. Given under mv hand at office, this 30th day of Jan uary. 1811. 50 4 1 M. GRESHAM, r. c. o. THE COLUMBUS TIMES. FANNY WILLOUGHBY. 1 love th'-e, Fanny Willoughby, And that’s the why, ye see, I woo thee, Fanny Willoughby, Arid cannot let thee be ; I sing for thee, I sigh for thee, And O! you may depend on’t I’ll weep for thee. I’ll die for thee, And that xvi.l be the end on’t. I love thy form. I worship it; To me it always seems, As if it were the counterfeit Os some I’ve seen in dreams ; It makes me feel as if I had An Angel by my side, And then 1 think I am so bad You will not be my bride. I lo ‘c the golden locks that gloxv About that brow of thine, I always thought them “so and so,” But now they are divine; They’re like an Alpine torrents rush, Tlie finest under Heaven ; They’relike the bolted clouds, that flush The sky at summer’s even, I lox'e thy clear and hazel eve— They say the blue is fairer, And I confess that formeily I thought the blue the rarer; But when l saw thine eye so clear Though perffctly at rest, I did kneel down and I did swear, The hazel was the best. I love thy hand, so pale and soft, The which in days lang syne, Ye, innocent as trusting, oft Would softly cla.-p in mine; I thought it sure was chiselled out Os marble, by the Geniuses, 1 he which the Poets rant about, Tlie Vngins and the Venuses. I love the sounds that from thy lips Gush holily and free, As rills that from their cavers slip, And prattle to the sea; The melody for aye doth steal To hearts by sorroxv riven, And then I think, and then 1 feel, That music conies from Heaven. Now listen Fanny Willoughby, To what I cannot keep : AJy days ye rob of jollity, My nights ye rob of sleep ; And if ye don’t relent, why I Beltve you will me kill, For passion must have vent, and I Will kilt myself, I will. Twas thus xvhen love had made me mad For Fanny Willoughby, I told my tale half gay, half sad, To Fanny Willoughby; And Fanny look’d as maiden would When love her heart did burn, And sigh’d a.- maiden should And murmur’d a return. And so I woo’d Fenny Willoughby, A maiden like a dove, And so I won Fanny Willoughby, The maiden of my love; And tho’ sad years have pass’d since that, And she is injhe sky, I never, never can forget, Sweet Fanny Wi.loughby! New Haven, Conn., 1837. From the Knickerbocker, March, 1841. MARY HART. The following narrative was derived from an officer of General Wellborn’s corps, who was m bathe with the Greek Indians, as below narrated, amt an eye witness of the remarkable evenis here recorded. The whole affords but anothor proof, that truth is indeed often stranger than fiction. The Creek war of 1836-7, was a most bar barous one, and continued nearly two years, l lie Creek population comprehended in the treaty lor emigration westward, was tiventy two thousand souls, about two thousand ol whom, warriors, broke the treaty, and com menced hostilities in May, 1836, by an attack on tlie town of Roanoke, in tlie night, butch ering iis inhabitants, putting them to flight, and pillaging and setting fire to tfieir habita tions. The terrors of an affrighted popula tion, once exposed to Indian barbarities, can hardly be conceived. Rumor follows quick upon ihe heels of rumor; yet no story ean exceed the horrors of Indian warfare, as it is impossible for language adequately to depict its tealities. his staled ol a man in flight with his family from a supposed pursuit ol In dians in this war, that having not fresh intel ligence of alarm by tlie less hasiy flight ol others who had overtaken him, he took up his boy from behind Ins wagon, tossed him in, and ran forward to whip up his team, when lo ! at tlie place of stopping, he found that the violence of his action to save lus son, had kill ed him by breaking his neck! When General Jessup had reported the Creek war at an end, and drawn otl his troops into Florida to act against the beimnoles, con trary to the remonstrances of the inhabitants of Alabama—who assured him that the In dians were not all subdued, but that some hun dreds were still lurking in their hiding places the war broke out afresh, with increased barbarity ; and (he Governor of Alabama, ihe Hon. Clement C. Clay, now Senator in Con gress, was forced to act with great vigor in mustering fresh troops lor tlie exigency, by enlisting the citizens of tlie Slate into the ser vice of the United States. General William Wellborn received the command, and acquit ted himself with great valor and honor, to the end of the war. Some time in the winter of 183 G-7, Gener til Wellborn heard of an encampment of In dians on the banks of Pee River, near its con fluence with Pee Creek, between the Forks. With a company of two hundred and jten mounted men, he set oft’ in search of the foe. Having discovered and reconnoitred their po sition, from the west bank ol the Pee, without being observed, he left one hundred and twen ty of his troops on the higher grounds, about half a mile from the river, at a point by which the Indians must retreat, if dislodged, with di stinctions to cut them oft whenever they should he driven in upon them. With the re mainder, ninety men, he descended the river a few miles, and crossed on a bridge below the confluence of the two streams, with a view to come round and attack the Indians hv surprise. Having made his way across Pee Creek, he found the access greatly impeded hv low and wet grounds, it being a time of high water, and several lagoons, or channels running from one river to the other, and at this time flooded : cane-brakes and palmetto thickets were to be broken through, and vari ous obstacles, peculiar to that wild retreat, in terposed. Nevertheless, the bravery and de termination of the troops surmounted all im pediments, and they arrived at last on the hank of a lagoon, on the other side of which was the Indian encampment, themselves screened from observation bv a grove of pa ! - metfos, and favorable grounds. At this moment a firing was heard in the direction of the place where the one hundred and twenty troops had been left, and it was THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE STATES. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APKIL 1, 1841. mamiest, as none but Women and children were to been seen*m opposite bank of the lagoon, that the Indians had discovered the whites on the west side of the Pee, and had themselves become the assailants. This was the more painful to observe, that the firing grew rapidly more distant, an indication that the Indians^were victorious, and in pursuit. General Wellborn instantly conceived the project, as retreat was impossible, of placing bis men in line as near the bank of the lagoon as he couid, lor a desperate onset on tlie re turn o| the Indians ; and having oiven his or ders, he retired to an eminence about a quar ter of a nifle, and showed himself to the wo men, who instantly raised the cry of • Esta Hadka! Esta-Hadka /’ ‘Whiteman! While man!’ pointing to General Wellborn, on the distant eminence. This alarm v, as rapidly conveyed by runners to the Indians now en gaged on the other side of the Pee, and as sooo as possible, some three hundred tverriors or more came rushing back, flushed with vic tory, and full of vengeauce. They seemed lo know that they had routed the largest body of their opponents, and were eager to find the remainder. It was a critical moment when they stood upon the open ground, within gun shot of General Wellborn’s men, on the other bank of the lagoon, demanding of tue women where they had seen the white man. The Indians knew that the lagoon was Ibrdable, but their opponen s did not. At the moment they were about to rush in, and at a given signal, a well directed fire was poured in upon them from the whole line, and they fell back, with a shojt of terror and discomfiture, into a pine wood, about forty rods distant, leaving many of their number dead upon the field. It was evident that die fiie told well, but no less certain, that the foe would soon rally, and return with a confidence of victory. They knew there was no escape for the wnite man, and that they had driven from the field Ins strongest force. Violent speeches of the duels and warriors were heard, and under stood. In about forty minutes, a hideous yell of onset rang through Hie finest, and the en- tire array of the Indian lince leaped upon the bank of the lago n, to cross and drive thtir assailants by closer fight. At that moment they received a second time the whole lire of General Wellborn’s .nen ft out behind the pal metlos, halted, staggered, and again fell back into the woods, leaving the ground strewed with tlie r slam. Again tlie rallying speeches were heard, and General Wei I horn saw that he and his men must transfer the action to tlie other bank, or perish belore a superior force. Believing, from the demonstrations of the In dians, tlial the lagoon was fordable, he order ed two men, at different points, to make the attempt, and if they succeeded, the whole corps were to plunge in, form upon the oppo site bank, and rush upon the foe. It was but tlie work of a moment, and eve man was in line. Ihe conflict was desperate and bloody. Women fought and fell with the men. A single white man encountered a war rior and two of Ins wives, all three of whom were laid dead at his feel, by a necessity which he could not avoid, in sell-preservation. The Indians fled across a bridge of trees which they had thrown over the i’ee, fighting and falling in their retreat ; and all that could, were soon out of the battle, leaving behind them camp and spoils, the wounded, the dy ing, and the dead. Seventy-three warriors, averaging six feet and two inches in height, were counted in the slain. An old chief, Apothlo-Oholo, who afterward escaped in the mgbt, being entirely disabled by the shot he bail received in various parts of his body, fell into the river, as he was at tempting to cross the bridge of trees. He clung to the branches, and buried himself en tirely under water, while the victors were crossing and re crossing, during and alter the action. He lived to recover ol his wounds, joined his party, and afterward made the fol lowing speech to General Wellborn, atCon chatto- Mecco’s Town, when about to emi grate with his people: “You are a Great Chief. I have fought you as long as I could. You have beaten me. You have killed and taken nearly all my peo ple. lam now ready to go: the farther from you the better. We cannot be friends. I thank you for taking care of my women, chil dren, and wounded warriors, and Ibrsendino them back to me. You area Great Chief.” In the sleeve of the coat of Apothlo-Oholo, after the battle, were found twenty-eight hun dred dollars. in gold; and many spoils that had been taken from murdered white families, or pillaged from ihetr deserted houses, were re covered. A roll of bunk notes was also (bund. Most i fll e Indian ponies were left behind, and the whole ol the next day was consumed in ma king preparations lor a vigorous pursuit of the routed Indians. Nine of the ninety engaged in this attack were kiiled. The carcasses of the Indians, we are sorry to learn, were lift without burial. The exasperated feelings of the troops, themselves citizens ol a common wealth doomed to the horrible atrocities of an Indian war, with ;heir families exposed, many of whom had already suffered, must stand as an apology for no paying to a fallen enemy the usual respect of civilized warfare. It was a scene ol carnage, left to tlie face of the sun and to the eyes of the stars. On the morning of the third day, a pur suit of the retreating Ibe was ordered, the trail of which led them down the Pee, to the plantations of two brothers, Josiah and Rob ert Hart, about lorty “<iles below the battle ground above described. As they approach ed these settlements, il needed no prophet’s ken to anticipate the fate of these unhappy families. The Indians, still counting scarcely less than two hundred warriors, came upon them the second night. Josiah Hart had a wife, a son, and two daughters, the youngest of whom, Marv, was nine years ot age. The family of Robert Hart, living about a mile from his brother, consisted of himself, two sons, a mairied daughter, and son-in-law. The log cab.n of Robert, as is usual in that country, was built In two separate parts, with an open space or court between, over which the roof of the building extended, the door of each part be ing in the middle of this court, opposite to each other. A\va:e of the dangers to which lie was exposed, Mr. Hart had ‘chinked’ the logs, before open and admitting of being fired through by the musketry or rifles of anenemv, leaving heie and there a port hole, through which the tenants might be able to repulse as sailant?. He was also provided with nine pieces of fire-arms, rifles, double hairel and other, kept constantly charged, and ready for a sudden emergency. Inoneot these build ing?. the whole family slept by their armsand ammunition, while the watch-dog kept his post without. At the mid-hour of this fatal night, they were suddenly awakened by the earnest bark ing of the dog, and the simultaneous yells of the Indians. The dog was soon silenced by the rifles of the savages; and the subsequent stillness without, except when interrupted bv the occasional hght tread or sudden hound of the wily fie around the hous°, reconnoitering, in preparation for the execution of his purpose, W’as fearful. Having failed in their usual stratagem of dr.vng out the tenants of the house in affright, bv the yells of their onset, in an opposite direction, where they would he sure to tail into the hands of a party in am bush, they sought opportunity to make an at tack through the crevices of the logs which composed the walls of the building. Not succeeding in this, for the reason before men tioned. and not venturing yet to enter the court, for lear of a fire from within, which had not vet opened upon them, their next device was, to kindle a fire under the side of the dwelling, by which, if successful, they were sure of their prey. This, however, they could not well do in the dark, without beco ming marks lor an unseen hand. Accord ingly, the first attempt proved fatal to those engaged in it, and two or three Indians fell before the sure aim of the riflie from within the walls. Hour after hour, in painful sus pense, passed away, with now and then a shot from either party, to little or no purpose, except H at a chance ball from an Indian rifle found its way between the logs, and wound ed Mr. Hart’s daughter in the arm. Not daring to strike a light, they endeavored, as well as they could, to bind it up, and to staunch the blood. At length a lurid light cast upon the clouds, discovered to Mr. Hart tha) his brother’s house was in flames, and a yell ol triumph broke from the horde of savages bv whom he and his children were environed, se cure, though less successful hitherto, in ac complishing the same object. The flames rose higher, and threw upon this besieged habitation a flood of light, that compelled the besiegers to retire behind the out houses for protection, as they would otherwise be expos ed to tlie fire of Mr. Hart and his sons. Day dawned at last, and a desultory fire was commenced, as chance invited, and‘as an Indian h ad was exposed to view. Several of the Indians tell. Exasperated by these fail ures, they resolved to set the house on fire at any hazard. They collected combustibles, cl lose their position, and rushed with fire and kindling-wood under the stick chimney of ttie house, where, as it hanpened, the rifles trom within could not be brought to bear. The smoke was soon felt in the house, and not a moment was to he lost. Despair finds wea pons; and by the concert of an instant, a bold device was projected, to strike through the frail chimney back on the heads of the In dians, and lay a sudden sortie, drive them from the field, to purchase to themselves an opportunity of escape to the Fort, a bout seven miles distant. It. was done. Three or four Indians were killed, and the rest fled. In some two hours after, Mr. Hart and his chil dren were ali safely lodged in the Fort, having left their house to pillage and flames, to which it was doomed in the course of that morning, so soon as the Indians had mustered a strong er force, and returned to renew the attack Plunder was all they had to enjoy. About thirty-six hours after the Indians had quitted the plantation of the Harts, which they had left a scene of ruin and of carnage, and descended the river, little dreaming of being pursued by the party whose power they had fell two days belbre, General Well horn and his men came in sight of the smok ing ruins of’ Josiah Hart’s habitation and out houses. Not a living creature moved before their eyes, and every aspect was that ot des olation. From a party in the advance, so soon as they approached the ruins, a cry o! horror and vengeance arose, which broke the awful silence of the place; and each one as he came near, was petrified at the spectacle which was presented. In a yard, a tew rods from the house, lay the mangled and naked bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Hart, their son and eldest daughter; and a little removed from them, the body of Mary, also naked, with her skull apparently broken in by a pine-knot, which la v by her side, covered with scattered hair and blood. She was lying upon her side, her person stabbed in several places, from head to foot ; and the blood of each wound extending in unbroken coagulation to the ground, winch had drunk the crimson streams. I’he sight of Mary was not so fearful as that of the rest ot the family, though sutlicientlv shocking. It was evident, that she had never struggled or moved, from the moment she was left m that position, thirty-six hours before. Save her wounds, her appearance was that of an innocent, mat hie repose. The mutilated ami mangled condition of the other memb.rsof the family was too horrib e to be recorded. Mr. Hart had been pierced with many halls; Mis. Hart with less; each had been shot; and all were covered and dis figured with ghastly wounds. The spectacle filled the men with absolute madness. They raved, stamped, ran to and fro, struck the trees and stones with their clenched hands, until the blood followed liom their blows, without seeming to feel the wounds they in flicted on themselves; and they ciied,‘Ven geance! Vengeance! Vengeance!’ till all the region rang with it, and lound enough to awake the sleepi ig dead. And it did awake the dead ! Surrounded at this moment by a throng of these exasper ated beholders, who were looking upon her innocent countenance, and raising the>e fear ful cries, hut not having yet presumed to touch this relic of mortality, little Mary Hart open ed her eyes, timed up her lace, aim said, au dibly and distinctly, ‘How they did heat us!’ and then closed her eyes, and turned hack, clasped again in the same silent and death like repose! The moment was awful, and the reeling of the spei talors entirely changed. The innocent victim was carefully approached, tenderly lifted up, her wounds bathed, and the proper surgical applications attaahed. On examination, it was found that life was not extinct; hut she was so literally drained ol her blood, that no symptom of reviving ani mation could be awakened. Wrapped in a blanket, she was carried on horseback in the arms of Genera! Wellborn to ti e Fort, with little more sign of hie than when first taken from the ground, and was committed he the charge of her uncle and ills family', whose es cape has already been narrated. The troops started off’ in hot pursuit of the fly ino foe. h 11 . i after two day’s march overtook them in Florida. Thirty-nine of them were slain in the engagement that ensued ; many prisoners were taken, with the booty from the pillaged houses of the Harts; and the rest took flight to the town of Concha tto Mecco, where they surrendered for emigration, and the Creek war was ended. Mary Ha rt, by means of tender nursing, anti the restoring powers of nature, gradually recovered. The in lentnre in the skull proved not to be a fracture, and she is now supposed to bens well as if the massacre had never hap pened. Site is at this time twelve or thirteen vears of age, and sole heiress to a great es tate. Important Decision. —ln a case recently before the Court of Common Pleas, in Dauphin Cos., Pa, Judge Parsons decided “the true rule of policy, and of law, to be—That when bank notes are current at the place in which they are paid, and they are received without objec tion, and paid in good faith, without any knowl edge that the ban ; had failed, or where, from the facts, it could be inferred that it had, al though at the time the notes in the place where the bank is located, are not current but utter ly worthless*still, in law, it is a valid payment of a rre-esisting debt, and when so received, and the debt or judgemen’ satisfied, it is a pay ment, and the original debt is relinquished.” The case has been removed to the Supreme Court fur revision.—Charleston Patriot. From the New World. VOICES OF THE NIGHT. BY PROFESSOR LON OFF L LOW. It is a note-worthy circumstance in the an nals of American literature, that a collection of poems, within two years from its first day of publication, readied a third edition. The booksellers tell us that poetry is a drug in the market—and ive believe them. We believe ihat no small quantity of poems that are prin ted, never see any light beyond that which glimmers through the windows of a binder’s attic. Thev wax old and dingy in the obscu rity of unfolded sheets, and are never “drawn out,” except by the trunkmaker. But the reason of this is different from what the book sellers suppose. The poems are not unsalea ble because they are poems, hut because they are had poems—or, at all events, so middling that had were better. The same ideas in prose would be quite as much neglected ; though, perhaps, more people would be able to tell how utterly worthless they were. Good poetry —really good—poetry which thrills the heart, makes the pulse beat faster, and the eye grow dim with tears or brighten with joy—poetry which elevates or subdues —colors external objects with the hues of im agination, and causes us to hear “ A sound that brings The feelings ot a dream—” such poetry will always be popular, and what me publisher may consider the more accepta ble word, profitable. With ilie “Earlier Poems” of Professor Longfellow, contained in this volume, we can not express ourselves especially gratified.— They seem to us feeble, and written after a bad model. In most of them we can discern a mimicry of the afiectation of anoiher Amer ican versifier, to whom the imitator is vastly superior. We would not go so far as to as sert that the imitation was intentional; hut it is evident enough that it existed. A glaring instance will satisfy the reader: With what a tendi-r and impassioned voice It till the vice and delicate ear of thought When the fas -ushering slat- ol morning comes O'er'ruling the grey hills with golden scarf; Or when ilie cowled and dusky sandaled Eve In mourning weeds, from, cut tile western gale Departs with silent pace! Unassisted by the italics evert, which we have thrown into the lines, he who remembers the quires of blank-verse which issued to eli cit the admiration of boarding-school misses and under-graduates, will easily acknowledge their resemblance to the effusions of “Roy”— the youthful signature of Mr. N. P. Willis. The “Voices of the Night”—poems that give a title to the volume—are so totally dif ferent from these “Earlier Poems,” that we can hardly convince ourselves of the same ness of their origin. Between his earlier and his later years, the taste of the writer seems to have been taught in a school of chaste and severe forms of beauty. His mind grew, ex panded, blossomed and bore fruit in the at mosphere of generous study. Its roots were moisiened by water from “ the old well ol English undefiled,” and its branches warmed by the rays of German genius. Indeed, so much nurture Inis this poet derived from, the primeval authors of our Saxon tongue and the great spirits of modern Germany, that he has, with some shadow of reason, been accused of plagiarism. A single instance will suffice to illustrate the grounds upon which this poet is charged with a lack of originality. When John Neal —himself a poet of great excellence—was connected with the critical department of tins journal he quoted and “ set a going,” prefaced by one of his hursts of en thusiastic eulogy, a stanzas, which has since been transferred to nine-tenths of our news papers— “ Art is ‘ong and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.” Straying the into alcove of a iibrarv, the other day, we lighted upon a small volume, con taining among other scraps ol old English po etry, these verses by King, Bishop of Chi chester: But hark ! my pulse like a soft drum Beats my approach to thee—l come! And slow liowe’er my marches be I shall at last lie down with thee. It is not at all impossible that Professor Long’ fellow may not have seen the latter quotation; but, as the kind old toady in Miss Pickering's admirable novel, “Who shall be heirs” says, “it is a striking coincidence!” We have rumbled on to a much greater length than we intended in taking up our pen —the simple object of which was to echo the praises bestowed on these elahorate produc lionsot a favorite author. The volume, which has been the immediate cause of this notice, is a very elegant one from the press of John Owen, Cambridge, Mass. The type really seems to luxuriate in the breadth of margin by which it is surrounded ; pretty as it is, how ever, it is rather too small for itssituation, and puts us in mind ofthe pet ofthefamily seated in grandfather’s beautiful, big arm chair. “ So, oli dark mystery of the moral wbrld ! so, unlike the order of external universe; glide together, side by side, the shadowy steeds of .Night and Morning. Examine life on its own world: confound not that world, the inner one the practical one, with the more visible, yet airier and less substantial system, doing ho mage to the sun, to whose throne afar in the in finiie space, the human heart, has no wings to flee. In life, the inind and the circumstance give tie true seasons, and regulate the dark ness and the light. Os two men standing on the same foot of earth, the one revels in joy noon, the other shudders in the solitude of night. For Hope at Fortune the daystar is ever shining. The “ Annmuth Strahlendos”* live ever in the air. For care and penury, night changes not with the ticking of the clock or the shadow on the dial. Morning for the heir, night for the houseless, and God’s eye on both? —Bulwers Night and Morning. * tichilcr. Pickled Beef and Pork, in the south and west, is apt to sour. Take it out and dry it, throw away the old pickle, or clean it by boil ing. Smoke the barrel thoroughly and repack ihe meat. Don’t throwaway the Udder of your beef cow Salted, smoked and dried, it is rich, delicious eating. Boil and eat it cold like tongue. Try it. Lard never spoils in warm weather if it is cooked enough in frying out. Wash your butter thoroughly in cold water, and work out all the butter-milk; pack it in a stone jar and stop the mouth air tight, and it will keep sweet forever. Tomatoes make an excellent preserve. Sweet or Oiive Oil is a certain cure for the bite of a rattlesnake . Apply it interhal and externally. To cure Scratches on a horse.—Wash the legs with a warm strong soap suds, and then with beef brine. Two applications will cure the worst case. Emigrants.— The Department of State h HS a statement of the number and description 01 passengers who arrived in the United States, from foreign countries, in the year 1840, solar as returns have been received at the Depart ment.—The returns are incomplete; they, however, show that 11.3,206 persons came to the United States, by sea, during the venr. VOL. I. NO. .8 THE FREE HANKING LAW. It would seem by the following article from the Georg; soman, that we are to have another Bank under the Free Banking Law, and perhaps two. We publish on the first page of to-day’s pa per, the act establishing the Free Banking system in this State. The interest which the people begin to feel in this system of banking, and the much greater security it holds out To the bill-holder over the old one, induces us to furnish them with whatever information we possess on the subject. We observe that two new banks upon this system are projected, and may be expected shortly to go into operation; one at Greenville, in Meriwether county, and the other at Cuth bert, in Randolph county. Ol the latter we can only say, that the pre liminary measures for calling a meeting have just been taken, and the institution is yet in its incipient state. I hat at Greenville is further advanced.—- The Bank has been fully determined upon; and fifteen hundred shares of the Stock taken. It will go into operation about the first of May. Officers.— Henry Harris, President; Wi ley P. Burks, Cashier ; Thomas Leslie, Book Keeper. Directors.— llenry Harris, Thomas E. Hardway, R >bert Hamilton, Wiley P. Burke, * James A. Perdue, Francis Jeter, R. 11. Gates, Thomas Leslie, Nathan Truit. Mexican Dollars. —Dr. Hurt, theassav er ol the United Slates Branch Mint at New Orleans, informs such persons as are in the habit of depositing Mexican dollars at the Mint, under the impression of realizing some profit from the recoinage, that there is at pre sent in circulation in New Orleans, a large amount ol Mexican dollars, of a depreciated standard, and varying considerably as to the extent ol depreciation. From the results of repeated assays made during tfie three last years, lie has discovered four descriptions of the above currency, of the following respec tive values. Ol the Ist description, dollar worth 62 22-100 Os the 2 1 do do do 72 22 100 Os the 3d do do do 83 50-100 Os the 4th do do do 96 83 100 At the present time the dollar of the Sd de scription worth 83 1-2 cents, are by far the most abundant in circulation. They are sd well executed that very few persons, even the must experienced, can detect them. The letter “D ’ is stamped on them, intimating that they came from the mint at Durango.— He further observes, that the Mexican gold coins have hitherto on an average sustained their legal title and estimated value. Fresh Pond are enormous—and during a cold season the supply may be considered inex ha-. stible. The amount of this refreshing article; shipped last year from Charlestown and Boston was about 32,000 lons —neatly all of which came from Fresh Pond. During the year, several large ice houses have been erected, near Spy Pond in W T esl Cambridge; which tlie proprietors are now busily engaged in filling. ‘The exportation of ice taken from tnese two ponds, during the present year, will probably amount to 40,000 tons— employing IS3 vessels, each carrying 300 tons ” Tills business must increase to a very con siderable extent. Ice is highly valued m Southern ports, wherever it has been intro duced —and the people are exceedingly reluc tant to forego the luxury. In many Targe and populous towns in the West India Islands, ice has not yet been introduced—but if we judge correctly of Yankee enterprise, it soon will be. When ti e Charlestown branch railroad is ex tended to Fresh Pond, tins will become an important article of export.--Boston Evening Journal. The Nashville Union of the 4th inst. says: “ Gen. Jackson visited his friends in Nashville on Monday, returning to the Hermitage on the next day. We cannot perceive that the men tal faculties of this venerable man are im paired in the slightest degree. With ali the great questions of national policy, both for eign and domestic, he preserves that thorough knowledge for which he was distinguished in active life, and freely discusses them with his usual frankness and clearness; Ill's general health seems to be as good as it has been for several years, and the country have reason to hope that lie will yet be preserved to it for a considerable period as a guide and a livino light to the pat h of young republicans who ard determined through liie to “be just and fear not.’” Good Advice.— The following correspon dence and advice are from St. Louis Penant: Air. Editor: I have been paying my respects to a young lady of this city for some time, and love her as hard as a cannon can shoot. But she dresses so fine, that I’m affraid if I were to ask her she wmuld keep my nose eternally to the grindstone. Will you be so kind as to give me some advice on the subject? Yours, W. 11. C. We advise you sir, to run home immediate ly, and relieve your dear mother’s anxiety; she certainly don’t know you’re out. Flour.— The amount of flour inspected in Baltimore duiing the year 1840, was 763,115 barrels and 31,606 half barrels. Great Britain.— The population of the Lmled Kingdoms of Great Britain is stated to be 27,200,008. Breach of Mail Laws. —About 150 suits have been commenced in New York, against persons who have incurred the penalty for vwiting on the margin ot newspapers sent to their friends by mail. The line for each of fence is 810. Steamers.—The first steamer on the Mis sissippi was launched in 1811 ; there are now more (ban 700 on that river and ii ß tributa ries Jhe first steamer on the lakes was built at Lullalo in 1818. These inland seas are now navigated by 61 steam-ships, some of them of ihe largest class and most magnificent structure. It is stated in the Philadelphia National Gazette that, the honorable and lucrative post of Solicitor of the Treasury, at Washington has been offered to the Hon. Charles B. Pen! rose, now a member of the Senate of Pennsyll vama. It is not known whether he will ac cept it. A Kins of many Avocations.— Louis Phil lipe. besides King u! a nation of 80 000 000 ot people, is an agriculturalist, an iron thunder, a wood merchant, a house holder, a rent ow ner, an I a speculator in the fund g.—Southern Pa l riot. Mr. Kendall, in his Expositor, after re counting the late transaction in the Senate in tegard to the Editor of the Globe, bears this testimony in favor of one whom he has known long. We value this testimonal 100 highly to exclude it,- although it may look like vanity I to insert it: “Os Mr. Clay’s private character we sliail not speak. Mr. Blair we have known “through | good report and evil report,” upwards of twen ty years. In all the relations ol life, as a son, ; brother, husband, father, and citizen, we be | iieve tliers are few who can boast a more faith | ful and exemplary performance of t heir various i duties.”—Glob-*.