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Till: HERALD; iN.'IDI-INTn or TUB RKWIU I'lON. ‘I V .'lfiuvinv'-Jt Triumphal Naval process ion through ill* Highland* in October 1777, mo i tli>j 4i ■< i-ik.ii and <uxcciHii of Tyl"r the j w- ‘ . VJ T.c batth rtf Foil Montgomery fought • ret the -,xth dm - o( October 1777. Ihe can non had varct: rc.Mcd to r< - mini, when Geil i r.tl .Sir llenry ('imtun, despatched a niewten-i j*er to Burgujrto, to intoriti mol ol the uricn-i ■lerof ftutsi linton und Montgomery, end that 1 lie would join them at Saratoga an soon aspos- j ■di'le. The r.je‘njrr wavdirceted to proceed cautiously through the defiles of the imiun tains on the west side of the Hudson, end Irom thence the safestroute Ui liiirgoyii nhea J-ipmr teri. He “as particularly enjoyed to keep his ,jo* mil ears open whilst passing through the rebel settlements, and preserve the most , profound silence us to his business und desli- . nation. Sir llenry on purtmg md, ‘inform | Burgftync llml ! shah follow wall the fleet as soon n* I have aecurad the prisoners and buri ed the dead, and intend to cut u passage through the rebels from Albany to Saruioga. *1 he remainder of the garrisons of Fort Clin-1 ton and Montgomery who lure escaped cap ture. r* treated above the Highlands, and were stationed on the bunk of the river front New tViudsor village to the inoumuuin. undci the comm tttd of Iseacral George Clinton ; a body of American* under Colonel Webb, occupied u It ight a little cant of the square, a well known military rendezvous about four miles j west of said village. They were clothed in ‘ scarlet, and Could not be readily distinguished 1 from British regulars. Sir Honry’sm’ whose name w as Taylor, having taken aclicu-; items route ihrough the mountains, arrived in the neighborhood of the square and having met some private* of Webb’s regiment, mistook them lor lirilish troops. Hu imagined that his .Majesty’s licet had been suddutuy waited , aiwve the Highlands by aoine propitious gale, .-.ltd that Sir Henry with his army was in the j neighborhood— overjoyed on meeting lit* com- 1 rudes (as lie thought; so much sooner than he had anticipated, hi* circumspection foresook 1 him. lie ctpramf gs tu satisfaction at their having arrived above the Highlands so unex pectedly, und desired to he conducted to lleii ersl (.iinton’s Head quarters immediately, ticueral James t Jiulntrs quartets (of the A trnefienn army) were hi tite Square, near by, i aud thither ho was conducted, by Ins rebel i guide*. On being Introduced to the Ucnerai, he was confounded and at once declared that he wit* not the person he wished to sec. His apparent confusion evened auapicion, and he was sharply interrogated as tolno object of his visit mid the place front whence he came. At first he hesitated, then stammered, and at length choked wit ft conscious guilt. He turn-! ed pale, then blushed, but when he observed that their suspicion was rivited on him, Itisng ony burst forth in stream* of sweat—during this slate of excitement, ho was observed to slip a ball into his mouth. It enclosed a pn- j vale letter from .Sir llenry Clinton to General flurgoy lie, nud as it pa-Ned into the stomach he lolt perfectly secure ugninstdetection. ll* was however ordered to be confined in the Pro vest near by, in which were a number of Brit ish prisoners, lie Imd travelled all the night previous without rest or food, and complained of hunger and thirst.- Tito Nurgeou ol the A-. ntcrican army, n stent patriot of antiquated habit* und quaint phrase who could have done honor to llte army of ttliver (Tomevveil, tin chief of his medical staff prescribed a howl ot chocolate secretly charged with an emetic, ns a certain cure for his complaint. No sooner had Taylor finished hi* breakfast than Hit* Har ry’s letter began to crawl ill his stomach, and struggle for utterance. After several heaves, up tt came, lie caught it In Ins hands and en deavored toswallow it again, but It was wres ted from him by tin* Surgeon, who said, “he felt a very irong desire to analyse this Tory pill.” On being resolved into it* eonslimeiu parts it was found to be composed of a hollow silvet bull, ooiUuiuing u letter from Sir llenry to llurgoyne, in these words, “I’ll not eotn niund nor yet advise, there is nothing between you and I, Hut Hates,” (meaning General (late* of the American Army.) A court martial was soon alter convened at the Hqtmre, and Tayloj was tried ns n spy. In vain he plcud that lie was a British officer. mid acted under the or- j decs of his superior. Ile was found guilty, but judgement was suspended indefinitely lie was a tall fine looking young man. full of con fidence and hope, and replied impltcilely oil Ins commission for protection. He could not lie- j lit ve for a moment that a rebel commander would dare to execute the sentence of a rebel court martini, upon it lirilish officer, with Ins Majesty’s commission in Ids pocket. As soon tut Stir Hariy had secured the prison-1 * r* und destroyed the rebel small craft tit the immediate neighborhood of Fort Montgomery, he ordered his troops to embark on board the fleet, and crowd all sad to join the British army at Saratoga, 11 is passage through the High land was a mock magnificent spectacle, lie drove before him rebel sloops and pettlangers, scows and rowboats, and met vvitii no resist mcc except now and then a discharge ol musk ts by iuvieibleoueiUs from behind u promontory ~i ~ coin y ot Fucks projected from i rows Nest, Break Neck or llutierliill, which came bellow ing down the precipices with a tremendous crash, but generally lell short of their object. Their frightful aspect, however, induced tnc enemy to keep tu a respectful distance from the shore. Their fleet now and then silenced all this .noise and confusion by u broad side which shook the mountains to their base. The explosion of the Montgomery, n fifty gun ship, blown up by the Americans to pro vein her falling into the hands of the enemy, briefly settled *tl accounts for uproar and Mitotic between the belligerents for that day, and left a heavy balance in our favor. Tooosiruet the progress of the elicit y, the Americans nud sunk a ehevuux-de-frtze across the river from Niroll's point to I’ollypus Island, at an tin mens -* expense, which they confidently be lieved would protect the country above the Highlands from the incursions of the enemy. The hour had arrived to test the experiment, i and the heights on each side of the river were crowded with anxious spectators: amongst * whom was Generals Putman, Clinton, and Charles Lee. At length the British fleet came gliding over the waves in single fit” with all sail set; a breathless silence prevailed through out the anxious crowd. The headmost vessel approaching the obstruction and hu v mg stopped a shotl time to reeounoilre. passed ihrough under easy sail, ami the otlieis follow ed. V muriner of disappointment now ran through the crou and. They could not comprehend how an obstruction which had cost so much time and labor in the construction, should be pass ed wijhout the lcu-t difficulty It was found on enquiry, that a secret passage had been left for the river craft, and that the night before an artificer acquainted vvith its location hod deser ted to the enemy. General Putman who had deliberately view ed their approach from it height on the east side of the river, no sonnet saw the headmost of the fleet [mss through the ehevaux-de lrise then he ordered a young man by the name of Bolden, to cross to New-Windsor in hi* barge aju] deliver a despatch to General l.ee. As NOOfl l* the barge had left the shore, the cue uiv launched a boat armed with a swivel from thW hc:rlmw Vr**- I. for the purpose of intor • r*tinc Bis passage, and soon afterwards* a i m coml, to cm off his retreat to Fishkill, nvail i mg htinsell of a strung Flood tide in the stream. 1 ! The Bruton soon neared the rebel barge, and show ired grape, shot like hail alxiut her. The result Was doubtful for sOttu. minute*—every thing that British force <n ygukce skill could accomplish, was done to, gun the me*. until | one ol tbg yntike’ bare tin ii accidentally un shipped an our. and the Britton shut ahead. In , the rneau Ume the n i **nd llwiisb boat was rapidly gaining a position to cut off her retreat. Finding it wholly Impossible to gain a lauding on this west aide ol the river, and fearful of. | being taken prisoners by the second llritieh ! Ism i If he delayed his retreat j Be Men tttd- I deftly put about the barge and pulled for the j I extern shore with the utmost speed. A sc rond heat now commenced between the Artier- I lean barge and British boat*, which kept up n l miming tire of grape allot upon their untago nit. On reaching the extern shore. Belden ■ perceiving that the enemy was near him and were preparing to fire again, ordered hi* men ■to Map overboard and retreat. At this instant the enemy fired, and the whole charge pasted over ilia American* without injury. A simtil i taueoiis shout from the surrounding mountains rent the utr. The bargemen then took a se cure position behind the river hank, at which , the enemy fired repeatedly without effect.— | The British retreated and left the barge as sootl as they perceived a body of Americans approaching the shore with the intention of opposing ilielr landing. Ileldcu returned the despatches to General Putnam, who hail wit nessed from the height the whole affair and i publickly thanked him and his comrades, for ] their galumry and good conduct. The Amer j icans saved the despatches hut lost the race, j As soon as the British fleet had passed the | Highlands, the American army was ordered to \ march to Kingston und take the British pris oner with them. The night before they mar ched the sentinel at the Proves! asked Taylor if he was nut afraid lie should be hung. Not the least be replied, (in a firm lone ol voice) not the least. I hold his Majesty’s commission; they dure not hang me. lam afraid Mr. Tay lor, rejoined the ('entry, you will be hung.— Don’t bo alarmed on my account said the spy, i net under the orders of Mir l lenry Clinton, I and he ia bound to protect me. If 1 should be hung lie will lay waste your towns with fire mid sword. .1 pause of some minutes ensued, during which poor Taylor seemed to be enga ged tit deep und anxious thought. Perhaps lie was calculating for tho first time, how much the laying w aste of tow ns with fire and sword would benefit a dead man -he then ft j sumed, why do you iliinA- they will hang tne, I assuming an alt of confidence, because suid the j sentry the Court Martial as I have been in formed, have condemned yon as a spy. Ilu appeared to he sensibly affected, und to con ceal his emotions turned from me, wiped the tear* from his cheeks, which were trickling down, said he was unwell, and retired to bed. I stood gnuid ih.it night at Ins prison door; it was a long ml anxious night tu poor Taylor. ; he slept but little, was often convulsed, and frequently br ke out in which testified that he wns in greut menial agony. Hariy the next day the army marched for Kingston, und Taylor marched with it. Iln left the Provest with apparent joy, having con- J i timed hunsvii that he should escape the halter. ‘•II my death whs determined on,’’ suid he, I “why not hang mqat the Square, why marrh ; me forty miles to u grave.” Self-love sat as judge, und decided in liis favor. lie nturohod onward with u light heart and elastic step un til he had arrived lit Hurley within three miles of Kingston. From thi*plnec we beheld that village wrapped in flames. In their persnit of small game the enemy had forgot the grout object of the expedition, the relief fit Burgoyne and conquest of America, und had betaken themselves in rubbing hen roosts und burning villages. The Americans j halted at Hurley. Their indignation rose to j phicuzy oil beholding the smoking ruins ta lon; them. Here Taylor was doomed lo expi- i ; ate with life, for the cruelty ol ihe British in burning Kingston, lie seemed never to have calculated the risk of Ids undci idling, und if! he had ever viewed death in prospect,*it was i ! when surrounded with the “pomp and ciieum- ] stance of war,” ho was too far uf-trvut to dis coin distinctly his grim visage. He was hor ror struck witrn it was nnnounivd that he must prepare to die without liupe. When he ! beheld the fatal noose suspi tided from a tree prepared to receive him, he could not conceal lus great alarm and agitation, tuforuimtie young man: he had not one friend present to : console hint m his deep distress he had not one ray pi honor left to light him to the grave. The promise of Mir llenry to avenge his vleuih with tire and sword, nflbrded but a miserable, consolation to the wretched mini about to ex 1 ploro. n boundless eternity, from whence he j could never return. Distant front his friends nud relatives, and without the support and eon solution of religion, his fortitude forsook hint |in tins try iug houi. He started at the sight of the gallows, and men swooned and fell. Hi* | attendants lifted him on llte hogshead from watch lie was to he launched intoun unknown world, in a state of insensibility, mid his spirit departed from its tenement of'elay before he w as strangled with the rope. A Pmiyate oi run Revolution. Ki y Wist, March 37, 1839. The Packet ship Alabamian from New A ork to Mobile, with a very valuable car go, got on Sombrero shoal, near this port, yesterday morning at 1 o’clock, wind and sea high. The Muster, it is said, threw overboard some s’lo,ooo of goods, a great part of which will he dove up. The vessel is v cry badly injured, but the cargo is saved uninjured. The ship, in a very leaky state, came into the harbor last night, having been assisted by the wreckers, who took out of hcrabout SO or 100 tons of goods. Site is consigned to I*\ V. Ilrovvn. The ruse of the brig Arabian, that run on Loggerhead, was arbitrated und $3301,39 awarded. The cargo of riec and beans was uninjured, and ihe vessel so little dam aged, that the Port Warden* ordered her to proceed ou her v oyago. The hrig and scargo were valued at $16,675 and some cents, und lo per cent to be paid in cargo at value awarded. She will sail in a day or two. 1 lie ship Albrec is repairing ami waiting for a Judge, l'he Genoese hrig has been waiting over three months. The brig Joseph was bonded by Col. O’llara and repaired, and has now proceeded to New Orleans by vv ay nfTexas. The weath er is very delightful, and our Northern invalids, who have passed the winter with us. are leaving for home. It is intended to make a Hotel af the large and splendid house built by tho late Judge, for this seas on vve had not accommodations tor all who wished the benefit of this climate. Our Delegates have returned, and by all accounts the people will reject the (Consti tution that they have lately made. Col. Dow ningr’s reeieotion. all snv, is sure. o V: r Orleans'. April 3rd.—A Duel was taught yesterday at noon, near the city, he ■ tween two young Frenchmen, which ter minated fstallv to one of the parties V. O. Sun. vun mo% itt as h oofjttt iebral p tJ FOKHIGN. IDay* I.tiler from Furopc. Arrival of the l.’rrat Wotlcrn. Tbi* vr-.sel arrkedut Nets York on the 19th Jint. from Bristol, w hence she sniit-d on the‘J3d | March: by her the Nrvf York cdHor* buve re ceived advices from Liverpool and l.hndoo to the and from Paris to the 30th March. The Great Western arrived out at Bristol on tier return passage on the 13th utt, and the ; packet ship Kngi.md on the Ifllh, w ith dates from (he i.’nited States to the 3d nft, contain ing the Message of the President on the Iltmu dary disturbance*. From France the most important intelligence ! is that of the negotiation which had been go ing on for some week or ten day* for the forma tion of anew- minister from the influential men and parties in tuc Chamber*: Count Mole and all hi* colleagues having plnced their resigna tion* in the hand* of the King on the fith ult. The Kmg immediately sent for Marshall Moult to consult and instruct Idm on the formation of a nrvv cabinet. The Marshal made a sin que non of hi* a( ccputncc that M. Tlder* should lie one of his colleagues, and under their joint au opiccs the following list was prepared to beset before hi* mujc*ty on Saturday the 16th ultimo, and to appear, if iti* majesty should not object, in the Moniteur of the following Monday : Marshal Moult, War Minister and President . of Council. M. Thiers. Minister of Foreign Afiair*. M. Pasty, Munster of Interior. M. Htiinaunn, Minister of Finance. M. Dupin, Minister of Justice. M. Villoinain, Minister of Public Instruction. Admiral Duperre. Marine Minister. M. Dufaure, Minister of Commerce. M. Sau2et Minister of Public Works. Home difficulties had occurred in the preli minary ucgociations of Moult and Thiers with his Majesty, in regard to the progamme of the measures and the conditions of the future Cab inet ; but our latest intelligence informs us that his Majesty had waived his objections, and that the ministerial arrangements of Soult w ould probably be completed. Intelligence of our movements in relation to the N. E. Boundary seems to have created but little apprehension in Loudon. The message of President Van lluren was regarded as pacif ic and satisfactory ; and the feeling on the question is much more tranquil and quiet thun vve had any reason to anticipate. W e refer to the follow mg extracts embody ing the most important information by the present arrival:— Lo.vdox, March 10. lit the House of Common* Sir M. (tanning, with reference to the recent collision, which was reported to have taken place upon the boun dary between the state of Maine ami our pro vince of New Brunswick, was desirous to know whether Lord Palmerston had been in- I formed of tliceoiirsc which the AmerieanGov ernment proposed to take in consequence of this transaction, lie also w ished lo be inflam ed whether there vva* any re,wonble probn i bility of the negotiations which had now been carrying on for eight years for the fettle : mcitf of this question of disputed ter itory bc ! mg brought to a satisfactory termination i Lord Palmerston stated in reply, ‘'that it was not yet in lus power to state w hat course the American Government intended to pursue, lie would be, however, fully justified instating that tile most friendly disposition towards this country prevailed in that quarter.” Mir S. (’aiming.—’’What is the date of the communication to which the noble Lord rc ■ fers?” Lord Palmerston replied, that he Aid not re member the exact dale, but thecointnuiiicatiqp liihl reached by a rapid oouveyance (tint (treat Western.) He could not say whether the - result of the hbgotationsreferred to by the lion. ’ gentleman would be satisfactory or not; but : this he could say, (nat both Governments were animated by a moat serious desire to obtniu such a result.” From the Times. Londo*. Marrh 31;* We have already stated that the award of the King of Holland, which gave ihe republic prety nearly the whole course ol the. St. John's river and stripped Great Brittain of the better portion of the disputed territory, iras at once rejected by the Semite itself, presumed lo la the most steady, temperate, sage, and sober body In the. whole of North America, and re jected with expression on the p irt of its leading members indicative of a determination t jti--ti fy Maine in standing oul for the whole of the districts under dispute. We have heard trout high and grave author ities in the Lulled Stales, men whom vve be lieve to have been really conscientious in their allegation, lhut their could not he a shadow of doubt as to tile right of Maine to the whole Ol the disputed territory: these persons at the same lime intimating a strong conviction that the bone contended for was not worth to either ; ee.Mi'vy a thousand lives. It now appears, that however the joint mem orandum ot Messrs. Forsyth and Fox may bo calculated to avert (and Gid gram it may suc ceed in doing so) any imfliadiat*appeal to vio lence and bloodshed, the t ine of the senators who have spoken upon the subject corresponds minutely with that of the Senate, which put aside the arbitration of 1630 31, and insisted that England had no right to the least portion ofthcsoilcontendeafor.—Although, therefore, measures humane and considerate having been pursued on this occasion lor postponing the armed conflict, and saving the irregular and precipitate effusion ofblood. nothing has taken place to encourage the least hope that by any expedient but a surrender of the whole subject in dispute vv ill this country t-e able to calculate on a more than transient gleam of repv se for her provinces in North Am* tica. In this journal vve have repeatedly thrown out a suggestion, which,’ ugh a due sense ol our own very humble pretctipions to be heard where great national intercAs are concerned, our naffected and cordial love of ‘'peace, in the spirit of pence,” now inclines us reproduce, vi.„ that us most national misunderstandings are best healed by each party sacrificing some thing of ilsextrcine rights, forihe sake of show ing good w ill and good neighborhood, England should frankly offer to the slate of Maine that large section of country which Nasal vv ays beeu all unquestioned and recognized part of the Province of New Brunswick, viz. that portion of it which lies west of the town of Ht. John’s along the shore of the Bay of Kundy. until it meets the present Maine frontier, or Passama quoddy Bay, including the whole of “Charlot te county,” extending north to what is called in the maps the “Military Post” on the St. John's river, and thence along the southern ex tremities of the highlands of which Mars Hill forms a part, until it strikes the meridian, close to that old landmark. This scheme of compromise we recommend ed in The Times journal six or eight months ago. ft would be better for both parties !—lst. For England, because it would leave in her possession the whole of the disputed territory*, aad her taterprovincial communications be tween Frederiekton and Quebeck unbroken. 3. Anieminently lor the State of Maine, inas much as she would gain bv it a line country, to which die has never dreamed of putting forth a pretension ; a ‘definite and profitable water frontier vm ihe w est, formed by the Ht. John s River ana the Bay of Fundy, a greater compactness and fm ndnoss of territory than at present, and cons:<k.jahly more in point ot; . could iii the way of mn iual cession be on any fair principle called up on to rx-linquiniah, being even in superficial miles considerably beyond one half of the sp*oc disputed. AVc cannot for our pans com prehend on what pretext llte State of Maine should objdrt (o a settlement so true and bene ficial. Nor, in the case of any but Lord Palm erston, does it appear to us that any English Minister could throw dt/Rculites in the path of such a proposal. Kcincmbc! their it no yielding in our side to compulsion. We declared this opinion more than eight months ego. We did so from an honest anxiety for national peace and for hu man welfare. ’ There is through this tempora ry convention of Messrs. Forsyth and Fox a gleam of light, and the only one wo see, and if well employed.it may ronduet us through the labyrinth.—But with such inducement* to ac tivity, and such materials cf compromise, and such repeated warnings to prepare for the worst, what must this man lend Palmerston, be made of, would neither negotiate through the ordinary methods of diplomacy, nor recol lect that an armed ricgociation is among the most approved and iufailiable means or pre vailing upon an inattentive adversary to give an car to reason ? Front the Miiledgeville Recorder. How true the following account of the great majority of the members of our National Le gislature ! Os how much more service would many of these men be to the country, making corn and cotton, or exercising their genius in the salt and augar line ! How few, amid the mass, acquire cither honor or fnme by going to Congress! How very few, amid that mass, are of any real service to the country! Correspondence of the Buffalo Com. Adv. Washington, Dec. 36, 1838. I can’t conceive of any life more wretched than that which is led by at text seven-tenths of the members of Congress. At home they are highly respectable people, estimable mem ber* of society for the most part, and by their constituents are considered capable of taking a prominent part in the business of the Na tional Legislature. Every one of them, per haps, has nourished some ambitious schemes, anil when he writes Ins first frank, feels as if he was about to enjoy the full fruition of bis hopes. On his way to the Capitol, he re volved in his maid the important subjects upon which he is about to act. He is filled with vague imaginings of the splendid suc cess which awaits him iii his legislative career. A conspicuous station on the most important committees, the able report, the cogent argu ment. the witty repartee, the brilliant and effective speech, the congratulation of triends, the wide-spread fame, the observed of all be holders, the Speakership in prospect, and—who knows what may happen I —a toretgn mission, u Secretaryship, or even the Presidency itself all these tilings are apt lo float through the mind of a young or iniddte-nged mail about to make his debut in the Hall of the House of Representatives. Arrived here, he flourishes for a w hile in all the dignity of an M. (\, with nothing to remind him that lus day-dreams vvi 1 never be reatiz-- cd. For the first few days he had business enough in Iraukmg to liiscoustituents the Mes sage and accompanying documents. The (list shock to his ambition i* the appointment of committees. He finds himself at the tail of some insignificant committee, on some subject that he knows nothing about. But that, he flutters himself, has arisen from the Bpea .er's ignorance. He will yet show him und the House the stuff that is in him? Some ques tion comes up, w itfl the merits of which ne is somewhat acquitted, lie .prepares Itimself with greaLcare. and, finoliy,-succeeds in suicti * Big the speaker’s eye. But, instead, of the* w inged words and the impassioned eloquence with which tie was to enchant the Mouse and galleries, hta sentences come out dull ami life leas. Members yawn and quit their seals or betake themselves lo writing letters or reading newspaper*. ‘l’he. unfortunate debutant, as he proceeds, becomes more and more, em barrassed ; his statistics become confused ; he blunders ; his sarcasm, intended to be sharp, net courteous, degenerates into personal abuse; lie is called to order by the -Speaker ; and at last finishes a speach to which nobody takes the trouble to reply, and which the reporter slur over in a single paragraph. Mortified with the result, yet not emanci pated from his delusion, he makes a more de termined effort. This time he meets with a more emphatic check Much can be pardoned m u new member, but a bore never meets anv quarter, even from hisbrethren. Ills second utlempt proves a more decided failure than his first; lie begins to suspect that he is not cx act I v cut out for one of the master-spirits of the age, and at last finds that he is but an in significant member of a body which he once hoped to lead. Montreal, April 8. Many of the United States papers have fallen into the absurds error of supposing that all the prisoners, who have had sen tence of death passed upon them, by the Oourt Martial, have been executed; and, express great borrow at the idea. They must be aware that the only sentence known to the law for convicted traitors, is death, and it was not, therefore,compctant for the Court to pronounce any other ; but, in very few instances, and those of an aggra vated character, only (twelve, if we recol lect aright.) lias that sentence been carried into effect, out of the large number of pris oners who were found guilty. So that the British rule in Canada, so far from deser ving the epithet of sanguinary, which the unhanged traitors and sympathizers apply to it, has afforded an example to the world of the most magnanimous forbcrancc.— Montreal Courier. Extract from a letter dated Twelve Mile Prairie, St. Clair Co.lll. These Western wilds have ail ihe vices of older States, and none of the virtues. The people know nothing, and care as little about it. AN hat can you expert in a coun try where not a religious society sends a preacher—where preaching is not heard from one Sunday to another, and w here the Sabbath is almost unknown I Talk about sending Missionaries to the Gauges and the Ilooglv ! Shame on them ! Let them send the Gospel to the AVestern Prairies, (if perchance they can endure such hard ships.) and there the condition of society, can be ameliorated—and thousands would fois.ike their horrible errors, and crimes would then be less frequent. Massachusetts.— The Legislature of Massachusetts adjourned on Wednesday, till the Ist Tuesday in January. It appears that the secret session held a few days since, relate,’ to the Defence of Boston harbor. The House on a previous day uunnimotislv placed at the disposal of Governor Everett $350,000 for the purpose i indicated, in case there should be danger j of invasion. [/Vorn the Ocorgian.] GEN. FLOYD AND GEN- NELSON. \Ve insert with pleasure the following communication from Gen. Charles Flovd. received by yesterday’s mail. The cor respondence is highly honorable to both these gallant othcers, AYe have never heard any of the report* alluded to, until made acquainted w ith them by the General's letter. To the Editor of the Or orgi an : Fairfield, Camden Cockty, } April 6, ltfilß. j ! Sir : I understand it is reported about Ihe country that I declined the command of the Georgia troops now in the Okelino- { kee district, from unwillingness to serve ‘ with Union men. I would not take the trouble to contradict this absurd falsehood, ’ did I not suppose, and for the belief of i persons unac,uanted w ith me. When the ! Governor offered me the rnmifiand of the , regiment ordered out for the second cam paign and informed me that Gen. Nelson j would waive rank and act as Lieut. Colo j ncl, I answered him in these words: “Agree ably to your desire, I will again take the ! field as a Colonel. lam glad to learn that ; Gen. Nelson will act as Lieutenant Colonel —my only reliance is on him for volun- j ! terrs, for none can be obtained on the sea coast.” Bj authority of the Secretary of j War, ih regiment was withheld, except four companies, whom the Governor plac ed under Gen. Nelson, he having consent jed to command them as Major. On Gen eral Nelson’s arrival at Traders Hill, he offered the command of the battalliori to me, which I declined, (sec letters below,) I not from unwißlngocs to command Union I men. but because my acceptance of his offer would have placed me under the com- 1 rnand of the Major of the U. 8. Army, ; with diminished authority where I was lately chief. Moreover, General NrUon j would have been excluded entirely from ; the service, for there was no vacancy for ; him to fill, had I taken his place. I have always been strongly opposed I to the selection of military officers merely Irotn parly motives, and to the introduc- j j lion of politics in camp. Courage and j abilities for war, should he the only j recommendations, and in the selection ofj Gen. Nelson to command the Imtiallion, : Gov. Gilmer has evinced his disregard for party distinctions, and hisrtspen for mili tary merit. I am, very respectfully, vour ob’t serv’t. CHARLES FLOYD. Head-Quarters llattallion Geo. Vol'rt. ) Traders’ Hill, March 31, IBJ<J. Gen. C. Flovd, ‘Sir—When I tendered troops to serve in the Okefiuokee district, it was to serve j under your command, but from force of j circumstances the command luid been made an humble one—the commander is Major. How ever, as it is, we lender it to you. If you will be pleased lo accept the command of the baltallioii, please to signify it to me by return express. I have* the honor of being, with very high Consideration and respect, your most obedient servant, (Signed) C. H. NELSON. Fairfield, Cambem County, > March 31 st, 1839. S General:- — I hud the honor to receive j this evening your letter offering me the ! command ot the batalliuit at present under I your authority. I appreciate highly the j honorable motives which induced you to | tendei your services for the Okeiinokce I district, and w hich are evinced in your proposal to me—but I cannot accept the command you have done me the honor to offer, for various insuperable reasons, which have no reference, whatever, to the gallant Georgians whom you head, or to yourself. I am, with high respect, vour ob’t serv’t CHARLES I’LOYD. General (’. 11. Nelson, Commanding Georgia Volunteers. Tallahassee, April 10. Mrs. Perrine killed by the Indians! — This day, one week ago, a party of Indians. : consisting of ten or fifteen, attacked the I dwelling ol Capt. James Scott, who lives about two miles from Bailev’s Mills in Jefferson county; at the first fire Mrs. P. j was killed, a lad, a nephew of Col. Bailey, shot in the arm, and a negro woman danger | ousty wounded. It is said Capt. Hcott and his overseer,! Mr. Skipper, defended the house with great courage, killed two of the Indians, aud put'ing to flight the remainder. Mrs. Perrine we learn was an amiable and accomplished lady, w hose husband is absent on a tour of Civil Engineering. Horridle Murder. —Man and w ife kill ed.—Just as our paper was going to press, the news of a very distressing murder of a man and his wife on the Hue of the canal in W ill county, reached the city. The man i:t a w rangle had given serious offence to a few of his fellow laborers, who came to bis house, and while he was standing before - them trying to explain the difficulty, one of them plunged a Bow ie knife into his bowels and ripped him entirely open. His wife, in another room, hearing his dying shriek, left the house to give the alarm. But the laborers called her, assuring her that no harm was done to her husband, and that he wanted to see her. She returned, and no sooner had she entered the room than the knife, wet with the blood of her husband, was plunged into her, and she fell dead upon his body, not yet cold. The murder ers have been arrested Chicago Deni. New Orleans , April 3.— Accident. A terrible accident happened yesterday a little while before the ship Lafayette left the levee on her voyage for Havre. A large crow and of persons assembled to wit; ness the departure of the vessel and to take leave of their friends who were going away, A considerable number were on the deck and in the rigging of the vessels in the vi cinity of the Lafayette, and many were standing on planks placed across that vessel. The weight was too great, the planks broke in the middle and several in dividuals were precipitated into the hold. Some escaped with slight contusions—but Messrs. Talari aud Auguste Roy were not so fortunate—they weie seriously hurt and their lives are thought to be in danger.— Louisianian. A Busy Fellow.—The *r Era says there is sn editor down cast who i* uot only hi* own compositor, pressman and devil, but keeps a tavern, is village schoolmaster, captain in the military, mettds bis own boot* and sivoes, makes patent Brandreth pills, peddle* essences and tin-ware two day a in the week, anff always read* ser mons on the Sabath, when the minister pens to be missing. In addition to all thia r he ha* a w ife and sixteen children. TtiJ Boston Morning Post says that is not all— he own* a schooner, and came to Boston ’ with a cargo of potatoes and onions, last | fall, raised by himself, and gave notice to hi* subscribers, when he left, that theissu- ! ing of the next number of his paper would depend upon the wind—atmospherical and , fmaueia, suppose. ‘*W The real striped Pig. —. There is now to be seen in this town, in the pig pen of Mr. William Jewiu, near Market s-.tiare, a litter of pigs, six in number, among which | -•tie two striped Pigs, in the greatest per-w lection. There are sti ipes of yellow amjf black upon a flesh colored ground work* covering the whole body, running from tit# nose to the tail, w ith all the exactness i> skillful painter would fix out one of those animals for an exihition on a militia train ling field. What effect the latr excitement on the subject of the Striped Pig may have had in producing this strange phenomenon in nature wc are unable to sav ; but we sure thit we hare got the real J —two of them—and there’s “nontwiake.'’ —Seicburyport Herald. - k * • Something Nt#—They are trying to art up a Temperance Bank in New York. This, says, the Baltimore Sun. may prove a good institution, as the banks of that city have been very intemperate qf late. - --A British Despatches. —Mr. Kaye,agov ernment messenger from Great Britain, ar rived in the Great Western with despatches to the British minister at Wasiiington. The Baltimore Patriot observes, that by the power of Steam, wc arc brought much nearer to Europe than to one of the Cap itals ofour own States, the news from Par is being to the 20th ult, and that from the Arkansas Gazette to the 13thjjlt. MORI’S MULTICAULTS.—A Dr. Rog ers, was apprehcndcdyi Norfolk on the 6th insl, charged with stealing 2700 Morus Muitieaulis Trees from Dr. Heinriken, at Columbus N. J. The trees were found in ■ his possession. The following excellent hit is from the Southern Advocate. It fairly kills oil’ two birds with one stone : **A Yankee passed through this place a few day* since, who, it is said, had a large uptfntity of stale Peters'Pills offering them for sale as silk worm's eggs, being anew species, and for superior to any thing of of ftie-kind in this country. Look out for ; him.” ! The Baltimore Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church closed its ses sion on the 30th ult. The subject of aboli tion was brought before them by a commu nication from the New England Confer ence. It was indefinitely postponed by utt almost unanimous vote. The salary of the British Ambassador at Paris is stio,oooper annum, besides perqui sites- Yet such is the vice regal dignity maintained at his splcnded hotel that he is ! obliged to spend in addition, the income of a large private fortune. Mr. 11. F. Knott, a postmaster in Alabamy charged with peculation,has published a letter insisting that he is innocent. Mr. j Knott invokes the sitting of a jury upon his rase. Prentice says he has little doubt that a jury would bring in a verdict of Knot guilty. An old coquette is like a rose bush in winter; the flowers and leaves having fallen off, the beauty and fragrance gone, nothing . is left but the thorns. Just Sentiment.—The best part of the population of a country, are the cultivators of the soil. Independent fanners are every where the basis of society, and the true friends of liberty. The Louisiana papers announce the death ofGen. Eleazer W. Ripley, at his plantation in Clinton Parish. He was an officer on the northern frontier during the last war, and at the time of his death a highly respected member of the U. S. j Congress from foe State of Louisiana. ! . We notice the marriage in Newberry District, S. C. ofMr. George Hogg to Miss Eitza Hido dlcspurger. We do not blame Miss Riddles purger for wishing to change her name a* soon as possible. She is an old acquaintance of ours, and we are glad to see her doing well, hut at the same ‘ime are truly sorry t at she has made no better a change in her name. Only think. Mrs. Hogg, your children will all be shoats.—Horrible ! iiandersrille Adr. Georgia—Mclntosh County. I tMf HEREA S, Roswell King, applies for lrtteis * w ot dismission on the estate of Pierce Butler, late of said County deceased. These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors o said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time, ro scribed by law, to shew cause, if any exist, why said letters should no* be granted. Given under my hand at office, this 23d day of February, 1839. J E. TOW>'SE> D, feb26 Clerk, C. O. Georgia—Mclntosh County. WHEREAS, John Hutson, applies for letters of Administration of the Estate of Ann Hutson, law of said county deceased. These are therefore, to cite and admonish all, and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by taw, to shew cause, if any exist, why said letters should not be granted. Given und-r my hand at office, this 23d day of February, 1839. ‘ J E. TOWNSEND, _feb’J6 Clerk, C. O. wjz &&zmz2ixsi 9 every ffeserption executed at the of ! v ficc of THE DARIEN HER ALD.